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Just a discussion among friends. Nothing like those political or religious threads used to be over at MBO or TMC. Remember those Joel?

If Nixon was on the Ballot he would have my vote, check him out shreddin' it up!

Nixon Surfin Lake Norman

I thought this was "fun" and an interesting discussion to follow. I earned a star and got to watch Nixon wake surf - all in one day.

2 Points for Marine Tech...but watch out for him on halloween!   LOL

On the lighter side of things...and I mean this without any political leanings or bias...

What if a mythical giant used a huge sword to cut the legs out from under our system...what would grow back?

Riley, McCain is rolling through Ohio, hopefully his running mate will stop by, these photoshop pictures keep popping up everywhere and thats all i can think about lol

Well said Gary!

Am I a bad friend? I grew up with this guy and he knows how to work the system, he hasnt worked a day in his life..he was squeezing workers comp, getting dis-ability, selling his prescription every month for 1800.00...that m-fr was clearing more doe than you could imagine. well we were out one night and i wound up sitting at a table with a group of Workers comp people tipping a few...my friend was with me and he was out on the dance floor, I threw his name out there and it sparked one of the people's attention at the table, he replied with I know that name well. I said to him there he is out there doing the electric slide.....end of the free money, i feel guilty to this day about doing it and he doesnt know i did....but in my eyes it was a matter of principle....thats what kinda guy i am

Eric, I would consider doing what you did as being a good friend. What is he doing now?

And how does Stevens have the 'nads to not step down?!!? He's up for re-election and says he won't take his name off of the ballot!

We could talk about Kennedy and others as well.

Is it not amazing how we have become a world of enablers? I was hoping to hear that it forced him to get a job and/or create a purpose for himself.

"Someone" will become the next President. Politics will always drive us crazy.

Greg, maybe that's why they call it "parties". We all need a way to vent. It's good to know that they each have a "party".

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I have no problem with the right to carry a firearm, my issue is with assult weapons and I although I used the Uzi incident as an example I feel it applies to "assault" rifles as well. I just don't see where those weapons are neccesary to have around.


Sorry to bring up the gun issue again but I just read this thread and feel compelled to speak up.
What Makes a weapon an assault weapon? Auto, semi auto, high cap mags, mean looks or a well known name? Or is it just one that is used to assault someone?
Because it reloads itself it's worse? A wheel gun shoots again as soon as you pull the trigger so whats the difference? most 22's are semi-auto now so does that make it an assault weapon? Full autos are illegal unless you have an FFA, and your not allowed to just carry one around as a personal defense weapon, just get caught with one and it's automatic 10 years federal time. So lets get real here, should you be allowed to own a gun and have a chance to defend yourself or your family from criminals who are going to have them even if you outlaw guns? There are always going to be idiots, do we outlaw cars because they kill? maybe just big cars? how about knives? just sharp ones? baseball bats? scissors? BOATING? Commit a violent crime with a weapon and you should go to jail or the gallows, for good. We have plenty of gun laws. Just enforce them and stop worrying about what name brand gun I choose to own.

thanks to you I do now.....

Imputed income is wealth created or acquired internally, or from non-cash sources.

An example of imputed income is a farmer who builds a table instead of buying one. The market value of the table—minus any cost from wood and nails—is the farmer’s imputed income, or the net increase in wealth he now has from construction of the table. The farmer might ordinarily purchase his table from the neighboring carpenter, but be dissuaded from doing so because of a sales or income tax which increases the sales price and makes building the table—instead of buying it—more attractive.

HA HA, LEE! We know the same farmer.

How about an answer a little closer to HOME?

A house in your neighborhood rents for $2000. Your mortage payment is $1000. The difference is 1k right? That becomes imputed income that will be fully taxable at the end of the year. So, $12,000 is added to your income for tax purposes and might even push you into the next bracket!!!

If you have worked hard and minded your expenses you may OWN your home. In that case you'd add an additional $24,000 to the year end totals?!!?

The gun that the 8 year old shot himself with was a fully automatic machine gun. They are illegal to own except for some government agencies or very few people who can get a license to own one. They couldn't be any more restricted than they already are.

It was totally irresponsible of the father and the gun owner to let that kid touch it. They both should be held responsible. Letting an 8 year old fire a machine gun is no different than letting him take off in your airplane or rice rocket. There is no law you can pass to prevent stupidity.