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Do a google search on "children's crusade." 30,000 good church going catholic boys went to Spain to kill Moslems a while back. --------------------------------------------------- There you go again trying to go back 500 years ago when the world was a different place to compare it to the 20th and 21st century. In anycase even back then the Muslims were still the bad guys. They were the ones that went into Spain to try to conquer and convert the Catholics and it was a long fight of over 700 but my ancestors won and Spain did not fall to the Muslims. ============================== Iraq wasn't planning to attack us; no one outside the pathologically paranoid believes that any more. There is currently far more terrorist activity in Iraq than there was before we invaded. So yes, the US is bad because we used our military power to increase the chance that terrorists will kill americans. ----------------------------------- The only possible answer to this is that its just not true. ==================================== >I haven't heard that story with a nice yamaka wearing Jewish boy either. Do a google search on "israel palestinian conflict." ----------------------------------------------------- How can I refer to this as anything other than simple spin. We all know the two groups are a war. But that was not was I said, was it? What I said was the Muslims engage in suicide missions and the Jews don't. That is an undeniable fact. ============================= >But the fact is that this Muslim faith should be made illegal. You would not be the first to suggest wiping out a religion or a race; fortunately we no longer tolerate this sort of bigotry. -------------------------------------------------- Who here has mentioned race? I haven't. But the fact is that what religion one chooses is his choice. If a religion advocates killing its a bad thing. Its really that simple. Oh but right, I understand the Koran is against killing all the clerics will tell you. Oh they have found Mosques raising money for terrorist attacks. I guess to be a good liberal you should just imagine that this is not true so you can continue to take like a happy liberal. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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QuoteSo you're saying you'd be OK with being searched more often, and having your green card requested, because of your Spanish surname? ------------------------------------------------- lol, thats funny that has never happened to me but lets puts this into perspective first. First of all the overwelming majority of Illegal imigrants are Mexicans (Aztecs) not, dare I say the holy word, CUBANS (white people of Spanish decent like me). Cops can see a difference without reading my lastname (Which I proudly hold as a real Rodriguez, not some silly group member). If they happen to be from Miami or Union City, NJ then the probably truly understand the difference. Typical Texas rednecks will just look at me and think I am some European American. They probably won't even know that Spain is in Europe and for that reason they will always do that same doubletake when they see my lastname is Rodriguez. The same double take I used to get at the Ranch when somebody I was jumping with asked my lastname so they could manifest me while I packed. I guess its sometimes funny when I see how little most people know about things that are not directly related to them. A common phrase is oh well you don't really look like a Rodriguez. (almost as if they think they are complimenting me by that) The fact however is that I know I do look like a Rodriguez, because Rodriguez is a Spanish last name, not like some Aztec that you see running across the Rio Grande. Anyway should they ask them for their green cards when they see them, Hell yes! and deport them when you find they are here illegally while your at it. Me, I have never had a greencard, have have always been and American Citizen but there is no need to ask for that anyway because I have to show my CHL automatically anyway. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Well, you know, as a white woman, not only was I almost never stopped, I have never been asked to put my hands on the hood to be patted down. I don't think it's because I never exceeded the speed limit (I'd just gotten a ticket a few months before). Having it happen once is one thing. Assuming that's the treatment you're going to get kinda points to different treatment based on skin color. Wendy W. ----------------------------------------------- I think you need to go visit you local county prison and see who is commiting the majority of the felonies. Talk to a police officer who does not have a T.V. camera in his face and as him if he has ever been attacked or if he knows anybody who has? Then ask him if the attacker was a 50 year old white woman? That fact is that police can only please the liberals to a certain point. Then it becomes more of a survival issue. Or maybe in the end they can just not fight crime and stand idolly by as they did in Cincinati to avoid being called racists. But as I recall the people of Cincinati were not to pleaseed with the results they got from that either. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Obviously? What is obvious about it? So you are saying there are bad terrorists that kill innocent people and not-so-bad terrorists that kill innocent people? What are you claiming is the difference? --------------------------------------------------- The difference is simple if person A and person B are in disagreement. Both have guns but both are hiding behind a fort for fear of loosing there lives. Now assume person B suddenly does not care if he dies and just runs out and shoot person A knowing he will die on the spot by being shot back. That is the difference. That is the reason the Soviet Union fell without nuclear bombs being fired. Becuause although the Soviets had a stupid system they did not want the world to come to an end. By the same token that is the reason if Ossama Bin Laden got nuclear weapons, then that is the reason the world would come to an end. But the reality is that Ossama Bin Laden has either open or secretive support in every country dominated by the Muslim faith. Even the Prince of Saudi Arabia was recently proven to have known in advance of Al Quedas plans to attack the world trade center. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Sorry but the comment you make here is absolute bollocks. Terrorism is the use of fear towards a political end. Suicide missions do not differentiate between terrorism and fighting for a cause. Plenty of people died in uniform during World War 2 that did not make them terrorists. David --------------------------------------------------- No, taking a risk and suicide are two different things. Except for the Japanese I don't know of any goups involved in that war that were willing to strap a bombs to themselves knowing that they would have a 0% chance of surviving, but did so soley to push their side ahead. I do know that the IRA has often been referred to as terrorists because they terrorize the British with suprise attacks on politicians and such. I don't support the IRA but obviously they are not as bad as the PLO's, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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------------------------------------------------------ I know all about Soviet spies I have even been the one to quote it to you before. But the fact is Moscow was the official capitol of the Soviet Union. And if somehow Moscow as taken out it would have disrupted operations noticeably more than killing Osama Bin Laden would to Al Queda. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Do you have any idea how repulsive, racist and stupid that sounds? Not to mention that it is pretty much baseless. There are fanatics in almost every religion. Were the Crusades friendly to non-believers? Hitler's attempt to blot out the Jews? Israel blowing up Palestinians? The guy who was just put to death for the religion-based murder of an abortion doctor? Pick a race or religion, and we can probably find an example of them killing people because they disagree or are different. Just because you don't like the way it sounds is no reason to call something baseless. If you need a base why not start with the hostages in Iran 1979, Panam flight 103, World trade center in 1993, then the U.S.S. Cole then the trade center in 9/11. I don't know how many attacks there have been in Israel this month but I am a sure you can find a few. I can keep going but I don't believe you can even start. No you can only try to date back to something that happened 500 years ago and try to spin that to make your point. Just because you will to live in denial of the truth is not a reason to call it baseless. Quite the contrary it is extremely founded. By the way incase you don't seem to understand the difference between fighting for a cause and terrorism. The key is suicide mission. IF you can get a group of people stupid enough that you can convince them that their life on earth is worth ending as long as the fulfill their duty for their faith because their reward after death will be so wonderful then you have just created a very dangerous group of people. Such people existed in Japan during world war II but as of now the only ones left in the world that I know of are the Muslims. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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OK -- Reagan was in charge of the good spending, and Congress was in charge of the bad spending. Teflon lives. ------------------------------------------- As Comander in Chief he could react militarily and in doing so the way he did the national deficit was increased. . ==================================== I think there might have been a couple of other contributing factors. And what exactly did we win? The ability of other countries to choose their presidents/prime ministers/viziers/pooh-bahs? Reagan was a pretty commanding international presence. But he was a lot more interested in strength of the "ones that count" than in strength through strengthening everyone. ------------------------------ We won the peace of mind that our greatest enemy for 70 collapsed. There was no reason left to fear the possiblity of a nuclear war with Russia. As a whole it was good for humanity, specially the people trapped in these countries themselves. ==================================== If the President was responsible only for the military expenditures in the 1980's, why is he responsible for the non-military expenditures in the 1990's (there weren't a whole lot of military expenditures in the 1990's)? Is it simply because he was a Democrat? ----------------------------------------------------- To the first part of the question. Between 1992 and 1994, Clinton was not only president but he had a congress controlled by his own party and they were set on their merry way to take our freedoms and economy straight to hell. Fortunately many people (mostly Rush Limnbaugh) were good and getting the word out of the horrors that were in store for us if somebody did not somehow put a leash on this guy (Clinton). So for the first time in 40 years Republicans once again regained control of congress. From that point foward any efforts of congress to roll back Clinton's failed policies or that of the Congresses dating back the las 40 years were met with a presidential veto by Clinton. I think he is up there as one of the presidents that vetoed the most bills. ========================== And the fact that we are, more and more, telling other countries "my way or the highway, your business is my business if I think it is" has absolutely nothing to do with it, right? Being a strong country doesn't give us rights over other countries. Rights belong to you by virtue of being a country. It gives us responsibilities, to use the power wisely and for the common good. Using it just for our own good is called bullying. Of course, if you think power is the end, then I guess bullying is an irrelevant concept, isn't it? --------------------------------------------- So I guess your saying the U.S. is bad because we have used our power to root out killers who planneed to otherwise attack us. Oh wait your going to say Al queda attacked us 2 years ago not Iraq, right. There is a certain reality that will be there no matter what. You can spin all you want, you can even deny it over and over again. But the fact is that this Muslim faith should be made illegal. Don't get me wrong there are some good people who practice this faith. However Mosques are, always have been and always will be a breeding ground for terrorists. Although liberals will put their best effort foward to blame America first and therefore attempt to equade the Muslims with the Judeo-Christans, its just not the case. I have yet to see the story of the church going Catholic boy who strapped explosives to him and went into a place where the infidels were with the intention to blow himself up soley for the purpose of pushing his religon ahead by killing people of a different faith. I haven't heard that story with a nice yamaka wearing Jewish boy either. But I am sick of hearing that same story with a muslim over and over again only for liberals to then make the most frivilous excuses to justify their actions. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Not sure how old you are, but during the cold war many people in the US believed that a nuclear war --------------------------------------------------------- Ok first of all I am 29 and I do remember the movie the day after and I do know much more fear there was of a nuclear war in the 60's. However it never happpened and for that matter it never even started to happen. The world trade center was real and it left no doubt in anybody's mind as to what danger we as a country were in. Also the fact that the enemies are spread out makes it that much harder to defeat them once and for all. Whereas with the Soviet Union if we could take Moscow everything else would be easier after that. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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hey, dont get me wrong, i have absolutely no problem with morons. they make good cannon fodder. i just dont think they should be at the head of the class. -------------------------------------- I guess you would have rathered have Gore up there hugging a tree while he made his Speech. Perhaps you miss Clinton standing by idolly while the U.S.S. Cole was bombed or the World trade center, for the first time in 1993. Or maybe you miss the national embarassment that we had when Jimmy Carter was in office causing the true Gas Crisis because of his stupidity and inability to deal with the Middle East. And, oh lets not forget about the hostages that proved the middle east knew what an idiot they were dealing with. Remember the 66, 52 of which were held for 444 days until we finally got a predident that was NOT and idiot (Reagan) in office. All of the above, and don't forget Reagan increasing the national debt by some $4 trillion, burdening us and our children with a debt that will last forever. ----------------------------- Come on Kallend I thought you were a college professer and knew better than that. I remember when I first heard about the national debt in high school, sophmore year (1989) that is was approaching three trillion. That was atleast one year after Reagan's presidency was over. But anyway all the irresponsible taxing and spending that occurred up to 1994 was passed by a Democrat congress. Isn't that right? See military action in repsonse is something the Comander in Chief can take care of. But getting a bunch of morons in Congress to pass a useful bill is not exactly a peice of cake. You're right, the national debt only went up by some $2 trillion under Reagan, although it was around a 300% increase, (the largest % jump under any president in peacetime), and it went up another trillion under Bush I. It went up around $1.6T during Clinton's 8 years, and has gone up $2T during Bush II's presidency. So, as we see, Republican administrations are more fiscally responsible. --------------------------------------- First of all there was a ton of useless spending put forth by the Democrat Congress during Reagan terms but as for the money he spent on national defense, it could not possibly have been better spent. After all he won the cold war. Something no Democrat could have ever done. Bush Senior brought us sucess in Iraq but unfortunately he did not have enough in him to tell the U.N. where to go and finish the job. Clinton did nothing but set us back as a country and Increase the national debt anyway. Dubya has had up to now the toughest challenge to deal with. Its worse than the Soviet Union was because our enemies are all over the world. The only hint that we have is that nine out of ten times (atleast) they are muslims. Up to now he has done a pretty damn good job and dealing with this crisis and the simple fact of the matter is that this unfortunately is costly. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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hey, dont get me wrong, i have absolutely no problem with morons. they make good cannon fodder. i just dont think they should be at the head of the class. -------------------------------------- I guess you would have rathered have Gore up there hugging a tree while he made his Speech. Perhaps you miss Clinton standing by idolly while the U.S.S. Cole was bombed or the World trade center, for the first time in 1993. Or maybe you miss the national embarassment that we had when Jimmy Carter was in office causing the true Gas Crisis because of his stupidity and inability to deal with the Middle East. And, oh lets not forget about the hostages that proved the middle east knew what an idiot they were dealing with. Remember the 66, 52 of which were held for 444 days until we finally got a predident that was NOT and idiot (Reagan) in office. All of the above, and don't forget Reagan increasing the national debt by some $4 trillion, burdening us and our children with a debt that will last forever. ----------------------------- Come on Kallend I thought you were a college professer and knew better than that. I remember when I first heard about the national debt in high school, sophmore year (1989) that is was approaching three trillion. That was atleast one year after Reagan's presidency was over. But anyway all the irresponsible taxing and spending that occurred up to 1994 was passed by a Democrat congress. Isn't that right? See military action in repsonse is something the Comander in Chief can take care of. But getting a bunch of morons in Congress to pass a useful bill is not exactly a peice of cake. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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>Clinton's . . . Obligatory Clinton slam. ---------------------------------------------- Hey if your industry got slamned because of his irresponsibility, you would be slamming him too. That is as long as you were not left in denial of the actual turn of events, as liberals usually are. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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oh, if understood anvil properly, what you really mean to say is that you have a wife and 3 kids, oldest need braces, a nice little pad in the suburbs with 2 mortgages and exorbitant medical bills from that tsetse fly fever outbreak. it's a fuckin joke, don't pop a vein. ------------------------- Actually I don't have any kids, but most people do. I don't have any medical bills but a lot of people do and again that is just one of many avenues available to bring down your taxable income. I was married for over four years but am not anymore. I do own a house and that is by far the largest deduction one can have. Renting makes no sense to me. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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------------------------------------------------------- Well that does not in anyway bring me down. All it means is I know how to manage my money better than you. Still things always have a way of getting turned around and getting most people screwed one way or the other. Clinton's fiscal irresponsibility and his joyride on the economic policies left to him by George Bush Sr,. as well as the massive sudden growth of the internet has managed to turn my finances upside down. This ofcourse is because he did nothing to help the economy while he was in office, instead he did what he could to harm it. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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------------------------------------------- What about your standard deduction? Do you own a house? What about deducting the yearly interest you pay? Or the property tax for it or the school tax associated with it or a secondary mortgage you might have on it? What about medical bills? They are deductible too. Not to mention your spouse or children if you have either. These are all extremely basic deductions which should easily get anybody making under 120K paying very easily less than 25% tax. Some people get creative and start businesses that the know will fail so that they can claim losses on there business and typically these people pay close to nothing in income tax. If you or your accountant can not seem to figure any of that out there is a book out there called 101 ways to not pay income tax that may be worth your while. In anycase the true point is that somebody with a serious but not necessarily outrageously high income (perhaps $250-$350K yearly) such as a plastic surgeon or a doctor with a sucessful practice, they are the ones who are truly getting shafted when it come to paying a high percentage of their income to taxes. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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You also live in Texas with no state income tax... Take your salery and income and move to a state wher eyou get hit with another 15% state tax sometime.. ------------------------------------------------- I grew up in NJ and have also lived in NY. I don't think any state except maybe California or Taxachussets has a higher state income tax. Anyway there I payed 6-7% to state income tax. But even that was before the deductions. In the end it was more like 3-4 % possibly 4-5%, definately not more. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Me, I'm paying 41% of my income in federal taxes. They're paying 20%. You call that fair? ------------------------------------------------- I don't know what exactly your doing for a living but I seriously doubt you are truly paying 41% of your income to taxes. I do my own taxes through turbo tax but the bottomline in there is a total wages tips and etc and there is a total tax. By the time all my deductions were in place on my best year (which broke 6 figures noticeably), I still only payed in the end about 21%. Somebody earning more money I bet 8 out of ten times is in management which is making a serious percent of their money through stock options like you said before. People making less are definately paying less. Saying that your paying 41% means that either you need a new accountant or your simply mistaken. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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I would be more in favor of a higher sales tax on non-essential items and ellimination of all income tax. ------------------------------------------------ And who is going to decide what is non-essential. You are probably thinking stuff that you don't care about. Little do you know that this can come back to haunt you. Your thinking cigarettes let them tax the hell ouf of the smokers, maybe alcohol, possibly bullets screw those people that want to go target shooing. But in the end the most likely hit will be gasoline. Mainly because of all the environmentalist who feel great about themselves because of their hybrid cars but don't see the whole picture. They can't simply look at Europe and realize that with this mentality before you knew it gas prices would triple or quadruple. I guess if you make $300K or more yearly then your jumping won't be affected. But the rest of us would be totally screwed if our gas prices became like that of Europe. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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>LOL, so there is the 1st 1 million, now where does the remaining >86.9 billion come from? >I like your numbers so ten million dollars equals 1 billion. Now do >the rest of you understand why liberals can not balance budgets? Uh, 86.9 billion is 100 million less than 87 billion, not 10 million _or_ 1 billion less. --------------------------------------- I know what the correct numbers are. I think while getting my degree in math somewhere along the line learned that 1,000 million = 1 billion. But he suggested that 1 million would lower the 87 billion by .1 billion, which would suggest that 1 million was one tenth of a billion and that would suggest that 10 million = 1 Billion, which is obviously incorrect. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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LOL, so there is the 1st 1 million, now where does the remaining 86.9 billion come from? --------------------------------------------- I like your numbers so ten million dollars equals 1 billion. Now do the rest of you understand why liberals can not balance budgets? If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Good post. I love it when somebody else sets the record straight so I don't have to. But for all the rest of the whiners about the 87 Billion. Remember back to just after September 11th, when congress approved giving 40 Billion to the aviation industry alone. That is right a terrorist attack can cost us a hell of a lot more than 87 Billion dollars. Believe me I hate the thought of having to spend a penny to clean that mess up there or in Afganistan for that matter. I am still waiting to the $25. donation that Alqueda is sending us help restore the mess they caused in NY. Hell Russia never rebuilt East Germany after World War II. The U.S. rebuilt West Germany and West Germany has been rebuilding the East since the reunification. But rather than see our clear superiority all the left can do is defend communism, other forms of socialism (Europe) and tyrannies. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Navigator 176 (loaded abour 1.25)from 13.5 K. I don't know how long it lasts but I know that its the longest ride I have had. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Quote> Also the telecom situation is Clintons fault. > . . .followed the Clintonian way of lying and deceiving to postpone your inevitable failure. > . . .come due to the lack of morality that Clinton brought to the U.S. presidency. So: Arkansas problems - Clinton's fault. -------------------------------------------- Clinton does his tax and spend for three terms and keeps Arkansas at the bottom of the barrel, I would say that is his fault. ========================== Texas problems - Clinton's fault. Telecom depression - Clinton's fault. Enronesque trading scandals - Clinton's fault. ---------------------------------------------- Texas problems which are mostly due to telecom which was brought down because of trading scandals or just false, unrealistic predictions predictions of growth. (all happening in a time when, Clinton the president of the U.S. was doing the same exact thing with the country's budget. Or do you not remember how funny it was when Clinton showed us how he balanced the budget, only the numbers didn't add up. Sounds like Bernard Ebbers was doing the exact same thing with MCI/Worldcom to me. ============================== Failure of all that is decent in the US - Clinton's fault. --------------------------------------------- I think that sums it up. We have a president with no boundries and during his terms the country as a whole looses several notches in the morality scale. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Uh, yeah, but what does that have to do with supply side economics? Texas has its highest unemployment level in nine years and one of the worst environments in the US; however, Bush is no longer running Texas, and hasn't been for two years. Clinton hasn't been running Arakansas for over 10 years. ------------------------------------------------- Texas which is where I happen to live now has most of its money (or atleast its highest standard of living) in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. In the nice parts of Dallas are the people who made money from oil. That is not exactly booming but its really not doing nearly as bad as Telecom. Telecom is in a mass depression believe me I (ex-Nortel employee) know that all too well. The telecom depression, which BTW is world wide, has ofcourse hit the telecom hot spots (RTP, Richardson, Texas) the hardest. Also the telecom situation is Clintons fault. Nortel stocks were on their way down 6 months before the election. Cisco was no different. Lucent had dove drastically long before that. MCI CEO Bernard Ebbers followed the Clintonian way of lying and deceiving to postpone your inevitable failure. I guess this annoys me quite a bit because I have to deal with the burst bubble that has come due to the lack of morality that Clinton brought to the U.S. presidency. As for Arkansas there is a direct relationship as governer there for so long his taxing and spending did bring the state lower or at the very least did not prove any validity to his theories that if you tax the hell out sucessful people that you will create some kind of Utopia. If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.
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Uh, voodoo economics has been a favorite of the GOP for quite some time now . . . basically, the premise is that if you give a rich CEO a $1 million tax break, he might hire a few more people because he's richer and can afford it. ---------------------------------------------------- Well I can see you know the answer but your persistance to make a mockery of it, just as the Democrats in congress do and therefore continue to hinder the cause by filibusting and rolloing back the accomplishments is unfortunate. If you really need proof of this, why not look at Arkansas? Is that not among the four poorest states in the entire U.S.? Was that not the state that was blessed by three terms of Bill Clinton? Maybe in reality they were damned, Don't you think? If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass. Can't think of anything I need No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound. Nothing to eat, no books to read.