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That said, I'm sure some tea bagger has already bought a shipment container's worth of these shirts for the next rally.
demon_ix
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Congrats on the gold!!! Now you can roll around in style
The Wonder of the Byzantines: The Haggia Sophia
Congressman Weiner: "You Don't Know What Socialism Means!"
The American Dream: An Iranian View
The American Dream: An Iranian View
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Congrats on the gold star....100!
Sarah Palin Book Signing - Meet The Fans
For you to choose to vote for someone who is obviously incompetent over someone whose politics you merely differ with is crazy. I've voted for 3rd party candidates before; at least go that route.
I shiver at the thought of Palin in a meeting with Hu Jintao, Medvedev or Netanyahoo. She'd get eaten alive. She can't even handle Katie Couric.
Either you haven't thought it through or you are crazy.
>> ^ShakaUVM:
>>Guiness world record. Largest amount of neo-cons getting ready to go in a bookstore EVER.
Sigh... Palin is not a neo-con. Neo-cons are big government conservatives. Palin is a small government conservative. That's why she's so popular - most Republicans had to hold their noses to vote for GWB the second time and many rejected McCain, because they were both for the massive expansion of government. See for example Spendulus I. Obama continued the trend with Spendulus II.
Conservatives are (rightly) asking where all the money for the Spendulus bills will come from, and the Republican Party is providing no leadership in opposing the expansion of government - the party is nearly rudderless. Even though Palin wouldn't be my ideal candidate for president, I'd vote for most any candidate that was for limiting the size of government. Last year I voted Libertarian (Bob Barr), for example. If Palin ran against Obama, I'd vote for her.
All the liberal FUD aside, her stances on the issues are actually quite thoughtful and reasonable. I've followed her notes on Facebook from time to time:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=90735023434#/notes.php?id=24718773587
(Expecting to get automatically comment-downvoted by anyone who disagrees with my politics.)
How Triple Blind Experiments are Done
Quagmire hates Brian rant.
Sarah Palin Book Signing - Meet The Fans
Please point to one intellectual paper or essay or speech, devoid of stupid factual and/or grammatical errors, that Sarah Palin has done. Given her local and national mishaps, the burden of proof is on people like you to prove she is not stupid.
Being stupid is enough to disqualify one for president in my book. I have not heard or read one of her defenders convey a story of proven success of governance from that woman. When she had a chance to prove to everyone she could handle being an executive, by leading the administration of Alaska, she quit to go on the talk show circuit.
She will have her own talk show within 3 years, replacing Coulter and Malkin as the wingnut hottie. I do fervently hope she runs, however. She clearly has enough support from the prole contingent to win the repub nomination. I would give this know-nothing candidate my full support.
Michael Moore Helps the NYPD Distinguish Wallets from Guns
Why should anyone be made to live in a police state, where they are considered guilty until proven innocent, and cops have a Judge Dredd power to execute without punishment? While I feel some empathy towards that cop, my sympathy are reserved for the citizens he puts in danger.
Sarah Palin Book Signing - Meet The Fans
GO PALIN 2012!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
I think you must either live in texas or detroit. $450 is rent for a decent room where I live (nor cal). For a house in a decent (safe) neighborhood, near a major city center, you're looking at twice the rent at least. (Please tell me I'm crazy, and you live near San Jose, which is about a million in population. I would move in a hot second)
My water is about the same per month. No trash. Electricity is about the same.
Internet, I don't know at the moment, since it's included in my rent. Transportation costs are about the same, though gas rates are higher.
I, even when I didn't have tickets, have never had an auto insurance bill that was close to $200 a year. My lowest rate was $400 a year, if memory serves.
From surveying the costs you posted, I think rent, gas, and insurance are the major cost differences, due to location. So, you'd be able to squeak by with a roommate, and cross your fingers that no emergencies occur. Not saying that people shouldn't move if they can't afford it.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
One reason was stated above: you cannot save significant amounts of money on 15k. Not to mention that the poor pay through the nose for everything, and don't have credit.
So, I may have been using hyperbole, but only slightly. Now, I have known of immigrants from China or Mexico who pack into a single family dwelling. In that case, 15k would go a long way, I suppose.
>> ^imstellar28:
Thats hyperbole if I ever heard it. $15,080 a year = $1256 a month. I don't care what city you live in you can find a $500 a month apartment.
15k isn't enough money to live on for most Americans because most Americans spend their money like fucking retards...which isn't much surprise, because most American's are fucking retards. It has absolutely nothing to do with cost of living.
We are digressing even further, but most American's don't even realize that their lives only exist to work, make, and give money to someone else. If you are a typical American, you spend 20-30 years working 2,080 hours a year making somewhere between $15,080 to $100,000 and at the end of each year you spend almost your entire paycheck regardless of your income level. It doesn't matter whether you have a hyundai or a lexus, your money (and thus your work, your time, and ultimately - your life) is handed over to someone else with hardly a second thought.
1 bedroom, 3 bedrooms, 5 bedrooms, bus, hyundai, lexus, .10 acres, 1 acre, 10 acres - you think it really matters?
If you are working for anyone but yourself, you're a fool.
>> ^longde:
^if the coat of living was the same the world over, you would have a valid point. 15k in the US gets you a tent city address.
Tea Party: The Documentary Film (Trailer)