This guy was my base commander when I was stationed in the UK. He was a great boss then, seems like nothing has changed in the last 7-8 years.

How long until the news syndicates catch onto this and (try to) tie it to climate change/global warming?

>> ^mxxcon:
what does having a 'top security' clearance have to do with child porn? <IMG class=smiley src="http://static1.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/oops.gif">


Having something like that in their background makes the person vulnerable to blackmail. Same reason we don't let people with lots of debt have clearances.

>> ^Fusionaut:
Yet, this is videosift, not titlesift.>> ^messenger:
The First Amendment is no more dead now than when Nixon flouted it. This title is sensationalistic. Otherwise, I would have upvoted it, because the content is good.



Agreed.

*beg one last time.

*beg

Was hoping to see a crash...is that wrong?

*beg

You watch too much CNN. I'm in the US military and your statement does not wash. Personal experience beats the fantasy you watch on TV.

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Well that depends. For instance I blame our government for being terrorists around the world against the American peoples wishes and inciting rage against America by the victims of our terror.

*beg (Though I shouldn't have to...)

WTF does "In 3D and 2D in select theaters" mean? It means I won't be seeing it in the theater!

Amazing. Islamic Terrorists orchestrate the worst attack on American soil in history, and the American people are up in arms against our government over it? Our government has things it needs to be held accountable for, but this is not one of them. The deficit, ongoing struggle in the middle east and economy are all topics worthy of government accountability. This is a waste of time.

Sometimes I get the idea that mathematicians are starved for social interaction!

At least he was wearing goggles.

>> ^Winstonfield_Pennypacker:
The abolition of Income Tax and the instution of some sort of Fair Tax is the only solution we need here. Ultimately speaking though, what really needs to happens is a reduction of the U.S. Corporate tax rate. The whole "Tax cuts for the Rich" argument the neolib left always makes is pure bunk. The progressive income tax has set things up so that the top 10% are paying 60% of the taxes, and the bottom 50% are paying only 5%. The only taxes left to cut ARE taxes on "the rich", because they're the only ones paying federal taxes any more.


I guess you missed the part where the senator said that the top 1% makes the same amount of money as the bottom 50%. So even with a flat tax rate using your numbers, the top 1% would pay 5% of the taxes, and the bottom 50% would pay 5%. The other 90% of taxes collected would come from the 51-99 percentile bracket. It's not a far stretch to show that the top 10% of income earners would pay 60% of taxes, even at a flat tax rate!

By making the tax a progressive tax, you move the tax burden to the class of people who can afford it the most. A 1% increase on someone who makes $1M a year would pay a whopping extra $10k. Next to $1M, 10K is nothing when you look at quality of life and living expenses. But take an extra 1% from someone who makes $25K is $250 dollars. That's $250 from the class of people least able to afford it. There is a reason that people in this bracket get tax breaks.

Why do we keep having this discussion? The math is easy. Common sense should prevail, yet does not.