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are wage subsidies considered a valid tool of job creation, or a slimy socialist concept? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 12:46 2
- When they benefit me and mine, they are a valid tool of job creation. When they don't, they are a slimy socialist concept. -- nm - con_carne Sep 19, 12:47
- depends on the news/person/political party talking about them. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:46
January Jones has delivered of a baby boy. Any word on the baby daddy? -- nm - Diva Sep 19, 12:37 2
- He nailed a stripper. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:38
- Dano? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 12:37
work grr: people who don't keep their calendars current. it's 2011, people! -- nm - b. Sep 19, 12:34
Chicken Fajita Pita from JitB !! I rarely eat this much for lunch but.....yummy! - MojaveMeg Sep 19, 12:31
for those that like architecture, you might search for images of the new performing arts center in kansas city - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:19 10
- it looks like a bug.. - colin Sep 19, 12:34
- oooh, shiny -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 12:23 8
  - here is an image for the inside of the orchestra hall (there are two halls, orchestra and ballet) -- (link) - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:27 [Image] 7
    - I like the inside a lot better than the outside. I'm trying to figure out what it looks like.. some sort of alien breastplate receiver something? -- nm - b. Sep 19, 12:36 3
      - the slideshow i linked to has a couple of exterior shots - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:41 2
        
        I meant I was trying to figure it out after looking at photos. :) - -- nm - b. Sep 19, 12:42 1
        
        oh, well, hmm, sorta like someone made a ball in minecraft, sliced it open, and laid it split out onto the ground - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:45
    - cozy! -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 12:27 2
      - and here is a slideshow of a few images -- (link) - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:28 1
        
        and the music hall has a built in pipe organ - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:29
Let's face it. It's been class warfare since Reagan cut taxes on the rich. The middle class has been losing ever since. -- nm - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 19, 12:19 57
- Had an interesting conversation with a coworker this morning about this and I find the arguement that he had - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:31 52
  - i dont think you understand what this person is saying. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:45
  - ? the rich need more incentive to become richer?...also these same people also want to remove minimum wage - zeitgeist Sep 19, 12:45 1
    - Thats an over simplification and what I am talking about it more about the fact that this country is generally about - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:54
  - "social services" account for about 10% of the entire federal budget, at most - moles Sep 19, 12:43
  - you know what that argument sounds like to me? - znufrii Sep 19, 12:39 4
    - I would pay more taxes if the system held everyone equally accountable -- nm - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:41 3
      - "accountable"? wtf is that supposed to mean? -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 12:45 1
        
        Well if you go and get cancer, you should pay for it - Guigue Sep 19, 12:47
      - You would pay more taxes if the government told you to, because that's how it works. There's no optional taxes. -- nm - TFox Sep 19, 12:43
  - In other words, you want your tax rate to go up? - ty97 Sep 19, 12:35 10
    - I do not mind paying more to help the country if everyone was paying proprotionally the same. - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:45 9
      - *reads the last line of the IM* - znufrii Sep 19, 12:48
      - 20% of your $50,000 a year is a much bigger hit than 20% of their $50,000,000 -- nm - moles Sep 19, 12:48 2
        
        But I need that for my hired help, and my new house, and extra vacation! -- nm - Don Homer, Job Creator Sep 19, 12:49 1
        
        I am not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination but I find (not necessairly you) people that begrudge people who are welathy, enjoying their wealth - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:52
      - well, there's the point i can officially disengage with you making salient points. -- nm - TFox Sep 19, 12:46
      - WOW, you're an asshole -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 12:46 3
        
        To be clear: this refers to the last line of your IM -- nm - ty97 Sep 19, 12:47 2
        
        It isnt a popular thought but greowing up in CA and seeing so many people being baby factories as their JOB - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:49
        
        Yep. Besides, what good would birth control be for gay welfare bums? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 12:48
  - Why do the rich need more incentive to get rich? *Being rich* isn't enough? - musubi Sep 19, 12:34 30
    - I disagree with that. Being rich isnt enough, I have some very wealthy friends and rich in and of itself - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:40 27
      - I understand what Capstern is trying to say.....the return on investment in creating a job for these people is poor due to government interference.... - Walt_Disney Sep 19, 12:48 1
        
        Yes. Thats what I hear all the time. Why pump time in money into something that say would create 20-30 jobs but return you 1% or less investment - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:56
      - That makes no sense. They're rich, and want to creat more wealth, but they don't because the gov't won't let them? - musubi Sep 19, 12:44
      - won't someone think of the job creators? -- nm - moles Sep 19, 12:44
      - oh bullshit. There's no 100% tax rate out there, so if they could make a profit, they'd do it. - ty97 Sep 19, 12:44
      - Poor guys. That's heart breaking. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 12:42
      - The govt just kills them? - amoxy Sep 19, 12:41 20
        
        It does. The burden they have to launching a new business is bad. Especially if they are old white guys. - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:46 5
        
        if they have actual great business ideas, there are still incubators and vc out there. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 12:48
        
        can we get old asshole Capstern back? (we're supposed to feel bad for white people now? haven't you heard about their problems?) -- nm - TFox Sep 19, 12:48 2
        
        look up a few posts. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 12:48 1
        
        OK to make it worse I also feel if you are on welfare longer than a certain amount of time there should also - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 13:02
        
        if the tax burden got out of have, then they are not great businessman, its freaking easy to manage - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:48
        
        fwiw, the rest of the thread aside, I wish there were more incentives for investing that creates jobs/actually spending money in those ways. - b. Sep 19, 12:45 13
        
        You show me a business that'll hire without needing to on the basis of demand, I'll show you a bad business. - Will Hunting Sep 19, 12:49 1
        
        see below. there could be room. not a kajillion jobs there, but some. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 12:53
        
        So do I, but what more do you suggest? Aren't business investments already deductable for most small businesses? - musubi Sep 19, 12:47 1
        
        not "give me more" - but incentivize us to take more risks in an unstable economy. - b. Sep 19, 12:51
        
        Exactly. I would also like to see the abolishment of most unions as well. Their time has more or less passed IMO -- nm - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:47 8
        
        That'd be totally fair if at the same time you abolished corporations. (nm) - musubi Sep 19, 12:50
        
        in other words, you dont understand unions, got it. - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:48 1
        
        I do understand. I also understand the ORIGINAL purpose of unions but feel that most of that time has passed - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 12:59
        
        Those are fightin words around here, be careful. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:47 4
        
        I just don't understand why anyone would be against organized representation to protect the interests of workers. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 19, 12:49 3
        
        I'm not against the "theory" of unions - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:52 1
        
        DING -- nm - Capstern (35 Days) Sep 19, 13:00
        
        They're mean to "job creators". We have to be nice to "job creators" or they're take our jobs away. (nm) - musubi Sep 19, 12:51
    - *apologizes to the rich* -- nm - Mattel Sep 19, 12:35 1
      - you get back here! -- nm - China Sep 19, 12:36
  - No it doesn't sound great. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 12:32
- yup, finally the GOP are calling it what it is. they're just confused at to which side is the agressor. -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 12:23
- no, its been class warfare ever since we went for a massive tiered tax rate system to only have a few tax rate tiers, -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 19, 12:20 2
  - does it happen anymore where a small raise ups your tax bracket and ends up costing you thousands more in taxs -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 19, 12:28 1
    - Uh, no. It's a marginal tax rate system, so everything else equal that is theoretically not possible. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 12:32
I have escaped nubby's basement, and am hiding out in Charleston airport. - groiny Sep 19, 12:15 20
- did you put the lotion on the skin? -- nm - colin Sep 19, 12:32
- Hope you all had a nice time! -- nm - Don Homer Sep 19, 12:25 2
  - I think most of us did. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 19, 12:28 1
    - I did. I want to win the lottery so I can do that every day. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 19, 12:32
- Did you go lose any more golf balls? Are your clubs in the bottom of a lake? -- nm - JaxSean Sep 19, 12:20 11
  - you have no idea how close to a reality this came. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 19, 12:24 10
    - So, it didn't get better? - Will Hunting Sep 19, 12:32 9
      - dude, I shot a 158. - groiny Sep 19, 12:34 8
        
        *snork* -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:39
        
        Whaaa? You kept counting? - musubi Sep 19, 12:39 1
        
        I am a stickler with keeping track of every shot. - groiny Sep 19, 12:41
        
        Wait, what? Holy crap. - Will Hunting Sep 19, 12:36 4
        
        I probably could have shaved 20 shots off that if I were not stubborn and kept - groiny Sep 19, 12:38
        
        he played pretty good considering., - groiny Sep 19, 12:38 2
        
        Well, god knows Jax did enough digging in traps Friday to get halfway to a grave. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 19, 12:40 1
        
        the sad part is that I hit the fairway on just about every drive on the last 18. - groiny Sep 19, 12:45
- I hope you didn't steal his pizza rolls. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 12:16 1
  - (I guess no one got the reference. Oh well.) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 19, 12:45
- Safe travels. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:16
- travel safe -- nm - Epiphany Sep 19, 12:16
Today, learn your "5 A's". -- (link) - Mop (195 lbs) Sep 19, 12:13 [youtube]
somebody lying prudence chat q: her daughter with the beautiful red hair is the object of strangers' fawning, at the expense of the other daughter - moles Sep 19, 12:07 51
- Yes, it's easy to bypass the laws of human nature and instinctive reaction, and make the world perfectly fair to both daughters forever. -- nm - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 19, 12:26
- OFFS -- nm - Epiphany Sep 19, 12:14
- When the strangers are there, alert th em to the existence of your other daughter as ell. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:12 35
  - Hey, strange person! Ogle *this one* too! - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 19, 12:28 10
    - i think i'd do this "yes, suzy gets her lovely red hair from her dad's side and cathy gets her fabulous blonde hair from mine. we're so lucky that we - Andie - V-5 days Sep 19, 12:30 9
      - I just don't get the whole parading-your-children-in-front-of-strangers concept to begin with. - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 19, 12:37 6
        
        you don't have to 'parade' to have people comment. you just have to be in public. -- nm - Andie - V-5 days Sep 19, 12:38 5
        
        it's just a matter of leaving the house. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:40
        
        exactly. -- nm - b. Sep 19, 12:39
        
        personal anecdote - i had white blonde hair, my mom has dark brown. strangers asked her if i was adopted. - Andie - V-5 days Sep 19, 12:39 2
        
        See, your IM would be my reaction, but to a wider range of comments and questions. :) -- nm - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 19, 12:47
        
        jesus! -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:39
      - That's all fine and good, but you're missing to point that we have to decide which one was more put upon! - musubi Sep 19, 12:32
      - this is what I had in mind. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:31
  - this doesn't work. I mean, the strangers will be like, yeah, who cares? - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:14 23
    - when I was little and strangers were doing this, I wanted to crawl under a rock. it's not all that. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:15 22
      - sure. you say that because you're the one being complimented. no, no! I'm not pretty! it makes me feel bad to be so pretty! - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:19 21
        
        grass is always greener. I don't remember feeling pretty. I remember strange old ladies putting their claws in my hair. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:21 20
        
        and I remember feeling invisible and hideous. I think my scars last longer. - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:23 18
        
        no, it's not a competition. my sister was the pretty one for what it's worth. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:23 17
        
        yes, but *you* were the one who got all the attention, which is what this is about. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:24 16
        
        I did NOT want it at all. I felt like afreak and wanted the strangers to get their hands off me. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:25 15
        
        And how does telling the strangers to do this to the sibling make things any better? -- nm - con_carne Sep 19, 12:27 6
        
        you have a weird understanding of English. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:27 5
        
        "When the strangers are there, alert th em to the existence of your other daughter as ell" is what I was referring to -- nm - con_carne Sep 19, 12:30 4
        
        Right. You're just supposed to have the stranger call the other daughter Ell instead of her real name. Duh. - Dr.Johnny Vermin Sep 19, 12:32
        
        Stop enabling, enabler. (nm) - musubi Sep 19, 12:30
        
        wehre's the part where - loosilu Sep 19, 12:30 1
        
        Four posts up. -- nm - con_carne Sep 19, 12:32
        
        sure, but they noticed you. I was a drooling stump. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:26 7
        
        sure, but they left you alone. (not a competition) -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:27 6
        
        If this goes to tiny text, I'm calling it officially the dumbest pissing contest in TT history. (nm) - musubi Sep 19, 12:29 2
        
        I don't really give a crap. I was just testing the waters. it got too ridiculous though. I had to forfeit. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:31
        
        Oh hey, there it is. (nm) - musubi Sep 19, 12:29
        
        they didn't leave me alone. they *didn't see me.* -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:28 2
        
        I would have given anything to trade. -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:29 1
        
        if it's not a competition, why are you trying so damn hard to have the last word? - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:30
        
        Carnies. -- nm - Diva Sep 19, 12:22
- See B5 or 6. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:12
- "having red hair is an envied trait" she's obviously insane -- nm - Beaker Sep 19, 12:10 2
  - *adds Beaker to the list* -- nm - sycor Sep 19, 12:22
  - zactly! -- nm - moles Sep 19, 12:12
- "Dear prudence...parent for me! Thanks!" -- nm - Inigo Sep 19, 12:09
- suck it up! there can be only one pretty one in each family. teach the ugly one to be funny and nice. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:08 7
  - Teach the other one to dress sluttyer. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:40
  - yeah, ann - moles Sep 19, 12:12
  - or smart -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:12 4
    - smart isn't engaging. you need to teach the ugly one to be engaging and warm. -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:16 3
      - and easy. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 19, 12:16 1
        
        The voice of reason has returned. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:17
      - maybe some magic tricks? -- nm - loosilu Sep 19, 12:16
A web-conferencing vendor is trying to impress us with their produce.. they put an RSS feed of our company's news... first 2 items are: - colin Sep 19, 12:04 2
- produce that displays RSS feeds? - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:06 1
  - *duct. rss. grr. -- nm - colin Sep 19, 12:07
Adam Schefter: "feeling is" that Felix Jones will be good to go for Week 3, separated his right shoulder -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:02 3
- Speculation that Miles Austin may be out a few weeks, re-aggravted a sore hamstring -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:03 2
  - Same as above, but insert "Arian Foster" instead of "Miles Austin" -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:04 1
    - Aaron Hernandez: Sprained MCL, out a few weeks. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 19, 12:05
*squeegees B2's windshield* -- nm - znufrii Sep 19, 12:02
David is getting senile. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:02 3
- If I'm senile like Pat Summitt, I'll take it. -- nm - David, Archer fan Sep 19, 12:10 1
  - You are, except for the fact that Pat Summitt actually wins. -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:49
- DLS -- nm - The Ruiner Sep 19, 12:02
i don't like mondays -- nm - moles Sep 19, 12:01 2
- are you partial to lasagna? -- nm - colin Sep 19, 12:02 1
  - "I think I'll call him pookie." -- nm - amanda jones Sep 19, 12:05

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