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No, no, no. This is just another example of WHY tax rates MUST be made higher on "the rich". The rich ALWAYS cheat on their taxes (although on occassion it is accidentally of course, right Mr. Rangel?) so their nominal tax rates must be increased to keep their actual tax rates that they end up paying as being "fair". This is not about class warfare nor is it about partisanship. It is about an inherent fairness and equality of outcome that every American has a non-denominational creator's given right to. How could the media possibly be outraged in this matter? There is nothing to be outraged about. Chairman Rangel made an honest mistake, over and over and over again for several years. You can't really expect ANYONE to understand all the minutiae of tax law, especially not the guy who is actually writing it.

Cleveland ended the agreement. IIRC, they are moving their farmclub to Columbus.

I wouldn't read too much into a narrowing of the polls in NY this far ahead of the election. Lazio-Clinton was almost deadlocked when he 1st entered the race, and he was down by nearly 10 points after he "attacked" her in the 1st debate and lost in a landslide. IF NY goes for McCain, then Obama will be lucky to carry 10 states, but there is still a lot of time left and Obama still has a large lead. I don't see Obama losing NY. Although, if the polling gets close, w/ Obama's warchest, we may actually see general election Presidential political ads run in NY for the 1st time in a long time (they probably haven't been run here since Reagan).

What, you think the guy who writes the tax laws ought to understand and follow them? @!%^in' fascist.

Well, actually, he's real AND he's an actor. He's the dude that played Dr. Bob (aka the Quack who's gone to the dogs) on The Muppet Show's Veterinarian's Hospital. Or at least he was real. The Muppet Show was on over 25 years ago and most dogs only live to be ~15, so he is probably in doggie heaven or wherever it is that "Hollywood" dogs go after they pass to the great beyond.

I'm out.

Maybe Sansone's will have a generator. Good luck.

Good to see your neighbor still has his sense of humor. Good luck w/ the storm. Hopefully you're far enough inland to not get hit too bad. As you know, this storm doesn't look good and it looks like it's heading right for you. I hope they force the last few holdouts in Galveston to get the heck out of there. I used to live right along one of the Bayous in the SW corner. I never saw it flood over it's banks but it came close twice while I was there. On KHOU they are predicting that the bayous and creeks should be able to hold the water. Hopefully they are correct.

I'm fairly certain Barney Frank would gladly explain that for you.

Oh, I know what it means, but have never been real clear on what a "ya" is.

Long answer cut very short. It depends. Russia expecting us to uphold our treaty obligations will go a long way towards keeping them from attempting to reclaim the Baltics. BTW, wtf is a ya'll?

Nah, just start the restaurant. Just make sure you put one in Ra-cha-cha as well.

My bad. Does this mean that you don't find him funny? If so, I may have finally found 1 thing (other than cheering for the Bills and your support of charitable organizations) that I agree w/ you on. Either way, whether you find him funny or not, I still don't understand why/how he became relevant.

What parlimentary procedures are the Republicans in the House using to prevent votes? Democrats were convinced that they'd only lose a few seats back in '94 and they got massacred. Actually, pretty much all the polls said they wouldn't get thumped as bad as they did. And heading into '06, it looked like the R's would hold the Senate w/ a VERY slim majority. Assuming your guys are going to hold on to their control when fewer than 1 in 5 people think they are doing a good job is a fairly big assumption. I don't know how things will look in November, but right now it is not a lock that Nancy Pelosi will get to continue to play w/ her gavel. Maybe Obama wins big in the debates or maybe Palin makes the gaffe that the Dems are looking for (notice, I did not say McCain makes the gaffe, as it appears this is being set up as Obama v Palin which allows McCain to stay above the fray) and the tide swings back to the Dem side. Maybe it does, or maybe the R's maintain the momentum they gained at their convention and Pelosi goes back to being just another very liberal Congresscritter from California.

A month ago that statement would have been true, and it may be true again when it matters in 1-1/2 months. As of today, Congress sits w/ a 18% approval rating and many 1st term Congresscritters are nervous. Most of those 1st termers have a D next to their name. After the debates, things may swing back in the D's favor, but right now the House is in play.

In the House, EVERY seat is up for election. At this moment, control of the House is in play. Whether that will still be true ~50 days from now remains to be seen. In the Senate about 2/3rds of the seats that are up are currently Republican held.

What is this "heat" thing you are referring to? It hasn't broken 90 in Ra-cha-cha since May.

In your purely hypothetical scenario, which of the TEN missile defense missile launchers do you expect to accidentally shoot down a Russian MIG? My money's on #7.

What, no love for Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers)? Sorry, I'm too tired / lazy to find a pic. Of the ones you listed, I'd have to go for either Alyssa or JLH (hey it's fearless leader's B-day, happy B-day SDS).

That's KOharskI. Not that anyone on a Jags message board would realize the typo. And, technically, IIRC, the quote was "have another donut, you fat pig."

If you AND Deb are morally opposed to the McCain/Palin ticket, I might have just decided who I'm voting for. (I'd already decided who I'm not voting for.)

Yeah, he was only 30 years off on what would be the "Al Franken decade." I don't fully understand why, when there are so many people that are actually funny that lean to the left, that people support/follow AF. "Because gosh darn it, he's good enough, he's funny enough, and he just gets it" is as near as I can figure that people support him. Please enlighten me on what it is that makes him more relevant than Tom Davis (who was a far better comic IMHO). He was, IMHO, annoying in '79 and he's still annoying today. Deb, please explain what it is that you find humorous about the man, and maybe I can help you out w/ PJ O'Rourke.

Well, why should we only turn South America against us, when there is a much greater world out there?

Only if you include the SS money coming into the treasury which had already been allocated to meeting future obligations. If you look at that as a normal person or business would, you would have to say that there still was a deficit. You should not count money that you already plan on spending as being available. (No, no, I can afford the $500k mortgage on my $30k job; I'll just set up an interest only, 5 year balloon payment plan, that should work. )