ExiledInIllinois
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What kind of dream world do you live in Darin?
Oh schools were so much better 100 years ago?
Do a search on conditons in the "one room schoolhouse."
Little none FACT... They weren't portrayed to be red until the 1950's, about 10 years AFTER the last ones ceased operating... There is some real revisionist history there!
Look into how these were upkept (or to more accurately say UNKEPT)?
Look into who the teachers were, what they were paid?
Look at the health conditions that existed?
There is a reason why governement is in schools... Because they SUCKED prior to government intervention. You think they are bad now?... Think again o wise, nostalgic one... They were worse before.
I think you have been watching too much "Little House on the Prarie."
Oh ya! Sure the kids practiced their repetative penmenship, and learned the 3 R's but, the cholera got to them faster, along with the overcrowding, overflowing outhouses, stiffling heat and bitter cold.
Ya... Bring back the "good ole days" Darin!
Quite the revisionist you are?
I guess you don't want to hear the FACTS... Facts suck?
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You don't happen to know how many recounts the law dictates, do you?
As it stands now, one candidate won the initial count and first recount (by a margin of 49 votes)...and they're progressing to a second recount now. Although I have no problem with a law that says "A margin of victory in the election of less than X automatically triggers a recount", I'd have serious issues with a law that said, in effect, "You must keep recounting the votes until the margin of victory is greater than X".
So does anyone actually know what the law is in this case?
Obviously the system is broken. Given the times, technololgy you wonder why nobody has proposed sweeping reform for the cornerstone of our society.
Make no small plans!
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I posted it earlier.
Has been posted an number of times before here.
AZ... Up... To 1.23 for every buck they send to DC.
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I would venture to guess that most of the people on this board are federal government debtors. Unless you are paying more than $8000 per person in your household annually to the fed, you ain't bucking up your share.
NYS would be a Federal government debtor if the financial district were moved somewhere else.
Wishing you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving!
I'll give you DC... They are the biggest queeny out there... Then again they are a district and the nation's capitol...
So with that being said, let's march down:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Some states feast at the expense of others, according to the Tax Foundation’s latest annual analysis of federal taxing and spending patterns.
All taxpayers know that the federal government uses tax and spending policy to redistribute income from citizens with high incomes to those who make little, but citizens are less aware about geographically based income redistribution. Tax Foundation Senior Economist Scott Moody compares the federal tax burden in each state with Census Bureau data (2003) on federal spending in each state. The result is a ranking of which states got the best deal in 2003 from Uncle Sam’s tax and spending policies...
Changing Ranks
The state that raised its ratio the most over the past ten years is Alaska where federal spending rose from $1.30 to $1.89 for each dollar in taxes. This 59-cent increase beats out Alabama, where federal spending increased 35¢ per dollar of tax, West Virginia (33¢ more spending per dollar), and Kentucky (32¢ more spending per dollar).
States where the ratio dropped most are Colorado and Massachusetts. Colorado has seen its federal spending-to-tax ratio fall 20¢ from $1.00 in FY 1994 to 80¢ in FY 2003. Massachusetts’s has dropped 18¢.
Welfare Queens Are Predominantly "Red States"
Okay...
Explain:
New Jersey... Close to NYS, yet NOT NYS
Illinois... Lower than NYS
Wisconsin... Milwaukee major finacial hub?
Can't be population density... NV ranks 46. What Vegas?
What it be?
I like to think back to my "first round analogy".
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The Grand Tetons are named by French trappers. Grand Tetons means "big boobs." It's the last time in history the French showed good judgment.
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Here is a link:
...Vang said he heard Willers call on a walkie-talkie, and five or six men on all-terrain vehicles approached a few moments later. Vang said the group surrounded him, and some used racial slurs.
He said that he was told to get off the property, and as he started walking away, he turned back and saw Willers point a gun at him from about 100 feet away. He told investigators he immediately dropped to a crouch, and Willers shot at him, the bullet hitting the ground 30 to 40 feet behind Vang.
Vang said he removed the scope from his rifle and began firing, continuing to shoot as the group scattered. He said one of the victims, Joey Crotteau, tried to run away, but Vang chased him, got within 20 feet and shot him in the back. Crotteau, 20, was killed. Willers was wounded and was listed in fair condition Tuesday.
Vang said as he began to run, an ATV with two people drove past and he fired three or four times, causing both people to fall off the machine. He said that he looked up the trail, saw that one of the men was standing, yelled, "You're not dead yet?" and fired one more shot in the man's direction. He said he did not know if he hit the man or not.
Vang said he then ran away.
Authorities have said there was only one gun among the eight hunters.
There have been previous clashes between Southeast Asian and white hunters in the region. Locals in the Birchwood area, about 120 miles northeast of the Twin Cities, have complained the Hmong do not understand the concept of private property and hunt wherever they want.
About 24,000 Hmong live in St. Paul, the highest concentration of any U.S. city. Vang's arrest made some Hmong citizens in his hometown fearful of a backlash. Hmong leaders condemned the shootings and offered condolences to victims' families...
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I had a feeling it was gonna rear its ugly head... RACISM.
After seeing the picture of the perp... I thought this would play out. My worst fear.
It seems that they told him to leave the area.
He walked away, then turned around at about 40' and began blasting!
I thought why? Why would he just snap?
I guess now he is saying that they called him derogatory names and racial slurs were made. He also said they fired first???
God! Now it has turned into disrespect with hunters! Gee, I never would have guessed that...
What is this country becoming?
What do we gotta do... Preempt everything?
Don't get me wrong, I am not defending the murderer... He is totally wrong.
How in the world will we ever know what happened here?
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I will be there!
Going with a group from Buffalo. I'll drive into Buffalo on Thursday... We fly out Saturday and back in Buffalo on Tuesday.
Monday will be a lay day.
Anybody know something "cool" to do in the area?
I don't know why I am doing it? It will be my first time I step foot in the state of FLA.
When I think of this... I flashback to an old Murphy Brown episode where they meet in FLA for a "team meeting". I think they show up and Miles has them all in the same kinda matching "jogging suit"... In a surreal moment she is hit with both the reality of being in FLA and in a matching "jogging suit."
God! I hope the group I am with Bill's polo shirts aren't brutal?
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As an experiment, I took a plastic cup, filled it with water and tossed it into my own face.
I immediately ran out and beat up the homeless guy that hangs out at the 7/11 around the corner.
Might be something to this after all.
stevestojan. Millions of dollars a year to play basketball...
They need a swift kick in the ass and a job digging ditches in the off season to try to teach some friggen values. The Fans are idiots, and deserve prosecution, but DAMN! I seriously have to shake my head at anyone defending them. Hey boys and girls, we might be fans but SPORTS ON TV ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT! DON'T ELEVATE THESE PEOPLE TO SOME GOD-LIKE STATUS BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO SAY "GO PACERS!" Or any other team for that matter.
Many of the same people will villify a young Marine who's just spent days in a viscious combat zone dodging rounds from all directions because he capped a wounded guy.
But spoiled, over paid, out of control basketball players can run up into the stands and start throwing haymakers because someone threw a beer and said nasty things-and that's OK.
I worry about this country. I really do.
Wow... Excellent post!!!!
So true... So true!
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One sports commentator put it quite well imo.
He stated how many of these players are "angry." They make 80 or 90 million dollars. All they can do is play basketball, but they are "angry."
To put it in perspective, give ME 80 million dollars, and when I lie on a table like a pouting little criminal psychotic, pour all the beer on me that yoiu can buy for $7.00 per bottle. I wont be mad, as I pay for the education of my daughters and provide for my wife and myself.
Exactly Bill! Exactly!
Why are they angry? They should be carrying their head high with dignity, no matter what the fans dish out.
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Why the lovefest for Condi?
She's definately a crappy cabinet member, but it has little to do with those delicious pancakes and syrup she makes.
What was the name of that memo?
"Osama bin Laden determined to strike within US" or something equally as vague?
LOL, easy mistake... its like forgetting to carry the one in long division.
Just the facts man. Just the facts...
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Even know I don't like him, I hate to burst your bubble guys.
He is still working as a correspondant for CBS and 60 minutes.
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Pretty witty Ken!
Too bad your first statement makes no sense... Earn his way? In a Red state? I think you forget, most of the Red states are debtor states... That means they take in more from the feds than they give to the feds.
Okay, okay... I'll cut him some slack, maybe as an individual, still that doesn't say much if he's got to carry the rest of the state.
Red States=Welfare Queens
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Are you kidding me?
He doesn't want to live in a Blue state... The tight wad would actually have to pay more to the federal gov't than he gets back. Given his childhood adversion to big brother, it would be just too much to take.
Some say ignorance is bliss?
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Don't get me wrong... I think it is a cultural/race issue too.
Just not for me, cause I am liberal.
:o It is underneath it all, yet, Stern had to do what he did. RA is just flat wrong.
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Anyone else sick of Thanksgiving Football?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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They are Detroit and Dallas because early on NOBODY wanted to play on T-Day... Only these two teams.
I guess they continue the tradition out of respect for the teams that were most willing to play on T-day?