Fun Stuff...Off Topic(O/T)

[Rob]

Diseased? or Deceased?

She said "Are you related to diseased owners" . . .

Yikes! Billy, if the owners were diseased, are you sure you want that house?

[Peter Hansen]

Suppoat Our Troops

We all may not agree on poltical positions ....But our troops do deserve our respect and support! Read the following!



There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one America n city, about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq.





When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, tell them the following :





FDR (DEMOCRAT) led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost ... an average of 112,500 per year.





Truman (DEMOCRAT) finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost ... an average of 18,334 per year.





John F. Kennedy (DEMOCRAT) started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.





Johnson (DEMOCRAT) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost ... an average of 5,800 per year.





Clinton (DEMOCRAT) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Suda n and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.


This one is a fact that makes me mad as hell.



In the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran, and, North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. And the Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking.

But Wait, There's more.





It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno (DEMOCRAT) to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation





We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton (DEMOCRAT) to find the Rose law firm billing records.







It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.


It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida!!!


Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.
But Wait ....There's more!


JOHN GLENN (on the Senate floor - January 26, 2004)

Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living.





This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served think of the military.

Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
'How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?'

Senator Glenn (D-Ohio): 'I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank. I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day . .. to a veteran's hospital and look those men ... with their mangled bodies .. in the eye, and tell THEM they didn't hold a job!





You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee ... and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DAD'S didn't hold a job.



You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery , where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those waving flags . You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you have the gall to tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
What about Metzenbaum? For those who don't remember During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA.

Now he's a Senator!

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.







Semper Fi

[IIC]

Peter...Kennedy didn't start the Vietnam conflict...The US already had military advisors there in the 50's and the war was already going on...Now, he did escalate our military involvement though...Doug

[Lyehopper]

I should have been a scientist....

This is an interesting scientific study....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc&feature=related

[billyjoe]

Yikes! Billy, if the owners were diseased, are you sure you want that house?

Rob,
Good point. They were diseased, now they are deceased. My daughter is concerned because it might become her house while completing college and she's worried it might be haunted. At 30 cents on the dollar, I'd take that chance.

-----------------billy

[billyjoe]

Got stopped by McCain's bus preceded by about 15 state highway patrol cars and SUV's filled with secret service. Then there were about 10 official vehicles behind his bus. Joe the plumber and Lindsay Graham were also with him but I didn't go to see him speak. He was about an hour late when the bus passed me. He headed east towards Cleveland after leaving these parts.

-----------------billy

[IIC]

Got stopped by McCain's bus preceded by about 15 state highway patrol cars and SUV's filled with secret service. Then there were about 10 official vehicles behind his bus. Joe the plumber and Lindsay Graham were also with him but I didn't go to see him speak. He was about an hour late when the bus passed me. He headed east towards Cleveland after leaving these parts.

-----------------billy

Let's see...I got up at about 5:30 this morning...Went downstairs to get some coffee and the drip maker had overflowed all over the kitchen floor...The rest of the day was downhill from there...Doug

[Peter Hansen]

McCain Closing IN

Got stopped by McCain's bus preceded by about 15 state highway patrol cars and SUV's filled with secret service. Then there were about 10 official vehicles behind his bus. Joe the plumber and Lindsay Graham were also with him but I didn't go to see him speak. He was about an hour late when the bus passed me. He headed east towards Cleveland after leaving these parts.

-----------------billy

A recent statistic I had seen was that those inviduals making ovr 75K .....57% will vote for McCain. Those in that group hate higher taxes. The underlying theme of most wealth books seems to indicate that "Giving" Money To Poor people never works ,what does work is teaching the poor people how they can become rich!
An old Jewish man once told me that if you took ALL the money in the world and divided it equally among all the people .....in about 5 years .those who were rich before the money was distributed ........would be RICH again ......and those who were poor before .....would be poor again . I believe it!

[Lyehopper]

I saw George Bush once.... Well, I saw his airplane

A few months before 9-11.... I was at my barn this particular morning doing something (can't remember what I was doing) but anyway as I stood beside my truck I heard a jet whistling as it flies over the mountain and straight down the valley here. It flew DIRECTLY over my barn and was only about 1k feet above me. It was Airforce-One. I waved at the plane but I doubt anyone saw me.

President Bush was coming here for the dedication of the "National D-Day Memorial" in Bedford VA.... They flew him over the memorial and then around the Peaks-of-Otter and then right down my valley, on the way to the airport in Roanoke.

http://www.dday.org/index.php?page=showGallery&module=gallery&id=1000005&action=F

http://www.peaksofotter.com/

[IIC]

A recent statistic I had seen was that those inviduals making ovr 75K .....57% will vote for McCain. Those in that group hate higher taxes. The underlying theme of most wealth books seems to indicate that "Giving" Money To Poor people never works ,what does work is teaching the poor people how they can become rich!
An old Jewish man once told me that if you took ALL the money in the world and divided it equally among all the people .....in about 5 years .those who were rich before the money was distributed ........would be RICH again ......and those who were poor before .....would be poor again . I believe it!

Wait a minute...My Rich Great Uncle said the same thing in the 60's...I thot he made that saying up altho in his version he only said it would end up 90/10 as far as percentages.

[MEA_1956]

I Don't Know

How many people are there that make over 1 mil.$$$$$$$$$ that pay taxes.

[Peter Hansen]

Well Ya Got Your Change Lol

How will coming tax changes .....affect YOU? .....READ THE FOLLOWING AND WEEP!

(INTERESTING DATA JUST RECEIVED ON TAXES & PROPOSED CHANGES IN TAXES AFTER 2008 GENERAL ELECTION.)

Time to consider your pocketbook:

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

MCCAIN:
0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.

OBAMA:
28% on profit from ALL home sales

How does this affect you?

If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.


DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN : 15% (no change)

OBAMA : 39.6%

How will this affect you?

If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.'

INCOME TAX (find your bracket)
MCCAIN (no changes)

Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250

OBAMA (reverse all tax cuts)

Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750

Under Obama, your taxes will more than double!

How does this affect you? No explanation needed. This is pretty straight
forward.

INHERITANCE TAX

MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)

OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax

How does this affect you?

Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes.

NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA

New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet.

New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)

New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)

New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....

New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!

[Karel]

How will coming tax changes .....affect YOU? .....READ THE FOLLOWING AND WEEP!

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Or check your facts first, of course. The "fact sheet" Pete cut and pasted is rather shaky. Indeed, it is difficult to find a real "fact" in it, see:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taxes.asp

No thanks for drying your tears, please, it's all in a day's work for fact sheet repairman!

Regards,

Karel

[Websman]

I've given up on retirement...One day, I'll be greeting you, at the front door of Walmart, with my walker and oxygen tank in tow. jejeje

[Karel]

Prejudiced

Interesting twist on prejudices, racial and otherwise:
Doonesbury, 11/7

Regards,

Karel