More Musings and Random Ramblings

[Industrial Toys]

And teach them to be obedient consumers. You want a car with FINs this year, not next. You want Bell bottom jeans now, but can't be caught dead in them next year, for then you will want straight leg jeans! Oh the stupidity of it all!

 

[/pine]

In the past I have championed the unnecessary need to disclose the location of members in their member profiles...but over the past year or so I have determined that one benefit of being able to see where a member hails from (certain states in particular) can be a benefit of determining whether their opinion or comments are even worth clicking on or reading...it's like there is something in the water there that renders their posts inane and unworthy of consideration...in some cases location disclosure is better than the iggy button...

 

[Diggin It]

Oh, I don't know. I'd imagine there are at least a couple of normal people in CA. Maybe even in TX too.

 

[Frankenkubota]

There ya go, interjecting facts again.....

Facts? here's a one. as a culture, we do not value education. IMHO, the most important thing a culture can do is educate the population. A governments goal is exactly the opposite and brother, the govt is winning!

i've lived other places. As an example, in Italy, govt. school teachers are held in much higher esteem than engineers. i was married to a teacher in American school system for 25 years and knew tons of govt. teachers. Not the same.

On the many many occasions I was stuck at big long formal dinners where everyone spoke Italian, I learned to find one of the teenage children and spoke english to them, they loved it, good practice. Played lots of tic tac toe. Most of them knew more American history than I do!

it's not about money, we spend more per student than anyone. Its about caring. I know you care, and I care, but we don't care. We care about television and the NFL.

I've said it before, if you expect good education and don't get it, it's their fault. If you demand good education and don't get it, it's your fault. It's so much easier to say, they were supposed to do it, that's why I pay taxes.

BTW, 99% of the civil servants I've dealt with are pleasant, friendly and I wouldn't call them stupid at all. It takes a certain level of intelligence and common sense to see something, recognize it for what it is, accept it and then take advantage of the situation.

While I do not subscribe to nor practice the philosophy of guaranteed life time employment and all the other bennies related to govt. employment, those that do shouldnt be called stupid for simply taking advantage of a corrupt system. That's exactly what accountants and Lawyers do and some people respect them, not me!

 

[Citydude]

In the past I have championed the unnecessary need to disclose the location of members in their member profiles...but over the past year or so I have determined that one benefit of being able to see where a member hails from (certain states in particular) can be a benefit of determining whether their opinion or comments are even worth clicking on or reading...it's like there is something in the water there that renders their posts inane and unworthy of consideration...in some cases location disclosure is better than the iggy button...

And your location is????

 

[PILOON]

Yes Sir, you are 100% correct. And we also all know who the biggest tax dodger in all of America is....

You beat me to that reply-----------

 

[Egon]

You beat me to that reply-----------

You may find that there are more than one that make the one thought of a pauper.

 

[Diggin It]

Tick, tock, tick, tock, soon to be thread lock-o-clock.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Facts? here's a one. as a culture, we do not value education. IMHO, the most important thing a culture can do is educate the population. A governments goal is exactly the opposite and brother, the govt is winning!

i've lived other places. As an example, in Italy, govt. school teachers are held in much higher esteem than engineers. i was married to a teacher in American school system for 25 years and knew tons of govt. teachers. Not the same.

On the many many occasions I was stuck at big long formal dinners where everyone spoke Italian, I learned to find one of the teenage children and spoke english to them, they loved it, good practice. Played lots of tic tac toe. Most of them knew more American history than I do!

it's not about money, we spend more per student than anyone. Its about caring. I know you care, and I care, but we don't care. We care about television and the NFL.

I've said it before, if you expect good education and don't get it, it's their fault. If you demand good education and don't get it, it's your fault. It's so much easier to say, they were supposed to do it, that's why I pay taxes.

BTW, 99% of the civil servants I've dealt with are pleasant, friendly and I wouldn't call them stupid at all. It takes a certain level of intelligence and common sense to see something, recognize it for what it is, accept it and then take advantage of the situation.

While I do not subscribe to nor practice the philosophy of guaranteed life time employment and all the other bennies related to govt. employment, those that do shouldnt be called stupid for simply taking advantage of a corrupt system. That's exactly what accountants and Lawyers do and some people respect them, not me!

:drink:

 

[tallyho8]

Yes Sir, you are 100% correct. And we also all know who the biggest tax dodger in all of America is....

If I go to a tax CPA to get my taxes done and he finds all of the LEGAL ways for me to get tax deductions, this is not considered tax dodging, it is considered obeying the law.
No matter how rich a person is, they are not tax dodgers if they follow the tax laws. Do not accuse one person of being a tax dodger if he is just following the tax laws that were put in place by other politicians years ago. If you wish the tax laws changed, then vote for someone who wants to change the same tax laws that you do.