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The DeMauros are still in foreclosure. But by declaring bankruptcy 11 times, they have managed to hang on to their house and to continue living there — seven years after they made their last regular mortgage payment.

via Around Tampa Bay, foreclosure means never having to leave – St. Petersburg Times.

“I have said this — not only when it was a Democrat or when it was a Republican — that when people properly apologize for these types of mistakes that it doesn’t merit destroying their careers,” Paterson told reporters this morning.

via Paterson: Reid’s comments on Obama ‘reprehensible’

Now, just to be clear, Gov Patterson is not my governor and, personally, I admire the man.

However, for Harry Reid to call the President a Negro is not a mistake but an unconscious display of racism on the part of Sen Reid. He spoke these words without a twinge of guilt for assuming his own superior place due to his own skin color.

However, due to his age, one could argue  that when Harry was a boy, “Negro” was so much more respectful than the other “N” word.

If that is the case, then, Harry is so very 20th century, not a man to craft a healthcare bill for the 21st century.

When is a “hate crime” not a hate crime?

CHARGES WERE FILED TODAY IN THE KENNETH GLADNEY CASE!!

?6 Are Charged in Town Hall Disturbance and Beatings!

They were charged with ?misdemeanor? violations for smashing a black man on the cement and calling him nigger.

Six people arrested in August outside a raucous town hall meeting in south St. Louis County have been charged with misdemeanor ordinance violations

Six charged in town hall disturbance

Less than four months after California leaders stitched together a patchwork budget, a projected deficit of nearly $21 billion already looms over Sacramento, according to a report to be released today by the chief budget analyst.

“I can’t think of any good solutions,” said Assemblywoman Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), who chairs the lower house budget committee.

via California faces a projected deficit of $21 billion

Here’s something you probably never thought of: Quit spending so much money, you dumb shit!

Late Tuesday afternoon the city filed for bankruptcy protection in Mobile County Circuit Court. The petition, which was filed at 4:54 p.m., comes one day before Prichard Mayor Ron Davis and Finance Director Rex Williams were scheduled to be depositioned in an ongoing pension dispute.

via Prichard Files For Bankruptcy – Mobile Alabama – WKRG.com.