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Be honest: Do you pay more than Mitt?

Obama could have done that, or canceled the project. He didn't. You are remembering that Obama took office in Jan 09, right? "With construction beginning in mid-2005, the original target completion date was September 2007." "In May 2008, US diplomats began moving into the embassy." "A new embassy opened in January 2009 in the Green Zone in Baghdad." So, he was supposed to cancel a near completed project? "The price tag for all of this will run about $3.5 billion a year. So far, Kennedy says, Congress has helped." A year.

Do you actually think Newt is an Evangelical?

Is that "all" he spent money on? Seems Obama was foisting his health care "reform" on the public (really the best timing?), continuing to spend 100's of billions on those wars, AND was not fighting the Republicans to eliminate the tax cuts of Bush or add new taxes. He continued to spend beyond our means and did it in an egregious manner.

Obama could have done that, or canceled the project. He didn't.

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Oooh, points for an inside joke that only a poster with history could make! Only if it occurs on the Inter-Glacier.

Given the amount of money they have to give to their leaders every time the leaders proclaim a new apocalypse, that's not surprising. The sheep get fleeced so the pigs can wear wool suits. http://life.nationalpost.com/2012/01/26/b-c-polygamist-tells-court-hes-paid-church-for-15-separate-apocalypses/ FLDS not LDS. Mitt is in the mainstream version. As for fleecing, left-wing non-church goers have their own apocalypses they peddle, no? You know like the "crisis" of global warming which will destroy the world if we don't pay hundreds of billions now and for ever...

Let go of the hate, Rob.

Well, I don't know how LDS spends its tithed collections, but assume at least a good portion of it goes towards some "good" whether direct and physical or intangible and emotional/spiritual. And of course there is overhead - LDS like all organizations of course has to pay salaries, and maintenance and upkeep of structures, utilities bills, etc. I do know a few members of this church and they appear to live modestly, and I judge that a lot more favorably than non-church goers that live relatively-more extravagantly. I would agree that there are churches out there that feed a small hierarchy with a pretty good lifestyle (good old Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's abuses come to mind)

Would it ever even happen? Thing about "idea" guys who talk a lot... well often doesn't happen. Although Barack did manage to talk a lot and spend a ton.

With the exception of my sleeping bag I have yet to take any down garment to Alaska. I've done five trips (not counting ice climbing trips in Valdez) to climb in different parts of Alaska since 2009 in either winter, spring, summer and fall. My choice of kit in Alaska is based on my experiences climbing in the lower 48 (OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, CA, CAN). Down garments potentially have a place in one's kit but that is for each person to figure out for themself hopefully before they tackle their bigger objective. What do you bring, John, and for what temps? I've only got two puffies myself - a ginormous-looking NF Nuptse and a light synthetic compressor. Not sure when I'd be in the market for a new coat, but should I keep getting out in Winter or headed up to Denali, I may.

I saw a similar comparison and the numbers I remember were Romney and Barry each at around 13-14% and Newt at about 3%. The latter is nothing to be proud of, but for the other two, if you consider they each are just about matching their federal taxes with charitable contributions dollar for dollar, you have to comment them for it (and please, let's not go into nitpicking if one gave to a Church and the other to support the arts or whatever)

FOUR MORE YEARS!

Gute Nacht!

In the spirit of MiloshK, every day I am training to be PNW's strongest functional funboy... Whatcha drinkin' tonight, Sobo? I'm enjoying some nice cognac myself...

Screw Eddie VH. Michael Schenker

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As opposed to Barry, who is sooo in touch with the average Joe...

guess ZimZam posts too much political commentary, then ;-)

And what is the need for sharing private information that you know about bone to the forum? If he wants to share it, he can do it himself.

The truth is "out there". Pun intended.

Yep.