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the bush admin. proposed $380 billion defense budget, not including the $50-100 billion slated for his war on Iraq. but neither the budget nor any tax bill could be passed without votes from BOTH parties in Congress. overtaxation, mismanagement, and waste of resources has nothing to do with...

exactly - this is just an additional tax in different clothes. either bring it in with a reduction in the existing income tax rates, then gradually raise the income tax back to current rates, or introduce it with a phase-in period then eliminate the phase-in, leaving both. net effect is to...

PATRIOT ACT II Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act Center Publishes Secret Draft of ‘Patriot II’ Legislation By Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle (WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2003) -- The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot...

irony :confused: obsessed? I just asked how a war against Iraq is going to stop terrorism.

did Iraq sponsor any terrorism? how many inspectors could be funded with $100 Billion? if the goal is to find weapons, could it be done for less than that?

so the US is not cooperating with the unreliable UN while preparing to bomb Iraq for not cooperating with the unreliable UN?

how can bombing Iraq stop terrorism? even taking the administration's claim as true, at best a war could only remove some potential weapons from circulation. how will that stop, or even deter, the next 9/11?

Can you be more specific? what parts of the 'French psyche' does it reflect?

This is really something -- an American newspaper actively supporting a violation of the First Amendment. Would be surprising if even the most rabid of the armchair jackboots here could agree with this... or maybe not? (The Orwellian theme of the last line is brilliant -- "Freedom is...

It is for your own good. The government wouldn't do anything that is not in the best interests of the people. Your criticism is not welcomed in these dangerous times - what are you, French? Someone call ashcroft....

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- February 6, 2003 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today delivered on its redoubled commitment to the UNIX® platform, extending the full benefits of the Solaris[tm] Operating System (OS), the number one UNIX platform, to x86-based servers with the Solaris 9 x86 Platform Edition...

[excerpt] For Congress-watchers, one of the best moments in Congress this year took place when Congressman Paul confronted Greenspan about the current economic condition of the United States. Donald Luskin describes the moment: Ron Paul looked the Master of the Universe in the eyes and...

this cannot be true - everyone knows there is no hypocrisy in government. :cool:

Several large retailers this week began collecting sales tax on Internet purchases. The move arose from an agreement among about 38 states and the District of Columbia that went into effect this week. The deal was struck last fall after states complained that they've been losing billions of...

make sure to print that out so you have something to read while awaiting trial for tax evasion.... :D seriously, I've read that same argument, but I don't know if the IRS has even bothered to officially answer it. there was/is a similar movement by some companies to stop withholding taxes...

Humble indeed, Your Highness. I beg you pardon the uncouth heathens that have presumed so much as to exercise their simple minds here - I assure you they mean well, in their own savage and pathetic ways. It is not their fault they do not possess the requisite social graces and education to...

Reuven Brenner National Post Tuesday, January 21, 2003 CREDIT: Kenneth Lambert, The Associated Press ALAN GREENSPAN: Is US$350 the target? [EXCERPT] Last month in a speech before the Economic Club of New York, Alan Greenspan praised the gold standard, the first time he has...

no, I doubt any reasonable person thinks bush and cheney are going to plant a flag in the iraqi desert and claim it for Mother America. and I wouldn't be surprised if bush is doing this without regard to oil either way. but bush can't act alone, on anything. he needs support and backers for...

what a crude rhetorical tactic - falsely attribute a statement to someone, then claim that if that person does not refute it that it therefore must be true. perhaps the lack of response you have received is due to an expectation that anything said will be misconstrued and selectively quoted...

double entendre, Mr. Market style.... nice :cool: