Foreclosures skyrocket as Wichita struggles

The Lawrence Journal-World ^ | Sunday, November 9, 2003 | Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press Writer

[clamper1797]

Other than not wearing his pants around his ankles, what is the difference between Bush and Clinton?

Actually ... I don't see much difference between them ... I am a Constitutionalist with protectionist leanings. Both Madison and Monroe spoke of the benefits of protectionism

[clamper1797]

Let the domestic free market roll on!

Yes ... sans unions ... but also sans sweatshop /child labor/ company store/ monopoly and especially GLOBAL mentality. American MUST take care of our own FIRST

BTW ... I'm not especially enamoured with Lincoln ...

[GatekeeperBookman]

SHHH! Hush! The 'conmy is booming & a few little ole airplane plants & some cotton weavin mills from Carilina all movin ta Chinne don't mean nothin! Them dumb 'puter makers at Round rock aint worth tha trouble they cause anyhow! Gov Rick Pretty Perry says tha Texas roads is sa crowded we gonna stoip folks from buyen too many then big ole SUV's-we gonna TOLL them roads & make each houhole have jess ONE car or a SUV & then ride tha FEDRUL MASSAGE TRANSITS ta get ta wuuk! We wone have no traffek jams pretty soon! ( Scuse ma publik school edjacashun )

[GatekeeperBookman]

An that foclushure thang aint nuthin-them illeagals er all gonna need a place ta camp when these gets ta all the big sitties anyhow. I was tol bi tha folks en Denva last weak that rell estate vlyous are a fallin fast-that will fit jes right for the Dirty Foxes fellas from tha South when the gets ta Denva-they can jes then aford ta buy them big cheap howses.

[cp124]

Grand Opening Sale in Norsetown, PA

Traitor Jacks Factory Outlet
Direct From the Chicom Great Wall Mart Factory

And as always...no tarrifs....no regulations.....no import fees.

*CD Players --- 2 for $5
*Bootleg CD's, Videos, Software --- 2 for $2
*American Flags --- $1
*New Chicom Economy Car "The Chia Pet" --- $575
*In the US Army/Navy Section --- Factory Reconditioned Missles (have only been disassemble and reassembled once)
*US Monetary $20 Bill Reproductions --- $10
*FREE- Posters signed by Chicom pilots that forced US Aircraft to land.

We take US Food Stamps. No questions Asked.

[GatekeeperBookman]

Put this up on our net & do a number on us!! They already do this at the big flea markets every day. The ChiComs must KNOW we are stupid. We educate their CHILDREN & call it diversity!! I had one son that moved from a ChiCom infested apartment complex 6 blocks from Texas A&M College Station-they were all over the place with Red flags & hard looks for anyone not on thier team. We pay for THIS!

[BJungNan]

For months, the Schweitzers scrambled to make their $687 monthly mortgage payment...

It should not be that hard to come up with $687 a month that they would end up losing their house. Certainly there are other expenses, but with the mortgage at the top of the list, everything else comes after.

In response to your particular situation, I know it is tough. I have been there. Out of work, unemployment compensation wholly inadequate. Bank sending notices. Creditors calling. Had to take a job on a temporary basis that paid a whole lot less than I had been making.

We got out of trouble by making major budget cuts.
-Food bill was down to $35.00 a week for family of three.
-Cut out every other non-essential expense.
-Dishwasher became a drying rack, Never turned on.
-Clothes line instead of clothes dryer.
-2 minute showers.

Electric bill went from $180 a month down to under $50 a month. Gas bill went from $65.00 to $11.00 a month.

To save on home supplies, we did things like use the plastic bags they give you for free when they pack your groceries in instead of buying plastic bags. Cut our waste down by buying things like concentrated OJ instead of the big gallons containers that took up a lot of room in the trash can. That eliminated the need for trash service. We just packed small bags of trash to public recepticles.

We actually found we could get by like that and have some money left over at the end of the month.

I hope you can make it out of your situation okay. Don't mean to sound uncaring. Just trying to point out that there are a lot of ways to save money.

[clamper1797]

Well wonderful ... instruction on how to live in poverty. Ain't that special. Instead of suggestions on how to rid our country of FREE TRAITORS and foreigners, Job displaced Americans are now getting suggestions on how to live in a third world country.

[BJungNan]

Well wonderful ... instruction on how to live in poverty. Ain't that special. Instead of suggestions on how to rid our country of FREE TRAITORS and foreigners, Job displaced Americans are now getting suggestions on how to live in a third world country.

I got news for you. The U.S. is pretty much now a third world country for many people. And that was not a description of poverty. Poverty is when you have to unplug the refridgerator 'becuase you can not afford the electricity.

Anyhow, despite your tone (and perhaps mine), I'm quite certain we agree on this issue. It is sad how many jobs are going overseas - mostly to China - and how many Americans with once good paying jobs are being forced to use the dishwasher only as a fancy drying rack.

The economic boom in China is phenominal. And the Chinese are buying dishwashers, plugging them in and turning them on.

[clamper1797]

I think we agree on things too. I just very angry at the state of affairs and the attitude of the free traitors (not you) that seem to populate FR. This morning and today I'm trying to find some way to save our home. That puts me in a particularly bad mood. On top of that I get a private message from some shameless free traitor calling me a whiner because I say that well educated and highly skilled Americans should not have to give up their jobs just so some greedy company can make an easy buck by bringing in "guest" workers