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  1. In Ohio road repair work is almost another form of welfare. It's a cottage industry here. Winter tears up the roads and bridges and then we spend billions all the rest of the year to repair them. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=105717 We need to change the way we build roads. I'm not an engineer but it seems to me we could require any road being re-built must be heated if the ambient temperature of that area is below x. No need for salt. Can't imagine the damage salt does to the bridges. Not too mention it makes my car look like a Margarita glass Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  2. If I knew his opponent had written the doctrine of "popular sovereignty," which professed indifference to the moral aspect of slavery, leaving the question to the preferences of the community. It was being prepared by Chief Justice Taney, who argued in Dred Scott that blacks had no rights that whites were bound to respect. These days I can't help but wonder if I've just stepped into a trap Marg has set for me Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  3. You can do better than this... I know Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  4. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=55143426.blog On a related note. We in the travel biz chuckle at people who think they're getting such a "deal" on their trip to the Caribbean in Sept/Oct. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  5. A stellar example of righty revisionist history. You might want to check your facts. If McCain voted to override vetos in the late 90s, it wasn't shrub who was president. GWB took the oath of office in January, 2001. Repeating talking points verbatim without a clue as to truth or falseness of the claims is pathetic. Have you no shame? Twice in two days, even! No...that one I managed to do all by myself. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  6. Hmm...which President lied so he could send our men to war? Blues, Dave If we're gonna start citing examples of politicians who lie we're gonna need more bandwidth. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  7. Which president commutted a guy who lied for him? You don't really want to go there do you? Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  8. Unfortunately you view the issue as black and white. It's not. You view GWB's presidency as a complete failure. I do not. You see only the bad. I see some of both. I would have thought an educated man would have balance. Ability to see all sides. You are blinded by hatred for GWB. People who see things in black and white scare me. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  9. Hmm...which President lied under oath? Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  10. Maybe if Michelle Obama is disfigured in a car accident, we'll find out. I know somehow Obama had the smarts and character to excel in school, and McCain didn't. Blues, Dave I know many people who accelled academically that I wouldn't want running the country. Obama's Ivy League education doesn't qualify him in my opinion. In fact, for me it makes him suspect. Universities have been a hotbed of left wing thinking for years. I think Obama their prodigal son. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  11. As opposed to Obama not voting at all 45% of the time he's been a Senator? http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=9490 In the late 90's McCain voted to overide GWB's veto on 2 seperate occasions. That's not simply voting with Bush, that's in your face trying to overide GWB's veto. It's not just the votes and you know it. He's crossed the aisle on many occasions and pissed off quite a few people in his own party doing it. Anyone remember the illegal immigrant flack a few years back? They were ready to crucify him. Now it turns out he wasn't far off the mark with his stand. How about the surge? No one wants to talk about that. Character. "I'd rather lose an election than have my country lose a war." Harry Reid "This war is lost." People who find it easier to cave than fight. People who won't risk their political standing to do the right thing. He knows his days on earth are numbered. He knows there's more he can do. And he has little to lose trying. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  12. I thought it was an excellent speech. I was touched by his opening up about his years as a POW and how it affected him. He admitted he'd been broken. He had an epiphany...who wouldn't? How he couldn't feed himself and would have died if his fellow captives hadn't taken care of him. It goes to character. I think McCain has character Obama can't even come close to. Thia April will be 5 years since my divorce. It's been difficult but I can't imagine the same amount of time in Hanoi. I don't think I could do it. I doubt many of us could. He's an "imperfect servant". He knows many in his own party don't care for him. He admitted the Reps and Dems had failed the American people. I truly believe he'll do great things to change that. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  13. All you need to do now is get your credibility back from having promoted any of it in the first place. You're absolutely correct John. I didn't fully investigate it before I re-quoted it. Now that I have I can credibly say Obama will raise taxes on capital gains and dividends, and do little to change the death tax. That still won't buy him all of his promises. And it doesn't address the sunset of Bush's tax cuts. Letting them die is the same as raising taxes. He has a history in congress of being pro-tax and I don't think that'll change as President. Voted YES on increasing tax rate for people earning over $1 million. Voted NO on allowing AMT reduction without budget offset. Voted NO on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M. Voted NO on supporting permanence of estate tax cuts. Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`. Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends Voted NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. http://www.ontheissues.org/Economic/Barack_Obama_Tax_Reform.htm Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  14. However - independent review shows it to be a pack of lies. www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taxes.asp Maybe not all of it. Well, you know, I haven't given a firm number. Here's my belief, that we can't go back to some of the, you know, confiscatory rates that existed in the past that distorted sound economics. And I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton, which was the 28 percent. Obama has proposed taxing dividends at the same rate as capital gains, and although he hasn't yet specified a figure for the latter, he has already stated (as noted above) that he "certainly would not go above" 28%. Those sound like higher taxes Senator McCain has proposed raising the estate tax exclusion amount to $5 million and setting a maximum estate tax rate of 15%, while Senator Obama has proposed raising the estate tax exclusion amount to $3.5 million (it's set to go there in 2009 anyways) and maintaining the maximum estate tax rate at its current 45% level. 45%...if your combined estate is worth $10 million Obama thinks it's OK for the government to take $1.350,000.00 from you when you die. Not a new tax...just an old way of thinking. In the same scenario McCain thinks we take $0. I don't have anywhere near those dollars and most likeley won't when I die. I'd venture to say most here won't either. WHy is the government entitled to those amounts? They've already taxed just about everything that makes up that 10 million. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  15. That must make you EXTREME left! Really? Opinion polls of voters routinely indicate that over 80% of Americans think abortion should be legal in cases of rape or incest. Palin is WAY out of line on this, not me. She's not in lockstep with the polls. When were you ever one to go along. I don't agree but frankly the number of cases where abortion is wanted due to rape or incest is miniscule...about 1%. She has a value system that prevents her saying it's OK. It's not gonna change anytime soon. Neither is Roe v. Wade. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  16. Copied a post from another thread courtesy of Normiss CAPITAL GAINS TAX MCCAIN 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. OBAMA 28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.) DIVIDEND TAX MCCAIN 15% (no change) OBAMA 39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.') INCOME TAX MCCAIN (no changes) Single making 30K - tax $4,500 Single making 50K - tax $12,500 Single making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 60K- tax $9,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250 OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Under Obama, your taxes could almost double! INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes. NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!! You can verify the above at the following web sites: cnn cnn2 fox? AARP WP WP2 Sometimes not changing is a good thing Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  17. Huh? Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  18. What part of "tortured as a POW and medical attention denied by Viet Cong when captured" did you miss? I figure he has some lingering physical limitations from that experience. He has some extreme lingering physical effects He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every two hours, at the same time as he was suffering from dysentery.[32][43] Further injuries led to the beginning of a suicide attempt, which was stopped by guards.[32] After four days, McCain made an anti-American propaganda "confession".[32] He has always felt that his statement was dishonorable, but as he would later write, "I had learned what we all learned over there: Every man has his breaking point. I had reached mine."[44][45] His injuries left him permanently incapable of raising his arms above his head.[46] He subsequently received two to three beatings per week because of his continued refusal to sign additional statements.[47] Other American POWs were similarly tortured and maltreated in order to extract "confessions" and propaganda statements.[48] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain Somehow that's not good enough to wear the label of patriot and talk about being one. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  19. VFW seeks airline waiver, not reimbursement form Audrey Hudson (Contact) Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Associated Press. American Airlines is charging troops for their extra baggage, a practice that forces soldiers heading for a war zone in Iraq to try to get reimbursement from the military. One of the country's largest veterans groups is asking the aviation industry to drop the practice immediately. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/12/soldiers-pay-bag-fee-on-travel-to-war/ edited for wrong link What a load of crap! Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  20. Based on a poll here on SC, it appears that most people disagree with her ideas on abortion. I suspect most disagree with her ideas on sex ed. too. She IS on the extreme right. Most people here...hardly a real world setting. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  21. Hmmm...sounds like someone else running for President Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  22. Kilgore exults to Willard, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning Smells like....victory! Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  23. Indeed! From infoplease.com And from a recent political speech: I'll leave the analysis up to the reader. Blues, Dave Absolutely...challenge the liberal status quo that exists today. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  24. The chairwoman of an Alaskan political party that advocates a vote on the state’s secession from the union said Tuesday that she had been mistaken when she said Gov. Sarah Palin had been a member of the group. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/us/politics/03party.html?ref=politics Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne