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I liked Rich's response, but Tasker's had a lot of thought and was presented well. I'd give it to TYTT.

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Stop being a troll. Argument is fine, being a %$#$head isn't.

I forgot all about Spyro Gyra. Great musicians, but I hated the music. I saw them at a place called After Dark - it was way north on Transit road, right after you crossed into Niagara county.

Hey, what consenting adults choose to do behind closed doors is nobody else's business.

The best one I saw was Todd Rundgren followed by Johnny and Edgar Winter - I think it was in 1979. That was the only time I got to see both brothers perform together. Peter Frampton was the headliner, but we didn't stay for that. Honorable mention goes to J. Geils (joined by Greg Allman) followed by Johnny Winter followed by Yes - I believe it was 1975.

Thus proving the falsehood of the age-old expression "you are what you eat".

I don't believe it's good to always adhere to rigid ideologies - that leaves no room for growth or maturity, as it's essentially just shutting out other considerations purely out of stubbornness. It's the push-back inherent in this kind of dialogue that give me things to think about, and I like to think that I'm honest enough with myself to reconsider my stance on a given issue by taking the time to think before immediately gainsaying a conflicting point of view.

I think most of us here are pretty much on the same page with regard to taxation. We may differ on what rates should be, what exactly is taxed, and means of collection, but that's a dialogue worth having. What's most important to me is the return benefit to society and the accountability on the part of government to spend those dollars in a responsible manner. I've always believed that if taxes were not withheld from most people's paychecks and they instead had to write a check to the feds every year, that people would take a much keener interest in how much they pay and to what ends the money is used.

Yes. This 100%.

TYTT is more than capable of speaking on his own behalf, but I've seen him describe taxes as being a necessary evil on several occasions. He comes down hard on the concept and principle of taxation, but then again, so do I. I think everyone should. Further, I think that there's no question that many view taxation as a means of extracting money from people who are more successful, as if it were a moral means of balancing personal wealth throughout society.

1) Nobody is saying anything about doing away with taxes. 2) We fund all of modern society's conveniences with tax money? 3) Theft is as old as civilization too. That doesn't make it right. 4) You are not making a trade when money is taken from you to support policies that you do not believe in. 5) How have the rich taken from society? Please give detail.

As with any federal bureaucracy, the EPA can be made more efficient and less intrusive. Having an agency that sets and enforces reasonable standards on industry is one thing, but it's another thing altogether when they begin classifying privately owned property as havens for endangered species or proclaiming them as wetlands because they have standing water on them, without at the very least providing the landowner with monetary compensation equal to the potential value of the property. The notion that conservatives and libertarians are okay with pollution is a fallacy. Nobody wants dirty air or water, but neither do they want their land taken or it's use unfairly restricted by any government agency. It won't do the EPA any harm at all to have their budget reduced.

He might if the current exchange rate didn't have him paying the approximately 1.34 percent more for your corrections than for corrections made here in the good old US of A. Let this be a lesson, people: buy American.

That has to be some of the dumbest $%#@ I've ever seen here, and that includes Gator's rambling inanities.

But when I said that, you said I was a racist and put me on "mental ignore".

Ah - I see I was justified in my skepticism.

Glad to see some of the new crew added.

I appreciate the detail of the info. I always have trouble accepting anything coming out of Washington as truth, no matter who it is that's saying it. Everything is spin, and then the news outlets spin it even further. I recognize that number of 24 million who are said to be losing their coverage as another potential ploy to gin up outrage over the new plan, and am suspicious of the claims. Thanks for helping to clarify it for me.

Hell, I can call myself an idiot without help from Tom's script.