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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[WHERE IS BERNIE MADOFF AND HIS CRIMINAL CEO PALS GOING TO PLAY GOLF ? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lionel Ripepe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 9:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[The problem is that the Palm Desert area is very much divided between the "haves" and the "have nots".  Working and living in the area usually means that you don't make enough to have access to the "lifestyle" that places like Stone Eagle offer.  Further, environmentalists don't like the rich guys' recreation infringing on the habitat of the Big Horn Sheep.  It's a nasty mix of resentment (of wealth) and conservation.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Qtztutz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 11:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Palm Desert sucks. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[M]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can also throw in excessive use of resources due to an unsuitable location. Wouldn't it be easier to build a golf course where stuff is green to begin with instead of building and maintaining greens in the desert? The watering expenses alone must be staggering, and most of it is evaporating! Poor business plan from the beginning, an example of wretched excess spawned by overenthusiasm , and baseless optimism that an economic boom will last forever.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Shut it down & more as necessary.  This is not the way to promote a "green" environment.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Danny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 11:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[ A high price top ranked golf course  near us didn;t open this year,,, becasue they could not make enough.  I saw vulture birds circling gthe empty field and thought....<br> NATURE won on this one. <br>As someone who is struggling to just keep a roof and food on the table I am glad to see the rich are having to lose something too... its what we call trickle UP economics.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tcorchid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 11:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[SEE ....it's comments like yours that tick me off. I'm at the bottom of the barrel in my life right now at age 46. I've been comfortable (never "rich" as you might put it) and now  due to the economy, am as close to homeless as you can get. Can't get unemployment (been my own boss for 13 years) and have a vehicle due to the generosity of an old boss. But I would NEVER, EVER say, "well at least now the rich ar losing something". First of all. they're not losing anything, gold clubs are like weeds, they're everywhere. But, don't you aspire to be wealthy??? If you get there by  the sweat of your own brow, how would you feel if some idiot wrote that he felt better because now you were hurting too. That's classism my friend. As ugly as racism.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jon brija]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[How much precious water does it take to keep that grass green so the rich old farts can have a pretty course in the desert?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[evelyn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, I'm afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg... Even Public GC have gotten too High In Costs to play them... Most being Subcidized by Taxpayers $ should be alot Lower in Fee's than they are...<br><br>I understan with ours ( County and Town GC's) they' ve been using their profits to fund other funding in other depts and in effect Stealing GC $ to keep from having to raise taxes for other projects...<br><br>they raised the fees by over 125% in our town in the past 4 yrs and now the course is Shut Down..why? Not enough Players and they didn't keep the previous profits in their Accounts to keep the prices down and keep things going..<br><br>We Fired our City Council members who approved of This Dipping into the PGC funds in the past..I wanted to Have them Indicted..and charged with Negligence..<br><br>It was their ReElection Platform on how they helped keep taxes down the past 4 yrs..<br><br>You can bet their is some Illegal business that goes on with those Private Courses as well..<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[I would guess there are two factors...rich old guys bought the homes and are now dead, or members are aging and don't play as much after they are 70/80.  Of course, they just might not be able to afford it anymore.<br><br>Open it to the public...let others enjoy the beautiful scenery. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandra]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[wasn't the ninety great]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robin owens]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Awwwwwwwwww............what a shame........welcome to the real world..... sucks dont it?!?!?!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dls031568]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe they should have been having TopLess Girls driving around in Beverage Carts like a neighboring Course does, that is Thriving..? ( This course and other PGC's have them all the time and alot more 'Speical days" ) and How do you think the Vegas PGC's operate?<br><br>Mike Ditka has just Invested into Longerie Football... Girls Dress( or almost) in Langerie and play Football...  Ought to be another Winner<br>along with HOOTERS,  Pole Dancing and Gentlemens clubs..<br><br>Each Girl/Playe gets a Min. $5,000 per Game and Winners get $10,000 and chance to be in Playboy Mag..( worth $50k )<br><br>Wisconson GC had the Polar Bears Girls calender on the Golf Course 2 Januray's ago, in Fur tops and Bottoms only..Playing Golf.. It sold all 10,000 copies as a fund Raiser for our Boys in the Service.. Those Cheesehead Girls Looked Very nice Putting...<br><br>You go girls!<br><br>ROFL<br><br>;>)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 12:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[If it has to be shut down, heres hoping that they don't spoil it by building more homes and/or stores! Leave it green. It's gorgeous!<br>You people who are SO freaken' nasty disgust me. Who cares if others have more money than you do? How freaken' jealous are you, and DON'T even begin to say you wouldn't want their money. You'd take it in a heartbeat. Me, I've never been rich and never will be, and that's OK with me. I like my life. Too bad you all can't say the same. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JustinOpinion]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[The "Borrow and Spend" economy of the last sixty years provided the excess cash that made improbable and uneconomic ventures possible.  Some bank loan officers and economists never understood that such ventures were financed by resources that had not yet been "earned".  Fast forward from sixty years of fantasy into the "now" of reality, and these unearned resources have still not been earned, and no current resources are now available to cover these fantasy ventures.  This shows the failure of intellect at bank and fed policy levels to understand the theory of economics.  Resources of today are now needed to just provide for the cost of everyday existence.  The current predicament of this desert venture is the typical end-game for investors and lenders who see opportunity where only disaster lurked. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mastercfo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[It may be well and good to say that it is good that the golf course closes, and that it serves the wealthy right. But you are overlooking the 30 or 40 families that depend on that course to put food on their tables. Job losses are never good.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[emedmunds]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[It is all well and good to say the course should close and the rich got what they deserve, but you are overlooking the fact that 30-40 families depend on this course to put food on their tables. Job losses are never good.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Edmunds]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ask Bailout Ben Bernanke for some bailout bucks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mornews]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Luxury Golf Course Facing Foreclosure]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2009/09/03/luxury-golf-course-facing-foreclosure/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wonder what it costs to water the desert...  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cappy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 4th 2009 5:47PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
