knee-jerk reaction, I guess..

Post #99,523 by Ashton 4/30/03 5:51:59 PM Reply	knee-jerk reaction, I guess.. I tend to view "how places handle the humongous-greed quotient in Real Estate\ufffd" kinda like the old saw: "you can determine the character of a country by how it treats the least-powerful who live there" I have some (past) experience of the "Title Insurance Scam" and other cash cows of RE - surely almost as scurrilous a trade as Billy and the Barbarians (and much older). So I just looked at the thread and the 'wishy-washy' behaviour of the folks involved in this deal and concluded: Yup, Texas is no beacon in the Night in THIS area. Either. Individuals are not "The State" however - even I Know That. It still sucks. What great contributions to civilization have emerged from the collective actions of 'Texans' -?- [Ans: damn well nothing at all in the way of Civil Liberties, unless I've missed something Big] Ashton, Irrational like most
Post #99,524 by rcareaga 4/30/03 6:00:13 PM Reply	Re: knee-jerk reaction, I guess.. Ashton wonders What great contributions to civilization have emerged from the collective actions of 'Texans' -?- [Ans: damn well nothing at all in the way of Civil Liberties, unless I've missed something Big] Aren't we overlooking the freedom granted to the Texas governor to execute the aged, the infirm, the halt, lame, blind and poor in job lots, week in, week out, the year long? The governors in less enlightened states face all sorts of obstacles when they wish to work a bit of judicial homicide on the pee-pul's behalf. Credit where due, old son. cordially, "Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Post #99,542 by Ashton 4/30/03 7:40:45 PM Reply	Credit grudgingly slathered, for consistency. cf above :-\ufffd And.. the LRPD walketh with moi! Forsooth I espied just now - They may disagree on who is an idiot, but they agree that most are.
Post #99,565 by a6l6e6x 4/30/03 10:10:36 PM Reply	But, but, are you forgetting... *"the Alamo!"* :) Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #99,717 by Ashton 5/1/03 5:43:02 PM Reply	Saw that, read the perpetual Press Releases - saw the nose grow longer with each retelling. The excitement I felt was.. What if the Mexicans had won (and stayed)? Kinder, gentler culture.. Cinco de Mayo, Dia de los Muertos ... same amount of thieving likely (but less hypocritical about admitting it) and a mellifluous language instead of - - Oh well, next incarnation Ashton
Post #99,724 by Arkadiy 5/1/03 5:55:44 PM Reply	You would be in Canada now, sending money back home Ashton, this is another case of "nuking Redmond". I do not think that you really want to live in Mexico. You just wanted to say something nice, right? -- Want to be original? Start with a great template!
Post #99,764 by Ashton 5/1/03 8:44:53 PM Reply	Actually.. While their 'judicial system' is clearly more overtly fucked than even ours.. and remnants of PRI will persist for years. etc. - having spent now several weeks in various parts, with remnants of knowledge of la lengua + native speaker along: I'd take Mexico As-Is (and with new prospects) over.. several possible scenarios of an Aschcrofulated Bush-league Murica - say, several years hence -?- depending on whether an election is held? is stolen or [sorriest of all] 'won' by the Karl Rove Corporate group. But given Canada too, and the present equations: you might be close-enough ;-) Ashton Patriot (in wherever Patria the principles next have a chance of surviving)
Post #99,760 by a6l6e6x 5/1/03 8:35:36 PM Reply	I know what you mean. I saw the Alamo on my one and only (business) trip to San Antonio. It's almost inconspicuous. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

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