tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post6520344870220960106..comments2023-10-28T03:38:02.333-04:00Comments on Down RIver Drivel: Fault LinesJenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-40249802384087206732008-08-17T06:01:00.000-04:002008-08-17T06:01:00.000-04:00the name of the town is hopkins park IL, which is ...the name of the town is hopkins park IL, which is near kankakee ILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-3687295486296230362008-08-16T23:17:00.000-04:002008-08-16T23:17:00.000-04:00Okay, I'm telling you if Ed McMahon hadn't been so...Okay, I'm telling you if Ed McMahon hadn't been so busy marrying all those young money grubbing women young enough to be his granddaughters, he wouldn't be paying out so much in alimony...I have no sympathy for him whatsoever...and yes, it does look like Oprah could have found the wherewithal to help these people get hooked up to water and sewage...I hate that show on Sunday about the home makeovers with Ty Pennington for one reason...who is going to pay the taxes on these huge houses they build with all the fancy stuff like swimming pools and game rooms fit for a saudi prince? Because you know the value of the houses are more than quadrupled after they leave and of course taxes go up...I'd like to know how many people still have those homes today or did they lose them to the tax man? Okay, my rant is over...lol...you got my blood stirred up girlfriend!<BR/>hugs<BR/>SandiSandi McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-52893139403629821712008-08-16T14:49:00.000-04:002008-08-16T14:49:00.000-04:00Excellent post.Mcmahon had invested his entire for...Excellent post.<BR/><BR/>Mcmahon had invested his entire fortune into that home and it's renovation..which was a good decision at the time... when the market went belly up and he broke his neck and couldn't work for nearly two years it threw him for a loop. McMahon has done a lot of good work for charities and has donated millions of dollars and countless hours for the sick and poor. So I am glad Trump helped him out.<BR/><BR/>Oprah failed to mention that the city offered to put those people on the water and sewage system several times since 1968 but each time the residents refused because they didn't want to pay the monthly bills and opted for their wells and septic tanks instead.<BR/><BR/>Now that they have let their wells and septics rot due to lack of maintenence it's now societies fault they made greedy and short sighted decisions for all these years.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550167783969561280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34398479.post-10089917842930629682008-08-16T10:27:00.000-04:002008-08-16T10:27:00.000-04:00Well you do have some good points here. I remember...Well you do have some good points here. I remember when I lived in NYC and Chicago, back when I didn't have two nickels to rub together. I was working, but only just covering all the bills. I would routinely meet all kinds of poor people in the city, and would try to give a dollar here and there, when I could. I quickly learned that I couldn't help all the homeless and poor. I also distinctly remember the realization, years later that while there was a lot of good things I could do, I'd never make enough of a difference-there would always still be poor people. I was deflated. I still donate and do things today, but with the understanding that there will always be "the haves" and the "have nots", all relative too. So Ed McMahon or the homeless guy in the subway,they're both have nots...strange, isn't it?Rick Rockhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856000993966687796noreply@blogger.com