Yeah, conservative Christians have the same opinion of gay marriage as Obama. He's a hateful dude, apparently.
and for the record, I am all for marriage of any two (or more consenting adults)
Parent is correct. The difference is the acceleration used to get to near c. The folks on Earth are always subject to the acceleration of normal gravity.
The acceleration of the ship as it nears c is the "time-dilation" cause for the ship.
Curious on your perspective on the imminent threat menacing Europe.
Considering the Soviet Union didn't exist until the early 1900's, I don't think that the Iron Curtain is a necessity for Europeans to war with each other.
If the US wants to have jurisdiction over the populations of the
world though, wouldn't it be only fair ("all men are equal...")
to give citizens of the colonies (= world - China) a vote in the
US presidential election?
That sounds fair enough. As long as we Americans get to vote on your leaders as well.
Where is the flood of pardons that Bush was supposed to issue? Where's the "ALERT LEVEL RED" and martial law that Bush was supposed to use to hold power?
I was wondering the same thing. I would like to see some of those "Bush will declare martial law and use that to continue in power" freaks come out and admit they were just fucking nuts.
It's no different than the idiots on the right that said the same thing about Bill Clinton. People need to understand that we are not living in the "end times", and this is just the same orderly transition of power that has been going on here for over 200 years. Don't let your partisan idiocy cloud your reasoning abilities.
As an aside here, I wonder if, God forbid, there is another attack on us on the scale of 9-11, will the crazies that blamed Bush and accused him of being the mastermind also be so quick to blame Obama? I doubt it, because in that case, it'll be the people on the right that blame him, and the left will indignantly ask how it's possible to even believe something so insidious.
If you do "let the head shots fly", I can assure you that although you may hit one or two of them in the Kevlar, you will take several in your unprotected areas. Sucks to be sure, but they have lots more guns, ammo and personnel than you do at your house.
The only questions being asked after the smoke clears is "how many times did skeet get hit"?
Sorry, but them's the facts.
All I can say here is wow. You hit the nail right on the head. I rarely see this kind of logic and common sense here, so you have made my weekend. I appreciate that there are some really level-headed folks that still have this kind of thinking.
Cheers to you, and if you were in my city, I'd buy you a beer.
prosecute all the Republicriminals Dude... really... "Republicriminals"? Really? You can't come up with something better than "Republicriminals"? Jesus. That's just fucking sad.
It never ceases to amaze me how people get "internet muscles". But I'm sure that's not the case here. Wow, you are indeed a bad-ass, and most likely talk to people like that in real life. I salute you. Step aside folks, a real man is stepping through. tool.
How about we have one single science discussion where it does not degenerate into a political bashing session. Please. I'd love to be able to read about a cool development in science without having to read about Bush, Clinton, Republicans, Democrats, or anything other than funny "you broke it, you buy it" jokes about the subject. Let's all stop obsessing on politics for just one freaking story. Please?
It is fair in the way that kids did not really earn it . You do have rights to enjoy it(assume you built a successful business) , but what your kids did?
By the way both Gates and Buffet (self-made men) support it . -In fact many people are for close to 100% death tax,to promote redistribution of wealth and entrepreneurship (I know it is highly improbable to happen due to easy move of capital across boundaries).
Many examples such as Paris Hilton shows that it serves no good to proliferate modern day hereditary rule and and aristocratic class which blesses many on the sole merit of their birth to right parents and not on their personal qualities and achievements.
Okay, here's the thing. If I earn a bunch of money, I don't see how you or anyone else can make the case that I can't do with it what I want. I just don't understand the mindset. If I will it to someone, then I am effectively making a gift of the money. As far as the kids not earning it, who cares? I earned it. The taxes on this money have been paid. If I want it to go to my no-good-freeloading-partying-cokesnorting-hooker-s on, then that's my right. Not the government.
As far as Gates and Buffet, I don't give a rat's behind if they support it. They are free to give their forutnes away as they see fit. But to deny the choice of others is not right, and not in the best interests of anyone other than the federal government.
Problem is they don't have to do it,they trade it for another security/property, invest in businesses with profit and do not pay squat of that (say you invest 10 mill into next Google , when it goes public your share is now worth 10 bill , how much tax did you pay on that??? ).And there I didn't even touch the tax breaks for the rich - multitude of tax evasion schemes with moving capital across borders for tax shelters
So far, you haven't paid anything. But as soon as it is converted to currency, as I said before, it's income, and will be taxed as such, along with the capital gains tax on the same money.
Not more -same . Rich people do not pay taxes on majority of their worth,while average person pays around 1/3 of what they are worth.And this is due to fact that salary is taxable fair and square but securities and property not nearly in the same way so. And I am not for 1/3d either -if rich paid their share as well everyone would have to pay a lot less (5-10% wild ass guess) ).
Again, I don't get the logic here. Not a single person here is taxed on their wealth. They are taxed on their income. Otherwise, you'd be taxed on how much you have in savings and mutual funds. I know that if I was taxed on the amount of my mutual funds alone, it would surpass the amount of interest I receive. Let me ask you this. Do you have a 401k? If so, you are not being taxed on your wealth, but if you were, you'd lose the desire to save money in a hurry.
Securities as I've already explained are not taxed until they are cashed in. At that time, it's income, and will be taxed as such. As far as paying their fair share, the last numbers I saw were from 2003 and the top 10% of wage earners paid 25% of the taxes, even though they only made 19% of the money. That seems like more than their fair share.
Oh please do not confuse "richest" with hardworking upper middle class making six figures I'm not confusing anything, actually. The death tax is nothing other than double taxation. There is no way around it; you make money, save it up, maybe grow a nice business, leave a ton of money to your kids, and they pay tax on it. How is that fair? It may not be that cut and dried, but the problem is, that money was already taxed. It's not right to tax it again just because it's changing hands. I think it was the family of the owner of the Redskins that had to sell the team because they couldn't pay the tax on the inheritance. That is so not right in so many ways.
Rich income consists of dividends on various assets and from returns on investment
Yeah, and as soon as it is converted into currency, it becomes income. Then it's taxed as income. The capital gains tax is a tax above the income tax.
Bush "tax cuts " made a lot easier for those people to pay as little as possible That's a goal of every single person I know. Who wants to pay more than they have to? Why should the rich (who already pay the lion's share of the tax) be forced to pay even more?
while the government is taking in less money than it otherwise would because it's cut taxes for the wealthiest few in the country, the people who are least in need of a helping hand
That's because the poorest few don't have any money, and/or pay so little in taxes that it makes no difference.
Any tax cut will affect the rich more than the poor. Look at the rates here, though. The richest pay 35% of their income in taxes, and the poorest pay 10%. The progressive tax is still there, but the rich got a 4.6 percent cut in overall rates rather than the 3% everyone else got. Big whoop.
Think about it. Over 1/3 of their income is paid in taxes. That's just obnoxious, and I am sure if everyone else was paying that amount, they'd be pretty pissed about it.
Also, we are not losing money; in 2004, tax receipts went up by 5.5% and in 2005, by 14.5% (the largest increase in 24 years).
Like Creationist education? From TF(Salon)A
The Gates Foundation responds that it hasn't abandoned science to back intelligent design. Greg Shaw, Pacific Northwest director, explains that the grant to Discovery underwrites the institute's "Cascadia Project," which strictly focuses on transportation in the Northwest. So it looks like the funding is not going to "Creationist Education", but to a project to improve transportation in the Northwest, although it's the same group.
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I'm a n00b... FML
Yeah, conservative Christians have the same opinion of gay marriage as Obama. He's a hateful dude, apparently. and for the record, I am all for marriage of any two (or more consenting adults)
Outstanding signature, who coined that phrase?
The acceleration of the ship as it nears c is the "time-dilation" cause for the ship.
Curious on your perspective on the imminent threat menacing Europe.
Considering the Soviet Union didn't exist until the early 1900's, I don't think that the Iron Curtain is a necessity for Europeans to war with each other.
If the US wants to have jurisdiction over the populations of the world though, wouldn't it be only fair ("all men are equal...") to give citizens of the colonies (= world - China) a vote in the US presidential election?
That sounds fair enough. As long as we Americans get to vote on your leaders as well.
I gotta tell you, I am *shocked* that you chose to post anonymously. You are so very eloquent in your utter stupidity. Well done sir, well done.
Wow, still going with this one? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arts/television/13hoax.html?_r=3&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
I was wondering the same thing. I would like to see some of those "Bush will declare martial law and use that to continue in power" freaks come out and admit they were just fucking nuts.
It's no different than the idiots on the right that said the same thing about Bill Clinton. People need to understand that we are not living in the "end times", and this is just the same orderly transition of power that has been going on here for over 200 years. Don't let your partisan idiocy cloud your reasoning abilities.
As an aside here, I wonder if, God forbid, there is another attack on us on the scale of 9-11, will the crazies that blamed Bush and accused him of being the mastermind also be so quick to blame Obama? I doubt it, because in that case, it'll be the people on the right that blame him, and the left will indignantly ask how it's possible to even believe something so insidious.
If you do "let the head shots fly", I can assure you that although you may hit one or two of them in the Kevlar, you will take several in your unprotected areas. Sucks to be sure, but they have lots more guns, ammo and personnel than you do at your house. The only questions being asked after the smoke clears is "how many times did skeet get hit"?
Sorry, but them's the facts.
It's called "Risperidone". Use it. If already using, increase the dosage.
All I can say here is wow. You hit the nail right on the head. I rarely see this kind of logic and common sense here, so you have made my weekend. I appreciate that there are some really level-headed folks that still have this kind of thinking. Cheers to you, and if you were in my city, I'd buy you a beer.
psh! I attended when it was still "The Cad Institute". now get off my lawn ya whippersnappers!
It never ceases to amaze me how people get "internet muscles". But I'm sure that's not the case here. Wow, you are indeed a bad-ass, and most likely talk to people like that in real life. I salute you. Step aside folks, a real man is stepping through. tool.
No, I'm not new, and in fact, my un is lower than yours. I was apparently not thinking when I requested logic instead of political screeds. My bad.
Touché.. Although you did forget the Nazi comparison. I will still give you 3 stars for this one. :)
A well reasoned response. Thank you.
How about we have one single science discussion where it does not degenerate into a political bashing session. Please. I'd love to be able to read about a cool development in science without having to read about Bush, Clinton, Republicans, Democrats, or anything other than funny "you broke it, you buy it" jokes about the subject. Let's all stop obsessing on politics for just one freaking story. Please?
Many examples such as Paris Hilton shows that it serves no good to proliferate modern day hereditary rule and and aristocratic class which blesses many on the sole merit of their birth to right parents and not on their personal qualities and achievements.
Okay, here's the thing. If I earn a bunch of money, I don't see how you or anyone else can make the case that I can't do with it what I want. I just don't understand the mindset. If I will it to someone, then I am effectively making a gift of the money. As far as the kids not earning it, who cares? I earned it. The taxes on this money have been paid. If I want it to go to my no-good-freeloading-partying-cokesnorting-hooker-s on, then that's my right. Not the government.
As far as Gates and Buffet, I don't give a rat's behind if they support it. They are free to give their forutnes away as they see fit. But to deny the choice of others is not right, and not in the best interests of anyone other than the federal government.
Problem is they don't have to do it ,they trade it for another security/property, invest in businesses with profit and do not pay squat of that (say you invest 10 mill into next Google , when it goes public your share is now worth 10 bill , how much tax did you pay on that??? ) .And there I didn't even touch the tax breaks for the rich - multitude of tax evasion schemes with moving capital across borders for tax shelters
So far, you haven't paid anything. But as soon as it is converted to currency, as I said before, it's income, and will be taxed as such, along with the capital gains tax on the same money.
Not more -same . Rich people do not pay taxes on majority of their worth ,while average person pays around 1/3 of what they are worth .And this is due to fact that salary is taxable fair and square but securities and property not nearly in the same way so. And I am not for 1/3d either -if rich paid their share as well everyone would have to pay a lot less (5-10% wild ass guess) ) .
Again, I don't get the logic here. Not a single person here is taxed on their wealth. They are taxed on their income. Otherwise, you'd be taxed on how much you have in savings and mutual funds. I know that if I was taxed on the amount of my mutual funds alone, it would surpass the amount of interest I receive. Let me ask you this. Do you have a 401k? If so, you are not being taxed on your wealth, but if you were, you'd lose the desire to save money in a hurry.
Securities as I've already explained are not taxed until they are cashed in. At that time, it's income, and will be taxed as such. As far as paying their fair share, the last numbers I saw were from 2003 and the top 10% of wage earners paid 25% of the taxes, even though they only made 19% of the money. That seems like more than their fair share.
I'm not confusing anything, actually. The death tax is nothing other than double taxation. There is no way around it; you make money, save it up, maybe grow a nice business, leave a ton of money to your kids, and they pay tax on it. How is that fair? It may not be that cut and dried, but the problem is, that money was already taxed. It's not right to tax it again just because it's changing hands. I think it was the family of the owner of the Redskins that had to sell the team because they couldn't pay the tax on the inheritance. That is so not right in so many ways.
Rich income consists of dividends on various assets and from returns on investment
Yeah, and as soon as it is converted into currency, it becomes income. Then it's taxed as income. The capital gains tax is a tax above the income tax.
Bush "tax cuts " made a lot easier for those people to pay as little as possible
That's a goal of every single person I know. Who wants to pay more than they have to? Why should the rich (who already pay the lion's share of the tax) be forced to pay even more?
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That's because the poorest few don't have any money, and/or pay so little in taxes that it makes no difference.
Also, we are not losing money; in 2004, tax receipts went up by 5.5% and in 2005, by 14.5% (the largest increase in 24 years).Any tax cut will affect the rich more than the poor. Look at the rates here, though. The richest pay 35% of their income in taxes, and the poorest pay 10%. The progressive tax is still there, but the rich got a 4.6 percent cut in overall rates rather than the 3% everyone else got. Big whoop.
Think about it. Over 1/3 of their income is paid in taxes. That's just obnoxious, and I am sure if everyone else was paying that amount, they'd be pretty pissed about it.
Anyway... flame on.
Yeah, the server that you mention may be 2003, but all of the other servers on netcraft show linux/apache. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http:/ /www.ucla.edu