minx

you know i'm a big fan of muffy. what i was wondering is where she pulled the specific 3% number. if there was a credible source behind a number that low, i'd go out of my way to find it and study up a bit. i've assumed that much like our state sales tax basic necessities such as groceries would be exempt so that it would not result in an undue burden on those with less.

no sarcasm intended here: where did you come up w/3% as a suitable number. i've always thought a flat tax might not be a bad way to go but i've leaned more towards a national sales tax in lieu of an income tax.

miss backpacker competition some excerpts: SYDNEY (Reuters) - It's a long way from diamante tiaras, satin sashes and a heartfelt desire for world peace, but competition at Miss Backpacker 2004 is hot. At the KingsX Hotel in Sydney's notorious red light district, around 200 mainly British backpackers lured by the promise of "ravishing bosomed beauties" crowd the low-lit bar to see four girls battle it out in the latest heat of Miss Backpacker and the chance to win A$1,000 ($781). "My mum's a big feminist, if she knew I was doing this, she'd kill me," said Fernandez, who lists her hobbies as drinking and soccer. Huge cheers erupt when statuesque British blonde Vix Stevens, fresh from a wet T-shirt contest in Queensland, takes the swimwear section by storm as she rips off her black bikini top and springs into a topless handstand. "Goddamit, you're a pretty cow aren't you, just stay a meter and a half from me, you're making me look like a truck driver," boomed Miss Penny, wearing a red sequined dress, as while introducing nervous 18-year-old Philippa Craig from Reading. As the market gets more picky, the backpacker industry has been forced to raise its standards. And many businesses have found there's plenty of money to be made. The Wake Up! hostel near Sydney's central station, one of Australia's biggest, is packed with 500 backpackers paying a minimum of A$25 a night to stay in the hostel with its seven themed levels and its own range of smiley face merchandise.

jon- STFU! that's just a low blow

ahhh gee thanks! you're so thoughtful thinker. yeah, those laces sure do make those dancin shoes adjustable. you must have pretty small feet though...

jon- i think you just found a new autosig.

shoot! i wondered where i left those!

i've wondered the same thing. now i know.

Yes, dancing shoes. i think he meant

yeah and you're about one toe from being over the line mister. i'll rip your eyes out and serve them up in a nice pesto sauce and bottle of wine if you don't STFU and behave yourself.

paristology will do that to you. there should be a warning before you register for that course. it's not for the faint of heart or stomach

i'm confused. why don't you folks just keep spraying as you were? not like anythings changed about spray except trask being gone.

You might be one of the cry babies trying to soothe the subject of a whining minx. WWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i just want the spray to go back to the way it was: when the vulgarity involved some shred of wit and the pointless debates were argued with a fervor normally reserved for a baptist minister's sunday sermon.

very good einstein but you forgot to show your work.

has someone else already posted this? i'm having a deja vu moment. (and no i don't mean wearing a g-string on stage)super size it January 22, 2004 -- LAST February, Morgan Spurlock decided to become a gastronomical guinea pig. His mission: To eat three meals a day for 30 days at McDonald's and document the impact on his health. Scores of cheeseburgers, hundreds of fries and dozens of chocolate shakes later, the formerly strapping 6-foot-2 New Yorker - who started out at a healthy 185 pounds - had packed on 25 pounds. But his supersized shape was the least of his problems. Within a few days of beginning his drive-through diet, Spurlock, 33, was vomiting out the window of his car, and doctors who examined him were shocked at how rapidly Spurlock's entire body deteriorated. "It was really crazy - my body basically fell apart over the course of 30 days," Spurlock told The Post. His liver became toxic, his cholesterol shot up from a low 165 to 230, his libido flagged and he suffered headaches and depression.

nothing i hope. i just pointed it out b/c most political discussions occur in spray. since matt doesn't moderate spray he can't apply any "mocking moderation" here so i don't see what FW's problem is.

veggie, you and fairweather might both note that mattp doesn't moderate spray. in fact ehmmic doesn't moderate spray.

Don't confuse income tax with corporate tax. cbs- i am not confused. both are a fine way to generate revenue for the government.

i question Gen. Clark's background for dealing with domestic economic issues. Corporations are already shipping plenty of jobs overseas at an alarming rate. This might increase if their taxes were to go up as they would under Gen. Clark's proposition. Fewer jobs is a bad thing of the economy as a whole and the citizens as individuals regardless of their salary. i certainly am not opposed to expanded social programs, particularly universal health care. h/e we need the tax base to support these programs. Stifling job growth won't help improve the available money to fund these programs.

hey mr. droolalot- you can kiss my lilly white ass. i was making a point. i have not banned ANYBODY! not one single person including trask. trask contributed a lot of wit and humor. he also contributed and equal amount of pointless drivel that was on occasion offensive. and i'm damn near unoffendable. so SHUTTHEFUCKUP

i loathe myself for doing this but i just can't help it i have been interested in Gen. Clarke's candicacy for a while. he seems to have more background for dealing with foreign policy than any of the other dem. candidates. h/e, a michale moore endorsement does nothing to sway me toward him. i think M.M. has latched on to great ideas in the past and then run so far to the left w/his theories that he ruins valid arguments. so what if i don't have a million dollars? does that mean i should be any less interested in policies that affect my bottom line? i consider myself successful despite my lack of a 7 figure income. BUT to distel's comment. There is nothing yet that makes me think charging into Iraq was anything but a personal agenda for Shrub. I'm pleased to see any candidate that understands this.

hey in my work i strive to be consistent!

how many people do you think have been banned lately? what do you think they've been banned for doing? strident opinions won't get you banned or even moderated, especially in spray. how much moderation do you think is going on in this forum? answer-VERY VERY VERY LITTLE. other forums definitely have tighter behaviour requirements AS THEY SHOULD! pointless vulgarity will get your post deleted. repeated offenses might get you banned. MIGHT and not by me. opening spray and having to go talk to my boss or HR becaue of something that was posted is REALLY irritating. Particulary if it was posted for shock value. Face it sprayers, you're not shocking anyone any more. IN CLOSING: SHUT UP AND QUIT WHINING ABOUT STUFF THAT ISN'T HAPPENING. GO WHINE TO YOUR IMAGINARY FRIENDS B/C THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GETTING BANNED

i would just like to say to all of you whining about banning and shit. stFUCKu

yes patagonia is also acceptable attire for spewing beta.