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After the shellacking cig smokers took in the interest of health, I support a fat tax - a hefty one too (yuk yuk). I propose a fat tax based on BMI. I could care less what the gov't does with the fat tax revenues- just tax fat people based on the fact it is a health issue. I look forward to...

What's the difference when Al Gore believes in the supreme beiing of collective science of unknowable or a man who believes in a supreme being of the collective writing/teachings of the unknowable.

Wall street was laughing whenever a cfo of a state agency decided to buy interest rate swaps. Imo, I think those cfo's wanted to appear to play in the big leagues, and why not, it wasn't their money.

Thanks for the observation. Frankly I couldn't put my finger on it, I didn't know what I was seeing but there seemed to be a rolling motion, everything moves to one side of the ship, then the next... odd. Like someone throwing a wad of cash in one direction, then everyone moves toward it...

I'm thinking the sam thing. >$100 over budget per trip, cripes the guy could probably eat that much in food.

On my first day working at the morgue, one of the guys hid under a sheet pretending to be a body. As I moved the trolley, he sat up, scaring the shit out of me. Unfortunately, I was holding a scalpel at the time. On my second day working at the morgue he was under that sheet for real.

If everyone's personal life style is the priority, people are unable to focus on the business of business. Diversity is fine but if everyone is in a different stage of exploring their own identity it is hard to build a unified workforce. The workplace becomes a social experiment. Probably...

Obama you putz, now who's going to ring the opening bell?

If this thing tanks, what will Obama say?

Mr. Goodwrench resigns at Obama's behest. :cool: :D :D :D Apparently Mr. Goodwrench won't fly commercial.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote from Scataphagos: Doesn't the welfare check go up with each illegitimate kid in a single parent household? If so, could THAT be the motivation...

Hey batter batter. Afraid to take a swing? Lots of fear in this one. Sheesh I sound like a pumper. Peace out btiches:D

last but not least. It will be a long time before General Motors Co. can shake the stigma of being called Government Motors. Here’s another nickname for the bailed-out automaker: Goodwill Motors. Sometimes the wackiest accounting results are the ones driven by the accounting rules...

Really though, you have a lot of comparisons out there to Ford or other automakers, how are you going to do that when GM has different accounting rules or when you can't compare the old GM with the new GM?

I was wondering the same thing myself, so I e mailed Obama at the White House and he replied. " We've recieved a message your airbag has deployed and you're missing a wheel."

GM said about $2 billion of the annual profit would come from gains generated by its pension fund, not from auto operations, according to people who attended the event. In the past, when GM was losing money, it was unable to claim pension-fund gains as income, but is now able to do so...

She put the Sex back in Dyslexia.

'Winston your drunk' "Yes Nancy I'm drunk, and your ugly, but in the morning I'll be sober"

Corporate bankruptcies in 2009 were the greatest since 2002. Bankruptcies are a lagging economic indicator. As with employment, bankruptcies typically peak well after the economic trough. As an example, although the dotcom bubble burst in March of 2000, bankruptcies did not peak until 2001...

Dear Defeated Dem's, Let me tell you what my priorities are. My priorities are minority House Leader. I would truly like to respond but time is money.