RE: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
I take it you didn't bother to read it... WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama departed the White House on Tuesday to resume his Hawaii vacation shortly after Congress approved legislation that raises taxes on the wealthiest Americans and avoids the "fiscal cliff" of across-the-bo

RE: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
Not to mention completely and utterly ignorant of history... -Original Message- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 2:37 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There And don't you just love all professional Republican h

RE: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
Is that why tea party candidates were overwhelmingly booted this last election? -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 12:13 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

RE: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
Not if they feel it is unconsitutional -Original Message- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:19 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination It's their job . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 a

RE: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
I like google maps and google nav better than GPS. I borrowed my mother's car while mine was in the shop and she has a GPS unit...Magellen if I remember correctly...it's not as friendly or configurable as google. It's also nice to have the portability that google provides for walking directions

RE: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
It's also not the legislative branch's place or constitutional duty to defend anything in court...they are overstepping their bounds. -Original Message- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:chumph...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:01 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Tea Party R

RE: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Eric Roberts
Google on android has offline support. You are not going to get the instant features, like traffic, but you still get navigation. I think whomever wrote that doesn't know what they are talking about. What does iPad support have to do with Android? Here's the full quote... * comin

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
We knew back in February that the tax cuts would end in January. That's all the republicans would agree to back then. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Back on the fair share meme, here is some analysis that you probably didn't > hear on US news outlets: > > > > > 01/0

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
Back on the fair share meme, here is some analysis that you probably didn't hear on US news outlets: 01/03/2013 Middle-class workers will take a bigger hit to their income proportionately than those earning between $200,000 and $500,000 under the new fiscal cliff deal, according to the nonpar

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Or against my magnetic personality?" nice. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:24

Re: Basketball drills

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
Youtube is your friend: https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+basketball+drills+youth&oq=youtube+basketball+drills+youth&aqs=chrome.0.57.8483&sugexp=chrome,mod=15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Personally, I'd work on boxing out, rebounding, and defense. J - Ninety percent of politicians give th

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
wow...it's almost like there was something more pressing going on. Something that was affecting the whole nationh...I wonder what it could have possibly been. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Sam wrote: > > He signed a proclamation 12/31.Not in the news unless you check some > obscure

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
He signed a proclamation 12/31.Not in the news unless you check some obscure publications. January 1 the president had no public appearances. Pretty much as far under the radar as you can get. But do you blame him for not wanting to bring attention to it? Don't hurt your back bending over backwar

Re: I give up

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
this discussion reminded me of the "Wear Sunscreen" song "Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected thei

Re: I give up

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
this sounds suspiciously like "That does it! I'm taking my toys and leaving" On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > I kind of figured this. Discussion over. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http:/

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread William Bowen
So your contention is what, that he didn't pay enough attention to the 150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation? Or that his statement wasn't enough to warrant credit for making it? He was in the White House on January 1, he issued a proclamation, WTF is your point? On Fri, Jan 4,

Re: Basketball drills

2013-01-04 Thread Judah McAuley
Weave drill: http://www.coachesclipboard.net/WeavePassingDrills.html Cheers, Judah ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Here it is, Obama on the 150th Aniversary http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/obama-hawaii_n_2394168.html . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Sam wrote: > USPS, Baptist Church ... wait ... the Urban Daily covered it. > > I'll see if I can find others in your link > > . > ~~

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
USPS, Baptist Church ... wait ... the Urban Daily covered it. I'll see if I can find others in your link . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:54 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > https://www.google.com/search?q=obama+commemorates+emancipation+proclamation&rlz=1C1OPRB_enUS511US511&oq=obama+commemorates+emanci

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread William Bowen
https://www.google.com/search?q=obama+commemorates+emancipation+proclamation&rlz=1C1OPRB_enUS511US511&oq=obama+commemorates+emancipation+proclamation&sugexp=chrome,mod=19&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Search terms: obama commemorates emancipation proclamation not difficult. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
But blacks always do better when Republicans are in office. Just check their unemployment rates in the last four years. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > And don't you just love all professional Republican horn blowers out there > who keep saying, "But...Lincoln! We fre

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
How the hell did you find that? https://www.google.com/#q=150+Anniversary+Of+Emancipation+Proclamation Newsone huh,that's huge. I thought Obama was in Hawaii that day. I wonder if he used the Auto-Pen . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:17 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > So American Thinker writes, "Pre

Re: Basketball drills

2013-01-04 Thread Judah McAuley
I'm was a fan of the weaving drills, where you've got (if I recall) 3 people who are dribbling up the court, passing, moving to the persons spot while they move to the middle, etc, forming a running weave down the court. It emphasizes dribbling on the move, passing, moving without the ball and cou

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
I've always liked Lauzon (and his bro). And not just cause they are local boys. I love his attitude. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: > > wow! Just took a look to see the aftermath of the Miller-Lauzon fight > ... 45 stitches: > > http://www.5thround.com/135251/joe-lauzon-po

Re: Basketball drills

2013-01-04 Thread GMoney
I know in 4th grade, we were already learning offensive plays and doing specific drills, like 3 on 2 seals and out of bounds plays, etc. Not sure if 4th grade girls teams would do that sort of stuff or not yet. Remember: When in doubt, scrimmage :) On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Zaphod Beebleb

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Gruss Gott
wow! Just took a look to see the aftermath of the Miller-Lauzon fight ... 45 stitches: http://www.5thround.com/135251/joe-lauzon-posts-pictures-of-battered-face-following-ufc-155/ Unbelievable that the guy continued to fight after, and hard, after that much blood loss ... had it not been for the

Basketball drills

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
For some reason, I volunteered to coach my 4th grade daughters basketball team. I'm not a basketball player. I've never really liked to play it, but I do watch it. Tonight will be our 3rd practice and I'm trying to come up with age appropriate drills. So far I've been doing: 1) a layup drill w

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Gruss Gott
I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that Cain "Brown Pride" Velasquez brought the UFC heavyweight title back to San Jose a week ago in a stellar fight. If you somehow missed it, highlights here: http://sports.yahoo.com/video/ufc-155-highlights-dos-santos-12511.html JDS's face looke

Re: BSG - Blood and Chrome

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm curious what will be in the unrated version when it's released on DVD. > > There was that one shower scene that could use some extra footage ;) They make a pill for that you know Door. Wide. Open.

Re: BSG - Blood and Chrome

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I'm curious what will be in the unrated version when it's released on DVD. There was that one shower scene that could use some extra footage ;) On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Anyone watch the Blood and Chrome series on YouTube? > > http://www.syfy.com/bloodandchr

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Judah McAuley
And don't you just love all professional Republican horn blowers out there who keep saying, "But...Lincoln! We freed you people! Democrats are the Klan! You're being stupid!". I understand that they don't want to be seen as the party of old white dudes who don't like brown people. But telling peo

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Judah McAuley
It was sent by Sam. Are you surprised? On a related note, my neighborhood celebrates Juneteenth. Do other folks out there celebrate that? Cheers, Judah On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:17 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > So American Thinker writes, "President Obama ... had no words of > praise commemora

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > It won't be long. Better yet, why not projected as an overlay to the > windshield? Will probably happen. For now I just want the small touchscreen that currently runs my car's GPS and dashboard to be integrated with my phone. I agree that

Re: The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread William Bowen
So American Thinker writes, "President Obama ... had no words of praise commemorating this great day." and yet... http://newsone.com/2118464/obama-150-emancipation-proclamation/ On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Sam wrote: > > http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/the_anniversary_that_wasnt_t

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I can't wait till I can just leave my phone in my pocket and have the apps from it wirelessly display on the screen built into the dash. Some cars are on their way to this already. I just want the experience to be as seamless as BlueTooth is for making phone calls from my car." It won't be long.

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I read he tried to force the deal through before the new year to avoid the taxes." According to the NYT, he did. What an ass. Trying to not pay his fair share. Did you read that one potential buyer for Current was Glenn Beck? They told him no and sold it to Al Jazeera saying that AJ's vision

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I don't think it's much better for the elites if you happen to disagree with Putin. He's been talking to me about some big oil guy in Russia that disagreed with Putin and has had most of his assets taken away from him." True. It's only the elites and henchmen of Putin who have it made. J -

The Anniversary that Wasn't There

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/01/the_anniversary_that_wasnt_there.html . ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Can you help me? This is the only thing I found: "Constitution-loving Tea Party House members favor spending taxpayer money defending DOMA?" I wonder if that's just a derogatory remark meant for any fool that loves the constitution. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
well it does help to learn to read. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Sam wrote: > > I read that drivel and found nothing about the Tea Party. Is that the > boogeyman word you use make your pointy? > > Wasn't that a bi-partisan bill that Clinton signed into law? > > Now it's evil? > > . > > On Th

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Speaking of Waze - Apple has been considering using it as part of the Maps app http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-eyeing-waze-traffic-app-what-that-could-mean-for-apple-maps/2013/01/03/a03e8fa6-55a2-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Zaphod Bee

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
the first version I tried was very buggy. It's had 3 new versions since and they've been pretty good since. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Sam wrote: > > I tried it but it's real buggy. Only rarely does it give turn by turn > directions and the menus are not intuitive at all which is real ba

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
I tried it but it's real buggy. Only rarely does it give turn by turn directions and the menus are not intuitive at all which is real bad when driving. Must work well on the iphone since Apple wants to own it . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Have you guys tried ou

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Have you guys tried out the Waze app? Crowd sourced traffic reports and pretty good routing around it. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I don't think I will ever own a stand alone GPS device again. Updates are > too > slow and expensive in some cases." > > Like you sa

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Lovely and if you think that distracted driving is bad now, just wait until the heads up displays become common. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > >> Like you said, no need. Just throw the phone into the holder on

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I don't think it's much better for the elites if you happen to disagree with Putin. He's been talking to me about some big oil guy in Russia that disagreed with Putin and has had most of his assets taken away from him. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Some of the st

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > Like you said, no need. Just throw the phone into the holder on the dash, > plug in the charger and let'r rip. > I can't wait till I can just leave my phone in my pocket and have the apps from it wirelessly display on the screen built into

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
I read he tried to force the deal through before the new year to avoid the taxes. Kind of like Costco borrowing money to pay dividends before the tax increases. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Speaking of fair share, I wonder how much Al Gore will have to pay on the >

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I don't think I will ever own a stand alone GPS device again. Updates are too slow and expensive in some cases." Like you said, no need. Just throw the phone into the holder on the dash, plug in the charger and let'r rip. J - How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who has read Marx

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
Speaking of fair share, I wonder how much Al Gore will have to pay on the profits made from selling Current to Al Jazeera. No payroll taxes involved. J - The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Where did all the tarp money go that was paid back? You know the money spent under Bush's name but paid back almost in full? Is Bush still on the hook for spending that money? If Obama received the money and spent it and added trillions more onto the deficit shouldn't the good people screaming abo

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Romney wasn't a Tea-Party candidate. " Not even close. He was basically a democrat with an R beside his name. J - I’ve pledged that I will not sign health insurance reform — as badly as I think it’s necessary, I won’t sign it if that reform adds even one dime to our deficit. - Barrack Oba ~

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"It's happened in NY." I believe NYC has been hit hard by defectors. Nanny Bloomers begged the state not to raise taxes again and they ignored him. Higher state taxes piled on to NYC's own taxes makes quite an enticement to leave. J - The Republican Party committed a great public crim

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
I have to agree. McCain and Romney are both moderates . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Yeah, and you were wrong :)" > > Actually, I believe I was correct. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > >

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Some of the stories he tells me about how bad the government services are and how badly corrupted the officials are would make me think twice about becoming a citizen." Of course it sucks for the average citizen. Hows does work out for the elites is the question. J - To compel a man to furni

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Romney wasn't a Tea-Party candidate. The TP did pretty good over the years minus a few kooks that snuck in. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:05 PM, GMoney wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Sam wrote: > >> So what are the negatives? >> > > You keep losing elections. ~~~

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Yeah, and you were wrong :)" Actually, I believe I was correct. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
We discovered during the evil Bush years that SS fund does not need fixing. Oh Judah... . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:51 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Sam wrote: > >> >> Until we sort out SS we need to fund it. At least this money gets >> returned if you liv

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Until we sort out SS we need to fund it." > > Wait a minute. Don't you believe all of the contributions to SS are in a > locked box? Haha, Clinton raided that years ago and he's still looks like a hero. Amazing what you can do when you c

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Sheeple are so easily led. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > You know, I was thinking about this FICA increase and it seems that only > those on a payroll making less than $110,100 per year are making the full > move towards paying their fair share. Everything over 11

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread GMoney
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Sam wrote: > So what are the negatives? > You keep losing elections. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffus

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:25 PM, GMoney wrote: > > I'm for limited government and responsible spending too. Shit, EVERY > American is "for" that. Those are pretty much pointless slogans. The devil > is in the details, and the details reveal the devil that is the Tea Party. I call bullshit, Ameri

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Not sure about that one Hatton, I saw a study recently that looked at > increasing taxes on the wealthy and whether the rich would abandon New > York or New Jersey because of it. The economists found no significant > difference before or

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Sam wrote: > > Until we sort out SS we need to fund it. At least this money gets > returned if you live long enough. > In November 2012 the "Center on Budget and Policy Priorities" pointed out that at current projected spending levels, the trust funds for Social

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread GMoney
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I warned moderate republicans that the Tea Party was going to be a > HUGE negative > for them for years to come." > > Interesting. I warned conservatives that moderate republicans were going > to be a huge problem for them for years to c

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > Wonder if anyone ever predicted that when taxes are raised to a certain > point, those who can afford it, leave? > > Wonder if that is happening in the United States? Maybe some place like > CA? Yes, it is happening all over the place in

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Not sure about that one Hatton, I saw a study recently that looked at increasing taxes on the wealthy and whether the rich would abandon New York or New Jersey because of it. The economists found no significant difference before or after the taxes were imposed. I'm at work right don't have access

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Wonder if anyone ever predicted that when taxes are raised to a certain > point, those who can afford it, leave? > > Wonder if that is happening in the United States? Maybe some place like > CA? > It's happened in NY. Also, the tax has

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I work with a former Russian citizen. He goes back every year for 3 weeks during Christmas. Some of the stories he tells me about how bad the government services are and how badly corrupted the officials are would make me think twice about becoming a citizen. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:31 AM,

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Scott Stroz
We had a new stretch of highway open 2 months ago (knocks about 15 minutes off trip to DC/No. VA). Took about a month before it started showing up in Google Navigation (GPS app). I don't think I will ever own a stand alone GPS device again. Updates are too slow and expensive in some cases. On Fr

Re: Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
Wonder if anyone ever predicted that when taxes are raised to a certain point, those who can afford it, leave? Wonder if that is happening in the United States? Maybe some place like CA? J - Voting the names of the dead, and the nonexistent, and the too-mentally-impaired to function, cancels

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I warned moderate republicans that the Tea Party was going to be a HUGE negative for them for years to come." Interesting. I warned conservatives that moderate republicans were going to be a huge problem for them for years to come. J - Tainting the tea party movement with the charge of raci

Tax Avoidance - French actor Depardieu becomes Russian citizen

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
In response to France's 75-fracking-percent Millionare Tax: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/01/04/06/28/depardieu-becomes-russian-citizen -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amaz

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Until we sort out SS we need to fund it." Wait a minute. Don't you believe all of the contributions to SS are in a locked box? "At least this money gets returned if you live long enough." Exactly. Now, I have some ocean front property in AZ that I am looking to sell. You interested? J -

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
You know, I was thinking about this FICA increase and it seems that only those on a payroll making less than $110,100 per year are making the full move towards paying their fair share. Everything over 110K is exempt, as are those living on trust funds, capital gains, and so on. Hmmm. This FICA

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread GMoney
I'm for limited government and responsible spending too. Shit, EVERY American is "for" that. Those are pretty much pointless slogans. The devil is in the details, and the details reveal the devil that is the Tea Party. You are a Republican, Sam, let me ask you this: Forget what the Tea Party plat

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
It's their job . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Why should the government defend a law that they see as unconstitutional? > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-C

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
The tea party is about limited government and responsible spending. Why are you lumping them into a non-existent evil group? . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:14 PM, GMoney wrote: > > I warned moderate republicans that the Tea Party was going to be a HUGE > negative for them for years to come. > > A

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Sam wrote: > The fact that you will one day have offline mode again makes me happy > for you since I know it's a nice to have. I'm actually mostly ignorant to that functionality since my car has GPS in it already, but competition and innovation is good! -Camer

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Why should the government defend a law that they see as unconstitutional? On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:01 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > In some circles "Tea Party" is now a bogey-man word that folks pin to any > Republican. It's their thought that by trying to make the assertion that > Tea Par

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread GMoney
I warned moderate republicans that the Tea Party was going to be a HUGE negative for them for years to come. Americans were looking for MORE compromise from their leaders, not LESS. To create an entire branch dedicated to no compromise was.welldumb. It's wrong to classify all Republicans

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
In some circles "Tea Party" is now a bogey-man word that folks pin to any Republican. It's their thought that by trying to make the assertion that Tea Party == Republican (which isn't always true, but that's a different email thread), they can infer that Republican == Tea Party. Common logical f

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
We've had turn by turn navigation using google maps for years. You finally got the same thing but a newer version with different buttons. Touche. The fact that you will one day have offline mode again makes me happy for you since I know it's a nice to have. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Ca

Re: The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software

2013-01-04 Thread Judah McAuley
Everything I see says that Android is still mostly released under an Apache 2.0 license (with some GPL licensing for Linux Kernel bits). Stallman and some others criticize the Apache license as not being genuinely Free Software (tm) but I think that most of us recognize it as a type of free softwa

Re: Tea Party Republicans favor spending taxpayer money on anti-gay discrimination

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
I read that drivel and found nothing about the Tea Party. Is that the boogeyman word you use make your pointy? Wasn't that a bi-partisan bill that Clinton signed into law? Now it's evil? . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Sam wrote: > Welcome to our world. Not really... "Google admits that Google Maps for iPhone better than Android version, hints more features (offline, iPad support) coming soon" http://9to5mac.com/2012/12/12/google-admits-that-google-maps-for-iphone-better-th

Re: The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Sam wrote: > > Weird, I just downloaded again last weekend and didn't pay a cent this > time either. The article with more detail appears to be unavailable, site down... I'm not sure when the change was made, and since I wasn't able to read the article, I am not

Re: I give up

2013-01-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
The Psych blog The Human Beast had an interesting take that's relevant to the discussion. Is the Family Doomed? By Nigel Barber, Ph.D. Created Jan 3 2013 - 12:44pm If you had a trying time with your relatives this holiday season, the news is good. Such gatherings will soon be a faint memory acco

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Until we sort out SS we need to fund it. At least this money gets returned if you live long enough. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "It sucks that so many got a tax increase under the guise of tax cuts for > the middle class." > > I am going to disagree. I don't li

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
I am impressed with how bad apple maps, their willingness to release it and their willingness to kick google to the curb. That is showing the world whose boss. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when the

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"It sucks that so many got a tax increase under the guise of tax cuts for the middle class." I am going to disagree. I don't like it. I think it is a regressive tax. I think it is going to hurt a lot of blue collar workers. However, it's what they wanted. The people voted. They made their

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Welcome to our world. . On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > So after tonight I am very impressed with Google Maps for the iPhone. I > have duty tonight and I was out making my rounds checking the ranges that > are out in the middle of nowhere (you know what I mean Tim). When

Re: The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
Weird, I just downloaded again last weekend and didn't pay a cent this time either. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > Doh! > > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/04/1339206/the-android-sdk-is-no-longer-free-software > ~

Re: Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Sam
It sucks that so many got a tax increase under the guise of tax cuts for the middle class. However, entitlement spending needs to be dealt with and implementing tax cuts on SS was a bad idea from the get go. . On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > Just in case you haven't hea

The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
Doh! http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/01/04/1339206/the-android-sdk-is-no-longer-free-software -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=hous

Re: I am impressed with Google Maps for iPhone

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
google maps is without doubt the standard. great story, though. now i want to stress test it with local knowledge! On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > > The

Moving towards paying our fair share

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
Just in case you haven't heard, most of us will be making move towards paying our fair share in 2013. The FICA tax cuts implemented 2 years ago expired. As a result, they rate will move from 4.2% back to 6.2%. I have talked to several people and for them, this is about a 100 dollar decrease in

Re: Apple's iPad launches!!

2013-01-04 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
I feel this way about all Adobe software. Last thing I had been using by Adobe was Fireworks, but the constant issues I was having with authorization has driven me away from relying on it anymore. On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > The constant update required to keep flas

Re: Apple's iPad launches!!

2013-01-04 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Flash is just too damned buggy. It stutters, it crashes, it's the one plugin that can actually crash my computer because I leave various browser windows open overnight in Chrome. I uninstalled it from the PC and it just exists as the Chrome plugin now." Chrome is the only place I use Flash. The

Re: Apple's iPad launches!!

2013-01-04 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Vivec wrote: > How do you watch videos on Youtube , though? > All the popular videos are based in Flash because HTML 5 does not serve the > ads etc. Switch browsers. I don't really spend all that much time on YouTube though... -Cameron ... ~~

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