The Right put Obama on Joe's front lawn? Interesting. Yes connected to Charles Keating , oh wait, that story was actually found out to be false. From your favorite website:
Robert M. Wurzelbacher, son-in-law of Keating, was 37 years old in 1991 when federal charges were filed against Keating. It appears that he has addresses in Phoenix and Coronado, CA.
The Robert M. Wurzelbacher of Milford, OH, a heavy donor to GOP candidates, is 83 years old and retired. They're not the same person.
Digging to see if this guy is a plant or a hypocrite is a good idea. But I think it's equally important to know the link before idle speculation.
I know you normally don't let the truth get in the way when you are trying to destroy the credibility of someone who disagrees with you, but this one is patently false. I understand it is hard to find the retractions when the media is in full on frothing-at-the-mouth mode, but seek and ye shall find.
As far as McCain and Keating, Obama has far more nefarious connections with people of questionable backgrounds than that. I'm not sure that would be the best argument to make. Doesn't matter, he got elected by hook or by crook.
Yes, no one goes by their middle name, he must be fraud. He actually is a plumber, just not a union plumber. He has a less than $1,500 tax lien not a criminal offense. It shouldn't have been about "Joe the Plumber" and about the question and response. Barack and the media just did a damn good job of deflecting, you are an obvious example that it worked. The DailyKos appreciates you regurgitating their misinformation for them.
My problem is that the media has aired more of Joe the plumber's background than Barack's. All he did was ask a question. Why is the left only tolerant when they are being agreed with? Where's the ACLU to defend this guy?
The average UAW factory worker makes 70% more than the average US factory worker. The average GM hourly wage worker pays 7% of their healthcare costs, the average salaried worker in the US pays 30%. There are assembly line monkeys making $100,000 a year. The UAW has successfully sucked itself dry. I'm sorry, but we do not have children in factories or horrendous conditions anymore thanks to unions, but they do not have a purpose here anymore. Look at the industries that are heavily unionized, American automakers, American steel and construction. How are those doing right about now?
Show me one instance of McCain race baiting Obama, oh wait you can't. McCain wouldn't nail him on Jeremiah Wright, even though it would have worked. The only candidate who mentioned race was Obama.
And one could argue that even though we spend the most money per student on education in the free world, yet we continually place at the bottom as far as quality, that the teachers are to blame. Maybe, just maybe, basing compensation on performance might be more beneficial then say oh I don't know, union negotiated contracts where the only way to fire someone is to catch them with a 12 year old?
A good idea but how many eyes see a personal check between whoever you wrote it for and when it gets back to your bank? What difference does it make that you don't online bank when the teller looks up your information on the compromised machine at the office? You can't live your life in fear.
1 gallon of gas has approximately 115,000 BTU's of energy. That translates to 89,500,000 lbf-ft of energy or 16,950 lbf-miles of energy. To get 1,000 MPG, you could only exert 17 lbs of force for the duration of 1 mile. I don't think that is very practical.
nspluginwrapper's newer versions (1.0+) supposedly reload the plugins, so it crashing in one tab won't make it fail in another. This works with Firefox but not Seamonkey in my limited experience, ymmv.
When you retire you don't withdraw all of your assets, at least you are not supposed to. If they have been saving for 40 years, they are way, way, way up. The DOW is down 25% from its peak of last October, but still up over 40% from 10 years ago, 400% from 20 years ago and 1200% from 30 years ago. By dollar cost averaging and reinvesting dividends, you would be up pretty good. Also, by retirement age, you should be in a good mix of approximately 50% bonds which actually benefit from a bear market. The same rate of return can not be had with gold or real estate.
But the only reason they are in this problem is because of the government. The whole idea of mark to market is partially the cause of this. Short term price depreciation is causing otherwise stable companies to fail, since they have to count the losses of an unsold asset before it is sold. The other half of the problem is the removal of the uptick rule, allowing hedge funds to hammer the price of companies down without having to wait for a buyer. The combination of these two things have forced a recession out of a slowdown.
Generally they are asked to testify that the machine has been tested and certified within a certain time period. I won't get into the validity of that certification, but that would be all that the officer is required to testify to.
I agree with your post in the domain of phone contracts. They are too long and too legally written to be understood by a lay person. But as far as mortgages go, a large percentage of the problem is/was people who simply thought that they were going to get rich off of it. When you are making $50,000 a year you should know you shouldn't take out a 100% mortgage on a $400,000 house regardless of whether or not someone would offer the loan. Some of the onus falls on the lender, but a lot of it falls on the borrower. Personally I don't mind the bank lending since that is what drives this country, what they shouldn't have done is offer the 80/20 loans with no PMI. The situation we are in is exactly what PMI was designed for and they somehow managed to fuck that up as well.
Always read the fine print with those low APR or cash back incentives. Usually with low APR's the price of the car is inflated and the dealers won't let you negotiate much and with cash back they just tack it on to your principal. Sounds too good to be true, etc....
I stopped at the point where you said they don't have good financing. No dealerships have good financing. You buy the car and refinance with your bank, at least I do. The last car I bought, the dealership gave me a 7.9% APR with an 800 credit score. I refinanced with my bank for 5.5% APR.
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I know you normally don't let the truth get in the way when you are trying to destroy the credibility of someone who disagrees with you, but this one is patently false. I understand it is hard to find the retractions when the media is in full on frothing-at-the-mouth mode, but seek and ye shall find.
As far as McCain and Keating, Obama has far more nefarious connections with people of questionable backgrounds than that. I'm not sure that would be the best argument to make. Doesn't matter, he got elected by hook or by crook.
Yes, no one goes by their middle name, he must be fraud. He actually is a plumber, just not a union plumber. He has a less than $1,500 tax lien not a criminal offense. It shouldn't have been about "Joe the Plumber" and about the question and response. Barack and the media just did a damn good job of deflecting, you are an obvious example that it worked. The DailyKos appreciates you regurgitating their misinformation for them.
My problem is that the media has aired more of Joe the plumber's background than Barack's. All he did was ask a question. Why is the left only tolerant when they are being agreed with? Where's the ACLU to defend this guy?
The average UAW factory worker makes 70% more than the average US factory worker. The average GM hourly wage worker pays 7% of their healthcare costs, the average salaried worker in the US pays 30%. There are assembly line monkeys making $100,000 a year. The UAW has successfully sucked itself dry. I'm sorry, but we do not have children in factories or horrendous conditions anymore thanks to unions, but they do not have a purpose here anymore. Look at the industries that are heavily unionized, American automakers, American steel and construction. How are those doing right about now?
I know, I was joking, mod gods be damned.
Show me one instance of McCain race baiting Obama, oh wait you can't. McCain wouldn't nail him on Jeremiah Wright, even though it would have worked. The only candidate who mentioned race was Obama.
Fortunately, I didn't permanently lose anything between good backups and Norton Disk Doctor.
Yes, you do need good backups whenever you are running Norton products. Good idea.
Ah yes a lawyer, what couldn't you trust about a lawyer.
And one could argue that even though we spend the most money per student on education in the free world, yet we continually place at the bottom as far as quality, that the teachers are to blame. Maybe, just maybe, basing compensation on performance might be more beneficial then say oh I don't know, union negotiated contracts where the only way to fire someone is to catch them with a 12 year old?
A good idea but how many eyes see a personal check between whoever you wrote it for and when it gets back to your bank? What difference does it make that you don't online bank when the teller looks up your information on the compromised machine at the office? You can't live your life in fear.
New York Times and independent comparison do not belong in the same sentence.
1 gallon of gas has approximately 115,000 BTU's of energy. That translates to 89,500,000 lbf-ft of energy or 16,950 lbf-miles of energy. To get 1,000 MPG, you could only exert 17 lbs of force for the duration of 1 mile. I don't think that is very practical.
You should be modded up but won't be.
Norton Removal Tool has worked very well in my opinion.
nspluginwrapper's newer versions (1.0+) supposedly reload the plugins, so it crashing in one tab won't make it fail in another. This works with Firefox but not Seamonkey in my limited experience, ymmv.
plus an extra mirror on the door.
That is a spotlight. You've obviously never had one shined in your eyes....
Maybe I am misunderstanding your point, but Edwards was the guy suing doctors for malpractice. I don't think he would be for tort reform.
When you retire you don't withdraw all of your assets, at least you are not supposed to. If they have been saving for 40 years, they are way, way, way up. The DOW is down 25% from its peak of last October, but still up over 40% from 10 years ago, 400% from 20 years ago and 1200% from 30 years ago. By dollar cost averaging and reinvesting dividends, you would be up pretty good. Also, by retirement age, you should be in a good mix of approximately 50% bonds which actually benefit from a bear market. The same rate of return can not be had with gold or real estate.
But the only reason they are in this problem is because of the government. The whole idea of mark to market is partially the cause of this. Short term price depreciation is causing otherwise stable companies to fail, since they have to count the losses of an unsold asset before it is sold. The other half of the problem is the removal of the uptick rule, allowing hedge funds to hammer the price of companies down without having to wait for a buyer. The combination of these two things have forced a recession out of a slowdown.
Generally they are asked to testify that the machine has been tested and certified within a certain time period. I won't get into the validity of that certification, but that would be all that the officer is required to testify to.
Uhh, just search for a bunch of other people's names then? I'm pretty sure google doesn't think I am actually Kate Beckinsale.
I agree with your post in the domain of phone contracts. They are too long and too legally written to be understood by a lay person. But as far as mortgages go, a large percentage of the problem is/was people who simply thought that they were going to get rich off of it. When you are making $50,000 a year you should know you shouldn't take out a 100% mortgage on a $400,000 house regardless of whether or not someone would offer the loan. Some of the onus falls on the lender, but a lot of it falls on the borrower. Personally I don't mind the bank lending since that is what drives this country, what they shouldn't have done is offer the 80/20 loans with no PMI. The situation we are in is exactly what PMI was designed for and they somehow managed to fuck that up as well.
Always read the fine print with those low APR or cash back incentives. Usually with low APR's the price of the car is inflated and the dealers won't let you negotiate much and with cash back they just tack it on to your principal. Sounds too good to be true, etc....
That was 4 years ago. Good luck now.
I stopped at the point where you said they don't have good financing. No dealerships have good financing. You buy the car and refinance with your bank, at least I do. The last car I bought, the dealership gave me a 7.9% APR with an 800 credit score. I refinanced with my bank for 5.5% APR.