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Maybe you should read the background to the case before passing judgement. Remember: Judge not lest ye be judged. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Peach Cobbler Ingredients Peach Mix: 2 peaches, diced 2 tablespoons butter 1 vanilla bean 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup brandy Biscuit Topping: 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons cornmeal 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda Pinch salt 4 tablespoons unsalted butter- melted 1/3 cup buttermilk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Saute peaches in butter, then add vanilla bean and sugar, and flambe with brandy. Mix all dry ingredients with the melted butter, buttermilk, and vanilla until a dough is formed. Fill ovenproof dish with peach mixture, top with biscuit mixture, then bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 375 degrees until golden brown. Serve with vanilla ice cream, garnish with fresh peach and raspberry puree. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

"You don't have to have a good memory if you tell the truth." Judge Judy HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

methinks you are very confused... (yep, i'm feeling fine thankyou) Hey, it's there for all to see. Btw, do you have any idea what life forms are kept at these places? One was a POS who kidnapped a young teenage girl, chopped off her arms with an axe, raped her and left her to die. She survived to testify against him. I'm sure he appreciates you standing up for him. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

One would think that with as many of his own posts he replies to he would know what he said. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Wait a minute... In post #31 you give yourself a +1 In post #32 you congratulate yourself on getting a +1. Dude, are you feeling ok? Cuz that ain't normal. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

seems to me it's the 'christians' here who are conflicted. they've been told what to do and what the result is if they don't by their very own 'god'. do you think you can get back on topic now rather than nitpicking? or now that you've run out of arguements are you just going to start spamming the thread with uncredited music lyrics - which is your usual tactic. I'd say Bill is doing a decent job of staying on topic. You are the one who brought religion into the discussion, not him. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

This is obviously going over your head - voting is irrelevant when you are able to field both candidates, one aspect of the "supposed class war". And just how does apolitician expect to get reelected if he pisses off 90% of the people who put him in office? It doesn't matter who puts up the candidates, it is still the middle class and poor who elect them. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

obviously well beyond your comprehension... Lol! OMG that is hilarious ! Did you come up with that all by yourself? At least I don't reply to my own posts. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

and my arguement is that if you inherit your wealth you obviously haven't 'laboured'. simple concept really. do try to keep up. and you are still insisting people who inherit money never worked for it. In many cases, I already gave a couple examples, nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is, you are too lazy to make your own wealth and you want the government to take it from others and give it to you. I have a better idea. Matthew 25:14-28 HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

I'm afraid not. He is serious. But I think his comparison is hilarious! HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Yep, that's horrid. I wonder....does she still make her own fashion decisions? In light of her continued crappy choices I think it would be money well spent to hire a fashion consultant. After all, she does help represent the US when she is in public. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Maybe, maybe not. When you post a link to an unsubstantiated wikipedia article it doesn't lend much credibility here. Are you unable to comprehend how 1% of the population is not enough votes to elect someone? Doesn't surprise me. And at the federal level as well. Don't think so? Just ask the former representatives who failed to be reelected because they pissed off the NRA and it's millions of poor and middle class voters. All the money and muscle they could come up with couldn't save their seats. Sure. But when the vast majority of the voters are poor and middle class, it is they that the pols must keep happy in the end. Ahh...I see. You think that the wealthy intentionally set their taxes higher than the rest of the population because......why?? So you don't think pols have to balance between keeping their welathy contributors happy and keeping their poor & middle class voters happy. Or that votes matter. Don't quit your day job, 'cuz you'll never make it in politics. Or business. Yep. It was obviously too difficult for you. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

and richest... (cambridge and oxford do quite well too) Soooo - are you going to respond - or CAN you respond, logically, on topic, and honestly? Ooooh - lookie - It's like Dreamdancer has me on ignore. How childish. Why are you so scared to rspond, Dreamdancer? Are you thattired of being proven wrong, or you are just unable to formulate a logical, honest response and just abstain? I think he ran out of unsubstantiated arguments. But don't worry. HandsomeSalad is taking over in that department. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

The U.S political system? Nope. The political system is a balance. Politicians must appease the wealthy to keep contributions coming in, as well as "other benefits", while reducing the financial burden on the poor and middle class because it is their votes that keep them in office. Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_theory_of_party_competition That is one theory of how the wealthy influence the political sytem. But the votes of the wealthy alone are not enough to put a person in office. If 1% of the population have 90% of the wealth, then 99% of the votes belong to those who are in the bottom 90% of wealth. Politicians, regardless of who puts their name on a ballot, still must gather enough votes to win the election. That means they must take care of the little guy enough to keep them from getting too pissed off. According to your and dreamdancers thinking, only those people who take care of the wealthy and forget about the poor get elected. If that were the case, then why the higher taxes on the rich? Why do we have inheritence taxes? Why? If what you say held water then the rich would pay no taxes at all. The wiki article you linked to is only a theory by one person. If you read the headliner on the wiki page you would see that it reads, "This article needs references that appear in reliable third-party publications. Primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject are generally not sufficient for a Wikipedia article. Please add more appropriate citations from reliable sources. (June 2010)" BTW, since you obviously can't figure out how to make a "clicky" ( a very, VERY simple process) I did it for you. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

The U.S political system? Nope. The political system is a balance. Politicians must appease the wealthy to keep contributions coming in, as well as "other benefits", while reducing the financial burden on the poor and middle class because it is their votes that keep them in office. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Ummmm- paid lobbyists... Payoffs to politicians (don't claim it doesn't happen, it does). I'm sure it does happen. But those efforts are to increase benefits to the wealthy, or decrease financial burden, and not targeted specifically at harming the poor and middle class. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

Turtle's comment was about taxation without representation. Taxes you pay to any state or city that is not your place of residence is certainly that. I think you may have missed a post or two, Professor. It was I who gave those taxes (city income tax on non-residents) as an example of taxation without representation in a reply to one of Bill's posts. Sorry for any confusion. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

i'm not dead yet... (but i'm willing to pay a fair inheritance/estate tax) The dead don't pay the tax. Their survivors do. but i'm quite willing, in my lifetime, to vote for a party that will double or triple inheritance/estate tax. are you? No, we agree on that point. But let's get back to the point at hand, that of the supposed "class war" waged by the wealthy. Care to show us proof of some sort of conspiracy, cooperation, or any other organized activities by "the wealthy"? HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

God and the Devil discuss an Engineer Although locked in fierce competition for what seems like forever, God and the Devil meet once every week for coffee just to catch up with each other. One week they're in heaven and the next they're in hell. When it was God's turn to host last week, the Devil was whistling a happy tune as he walked through the gates and wore a huge smile as he plopped down in the golden chair. As he poured a cup, God said, "You look pretty pleased with yourself." "Yeah," said the Devil, "Things are really looking up since I got that engineer last week. He's put in escalators and flush toilets, and he even found a way to control the heat in those old furnaces. I've been meaning to thank you for turning him away up here." God looked stunned, and almost spilled coffee into the saucer. "You know that you're not supposed to get any engineers," God said. "Peter was breaking in some new help at the gates last week, and they must have made a mistake. Just send him back up and we'll straighten it out." But the Devil just chuckled and said, "No. I think I'll keep him. He was talking about looking into better ventilation this week. I can see why you keep them all for yourself." "Send him back," demanded God "No," smirked the Devil. God thundered, "Send him back, or..." "Or what?" the Devil asked. "Or I'll sue," finished God. The Devil chuckled again. "Where are you going to get a lawyer?" HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

We have to deduct city income taxes the same as we do state and federal. The taxes are withheld from the employee's pay. I hate doing it because it isn't fair, but I think you are right in that is is a matter of services provided vs residents to pay for them. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

No, I am referring to city income tax. All of my employees pay federal income tax, state income tax, and a city income tax. Yep, I agree that they all voted for, or have the chance to vote for, the people who represent them at the state and federal levels. However, only those who reside within the city have the chance to vote on their representative who will help decide how much the city income tax rate will be. Those who do not live within the city still have to pay the tax yet have no say in the people who impose that tax. I have never understood how that is not unconstitutional. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

You're right, of course money isn't taxed but income is. So if one inherits a savings account worth 50,000, that money was already taxed at some point. Unless it was unreported cash income. Or it was accumulated over time by someone who never made enough to be required to pay income tax. Doubtful, but it could happen. But, in any case, when the funds are transfered to the benificiary it is a transaction and is subject to taxation. Governments find ways to tax almost every transaction. HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.