Houses?

[WilliamPitt]

Seriously?

Houses?

Wow.

[WindRavenX]

1. yeah

yeah...

[The Straight Story]

2. Hey, it's friday and we are all drunk

cut us some slack :)

[ClusterFreak]

3. Pretty ridiculous indeed....

...kinda like Barack 'Osama', Barack 'Hussein' Obama and the whole madrass nonsense.

[The Straight Story]

4. PS - could be worse....check out this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x50995

[LSK]

5. its a hoot, isnt it!!!!

Who knew the Kennedy's lived in a log cabin!!!

:rofl:

[The Straight Story]

8. well....Lincoln did! see the repugs are better!

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

6. Yeah.

:popcorn:

Go vote in my poll! :D

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=51400&mesg_id=51400

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. Yeah....

Guess I shouldn't occupy as much space as Dennis Kucinich and his wife.

:shrug:

But I LIKE it here. And I just moved not quite 10 months ago.

[EstimatedProphet]

9. They're the new 'fur'

[Fawkes]

10. Cost of living wage

It's all related. See Ted Kennedy's outrage at the Publicans refusal to raise it.

[cynatnite]

11. It's the new litmus test for dems, Will...

better check your square footage.

[JohnnyLib2]

12. The truth is, it's really all about penis envy.

You know how discrete DUers are.

:evilgrin:

[melnjones]

13. What's going on? I hardly get any tv reception. nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

14. There are times around here...

That I think that Skinner and earlg need to arm the mods with Thorazine Suppositories and 16lb sledgehammers and set them loose to calm some people the hell down.

[BuyingThyme]

15. Yes!

[tammywammy]

16. Houses today, Smoking tomorrow, Breasfeeding in public the next

What are you gonna do?? :shrug:

[Horse with no Name]

27. You forgot circumcision!!!!

:hide:

[illinoisprogressive]

17. I think it has to do with Edwards. Do not know more than that. Tons of posts

about it though.

[LSK]

18. the big one about Edwards was where it started

[Jersey Devil]

19. Houses? I thought we were talking about horses

Tee many martunis

[KoKo]

20. Yep..Two America's John Edwards and Everyone Else...so it would appear.

[trashcanistanista]

21. Tomorow,

garages. Can't wait.:-)

[cynatnite]

24. I heard yards...

how many trees died in the creating of your yard and all that. You can bet that'll get worse than the house litmus test. :)

[Horse with no Name]

30. One DU'er (gasp)

is building a pool.
I've alerted the media already.
Fucking wannabe progressive.

[WilliamPitt]

34. *groan*

[Nikia]

38. At least I am covered in the yard department

Yes, we have a yard on a large city lot but it is covered by mature trees. We have a small walmut tree growing through our bushes. We are trying to decide whether it can be planted anywhere in our yard where it won't be crowded out by the other trees. We moved in July and only had to mow twice because the grass doesn't grow very fast, having less light than open lawns. There is enough tree cover that our property qualifies under some definitions of forest.
Maybe that makes up for our above average sized house. I suppose not until we replace the windows and add solar panels though.

[madfloridian]

22. By golly, I just gave a recommend.

Well said.

[Nicole]

23. Amazing isn't it?

Wow is right.

[Generator]

25. Well someone just said

that unlike Kerry, he's pretending to be poor. I guess that cat is out of that bag! WHEW. At least it is early. EDWARDS IS LOADED. Now get over it.

[LSK]

26. a famous trial lawyer and former Senator loaded??? WHO KNEW!!!

[sandnsea]

28. While this 20/20 show is on

Rather Unreal.

[KittyWampus]

29. CARS will be the next yardstick

[Cleita]

31. That's a point. How about the corporate jets the Republicans

use on the taxpayer's dime that no one talks about?

[LSK]

33. been there done that

Start a "I own an SUV" thread. I dare you. :D

[MoseyWalker]

32. I haven't been around reading

for a bit, and wondered what the hell this post was about, so looked more closely at the page, and saw all the posts about Edwards house. I still haven't delved deeply into it, and probably won't, but have the same reaction as you.

wow.

[davsand]

35. I'm guessing congrats are not PC at this juncture.

I dunno--if the man can afford it and wants it I'd think maybe it is nobody's decision to make except theirs (Edwards and his wife.)

You have to figure he was a trial lawyer (and pretty good at it by all accounts) so he probably made a pretty hefty income. I think the standard on a lot of those liability and malpractice cases is one third of it goes to the lawyers. It doesn't take too many multi-million dollar judgments to earn cash for a house that size.

I will remind you all, too, that those judgments are paid by insurance companies and corporations--NOT the poor schlubs that got HURT by these products and practices. Edwards' cash came from the people judged by the courts to be hurting the rest of us.

I dunno, I've been dealing with this whole "not a good enough Democrat" crap for too long locally to really care about this kind of stuff any more. I'm being called a "Bad Democrat" myself, in part, because I backed the wrong (read as winning) side on a Primary and in a General. I'm starting to get to the point, personally, where I just don't DEAL with the local party much any more because I figure I don't have to prove shit to anybody.

Maybe Edwards is in the same place.

Just my two cents.


Laura

[mopinko]

45. i hear ya.

big house, drive a gas guzzler, lemme see, i know i have some other sins.

hey laura, gonna come up in august for yearly kos?? i think we will be having a du soemthing then.

[davsand]

49. I would like to.

I'd love to get together again. At least this year we won't be hip deep in a campaign so that getting away is next to impossible.

I have hopes...

Laura

[Neshanic]

36. Yes, Houses, Really. Wow. You think that land was not forest before..

It was cleared to make room for that manse? Look at the photo. All that land that is not trees now will be irrigated lawn. My guess, and this is probably on target by 80% is that the space will be a manicured executive course, or at least a couple of holes. So he's over his responsible water limit by my calcs by hundreds of thousands of gallons per year to maintain it, if not a that or just left to to be lawn. Is he restoring the clear cutting to meadow grasses for wildlife? This would not require irrigation.

That's just the water.

So yes it's the house. It's vulgar and over the top in a clear cut area of forest...of course he could of done this in the Amazon, and then we would have the "big deal" people upset.

[spanone]

37. Cheney, Gonzales & Bush* wipes their asses with our Constitution and.....houses??? I agree.

:rofl:

[Neshanic]

40. And what does one have to do with another?

The ass wiping continues, helped in part by the homeowner who voted for the war to begin with.

My guess if he stood up for what was right in the first place about the war, he would not be in the position to meet with his architect to quibble over if the rec center would be best if he added 10,000 sf, of maybe his bedroom at 600 sf, would be big enough and not needing a public address system.

[spanone]

42. go guess elsewhere.

[Neshanic]

43. I am sorry that we do not agree. But as others note, it is a concern, or just bad taste.

[berni_mccoy]

39. K&R! Best. House. Post. Yet.

I have exact same feelings...

Apparently Will, Democrats aren't allowed to be wealthy and successful.

:shrug: :eyes:

[Neshanic]

41. Details, details, Yes there are many sucessfull democrats, but.

they are not on the verge of crying while holding a shovel among perplexed New Orleans Katrina vitims of the current administration, braying about the poor, downtrodden, and unfortunates of our society, and apparently meeting at the same time to build a freakishly big home that with the details, may be energy star rated, but the question would be...is it LEED Certified.

I think not.

It seems that other Democrats have better timing, or have more sensitivity; or better advisors.

[Clark2008]

44. I know - he war mongers, flip-flops to meet the agenda to

whatever group he's meeting with, he changes his positions on matter of life and death for political expedience and we're discussing his house.

Who cares? What about the more important issue: he doesn't know jack about foreign policy, diplomacy and national security.

[mopinko]

46. hey, will. book tour?

chicago? i was looking forward to those beers that i never got to hoist with you and kevin in march.

[WilliamPitt]

47. Still coming together.

I'll let you know when I do.

:toast:

[mopinko]

48. chicago du'ers tend to only get together for out of towners.

you would be a great excuse for a party. that one would have to be at goose island. some of the best beer in the world.
:toast: