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September 10, 2008 at
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4,431,932 views and 29,961 comments. But nobody here wants to explain?
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More right wing hipocricy
Any guess who Tori Clarke is???
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Man, it sure got quiet in here....
Just when you thought it was gonna die down, The Truth Detector comes up with this... http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/oiil.scandal/index.html
Nice job Republicans!!!
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What does this article have to do with the election? Issues? Candidates? I'm pretty sure you can find corruption in any government, city, county, state, federal, left wign or right wing.
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on September 10 2008 at 10:19:22 PM
What does this article have to do with the election? Issues? Candidates? I'm pretty sure you can find corruption in any government, city, county, state, federal, left wign or right wing.
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Ok, let me make this simple for you with the Reader's Digets version.
It shows that the Bush administration has indeed been in bed with the oil companies all along. So, it makes you wonder why anyone would vote for someone who supports and even seems to promote such corruption. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-iTyN7c0A
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Posted By: The_Truth_Detector on September 10 2008 at 07:10:12 PM
The BIG question is this. Will McCain/Palin EVER talk about the issues???
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Try this site. It has the entire script of McCains Convention Speech. It may not speak much of abortion or gun control, but I think it hits on most important issues to most Americans. Energy, economy, national secuity, terrorism, war...
I understand it's nothing too deep but you at least know his position. I've yet to hear many actual plans from either of the candidates, just I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that...but no how's.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/04/excerpts-from-john-mccains-convention-speech/
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on September 10 2008 at 10:41:49 PM
Try this site. It has the entire script of McCains Convention Speech. It may not speak much of abortion or gun control, but I think it hits on most important issues to most Americans. Energy, economy, national secuity, terrorism, war...
I understand it's nothing too deep but you at least know his position. I've yet to hear many actual plans from either of the candidates, just I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that...but no how's.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/04/excerpts-from-john-mccains-convention-speech/
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I heard it, there is VERY little mention of the real issues. He keeps stating that everyone will get a tax cut with his economic policy. Let me ask you this.
This country has to borry $2,300,000,000 every day to make up for the budget shortfall. If there isn't enough money coming in right now to pay the bills. How can he cut the country's income (taxes) even more, and keep the country afloat. Especially with the debacile in Iraq?
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on September 10 2008 at 10:41:49 PM
Try this site. It has the entire script of McCains Convention Speech. It may not speak much of abortion or gun control, but I think it hits on most important issues to most Americans. Energy, economy, national secuity, terrorism, war...
I understand it's nothing too deep but you at least know his position. I've yet to hear many actual plans from either of the candidates, just I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna do that...but no how's.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/04/excerpts-from-john-mccains-convention-speech/
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Obama McCain
| New Tax Cuts |
Refundable Making Work Pay tax credit of 6.2 percent of earnings up to a maximum of $8,100
Refundable Universal Mortgage Credit of 10 percent or mortgage interest for nonitemizers, capped at $800 ($8,000 of interest)
Eliminate income tax for senior making less than $50,000 per year
First-time buyers tax credit for new farmers
Small Business and Microenterprise Initiative tax credit of 20 percent on up to $50,000 of investment in small owner-operated businesses
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Allow first-year deduction of 3 and 5-year equipment, deny interest deductions (expires)
Reduce maximum corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent
Increase the dependent exemption by 70 percent
Suspend the federal gas tax (18.4 cents per gallon from this Memorial Day until Labor Day
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| Adjustments to Existing Credits |
Make R&D and renewable enery production tax credit (wind, solar) permanent
Extend childless EITC phase-in range and increase phaseout threshold, double the phase-in and phase-out rates for childless individuals paying child support, increase EITC phase-in rate to 45 percent for families with three or more children; increase add-on to EITC phase-out threshold for married filers to $5,000
Make CDCTC refundable and allow low-income families to receive up to a 50 percent credit for child care expenses
Make saver's credit refundable and change to a 50 percent match of the first $1,000 of savings, phases out beginning before $75,000
Increase Hope credit 100% match rate to $4,000 for college education and make refundable, rename American Opportunity Tax Credit
Mandate automatic 401(k)s and automatic IRAs
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Convert R&D credit to 10 percent of wages incurred for R&D, make permanent
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| Capital Gains |
Increase maximum capital gains rate to 20 percent for those making over $200,000 a year.
Require information reporting of basis for gains
Eliminate capital gains taxation of start-up businesses and provide capital gains tax break for landowners selling to beginning family farmers
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Keep the current rates on dividends and capital gains |
| Bush Tax Cuts |
Permanently extend marriage penalty relief, adoption credit expansions, 10,15,25, and 28% rates, EITC simplification
Restore 36 and 39.6% statutory income tax rates, Restore PEP and Pease phaseouts for households making more than $250,000, increase in PEP and Pease threshold
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Make permanent all provisions other than the estate tax repeal |
| Alternative Minimum Tax |
Extend and index 2007 AMT patch |
Extend and index 2007 AMT patch, further increase exemption by 5 percent in excess of inflation after 2013 (temporarily) |
| Estate Tax |
Make permanent estate tax with $3.5 million exemption and 45 percent rate |
Make permanent estate tax with $5 million exemption and 15 percent rate |
| Simplification |
Give taxpayers the option of pre -filled tax forms to verify, sign, return to IRS |
Give taxpayers the option of an alternative tax system with two rates and a larger standard deduction and personal exemption |
| Revenue Raisers and Tax Havens |
Eliminate oil and gas loopholes
Close loopholes in the corporate tax deductibility of CEO pay
Tax carried interest as ordinary, Increase the highest bracket for capital gains and dividends
Reallocate multinational tax deductions
Codify economic substance doctrine
Create international tax haven watch list
Other unspecified revenue raising provisions
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Eliminate oil and gas loopholes
Unspecified corporate base broadeners
Eliminate earmarked projects from the budget, freeze nonmilitary discretionary spending for one year, eliminate programs
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| Health |
Income-related federal tax subsidies for health insurance |
Replace exclusion from income for employer sponsored health insurance with refundable credit of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families |
| Other |
Social Security/payroll taxes: impose additional tax of 2-4 percent (combined employer and employee) on workers with income above $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples) |
Require a 3/5 majority vote in Congress to raise taxes
Ban internet and cell phone taxes
Higher premiums for Medicare prescription drug coverage for single people earning more than $82,000 and couples earning more than $164,000
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Here is a simple way of how it affects your income only
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Posted By: The_Truth_Detector on September 10 2008 at 10:41:07 PM
Ok, let me make this simple for you with the Reader's Digets version.
It shows that the Bush administration has indeed been in bed with the oil companies all along. So, it makes you wonder why anyone would vote for someone who supports and even seems to promote such corruption. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-iTyN7c0A
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No need to make anything simple for me, I'm a pretty smart guy. Smart enough to know BS when I hear it. Smart enough to see that that youtube video had nothing to do with the story you posted. And that the story you posted had nothing to do with the election or McCain. And I'm smart enough to know not to make my decision based on 3 minute youtube excerpts or 30 second commercials.
Based on your logic I once had a friend who was gay so I must be gay too....it has to be true cause some journalist wrote a story about it.
You might want to try listening to speeches (entire speeches), catching some debates in the next 8 weeks, getting to know how the candidates feel about the actual issues and base your opinion on the REAL views, plans, ideals, etc of the candidates and not let the media do your thinking for you.
PS. I think your detector is broken.
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on September 10 2008 at 10:58:41 PM
No need to make anything simple for me, I'm a pretty smart guy. Smart enough to know BS when I hear it. Smart enough to see that that youtube video had nothing to do with the story you posted. And that the story you posted had nothing to do with the election or McCain. And I'm smart enough to know not to make my decision based on 3 minute youtube excerpts or 30 second commercials.
Based on your logic I once had a friend who was gay so I must be gay too....it has to be true cause some journalist wrote a story about it.
You might want to try listening to speeches (entire speeches), catching some debates in the next 8 weeks, getting to know how the candidates feel about the actual issues and base your opinion on the REAL views, plans, ideals, etc of the candidates and not let the media do your thinking for you.
PS. I think your detector is broken.
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Your gay metaphor would be correct if you were to join in with your gay friend and his lover 90% of the time, kinda like McCain supporting Bush in 90% of his policies and decisions.
As far as speeches go. I watched EVERY speech from both conventions. I also watch several of the networks each day (Fox included) to catch the day's highlights. I also do my own investigating on the platforms of not only the Rep and Dems, but also the Libertarian Party.
The facts are facts. Look at McCain's voting record http://www.votingrecords.com/ it is in lock step with what has killed this economy.
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Posted By: The_Truth_Detector on September 10 2008 at 10:56:44 PM
Obama McCain
| New Tax Cuts |
Refundable Making Work Pay tax credit of 6.2 percent of earnings up to a maximum of $8,100
Refundable Universal Mortgage Credit of 10 percent or mortgage interest for nonitemizers, capped at $800 ($8,000 of interest)
Eliminate income tax for senior making less than $50,000 per year
First-time buyers tax credit for new farmers
Small Business and Microenterprise Initiative tax credit of 20 percent on up to $50,000 of investment in small owner-operated businesses
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Allow first-year deduction of 3 and 5-year equipment, deny interest deductions (expires)
Reduce maximum corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent
Increase the dependent exemption by 70 percent
Suspend the federal gas tax (18.4 cents per gallon from this Memorial Day until Labor Day
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| Adjustments to Existing Credits |
Make R&D and renewable enery production tax credit (wind, solar) permanent
Extend childless EITC phase-in range and increase phaseout threshold, double the phase-in and phase-out rates for childless individuals paying child support, increase EITC phase-in rate to 45 percent for families with three or more children; increase add-on to EITC phase-out threshold for married filers to $5,000
Make CDCTC refundable and allow low-income families to receive up to a 50 percent credit for child care expenses
Make saver's credit refundable and change to a 50 percent match of the first $1,000 of savings, phases out beginning before $75,000
Increase Hope credit 100% match rate to $4,000 for college education and make refundable, rename American Opportunity Tax Credit
Mandate automatic 401(k)s and automatic IRAs
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Convert R&D credit to 10 percent of wages incurred for R&D, make permanent
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| Capital Gains |
Increase maximum capital gains rate to 20 percent for those making over $200,000 a year.
Require information reporting of basis for gains
Eliminate capital gains taxation of start-up businesses and provide capital gains tax break for landowners selling to beginning family farmers
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Keep the current rates on dividends and capital gains |
| Bush Tax Cuts |
Permanently extend marriage penalty relief, adoption credit expansions, 10,15,25, and 28% rates, EITC simplification
Restore 36 and 39.6% statutory income tax rates, Restore PEP and Pease phaseouts for households making more than $250,000, increase in PEP and Pease threshold
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Make permanent all provisions other than the estate tax repeal |
| Alternative Minimum Tax |
Extend and index 2007 AMT patch |
Extend and index 2007 AMT patch, further increase exemption by 5 percent in excess of inflation after 2013 (temporarily) |
| Estate Tax |
Make permanent estate tax with $3.5 million exemption and 45 percent rate |
Make permanent estate tax with $5 million exemption and 15 percent rate |
| Simplification |
Give taxpayers the option of pre -filled tax forms to verify, sign, return to IRS |
Give taxpayers the option of an alternative tax system with two rates and a larger standard deduction and personal exemption |
| Revenue Raisers and Tax Havens |
Eliminate oil and gas loopholes
Close loopholes in the corporate tax deductibility of CEO pay
Tax carried interest as ordinary, Increase the highest bracket for capital gains and dividends
Reallocate multinational tax deductions
Codify economic substance doctrine
Create international tax haven watch list
Other unspecified revenue raising provisions
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Eliminate oil and gas loopholes
Unspecified corporate base broadeners
Eliminate earmarked projects from the budget, freeze nonmilitary discretionary spending for one year, eliminate programs
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| Health |
Income-related federal tax subsidies for health insurance |
Replace exclusion from income for employer sponsored health insurance with refundable credit of $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families |
| Other |
Social Security/payroll taxes: impose additional tax of 2-4 percent (combined employer and employee) on workers with income above $200,000 ($250,000 for married couples) |
Require a 3/5 majority vote in Congress to raise taxes
Ban internet and cell phone taxes
Higher premiums for Medicare prescription drug coverage for single people earning more than $82,000 and couples earning more than $164,000
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Here is a simple way of how it affects your income only
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I make $2.88 Million a Year so I'm voting for McCain.
Honestly, I really don't care about taxes. I pay them and as long as my goverment keeps me safe and free I don't care if they take another $1,000 or not. My hot button issues are energy, economy, and national security. And I want a President who puts the US interests first.
Can you post some equally impressive stats on the candidates positions on those topics?
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September 10, 2008 at
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My #1 bitch is a balanced budget. I have to make ends meet or the repo man cometh. I expect my government to do the same. We borrow the $2.3 billion I noted above from Japan (60%) and China (40%), and that pisses me off. If I want to buy some new "toy", and I don't have enough money for it, I have two choices. I can go get another job to get more money coming in, or I can go to the bank and take out a loan and then get it reposessed because I can't afford it.
Everything but National Security is listed on the graph I posted above. The best place to find thier platform is on their webpages.
BTW, if I were making over $2 million a year, I would have no problem paying a 39% tax...
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Thanks for posting those BRR. Excellent videos.
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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Posted By: The_Truth_Detector on September 10 2008 at 10:41:07 PM
Ok, let me make this simple for you with the Reader's Digets version.
It shows that the Bush administration has indeed been in bed with the oil companies all along. So, it makes you wonder why anyone would vote for someone who supports and even seems to promote such corruption. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-iTyN7c0A
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what's the Reader's Digets version? you're funny!
hey, have you lived in a cave for an extended period of time in the recent past? the Bush family has connections to oil companies.......No Shit?
ever hear of Zapata Petroleum Company; Arbusto Energy; Bush Exploration Company; Harken Energy Corporation???
not exactly national secrets!
you're funny!
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Posted By: The_Truth_Detector on September 10 2008 at 10:41:07 PM
Ok, let me make this simple for you with the Reader's Digets version.
It shows that the Bush administration has indeed been in bed with the oil companies all along. So, it makes you wonder why anyone would vote for someone who supports and even seems to promote such corruption. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-iTyN7c0A
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What he means is that even John Katich can see that this is John McCain and these are his words.
I'm telling you right now, they won't believe their own eyes and ears no matter how many times they hear that man lie and contradict himself. I would have to put their denial in the category of mental illness..LOL It's not really funny, is it?
Chas, the second week of October in Santo Tomas.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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Posted By: The_Truth_Detector on September 10 2008 at 08:26:40 PM
More right wing hipocricy
Any guess who Tori Clarke is???
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Tori Clarke's employment record.
Employment History
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Comcast Corp
Revolving Door Personnel: (7) |
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McCain, John
Revolving Door Personnel: (17) |
Press Secretary |
 Member profile |
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Office of Legal Policy
Revolving Door Personnel: (9) |
Executive Assistant |
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Vice President's Office
Revolving Door Personnel: (59) |
Press Aide |
Agency lobbying profile |
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Office of US Trade Representative
Revolving Door Personnel: (92) |
Assistant to Trade Representative |
Agency lobbying profile |
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Dept of Defense
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Bozell/Eskew Advertising
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National Cable & Telecommunications Assn
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CHECK OUT THIS SITE http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=15724
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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More right wing hipocricy
Any guess who Tori Clarke is???
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Please explain your argument here. Nobody is suggesting that this saying hasn't been used before; it's been around forever, everyone knows that. Most people however believe that when Obama used it, it was directed toward Palin. The timing of its use as well as the very next line in his speech he said something about a stinking fish wrapped in newspaper, a reference to her nickname "Barracuda" A little to coincidental for me as well as most apparently:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/09/09/2008-09-09_barack_obama_takes_heat_for_lipstick_on_.html
Poll ResultsDo you think Barack Obama's choice of the phrase
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Please explain your argument here. Nobody is suggesting that this saying hasn't been used before; it's been around forever, everyone knows that. Most people however believe that when Obama used it, it was directed toward Palin. The timing of its use as well as the very next line in his speech he said something about a stinking fish wrapped in newspaper, a reference to her nickname "Barracuda" A little to coincidental for me as well as most apparently:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/09/09/2008-09-09_barack_obama_takes_heat_for_lipstick_on_.html
Poll ResultsDo you think Barack Obama's choice of the phrase
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Smacks a little of desperation if the GOP feels the need to resort to kindergarten misquotes, why don't they just stick to straight fear mongering or homophobia, that's their strongsuit...lol. Speaking of which, an Obsession DVD showed up in my mailbox the other day...lol. Other independents I know received them as well. Someone is dumping big bucks...lol.
They don't even know how to spell sprint car
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com
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if the GOP feels the need to resort to kindergarten misquotes
As usual, the majority think differently from your opinion
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if the GOP feels the need to resort to kindergarten misquotes
As usual, the majority think differently from your opinion
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In all honesty, with the way Obumba shielded his eyes, we all know the the statement was make as an insult, but in the overall scope of things, Obumba is sort of a funny guy, and it created more problems for him than the Republicans, I would vote for no big deal, but it was on purpose. lol I laughed at it as I knew when he shielded his eyes, he was about to slam someone lol
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