HuskyCaucasian

Remember, this was 5-6 months AFTER the election:

I'm I the only one who finds it ironic that Palin is calling people naive?

75% may be not accurate:

I how I love borderline dictatorships: State Media Says Ahmadinejad Won, But Mousavi Declares Victory

conservative columnist S.E. Cupp: It's Obama's fault Letterman called Palin a slutty flight attendant...

Miss California ousted for speaking out against gay marriage:

QUOTE (G&T @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 11:02 AM) Holmes announced that he will be doing the Me show again at night. awesome. I miss Me and Z.

This is a GREAT chart:

WOW! Neocons root for Ahmadinejad

UN boosts North Korea sanctions

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 10:46 AM) He also enjoys the color green and long walks on the beach. and a nice romantic candle light dinner for two.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 10:39 AM) From TPM: From the bottom of that article: Huh! Must have been a problem with the cell network. Ahmadinejad would never think to rig an election....

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 10:30 AM) Both sides are claiming that they have about 60% of the vote from what I can find. I guess its necessary for some one to have over 50% otherwise they have a second round of voting. Ive read that results may come in on Saturday (I assume Iranian time). From TPM:

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 12, 2009 -> 10:37 AM) Mousavi is pro-Western, it won't change Iran dramatically but the Obama administration's attempts to cool relations with Iran have a much better chance with him rather than Ahmadinejad. Cool, thanks. Obviously I know Ahmadinejad is a wack-job, I didnt know if the other guy was better or not.

So, I dont pay much attention to Iranian politics. Who do we want to win?

Shouldnt we have a separate Iranian election thread?

I vote the election will get rigged. That's just what happens when you have a guy like iImaNutJob running the country.

Norm Mcdonald was hysterical last night. That's the funniest I've seen him in a long time. the last I saw him was on a Comedy Central roast and I think he was waisted... he was really bad. Last night was classic Mcdonald. That 9001 dudes was awesome.

It's good to be the ex-first lady:

Dag-gumit!

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 09:10 AM) I don't even know all the dynamics, but it depends on lost of factors, such as where it is extracted, who buys it, who owns it first, etc. But its not like Exxon pulls it out of the ground and pays taxes on it as soon as they get it. They extract it, refine or process it into various states, and the resulting products are sold and taxed like other commodity items (sort of). And I do not know if Alaska specifically levies a tax on the commodities anyway, or if they even can, if the final sold product isn't producing in Alaska (even though the oil may come from there). Also, if you use a sliding tax scale like that, you are actually doing damage to the effort to get off oil. cool. thanks for the info. All I am trying to say is if you are soooo worried about your state making soooo much money off of oil, then find a way to make less.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 09:05 AM) OK, for one, Alaska already has a "rainy day" fund, its called the Alaska Permanent Fund. You can go google it. They get money from the government and from oil such that they run large budget surpluses, put the money in the fund, and everyone in AK gets a state tax refund, instead of paying taxes. But that is a whole different discussion there. Second, the taxes don't work like that. There is no tax on oil per se, in the way you state. On the second point, please educate me, because I was always under the assumption that there was some sort of an tax on oil. EDIT: and on the first point, all I hear from the GOP is that Obama is trying to make Americans dependent on government by just giving away free money and now with Palin saying that she wished the government spending was less, shouldn't she eliminate the free money to Alaskans? seems like she is helping make people dependent on government money.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 08:54 AM) I actually like that quote from her. She's a disaster overall, but that sentiment is just fine with me. Ok, so let me try and flesh this out a bit. I presume the quote was about money that is brought in via a tax on oil, correct? Hence the part about how it's government income. And if her philosophy is the less money me make the less we'll spend... then there are 2 options. 1) Pocket the tax money for a "rainy day" fund, and dont spend it because government spending is evil. 2) Put in a sliding scale on the tax on oil. Just an example: 10% tax on $20-30 a barrol, 7% on $31-40, 5% on 41-50. You get the idea. That would keep your income down as prices go up.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 08:43 AM) The future of the GOP: This is what happens when you elect a slutty flight attendant to be your governor.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 10, 2009 -> 08:43 AM) The future of the GOP: I've said it before, I'll say it again, she wont get reelected as Gov.