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QUOTE (God Loves The Infantry @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 06:35 PM) In 2012, I'm voting for the Commander in Chief. Aka, my boss. And while I will follow the orders of any CiC because that's what good Soldiers do, I personally will not support a candidate who had not once been in my shoes. I do not believe you are qualified to command the military as a whole without having been in it yourself. That's my personal choice. guess you're not voting in a matchup consisting of Obama vs Romney Obama vs Bachmann Obama vs Palin (if she runs) Obama vs Gingrich Obama vs Cain Obama vs Christie (if he runs) Obama vs Santorum

The 2008 presidential election episode where Ralph runs for President. (Ralph's my favorite character)

QUOTE (The Sir @ Aug 7, 2011 -> 12:35 AM) Uhh, yeah, sure...if I don't show up for work on Monday, it will be my ass and the military will continue to function without me. It was here long before I showed up and it will be here long after I'm gone from this world. And it's like that for any Soldier. No Soldier means anything as an individual. But we do mean a lot as part of a team. The Army's all about teamwork. But what would you know about that? You never served. I'm just going to fire a warning shot here, no pun intended. We all have our beliefs, on a number of subjects. If you want to diminish those who have beliefs about military spending by dismissing them since they hadn't served in the military themselves, go ahead. But I wonder... do you have any kids yourself? If not, and I don't know if you have or have not, wouldn't it be the same thing for me to dismiss your comments about abortion, since you've never created life or seen your creation enter the world and take its first breath?

WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that they believe that none of the Navy SEALs who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan had participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, although they were from the same unit that carried out the bin Laden mission.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Aug 6, 2011 -> 07:10 PM) I can't stop laughing at this sentence. Awesomely phrased. awesomely retarded too.

i guess, but wouldn't the "adjusted gross income" definition cover that? Doesn't AGI include wages, income, gifts, dividends, interest, capital gains after deductions?

But isnt capital gains taxed at 15%?

Interesting article.... President Barack Obama and many Democrats are talking about raising taxes on the wealthy, and new data released this week by the Internal Revenue Service reveals new details about the number of Americans who fit that bill. People and households earning $1 million or more annually made up just 0.1 percent, or just over 235,000, of the 140 million tax returns filed in 2009, and just 8,274 returns were filed by people making $10 million or more. Though the tax rate for Americans earning a gross adjusted income of $1 million or more averaged 24.4 percent, up from 23.1 percent in 2008, that’s still lower than the 28.5 percent rate they paid in 2002 when President George W. Bush was in office. And, the data shows, the 235,413 taxpayers who reported earning seven digits or more in 2009 took in a total of $726.9 billion — yet 1,470 paid not a penny of income taxes. In 2007, 959 Americans earning $1 million or more paid no income taxes. The returns filed in 2009 reflect income from 2008, the deepest depths of the recession and financial crisis, and, under that backdrop, incomes fell sharply. The vast majority of tax return filers – more than 97 percent – reported incomes of less than $200,000. The average income was $54,283, a drop of more than $3,500, or 6 percent, from 2008. That put the average income at its lowest level since 1997. At the same time, the average tax rate declined from 12.5 percent in 2008 to 11.4 percent in 2009. The amount of unemployment benefits claimed on tax returns nearly doubled between 2008 and 2009, the IRS found. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/...l#ixzz1UAY4xk2L So a few questions arise, most importantly... How do you make over $1 million a year, as an individual, and not pay anything in taxes? Isn't this what the AMT is supposed to catch?

I'll be honest... - I'm not scared of Rick Perry being able to beat Obama - I'm not scared of Mitt Romney being able to beat Obama - I am scared of Jon Huntsman being able to beat Obama

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 2, 2011 -> 08:56 PM) @MDGonzales Mark Gonzales Sox lineup: Pierre lf, Vizquel 3b, quentin DH, Dunn 1b, Ramirez ss, AJ c, Rios cf, De Aza rf, Beckham 2b, Danks p Seriously... should be more like Pierre Ramirez AJ Quentin Beckham Dunn Rios De Aza Vizquel

meet your 8th district congressman. Classy guy. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/60111.html

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 02:49 PM) It's not often the president actually asks the American people to get on their congressman's websites and write them. Obama did just that, and this was the mass response from his call to action. It would be interesting, to find a way to track how many calls/emails were received within 24 hours due to that? I

07/25/2011 9:18 PM Congress Web Pages Go Down After Debt Speeches The country has not yet defaulted, but something has already crashed amid the stalled debt debate: Many of the the Senate and House websites appeared to be down after President Obama asked citizens to reach out to their members of Congress during his Monday night address to the nation. The Huffington Post tried more than two dozen congressional sites -- including committees' sites -- and only a few sites worked, including those of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Among those that didn't work were the sites of House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). While most sites seemed to be down, HuffPost found more Democratic lawmakers' sites working, which might give credence to the idea that Obama's call was answered. -- Mike McAuliff I tried this AM, and my House Rep's website wasn't fully working. At least the contact me section wasn't. Google searched Washington DC office #'s for both Rep Hultgren and Senator Kirk. Both republicans. What a difference between the two offices. Rep Hultgren's website wasn't working. Found his DC phone number with ease. Receptionist answered on the first/second ring, very friendly, took down my name/comments. Expected worse. Senator Kirk, took a bit of digging to find his phone number. Got an automated message service, "Press 1 to leave me a message about your thoughts/comments..." So if anyone needs these numbers... Representative Randy Hultgren (R-14th District) 202-225-2976 Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) 202-224-2854

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 12:32 PM) If you want them raised, why? Personally, I'd have NO problem with raised taxes if I see VISIBLE added/increased benefit to doing so. But as I've stated in the past, taxes are raised, just not at the federal level. They lowered income taxes all the while everyone else raised local/state and any other sort of tax you can stuff into a cell phone or cable bill, not to mention a bottled water tax, soda tax, etc. Our taxes never went down, they just shifted around a bit. As for increasing tax just to be a patriot and help the government pay down debt (which they won't do), you can always just pay more on your own...you don't need them to force you to do that. Keeping it simple, I feel that at the Federal Level, we need to go back to the balanced approach we had in the late 90's/early 00's. Taxes were at X, Spending was at Y. Since then, taxes have gone to X minus a certain % and spending has gone Y plus a certain %. Think of all of the tax cuts/braks that currently exist or have gone into place since we had this balanced approach. Again, keeping it simple at the personal level. Cuts/Breaks - Mortgage Deduction - Property Tax Deduction - Student Loan Deduction - Charitable Expenses Deduction - Child Care Deduction - Child/Dependent Deduction - Clean Car Credit - Capital Gains (from 35% to 15%) - Helping out Katrina Victims deduction - Unreimbursed business expenses deduction - Medical expenses deduction We could go on, and on. You can cut your way to a balanced budget, without addressing revenue. It's nice talking points to say... "the problem isnt that we aren't taxed enough" but its simply not true. Imagine if we'd cut our way to a balanced budget. It'd be a constant cutting game. We cut to balance and then we have a drop in tax revenue. (less tax revenue, with higher unemployment caused by these government cuts) Cut some more, and the same thing happens.

I want my taxes raised. Dead serious.

im cheering that an American company is taking money off the sidelines and making a capital investment in its business. Now granted, 1/2 of the order will be to an overseas company, with the other 1/2 to a US company. But its a good sign for corporate America as a whole. Hoping the trend continues. Maybe United, Delta, Southwest, etc will want to upgrade their fleets too?

Go American Airlines!!! FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is buying at least 460 new planes over the next five years and splitting the order between Chicago-based Boeing and Airbus. American said Wednesday it will buy 260 planes from Airbus and 200 from Boeing Co. It's a major coup for Europe's Airbus because American currently flies an all-Boeing fleet. Advertisement American will also take options and purchase rights for up to 465 additional planes through 2025. Read more: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2011072.../#ixzz1SewRi29Z

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 04:26 PM) If we default the Dow will set a record for one day drop. thus costing nearly everyone a ton of $, personally.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 03:44 AM) The gov't will be able to service its debt. So they will not default. if a deal isn't passed, what do you think the drop in the Dow will be? It dropped 700 points when TARP failed. How much will that loss mean for US investors? (401k's, etc)

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 17, 2011 -> 09:31 PM) http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...t-florida-fired Tampering charges? Good riddance! Please leave...now. The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end. Maximus Javy Vazquez disagrees.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jul 15, 2011 -> 09:46 AM) Balta vs. SS2k5 Round 1911308. Anyway, cut California in half, but only if you're adding Puerto Rico or D.C. and there's your (add 1 republican and 1 democratic) idea from page 1. I've read/heard many times, that this is the only way any state will be added. one for you and one for me.

will never happen due to politics. Someone will figure out that the 51st state would be a republican or a democratic dominated state and wont want to give them the extra 2 seats in the Senate to that party. The best chance someone has is adding 2 at a time. One democratic and one republican.

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