Congrats to President-Elect OBAMA

[caliber66]

Agreed, just funnin' around.

IRRELEVANT I TELL YOU

[EL the Famous]

Regardless her ambitions, Sarah Palin's 15 minutes are just about up.

 

'obligatory playboy spread or sex tape mysteriously leaked to the public'

[Artifice]

Guh, I've had that lame "tax plan explained by beer" meme spammed several times on another board that I moderate, and I'm just too tired to author its flaws. I've seen it utterly destroyed, but I can't remember where.

 

Then my father (chi town native) forwarded it to me today with about 20 !!!'s in the subject line, along with about 14 other emails about why the end times are coming if the evil one gets elected. He's within reach of Victoria Jackson nuttiness.

 

I'm not even a big Obama fan, I just can't fathom Palin or the Bush policies in office. My dad can't comprehend that, and he's seriously coming unglued here in the final days. His birthday is the 4th - and he's going to spend it working a polling location - I can't imagine how he'll act to anyone he thinks is going to vote for Obama.

 

This whole mess is depressing. I weep for all fear and loathing being perpetuated in the name of some damn partisanship. Makes me embarassed to be an American.

 

Sorry, that was kind of all over the place and unprovoked.

[Sir Stewart]

Guh, I've had that lame "tax plan explained by beer" meme spammed several times on another board that I moderate, and I'm just too tired to author its flaws. I've seen it utterly destroyed, but I can't remember where.

What are you talking about?

[EL the Famous]

What are you talking about?

 

'obligatory playboy spread or sex tape mysteriously leaked to the public'

[NightOfJoy]

IRRELEVANT I TELL YOU

 

GG Liddy ate a rat once and bragged about it.

 

Thats a telling factor.

[Duck-Billed Catechist]

What are you talking about?

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 man (the richest) would pay $59.

 

So, that's what they decided to do.

 

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are all such good customers,' he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.' Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

 

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.

 

But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

 

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.

 

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

 

And so:

 

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).

 

The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).

 

The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).

 

The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).

 

The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).

 

The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

 

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

 

'I only got a dollar out of the $20,'declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,' but he got $10!'

 

'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too.

 

It's unfair that he got ten times more than I got' 'That's true!!'

 

shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!'

 

'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!'

 

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

 

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

 

And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

 

Is this how we really feel towards the wealthy?

[NightOfJoy]

'obligatory playboy spread or sex tape mysteriously leaked to the public'

 

Oh god no.

[quarter23cd]

Sorry, that was kind of all over the place and unprovoked.

Please. Have you been reading these threads? Your post fits in just fine.

 

I've seen an uptick in these "end times/evil one" references in these closing weeks. Maybe its just a reflection of the increased tension and underlying fears--people's darkest fears manifesting themselves in nutty ways. If that's all that's left to motivate the otherwise unmotivatable--blind fear on the grandest of scales--well, at least hopefully we only have another week or so to endure it. (hopefully it will calm down after that) I mean, it makes so little sense to me that I don't even know how to respond to that kind of stuff. (although I am nervous about the second coming of Victoria Jackson)

 

Best case scenario I can think of is that Obama gets elected and turns out not to be evil incarnate and people go "Oh, he's not so bad." And then the next time there is an election where a Democrat is poised to win and somebody comes out with the "OMG, he's soooooo evil" argument, maybe people will say "Meh, I've heard that one already." Crying wolf, and all that. I dunno.

[EL the Famous]

In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

 

so now it's the evil GOP rich guys that are threatening to 'move to canada' in disgust?

[Sir Stewart]

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 man (the richest) would pay $59.

 

So, that's what they decided to do.

 

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are all such good customers,' he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.' Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

 

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.

 

But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

 

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.

 

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

 

And so:

 

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).

 

The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).

 

The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).

 

The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).

 

The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).

 

The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

 

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

 

'I only got a dollar out of the $20,'declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,' but he got $10!'

 

'Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too.

 

It's unfair that he got ten times more than I got' 'That's true!!'

 

shouted the seventh man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!'

 

'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!'

 

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

 

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

 

And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

 

Is this how we really feel towards the wealthy?

Mmmm, beer.

[EL the Famous]

Oh god no.

 

dude, if there was a freaking oprah tape/nude photo that surfaced...i'd roll out of the car like faceman out of the A-Team van to look at the wreck.

[Sir Stewart]

dude, if there was a freaking oprah tape/nude photo that surfaced...i'd roll out of the car like faceman out of the A-Team van to look at the wreck.

Pfft - like you even have to justify with that kind of comparison. A Palin sex tape would make the Hang Seng rise.

[Mrs. Peel]

dude, if there was a freaking oprah tape/nude photo that surfaced...i'd roll out of the car like faceman out of the A-Team van to look at the wreck.

 

Mmmmm, Faceman.

[EL the Famous]

Pfft - like you even have to justify with that kind of comparison. A Palin sex tape would make the Hang Seng rise.

 

unless there is a joe the plumber cameo and then i'm going to have to tap out.

 

almost as disturbing as what seems to be pee's interest in dirk benedict porn.

[Sir Stewart]

Mmmmm, Faceman.

I wonder if there's an animated gif out there of Face recognizing the Cylon from the opening credits of the A-Team.

[EL the Famous]

I wonder if there's an animated gif out there of Face recognizing the Cylon from the opening credits of the A-Team.

 

i'd use it as my screensaver if it existed.

[NightOfJoy]

I wonder if there's an animated gif out there of Face recognizing the Cylon from the opening credits of the A-Team.

 

I'm gonna just have to believe you're speaking in code and be done with it.

[Analogman]

I wonder if there's an animated gif out there of Face recognizing the Cylon from the opening credits of the A-Team.

 

The A-Team is on The Retro Channel every night at 8 pm.

[EL the Famous]

I'm gonna just have to believe you're speaking in code and be done with it.

 

 

go to youtube, right now, bring up the a-team opening, then go to imdb and look up who played starbuck on battlestar gallactica and then just bask in the glow of the pop culture crossover.

[NightOfJoy]

 

go to youtube, right now, bring up the a-team opening, then go to imdb and look up who played starbuck on battlestar gallactica and then just bask in the glow of the pop culture crossover.

 

After years of therapy, I've successfully blocked my awful memories of the A-Team and Battlestar Galactica.

 

Until now.

 

I PITY THE FOOL!

 

Oh nooooooo.........

[Sir Stewart]

Found a screenshot :

[EL the Famous]

i never realized how much ction looks like dirk benedict.

[JUDE]

That Cylon really let himself go since 1978.

[Sir Stewart]

i never realized how much ction looks like dirk benedict.

Sorry, I got it wrong - that shot is from the opening credits of The F-A-Team.