michael vick is out of prison.. do you think he should return to the nfl?.
a local dj said that vick should return...covered in bbq sauce and playing against a team of hungry dobermans..
All of you who are in mourning for those mistreated dogs (and it's a crying shame what Vick did or allowed to be done to them) should google Cruelties of American Slavery.
That should give you pause.
With all respect snowbird, what does that have to do with Vick, his dogs, and the NFL?
this was afew years ago, i was shopping with my sister who needed some stuff so i went in too...looked at the picture on the wall of a 19 year old young pretty blonde in sexy lingerie...hmmm i said "looks alittle like sarah from my cong.....i had the "hots' for sarah anyhow.
the more i look, the more i realized it is sarah....wtf!
i asked the owner is that picture local....umm...is that sarah?
I was jelous cause I wasn't getting any of that!
lol!
hi, i finally created an account, although i have been lurking (here and on jwd) for about 2 years.
i just wanted to say hi and introduce myself.
i wasn't able to fade as gracefully as some here have been able to do, so i lost all of my jw friends and family.
It's not all bad though, I have a lot less anxiety than I used to and am developing a self confidence that I never had before.
It takes it's toll, doesn't it? Glad to have you here. Seems we've had a bit of a dry spell for new posters.
this was afew years ago, i was shopping with my sister who needed some stuff so i went in too...looked at the picture on the wall of a 19 year old young pretty blonde in sexy lingerie...hmmm i said "looks alittle like sarah from my cong.....i had the "hots' for sarah anyhow.
the more i look, the more i realized it is sarah....wtf!
i asked the owner is that picture local....umm...is that sarah?
What a tight-assed JW prude you were! That Bro. Elder probably had some of her 'tastefully done" photos in his personal stash....
or not, as the case may be.
in-laws' family members were visiting from out of town so we went over for the evening.
my uncle-in-law is extremely religious.
That guy is a FREAK. If he was going on like that I would have straight up left the event.
i wanted to draw attention as to how a new poster worded the opening to their thread.. .
with renia now gone i feel more confident to tell my story without being belittled.. .
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/179341/1/my-story-my-sins-and-their-consequences.
This works both ways - how many curious lurkers are reading and would like to ask questions but are afraid of being abused and harassed because they still hold onto some of the WT beliefs ????
In that way, I think it's better for R to be here. Her blind allegiance to the WT is a perfect example of JW mind-control.
arnie is still apparently looking to go ahead with state park closures..unless this changes, here is some of the database of the parks mentioned for closure or cutbacks..70 million to be saved ...sammieswife.. .
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FYI, foreclosure doesn't stop the property taxes, just means it gets paid by the bank instead.
In California, homes are reassessed upon sale, or if the homeowner requests a reassessment based on a drop in home value. I often review City and County budgets as part of my job, and starting in 2009 there were enormous drops in property tax revenue due to both of those things occurring. It all goes back to Prop 13--which screwed over State and local finances long-term, and on many different levels.
THis is how it works in CA: If a home increases in value, property taxes are not reassessed--the tax amount itself can go up, but only by 2% per year (that's not 2% of the home's value, but 2% of the property tax amount, which would have been only 1% when it was last assessed). So a $400,000 dollar home would have been assessed at $4,000 property tax upon sale, which is known as the "base year", an amount which would only go up 2% each year, so year 2 the owner might pay $4,080, year 3 $4,162, year 4 $4,245, and so on. However, during the same period, the value of the home might go up by tens of thousands of dollars, or even more. This is what was happening up until 2008.Property values were skyrocketing, and although the state and local governments were getting their share as defined by Prop 13, they weren't getting what they would have been getting if the property tax were reassessed upon an increase in home value.
It's 2009. In many places in CA (primarily the Central Valley) that same home might be worth half that: $200,000--and this is no exageration. In many cities it's even more drastic, like from $460k to $180k. Since Prop 13 requires the reassessment of a home if it declines in value (but not if it increases in value) the homeowner now pays $2,000. That's an immediate decrease of ($2,245) from the taxrolls. Thus, while property tax increases can only happen slowly, and over a long period of time, drastic property tax decreases can occur within a single year, severly affecting statewide and local finances. This is the primary reason why the CA State and local government is in the situation it is in. There are other problems, of course, but that's the jist of it.
if a cop asked you if he could search your vehicle, would you let him?.
if a cop asked you personal information would you feel obliged to answer him?.
do you believe that a police officer has the "right" to question you about a matter simply because he's a cop?.
Beyond showing your driver's liscense and registration, the answer is NO to all three questions.
a friend of mine is travelling from san francisco to las vegas next march and is looking for a great place to stay en-route for a night.
where would you suggest?
they were considering yosemite but the road in will be closed when they are travelling.
Warning about Big Sur -- that portion of coastal Highway 1 is very windy and slow. It's very beautiful, but it will take a significant portion of time out of a day's driving, and may not be best.
a friend of mine is travelling from san francisco to las vegas next march and is looking for a great place to stay en-route for a night.
where would you suggest?
they were considering yosemite but the road in will be closed when they are travelling.
Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo, maybe. Bakersfield? you kidding me?
