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You don't, it has to do with people killing pigs because they think they get it from eating pork and that is not the case. It must have been Fox news said it was offending non-pork eating religions. Or in a spam e-mail chain sent around, that is where most of the right get their facts from 
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You don't, it has to do with people killing pigs because they think they get it from eating pork and that is not the case. It must have been Fox news said it was offending non-pork eating religions. Or in a spam e-mail chain sent around, that is where most of the right get their facts from
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#1 Bail them out and bail them out and bail them out!!! Where is the money going to come from to pay back the debt? I'd much rather see all these companies go bust instead of bankrupting the nation. The government can't handle its' own affairs so do you expect them to be able to handle private industry? Imagine, the UAW gets to own Chrysler!!! How will they pay their workers? How will they be able to give laid off worker 90% of their wages? What a joke ... the UAW has the industry by the short hairs and we keep throwing money at them instead of crushing the UAW and starting from scratch. YOU CAN"T SPEND YOUR WAY OUT OF DEBT.
#2 Want to solve the tax cheat issue? Term limits! Throw the bums out every 4 or 6 years and get some fresh blood in there.
#3 With the way we are going, the institutions and businesses will not be able to get back up on their collective feet. Let the market work. The government is too busy to get involved with private industry ... they are now trying to not offend the Jews and the Muslims. The Swine Flu is no longer a PC term. It's now the H1N1.
Can you see where we're going? 
#2 Want to solve the tax cheat issue? Term limits! Throw the bums out every 4 or 6 years and get some fresh blood in there.
#3 With the way we are going, the institutions and businesses will not be able to get back up on their collective feet. Let the market work. The government is too busy to get involved with private industry ... they are now trying to not offend the Jews and the Muslims. The Swine Flu is no longer a PC term. It's now the H1N1.
Can you see where we're going? But, I digress......
GM, and the other companies should go into a limited bankruptcy scenario where they force the UAW to renegotiate the contracts.
As I said before you can't let all these companies hit the SH*TTER, and NOT expect the general public to panic.
Term limits are fine with me. One crook is just as good as another.
The government should not run companies, BUT, there should be some oversight to prevent the kind of greed, and deception which led to the financial crisis.By allowing the companies that sold repackaged, and fraudulently represented securites to unwitting clients, to go unpunished ,the government is complicite in the fraud.Also, throwing a few a-holes in jail doesn't account for repaying the victims. This should be part of the compensation package to victims. The companies guilty of fraud should have to take a percentage of the profits to put towards this compensation.
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Please, Joe Biden is merely there for comic diversion that's a given.
Fox is there for the same reason, but they just won't admit it.
How can you put any credibility in Fox "anchors", who spend most of the time on their shows hawking products that are their sponsors?
Do you ever see newsmen in any other media acting this way? There are many magazines, newspapers, radio, and TV shows that represent all facets of the political spectrum. Yet, only the folks on Fox : Hannity, Limbaugh, etc are doing commercials for products. ******.
If you're going to represent yourself as an objective, educated person presenting authentic, honest news information, how can you do that?
Fox is there for the same reason, but they just won't admit it.
How can you put any credibility in Fox "anchors", who spend most of the time on their shows hawking products that are their sponsors?
Do you ever see newsmen in any other media acting this way? There are many magazines, newspapers, radio, and TV shows that represent all facets of the political spectrum. Yet, only the folks on Fox : Hannity, Limbaugh, etc are doing commercials for products. ******.
If you're going to represent yourself as an objective, educated person presenting authentic, honest news information, how can you do that?
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WTF?
An 8-year-old Saudi girl divorces her 50-year-old husband
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/...child_marriage
An 8-year-old Saudi girl divorces her 50-year-old husband
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/...child_marriage
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WHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs
What does the cops have to do with this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/un_who_swine_flu
What does the cops have to do with this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/un_who_swine_flu
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#1 Bail them out and bail them out and bail them out!!! Where is the money going to come from to pay back the debt? I'd much rather see all these companies go bust instead of bankrupting the nation. The government can't handle its' own affairs so do you expect them to be able to handle private industry? Imagine, the UAW gets to own Chrysler!!! How will they pay their workers? How will they be able to give laid off worker 90% of their wages? What a joke ... the UAW has the industry by the short hairs and we keep throwing money at them instead of crushing the UAW and starting from scratch. YOU CAN"T SPEND YOUR WAY OUT OF DEBT.
#2 Want to solve the tax cheat issue? Term limits! Throw the bums out every 4 or 6 years and get some fresh blood in there.
#3 With the way we are going, the institutions and businesses will not be able to get back up on their collective feet. Let the market work. The government is too busy to get involved with private industry ... they are now trying to not offend the Jews and the Muslims. The Swine Flu is no longer a PC term. It's now the H1N1. Can you see where we're going?
#2 Want to solve the tax cheat issue? Term limits! Throw the bums out every 4 or 6 years and get some fresh blood in there.
#3 With the way we are going, the institutions and businesses will not be able to get back up on their collective feet. Let the market work. The government is too busy to get involved with private industry ... they are now trying to not offend the Jews and the Muslims. The Swine Flu is no longer a PC term. It's now the H1N1.
Can you see where we're going? .
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The following is from the latest Kiplinger Letter out of Washington D.C.
"Think taxes are too high now? Just wait. Congress is all but certain to raise them. Tax hikes will smack firms and individuals, and not just couples making over $250,000 a year. Just squeezing the rich won't yield enough. Eventually, middle incomers will be hit -- too."
"Round one will start taking effect in 2011. At that point, cutting the deficit will be the priority. The debt is simply unsustainable over the long term."
"Here's what's rising to the top of the list for individuals. Boosts in top marginal rates, from 33% and 35% to 36%, respectively. No change in other marginal rates seems likely. A higher rate on capital gains and dividends -- probably 20% -- but only for those in top brackets. Also, itemized deductions caps for top earners. Obama's push to cap the value of deductions ran into too much opposition. But by 2011, some curtailing is likely. No estate tax repeal, but the exemption will remain at least $3.5 million."
"For businesses, a mixed bag of changes, but with a higher total tax bill. Higher SECA taxes for owners of S firms, and partnerships, but blocking them from skirting self-employment taxes by taking dividends instead of pay in the future."
"Think taxes are too high now? Just wait. Congress is all but certain to raise them. Tax hikes will smack firms and individuals, and not just couples making over $250,000 a year. Just squeezing the rich won't yield enough. Eventually, middle incomers will be hit -- too."
"Round one will start taking effect in 2011. At that point, cutting the deficit will be the priority. The debt is simply unsustainable over the long term."
"Here's what's rising to the top of the list for individuals. Boosts in top marginal rates, from 33% and 35% to 36%, respectively. No change in other marginal rates seems likely. A higher rate on capital gains and dividends -- probably 20% -- but only for those in top brackets. Also, itemized deductions caps for top earners. Obama's push to cap the value of deductions ran into too much opposition. But by 2011, some curtailing is likely. No estate tax repeal, but the exemption will remain at least $3.5 million."
"For businesses, a mixed bag of changes, but with a higher total tax bill. Higher SECA taxes for owners of S firms, and partnerships, but blocking them from skirting self-employment taxes by taking dividends instead of pay in the future."