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Watched this woman scarf her #5 combo

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-11-05T17:33:27Z

on BART right below No Food or Drink sign.
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Palin Unleashes New Attack Against Obama On Coal - From The Road

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-11-03T08:54:07Z

More disinformation. Drudge is so damn transparent.
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Palin Unleashes New Attack Against Obama On Coal - From The Road

Campaigning in Ohio

Sarah Palin Got Pranked

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-11-01T13:38:15Z

This is classic! Sarah Palin is totally clueless.

@davewiner Do you have to wait 8 hours

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-31T12:29:13Z

to vote in rural Georgia? I think not. Urban (Obama likely) voters are getting supressed. How many will wait that long?
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Brit Hume is not good.

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-28T23:57:56Z

So many mistatements and mistakes in his broadcast tonight.
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| Joe the Plumber open to 2010 run

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-24T14:21:20Z

This is rich!
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Please Kerry, Murtha, Schumer, go on vacation for two weeks.

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-21T21:53:44Z

You guys are going to blow it with your gaffes. Stop trying to be funny and say McCain is in Depends (you never could tell a good joke). Don't call Pennsylvanians names (even if someone holds racist views, they don't want to be called one). Stop saying the election is over (because it is far from over). Just turn off your phones and stay the hell away from the mike. We don't need your help.

I'm getting scared about the next two weeks.

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-21T21:43:42Z

Obama is peaking in the polls. There are inevitable ebbs and flows in momentum. With the repubs going full-force with the socialist claims against Obama and making the claim that he is turning the IRS into a welfare agency, I think the claim may strike a chord. Some people will associate "welfare" as a keyword tied to African-Americans and the rightwing is trying to tie that to an Obama agenda. It's sick, but it might work.

Mohammed Atta and Barack Obama.

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-20T13:10:55Z

Here comes the slime. Just saw this ad on Drudge Report. Shows Mohammed Atta and Barack Obama in the same shot and says Obama supports giving drivers licenses to illegals. Fails to mention that Atta got his through legal means and he wasn't technically illegal.

The Tax System - Explained With Beer

Delta Pride (deltapride) — 2008-10-13T11:50:34Z

This is actually pretty good. The only problem is that the rich don't leave because they get treated better here than anywhere else in the world.

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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20."Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:

The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 ( 25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 ( 22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all.

The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists, lawyers and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.

For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.