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To: bentway who wrote (4859)2/5/2011 12:08:23 PM
From: Jim McMannis2 Recommendations  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 119362
 
You forget one thing. A mortgage contract has two parties.

You are saying it's all the banks fault when in fact a lot of people should have known better.

Flippers anyone?



To: bentway who wrote (4859)2/5/2011 12:12:07 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 119362
 
US warns about night driving in major Mexican city

news.yahoo.com

MEXICO CITY – Officials are warning U.S. citizens not to drive at night in parts of the western Mexican city of Guadalajara after suspected drug-gang members burned vehicles and blocked streets. A separate U.S. alert Friday said the northern city of Monterrey has seen a significant increase in armed robberies at restaurants and convenience stores.

Some of the blockades in Guadalajara took place on a highway leading to the city's airport and to Lake Chapala, a popular retirement and vacation spot for U.S. and Canadian citizens.

Hotel managers on Lake Chapala said Friday the warning has not significantly affected business.

The U.S. consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, posted a message on its website Thursday saying that it had prohibited U.S. diplomatic personnel from traveling the highway to the airport at night, and that it "recommends that U.S. citizens consider similar precautions."

On Tuesday, assailants hurled grenades, burned vehicles and blocked several Guadalajara streets and highways in seven near-simultaneous attacks that injured a policeman and two transportation workers. Such tactics have been used by cartels in the past to aid their escapes from