In a message dated 11/30/2008 2:38:49 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it really that bad in US? Or these paranoia series are just some very well chosen photos to show problems there?
Merlin PS: I have never been to US... On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:52 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.mapphotography.com/Paranoia/pages/signs1.htm > > http://www.mapphotography.com/Paranoia/pages/signs2.htm > > Comments welcome. =========== Yes. Approximately 1 million foreclosed on. 27% of that approximately in California. Supposedly 10,000 in my county alone. Latest figures I heard were 10 million unemployed (though it seems hard to believe and I can't swear to that, but figure its several million). Arnold is balancing CA's budget by taking away some benefits from disabled, taking away some teacher's pensions, cutting pensions, closing schools, and removing renters' credit. So CA, in particular, is hard hit. OTOH, newspapers and news magazines, and even TV, I suppose, are not putting faces to the figures (or store fronts to the figures). Not that I can see. It's like everyone is pretending it isn't happening and that everything is going along as normal. Which I find weird. My paranoia series is about more than that. But some of it is just to redress what I DON'T SEE (in media). Later, Marnie --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
