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From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on 27 Jul 2010 05:30 I read something like this and can't imagine a person like this representing us or anyone. They have no idea what it's actually like to have to have a job and provide food, shelter and warmth to a family. From Counterpunch, "The Roman Empire lasted for centuries. The American one collapsed overnight. Rome's corruption became the strength of her enemies, and the Western Empire was overrun. America's collapse occurred when government ceased to represent the people and became the instrument of a private oligarchy. Decisions were made in behalf of short-term profits for the few at the expense of unmanageable liabilities for the many. Overwhelmed by liabilities, the government collapsed. Globalism had run its course. Life reformed on a local basis." http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts07262010.html
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 27 Jul 2010 07:34 "FatterDumber& Happier Moe" <"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee> wrote in message news:4c4ea728$0$11832$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net... > I read something like this and can't imagine a person like this > representing us or anyone. They have no idea what it's actually like to > have to have a job and provide food, shelter and warmth to a family. > From Counterpunch, > "The Roman Empire lasted for centuries. The American one collapsed > overnight. Funny: We lecture Karzai about cleaning up corruption in HIS country.
From: Beam Me Up Scotty on 27 Jul 2010 08:58 On 7/27/2010 7:34 AM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > "FatterDumber& Happier Moe" <"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee> wrote in > message news:4c4ea728$0$11832$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net... >> I read something like this and can't imagine a person like this >> representing us or anyone. They have no idea what it's actually like to >> have to have a job and provide food, shelter and warmth to a family. >> From Counterpunch, >> "The Roman Empire lasted for centuries. The American one collapsed >> overnight. > > > Funny: We lecture Karzai about cleaning up corruption in HIS country. The Chicago "Obama Mob" insurance racket telling the Karzai Poppy/opium growers how to be moral. The irony is difficult to measure. --
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 27 Jul 2010 09:02 "Beam Me Up Scotty" <Then-Destroy-Everything(a)Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote in message news:4C4ED804.6000503(a)Blackhole.NebulaX.com... > On 7/27/2010 7:34 AM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: >> "FatterDumber& Happier Moe" <"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee> wrote in >> message news:4c4ea728$0$11832$bbae4d71(a)news.suddenlink.net... >>> I read something like this and can't imagine a person like this >>> representing us or anyone. They have no idea what it's actually like to >>> have to have a job and provide food, shelter and warmth to a family. >>> From Counterpunch, >>> "The Roman Empire lasted for centuries. The American one collapsed >>> overnight. >> >> >> Funny: We lecture Karzai about cleaning up corruption in HIS country. > > > > The Chicago "Obama Mob" insurance racket telling the Karzai Poppy/opium > growers how to be moral. The irony is difficult to measure. What's even MORE ironic is that you forgot how the same thing went on in the previous administration. Be consistent, and don't pretend anyone is a saint. It makes you sound immature and uninformed.
From: JohnJohnsn on 27 Jul 2010 09:13
On Jul 26, 8:50 pm, "Scout" <me4g...(a)verizon.nospam.net> wrote: > JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >> "Hachiroku ????" <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:4c4e3126$0$74763$afc38c87(a)read01.usenet4all.se... > > >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:30:29 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>> news:4c4e0dc6$0$74751$afc38c87(a)read01.usenet4all.se... > >>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:08:11 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >>>>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>>>> news:4c4df87e$0$74749$afc38c87(a)read01.usenet4all.se... > >>>>>>> John Kerry wants YOU to pay your taxes, but... > >>>>>>> (PS, it could have been built in Mass or NH and employed local >>>>>>> people...) > >>>>>>> BOSTON (WBZ) ? > >>>>>>> * Kerry Docks New Yacht In RI, Saves Taxes >>>>>>> (7/24/2010) > >>>>>>> Senator John Kerry found himself answering questions Monday >>>>>>> about his new $7 million yacht and the controversy about where >>>>>>> he's docking it. > >>>>>>> "There's nothing more to say about it," he told reporters at an >>>>>>> event at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station Monday. > >>>>>>> The "Isabel" is docked in Rhode Island rather than at Kerry's >>>>>>> summer home on Nantucket or in Boston Harbor. That means he >>>>>>> avoids paying nearly $500,000 in taxes to Massachusetts and he >>>>>>> doesn't have to pay a $70,000-a-year excise tax. > >>>>>> Smart move. That's how you get rich or stay rich. > >>>>> Fine and well, if you're not in the practice of telling other people they >>>>> have to pay their taxes. Remember when Kerry was running against >>>>> Bush? How quickly we forget...but some of us *don't* . > >>>> OK. Let's clarify something. You feel that everyone should pay >>>> their fair share of taxes, right? > >>>> I'm not asking whether you LIKE taxes, or whether they're too high, >>>> low, or anything else. > >>>> You feel that everyone should pay their fair share of taxes, right? > >>>> Yes? > >>> <Sniff...sniff...> What do you consider "fair share", and where is >>> this going? > >> "Fair share" means whatever is the legal requirement at the moment. > > Ah, so if we set the tax rate for the very rich at 98%, then that's their > "fair share".... > > Seems rather......arbitrary. Wonder how the Kerrys would like _these_ "tax rates for the rich"? Tax year Top marginal ¹Taxable tax rate (%) income over-- 1936 79 5,000,000 1937 79 5,000,000 1938 79 5,000,000 1939 79 5,000,000 1940 81 5,000,000 1941 81 5,000,000 1942 88 200,000 1943 88 200,000 1944 94 200,000 1945 94 200,000 1946 86.45 200,000 1947 86.45 200,000 1948 82.13 400,000 1949 82.13 400,000 1950 84.36 400,000 1951 91 400,000 1952 92 400,000 1953 92 400,000 1954 91 400,000 1955 91 400,000 1956 91 400,000 1957 91 400,000 1958 91 400,000 1959 91 400,000 1960 91 400,000 1961 91 400,000 1962 91 400,000 1963 91 400,000 From the current rate: 2010 35 373,651 That would be "fair"; don't you think? ¹ Not adjusted for inflation |