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by MICHAEL KOTOFF
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003 at 5:33 PM
As tension increases in LA over the effects of the strikes, the word on the street is not hopeful.
The strikes, most notealby the MTA strike, has created tremendous tension throughout the lower classes in Los Angeles. Most of the proletariate cannot get to work in their normal way. Some are losing jobs, some are driving without a lisence, some are spending what little they have saved on taxis, and the ultimate effect remains to be seen. A great dissent is taking the city, grocery store workers have had enough and even the sherrifs are going against their superiors. It doesn't help that it looks like some nuclear winter outside due to the fires. The word on the street is that everyone has had enough, and unfortunately, if the past repeats itself here in LA, that means riots. The only difference is that the Sherrifs are on strike, and the army reserves are on the other side of the globe.
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by john
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003 at 10:09 PM
how can you even think about how bad it is with the strikers when more than 1500 homes have been lost to fires. Get a grip on reality. Think about the bigger picture and think about something more than money.....
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by d
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 9:15 AM
Home doesn't mean home anymore. These are prefab boxes, where people don't know their neighbors.
Most people think of their home as an investment. A good way to make some money, they can sell off in a few years and make a profit.
This is the reality.
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by fresca
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 9:33 AM
What an utter ass.
Typical.
I knew it wouldn't be long before the trolls around here started to look at the fires as some sort of bourgeois comeuppance.
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by nonanarchist
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 9:49 AM
"Home doesn't mean home anymore. These are prefab boxes, where people don't know their neighbors.
Most people think of their home as an investment. A good way to make some money, they can sell off in a few years and make a profit.
This is the reality."
Spoken like someone whose liberal arts education (if any) prepared him for a job that precludes any possibility of home ownership.
And is just a little bitter about it.
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by nonanarchist
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 1:03 PM
I forgot to mention how the insurance companies managed to slip out from covering over 50% of the homes destroyed by the fires..... The insurance companies have been issuing public service announcements stating the importance of reviewing your fire insurance every year to make sure it is updated to account for inflation. ie home bought for 100000 in 1970 full covered worth 500000 in 2003...... still only covered for 100000. Sorry suckers, shoulda realized the insurance scams after the Northridge earthquake when the same shit happened.
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by insurance
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 1:11 PM
With all due respect, that's not a scam. These people have never heard of replacement value? You should always have your insurance agent update your policy to reflect current costs to replace.
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by FluxRostrum
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 1:28 PM
earth
... they probably didn't know their neighbors... but they do now.
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by cleveland
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 1:30 PM
good chance they know them now. better chance we won't have to live under what would be the hell on earth known as president kucinich.
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by nonanarchist
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 1:31 PM
I didn't post the 0503 entry.
I have more than a passing aquaintance with punctuation.
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by insurance
Friday, Oct. 31, 2003 at 1:34 PM
OK nonanarchist. Thanks for letting me know.
Hey nonanarchist imp, when people don't raise their coverage to cover increased building costs, it's not the fault of the insurance companies.
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by Meyer London
Saturday, Nov. 01, 2003 at 2:55 PM
Mike Davis, well-known local author and socialist, has been predicting a fire disaster like this for years - the result of greed, real estate speculation, development run wild, and the building of homes in desert and semi-mountainous areas that are simply not suited for human beings and should be left to the bears and wild birds. See especially his Ecology of Fear, published five years ago. It was greeted at the time with howls of derision by big business supporters, real estate sharks, and tame historians who make a living serving the wealthy and powerful. I doubt if they are laughing now.
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by fresca
Saturday, Nov. 01, 2003 at 4:08 PM
Did Mike Davis also predict the fact that arson would start ALL the fires?
Only such a selfish leftist could turn such a heinous crime with so many innocent victims into a rallying cry.
Typical.
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by nonanarchist
Saturday, Nov. 01, 2003 at 5:16 PM
...that any place with lots of trees could also have wildfires.
Oooh. Do you think I could sell (a handful of) books like Mike Davis?
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by nonanarchist
Sunday, Nov. 02, 2003 at 12:49 AM
once again you can all see me in my south carolina house.......talking out of my ass again. What ? research....what? No, i didnt read about Grey Davis asking the Feds for money to remove all the excess brush and dead trees to prevent this exact situation. Whats that? Oh yeah, it was months ago. But then again.....if i did any research I wouldnt be NONANARCHIST!!!!!
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