SkyDekker

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  1. SkyDekker
    Fair enough.
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    So you are not in favour of the Virginia law that allows those who carry openly to get drunk in a restaurant/bar?
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    I am having a tough time trying to understand the logic behind being allowed to consume alcohol when your gun is out in the open, but not when it is under your jacket.
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    When she finally got me my beer.
  5. SkyDekker
    Depends on what she does. $60,000 Is a lot of money for answering phones and getting coffee. It is not a lot of money for a full fledged executive assistant.
  6. SkyDekker
    Freedom of Speech has never prevented the US government from "jailing" people they don't like. Your history (post Constitution) has enough examples.
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    Yeah, that's not why he has been advocating taxes though. In percentages it is not nonsense. In absolutes it is. He clearly stated it in percentages.
  8. SkyDekker
    Just remember that if you are allowed to carry openly, you are also allowed to drink as much as you want while carrying openly in Virginia. (At least according to the article, I have never been to Virginia)
  9. SkyDekker
    Boy are you ever spinning a couple of stories together. Why do you think he wants the rich to give more of their money to the feds? Do you think he likes the feds that much, or do you think maybe he has another reason?
  10. SkyDekker
    Virginia agrees with you. You are allowed into the alcohol serving establishment with your concealed gun, but you are not allowed to drink while carrying a concealed gun.
  11. SkyDekker
    Shelter is a misnomer, he is not getting the money back. His argument against decreases in taxation and in this case an increase on taxation on the income side has been based on something other than just providing revenues for he government. (Which makes his standpoint on tax exemption on the gift to charity not a waffle, but in line with his previous argument.)
  12. SkyDekker
    And if you give an objective look to his reasoning for estate taxes (and to some degree the higher tax rates he is proposing for the very wealthy), it makes sense.
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    Well, not in the example you gave, maybe in other cases. People have been known to change their minds. Doesn't take anything away from his main point though. Billionaires have been extremely protected under the US Tax Code. As part of the whole strategy that is required to "right the ship", that needs to be looked at as well. The problem in the US is that everybody is arguing about what one problem is to blame for your current predicament. As if solving one issue is going to change everything. Sounds nice and simple, like a Fox news episode, or a quick session on 60 Minutes, something that could be summed up on Dateline, but quite frankly it just doesn't work like that. The US needs a multipronged approach that dramatically cuts spending and increases taxation (revenue). Warren Buffet offered an option for one of the prongs on the increased taxation side. After clearly stating expenses and future promises need to be cut dramatically before even getting to his suggestion.
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    Makes sense, would leave more to give to charitable organizations and causes. He is giving away after tax dollars. I think his argument is that he should have less of those to begin with since his tax burden should be higher.
  15. SkyDekker
    I am pretty sure Warren Buffett has given more money away to date than you will make in your lifetime. He clearly states there have to be sustantial cuts to expenditures and future promises. Then, the focus must shift to revenues.
  16. SkyDekker
    Right, there is a long list of people who have committed an unarmed assault against polar bears, grizzley bears, lions, tigers etc. Some even returned....yes you guessed it: un-armed.
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    The Soviet Union fell after a prolonged and very expensive arms race against the US. The US appears to find itself in the the former USSR's position versus China. There is no way the US will be able to sustain its historic (and current) defence budgets. Obviously other programs need major cutting as well. There just simply cannot be a sacred cow. History does seem to be repeating itself and another empire is on the brink of extinction. The S & P downgrade is solely, IMHO, due to the government's ability to make decisions that matter. Or better stated, its lack of that ability.
  18. SkyDekker
    You're right. Usually because the courts recognize they have diminshed mental abilities and did not know what they were doing. Hence, would you be in favour of removing that level of protection for the mentally ill?
  19. SkyDekker
    Really, you can speak for all Americans?
  20. SkyDekker
    Ah, so when you say "all people" you mean Americans and when you say Human Rights, you mean American Rights. How very....American. As for the issue regarding mental illness and guns. To me it would make sense that there would be a standard procedure in place to establish whether or not the mental illness (untreated) is severe enough to inhibit a person's ability to make rational decisions. Should such a limitation exist, I personally don't think ownership of firearms should be allowed.
  21. SkyDekker
    Guns are a human right?
  22. SkyDekker
    That is your quote, implying that the 10 commandmends are a dumbed down version of 613 jewish rules. On one side we have 10 rules, 9 of which are pretty decent "rules" to live by, most would consider them pretty common courtesy. One of them is a belief statement. On the other side we have 613 rules, of which the far majority cannot possibly be observed. I am surprised that somebody who will tell anybody and everybody how good his logical reasoning skills are, would pick the latter as the smartest set of rules.
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    At least the 10 rules can be followed anywhere. 26 Mitzvos apply only in the land of Israel. And ever since those Romans destroyed the temple, you know the one that replaced the first one, many of the Mitzvos cannot be observed. I know every Torah lists them, but the majority of them cannot be observed. Your air of superiority is misplaced in this matter.
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    Only in the Land of Israel.
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    Gave you the example above.