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omg, i think i would have killed her, i'd make her earn every penny of it
I would have killed him ...then her .....lol...... that is ridiculous and very inconsiderate on both their parts, especially if neither one has a job and if they do they should ante up and be responsible enough to pay the bill.
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Where I work we sell cemetary cones some are $39.99 basic flowers. We sell some for $49.99 with really nice ribbons that say Mother or Father or in loving memory. Some one bought the $39.99 then took the ribbon out of the $49.99 a Mother and a Father. I hope your Mother and Father are rolling over in their graves for your thoughtful Idea of stealing the ribbons for their cones. How do some people sleep at night?
Welcome to the real world ..... that sucks ..... people stoop so slow to make themselves look good .... they will have to answer for this one day ....
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I thought that is why we have spent hundreds of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars ,from the previous 7 years, to prevent this from happening ?!?!?!?!?!? ........
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So the other day I was in the store, and a mom was checking out her purchases. Her kid who looked to be about 5ish, either threw or dropped a bottle of juice which popped open and spilled over the floor. The mom grabbed the kids hand, yelled at him and smacked him on the hands a few times. The kid then started crying and crawling on the floor picking up some coins he dropped.
Myself, I thought he won't do that again. Other people looked either upset or somewaht uncomfortable at what happened. What would your thoughts have been on that?
So..what gives us the right to judge someone else's choice of discipline ? I used to get my hand smacked plenty of times...I finally learned ...it sounds like the parent was not beating the kid to a pulp for no reason .....our society is so screwed up when we decided what someone else should od with their kid.....as long as the kid is not in danger of being brutalized why butt in ?????
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Indian Chief 'Two Eagles' was asked by a white government official, 'You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done.'
The Chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, 'Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?'
The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. 'When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.'
Then the chief leaned back and smiled. 'Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.'
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bread and milk, bread and milk...oh wait...beer and wine, beer and wine...
bring on the SNOW JAM!!!
wooo hoo
My choice ..beer and chips .....
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OK, I'm listening and watching the news about the plane crash while I'm working. I'm watching Fox News and I heard the reporter say this...
"Since it is cold, the water is harder so the plane would slide across the water better than if it was warm water where it would slow down faster because cold water is harder than soft water."
Do what?! Is there really a difference in how hard water is if it is cold or hot? I could understand if the plane was landing on ice, but this wasn't frozen.
Being from 'up North' , I believe that falls under the same category as wet snow and dry snow ..lol.....
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He certainly was classy actor ...loved the roles he played .....
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Crispy Creme truck ????? lol....
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Thanks for sharing. You are right, that was cool !
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I would definitely recommend a CPA that is familiar with "the ropes" at IRS, likewise for a tax attorney.
There is a CPA (locally) that I would recommend, that is very familiar with the ropes at IRS -- if you would like, I'd be more more than glad to PM you the contact info -- just PM me and let me know...
In my experience, I had a CPA do my tax prep for the last 12 years, same one, and they do not even know all the rules. You really need to dig into matters because a CPA ,despite the fancy diplomas on the wall, will only prep with the info you give them and offer very little for defense.
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I was curious if anyone has ever hired a tax attorney to settle a tax debt, and how was your experience?
Or is it better to work directly with the IRS?
They are really expensive. The IRS person I dealt with didn't know his butt from a whole in the ground,honestly. He could not make a decision if his job depended on it and could not even interpret the code. The most important thing I learned is that just because they work for the IRS doesn't mean they know it all, because they don't. You deserve to be treate with the utmost respect also....stated in their policy...you also have the choice to settle through mediation. When a tax lawyer wants $500 to file an amendment I felt it was robbery. I did it myself ....for free ...and it turned out fine...using TurboTax and advise from ...believe it or not ...from a caring IRS rep on the phone. The jerk I was 'assigned' to filed ..are you ready...6 different revisions in 5 months. I kept appealing his version because I knew this guy was an idiot and two he really did not know his job. I presumed he got it because he was a minority. He even sent two revsions a day apart. Funny thing is when I finally talked to his supervisor, after a few months, she did not even know what he was doing and why he was doing what he was ... I guess the choice you have is do you have the time and drive to contend with such a mundane agency or just pay someone else to do it for you. The guy I used , after 5 months of dealing with these morons wanted $1200 retainer. You need to have all records,receipts,timelines etc. available if you want to present a good case.
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Chief justice: Inflation outpacing pay for judges
Published: 12/31/08, 7:25 PM EDT
By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that Congress should be as generous to judges as it already has been to itself, by approving an inflation-related increase in their pay.
"I must renew the judiciary's modest petition: Simply provide cost-of-living increases that have been unfairly denied," Roberts said in his annual year-end report on the federal judiciary.
Alone among federal employees, judges will not receive a cost-of-living allowance in 2009. Members of Congress are getting a 2.8 percent boost, worth $4,700. But they refused before Christmas to give an identical increase to judges.
Federal trial judges are paid $169,300 a year. Appellate judges make more, ranging up to Roberts' salary of $217,400. The salaries pale in comparison to what top lawyers earn in private practice.
Roberts also has pointed out that the 678 full-time trial judges who form the backbone of the federal judiciary are paid about half that of deans and senior law professors at top schools.
But the job has its advantages: Judges have lifetime job security and can retire at full salary at age 65 if they have 15 years on the bench.
Judges last received a substantial pay raise in 1991, although they have been given increases designed to keep pace with inflation in most years since then.
On the six occasions before now that lawmakers denied judges a COLA, they also declined one for themselves.
It had been a long-standing practice for members of Congress and district judges to make the same salaries. Under ethics legislation enacted almost two decades ago, members of Congress get a cost-of-living raise automatically, but they have to vote to give judges an identical raise.
"Judges knew what the pay was when they answered the call of public service. But they did not know that Congress would steadily erode that pay in real terms by repeatedly failing over the years to provide even cost-of-living increases," Roberts said.
The chief justice also lamented Congress' failure to pass larger salary hikes for judges. Committees in the House and Senate voted nearly 30 percent increases for federal judges, but neither house of Congress acted on the measure.
In prior reports, Roberts has focused on the need for the larger increase, which would take his pay to around $280,000 a year and increase trial judges' annual salaries to $218,000.
Two years ago, he said pay for federal judges is so inadequate that it threatens to undermine the judiciary's independence.
This year's version employs a gentler tone. The report takes account of the economic downturn and evokes the Smithsonian Institution's recent repair and preservation of the American flag that flew over Fort McHenry during an attack by the British in 1814. The flag was the inspiration for the national anthem.
"The flag bears scars from the pitched battle, but it also shows blemishes, regrettably, from later neglect," said Roberts, who also is the Smithsonian's chancellor.
Likewise, he wrote, "the judiciary's needs cannot be postponed indefinitely without damaging its fabric."
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No one should be forced to fight for their country. I am an american and I refuse to fight for my country. I am happy there are those willing to, but I am not.
There are alot of 'citizens' in Middle Eastern countries that feel the same way ... they run and hide over here until we do the dirty work and it is safe to go home so they can declare victory ....
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If more companies would settle for sinlge digit profits instead of double digit profits more businesses would remain open, less people would be laid off, and the economy would turn around
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Also, Because our society thinks it is offensive to offend someone .....we have become a society of morons. ....
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yeap...soon to be 9 year old ........with all those sickos out there..you betcha .......
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We get bone-us checks.
I hear George Bush us giving that to the American public as a thank you for the last 8 years and a farewell gift .....lol....
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I have not been able to figure out Gross Domestic Product (GDP), so I went to Wikipedia in an attempt to understand its meaning.
According to Wikipedia Gross Domestic Product is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within the country in a given period of time (usually a calendar year). It is also considered the sum of a value added at every stage of production (the intermediate stages) of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time, and it is given a money value.
This is where I get confused, however!
U.S. citizens do not produce many goods, and much service, within this country, in any given periods oftime. The money value is very low for what U.S. citizens actually produce. U.S. citizens do more in the shipping and delivery department than in the production department.
Why then is it called Gross Domestic Product if ir is produced in other countries and shipped here?
This is what I don't understand .....why we do not produce anything here..well, ok.. we produce next to nothing, so we buy from China and support a communist country ...hmmmmm ..... we , as a nation, do not set goals for ourselves .
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General Motors sold 9.37 million vehicles worldwide in 2007 and lost $38.7 billion.
Toyota sold 9.37 million vehicles in 2007 and made $17.1 billion.
That was the second best sales total in GM's 100-year history and the biggest loss ever for any automaker in the world.
For Toyota, that was roughly $1800 in profit for every vehicle sold.
For GM, it was an average loss of $4,100 for every vehicle sold.
That about sums it up ..... sell a product loose money , sell a product make money ! What is difficult to see about where the problem is ?
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Not this sheeze again. Lets review....
Just because something is assembled here doesn't mean it is American made. The profit from your redneck built Honda goes to Japan. The profit from your Candian built Chevy goes to the US. I love the buy a Toy to help the US economy, that may be the dumbest statement ever made but one a lot of people like to repeat on this board.
Why do you think the foreign car makers can afford to build cars here but the US ones can't? Unions? Yup thats part of it. I'll give you another hint - see tax breaks. The tax breaks that we GIVE to the foreign car companies are the same ones that we are GIVEN but foreign countries to build our cars there.
There are four times as many American jobs directly effected by the Big 3 then the foreign makes.
Why is this so hard to understand?
The simple FACT is the 3 CEOs and the union get BIG bucks, BIG pay ,and HUGE benefits for 1.) Driving the industry to where it is and 2.) Producing Junk ..... so, it is not hard to understand....my beef . ... I hate for my tax dollars to replenish pension funds to private individuals WHEN this money SHOULD already be there, albiet, from the company or the union and not TAXPAYERS ....and now ...it is the union holding back ....friggin' morons ..... why should they get special treatment for saving their asses when there are just as many other trades loosing jobs ? How many U.S. car manufacturers have built NEW plants here ? How many has foreign automakers built ? I rest my case ....
...ask yourself why they are doing that? Look at the WHOLE picture. Think about WHY the Big 3 can't afford to build here. Your pro american but bought a Japense truck? A SMALL % went back to the US the bulk went to a 3oooK dollar suit pocket in Japan. Now THEY are going to put folks out of work. Yeah, because they WANT to do that? 
Backing out of this thread I give up.WHY ???? ....answer= UNION, UNION,UNION .....and GREED,GREED,GREED
Your right I don't understand. I don't understand at all. I have no clue about the auto industry. I have not through my 32 years on this earth watched THREE (Detroit, Flint and Pontaic) cities crumble. I have not seen my friends and family laid off because people are to trucking stoopid to realize that just because some hillbillies in south Ga or Tenn or some surfer dudes in southern cal have a few hunderd line jobs THOUSANDS are laid off in the north as the profits from these sales GO OVER SEAS!I don't understand why something so simple as PROFIT = JOBS can't get through peoples thick skulls. I don't understand how morons buy German and Jap cars and think that they are helping AMERICA. I don't understand. I don't understand at all.
I don't understand why our gov't regulated fuel standards and FORCED our companies to build cars that they were not good at building and that no one wanted to buy. I don't understand why we are crying FREE MARKET is the reason they shouldn't get a loan but we allow the Gov't to regulate the industry, and I don't understand why that regualtion was not the same for those foreign makes until recently. You are 100% right I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
I will tell you one thing I will drive a GM, FORD or CHRYSLER till I can no longer buy one because I SUPPORT AMERICAN BUSINESS. If you drove ANY car to work or the store today make sure to thank a DETROIT AUTO WORKER because they are the reason your happy ass didn't have to pedal a bike to get where you were going.
Off soap box, out of thread. Have a nice day.
Jesus H Christ.
Profit is the ONLY thing that matters.I would love to buy AMERICAN ,IF I could find an ALL AMERICAN MADE superiod product built here ...we don't do crap here anymore.
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One is leaving the White House shortly ...lol... sorry, couldn't help it ....
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