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I'm am having the pleasure of conversing pleasantly with an off shore tech support person right now, who wishes to address me in as polite and satisfactory manner as possible!

I'm not wondering.

the substance of JayB's rant is "but they're broker" and it's a hell of a lot better to be broke in Europe.

OK then Sobo, just a big heads up then, do not, that's NOT look up the web site G-spotter linked: lemonparty.org, or your eyes will burn and fall out of your face for sure. "...disgraceful" may seem minor in comparison. Damn Drew Which one is Kevbone? Fixed the quote Paul SO, dual citizenship is bad...how? Dual citizenship is just smart. A hall pass to live and work in Europe? Oh, no thanks: Proud to be an American. Europe's a shithole. I prefer Black Diamond.

It's spelled 'chamois'. 'Chamy' wasn't gay enough, apparently.

Yeah, that YOU KNIGHTED NATIONS is a force to be reckoned with

I'm goin all NWOL on yo ass n shit

Incarceration rates have skyrocketed not due to skyrocketing violent crime, which has famously decreased since the early 90s. They've skyrocketed because of a) the War on Drugs and b) mandatory sentencing laws, like 3 strikes, that remove judicial discretion and c) longer sentences in general. 52% of all federal, and 20% of all state prisoners, are in for drug offenses. Interesting, drug use in the US has not gone down at all since the War on Drugs began in 71 under Nixon. According to a 2008 report comparing drug use among 17 nations, we remain the highest nation on earth in terms of illicit drug use. For example, an American is 4 times as likely to have used cocaine than a citizen of any other country. And, speaking of coke, the price per gram has dropped more than 4 times since the early 80s, when Reagan really stepped up the War on Drugs. Average purity has increased by more than 50% during the same period. Pot, for its part, is now 20 times more potent. At least the War on Drugs did that for us.

End of an era.

If it passes in Cali, WA's gonna be on that shit so fuckin fast....

Bong Hits for Jesus.

YOu gotta love guys that drop the 'y' from 'Randy' for enhanced gravitas. Can anyone explain to me what un-American actually means?

ACLU and others file class action lawsuits to block the Arizona Law Looks like the boycotts are starting to bite, too. AZ gov just established a commission to figure out how to bring business back into the state LOL. Arizona has fucked itself, and it's really not gonna get much in return. Realistically, the new law will have little to no effect in stopping illegal immigration. Classic example of Right Wing Stupid.

Early Polls Show California's Cannabis Legalization Initiative 2010 close but winning

Thanks for the link. I found Steve Thompson's stuff earlier. He's good.

Constitutional democracy. Tyranny of the majority and all that. Look it up. Look up 'synonym', while you're at it.

Actually, your facts are really only factoids.

You're entitled to your facts, and I'm entitled to opposite facts.

The US is most certainly still a democracy, its just that a large percentage of the population is either too stupid or lazy to wield it properly.

You must be at work already. Get to the store, beyotch!

Um...what crime wave? Crime has been decreasing over the long term since the early 90s. More Right wing bullshit. I was watching Faux News yesterday. The diet of bullshit they feed their viewers never changes. Terrorism. Crime. Dems who fuck up. Repeat.

Well, I ain't doin it for a hobby.

I will pm you, just a couple of questions first. I do not intend to have employees or multiple shareholders, nor will I be incurring any losses. I'd like to 1) deduct health care premiums and 2) split revenue into salary and distributions (slated to go back into the business), thus avoiding paying self-employment tax on those distributions. Can you deduct health care premiums with an LLC? I don't think you can do the distribution thing with an LLC, but that's probably less of a big deal, particularly considering the added complexity of an s corp versus an LLC.

You have employees. My questions center the tax structure of a solo venture. Get your accountant to log on and spray.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-07-20/news/17173999_1_immigration-status-el-salvador-illegal-immigrant Slaying suspect once found sanctuary in S.F. Years before he was accused of killing a man and his two sons, Edwin Ramos was a teen criminal shielded by city from deportation July 20, 2008|By Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer The man charged with killing a father and two sons on a San Francisco street last month was one of the youths who benefited from the city's long-standing practice of shielding illegal immigrant juveniles who committed felonies from possible deportation, The Chronicle has learned. Edwin Ramos, now 21, is being held on three counts of murder in the June 22 deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16. They were shot near their home in the Excelsior district when Tony Bologna, driving home from a family picnic, briefly blocked the gunman's car from completing a left turn down a narrow street, police say. For fuck's sake Fairweather, I wasn't saying that it doesn't happen, I'm saying that in my personal experience sample rape is a much larger issue than firearms assault by illegal immigrants, and your cherry picked citation makes me conclude that as usual, you can't cope with concept when your position is factually indefensible. Your, you're, yeah, way to refute content Professor. There'a a lot of 'popular wisdom' and implication out there, mostly coming from the Right, that illegals increase crime rates, but there are no studies out there that support that assertion. One geographically limited study actually indicated the opposite. Hannity suggested today that we give illegals long prison terms...um, yeah, kinda hard to find a prison bed these days, with 2.3 million people already filling them. Illegal immigration is a problem. The Arizona puts Arizona's entire hispanic population under suspicion and opens them up for harassment, but will have little effect. The only way to address the problem is to change the incentives for those wanting to cross over, and that means providing a viable guest worker program as a alternative. The Arizona law, being broad brushed, constitutionally questionable, poorly thought out, and punitive rather than incentive based, will join a long line of Just-Say-No, Zero-Tolerance, Punishment-Junky policy failures so cherished by the Rfucks, who seem to have a great deal of trouble figuring out what makes human beings tick.