Posts Made By: Tony Aguire

Russ Carroll said:

Equals a total blowout in November.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304019404577420533288868306.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

Pete Brayton said:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-02-04/sister-wives-bigamy-lawsuit/52962490/1

A federal judge has ruled there's sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah's bigamy law.

The family sued Buhman, Gov. Gary Herbert and Attorney General Mark Shurtleff in July 2011, claiming Utah's bigamy statute violates its constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, free exercise of religion, free speech and freedom of association.

I thought marriage was to be between a man and only one woman!

Herbert York said:

According to the U.S. Congress, the federal governmentÕs budget deficit last year was $1.3 trillion. According to a USA Today analysis, the true figure is an astronomical $5 trillion.

The reason: Congress exempts itself from including the cost of promised retirement benefits when computing the deficit, unlike companies which must include these commitments in financial statements.

Liabilities for Social Security, Medicare and other retirement programs rose by $3.7 trillion in 2011, but the amount was not included on the governmentÕs books, the analysis found.

If the retirement commitments were included, the deficit would be equal to $42,054 per household. Since the median income of U.S. households is $49,445 according to the Census, the typical household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes to balance the budget last year if standard accounting rules were used to compute the deficit.

ÒBy law, the federal government canÕt tell the truth,Ó accountant Sheila Weinberg of the Institute for Truth in Accounting told USA Today.
If future commitments are taken into consideration, the deficits from 2004 to 2011 would be six times the official total of $5.6 trillion.

The analysis also determined that federal debt and retiree commitments equal $561,254 per household, while the average household owes $116,057 for mortgages, car loans and other debts.

© 2012 Newsmax. All rights reserved.



Read more on Newsmax.com: Real Budget Deficit $5 Trillion, USA Today Study Finds

Patrick Keafer said:

I've heard a lot worse, but coming from the President this really is disgusting. Does he have no respect for the office?



President Obama, in Los Angeles for a fundraiser, offered this observation on his wife's exercise routine, via the pool report:

“Michelle outdoes me in pushups as well,� he said, after saying that she’s taken some criticism on her technique “because she doesn’t go all the way down� – a line that he let hang, naughtily, provoking laughter from the crowd.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/06/obamas-risqu-joke-125518.html

Herbert York said:


Which side of the fence?

If you ever wondered which side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!


If a Republican doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one.
If a Democrat doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.


If a Republican is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a Democrat is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.


If a Republican is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a Democrat is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.


If a Republican is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A Democrat wonders who is going to take care of him.


If a Republican doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Democrats demand that those they don't like be shut down.


If a Republican is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church.
A Democrat non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced.


If a Republican decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A Democrat demands that the rest of us pay for his.


If a Republican reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A Democrat will delete it because he's "offended".

James DellaPenna said:

As a member of AARP I just received a computation type interactive survey regarding what choices I would make to resolve the gap in SS funding. As you make your choices a chart on the right indicates the net effect of each individual choice plus the combined effect of all your choices. They provide several choices under two categories, revenue and benefits and you can make as many choices as you wish.

My first choice, under the revenue side, was to eliminate the tax cap on income. This immediately reduced the gap by 86%. My next choices under the benefit side were increase of retirement age to 68 and increase of the payroll tax by .25%. These choices, combined with the first one, brought the gap elimination to 104% and 126% respectively.

Provided the survey results are anywhere near accurate, elimination of the tax cap and raising retirement age by one year is all that's needed to resolve this problem. It emphasises fairness by taxing the rich at the same rate as everyone else without reducing lifetime benefits to the rich. It can also be done without reducing present benefits or increasing withholding tax, with the lone exception of a one year increase in retirement age, which we all know is inevitable anyway.

I can't help wonder how many right wingers on this forum would find objection to this approach but I'm sure I'm about to find out. Bring it on.

Rod Kaufman said:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/17/romney-wont-say-hell-overturn-immigration-order/