Texsox

perfect day to go to the beach.

December vacation can't some quick enough for me.

Balta is the King of this thread

You have to type wuick in this game

v ery good balta

unbelievable, I went in reverse when I typed so was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl harbor?

Ovation for some of the costumes I am seeing today

I am at school in native American regalia, yet most students did not bother to dress for the holiday.

Second part of the report. Get this, corporations spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to belong to this organization, legistlators spend $50. The corporations spend $$$$ entertaining the legislators and their families at three conferences per year. One week for the kids they spent $138,000. The corporations write "model legislation" for the elected reps to take back with them. and this is amazing this is NOT considered lobbying and does not need to be disclosed what a bunch of bull s*** from our elected leaders. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=130891396 Of course I am certain there are dozens more just like ALEC and we'll find this s*** on both sides of the aisle. They pass laws against this and then open f***ing backdoors to circumvent. Make it look like they are doing something about ethics, then b.s. ing around it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2010 -> 02:41 PM) Honestly it has gotten to the point where I ignore all advertising for the most part. The worst are infomercials for school board races How is the campaign going?

pretty good appraisal by my administration today.

I assume that several people here have already bought their Glen Beck™ endorsed food insurance, Yeah SS2k5 and Kap, I'm looking at you

I'm not happy when Unions do it either.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2010 -> 12:32 PM) That makes absolute sense to me. I also agree with the "lose it" part being exactly why I have never signed up. Any money you don't spend is a 100% loss, versus whatever you would save on taxes. Unless you have significant and regular expenses, the plan doesn't make a lot of sense. I believe that is part of the rational for the program, it isn't for everyone. I have maintanance meds that I take every month, so calculating several hundred dollars is easy. The use it or lose it wasn't so much a bother as long as I could load up on OTC in December. I'd replenish my first aid kit, pick up some Advil or whatever, maybe some cold meds. Basically I added up a couple Doc visits, meds, annual physical, etc and put in a little less than that.

and this . . . Isn't it wonderful that private corporations, who stand to make billions, can write legistlation for us!

Dumb ass kids drive me crazy

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...oryId=130833741 Follow the money . . .

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 26, 2010 -> 12:01 PM) I did have a good sized bull male chase me away from his girlfriends a couple of days into the trip. I was told the big boys shouldn't be messed with during breeding season. That is cold, c-blocking a dude who only gets some once a year

monsters would have been cool also, but they haven't evolved yet

How many years in the past 50 has Afghanistan *not* been at war?

They have taken steps in that area. If a vendor proves that 90% of their sales are in areas that are approved for FSA purchase, receipts are not required.

Jim's vacation photos are cool.

IIRC the flexspending plans were put in place to help with medical costs. The threshhold for deductions has been so high that most people never reached it. The paperwork has been zero for me with my plan. By using certain vendors (Walgreens, Walmart, a local medical supply company, my Doc) I have never needed to submit any documentation. Spending pre tax money is always better than taxed income. I wrote to my Senators, Congressman, and the White House. I'll share any responses. It will be from 2 ®s and 2 (D)s Finally, it's the slippery slope argument.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 27, 2010 -> 06:50 AM) TEx, enlighten me. I didn't see anywhere in what you posted where this change is something that was asked for or done by the insurance companies. So if this was brought about because of the Dems, why is it wrong for the companies, who already face criticism every time things change, to point out 'hey, this time it isn't us, it is them!'? The same way it is wrong in my eyes for Unions, for example, to blame stuff on the GOP. The Legistlative branch passed this and the Executive branch signed it. This is all part of the finger pointing that hurts out country. We have reached a point that Dems want GOP policies to fail so we they can say "told you so" and Reps want Dem policies to fail so they can say I told you so. Sad that at any time half the country wants to go down the toilet as if it is the same as a football team losing. Also, in this case, are you certain the Dems wanted this provision changed, or was it the GOP? We really don't know, but it sure is easy for the insurance company to take a shot.

At my school everyone is in costume on Friday. I will not be in a costume, instead I will be in correct Native American medicine man regalia.