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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 06:14 AM Original message |
101-year-old Detroit woman evicted over tax bill |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Also sad... |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 06:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "Her son lived with her. " |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The son did not evict them. He did a silly thing, but he did not do the eviction. |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. He didn't do a silly thing |
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Shadowflash (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Where I live it's 2 years |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
67. So an actual lifetime counts for nothing. The county needs the pennies |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. plumbob |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Here it is. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The homeowner is 101,. Any evidence a tax lien on the home would not have sufficed? |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. The son should have stepped forward sooner. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. You're missing the point. She is the both homeowner and the victim here. Her son is irrelevant. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. This makes sense. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Your post is bordering a little bit on ageism we hear about on DU all the time |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Saying a 101 year old woman is likely to die soon is ageism? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
40. In some states this woman would have some or all of the tax exempted under homesteading provisions |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. True. Also, I said she may have overpaid for years, given |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Why publicize it? Poor people might actually take advantage of it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. LOL! Some poor people do have a nasty habit of participating in programs designed to help them. |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
83. Wait. Throw a one hundred year old out - but let corporate entities run free? |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Agree on personal responsibility |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. He may not have been functioning at a high level, but she is the homeowner, not him. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Understand the context of all of this: Detroit is a city of block after block of empty subs... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I do understand the context. I also understand that this 101 year old |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Sorry. Meant to respond to the main thread. I agree with you. nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. No worries. No offense taken. I realized we were both on the woman's side. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
68. So who decided to throw all her belongings in the dumpster? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Silly or not, it may have been the best he was capable of doing. But she is the homeowner. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
66. The son is at fault here...100% at fault. No one else. nt. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. If I had to guess, he probably just didn't have the money |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Wow, what a guess. If I had to guess, I'd say he probably did not have the money |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
70. The son is what, a 70 or 80 year old man? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. and then again, they are probably poor, he could be ill himself |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. And now the house will sit vacant, only to decay or burn to the ground. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. The son could have done something |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. We don't know whether the son could have done something or not. That may be the highest level |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
87. He was functioning enough to take a mortage |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is why I manage my own money., n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. I'm guessing you're not 101, though. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
77. I'm not 101, but |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. sometimes you don't know you're slipping, like my mom with Alzheimer's |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is the glorious Raygun/bush society. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. +1 |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Detroit has no Republicans. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
91. You are quite right. Detroit's Republicans left after the riots in 1967. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. She deserves it because her son's an idiot. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. yes, sad isn't it? nt |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Yes, and without the least bit of embarrassment. DPINOs |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. No...no one is saying that |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Who said the city has all the blame? And, we don't know anything about the son, except that he |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Always options |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Yes, we are both speculating. My speculation gives him the benefit of the doubt, though. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. So why was it necessary to put her belongings in the dumpster? |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. So the 'Liberal Compassionate;' |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. huey Long ended evictions: California had free college before RR governor |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. 101 mom and 65 yr old son. Not a" couple," per se. Neo DU. Good one. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. Someone deserves a gold star today: |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I hope the city will accept his help |
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Dutchmaster (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. Nice to see people on a progressive board cheering the eviction of |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Please point to the post number in this thread that is cheering her conviction |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Would "justifying her eviction and being judgmental about it" make it better? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. No, that is a total change in verbiage from the post I responded to.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Exactly my point. I asked if a change in wording would improve the post to which you responded. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. No Elephants |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Again, "no elephants" does not mean I hate elephants. Not sure why you're not getting that. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. If silence is assent, we can use the posts of the people justifying it |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
28. Wow, I hope owners and managers of this site love their new makeover. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Detroit city government is staffed by some of the worst human beings on the planet. |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
37. Retired people should not pay property taxes. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Most cities give retired persons who don't have much money a break. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. All retired people? Retired people who own their homes? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Reading comprehension much? The entire thread, as well as the specific post to which I replied, |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Why do you keep replying to my posts that weren't directed to you? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. That's how a message board works. People see a post that they agree with |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
71. I agree. A lifetime of work should count for something. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. Understand the context of all of this: Detroit is a city of block after block of empty subs... |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
54. Yo, idiots that did this...Matthew 23 |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. Jeesh. Her son is probably 80. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Article says 65, but I agree this kind of thing should not happen. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Yes, I wish the person who actually did the dumpster tossing a slow and |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
73. I'm sure there was a process that was followed |
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JEB (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
60. There really needs to be |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
74. What a horrible story.... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
75. But GE still gets to do business in the US despite paying no taxes! n/t |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
88. good point. Even my bro the Repub agrees GE should pay taxes! |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
78. NO DUMPSTER |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
80. We moan about 'put Christ back in Christmas!', yet our society can be so cold and commercial. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
81. What a rat the son is! |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
84. I was thinking about this and the Republican debate on CNN |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
85. According to the Huffington Post they took out an ARM |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. That sounds like criminal elder abuse to me. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #86 |
94. Agreed! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. the son is a rat; take mom to good care facility & let him fend for himself |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
92. "A 101-year-old woman... |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Hang her son who took a reservse mortage |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
95. HUD: evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman going home |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-11 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
96. Texana Hollis, 101-Year-Old Evicted Woman, Is Getting Home Back |
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