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"Real Financial Heroes" needed in CA!


               
2007 May 10, 9:30am   27,532 views  246 comments

by HARM   follow (0)  

Housing woes to continue, expert says
Economist says downturn could weaken state's financial future
Contra Costa Times 05/10/2007

"The malaise in California home building will hound the state for a while longer, a top state government economist told an East Bay gathering Wednesday. Even worse, California is particularly vulnerable to ripple effects because the state depends on housing and home building for a greater share of its economic activity than other regions, said Howard Roth, chief economist with the state's Department of Finance.”

"‘I see no signs that the housing downturn will abate any time soon,' he said during an interview after his speech.”

"...Roth warned that the weakness could be even more severe based on the first-quarter home building activity. ‘To keep us out of recession, we need for consumers to continue to spend through the rest of 2007,' Roth said.”

Have YOU been doing your part for Clownifornia's economy? How many bidding wars have you "won" lately? How many plasmas, boats, RVs or spousal "enhancements" have you bought with the house ATM this year? None?!? Why do you hate Amerika...?

Do we really need to make renting and saving a criminal offense? Enough already --stop your whining and get out and start spending, dammit!!

Uncle HARM

#housing

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1   Glen   2007 May 10, 9:46am  

Is that Uncle Ben?

2   HARM   2007 May 10, 9:47am  

@Glen,

Yes.

3   Peter P   2007 May 10, 9:49am  

The law should require at least one sushi dinner per week.

4   Peter P   2007 May 10, 9:50am  

Scrap that! I do not want sushi bidding wars. The restaurants are already overcrowded.

5   Glen   2007 May 10, 9:54am  

You have to buy sushi and sake for your entire office every day. You must charge it on your credit card. Do not pay it off, though. Just keep paying for it for the next 12 years.

6   HARM   2007 May 10, 9:59am  

Glen,

Ok, you've clearly got the right idea! Now, let's take it just a little further... Pay off that credit card with your HELOC and now you'll be paying for that lunch for 30 YEARS! Even better, keep serially refi'ing and NEVER pay it off.

7   HARM   2007 May 10, 10:08am  

I am attempting to go for the FB Grand-Slam:

A custom RV with solid gold diamond-studded rims & spinners, that comes equipped with a speedboat & self-contained launch ramp and enough 60" plasmas & X-Boxes for every passenger. It should also have its own built-in plastic surgery clinic & rent-a-doc, for whenever the random desire for a quick Botox or "enhancement" happens to strike you.

8   e   2007 May 10, 10:09am  

Scrap that! I do not want sushi bidding wars. The restaurants are already overcrowded.

Have you been to the place in Sunnyvale on Champs-Elysees - er El Camino Real - called "Chocolate Sushi"?

9   GammaRaze   2007 May 10, 10:38am  

Don't worry uncle HARM, I am sure our overlords at the governments will make us all pay for this downturn, one way or another, all in the name of compassion.

From each according to his means, to each according to his needs. Remember?

10   OO   2007 May 10, 12:12pm  

I am looking forward to a fire sale of LX470. Will it happen soon? Or should I bite the bullet now?

Any chance that 400h will be on fire sale soon from the FBs? Or FBs are highly unlikely to go for hybrids?

11   Peter P   2007 May 10, 12:31pm  

Have you been to the place in Sunnyvale on Champs-Elysees - er El Camino Real - called “Chocolate Sushi”?

I have been to the previous restaurant in the same location.

12   surfer-x   2007 May 10, 12:32pm  

A custom RV with solid gold diamond-studded rims & spinners

fucking rookie, they are called, "sprewells" after that sprewell chap who choked his basketball coach

13   Peter P   2007 May 10, 12:32pm  

I am looking forward to a fire sale of LX470. Will it happen soon? Or should I bite the bullet now?

Quite possibly. The LX570 is coming out soon.

14   Peter P   2007 May 10, 12:34pm  

There are only a few places with consistently good fish.

One way to tell is the type of wasabi they give you. The "real" (fresh) one is rather grainy.

15   surfer-x   2007 May 10, 12:35pm  

Actual conversation as relayed by FFF (Faggy French Friend*)

"I'll just buy my Mothers house**, put 180K into it and rent it out"

the rent won't even cover 1/3 of the mortgage

are you ready? ok wait for it......

"I'll put a large down payment"

ahhhh WWRD?***

*But aren't they all?

Why did all those French people die a few years back during the heat wave?

Because you can't wave a white flag at the sun.

**House is in ventura and is "original" as in hasn't had fuck all done to it since ahhh 1930 or so.

***What would Randy do?

16   surfer-x   2007 May 10, 12:40pm  

Sprewells on a Wheelchair

quite possibly the greatest band name ever.

17   surfer-x   2007 May 10, 1:04pm  

Wang and Chen?

To bad it wasn't Wang and Chung.

18   skibum   2007 May 10, 3:03pm  

To bad it wasn’t Wang and Chung.

surfer-x,
I kid you not - I once met a couple named Poon and Tang. Needless to say, they never hyphenated their name when they got married...

19   azrob   2007 May 10, 3:26pm  

Poon and tang are thai nicknames... not last names!

20   skibum   2007 May 10, 3:31pm  

Poon and tang are thai nicknames… not last names!

Who ever said they were Thai? They are Chinese.

21   surfer-x   2007 May 10, 3:35pm  

oh fuck me, sweet baby jeebus, tell me you are kidding.

22   OO   2007 May 10, 3:44pm  

don't tell me that the woman is called Fanny, Fanny Poon-Tang.

23   OO   2007 May 10, 3:45pm  

Poon is a Chinese last name spelt the Hong Kong way, Tang is a Chinese last name spelt the Taiwan or mainland Chinese way.

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