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Oklahoma Joe - 07 Nov 2006 16:56 GMT
Why Vote For Democrats: Non-Rude Version For Tender-Eared Independents
Who Might Be Getting Scared:
Let's say, and why not, that you're on a path through the woods, and you
don't have a map, but there is a clear path. And let's say, and, indeed,
why not, that you've been trying to get out of the woods for days and
days, weeks, perhaps months, maybe even nearly six years, and you've
stayed on that same path. Sure, sure, you've been tempted to veer off,
every time you've seen what looks to be a part in the trees, a
previously trampled bunch of leaves. But you haven't. Because, to your
thinking, there's no point in trying another way.

Now let's say that your time being lost in the woods hasn't exactly been
a pastoral, soul-nourishing journey eating berries, napping under the
canopy, staring at stars, communing with bunnies, bathing in clear
streams. No, no, let's say that it's been a damned nightmare. You've had
poison ivy, poison oak, and rashes from poison plants you never even
knew were poisonous. You've been chased by badgers, by boars, even by
bunnies, vicious mammals everywhere. Your clothes have long ago been
shredded and washed away. Your naked a.s has been bitten by snakes. You
wonder why cougars keep trying to rape you. You've gotten hideous,
endless diarrhea from the bacteria and sewage-infused rivers. If you get
an hour of sleep without interruption from the mad screeching of hawks
tearing apart mice, it's a blessing. It's all rendered you crazed,
paranoid, barely able to shuffle step down the path, shaking, babbling
to yourself that one day you'll find your way out.

But you've stayed on that path, no matter how long it is, because it's
the only real path you've had.

And let's say you come to another stream. And across that stream is
another path. You have a choice. You know what's going to happen on the
path you're on. You may lie to yourself and say it's going to get
better, but it hasn't in all this time and, gee, look up ahead, isn't
that another tumescent cougar awaiting you?

You may think that the new path might be worse, that the devil you know,
and all that crap. But you look at yourself in that polluted stream,
filthy, scabby, hungry. And you wonder what it would be like to take
that short walk over the rocks and water to the other side and see, just
see, if this new path will actually lead you out of the woods. There's
no guarantees, just the promise of something...different.

Cowards stay on the same path. Cowards would rather get beaten down
again and again rather than risk even a bit of the unknown. Cowards
ignore the possible to stay with the terrible comfort of the expected.
Tomorrow, let's see if we're a nation of cowards.

Later today: Rude Version for Disgusted Democrats

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with it man attains the realm beyond the material,
and the Peyote tells us,
where to find it."
Yaketyak - 07 Nov 2006 21:37 GMT
good question.. I never thought voting for socialists was a smart
thing to do in a free country.

>Why Vote For Democrats:

Secure ALL the Borders, Kill ALL the Terrorists and STOP helping our
other ENEMY by continuing to mislable them as Democrats

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.... -- ..-. .. -.-. .---- ...-- -.... ----. - 08 Nov 2006 02:46 GMT
Free What? Where? yackingitoff are ya seeing blue?

> good question.. I never thought voting for socialists was a smart
> thing to do in a free country.
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!Jones - 08 Nov 2006 12:49 GMT
>good question.. I never thought voting for socialists was a smart
>thing to do in a free country.

I *like* the 50/50 split.  I didn't really want the Dems in power;
however, I did want Bush to hear me.  If Chenny is going to run "full
steam ahead", I demand to know exactly what the objective is to which
we're steaming!  Now, the administration will have to compromise and
that's how a democracy is supposed to work.  The day of: "We're
staying 'till the job is done," is over.  Today, Bush will have to
state the job in measurable, quantifiable terms and define the
criteria by which we will know it's done.

Jones
miles - 08 Nov 2006 13:06 GMT
> I *like* the 50/50 split.  I didn't really want the Dems in power;
> however, I did want Bush to hear me.  If Chenny is going to run "full
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> state the job in measurable, quantifiable terms and define the
> criteria by which we will know it's done.

This election will have little effect on Iraq.  However, our taxes will
go up (cuts will not be renewed) and illegals will get amnesty.  The
amnesty issue is ironic because thats something Bush wants and the Reps
in congress have been strongly against.  Now with Dems in control Bush
has a better chance of getting more of what he wants.
Oklahoma Joe - 08 Nov 2006 13:10 GMT
Sour grapes miles?

> > I *like* the 50/50 split.  I didn't really want the Dems in power;
> > however, I did want Bush to hear me.  If Chenny is going to run "full
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> in congress have been strongly against.  Now with Dems in control Bush
> has a better chance of getting more of what he wants.

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with it man attains the realm beyond the material,
and the Peyote tells us,
where to find it."
miles - 09 Nov 2006 01:53 GMT
> Sour grapes miles?

Not at all.  Just find it funny that Dems are so against Bush yet he is
anything but conservative.  It has been the Reps in congress that have
been against Bush with many issues such as immigration, not the Dems.
.... -- ..-. .. -.-. .---- ...-- -.... ----. - 08 Nov 2006 14:26 GMT
The Illegals can't be solved here. It's going to be another wack-the-mole
policy. Country's have been sending or sneaking and shipping their crap here
for ever. The Saudi's who attacked us on 9/11 always had a most favorable
status. The Mexican situation must be fixed in Mexico (shows you what a scam
NAFTA was by then President George H. W. Bush.) and it's 2 problems Like
Muslims teaching Hatred (like our Christians) many Mexicans are trying to
re-win the Mexican American War, while others are simply seeking a beter
life.

If you look at Mexico you'll see that America is looking very similar.
Mexican wealth is controlling the monopoly over it's own domain and shutting
out the poor, it's as greedy as the top 2 percent of America. The division
between poverty and wealth is growing just as fast as it has in America.

>> I *like* the 50/50 split.  I didn't really want the Dems in power;
>> however, I did want Bush to hear me.  If Chenny is going to run "full
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> congress have been strongly against.  Now with Dems in control Bush has a
> better chance of getting more of what he wants.
Brablo - 12 Nov 2006 05:27 GMT
NAFTA, from what I understand, worked well. However, Mexico had a
population explosion, which may explain why there were so many illegals
after '95.  That was never an issue prior to then. I posed articles on
usenet regarding this.
!Jones - 08 Nov 2006 21:30 GMT
>This election will have little effect on Iraq.  However, our taxes will
>go up (cuts will not be renewed) and illegals will get amnesty.  The
>amnesty issue is ironic because thats something Bush wants and the Reps
>in congress have been strongly against.  Now with Dems in control Bush
>has a better chance of getting more of what he wants.

Taxes *should* increase.  To do anything else is irresponsible.  The
Bush administration has spent like there's no tomorrow and we have to
pay for it.  Taxes should triple and spending should be cut until we
get out of debt.

Jones
Matt Osborn - 09 Nov 2006 00:21 GMT
>Taxes *should* increase.  To do anything else is irresponsible.  The
>Bush administration has spent like there's no tomorrow and we have to
>pay for it.  Taxes should triple and spending should be cut until we
>get out of debt.

Sorry, !jones, but I already pay excessive taxes.  I know the media
doesn't report it, but we now have one of the strongest economies in
the history of the nation.  The deficit is falling faster than
predicted due to the increased tax revenues generated by those tax
cuts that you think should be eliminated.

All the whinging about paying 1980 prices for gasoline is indicative
of the educational level of the American populace.

-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
!Jones - 09 Nov 2006 03:33 GMT
>Sorry, !jones, but I already pay excessive taxes.  I know the media
>doesn't report it, but we now have one of the strongest economies in
>the history of the nation.  The deficit is falling faster than
>predicted due to the increased tax revenues generated by those tax
>cuts that you think should be eliminated.

Nonsense!  The current administration has set spending records... our
economy is based on interlocking debt.

When we have no outstanding T-notes, then talk "supply-side"
economics.  Its author never suggested that it worked when you were in
debt up to your ears.

If you want a war, it's pay as we go... no T-notes may be sold.

Jones
Matt Osborn - 09 Nov 2006 13:17 GMT
>>Sorry, !jones, but I already pay excessive taxes.  I know the media
>>doesn't report it, but we now have one of the strongest economies in
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
>If you want a war, it's pay as we go... no T-notes may be sold.

Yes, the current administration has set spending records. Just wait
until amnesty (including Social Security benefit obligations) for the
10 million illegal aliens in our country and the 90 million mothers,
fathers, brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews who will be
eligible to come here over the next 30 years.

We just took the brakes off the current administration, !jones.  Bush
wants to 'get things done', so do the Democrats.  We just threw out
the baby and kept the bath water.

-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
miles - 09 Nov 2006 13:22 GMT
> We just took the brakes off the current administration, !jones.  Bush
> wants to 'get things done', so do the Democrats.  We just threw out
> the baby and kept the bath water.

How true.  It has been the Reps in congress that have prevented Bush
from getting his way on numerous issues especially immigration.  With
Dems in charge Bush will get his amnesty wish.
miles - 09 Nov 2006 13:19 GMT
> When we have no outstanding T-notes, then talk "supply-side"
> economics.  Its author never suggested that it worked when you were in
> debt up to your ears.

Tax revenues skyrocketed after the cuts.  You need to learn how the Gov.
gets it's money.  Hiking tax rates are not always successful in raising
the most revenue.
Don T. - 09 Nov 2006 15:12 GMT
>>Sorry, !jones, but I already pay excessive taxes.  I know the media
>>doesn't report it, but we now have one of the strongest economies in
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>
> Jones

I guess you are too young to remember the "War Bond Drives" and every kid
with a dime going to their local Post Office buying a "War Stamp" that, when
you filled your book could be traded for a "War Bond". Under your rules we
would not have been able to fight WWII.

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!Jones - 09 Nov 2006 16:34 GMT
> > Nonsense!  The current administration has set spending records... our
> > economy is based on interlocking debt.
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> you filled your book could be traded for a "War Bond". Under your rules we
> would not have been able to fight WWII.

Not at all.  I have no objection to US citizens buying government
bonds.  In that case, we still have debt; however, it's internal.  The
government can issue notes.  The problem is that we have been funding
our consumptive lifestyle with them for over 35 years!

I have credit cards, Don.  I use them.  Each month, I pay them off.  If
our government did similarly, then I'd have no beef.  Everyone talks
about the Clinton administration having a "balanced budget" and, to the
extent that we went no further into debt during that administration, it
was so.  Of course, that was a different economy and we weren't at war.
Financing a tax cut and a war by selling billions of dollars worth of
T-notes to foreign governments is irresponsible.

Let me put it this way: if you're involved in extensive criminal
litagation and your credit cards are all maxed out, should you, at this
time, take an expensive vacation putting that, also, on your credit
card?  (Remember that vacations have been shown to increase
productivity.)

I say: win the war and pay down the accumulated deficit, *then* we'll
discuss a tax cut.

Jones
Yaketyak - 09 Nov 2006 09:44 GMT
and proof of the depth of infestation of the left and their ideology
in our educational system.. not to mention their success at dumbing
down our student population.

>>Taxes *should* increase.  To do anything else is irresponsible.  The
>>Bush administration has spent like there's no tomorrow and we have to
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>
>-- msosborn at msosborn dot com

Secure ALL the Borders, Kill ALL the Terrorists and STOP helping our
other ENEMY by continuing to mislable them as Democrats

                    http://leftistwatch.0catch.com
                                               Yaketyak
robw - 09 Nov 2006 18:51 GMT
I would think that with this great economy, you conservatives could send
your kids to private schools....or use those vouchers that Busch promised
you.

Your thoughts?

> and proof of the depth of infestation of the left and their ideology
> in our educational system.. not to mention their success at dumbing
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>                      http://leftistwatch.0catch.com
>                                     Yaketyak
Yaketyak - 09 Nov 2006 22:13 GMT
not likely

>I would think

Secure ALL the Borders, Kill ALL the Terrorists and STOP helping our
other ENEMY by continuing to mislable them as Democrats

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Matt Osborn - 10 Nov 2006 00:15 GMT
>I would think that with this great economy, you conservatives could send
>your kids to private schools....or use those vouchers that Busch promised
>you.
>
>Your thoughts?

Hand back my taxes (income and FICA), you can keep the government
benefits, and I'll do just fine.  Want to take your chances with an
'opt out' option?

-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
Bama Brian - 09 Nov 2006 16:08 GMT
>> Taxes *should* increase.  To do anything else is irresponsible.  The
>> Bush administration has spent like there's no tomorrow and we have to
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> predicted due to the increased tax revenues generated by those tax
> cuts that you think should be eliminated.

Matt, the last fed report on the deficit was an outright lie.  What was
not said was that Bush had "reduced" the deficit by borrowing from both
Social Security and Medicare.

Of course, neither SS nor Med will ever be repaid, forcing the fedgov to
increase the National Debt even further.

But I guess Bush thought that nobody would notice the addition of
another $300 billion to the $8.5 trillion National Debt in an election year.

> All the whinging about paying 1980 prices for gasoline is indicative
> of the educational level of the American populace.

It's those gas prices that have caused the destabilization of both GM
and Ford - and touched off a huge wave of inflation that the fedgov
won't talk about.

Want to know how bad it is?  Find an old newspaper, complete with ads
from 2003, and look at the prices of food just three years ago.

Cheers,
Bama Brian
Libertarian
Matt Osborn - 10 Nov 2006 00:11 GMT
>Matt, the last fed report on the deficit was an outright lie.  What was
>not said was that Bush had "reduced" the deficit by borrowing from both
>Social Security and Medicare.

Unemployment under 5%, the 'outright lie', the highest stock market in
US history, the biggest housing boom in US history.  Sinatra had it
backward, if you can't make it here, you can't make it anywhere.

-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
Bama Brian - 10 Nov 2006 16:41 GMT
>> Matt, the last fed report on the deficit was an outright lie.  What was
>> not said was that Bush had "reduced" the deficit by borrowing from both
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> US history, the biggest housing boom in US history.  Sinatra had it
> backward, if you can't make it here, you can't make it anywhere.

Unemployment under 5% doing what, exactly?  High paying manufacturing
jobs?  Or retail clerking at JC Penneys?  Maybe a McJob at the local
fast food joint?  Most jobs don't pay enough for one person to live
alone.  Go look at the young people who are forced to go back home to
live, or the couples who cannot afford to raise a family unless both
work, or the older folks who cannot afford to retire because inflation
has eaten their pensions and savings.

The stock market is only tracking the inflation rate, Matt.  Trend the
Dow against that for the last forty years for a shocker.

As to that housing market, you'll find it is collapsing - or has already
collapsed.  Places like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Florida are in deep
trouble right now.  Google it up, as "Las Vegas housing market 2006".
The government's moving the cost of funds down to zero or one percent
triggered the boom; the return to more realistic interest rates has
popped that bubble.

Problem is, the government cannot continue to spend an effective 25% of
the Gross National Product every year without causing an absolutely
catastrophic crash at some point.  Remember, the government creates
_nothing_; it exists only because it can and will take from everyone.

Cheers,
Bama Brian
Libertarian
Matt Osborn - 11 Nov 2006 07:16 GMT
>>> Matt, the last fed report on the deficit was an outright lie.  What was
>>> not said was that Bush had "reduced" the deficit by borrowing from both
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>catastrophic crash at some point.  Remember, the government creates
>_nothing_; it exists only because it can and will take from everyone.

When Bush took office, our annual GDP was just over 10 trillion
dollars; today it is 13.5 trillion dollars, in increase of 35%.

When Bush took office, the Dow was at $6600 and the NASDAQ was $1300;
today the DOW is over $12,000 and the NASDAQ is over $2400. Both have
almost doubled and that's without a dot com bubble.

Yes, the government DOES spend too much money.  But the tax cuts grew
the economy AND increased government revenues.

Before you exaggerate the blemishes, name anytime in US history when
we did better than this?

-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
letoured@nospam.net - 11 Nov 2006 10:15 GMT
>>>> Matt, the last fed report on the deficit was an outright lie.  What was
>>>> not said was that Bush had "reduced" the deficit by borrowing from both
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>>catastrophic crash at some point.  Remember, the government creates
>>_nothing_; it exists only because it can and will take from everyone.

>When Bush took office, our annual GDP was just over 10 trillion dollars;
>today it is 13.5 trillion dollars, in increase of 35%.

Yup. Its from the 500 or 600 billion in credit card spending for a war
that isn't needed.

Deficit spending and supply-side economics doesn't work osborn.  It never
has and never will.   Your party was defeated three days ago because the
nuts (like you) keep whining the same tired bullshit.   Learn to get the
message.  



>When Bush took office, the Dow was at $6600 and the NASDAQ was $1300;
>today the DOW is over $12,000 and the NASDAQ is over $2400. Both have
>almost doubled and that's without a dot com bubble.

>Yes, the government DOES spend too much money.  But the tax cuts grew the
>economy AND increased government revenues.

>Before you exaggerate the blemishes, name anytime in US history when we
>did better than this?

>-- msosborn at msosborn dot com
Bear - 12 Nov 2006 11:21 GMT
letoured wrote
> Yup.

Yup, junior is still a stupid troll.
miles - 11 Nov 2006 08:25 GMT
> Unemployment under 5% doing what, exactly?  High paying manufacturing
> jobs?  Or retail clerking at JC Penneys?  Maybe a McJob at the local
> fast food joint?

This is a liberal trait of failing to even be interested in reality.
The median income has risen.  That means the new jobs are above the
median income level.  They are not burger flippers.
Jack A. Lopes - 11 Nov 2006 15:34 GMT
> > Unemployment under 5% doing what, exactly?  High paying manufacturing
> > jobs?  Or retail clerking at JC Penneys?  Maybe a McJob at the local
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> The median income has risen.  That means the new jobs are above the
> median income level.  They are not burger flippers.

You are wrong:
Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
working more burger-flipping jobs.  You also might want to compare that
tiny increase to the rate of inflation and cost of living.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2006-08-29-poverty-rate_x.htm
"The income jump hid some somber news. Earnings actually fell for
people working full-time. Household income rose because more people
worked in the households, albeit at lower paying jobs. Median earnings
of men declined 1.8% last year. For women, the decline was 1.3%.

"It tells us the economy is still not generating the higher-paying jobs
we'd like to see," says Douglas Besharov of the American Enterprise
Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington."

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miles - 11 Nov 2006 16:15 GMT
> You are wrong:
> Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
> working more burger-flipping jobs.

How can the median income rise if more people work lower paying jobs?
The only way for it to rise is if more people are working jobs that pay
above the median.  Burger flippers average less than 1/2 the national
median income salary.
Jack A. Lopes - 11 Nov 2006 20:55 GMT
> > You are wrong:
> > Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
> > working more burger-flipping jobs.
>
> How can the median income rise if more people work lower paying jobs?

Did you read the article?  Median family income went up because more
people are working (as in both parents in the family instead of just
one) and working more of the low wage jobs (as in working more than one
crappy job in order to pay the bills).  I really shouldn't have to
explain that to you.

> The only way for it to rise is if more people are working jobs that pay
> above the median.

Wrong.  Income also rises if you work more than one job, as many people
are doing.

> Burger flippers average less than 1/2 the national
> median income salary.

That is why people working the low-wage jobs are often working more
than one.  Got it yet?

You probably should have read the article or done further research
before responding.

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Don T. - 11 Nov 2006 22:40 GMT
>> > You are wrong:
>> > Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
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> You probably should have read the article or done further research
> before responding.

Maybe you should read the history of multi-people working multi-jobs before
you jump to conclusions. Been the way folks gained a toehold on the "middle
class" lifestyle since shortly after WWII. Now it is common practice. Most
folks that want to gain the "upper-middle to upper class lifestyle" have
been doing it that way since the '70's. Fireman married to a teacher are
"rich" according to the demobots. Joe pissant working three jobs to feed his
family so his wife can stay home and raise the kids is "underpriveleged"
according to the demobots. Joe pissant's wife goes to work part time to help
pay for the new car turns them into something demobots hate, upwardly mobile
by their own initiative instead of immediately going for a government
handout that turns them into slaves.

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Jack A. Lopes - 12 Nov 2006 19:27 GMT
> >> > You are wrong:
> >> > Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
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> by their own initiative instead of immediately going for a government
> handout that turns them into slaves.

That sure is a fine bunch of made up anecdotes, but has little if
anything to do with this discussion.  We are talking about the drop in
median income and the fact that the only reason household income went
up slightly is because more people have to work extra jobs to make up
for the loss in income.  Don't any of you clowns read  and investigate
the facts on the issues before you spout your right wing mythology?
Take your attempt at class envy propaganda elsewhere.  It isn't
relevant here.

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Don T. - 12 Nov 2006 21:12 GMT
>> >> > You are wrong:
>> >> > Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
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>
> That sure is a fine bunch of made up anecdotes,

Made up? Go f.ck yourself.

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William Boyd - 19 Nov 2006 04:57 GMT
>>> >> > You are wrong:
>>> >> > Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people
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>
> Made up? Go f.ck yourself.

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miles - 12 Nov 2006 01:43 GMT
> Did you read the article?  Median family income went up because more
> people are working (as in both parents in the family instead of just
> one) and working more of the low wage jobs (as in working more than one
> crappy job in order to pay the bills).  I really shouldn't have to
> explain that to you.

I never replied to any article reference.  Only to the OP's comment
about new jobs being burger flippers.  The median income is listed as
individual as well as household.  The individual median income has
risen.  Most of it is salary based and not because so many people are
now working 2 jobs where they weren't just a couple years ago.
Jack A. Lopes - 12 Nov 2006 07:15 GMT
> > Did you read the article?  Median family income went up because more
> > people are working (as in both parents in the family instead of just
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>
> I never replied to any article reference.  

Yes you did - I posted an article link and commented on it.  You
responded to my post.  Pretending it didn't happen is just a very
ridiculous way to show yourself to be a fool.  Just because you snipped
it doesn't mean that every one else hasn't seen it.

> Only to the OP's comment
> about new jobs being burger flippers.  The median income is listed as
> individual as well as household.  The individual median income has
> risen.

Cite that individual income went up.  I could not find it anywhere.  I
suspect you are parroting some crap you heard without verifying it.

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miles - 12 Nov 2006 14:47 GMT
> Yes you did - I posted an article link and commented on it.  You
> responded to my post.

I did no such thing.  You have me confused with someone else.
Jack A. Lopes - 12 Nov 2006 19:45 GMT
> > Yes you did - I posted an article link and commented on it. You
> > responded to my post.
>
> I did no such thing. You have me confused with someone else.

Learn to follow a thread instead of snipping it and lying to cover your
stupidity.

Here's how it went:
In article <jNf5h.2626$hM5.1329@newsfe12.phx>, miles <nope@nopers.com>
wrote:

> Bama Brian wrote:
>
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> The median income has risen. That means the new jobs are above the
> median income level. They are not burger flippers.

(To which I replied):

You are wrong:
Median income did go up about 1%, but it is because more people are
working more burger-flipping jobs. You also might want to compare that
tiny increase to the rate of inflation and cost of living.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2006-08-29-poverty-rate_x.htm
"The income jump hid some somber news. Earnings actually fell for
people working full-time. Household income rose because more people
worked in the households, albeit at lower paying jobs. Median earnings
of men declined 1.8% last year. For women, the decline was 1.3%.

"It tells us the economy is still not generating the higher-paying jobs
we'd like to see," says Douglas Besharov of the American Enterprise
Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington."

(Then you responded with this idiocy):

How can the median income rise if more people work lower paying jobs?
The only way for it to rise is if more people are working jobs that pay
above the median. Burger flippers average less than 1/2 the national
median income salary.

... If that was too hard to follow, you can go to google where they
have it nicely threaded for you:

http://tinyurl.com/u7naa

Go down to about number 39 to see where I got into the thread and you
replied.

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Oklahoma Joe - 12 Nov 2006 23:13 GMT
miles has no gteart claim for a large IQ/ if his IQ was two points lower he
would be a tree.
Joe

> ? Jack A. Lopes wrote:
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"In consciousness dwells the wondrous,
with it man attains the realm beyond the material,
and the Peyote tells us,
where to find it."
miles - 09 Nov 2006 13:17 GMT
> Taxes *should* increase.  To do anything else is irresponsible.  The
> Bush administration has spent like there's no tomorrow and we have to
> pay for it.  Taxes should triple and spending should be cut until we
> get out of debt.

Oh great.  Another liberal who doesn't understand taxes and the economy.
 You need to realize that tax revenues are now HIGHER than they ever
were during the prior administration.  HIGHER AFTER the tax cuts!

Why do liberals seem to think the tax revenues are directly tied to tax
rates?  The economy has FAR greater effect.

Tripling tax rates will most likely not increase revenues.  A basic
concept that liberals do not understand.
!Jones - 09 Nov 2006 13:54 GMT
> Oh great.  Another liberal who doesn't understand taxes and the economy.
>   You need to realize that tax revenues are now HIGHER than they ever
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Tripling tax rates will most likely not increase revenues.  A basic
> concept that liberals do not understand.

First off, I'm about as liberal as a potato.  The reason I seem liberal
to you is because practically any position would look "left" from your
perspective.

The point that you don't seem to grasp is that we're a nation at war.
I have long opposed the war simply because I did not believe that we
would make the sacrifices needed to win it... and it will take far more
than a magnetic "yellow ribbon" icon on your trunk deck.  If we're
talking about tax cuts and financing the war by selling T-notes (which
is what we've done so far), then we're doomed to lose the conflict.
The right is quite willing to invade; however, when the bill comes due,
they want to leave it on the national credit card, i.e. in outstanding
T-notes held mostly by other countries.

Whether I happen to like it or not, we have, in fact, invaded Iraq and
executed "regime change".  Now we're left with a smoking crater in the
political landscape and our service people are dying daily... and you
want a tax cut!  We have spent well over half a trillion dollars, seen
3,000 or so of our citizens slaughtered, and are no closer to an end
than we were when Bush waved the "mission accomplished" banner... and
you want a tax cut!

If we are to have any hope of winning, then we must get the country on
a war footing.  If we continue this half-assed approach, then get ready
to see another "Operation Frequent Wind" in Iraq as the enemy marches
victoriously into Baghdad.  Sooner or later, it will come to individual
sacrifice... and, by that, I mean that *you*, sir, will have to go well
beyond the bumper sticker and get out your checkbook because the bills
are coming due.

Jones
Yaketyak - 09 Nov 2006 22:10 GMT
because they dont feel secure without their hand in our pockets.

>Why do liberals seem to think the tax revenues are directly tied to tax
>rates?

Secure ALL the Borders, Kill ALL the Terrorists and STOP helping our
other ENEMY by continuing to mislable them as Democrats

                    http://leftistwatch.0catch.com
                                               Yaketyak
Charlie Wolf - 08 Nov 2006 14:15 GMT
>>good question.. I never thought voting for socialists was a smart
>>thing to do in a free country.
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>steam ahead", I demand to know exactly what the objective is to which
>we're steaming!  Now, the administration will have to compromise and
Here's the rub jonesy...

It's not up to Pres. Bush or Cheney to figure out what the objective
is now.  It's up to Democrats who are now in (partial) power.
Sometimes, what you wish for is your biggest nightmare.  The Dems now
have a doosey of a nightmare.  They have been screaming that they want
an all-out defeat in Iraq.  They now have the opportunity to deliver.
Regards,

>that's how a democracy is supposed to work.  The day of: "We're
>staying 'till the job is done," is over.  Today, Bush will have to
>state the job in measurable, quantifiable terms and define the
>criteria by which we will know it's done.
>
>Jones
.... -- ..-. .. -.-. .---- ...-- -.... ----. - 08 Nov 2006 15:32 GMT
Hey CHUCKIE! Your Right Democrats have a doosey of a
nightmare...........Funny how you loved that nightmare, how you promoted
that nightmare.....

what a stupid sh.t you've always been......

WRONG from day one, just a loser!
>THIS IS AMERICA, IF I WANT TO EAT MY BOOGERS AND BE MORE  LIKE BUSH" I
>sleep with a light in my room, mommie makes me!
Oklahoma Joe - 08 Nov 2006 16:29 GMT
> >>good question.. I never thought voting for socialists was a smart
> >>thing to do in a free country.
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> an all-out defeat in Iraq.  They now have the opportunity to deliver.
> Regards,

Prophet wolf gives his great opinioon............The only thing bad about
the Dems winnung is guys like you and yahetyak will reap the benifits
also.

> >that's how a democracy is supposed to work.  The day of: "We're
> >staying 'till the job is done," is over.  Today, Bush will have to
> >state the job in measurable, quantifiable terms and define the
> >criteria by which we will know it's done.
> >
> >Jones

--
"In consciousness dwells the wondrous,
with it man attains the realm beyond the material,
and the Peyote tells us,
where to find it."
Yaketyak - 08 Nov 2006 23:39 GMT
fuckin' joey.. you can have my tax increase and when they come for my
guns I'll give them yours.. and my bullets.

treason isnt a pretty thing and there are no benefits from it for
anyone.

>> >>good question.. I never thought voting for socialists was a smart
>> >>thing to do in a free country.
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>> >
>> >Jones

Secure ALL the Borders, Kill ALL the Terrorists and STOP helping our
other ENEMY by continuing to mislable them as Democrats

                    http://leftistwatch.0catch.com
                                               Yaketyak
Oklahoma Joe - 16 Nov 2006 17:50 GMT
But Yak, you are the one committing treason, you don't believe our
constituion. You sir would make a *great* Nazi.

> fuckin' joey.. you can have my tax increase and when they come for my
> guns I'll give them yours.. and my bullets.
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>                      http://leftistwatch.0catch.com
>                                                             Yaketyak

--
"In consciousness dwells the wondrous,
with it man attains the realm beyond the material,
and the Peyote tells us,
where to find it."
!Jones - 08 Nov 2006 21:39 GMT
>Here's the rub jonesy...
>
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>an all-out defeat in Iraq.  They now have the opportunity to deliver.
>Regards,

Well, I didn't *want* a defeat in Iraq; however, I always doubted that
we'd be willing to pay the price it took to win... I still do.  I
wasn't willing and said so at the outset.  Further, I fear that a win
in Iraq would be seen as a mandate to invade yet other countries
(Syria or Iran) since the army is in the neighborhood.  Would a
"defeat" for Hitler in Poland about 1938 been seen as "good" in the
long run for Germany?  I think so.

I'm with you, though: I doubt that the Dems have a clue.

Jones
respk - 09 Nov 2006 02:25 GMT
Actually that was the independent view.  Now let me give you the
Democrat view.

The democrats have no idea which trail through the woods is the right
one.  Left to their own leadership they don't enter the woods.  However,
since the repubs ventured down the path the Democrats followed but at
everyone turn they wait until the repubs make a choice and then the dems
simpley yell at the top of their lungs that it was the wrong path.  They
never offer to provide a roadmap for what might work better.  They
always wait until the repubs do something and then take the contrary
view of it and shout it at the top of their lungs.  The dems are kind of
like a dog chasing a car.  The fun and excitement is the actual chase.
One day the dog caught the car but had absolutely no idea what to do
with it.  Well the dems now have just caught the car they were chasing.
 Soon we will see if they jump out front and lead down a path or if
they simply spend the next 2 years trying to investigate the last 6
years and prove that what was done.  The dems just caught the car and we
will find out if they have any idea what to do with it.

Oh and by the way, when the dems spend the next two years trying to
determine the reasons why we went into Iraq they will need to
investigate themselves since most of them voted for it.

Just an independent who is extremely tired of the bluster of the dems
and the repubs.  Thank goodness ellection day is over and may God help
us all.

> Why Vote For Democrats: Non-Rude Version For Tender-Eared Independents
> Who Might Be Getting Scared:
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> and the Peyote tells us,
> where to find it."
thom - 09 Nov 2006 05:16 GMT
> Actually that was the independent view.  Now let me give you the Democrat
> view.
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> determine the reasons why we went into Iraq they will need to investigate
> themselves since most of them voted for it.

the dems did indeed screw up. they did NOT vote for the war in iraq. they
voted to give bush the power to do what he deemed nessesary to protect the
country in Oct. This was well before bush invaded Iraq the next March.

> Just an independent who is extremely tired of the bluster of the dems and
> the repubs.  Thank goodness ellection day is over and may God help us all.
[quoted text clipped - 53 lines]
>> and the Peyote tells us,
>> where to find it."
respk@yahoo.com - 13 Nov 2006 21:51 GMT
In the real world,
if a=b and b=c then a=c.

> > Actually that was the independent view.  Now let me give you the Democrat
> > view.
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> >> and the Peyote tells us,
> >> where to find it."
 
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