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That is, "Epic this thread is not."

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/VGENX Or are you saying he is buying too late?

Certain taxes yes. What part of really rich guys paying 20% taxes at most is so hard to comprehend? Even a stoner can get it.

At no point did I say that. Would have been nice to have a real conversation.

Fixed for truthiness...

Bolded - At no point did I say that. Are you saying these hypothetical heirs have less discretionary income percentage wise than most people? What would be the only impediment to their rise to ultimate power than some sort of taxation? I wish I had your faith in humankind.

Conner?

Well done. Good old Haliburton. I should also note there are fairly serious allegations of cover-ups in rape from everything in the Peace Corp to the Army. Boys will be boys, Nudge, Nudge, wink wink, Say no more.

I am not arguing for taking all of it. You are a sharp financial guy, if someone plopped 50 billion in your lap, at a 38% tax rate, that leaves you with 31 billion. What could you do with that in say 20 years? Should a single, unelected person be allowed to wield that much power? Currently they are, and the world hasn't come crashing to a halt, but what happens when we have a Paris Hilton type trillionaire. I actually brought the individual up to contrast that to the 200k bit LA threw out, as that is not what Obama was talking about. I would further argue though that financial institutions can grow too big. There you have a mere billionaire at best sometimes controlling hundreds of billions of assets. I should further point out that this makes Obama a hypocrite as the federal government has WAY too much power. On the other hand, at least he is elected. Just my thoughts, tear into em, I am stoned.

Way to distort what was said. Obama was speaking of financial reform when he used that umm misquote of yours. Perhaps you are trying to be absurd... And yes, I would argue that at a certain point you could have too much money. We already have individuals worth 50-60 billion; let's say the estate tax is removed and they pass that down to their heirs. Within a few generations, what does that money do? What effect will these individuals with the power of some nations have on the world? Could be good, as I love the Bill Gates foundation. Could be bad in that you have one crackpot who uses his power unwisely or worse, in an evil fashion. Most harm will likely come from greedy individuals who use corporations in a shady fashion. I should note that never happens. The rest of Obama's quote read: Clearly he is not talking about families making 250k or whatever. If you are a billionaire, learn to cope, as most of your money is made at the capital gains rate.

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Wasn't the yacht expected to make landfall Sunday?

Interesting. Link?

I read several remarks about how the pirates have taken to torturing their hostages. Americans are going to be viewed especially in a bad light as we had the gall to sentence one to jail...

Because it is an easy shot at believers. Ramius is like that, even though the point of you have to have faith has been hammered home.

Agreed with emphasis on the bold. My point is, we spent all that money and didn't increase security that much at all. Of course mine is just an anecdote, but there have been tests of the security and massive failures.

As I have said before, I got two boxcutters through in my carry-on. It was an accident, but yeesh.

Oh my! I have the urge to climb mountains all of a sudden.

While your theory occurred to me, I prefer mine.

There are not many liberals left on PPP really. My guess is Tom has decided to turn his attentions to idiotic (at least in his perception) Conservatives as prey is scarce. You see it all the time in nature; when a particular food source is scarce, the predator turns his attention to the more abundant prey. Could just be he is a dick though. I say the last with full confidence it will not offend Tom. He knows it!

Bolded - Yummy What about the uniform? Better not be this.

IIRC they are designed to crumple and in the worst cases roll. The interior of the car has like a honeycomb brace? They are also doing "soft" walls in some places. Maybe an actual Nascar fan could chime in. Little of that works when you go straight into a concrete wall.

More than slight actually. I assume you phrased it that way to be nice.

My guess is he got tired of the abuse.