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chattanooga in time for first game of the series; an easy two day drive from houston. i started rather poorly though; rented a sebring convertable and top wouldn't come down so a guy that worked there at DOLLAR jiggled something in trunk and lo and behold the top went down. however when i got to brookie's house i wanted to put it back up so i could put stuff in trunk and the top refused to budge so i take the car back down to hobby airport to exchange it. they said that i would have to pay $6.99 per gal. to fill the tank back up! after a small but effective temper tantrum they relented and got me a chysler 300 for the same price. gads.
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the gap between rich and poor has grown tremendously since 2000 here in the united states and now trails only turkey and some other small country whose name escapes me.
sarah palin spent 125,000 dollars of republican campaign money for new clothes. (the exact figure is rather obscure...but over 100k)
i guess she was spreading the wealth.
since the republicans used to refer to obama as "elite", let me ask you every day people...do you spend 100k on clothes in a month? would that be "elitist"?
i think the republicans will say almost anything in the hope that the public won't take the time and effort to check out the facts. the republicans have been spouting the "joe the plumber" story and now have added another twist...that somehow the encounter between senator obama and j.t.p was "confrontational." well, go to utube and watch the whole thing. case closed. obama's answer and explanation was more detailed than ANYTHING mc cain has said about his own economic "plan."
the republicans keep repeating (ala j. goebbels) that obama will "raise your taxes." obama will lower the taxes on everyone making 250k per year and the only tax increase will be his repealing the bush tax cuts for the rich. tax cuts that JOHN MC CAIN HIMSELF WAS AGAINST WHEN BUSH SIGNED THEM INTO LAW, SAYING THAT THEY ONLY HELP THE FEW WHO DON'T REALLY NEED THE HELP. go check it out if you have any doubt. can you say "hypocrite"?
rep. michel bachman of minn. said on msnbc that obama was an "anti-american muslim." she is the incumbent republican. joe mc carthy was from minn. i do believe.
be sure and read colin powell's complete statement on why he is backing senator obama.
(for my friends in philly, i know that all of you aren't bad fans but some are just awful: loud, rude, crude, beer-throwing, fight-picking awful.)
two related stories:
the gap between rich and poor has grown tremendously since 2000 here in the united states and now trails only turkey and some other small country whose name escapes me.
sarah palin spent 125,000 dollars of republican campaign money for new clothes. (the exact figure is rather obscure...but over 100k)
i guess she was spreading the wealth.
since the republicans used to refer to obama as "elite", let me ask you every day people...do you spend 100k on clothes in a month? would that be "elitist"?
i think the republicans will say almost anything in the hope that the public won't take the time and effort to check out the facts. the republicans have been spouting the "joe the plumber" story and now have added another twist...that somehow the encounter between senator obama and j.t.p was "confrontational." well, go to utube and watch the whole thing. case closed. obama's answer and explanation was more detailed than ANYTHING mc cain has said about his own economic "plan."
the republicans keep repeating (ala j. goebbels) that obama will "raise your taxes." obama will lower the taxes on everyone making 250k per year and the only tax increase will be his repealing the bush tax cuts for the rich. tax cuts that JOHN MC CAIN HIMSELF WAS AGAINST WHEN BUSH SIGNED THEM INTO LAW, SAYING THAT THEY ONLY HELP THE FEW WHO DON'T REALLY NEED THE HELP. go check it out if you have any doubt. can you say "hypocrite"?
rep. michel bachman of minn. said on msnbc that obama was an "anti-american muslim." she is the incumbent republican. joe mc carthy was from minn. i do believe.
be sure and read colin powell's complete statement on why he is backing senator obama.
(for my friends in philly, i know that all of you aren't bad fans but some are just awful: loud, rude, crude, beer-throwing, fight-picking awful.)
posted by Ron Shock | 4:48 PM
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"Tax the rich, feed the poor
Till there are no rich no more"
The particular choice of words sums up many of my problems with extreme liberals. I'd have much less problem if the line were "Until there are no poor no more". The difference in wealth shouldn't be an issue at all--The absolute standard of living for the poorest who are willing to work is a legitimate concern, and I don't believe that Turkey has beaten us in that measure yet.
Joe McCarthy was from Wisconsin.
i like that song too...steve miller i believe.
ah, wisconsin, i knew it was up there somewhere.
taxes have to come from somewhere, a person who makes more should pay a higher percentage. the highest now is not nearly as high as it was in the 50's. because we have lost a good portion of our manufacturing base a large number of jobs that would have gone to undereducated people have disappeared and because of this, these people, if employed, are making such a small amount that they are exempt from taxes anyway. what to do? under bush we cut the rates for the highest earners and look what happened. i repeat, that while i don't know for sure what will work, i do know that the so-called "trickle down" theory does not work. never has and probably never will.
for you, liz. you are deleted.
The song is "I'd love to Change the World", by Ten years After.
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