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Whenever one of my bitches starts getting uppity, I just "accidentally" slip it in the wrong hole.

An ex later dated Sean Avery. Hope he liked my sloppy seconds.

I live 20 minutes form the border but don't have my passport yet. I haven't been to Canada in the last 2 years and have no urgent plans to do so. But I never thought about what would happen if one of the kids or other family was hurt in Canada and was in a hospital. Better get off my ass and get one just in case. I guess I can justify it as supporting the arts...I can use it to go see the ballet.

I think that I read that the dealer is responsible for making sure that the engine and transmission are destroyed.

There needs to be a "WTF PAC" for taxpayers to address these outrages whenever they come to light. I don't give a rat's ass whose fault it is, it just needs to get fixed pronto. Same for the annual article on police stuffing their overtime in their last years of work to retire on a pension that's higher than their annual salary.

Here's an idea...don't take cash advances or balance transfers on your credit card. Here's another...pay a lower fee to some other bank to transfer your balance from Chase.

Very, very few cars would even qualify. A lot of trucks would easily qualify. But then you also have to figure that the money is for junking your car, so you get nothing for your trade-in. So it only makes sense if your car is worth less than $3500. If it's worth $2000, that rebate only nets you $1500 when you scrap it. One other thing to consider: if the dealer knows that you qualify for the rebate, what are the odds that he tries to skim off some by giving you less of a discount on the new vehicle? How many people driving a worthless POS can even afford the payments on a new vehicle even with this "extra" rebate? Not only doesn't this bill look like it will stimulate sales, it also gives up too much for too little mileage improvement. $3500 to buy a truck that gets 2 mpg better than your old POS? Yeah, that will reduce our reliance on foreign oil.

I had a similar device with Florida Power when I lived in FL. I never once noticed it and the savings were too good to pass up. I might be mistaken but I thought that having the device gives them the power to cut back your a/c only IF necessary. I think they only do it if they really have peak problems. Also, your central a/c is not running 24/7, so unless you have all of your windows open or crappy insulation, your a/c is cycling itself off and on as needed anyways.

No, my argument is that California HAS THE MEANS to solve its own problem. They just lack the political will to solve it themselves. That's a big difference from GM.

Are you saying that Medicare should be abolished because it is socialized medicine? Congress has given Medicare Advantage companies the opportunity to compete against government run Medicare. What are the results? From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Website: Do private plans cost more than it costs the regular Medicare program to cover the same beneficiaries? Answer: Both the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) — Congress’ expert advisory body on Medicare payment policy — and the Congressional Budget Office have found that private plans are paid 12 percent more, on average, than it would cost traditional Medicare to cover the same beneficiaries.[1] According to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund, these overpayments currently are estimated to average about $1,000 for each beneficiary enrolled in a private plan.[2] The private plans and the Administration have attempted to cast some doubt on these estimates, contending they may be inflated.[3] Such claims do not have merit. Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, recently testified that “such claims are simply inaccurate.”[4] MedPAC similarly dismissed such claims in its most recent report to Congress in June 2007.[5] Moreover, according to CBO, the overpayment per beneficiary is likely to rise in the future because enrollment growth in the private plans is concentrating in geographic areas with the highest overpayment rates.[6]

I see a big difference in the two. The GM bailout was necessary to save jobs not only at GM but throughout the auto industry. The end of GM would have spelled the end of many auto suppliers and would have had an major impact on all other auto manufacturers who rely on the same suppliers for parts. The California crisis could be resolved by the state legislature increasing taxes and fees and/or cutting services in order to balance their budget. Every state is suffering under the economic downturn. Should all of them just do business as usual and have the Federal government pick up the difference? States would no longer have to raise taxes or cut spending. All they would have to do is act irresponsibly and have the Fed balance their books for them.

Well, what's your solution to the tanking of the financial sector and auto industry? Tax cuts? And the problem of health care taking up 16% of GDP while leaving 45 million people uninsured? Tax cuts? As far as socialized medicine...Medicare has been around a long time. Isn't that socialized medicine? The One must have been pretty young when he started Medicare. If insurance companies are so efficient and Medicare is so bureaucratic, why are the insurance companies so deathly afraid of a public health care option? If the insurance companies can do it cheaper, with better quality and better customer service, why would they be unable to compete with a choice of a public plan? Or do you support corporate welfare for health insurance companies? Guarantee them a profit like the Republican Congress did with the Medicare drug program? Or preventing the government from negotiating discounts for drugs? Those sound like great free-market solutions. I love the way Republicans call sucking on the left tit of the government socialism, while they suck away on the right tit with corporate welfare programs.

Washington Post article Let me get this straight: California doesn't have the political will to raise taxes or cut spending to balance their budget so they want the Federal government to bail them out. WTF! That will be a great precedent to get started. NY can then drop its income and sales taxes and just let Washington pay for everything. Actually, as a NYer I kind of like this idea. Maybe we can get rid of our property taxes too while we're at it.

I guess you haven't seen the movie she made called "Nalin Palin". Why would Sarah Palin make a pornographic movie if she's not a slut? Although she looks like a multi-talented actress, I don't see why she would be talking about other people being inappropriate after some of the stuff she does in that film.

You know what's truly repugnant about this? Nobody outside of Palin's family, Fox News, and the right wing nut jobs thought the joke was about the 14 year old daughter. The joke was about the other daughter who got knocked up last year. Remember when John McCain led the parade to the airport to greet the "First Fornicator", Levi. The joke was about the one that he knocked up.

As it applies to cars, very few cars qualify. Unless you drive some kind of land yacht, your overall mileage probably exceeds 18 which means you don't qualify. As for trucks, almost everyone who owns one can probably get the rebate as you only need like a 2 mpg improvement. Way to reward those people who dumped their gas guzzlers years ago. You would think that someone who trades in a 20 mpg car for a 35 mpg car would deserve a rebate for making a big improvement, but this wouldn't qualify. "For standard-duty models — most SUVs, vans and pickups: 1. The old one must be rated 18 mpg or less. 2. The new one must be at least 2 mpg better for $3,500 or at least 5 mpg better for $4,500. For heavy-duties (6,000 to 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating): 1. The old one must be rated 15 mpg or less. 2. The new one must be rated at least 1 mpg better for $3,500, or 2 mpg or more for $4,500. Work trucks (8,500 to 10,000 lbs.) don't have mpg ratings, so age is the criteria. The old one has to be a 2001 model or older. And only $3,500 is available." Seems to reward anyone who trades in a truck for a new one.

Great post!

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. Probably wasn't the same f*cking elephant. This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullsh*t stories.

If he retires, would some of his guaranteed money not be guaranteed?

Usually there's a $30 courier fee, but in Erie County they are allowed to round it up to the nearest thousand. Either that or it's a fee for your attorney to ride the Metro Bus to your closing.

Do you really think that letting GM go into liquidation was the best option? The bondholders would have gotten even less than they are getting in the bankruptcy. The entire automotive industry may have been in a world of hurt. Parts suppliers who not only supply GM but Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc, would have had a very slim chance of surviving a GM liquidation. Instead of 2,000 GM dealers being closed, all of them would have. Nobody seems to like the government investing $60 billion, but what would it have cost if the whole auto industry took a crap? GM will be able to fix some of their major problems: too many dealerships, legacy costs, too many brands, etc. Also, the 10 million unit US car market is forecast to climb back to 16 million units in the next 2 years. GM gets to dump tons of dead weight and IF their management learns from their mistakes, I feel that they can be a profitable company again. Probably much sooner than most people think, especially if the US auto market recovers as fast as some economists think. There have been a lot of new car purchases postponed in the last year from fleet sales (rental car companies and other businesses) to individuals who have decided to drive their cars longer. At some point, these vehicles will need replacement. GM will no longer have the largest market share, but a leaner GM can live off of a smaller slice of the auto market.

I don't live in Calif so maybe someone there has better info, but isn't the problem due to the state being unable to raise taxes due to propositions? I think we're going to see a taste of what limited government looks like and it's not going to be pretty. Massive cuts in social services, teachers, state employees, prisons, etc. If it works it will be a model for the rest of the country. Not sure that the advocates of limited government want to rest their case on the results of this one. Personally, I think it's going to get ugly.

Why does the US have to solve all of the world's problems? Seems like the nuclear tests will affect China and Russia more than us. Let them handle it. About time NK got its ass kicked, but we're a little busy with 2 other wars.

Like it or not, this is no different from the financial system bailout. The financial bailout was done to prevent a systemic crash of the financial system. Maybe it wouldn't have occurred if we let them all go bankrupt, but no one wanted to risk it happening. It's the same thing now with the auto companies. Lots of people want the market to take care of GM. They certainly deserve it. But a GM liquidation would wipe out a hell of a lot more than just GM and pose a serious threat to parts suppliers who also happen to supply Toyota, Honda, Ford and the other viable companies. Although many people don't see GM as being viable in the long run, there is a chance that they can return to profitability as a more streamlined company. I know that it looks dire with new auto sales expected to be down to around 10 million units in 2009. However, due to pent up demand, economists are projecting annual new car sales of 16+ million cars by 2012. People can postpone their new car purchases, but at some point their cars will need to be replaced.

Well I guess there is a slight chance that he's not gay. But I'm 100% sure that he's a douche bag.