Saw this list and cracked up...

1. Cashtration (n.):  The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus:  A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton:  Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: ( Read more... )

My Gmail account ( Read more... )

Economic Models Explained with Cows - 2009 update

SOCIALISM

You have two cows.
You give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM

You have two cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM

You have two cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM

You have two cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM

You have two cows.
The State ( Read more... )

I was asked if had any Moral Qualms about posting private emails from people who don’t know that they will be placed on a public forum.

Hmmmm.  Yes I do.  Each time I post one.  I think it over and take many things into account:
What does this entail? 
Is this a secret? 
Whose Secret is it?
What did I do to incite it? 
Does it reveal personal ( Read more... )

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This appeared in the WASHINGTON POST August 29, 2008.

If you read no other piece before this coming election, read this. What a powerful point and an astute observation.

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

IS OFTEN ON THE 7:00 PM NEWS

(Brit Hume) ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL

'The Perfect Stranger' By Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama is an immensely talented ( Read more... )

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth ( Read more... )

 I got an email from Phillips4 the creator of this GA cache.  He is trying to incite me to finish faster ( Read more... )

 Hey!  Remember Me?  I'm the crazy cacher that harrassed you about Glorious Warrior a couple years ago.

I have kept my eye on it ever since because I remember you telling me that it sometimes was hard to juggle the maintenance of caches with real life... and you weren't kidding.  (I understand all the way!)

Why I'm bugging you again is that the cache ( Read more... )

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather ( Read more... )