tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post8288575393934986553..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Is Herman Cain's 999 Plan a Distributional Monstrosity?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51907953595212504592011-10-19T09:59:37.577-04:002011-10-19T09:59:37.577-04:00.
My, my, my!
Jeez, Doug, lighten up.
I was jok....<br /><br /><i>My, my, my!</i><br /><br />Jeez, Doug, lighten up.<br /><br />I was joking. Next time I'll remember to add the smily face.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-67454272293069120312011-10-19T00:48:18.390-04:002011-10-19T00:48:18.390-04:00"Did I mention I was a Tenth Amendment fangir..."<i>Did I mention I was a Tenth Amendment fangirl?</i>"<br /><br />Clearly a case where the good of all overrides Harry's selfish concerns.<br />It's all gotta go to one place, if we're serious about safety, and Nevada was chosen on serious grounds.<br /><br />Maui and Nevada may be indistinguishable in many ways, but as appropriate climate and geology for Nuclear storage goes, Nevada wins hands down.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56525648317037000532011-10-19T00:35:24.964-04:002011-10-19T00:35:24.964-04:00My, my, my!
So much cynicism abounds around here!...My, my, my!<br /><br />So much cynicism abounds around here!<br />I could repeat Deuce's answer to Ash regarding whether it is any of your business, but I do not intend to sink to such levels of incivility.<br /><br />I can swear that it has virtually nothing to do with my personal circumstances, beyond the education I have gained in my good and bad experiences with real-estate/home ownership.<br /><br />It's that immediately eliminating the deduction on existing homeowners would not only start a whole new wave of losses and foreclosures and further tank the economy, but would also be about as politically popular/feasible as the first 9 in Cain's 999.<br /><br />Not to mention that it represents a retroactive change in plans, a taking of sorts, for all existing mortgagees, as you imply.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71187798549781212342011-10-19T00:01:41.993-04:002011-10-19T00:01:41.993-04:00.
Whats wrong with a graduated one size fits all ....<br /><br /><i>Whats wrong with a graduated one size fits all tax (in each income group) with no gimmicks or deductions?<br /><br /><b>...except homes, which would be phased out gradually over time.</b></i><br /><br /><br />What?<br /><br />You only have a few more years on that mortgage of yours, Doug?<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56555556037296193952011-10-18T23:23:36.419-04:002011-10-18T23:23:36.419-04:00WiO: The GOP aint "pandering" to Israel,...<b>WiO:</b> <i>The GOP aint "pandering" to Israel, it correctly understands that the current American administration funds hezbollah, hamas, moslem brotherhood and a whole host of Israel hating nations and groups and seeks to correct the insane USA policy of supporting jihadists both domestic and overseas.</i><br /><br />Blame it all on Carter. He made the deal in 1978. We rent the Sinai desert from Israel for $3 billion dollars a year (which they won by conquest in 1967 and defended in 1973), and then we pay Egypt $1.8 billion dollars a year to take it back. And China gets the interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88224752664820968742011-10-18T23:17:40.906-04:002011-10-18T23:17:40.906-04:00Doug: By far the biggest nuclear threat to this co...<b>Doug:</b> <i>By far the biggest nuclear threat to this country is all that waste spread around the country at every nuke site.</i><br /><br />How about we ship all of it to Maui, Doug? Stick it out there at the end of the Hana Road. That way it's not spread all around the country at every nuke site. After all, the Federal Government exists to make decisions on what state gets all the garbage from the other states, and besides, Hawaii's only got, what, four electoral votes? Nevada's got six. Those two extra votes might put the 'Pub over the top.<br /><br />Did I mention I was a Tenth Amendment fangirl?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65548043346324508322011-10-18T22:40:58.032-04:002011-10-18T22:40:58.032-04:00""All told, this administration has depo...""All told, this administration has deported nearly 1.2 million people, leaving a wake of devastation in Latino communities across the nation," Joanne Lin, ACLU legislative counsel, said in a news release. "These record-breaking deportation numbers come at a time when illegal immigration rates have plummeted, the undocumented population has decreased substantially and violent crime rates are at their lowest levels in 40 years."<br /><br />Lin also said the deportations represent "uncontrolled, unwarranted" spending of taxpayers' money by the Department of Homeland Security, of which the immigration agency is a part."<br /><br />Truly devasting policy for all involved.<br /><br />We all suffer when felons, rapists, child molesters, drug pushers, and drunken manslaughterers are removed from the neighborhoods.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72590542594238247322011-10-18T22:37:25.351-04:002011-10-18T22:37:25.351-04:00Deuce said...
Paul made an interesting statement, ...Deuce said...<br />Paul made an interesting statement, cutting the defense budget is not cutting defense, Now the pandering to Israel begins, but not Ron Paul. He wisely states that Israel would be better off without US foreign aid. Amen to that.<br /><br /><br />Just as soon as America stops aid to the arabs and islamic jihadist nations of the world, and stops transferring a trillion dollars a year from oil to them as well...<br /><br />As for "pandering"?<br /><br />The GOP aint "pandering" to Israel, it correctly understands that the current American administration funds hezbollah, hamas, moslem brotherhood and a whole host of Israel hating nations and groups and seeks to correct the insane USA policy of supporting jihadists both domestic and overseas.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89982592185050008112011-10-18T22:36:45.094-04:002011-10-18T22:36:45.094-04:00"The percentage was even higher for some regi..."The percentage was even higher for some regions. In the sector that covers Houston, Beaumont and Corpus Christi, Texas, about 74% of the 20,450 removals were of people with criminal records, said Gregory Palmore of the agency's Houston office."<br /><br />That's a no brainer:<br />After Bush and his boyfriend jailed the agents for doing their job, who could not feel the chill?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68948798341244687662011-10-18T22:33:47.972-04:002011-10-18T22:33:47.972-04:00"Overall in fiscal year 2011, immigration off..."Overall in fiscal year 2011, immigration officials said, 396,906 individuals were removed. Of these, 216,698, nearly 55%, had been convicted of felonies or misdemeanors. That's an 89 percent increase of criminals from three years ago, the enforcement agency said."<br /><br />Bush ten times worse than Obama!<br /><br />Just like Tex of the compassionate heart would be.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19855967687193233982011-10-18T22:33:03.624-04:002011-10-18T22:33:03.624-04:00desert rat said...
The Israeli unconcerned that so...desert rat said...<br />The Israeli unconcerned that some of the killers that were released had killed US citizens.<br /><br /><br /><br />Damned if they do, damned if they dont...<br /><br />Rat's constant hatred of israel comes thru on every post.<br /><br />Dearest Rodent,<br /><br />Please on behalf of all Jews worldwide..<br /><br />Please go fuck yourself and your opinion.What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86852151792264143062011-10-18T22:31:01.343-04:002011-10-18T22:31:01.343-04:00Exsez,
Lousy date, lousy mate.
Rufus passed her a ...Exsez,<br />Lousy date, lousy mate.<br />Rufus passed her a Rufie.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8251827315129371772011-10-18T22:29:45.371-04:002011-10-18T22:29:45.371-04:00That'd be,
movin on up!That'd be,<br />movin on up!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23750113725807481502011-10-18T22:28:46.147-04:002011-10-18T22:28:46.147-04:00The Shalit diet for the 1001 scumbags would be a h...The Shalit diet for the 1001 scumbags would be a human atrocity worse than the holocaust.<br /><br />...at least in the MSM, and here and there in the blogosphere.<br />So to speak.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57742473159131914102011-10-18T22:27:55.000-04:002011-10-18T22:27:55.000-04:00Also, not hard to see why he kept "moving on....Also, not hard to see why he kept "moving on." ;)<br /><br /><br />Great date, lousy mate.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26421990356648565282011-10-18T22:20:57.894-04:002011-10-18T22:20:57.894-04:00"Who gives a fuck about Yucca Mountain?"..."<i>Who gives a fuck about Yucca Mountain?</i>"<br /><br />Who gives a fuck? WTF???<br /><br />By far the biggest nuclear threat to this country is all that waste spread around the country at every nuke site.<br />Extremely vulnerable to multiple threats.<br />We (esp Dems, specifically Reid) insist on perfection, when in fact most any halfway decent, secure, permanent site would be thousands of time safer then the disaster in waiting that are all those spent fuel pools.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74037804992693972172011-10-18T22:16:35.040-04:002011-10-18T22:16:35.040-04:00...and EVERYONE wishes for the magic that could ov......and EVERYONE wishes for the magic that could overcome that of the underwearer.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88401970903583603622011-10-18T22:15:20.510-04:002011-10-18T22:15:20.510-04:00Didn't watch, but it sounds familiar.
Newt has...Didn't watch, but it sounds familiar.<br />Newt has won the last several, only folks heavy into denial cannot see why so many of us loathe Perry, and Cain, all else aside, is a likeable SOB. He'd be my SOB if I could be convinced he hasn't already self-destructed with 999 and Gitmo.<br />Not hard at all to see why he did well in business.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84257355872282983012011-10-18T21:44:14.796-04:002011-10-18T21:44:14.796-04:0012:55 a.m. Opposition research. You are referrin...12:55 a.m. Opposition research. You are referring to Obama right?MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58543601187063708352011-10-18T21:42:20.213-04:002011-10-18T21:42:20.213-04:00Bachman's voice is grating. She wouldn't ...Bachman's voice is grating. She wouldn't carry any southern state with that accent. Newt is the smartest guy up there. Paul has not said anything that isn't true.<br /><br />Cain is, is, is ballsy, I'll give him that.<br /><br />How can you not like him? I have been around and reported to CEOs all my life. Cain is a CEO.<br /><br />NEWT!!!!MOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307879234693014691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19368414612353437782011-10-18T21:42:10.159-04:002011-10-18T21:42:10.159-04:00I could picture Gingrich as well.I could picture Gingrich as well.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45865083058266875822011-10-18T21:39:05.596-04:002011-10-18T21:39:05.596-04:00Paul made an interesting statement, cutting the de...Paul made an interesting statement, cutting the defense budget is not cutting defense, Now the pandering to Israel begins, but not Ron Paul. He wisely states that Israel would be better off without US foreign aid. Amen to that.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9991590877756047102011-10-18T21:38:20.636-04:002011-10-18T21:38:20.636-04:00I'm not watching, but, wouldn't it be a ho...I'm not watching, but, wouldn't it be a hoot if Gangrene ends up winning this thing? The nomination, I mean, not the debate.<br /><br />If you squinted your eyes, just right, you could almost see it. :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33960074821869381142011-10-18T21:34:40.527-04:002011-10-18T21:34:40.527-04:00Santorum should drop out. Cain will not win. Perry...Santorum should drop out. Cain will not win. Perry would not carry one Northeastern state from North Carolina and north.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73096158232240348092011-10-18T21:28:59.866-04:002011-10-18T21:28:59.866-04:00so far.so far.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.com