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Am I the only one who rides a dual suspension mountain bike with slicks on it instead of a road bike?

Yes, if you're paranoid it's not a bad idea. I have a series mode surge protector between my servers' UPS and the wall socket.

Then he's a fool if he thinks the gov't is more deserving of his money than private charity.

Then why should we raise taxes to give the gov't more money again? :scratch: You just enumerated the reason why we shouldn't give them one cent more and why we shouldn't let them raise taxes. Gov't spending is out of control. No matter how much money they take, they'll never have enough...

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Slow down there ace... I didn't say he's a coward because he disagrees with me. I called him a coward because he clearly doesn't act on his beliefs. I'm not the hypocrite, he is. But, I'm told my belief that he's a hypocrite is simplistic. I disagree. If his beliefs were so strong he'd...

I disagree. He's just a coward. Clearly his political beliefs take a back seat behind his wallet.

Well, that's primarily not what they're designed to do. They have relatively low joule ratings for maximum surge absorption. There are also extensive arguments about the effectiveness of MOV based surge protection schemes.

He could lead by example. Actions speak louder than words.

He intentionally invests his money in ways to avoid paying taxes and then complains about the fact that the system lets him dodge taxes. Uh... No one forced him to invest his money in tax shelters like tax free municipal bonds. If he really felt that it was unfair that he can dodge taxes he...

FWIW, UPS's aren't very good surge protectors.

At least in mountain bike land, bike prices seem to be about 2x where they were about 7-8 years ago, which is about 2x where they were another 7-8 years earlier. I can't think of anything else that gone up in that much in price over the same timeframe (commodities aside).

When Warren writes a big check to the treasury I'll listen to him. Until then he's just a rich hypocrite.

So, when did bike tires get so expensive? Even cheap tires are about $20 each. Higher end tires are closer to $40'ish. Last time I bought tires they were $13 each and $15 each respectively and they weren't the cheapest ones out there.

No, but it's Lunar. We never get straight answers to any question, so I'm not too worried about it.

It's probably comparable to what they offer over here. Virtually none. :owneddnce:

Careful you don't wear it out by copying it too much.

I love Amazon... 1 for $29.99 2 pack for $68.35 3 pack for $96.31 :bstd:

Why did you have "buttered" popcorn in your underwear?

Well, 47% of all federal taxpayers pay no federal income tax != the bottom 47% of of all federal taxpayers pay no federal income tax. Here's the story with the numbers in it.

His numbers weren't quite right. About 47% of federal tax payers pay no federal income tax. That doesn't consider state, social security, or medicare. The AGI for the middle is about $33k. Keep in mind that the statistic isn't that the bottom 47% of federal tax payers pay federal income tax.

What sort of bots did you use?

That's it!!! America is doomed! :erm:

What was up with the downtime today?

The gov't will never do it because they enjoy using the tax code to control people and their behavior. They will never give up that control.

That's precisely my point though. They're not really covering those costs now. The people who buy their products are covering the costs. The companies not in the US don't have those costs baked into their products and have a competitive advantage as a result.

Frankly we should set the corporate tax rate to 0%. Corporations don't pay taxes, it's just a cost they pass on to their customers. By having the highest corporate tax rate in the world we simply make it harder for companies in the US to compete with international corporations that are located...

There's a big difference between having the highest corporate tax rate and having the lowest. I'm not saying we need to have the lowest, but having the highest doesn't help.

You're overlooking that a large portion of the people in gov't want to create a permanent underclass that's both a voting majority and completely dependent on the gov't for their survival so they will have power in perpetuity.

You can't possibly think this will work do you? People can and will find ways around the taxes. They always do. There's a reason why the gov't only collects about 19.5% of GDP in taxes no matter what the tax rates or tax code. Regardless though we shouldn't punish people for being...

I don't think so...

It's a perfect analogy. Who cares if it's not original to me? But, somehow it's perfectly acceptable when the media and democrats have conference calls to get their messages on the same page where they use the same catch phrase over and over to pound a message home...

:erm: Reince Priebus, RNC Chairman is an idiot. Just like Boehner and McConnell. They could have actually done something... What they were actually sent to Washington to do, cutting spending. Instead they gave Obama exactly what he wanted, a lifeline to 2012. All the while they tell us this...

It is crystal clear but you need to take off your gov't colored glasses. The gov't doubled it's revenue take while Reagan was president. Unfortunately the democrats who controlled spending (Congress) tripled the spending. What's clear from the last 30 years is: Cutting taxes stimulates the...

But that's not good enough. It's not fair that they pay the same rate. We need to punish success!

The poor do pay the lowest rates. They pay 0% or even negative rates when it comes to effective federal income tax rates. Exactly how much lower do you want it? As of 2008, the top 50% of taxpayers paid 97.3% of the taxes and the bottom 50% paid 2.7%. The top 10% of taxpayers (AGI >$113,799)...

This is already law. It's called PAYGO. The most recent version has been on the books since Feb 12th 2010 They just ignore it.

Tell me about it... I hate it when that happens.

I'm not a big fan Ron Paul person, but he pretty much hit the nail on the head.

As are all the things JTR complained about. If he doesn't like the salary Ford pays Alan Mulally, don't buy a Ford.

Do you get outraged at the salaries of professional athletes too? What about the fact that tickets to an average professional sporting event cost so much? What about the cost of concessions at the those events? How about the salaries of celebrities and the cost of movies?

Funny, because I'm really certain the answer isn't never. Even if it was, we know the answer to converse question, "When was the last time raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations caused them to hire more people?", is indeed absolutely never. How come every time the gov't cuts taxes their...

Uh... Even if the debt ceiling isn't raised that doesn't happen. The gov't isn't at any real risk of default. They take in more money each month than is needed to service the debt. The whole thing is a bunch of ruling class spin. Tell everyone the world is going to end if they don't support...

Nonsense! We'll just continue to spend more and more every year. That's the plan of both parties in Washington. The "cuts" are simply reductions in how more they will spend each year. There is no plan to actually spend less than they did the previous year. To give you an idea how messed up...

Yes, so I can be a sheep just like everyone else. :tdown: Good thing Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers didn't listen to people like you. I'd be remiss if I didn't bring up what the New York Times wrote about Robert H. Goddard (one of the fathers of rocketry) in 1920 where they baiscally...

That's what you get when you believe everything you see on CNN.

As Chewy points out that is not correct. XP64 has native GPT support.

I don't agree, but I hear this mantra repeated over and over. Could you please explain to me what alternate economic theory does work? Is there evidence somewhere that shows that confiscating 90% of the income of "rich" people and giving it to the "poor" via gov't program and tax credits leads...

Please... The average American understands at some level what those in Washington are unable or unwilling to understand at any level. You don't have to go to Harvard or Yale to get it. You don't have to be considered "smart" by the media to get it. The fact is you can't spend more money than...

Of course anyone who doesn't agree with you is intelligent... ;) Uh... What exactly do you think the debt limit is for? It's to limit spending. To prevent you from racking up future bills. If you're just going to raise it every time you get near it why have it in the first place? Washington...