I threw some facts at him, Scrappy, but he'll probably discount them because facts have a liberal bias.

Nicely done. Jesse too. Better than I would have done. Arguing politics is so time-consuming for me, I can't pull stuff off the top of my head like others can and have to look up things.

Liese - insent to profile addy.

Thanks, guys! I just couldn't stand not to have some sort of rational response to his idiocy. A waste of time, I know.

I was more surprised than I should have been that people just repeat these talking points that are demonstrably false.

Can I ask a rookie voting question? So I have a shiny official voter information guide for the California general election. Do people normally (I guess I should say--practically, or ideally) vote on all the propositions? I mean, are you expected to be informed and care and take action on all of them? It's not that there are a lot of propositions up for vote, but there's always a lot of contentious background information.

Do people normally (I guess I should say--practically, or ideally) vote on all the propositions?

I do because unfortunately in California that's where the big changes tend to come, going back to Prop 9.

Anyway, the consequences of Prop 30 this year are pretty huge.

ita,

yes, I think you should vote on all the propositions.

Here is the League of Women Voters guide (specific to CA). LoWV has served me well in several elections in many states.

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So home selling follies. The last update is here and you may remember my realtor told buyer's realtor to turn the water on to washer for best results.

Well, after a thermostat was replaced, the furnace was operational and their inspector came out to inspect it. The A/C didn't work (the compressor did not come on). So I called my HVAC person to come out this morning to fix the A/C. There is a trip charge for $78 and then whatever cost for repair. I told the HVAC company that I wanted to be called before they did a major repair.

I got a call about 1 hour after the appointment window from the owner of the HVAC company. He said my realtor met the HVAC person at the house, and the repair person turned on the A/C and it came on. Apparently, the A/C has a 3-4 minute built in delay and the inspector did not wait for that.

In other words, I had a repair company come out for NO FUCKING REASON.

HVAC company owner said repair person wrote this up on the receipt and handed it to my realtor.

My email to realtor (in part):

...I was charged $78 for a visit for the HVAC repair - a visit that was not necessary due to the incompetence of the inspector (first the washer now this).

Am I just out the $78?

His reply:

No. We are going to get buyer or agent to pay.

His assistant:

As soon as the [my realtor] gets back to the office I will contact [buyer's realtor] and request he or inspector reimburse you for this expense. This is ridiculous. I want to make sure I know who the inspector is so that we never allow him to inspect our properties.

Wow, that inspector is some kind of joker.

t whine alert

My plan for this morning had been to leave for work a little early, so that I could stop at the store and get cold medicine since of course I got a vacation cold, and I have no cold medicine in the house, and I really do have to go to work today, since it's my first day back from vacation, but then my car wouldn't start, and AAA couldn't get it started, so now I am waiting for the tow truck, and if this costs me as much as I think it might to get my car started again, I may not be able to go to Chicago after all, plus I still need cold medicine, and I have no idea how I am going to get any.

I don't think I am closing that tag today.