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Thu Sep-29-11 04:12 PM
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:16 PM
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1. As we all know, defense (war) is free... |
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and benefit us all, unlike social services which are only used by the lazy poor.
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:17 PM
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2. We're nothing but cannon-fodder to those "people". nt |
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:17 PM
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3. What's worse is that car appears to be turning right on red. |
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:19 PM
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6. Is that illegal where you are? |
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Right on red is a perfectly acceptable practice here...
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:25 PM
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11. Well, there *is* that sign there... |
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...that says very clearly: "NO TURN ON RED".
:-)
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:31 PM
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:37 PM
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It's been a long day...
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:58 PM
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19. Trust me, I know how you feel. :-) n/t |
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:18 PM
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4. they're okay with privatizing all of those and making them toll-based |
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recall that Murray Rothbard said it's better to have a retarded child die than to have someone forced to take care of them via taxation they make Longinus and the other Romans look like pikers
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:18 PM
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5. With regards to the leftmost sign |
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Edited on Thu Sep-29-11 04:19 PM by Worship Money
It should be called offense, not defense. God is that term Orwellian lately.
Second. So let's see. We have catastrophic budget problems. The imperative given here is to cut taxes which PRODUCE revenue, but not to cut defense (offense) which COSTS an obscene amount of money. A sickening, untenable amount of money.
Yeah guys, that'll do it!
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:22 PM
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9. GOOD point! Let's stop using that word, or at least protest it everytime we have to. It's offense, |
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:21 PM
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7. There's NOTHING in that picture that isn't the result directly or otherwise of taxes, except the |
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trees, maybe.
Those "people" are so fucking afraid someone they deem "unworthy" is going to get a fucking dime from them that they don't even know that if it weren't for taxes they themselves very likely would not even be here to bitch about taxes.
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:22 PM
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8. "CUT TAXES - NOT DEFENSE" is the dumbest thing since... |
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:24 PM
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10. You know, I was never quite clear on this; is that guy Jeff Gannon? |
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:34 PM
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16. I don't think so. I vaguely remember the name. |
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Edited on Thu Sep-29-11 04:35 PM by trof
The gay prostitute (not that there's anything wrong with that ;-)) that had White House press credentials?
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:29 PM
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12. I had an exchange yesterday... |
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...with a commenter in our local paper, who said that no government has the right to confiscate the people's wealth. I asked them, show me a government that does not have the right to impose taxes? I said they are trying to spin it such that "taxes" means "confiscating wealth", without addressing how the government should obtain its funding. I asked if they were suggesting there should be no government? (I should have added, that would make you an anarchist) I said, even if you think the government's only function should be to provide for our defense, you still need taxes to fund that.
Needless to say, it fell on deaf ears.
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Thu Sep-29-11 05:37 PM
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20. I don't understand where they get the concept that the govt can't tax. |
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I'm wondering what they consider their church does when they are required to tithe to the church?
And how about the "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's" statement made by Jesus?
Even the Israelis tax their people and at a much higher rate then here in the USA.
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Thu Sep-29-11 06:49 PM
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21. No worries, they don't understand it either... |
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...all they know is the catchphrases that have been drilled into their obedient, authority-worshiping little skulls by their faux-fascist leaders. They would not know an actual line of reasoning if it were in powder form and they snorted it up their noses. All they know is, they don't want the gubmint "confiscating" their "wealth". While at the same time, they want gubmint hands off their Social Security and Medicare, thank yew very much!
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:30 PM
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Edited on Thu Sep-29-11 04:33 PM by Worship Money
How many of these people know how much of their ostensibly precious armed forces have already been "cut" and removed for private security/mercenary firms like Xe and DynCorp?
Then again. These people worship power, fascism, and the proverbial boot stomping on the human face. I'm sure they're very happy with these thugs massacring people in their (our) names.
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:32 PM
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That's awesome, and so very appropriate.
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Thu Sep-29-11 04:44 PM
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18. The stoopid runs very strong and deep |
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