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Old 28-02-2008, 01:39 AM   #201 (permalink)
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^ From the wizbang link in Boonie's post. I'll see if I can find another source, or maybe Boon has one.

Obama wants us to pay 845 billion dollars to help the U.N. "relieve global poverty". We, the taxpayers, will of course be the ones to pick up the tab.
As President, Obama is promising us 850 billion dollars in new spending, 850 billion of which will likely be wasted.
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Old 28-02-2008, 02:02 AM   #202 (permalink)
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^ From the wizbang link in Boonie's post. I'll see if I can find another source, or maybe Boon has one.

Obama wants us to pay 845 billion dollars to help the U.N. "relieve global poverty". We, the taxpayers, will of course be the ones to pick up the tab.
As President, Obama is promising us 850 billion dollars in new spending, 850 billion of which will likely be wasted.
Don't forget he will also improve the economy of Mexico to the point we won't have an illegal alien crisis anymore.

John McCain is going to make mince-meat out of him and his dreams all the way to November...
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Old 28-02-2008, 09:39 AM   #203 (permalink)
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^ From the wizbang link in Boonie's post. I'll see if I can find another source, or maybe Boon has one.
One would hope so, because a link to a blog that in turn links to the laughably named 'Accuracy in Media' (there's a misnomer if ever there was one!) is stretching things a bit.

To be expected from Booners Jet, little bit disappointing coming from you.
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Old 28-02-2008, 09:45 AM   #204 (permalink)
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Old 28-02-2008, 10:30 AM   #205 (permalink)
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John McCain is going to make mince-meat out of him and his dreams all the way to November...
Dream on Booners.
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Old 28-02-2008, 12:01 PM   #206 (permalink)
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John McCain is going to make mince-meat out of him and his dreams all the way to November...
McCain isn't very knowledgeable. He's also too old.

He doesn't say he's a Neo-Con but he has all the earmarks of one.

The GOP is starting to remind me of the old Democrats: they cannot find suitable Presidential candidates.
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Old 28-02-2008, 10:24 PM   #207 (permalink)
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^ I agree, MM. Oh, and it's a great pity to hear that Wm F Buckley Jr died. RIP, our Brobdingnagian conservative stalwart writer.
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Old 28-02-2008, 10:28 PM   #208 (permalink)
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Well to hell with em, aint either side really running a canadate that I can see..

You got mail jetty. more answers if ya need em tomorrow.
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Old 28-02-2008, 10:37 PM   #209 (permalink)
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^Tks, BG! I did love those pics, especially the caves, waterfalls and Yosemite. Geez, I didn't know the Hoover Dam is in Nevada.
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Old 28-02-2008, 10:42 PM   #210 (permalink)
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Them folks might have a canadate for ye,, blackgang.
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Old 28-02-2008, 11:32 PM   #211 (permalink)
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Perhaps, Fezell observed, some whites will begin to take notice that blacks are flocking to Obama out of racial loyalty and wonder why they can't do the same. "Only white voters are expected to look beyond race," he said.

Taylor thinks white people want to vote for the right black candidate out of generosity of spirit. They want things to go better for black people, which, he said, is also why they recoil at the IQ argument, and, time after time, recall for him how "the smartest kid in their class was black."

"I think many smarter, far-thinking blacks are going to be worried that any time they start talking about discrimination, certainly institutional racism, people are going to say, 'Hey, look, you've got a black president for heaven's sake.'"

[ Multiculturalism rears its ugly head: people vote for who they think is like them, except those who fling the pity vote. ] news on 02.27.08 [at] 05:28 PM CST [link] [No Comments]
Stick it in a chain-mail and he'll post it here tomorrow.
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Old 02-03-2008, 07:46 PM   #213 (permalink)
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Well, it's all about the money - i.e. taxes isn't it?
Let's have a look at what the last Democrat in the White House did, eh?

Taxes under Clinton 1999 / Taxes under Bush 2008


Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500

Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500

Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750

Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000

Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750

Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250

Think I'll stick with the party of lower taxes, thank you!

The Tax Foundation - Comparing Income Taxes under Bill Clinton and George Bush

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Think I'll stick with the party of lower taxes, thank you!
But is that the cause of the fall in the Dollar ? I'm not an expert but the less you pay, something has to give ?

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Them folks might have a canadate for ye,, blackgang.
I didn't see anything in your Kraut Nazi paper that had any interest to me, I did open that one of your usually stupid posts because of what jet said, and did see in your fav paper about some Nazi huns raising hell because some folks want to log some trees off of their own privately owned land, not gov land but private holdings.
But you should be able to do that without interference from a bunch of no goodniks telling you what you can do with private property in the land of the free and the home of the brave..

But if they are wanting to hug the trees then they should get out the check book and buy the land in their own name and then do as they wish..
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Old 03-03-2008, 02:38 AM   #216 (permalink)
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Think I'll stick with the party of lower taxes, thank you!
But is that the cause of the fall in the Dollar ? I'm not an expert but the less you pay, something has to give ?
No, coz the more money folks have, the more they spend, which helps to keep the economy going. Strong economy = strong currency. Pay more taxes and the gov uses it to fund social progs, altho some of these (ie, infrastructure) can help as the gov pays private cos to do the jobs. Of course, many other factors are at work (ie, the current credit crisis brought on mainly by the subprime defaults is dragging the US down at the mo -- people cannot meet their mortgage payments, and also do not have enough to spend.)
That's why I will always be conservative in thought. Work hard, give some for taxes, but make my own choice on where I spend and donate.

Boonie, thanks for the tax comparison. That should shut up a few folks. Guess if the Dems get in, I'm better off paying the same levels in Canada with a healthcare card that enables me to wait 12 hours for services for free.

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Well, it's all about the money - i.e. taxes isn't it?
Let's have a look at what the last Democrat in the White House did, eh?

Taxes under Clinton 1999 / Taxes under Bush 2008


Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500

Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500

Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750

Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000

Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750

Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250

Think I'll stick with the party of lower taxes, thank you!

The Tax Foundation - Comparing Income Taxes under Bill Clinton and George Bush

Too much focus on taxes when there is a 9 Trillion dollar deficit.

And, Medicare will bankrupt America.

Raise taxes, but spending, to fund Medicare or wipe out the program.
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