Politics: A new beginning - Page 55

Connect_the_Dots · 10-22-2003, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Relatively speaking, the estate tax is easy from a paperwork standpoint because it requires only the totalling of assets, less the applicable exemption, multiplied by the tax rate.

I am not going to respond to everything, but this last bit strains credulity. What you said is something spoken by someone who has never had to make an I.R.D. calculation.

Hank Chinaski · 10-22-2003, 04:38 PM

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda

Careful --you're starting to get incoherent. For God's sakes, man, remember your blood pressure.

is this one of those advertising homo attacks you mentioned? maybe you're right though, since i support Bush I am a joyless sexless old man who has repeated heart attacks. maybe I should relax. go have a drink of expensive alcohol, but no marijuana that's illegal. Maybe I will take oxycotin- that's okay.

Tyrone Slothrop · 10-22-2003, 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
well, maybe not true, but certainly not a pipe dream/lie dreamed up to increase cheny's oil stock or whatever evil motive you're buying into this week.

I still don't understand the President's motives, and probably won't for many years, but it is fairly clear that he made an early decision to go to war in Iraq and then spent considerable time and effort trying to build a case. The fact is, W. and many other top officials said things about WMD that were false. I still don't understand the people who insist that these were not lies. Go back and look at the quotes in Panda's post, and try to explain what they were thinking.

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they might have been on the same page, but how that figured they should address the problem differed.

I think it's more realistic to acknowledge that their assessments of the problem differed.

Sexual Harassment Panda · 10-22-2003, 04:53 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
is this one of those advertising homo attacks you mentioned? maybe you're right though, since i support Bush I am a joyless sexless old man who has repeated heart attacks. maybe I should relax. go have a drink of expensive alcohol, but no marijuana that's illegal. Maybe I will take oxycotin- that's okay.

Hank, Hank - we're here to help. All of us. We're here to help you. Not to judge.

Hank Chinaski · 10-22-2003, 05:13 PM

I thought maybe more stylistic things could be "invented" here, because it seems like any word or phrase is found somewhere. So I googled "on my ignore list."

Note, I didn't find the following during some some normal time passing on a dweeb-a-web computer gaming freakathon. Although, somehow the content of the fantasy game underlying the rant makes it sound saner.
Anyway, Paigow's (you're on)/(going on) list, plus TM "why are you posting about nothing?" rants, while perhaps entertaining, are not new.

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posted on dweep site by site admin

"Please Don't Share Anymore, My Ignore List Is Already Full

It has been said that the computer isolates us, that when we spend too much time on the computer we lose the ability to communicate with our fellow man. I fucking wish! We've got the opposite problem in Norrath! People never shut the fuck up!
.................................................................................................... ........every alien from the planet "My Opinion Matters To Other People" has to throw in their 2 cents..........................................
But, I digress. Why do people feel compelled to share so fucking much in zone wide chatter? It's not like actually talking to real live humans, where sometimes you say things before you think about it. It's not like your verbal diarrhea just slipped out. You have to make the effort to type out your brilliant observations on "goddammit it's raining again." No kidding. It's raining. The other forty people in the zone would NEVER have noticed if hadn't been for you! Hooray, Captain Obvious has saved us from…um… our virtual selves getting virtually wet in a virtual world? Gosh! Thanks! I'll just run for a dwarf hut to protect my hairdo now that you've pointed out the weather!

Being a moron isn't a crime - but sharing it with the rest of us should be.

Tweetyrants ©2001. Blah blah blah blah."

http://tweety.bowlofmice.com/tweety/dont_share.html (swear words, but there are above anyway)

Tyrone Slothrop · 10-22-2003, 05:14 PM

[size=large]CIA-Leak Scapegoat Still At Large[/size]

WASHINGTON, DC—A White House administration official who can be blamed for leaking the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to the press remains at large, White House officials announced Monday.

"We are doing everything in our power to see that the scapegoat is found and held accountable," President Bush said. "We will not stop until he—or she—is located. Believe me, nobody wants to see the blame placed squarely on the shoulders of a single person, and photos of that individual in every newspaper in the country, more than I do."

As the White House's search for the scapegoat continues, the Justice Department's investigative team is also working around the clock to find the ostensibly guilty party.

"We're doing everything we can," Attorney General John Ashcroft said. "I have assured the president that I will let him know the second we find either the leak or a decent scapegoat. It will happen. He's out there somewhere."

Bush has ordered his staff to cooperate fully with the Justice Department's investigation, which has already included interviews with dozens of White House officials.

"The team is hard at work, but the process of finding the perfect scapegoat is very time-consuming," Bush said. "While we can assume that this person will not be a member of my senior staff, we have few other concrete ideas about his identity. Why, the scapegoat may turn out to be someone who knew absolutely nothing about the leak. You can see how difficult the job is."

Hank Chinaski · 10-22-2003, 05:15 PM

meant to do that on Fashion sorry.

Shape Shifter · 10-22-2003, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Honeypie, I am case-sensitive. FB = Fashion Board. fb = me. Please be more careful in future. Thank you.

It works both ways.

Bad_Rich_Chic · 10-22-2003, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
Let's assume a farm(er) has an income of $200,000 /year. I would value it at $2 Million at the very least (assuming it could be sold to someone looking for a 10% ROR).

You know some productive fucking small farmers. An uncle of mine has a farm, has for years. The land is worth over $2 million (thank you Hollywood), and he doesn't see anything near six digits from it. He moonlights at a factory to pay the property taxes, nevermind fucking estate lawyers.

ltl/fb · 10-22-2003, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
It works both ways.

No, no it does not. I am not flexible.

Shape Shifter · 10-22-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
I think a job that you earned with your wittiness and charm would be a dangerous place for you.

You don't know how accurate your statement is.

Someone's Evil Twin · 10-22-2003, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
No, no it does not. I am not flexible.

On behalf of the male 9/10 of the PB, let me say that this is a very disappointing statement.

ltl/fb · 10-22-2003, 05:24 PM

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Originally posted by Someone's Evil Twin
On behalf of the male 9/10 of the PB, let me say that this is a very disappointing statement.

95/100.

Edited to add, I think the majority of you are pretty submissive when it comes down to it so it shouldn't be a problem.

Tyrone Slothrop · 10-22-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
95/100.

But many of the socks here are women.

Someone's Evil Twin · 10-22-2003, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
95/100.

It all depends on whether the recent appearances of several other women (NCS, RP, NYD) are repeated.

You probably told them there were single guys here and invited them over for a look, but without warning us first so we could keep Clubby from scaring them off.