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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Can someone please tell Newt...
« on: January 27, 2012, 08:24:23 AM »
Take a breath, MIR. You're getting really, really upset over a candidate who won't even get the nomination.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / For the "If he was a Republican" file...
« on: January 26, 2012, 01:33:38 PM »
Biden does fake Indian accent during outsourcing speech. Our vice president, folks. Let's give him a hand.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Obama sez No to Keystone
« on: January 26, 2012, 11:20:20 AM »I'm pretty sure all poor people take public transit so they don't really care about oil prices.
Do they buy anything that is shipped with oil? If not, they're probably ok.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Re: Re: So, which ticket?
« on: January 26, 2012, 10:20:59 AM »Ricky Rubio?
Someone should tell Mitt that Rubio isn't eligible. Not old enough, born in Spain, etc.
I though Rubio was in his 40s. And I thought he was born in Miami, to legal residents of the U.S.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: "Fair Share"
« on: January 26, 2012, 09:19:33 AM »
What's yours?
Who/what gets to decide what each person's fair share is?
Can the income tax code be any less fair? I mean over half the country pays none, and even the super rich only pay millions of dollars per year.
Idiotic platitude aimed at the unwashed masses?
You're never going to "win" this argument with a liberal, by the way. They just think differently. The liberal doctrine of taxation is "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs."
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: So, which ticket?
« on: January 25, 2012, 06:04:41 PM »Romney/Rubio, or Gingrich/Christie?.
You're right. For some reason, I was thinking Christie was supporting Newt. Then I remembered it was Fred Thompson. Pretty telling that both Christie (definite) and Rubio (probably) appear to be lining up with Romney. Sure hope Romney picks Rubio over Christie. Not that I don't like Christie - I just like Rubio better.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread
« on: January 25, 2012, 02:04:08 PM »say you have 10 nights in europe. you don't speak a lick of any language other than english. you are travelling Nov/Dec with the wife. you are flying into london and out of paris. where do you go/what do you do? We were originally going to do 5 nights in London and 5 in Paris. Thinking this may be too many and we should split it into 3 stops. EuroCat?
Get a cheap flight to Rome or Athens, and do that in between. Arrive London, depart same day for Rome/Athens (try not to leave airport), have an awesome time, depart Rome/Athens for Paris, depart Paris the same day.
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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Backing into parking spaces
« on: January 25, 2012, 01:58:10 PM »
I thought this was a generational thing. Old dudes like to park it backwards, for some reason. I go these meetings on Mondays where most of the other guys are probably in their 60s. Place looks like a used car lot.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Nice Speech Barack!
« on: January 25, 2012, 01:55:35 PM »
I picked that picture of Dubya because I really liked the tie. Disappointing that the libs don't want to play along.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: A Preview to the State of the Union
« on: January 25, 2012, 01:51:51 PM »The president has very little control over the economy. It makes much more sense to vote based upon foreign policy and social issues. The economy will do what it does, pretty much regardless of who gets elected in 2012.
If the president has little control over the economy, then what was the purpose of that $800 billion "stimulus" package? Presidents can take actions that have a dramatic impact on the economy. For example, broad based tax reform. They can also take actions that have a dramatic effect on our fiscal solvency, which ties directly into the economy.
It makes almost no sense to vote based on social issues, since Presidents have extremely little impact in that area. The one big exception is judicial appointments. However, the vast majority of social issues (abortion and gay marriage come to mind) are, or should be, left to the states.
I agree with you on foreign policy, which continues to be an important issue, right up there with the economy.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Germany
« on: January 25, 2012, 01:45:27 PM »6 weeks of vacation???
15% corporate tax rate and no additional tax on exported manufactured goods. They actually export more than the US.
Average Germans also live like paupers because they pay 50% in income taxes and pay a 19% VAT on most everything they buy, and obviously this includes deodorant which must be a luxury item there.
Not to mention that their energy costs are through the roof, like everywhere else in Europe.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Nice Speech Barack!
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:51:18 AM »
Ok.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Nice Speech Barack!
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:37:21 AM »
One of the reasons Barack is such an effective communicator is that he tailors his message to meet the reading comprehension of his supporters.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / So, which ticket?
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:35:20 AM »
Romney/Rubio, or Gingrich/Christie? That's what its shaping up as.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Nice Speech Barack!
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:33:06 AM »
YOUR MONEY, TOO, A$$HOLE!
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Nice Speech Barack!
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:19:25 AM »
eff YOU! GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!
I just got a socialist boner.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: A Preview to the State of the Union
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:17:11 AM »One more thing to keep in mind tonight. When Obama says, as he almost certianly will, that we need to reform our tax code so that the rich don't pay less than the middle class, please remember that 97% of Americans pay an effective federal tax rate of 11.9% or less.
Are you sure that's correct? I read on someone's facebook status that Kim Kardashian paid $41K on $12 million income.
Give this a read. I think it addresses your question, maybe. I don't know anything about Kim Kardashian's taxes.
Even super rich guys like Warren Buffett and Mitt Romney who get all their income from capital gains generally at least pay somewhere near the cap gains rate of 15% on their income. Romney's effective rate, for example, was about 14% the past two years. He also gave a big chunk to charity.
It may seem unfair that someone like Romney only pays around 15%, while someone like me, who earns a good income but gets it through wages, pays more like 18%, but I don't resent a lower tax on cap gains for three reasons. First, it encourages investment. Second, it comports with the risk/reward of investing. Third, someday I plan to be the guy who derives his primary income from investment.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Nice Speech Barack!
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:04:39 AM »
As someone else said, it was a nice inauguration speech. Who the hell is the impostor serving as president the past three years?
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: If there's anything this country needs, it's more child labor
« on: January 25, 2012, 11:02:41 AM »I don't mind funding projects that might actually improve education, but it's annoying that every school budget that passes has to be tied to something like a new gym or field turf. GMAFB.
Or new computer labs. And yes, the numbers above are supposedly adjusted for inflation. Curbing education spending (its for the children!) is a political third rail.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: If there's anything this country needs, it's more child labor
« on: January 25, 2012, 10:14:07 AM »i was just mocked for stating that we should provide an equitable education to all students.
i do not remember masking for hammocks rather preparing students to not need a hammock
I disagree that spending more money on education means a better education. Past performance would not seem to support this. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, published an interesting paper on this issue a few years back. The following chart compares total state and federal expenditures, per pupil, adjusted for inflation, against NAEP reading scores:
And call me crazy, but I want my property taxes to go to the schools in my community, where I will send my kids to school.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: If there's anything this country needs, it's more child labor
« on: January 25, 2012, 10:05:16 AM »i appreciate the pro-life sentiment.
however i find that the people who are the strongest supporters of making sure kids are born often are the strongest opponents of ensuring the child has a chance when they arrive.
Conservatives and liberals define "has a chance" differently. No conservative I know disputes the necessity of some welfare to provide a safety net. The key is to avoid turning this net into a hammock. A hammock can actually harm children. Look at what decades of welfare expansion and victimhood did to the black community (ooh, that's gonna make liberal heads explode!) Thus, there is no hypocrisy in being pro-life and pro-welfare reform. By contrast, there is definitely hypocrisy in favoring unrestricted abortion and then decrying any efforts to reform welfare as "not caring about the children."
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: A Preview to the State of the Union
« on: January 25, 2012, 09:56:43 AM »Seriously, eff this guy.
All party affiliations aside, how can anyone support this assclown of a leader?
Have you seen who he is up against?
I would rather vote an actual clown into office over this failed president. At least the clown is upfront.
The only republican candidates that I would consider upfront are Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Santorum is homophobic and Islamophobic. We all know that Ron Paul will not be getting the nomination. Both Newt and Romney are slime balls. It's not hard at all to see why somebody might end up voting for Obama. The economy is important, but it's not everything.
Respectfully, the economy and our debt are indeed almost "everything" in 2012. We are adding something like $5 billion to our national debt per day. Per rough ridin' day. Any of the GOP candidates would be far better than Obama at stimulating our economy by reducing our deficit, reducing regulation, and reforming our tax code and entitlements.
Why would a Republican president be better than Obama? Three reasons: (1) he will be at least moderately conservative, (2) if he wins, it will be on a conservative mandate to do all of the above things, and (3) one party will have the necessary control of the executive and both houses of legislature to actually get these things accomplished. The Democrats certainly accomplished things in Obama's first 2 years. Ironically, they used their power to ram through a new entitlement program and a massive "stimulus" spending package, both of which took us in exactly the opposite direction fiscally of where we need to go.
What is the vision for another 4 more years of Obama? 4 more years of gridlock? 4 more years of the status quo? That is unacceptable.
And as for the "slime ball" comment, I find it interesting that you still apparently support Obama, who is as corrupt as the day is long. It seems like nearly every decision he makes is designed to reward one donor or another. Solyndra, Light Squared, Obamacare, the Stimulus, etc.
Over the last 70 years, Obama is the only democratic president to increase deficit spending. Every republican president in that time frame has increased deficit spending. You are really playing against the odds if you think electing a republican will lead to reduced deficit spending. Granted, Obama is a poor president as well.
Irrelevant. First, times have changed. See post above. Second, while the executive can influence spending, this is more a function of legislature. The key is to get fiscal conservatives working together in both the executive and legislature to address this crisis.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: If there's anything this country needs, it's more child labor
« on: January 25, 2012, 08:40:43 AM »It is impossible to tell where the next great thinkers will come from. So why limit the pool of canidates?
Exactly. That's why I'm pro life.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: A Preview to the State of the Union
« on: January 25, 2012, 08:36:04 AM »Seriously, eff this guy.
All party affiliations aside, how can anyone support this assclown of a leader?
Have you seen who he is up against?
I would rather vote an actual clown into office over this failed president. At least the clown is upfront.
The only republican candidates that I would consider upfront are Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Santorum is homophobic and Islamophobic. We all know that Ron Paul will not be getting the nomination. Both Newt and Romney are slime balls. It's not hard at all to see why somebody might end up voting for Obama. The economy is important, but it's not everything.
Respectfully, the economy and our debt are indeed almost "everything" in 2012. We are adding something like $5 billion to our national debt per day. Per rough ridin' day. Any of the GOP candidates would be far better than Obama at stimulating our economy by reducing our deficit, reducing regulation, and reforming our tax code and entitlements.
Why would a Republican president be better than Obama? Three reasons: (1) he will be at least moderately conservative, (2) if he wins, it will be on a conservative mandate to do all of the above things, and (3) one party will have the necessary control of the executive and both houses of legislature to actually get these things accomplished. The Democrats certainly accomplished things in Obama's first 2 years. Ironically, they used their power to ram through a new entitlement program and a massive "stimulus" spending package, both of which took us in exactly the opposite direction fiscally of where we need to go.
What is the vision for another 4 more years of Obama? 4 more years of gridlock? 4 more years of the status quo? That is unacceptable.
And as for the "slime ball" comment, I find it interesting that you still apparently support Obama, who is as corrupt as the day is long. It seems like nearly every decision he makes is designed to reward one donor or another. Solyndra, Light Squared, Obamacare, the Stimulus, etc.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Can someone please tell Newt...
« on: January 24, 2012, 03:39:56 PM »There is nothing racist or discriminatory about that quote.
give me a rough ridin' break. you're not a respect (at least not this Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)), you know perfectly well why a political candidate, campaigning in south carolina, wants to go around mentioning "ethnic backgrounds" and food stamps in the same sentence.
it's a fine line in 2012, being racist enough to get racists to vote for you, but not so overtly racist that people that would prefer not to think of themselves as racist are slapped in the face with it.
Seems to me like he intentionally said "every ethnic background" so as not to be accused of racism. Just can't win with the liberal grievance mongers.