Hi Joe, without knowing the details it might be the property value. You see
a LOT of that here in Houston for instance. A few years ago the local club
used to meet at a quaint place called Biba's off Memorial. Nice diner did
great business. Unfortunately the land was worth more than the place. Want a
bigger example? Astroworld. This place across from the Astrodome is world
famous. Don't mean shit now as everything has been auctioned and sold off
and condos and 'living center' (with retail shops, office space and more
crap like that ) is going up there across from Reliant stadium and
Astrodome. The land was worth abuot what AMC spent to retool their
factories, and put into production, the Pacer in mid 1973 when sketches
began.
The bottom line without knowing all the details, and you could easily find
them out on your end in real estate records; is that money talks. There are
a lot of middle eastern countries, and asian countries that are getting more
money than you can shake a stick at right now.....and will continue
to.....as long as gas prices continue to climb. Get used to it.
Something I mentioned years ago was I went to a local Wal Mart here and
remember when they used to pride themselves as selling American stuff? You
can throw that shit out the window, cheap shit sells and Americans are
addicted to that. Now you even have upscale Wal Mart opening in Plano
selling 'fine things'. But this Wal Mart near me, I picked up something like
30 items and 26 were from China, one from I believe it was Peru, one from
Mexico one from US and I think one from Pakistan. There is something to be
learned there I guess, not sure what the lesson is.
And before we all start singing We Are The World here, I want everyone to
take a quick look at this photo.
I'll give the first person a NOS Christmas Carol AMC Songbook who ID's this
photo and the year it was taken. I'll toss in a SS/AMX of my choice if you
can ID the building too.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:28 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: REAL BAD DAY.....
> JOHN...What irks/worries me..is WHY are these "immigrants"
> offering/wanting to pay three times what a place is worth???
> Espically when NONE of the stores are actually even for
> sale??????????? Obviously NOT to make a profit...must be for
> control..BUT...control ..of WHAT our transporattion....etc?? Think
> about it for awhile. The $$$ for the purchases is coming from a mid-
> eastern country. Can't tell you which one as i'm NOT even supposed to
> have that info! Joe!--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John W
> Rosa" <JohnRosa@...> wrote:
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>> Joe,
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>> Sorry for all the bad news. I do have to chime in
>> on the business sale issue, tho, as the racial
>> portion is a bit overboard. Even if every bit of
>> what you reported is true (and I suspect it isn't
>> entirely accurate), I'm forced to wonder two
>> things (not to irk you further...just to maybe put
>> a different spin on things)-
>>
>> 1- *IF* I offered you three times your asking price
>> for an item....would you turn me away? Seriously.
>> "Here's $50,000 for that Gremlin, as is, right now."
>> You gonna pass that up?
>>
>> 2- Our fellow 'whiteys' didn't exactly seem too concerned
>> about stealing (not buying) all this property from
>> its rightful owners a few hundred years ago. Anybody
>> feel like paying up now?
>>
>> It's all in the perspective. Here we have an Indian or
>> Arab (you didn't specify 'rag' type) who imigrated (as
>> our forefathers did) to build a better life. OUR government
>> (yours and mine) offers him incentives you and I can't
>> get to build his business (not his fault- ours) and he
>> Takes proper advantage of that. Hiring practices- everybody
>> hires and fires based on personal preferences and financial
>> considerations. Can't fault him there either. Just as he
>> may not want your wife there (cuz his friends/family/countrymen
>> will work for less pay), you might not have 'ragheads'
>> at your company...if you had one.
>>
>> That said- I agree that the sale of American property
>> and institutions will only lead to ruin in the long
>> run, but if you've worked for any 'suit', you know they
>> are only concerned with the figures for this month.
>> Capitalism does not care about us at the bottom. Its
>> about squeezing something for all its worth, then
>> tossing it aside- Emron being the most visible example
>> (tho few even understand what really went on there).
>>
>> In the end, the fault is entirely ours and our elected officials
>> whom we empower with our ignorance. Because we vote based
>> on stupid criteria instead of getting really imformed on the
>> issues and how each votes on those issues, we get exactly
>> what we deserve. We listen to the TV when they tell us a third-
>> party candidate can't win...and because we don't want to be
>> on the losing side of anything, we change our vote....and
>> that fulfills the prediction of the TV. Most of us can't name
>> Al Gore's running mate in 2000. But we can all sing the
>> Gilligan's Island theme.
>>
>> I seriously doubt this nation will ever see its 300th
>> birthday. I won't be around to know if I get proven
>> wrong, but a serious change it the status quo would be
>> required, and the 'haves' ain't about to change.
>>
>> Our only power to fix it is to get informed and get involved
>> BEFORE bad things happen- not to complain after. But we're all
>> too busy with American Idol to give a shit...'til it hurts us
>> specifically.
>>
>> John W Rosa
>> www.JavelinAMX.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe
>>
>> ...The RAGHEADS are actually buying the convience
>> store chain where my wife works...EVEN after the chain
>> owner told them ONLY ONE WEEK ago..NO WAY will we
>> sell out!!! RAGHEADS bought out her last job...three
>> years ago...and fired all the workers. Going to happen
>> AGAIN!!!! WTF is wrong with our counrty....letting
>> foreigners pay THREE times what a business chain is
>> worth..WITHOUT even noticing?? AND...NOT making them
>> pay taxes????????????? BART..if this is policaticaly
>> incorrect..i'm very sorry!!SORRY..REAL REAL BAD
>> DAYYYYY!!!!! Joe
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