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God, am I glad I don't live in Philly anymore
my fertile mind | me

Posted on 11/04/2003 8:04:37 PM PST by Pharmer

As Street wins this race the city of Philadelphia, my home CITY, is doomed. Well, let me revise the part of my home city: I am one of these Blue Blood Main Line natives (Paoli, PA) who grew up in the burbs, but moved into the city living off a grad student stipend at MCP in Roxborough. After 10 years of studing and risk taking with a biotech company I was able to move out to Montgomery County but not without taking an eyeopening look at how Philly works.

Philadelphia is corrupt from top to bottom. Has been for years. And unless something Earth shatering happens, it will allways be. It is the model of corruption and special interest patrionage that Zell Miller claims has taken hold in the Democratic Party nationwide. The corruption in governmment ranges from the mayor's office, to the courts, right down to the garbage men (try having a large load on your sidewalk taken off without a $50.00 bill laying beside it!). We had a problem with a neighbor (an absentee landlord) who had a sewer line leaking into our basement. The office of Licenses and Inspection took almost no action until they found out that our house was for sale, hence they could re-access. Only then did they even issue a citation! Even then no real action was taken. I had to re-seal my basement and put a sump pump right next to the leak site to avoid the stench of raw sewage coming from his house!

Don't get me started on the schools! I could go on and on and on!!

The (not so) funny thing is that the white liberals living in the wealthy neighborhoods of Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill, after years of enabling this crap, are moving out. And taking their tax dollars with them comdemning the city tax base to the poor. And they are leaving to where? Why, to Montgomery, Chester and Bucks County...where I escaped to... and bringing their liberalism with them. They love libralism unless it happens to them, but will continue to inflict it where ever they go! For instance, my ballot questions today: "Should we reserve $1.5 million to preserve 'open space' in Montgomery County?" I live ind Ambler, 5 miles from the county border with Philly. I want conservation as well as the next guy but MontCo is nothing but open space 5 miles north of me!! Sounds good and fuzzy but is a recipe to drive my property value higher along with my taxes and homeowner insurance!

I love this area of PA. But the problems of Philly are now effecting the surroundning region. Something needs to happen. but thank God I'm not in the city limits any more.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democratmonopoly; liberalssuck; montcoliberals; streetthugs; unionthugs; wagetax

1 posted on 11/04/2003 8:04:38 PM PST by Pharmer
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To: Pharmer
I moved out 10 years ago and have never regretted the decision. It is funny about Philly liberals, they always want OTHER people to live under their screwy system but always seem to want OUT when the rules are applied to them.
2 posted on 11/04/2003 8:17:03 PM PST by 2banana
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To: Pharmer
The (not so) funny thing is that the white liberals living in the wealthy neighborhoods of Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill, after years of enabling this crap, are moving out. And taking their tax dollars with them comdemning the city tax base to the poor. And they are leaving to where? Why, to Montgomery, Chester and Bucks County...where I escaped to... and bringing their liberalism with them. They love libralism unless it happens to them

That's what liberals do. After destroying NYC, they all moved to the CT suburbs, which they are proceeding to destroy.

3 posted on 11/04/2003 8:32:05 PM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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That's what liberals do. After destroying NYC, they all moved to the CT suburbs, which they are proceeding to destroy.

If we were wise we'd destroy our current nuclear arsenal and replace it with one comprised solely of upper-class liberals. A few such weapons could wipe out an enemy in no time flat.

4 posted on 11/04/2003 8:36:31 PM PST by Agnes Heep
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To: Pharmer
Don't get me started on the schools!...one story out of the election tonight is that kids were coming home from school and saying that they had heard that if Katz won, he would reintroduce slavery to the city - schools have become the indoctrination camps to keep this corruption going and going and going - very sad.......
5 posted on 11/04/2003 8:37:45 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Rodney King
That's what liberals do. After destroying NYC, they all moved to the CT suburbs, which they are proceeding to destroy.

It's happening all over. Liberals are moving to Nevada and Arizona from the coasts in droves, bringing that which they have escaped with them. Liberalism is a mental illness.

Tucson is the home of Davis-Monthan AFB. I bought a home here after I retired two years ago. When I bought, I had to sign a legal form stating that I knew I was in a military flight path. No problem for me, I lived that way for 20 years. One of the latest liberal ploys here is to buy a house, sign the statement, then call the mayor's office every time a jet flies by. They are trying to get the base shut down. They don't like the sound of freedom, and their word is worthless. They are liberals.

6 posted on 11/04/2003 8:42:04 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: Rodney King
Liberalism is a ponzi scheme, through and through. The objective is to leave somebody else holding the bag. It does not have to be that way.
7 posted on 11/04/2003 8:42:28 PM PST by kylaka
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To: kylaka
"It does not have to be that way."

No, it does not. I agree. And now's the day and now's the hour as the old scot's song says. We've got to fight them in the schools and fight them in the Churches, we've got to fight them at the ballot box and take the case to the people.

Lay the proud usurpers low
Tyrants fall with every foe
Victory's in every blow
Let us do or die






8 posted on 11/04/2003 8:53:54 PM PST by jocon307 (New tagline coming soon)
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So I guess this means Philly will have another *very* successful "get out the vote" campaign for Democrats in 2004.

At least it looks like AS will stop the illegals from voting wholesale in CA.
9 posted on 11/04/2003 9:03:55 PM PST by swilhelm73
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