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I suppose it could have been my "change you can believe in line", but I was just borrowing the line, not actually referring to Obama.

oh, and for what's it's worth - I fully expect that any nickel I get from the feds will be a down payment on what Gov. O'Malley will do to us in MD.

Ummm, who said anything about Obama anywhere in my post? Seriously...

Why? Because the democrats that rule Howard County in MD raised our taxes the same year. When challenged on this tax increase - their response was (I can't remember if it was the County Exec or a board member): "Don't complain because your federal taxes are lower, so you really aren't paying any more in taxes..." Now THAT is the kind of change you can believe in! That dude deserved a beer for saying that.

No, I think congressional democrats are going to raise them and Obama is not going to stand in their way. Some would argue there isn't a difference, but I think there is. Personally, my opinion is that this is what is going to happen. Obviously, I don't know that to be the case. But my point still stands, the fact that we have Republicans and Democrats arguing over who will cut taxes more is a victory for those praying for some sort of governmental restraint. It's now just a matter if they are willing to walk the walk...

yeah, I'm not sure what that has to do with my post... but, please don't compare Bush2 to Reagan. I doubt anyone on the right puts them in the same category. And one correction - Bush1 didn't raise taxes. At best he was complicit with George Mitchell and the Democrat congress in agreeing to a budget written by George Mitchell - Democrat Majority Leader of the Senate. George Mitchell was responsible for that tax hike and Bush1 didn't realize that his willingness to compromise with congressional democrats was what they needed him to do to ensure his defeat in 1992.

Regardless of Obama's plan, what needs to be noted here is that we don't elect Kings. Who here thinks the Democrats in Congress aren't chomping at the bit to lower those thresholds substantially? Do some of you people really expect not to hear "Well, I know we promised X, but now that we are here - the mess is SO big - bigger than we thought, we are going to have to all be more patriotic and lower those thresholds." Take that to the bank. OTOH, if Obama enacts his plan as detailed on his website then every pinko-liberal out there supporting this plan should kiss our fat-conservative asses because we essentially won the tax debate (at least 75% of the debate). The fact that we have an election on who is going to cut taxes more (with disagreements at the margins) is a victory for the conservatives. With that said, I personally don't believe for one NY second that this congress isn't going to raise taxes on every Tom, Dick, and Hussein in this country.

It's called "spreading the wealth". The Bills are just getting a head start on that...

Again?

"There but for the grace of God go I"... Let's hope no one in this thread requires prolonged pain management therapy.

Look, there are a LOT of planetariums that need refurbishing. Once we get that under control - we can talk about tightening the ol' belt.

Fixed the link.

I only knew about 3 of them If they were ranked - jennicam should have been #1.

Maybe he thinks "Toni" is a chick?

lowercase is the new uppercase...

It matters for two reasons: Supreme Court Possible super-majority for 2 years. add to that my tax bill and the possibility of nationalizing something like health care - which can never be undone - and that is enough to vote for the lesser of two evils - McCain.

Pay. Per. View. Eliminate the deficit instantly!

1 post per year? Pace yourself.... pace yourself...

Say "hi" from me!

that is one option certainly. The url is a little longer in that case. Maybe that is a better choice, but most websites go the forums.domain.com route. From a user interface stand point, going with the familiar is usually better.

The demands on the readership are onerous at times...

Our SabresReport/SabreSpace dual-headed monster has gotten me to think about how we have structured things and me no likey what I see. Time to tighten the ship!

I guess the big inconvenience will be that everyone will have to log in again. Therefore, I strongly suggest everyone update their email addresses (for lost password services) and/or know what your current password is.

I'm not sure people put a lot of emphasis on the name of a subsection and the url that leads to it - especially if the url is semantically correct.