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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) yeah i realized that after i hit send. was thinking of basketball slam dunk adjectives and didn't realize the implication of the 360. duh duh. pwned. Now I feel better.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 03:13 PM) And I've been thinking for a while how suddenly it's a horrible thing to have the U.S. government spying on U.S. citizens. Wow, funny how things aren't changing, huh?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 03:12 PM) This is of course, not the point of the discussion at all, and it adds absolutely nothing to it. Balta, it is. Look at what you post. If Obama and the Democrats say it, it's ok, it must be true. If a Republican says it, we must dig, find 600 blog posts about how they MUST be wrong - and of course, they are, in some form or fashion, just like Democrats on the other side. It gets tiresome, just as tiresome as my stupid drivel. I think it's fair to say that you can come down on any side of an arguement, no matter the point of view, and be "right". For me, though, some things are absolutes. Kerry, Murtha, Reid, that s*** is blatent disrespect of our military. But it must be ok, if Republicans trash them too, right? I just get sick of it.

Again, Republicans are stupid, Democrats are so smart! This is getting ridiculous.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 02:19 PM) So if I go back and find the Republican quotes about how we need to depart from Somalia while those brave Democrats wanted to stay the course, does that make them equally weak on defense? I know, I know, Republicans are assholes, no matter what way you want to cut it.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:21 PM) So my girlfriends parents are pretty incompetent. They never really gave her guidance on the whole real life thing and she is just sorta lost out there. She asks me yesterday if she has to file for anything since she didn't work at all last year. Well, she makes money off of a trust fund of her own and also has income from her fathers trust (all the grandchildren earn dividends off the fathers trust or something which was a stipulation of the grandfather when he died). So I know that she has to file, and I know that she owes the government money. Dealing with all the procrastinators myself (I work in at a department that acts as a 3rd party trustee to banks retirements accounts) I am pretty swamped these last few days but I also have worry about getting her s*** out of the way. I talked to her mom yesterday to see if she has any government reporting forms that were sent to her house in Cali and she is pretty sure I have the only thing she got which is a K1 from her fathers trust account. Well, I am not so sure about this especially after she tells me - oh well I file an extension every year blah blah blah which really pisses me off b/c I really don't think it is that hard to file taxes in the 3 months the govt gives you. So i can see her mom is not on top of things at all and would like to get everything I need before I take on this endeavor. Parents are divorced and what not and I am not sure if her father claimed her as a dependent while she was in college last year or if the 20K+ he gave her for school last year is taxable income on her. Last year I did them for her and I was unaware of all this family money she gets and she got a letter saying she owed the govt 3 grand for taxes last year so I felt like s***. This year I don't want to #### it up and I want to actually teach her how to do it herself. So this leaves me with filing an extension today so that we can get them correct the first time. I always file my taxes when i get all my (1099s, W2s, etc) usually done by the beginning of February so I have no idea about this extension stuff. From what I have read you basically just have to estimate her taxes owed and pay them along with the 4868 form. My question is how the hell do I estimate them, and what if I grossly under estimate them, or she has no money at this point to pay the estimated taxes owed? I would just pay what she did last year. You need to get to 90% of the estimate to avoid penalties. If you don't have the money, you'll have to pay penalties and interest, and it's steep. Even if you cannot pay, you've GOT to file. There is an installment agreement form... which you can use.

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:44 PM) lets go number 42!

JC! Pitches out of it.

Come on, count... you can't lose this one.

Foul out - way to hang with it. 2 down.

Nice pitch. There's senor splitty.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:36 PM) Personally, I loved the hit and run with a bad contact hitter at the plate. If the hit and run is on and that ball is anywhere near the zone, you absolutely HAVE to make contact, no excuses. You can't whiff. That is what I was trying to say.

Holy s*** what a play.

Man they just lit his ass there. The hitter needs to swing at that s***.

Takes the walk... plate discipline! Stoney saying what I am...

I hope BA goes 20 for his next 20. I really want to get this argument out of the way. Now, I cursed him and he's going to go 0-20.

Is it me or does JC look pretty filthy? That ball is MOVING.

I'm just happy I get to watch a game.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:08 PM) None of the s*** Ron Paul says makes any sense at all. He basically wanted to privatize everything from the water supply to national defense, luckily only like 3% of the country actually agrees with him. I think libertarian views are good, but not for defense, highways, water supply... , that is over the top.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 12:02 PM) what killed RP for me was my 1st econ class and american chief exec 300-something. It didn't take much reading to realize pretty much every aspect of hyper-conservatism is complete bulls***. Ron Paul is right, but WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY over the top, which makes him wrong. I hope that makes sense.

I think the reason it's so stereotyped is John Kerry (our troops are raping in the middle of the night), John Murtha (our troops kill people for no reason), Harry Reid (the war is lost). I think that's enough. That's really "supporting the troops". To make this clear, Obama NEVER said these things - but his party did.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 11:31 AM) I don't recall now, though I do recall some articles since that point out the latest information had Obama with a lead (not a huge one) over Ryan just before the scandal broke. Well, Obama would have gotten a bounce from the speech. It was the "Messiah is born" speech... I can't remember the timeline for sure.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 11:28 AM) I wouldn't call it ridiculous - every politician starts somewhere, learns, improves his approach and network. Obama was a lot greener then, and Ryan had money, smarts and connections. But the premise that Ryan somehow had it in hand is just patently false. IIRC when the scandal broke, Obama had just delivered his DNC speech? Or was it right before?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 09:54 AM) I know a lot of people who like the idea of having the larger seats and leg room you get in business or first class, and could care less about all the fru-fru s*** ("fancy" food, fancy eating ware, hot towels, etc.). I am surprised that the airlines haven't yet employed a section in larger aircraft with business class seating and no other frills - and charge somewhere between coach and business class (since biz class is so much more expensive). I'd be all over that. I'm 6'3" and have broad shoulders - my ass fits fine in one seat thank you, but I could use the extra room. Airtran does.

"At a time of war, you cannot gut the military..." But to your points, what if a Republican president asked for the same cuts? And honestly Balta, the 4% increase in the DOD budget is kind of funny because Obama is asking more for Iraq then GWB ever did. WOAH!