We still pay taxes (sales taxes, property taxes, etc), but the way the tax system is structured, we get back more than we paid. My dad, who avoids taxes as best he can, proudly said he paid state tax last year. I asked how is that, since his state has no income tax. His response? Gasoline, cigarett
For another excellent read on this topic, please see Gideon's Sunset Clause article... Link
The Democrats buy votes by keeping food stamps and welfare payments high. They threaten the poor with hyperbole and rhetoric like "That man will cut your benefits! That man will kick you off welfare! I will keep those welfare checks coming in and keep food on your table." Just out-and-out vote whoring.
I have always said both Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. And when I say Happy Holidays I'm referring to Christmas and New Year's. Of course, I try to remember to wish my Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah rather than a Merry Christmas--but that is simply an attempt to be polite. I certainly wouldn't be offended if they slipped an
Tomorrow (Friday), 12:30 pm, is the magic time. I will try to blog on the topic as best I can. Vicodin will be provided. "I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray..." (Name that tune!)
I may even have participated in a talent contest as "ginger spice". You may have?! That's a gray area from a point in your life that you try not to remember...
It's not cuts to financial aid for students. It's cuts for subsidies to the lenders who provide student loans. From the New York Times : Many banks will receive lower subsidies. And the Education Department will work with the Internal Revenue Service to ferret out students and parents who underreport incomes on financial aid applications. The budget does, however, peg the repayment APR at 6.
"Tax cuts to the wealthy! Tax cuts to the VERY WEALTHY!" Blah blah blah. I got a tax cut too, and I am not at all wealthy: I am a civil servant! Middle income, four kids... yep, I contribute to the economy in my small way. And I got a tax cut. And last year I got a rebate check too.
The actions of the President and Congress say the hell with everyone that is not rich. No, their actions say get off your ass and do something with your life.
sell the land to the group at a nominal cost and it's private land and the suit has no merit. Of course, you also need to be prepared to sell land to atheist groups to put up monuments to their own agendas (most likely, billboards to block the view of the crosses). It wouldn't have to be a big plot of it, ei
Recently there has been a flurry of Church vs. State activism regarding the use of religious symbols and functions within the American government. It's over the "establishment of religion", which finds flower in the CHAPLAIN. The military chaplain is expected to be a spiritual advisor and friend to all within military ranks and circles. He or she i
To jlaur65: i do believe it was a good thing to take Saddam out of power, and he should really be dead now, but i thought Iraq really had nothing to do with 9/11... Trust me, if you watch any news whatsoever, you'll know it's not just you... But this article is about Saddam's claims of torture
This actually reminds me of my own post, "Wartime Powers and the 'No-Return Policy'" . But yours is much better written! I agree that this wielding of power (specifically the Patriot Act) is necessary and appropriate in a time of war, but that its need will fade as this open-ended war is won. The contention in my post was that poli
I have a hard enough time getting a shot and i am in my 30s, i can't even imagine getting that done. I'm 35, so the age thing is not a big deal. I'm not saying that this was an easy decision at all, I'm just saying that this is what we thought was best for our family. It's something that you
You know, this budget cut allows people to keep their tax rebates. You crowed and crowed about how Bush lowered taxes and can't pay for his government expenditures. You even coined "charge and spend Republicans". But when they make a budget cut, you cry foul? The money has got to come from somewhere. It reminds me of response to the original Bush tax cuts as quoted in one of Ann Coulter's books: someone said "My God! If low
I do not believe that evolution has proven its case. In fact every day we see evidence that there is no scientific basis for this ideology. This lack of evidence, however, does not mean that we, Christians, can demand that a government entity espouse our beliefs. I see this effort to have “Intelligent Design” in the publ
My wife came home from the grocery store with two bags of frozen peas, just for me. This is not going to be a good holiday weekend. BTW, to clarify: the literature I am reading is wrong after all: it says, "When you have an orgasm, you ejaculate semen, which is 98% sperm. " A-ha! It then goes on to say that "you will have no noticeable difference in the amount of fluid ejaculated at orgasm..." But with 98% of it gone, that's
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Probably the judge was trying to placate the woman by saying, in essence, "that's all right dear. I'll issue your restraining order and all the bad stuff will go away." But it's one thing to make a frivolous judicial ruling. It's another thing to have a judicial ruling that you know nothing about come down upon your own head, like it now has with Letterman. I can totally see why he's fighting this thing. He's thinking to himself, where did
Afterwards, Senator Robert "KKK" Byrd got up and said he would "defend the Constitution with his very life", but that he could not get behind the bill to drill. So what you're really saying is where does Byrd get off making this a "constitutional issue"? Yeah, I am at a loss too. Teddy Roosevelt st
Brits are trying to change the name to an all-inclusive "Wintervale". From Deadbrain.co.uk : In a bid to further promote Britain as a tolerant, equal and multi-cultural society, the Government has announced a number of formal changes to the English dictionary for 2006, including renaming Christmas as 'Wintervale'. DeadBrain correspondent Greg Mullet explained: "Just as when Britain moved from the old imp
I have it on the best authority that he was abused! He was forced to listen to Olivia Newton John, and Elton john music! Make the madness stop! I can say that some ABBA albums feel like a beating.
Remember when I said that MLB and the DC Council are scaring away potential buyers? From what I read today, they're ACTIVELY turning them away in droves. Now for some more bad news for Nationals baseball. From this morning's Washington Post : Major League Baseball has ordered bidders for the Washington Nationals not to promis
It's a matter of trying to court any hate-Bush Republicans while maintaining their core constituency. I suppose you mean by this is that the Republicans in blue and purple states hate Bush. I doubt that. I doubt it too, since I live in a blue state and I still support the Prez. I meant "hate-Bush R
Did anyone want to say something about the actual article, not just misused historical references?
Me too... my wife insisted on putting icicle lights on our second-story overhang. That was fun, especially in the cold and snowy conditions we'd been having. They were such a pain to get out of the box and unbent in the first place... so a gadget to help put them away? Excellent. I'm all for it.