Predictions for 2008

I just posted this over at HousingPanic and thought I’d share it here:

Home prices will plummet to unimaginable lows in summer of 2008 when the bulk of arm resets hit, the FB’s learn that Bush’s bailout bill was a bunch of political smoke & mirrors that doesn’t help anyone, and credit becomes all but impossible to obtain.

Oil prices skyrocket more – $5/gallon gas. Gold continues to rise on a weak dollar.

Phoenix/Scottsdale is hit with more store & restaurant closures and starts to look like a ghost town (parts of Scottsdale already do). Unemployment in that city skyrockets to double-digits thanks to the 40% REIC-based economy, crime spirals out of control, and the normal people pack up and move out, leaving behind the “New Detroit” for criminals and looters to take over. City of Scottsdale goes bankrupt due to massive loss of property taxes and the failure of their photo radar scheme to become profitable.

(People forget that before the REIC took over, Phoenix’s economy was call center and factory jobs, which have now all moved to China and India.)

Other bubble cities such as Vegas, San Diego, Miami, suffer losses on a much smaller scale since they have something other than REIC to fall back on for jobs; however, the effects are still felt in those places.

There will be no terrorist attacks because Bin Laden wants a Democrat president in the U.S., and attacking us in 2008 will just make more people vote Republican.

Ron Paul won’t win but his campaign will have woken enough people up that more and more Americans will take a stand and start putting their foot down against anti-American and anti-Freedom crap like the IRS, wealth redistribution (including socialized healthcare), gun control, global warming, special privileges for minorities, illegal immigrants, overzealous police, and everything else that is chipping away at our freedom.

Now let’s hear your predictions – add your comments below!

“Culture” in Scottsdale

About a week ago we saw a performance of The Nutcracker like we always do before Christmas, and how, before it was ruined by a new director in 2006, the Ballet Arizona version with the Phoenix Symphony was the best version either of us had ever seen.

The conversation somehow led to the fact that my girlfriend used to live in the apartments directly across the street from the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts – walking distance – and yet we always drove to downtown Phoenix for the symphony and theater. In the year she lived right across the street we never even set foot in there.

It only took us a few seconds to remember that the Scottsdale center always had wacko leftist crap like “The Vagina Monologues” or some other nonsense with a clear leftist political agenda. Then we remembered why we always drove to downtown Phx and endured the parking hassles to enjoy the arts.

No big surprise from a city that doesn’t recognize the Constitution, has a no-questions-asked policy on illegal aliens (I prefer to call them criminals), and has a new-found obsession with “gay rights.” Nothing against gay people for the record, but we all know that any kind of “________ rights” (fill in the blank) means special privileges for the group involved with a proportionate loss of rights for everyone else, especially white males.

Scottsdale Defined: The Scottsdale “Man”

The Scottsdale “Man” Defined:

Age – Under 35:

Attire: Winter/Spring/Fall: Untucked oversized long-sleeved striped shirt with sleeves unbuttoned, baggy “relaxed fit” jeans, and black shoes that were never meant to be worn with jeans. Gelled spikey hair. (He wears oversized shirts believing they will make him look bigger.)

Summer: The same baggy jeans and suit shoes, but with a stupid print t-shirt from Wal-Mart in place of the untucked striped shirt. Gelled spikey hair.

Job: Realtor, mortgage broker, some other type of entry-level sales, OR, bartender/bouncer/waiter.

Job he claims to have: Dot-com entrepreneur, small business owner, junior corporate executive.

Girlfriend: Cokehead/pothead/drunken Scottsdale loser stripper chick who thinks guys in dumbass print t-shirts with gelled spikey hair are hot. She shuns any man with class, i.e. guys who don’t wear print t-shirts, recognizing that he is better than she is, and her insecurity prevents her from associating with such men. She lives in Scottsdale because she knows she could never get a boyfriend in a real city with real men.

Environment: Hangs out at weak Scottsdale bars and “clubs” trying to act like a black man. Tries to dance with girls and gets laughed at all night.

Lives: In some trashy old town Scottsdale apartment or rental house with roommates, all the while believing the apartment building’s marketing bullshit and thinks he lives in the lap of luxury.

Age – 35-50:

Attire: This species is all over the board. Can range from 15-year-old to golf shirt to old-man Tommy Bahama shirt, as long as it keeps with Scottsdale’s no-class theme. He tries something different every day because he can’t understand why 20-year-olds no longer sleep with him while Scottsdale milfs and cougars don’t take him seriously yet. He has no idea that if he put on some dignified clothes instead of Scottsdale shit, women might talk to him.

Job: Realtor, mortgage broker, sales manager, corporate middle manager.

Job he claims to have: Dot-com millionaire, CEO, bar/restaurant owner, retired rich guy.

Girlfriend: None. Young chicks see him as a creepy old man, while the average Scottsdale golddigging bitch doesn’t think he has enough gray hair to make him worthy – and desperate – enough to victimize.

Can be found: At any Scottsdale happy hour bar, sitting alone and totally confused as to why he cannot get any action, and frequently looks like a public spectacle thanks to trying to dress like a teenager. Sorry guys, but salt & pepper hair just doesn’t go with the spikey hair and print t-shirt look.

Lives: Anywhere.

Age – Over 50:

Attire: Tommy Bahama shirt or very cheesy print golf shirts. Usually paired with khakis or shorts and loafers with no socks.

Summer: Same getup, but with gay-ass European sandals in place of the sockless loafers.

Job: Realtor, mortgage broker, shady underfunded dot-com startup.

Job he claims to have: Millionaire.

Girlfriend: Dumbass Scottsdale divorcee with so much plastic surgery she cannot smile naturally, talk naturally, and her breasts are a public spectacle worthy of the circus. Not to mention the fake fish lips. She lives in Scottsdale because real men in a real city won’t give her the time of day, while loser Scottsdale guys in Tommy Bahama shirts hit on her all night long. Stupid enough to believe Scottsdale guys have money.

Environment: Can be seen at Barcelona or Mastro’s Ocean Club eating an extravagant dinner and sipping champagne at the bar, just after begging MasterCard for a $200 credit limit increase so he can pretend to be rich for just one more night.

Lives: In north Scottsdale, particularly DC Ranch and Troon where this species thrives. Everyone there is just as phony and pathetic as he is, so there is no fear of being found out. In rare cases, may live in Grayhawk while wishing he lived in DC Ranch.

Coming Monday: The Scottsdale “woman” defined.

Draconian DUI enforcement hurting Arizona restaurants

Interesting article on an unexpected side-effect of Hitleresque DUI enforcement.

The irony, of course, is that Arizona continues to lead the nation in drunk-driving deaths and the number continues to rise every year.

Why?

Because the police are more concerned with making money than on public safety. Instead of going after the real drunks, the ones who cause fatal accidents, they’re wasting their time pulling over and arresting .08 offenders. Regular people who had 2 or 3 glasses of wine with dinner, when every scientific study done shows that driving does not become impaired until about .14 BAC. The .08 standard was simply forced through thanks to millions in lobbyist money from prohibitionist MADD.

(Interestingly, the founder of MADD herself has quit the organization and distanced herself from it on the grounds that it is no longer about drunk driving, but instead is now an extremist group focused on totalitarian prohibitionist goals led by religionists who think drinking – ANY drinking – is wrong.)

Where I now live, DUI enforcement is far more lax than in Arizona, and yet drunk driving isn’t a problem here. Arizona’s “solution” doesn’t work, because it’s not a solution at all – it’s yet another scheme to extort money from people who can afford to pay it, meaning your average middle-age professional who had a few glasses of wine at dinner and who will cough up the few thousand dollars in fines, unlike the real drunks who can’t afford to pay.

Wake up, Arizona. Your police and public officials don’t give a sh*t about you or your safety. They only want your money. Demand that they stop arresting .08 “offenders” and start going after the really dangerous low-lifes … which will never happen as long as the cops are spending hours processing someone who had 2 or 3 glasses of wine and is perfectly capable of driving home safely.

Another Scottsdale Bank Robbery

Big surprise in the scum town of all scum towns … yet another bank robbery.

Correction – Scottsdale P.D. still sucks

The Arizona Republic published a correction today, explaining that the Scottsdale police are *not* asking suspected illegals for green cards.

Oh well.

They will continue to be nothing but useless revenue agents after all. I should’ve been suspect at any suggestion that they’d do the right thing under any circumstance.

Another victory for the illegals. Big surprise.

Scottsdale residents call for ban on lawns to save water

The City of Scottsdale is asking residents to cut back on non-essential water usage in order to save water.

However, if you look down at the comments posted on that article, many Scottsdale residents are suggesting a ban on lawns.

Of course, this doesn’t surprise me.

The Scottsdale mentality is to hate their own citizens and neighbors, ignore and disrespect the concept of freedom, and ban anything and everything they like with total disregard to the legality or constitutionality of it all.

And, on top of it, the town is full of lazy indifferent people who will just sit back and take it. Not to mention little commie jackasses like the ones who are calling for a ban on lawns in order to save water. These are the kinds of people who get elected to HOA boards in order to serve their own self-interests and screw over everyone else in the process. Classic small-minded Scottsdale behavior: “I got mine, now you can’t have yours.”

Some things will never change….

Illegals packing up and leaving the US … woohoo!

Illegals “self deport” as woes mount

As a side benefit to the housing crash, illegal aliens are packing up and going back to Mexico now that the housing boom is no longer feeding a frenzy of construction jobs.

NICE!

It’s about time they got the hell out. On top of all the other problems is caused, the housing bubble created a surge in illegal immigrants thanks to the scumbag builders who were willing to hire them on the cheap.

Now, in addition to flushing out the fake credit phonies who took over Scottsdale, the illegals are going down with them.

Good-bye you criminals, and good riddance.

Scottsdale Police finally doing something right (somewhat)

The Scottsdale P.D. is now checking the immigration status of all arrested suspects, and holding illegals to be picked up by Federal immigration officers.

Congrats. I like seeing this. Round ‘em up and ship ‘em out.

On a sadder note though, AZ police are on a DUI rampage for the holidays. What this means is they’re arresting .08 offenders and using them to generate revenue, even though every last scientific study done on the subject shows that driving does not become impaired until approximately .14, which means that while the cops are wasting endless hours arresting and processing .08 offenders, the really dangerous drunk drivers are free to go out and kill people.

On Scottsdale’s fake economy

Some phony Scottsdale jackass over at HousingPanic challenged my comments on Scottsdale’s economy being a fake illusion of smoke & mirrors … here’s what he said (in italics) and my response:

Housing took off in 2004. Are you saying that pre-2004 Scottsdale/Phoenix was a fake economy too?

Actually it started in 2002. That’s when I began to notice that you couldn’t go anywhere in Scottsdale without hearing some jackass in a Tommy Bahama shirt bragging about how much his house had gone up.

Prior to 2002, Phoenix/Scottsdale was primarily call center jobs and low-wage factory/manufacturing jobs. While everyone was caught up in the real estate mania, all those call center and factory jobs quietly moved to China and India.

(Also, there was a lot of fake dot-com money in Scottsdale up until 2000 when it got wiped out. Another fake economy.)

So, the call center and factory crap is gone, dot-com is gone, real estate is gone … what’s left?

I sure hope they sell lots of $8 beers to the pretentious a-holes at the FBR Open this year cuz it’s gonna take a lot to make up the deficit.

PS: Of the friends & relatives I have remaining in Arizona, most either have or will soon be moving out of state to find jobs, either by choice or not. Nice “real” economy you got there.

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