The Guardian is reporting that the U.S. has requested UK troops to fill in for Americans south of Baghdad, while US troops undertake operations against "terrorists" elsewhere in the country. It is speculated that it will be the U,K's Black Watch regiment that replaces them. Is that a cool name or what?
Teresa Heinz Kerry paid an overall average federal tax rate of 12.4% on her millions in 2003. Many will point out the hypocrisy of her husband wanting to increase taxes when he himself is avoiding paying "his fair share." But that may be missing the bigger picture.
I am a simple woman and I look at things in a simple way. Kerry has promised a great deal if he becomes President and it takes money to deliver on those promises. He has said that he will rollback the tax cuts and increase taxes on those making over $200,000.
Now lets think about that. One does not make over $200,000 a year by being stupid. And even if you are stupid, you hire tax lawyers who are not. Teresa is a perfect example of this. Does anyone think for a moment she is the only millionaire paying an average 12.4% tax rate? I think we know that everyone with a great deal of money has a tax accountant on hand to make sure they get to keep as much as they can. So doesn't this mean that rolling back the tax cuts and imposing new taxes will not really generate the needed cash Kerry needs to fund his promises????
Hey, I'm not an accountant. Just a simple woman. Correct me if I am wrong.
Reagan understood that lower tax rates means more money in consumer's pockets and more money spent in the economy. Bush understands that too. And for all those out there thinking "greedy Republicans," you might be interested to know that during the Reagan years when tax rates were at their lowest, people gave more to charities than ever before. We aren't greedy, we just like to give money to charities that we know are doing the best jobs in helping the poor and needy.
ABC reports: Republicans have better sex than democrats. Is anyone surprised by this?
Have you read about the exchange between Ed Gillespie of the Republican national Committee and Jehmu S. Green, President of Rock the Vote regarding the phony draft scare and MTV's copy of a draft notice signed by Rumsfield on it's website? Fred Schoeneman has it and the screenshot of the draft notice. Jehmu responds to Gillespie's complaints saying that Bush or "for even that matter Kerry" cannot guarantee that there will be no draft and that no one trusts their promises. Then why bring it up as an election issue? How does bringing the draft into it help the youth to decide who to vote for if both men agree on the issue?????
Because we all know it's not about the draft issue, it's about not voting for Bush. The draft notice isn't signed by a fictional Sec. Of Defense. It's signed by the Sec. Of Defense under Bush.
It's all about deception.
UPDATE: INDC Journal is reporting that MTV has change the signature on the draft notice to 'Charles Rangel.'
If you are under the impression that they are now trying to be fair or even placate the Republicans, think again. It is all about thier 'non-partisan' status. Wouldn't want to put that in jeopardy, now would we? Then people would think you were just a partisan hack. Yeah.
Funny Quote of the day:
"What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit,to do the unnecessary." -- Richard Harkness, The New York Times, 1960
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