Places Rated

In seeking steady employment since graduating college in 1983, I have lived in many places. Some have been good, but others I was glad to leave. The "People" rating is based on the ease with which I made new friends, and was able to meet and date women. Here's my places rated ratings.
worst=1 best=10

People . Outdoor Activities . Job Market . Housing

Chester County, PA 4 . 6 . 3 . 1
Pittsburgh, PA 7 . 7 . 4 . 8
Greensboro, NC 1 . 5 . 3 . 9
Atlanta, GA 6 . 7 . 8 . 8
San Francisco, CA 7 . 10 . 7 . 2
Las Vegas, NV 5 . 6 . 4 . 8
Lancaster County, PA 6 . 6 . 5 . 7
Baltimore, MD 3 . 5 . 6 . 4
Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 . 4 . 3 . 6
Wilmington, DE 1 . 7 . 4 . 2
Nashville, TN 8 . 6 . 5 . 7
Stuart, FL 6 . 6 . 3 . 7


News Links:

Mexican Drug Wars Awaken Gun-Grabbers
Gun Company Stocks Booming
Dems Seek 634$B for Socialized Health care
House OKs 410$B More in New Domestic Spending
House OKs $8.8m in Earmarks for Firm Raided by FBI
Dems put Global Warming Rider in Spending Bill
Majority of U.S. States Assert 10th Amendment Rights
Ontario Home Sellers Face $300 "Green" Audit
Michael Jordan Playing House with Cuban Model

"House of Cards"

"House of Cards" CNBC documentary explains what happened with the mortgage and real estate meltdown. I wish I had known about the mortgage brokers raking in $20,000 a month in many cases, around 2001 thru 2006, many with no prior experience. I had tons of student loan debt, and I struggled to make the loan payments most of the decade, eking out a living in the chiropractic field. Now I feel really stupid. I should have been in this business.

I remember I tried to buy my first house around 2004-05, and I could not understand why the prices went way outta reach, and everybody had so much cash to spend, and homes were selling faster than I could call the realtors. Now I get it.

News Links:

Yuppie Scum and "House Flippers" to be rewarded for bad behavior by Obama's Mortgage Plan
Media ignores Obama-led 17,000+ Afghanistan Troop Deployment

Only in America Department:
Farmer gets sued-and loses-to illegal alien border-jumper/trespassers

Most, least stressful jobs in America
Marijuana Boom

USA Continues March Toward Socialism

Reasons why California is broke, but nobody in the media will admit:

1. Illegal immigrants sucking up social services for years now
2. Tax and spend environment has driven big business out of state
3. Highly dependent on the real estate and mortgage markets
4. Legal and Illegal immigrants sending earnings out of state.
5. Crowded "justice" system

The rest of the U.S. will surely follow, for the exact same reasons.
(Merely the opinion of the author, not factually based as of this moment)

News Links:

Obama signs $787b "stimulus" bill, dooming us all
Markets Tumble
Mass. wants to tax drivers for mileage, using GPS
Wildlife areas on border shield armed outlaws
Obama approves aerospace system for Syria
Beheading in NY appears to be Muslim honor killing
"Dr. Drug Rep"- fascinating article on Big Pharma

You Shook Me

States to Reaffirm States Rights

Even though you won't hear a word about it from the sell-outs in the major media outlets, a number of states, presumably in response to the socialists in Washington's attempts to turn the country into a cross between France and Brokeback Mountain, have introduced bills "affirming states rights based on Jeffersonian principles".

New Hampshire is the latest one. I guess that "Live Free or Die" motto is more than just a motto. You go New Hampshire! Read about it here.

Yeah Buddy! Let's hear it for states rights! Could this be the answer to open borders and border drug wars, the assault on the first and second amendments, and the glorification of single motherhood and the welfare state? Time will only tell.

Current list of state based-initiatives
New Hampshire Liberty.org Forum

News Links:

How Pot could Rescue California
The West's Top Ten Dream Towns
Rents Drop Nationwide
Friend Tries to Shoot Can Off Head with Paint Ball Gun
The "Silent Assassin", Taliban's Greatest Fear
First Shark Attack off Bondi Beach since '29
What Programming Language Should I Learn?
The Best Slam-Dunker You've Never Seen
Trump Quits Trump Entertainment-Bankruptcy Possible
Scientists See Boom for Biotech
GM Considers Filing Ch. 11, Starting New Company

Live by the Sword...........

Swimsuit Issue

Bar Refaeli - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2009...........2008 Downloadable Calendar

News Links:

Senate Passes Giant Stimulus/Screw Job Bill, Includes Socialized Medicine
Gingrich: Obama more like Carter than Reagan
Gingrich: Pelosi wants to soak every taxpayer
Dow plunges as banking plan unveiled

Photos of the Year 2008

Here's a link, best photos 2008

Nuthin' Better to Do..........

News Links:

Democrats Look to Muzzle Conservative Radio
Obama Team "Looking Incompetent"
No Country for Old Men (in 30 seconds)
7 Helpful Tips for the Child Who Made my Flight Hell
Demographic Breakdown of Social Media Sites

Island Reef Job Application

Here is my video application for the massively popular Island Caretaker job offered by Tourism Queensland in Australia. Also, here is an official link to the video on the Queensland website. Please go there and vote for me! Thanks. "Crocodile" Kurt. Video Link

Pittsburgh Wins 6th Super Bowl

Cool Links:

Historic Panoramic Photos
Virtual Bubble Wrap!