Mal ,'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
<warms up the localized version of planet killing laser>
Hee.
First came the Death Star
And then came the ray
There went my planet
All over the place . . .
Am I the only one who heard this at conventions back in the '80s? Really? 'Cause if so, I need to polish my uber-geek badge, and possibly add a ribbon of some kind.
We'll need a big breakthrough and maybe a big paradigm shift in physics if humans will ever travel between the stars. I think making intelligent machines to travel between the stars seems more likely. Humans and the baggage needed to transport present a lot of mass to accelerate.
Oh the mention of taxes reminds of Zell Miller last night. He thinks a consumption tax will get rid of the IRS-- yeah, right. A consumption tax is just an income tax - savings.
So you remember how Princess Leia walked while in disguise, but you don't remember the Death Star's big laser of planetary doom?
I'm bad. Very, very bad.
You know, I just couldn't watch Zell Miller. Was he any good?
A consumption tax is just an income tax - savings.
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
msbelle!
Finally looked this up: 2003 estimate 628,670 people in the city. That's not for the whole metro area, obviously, but I told you! (er except I'm seeing estimates of 2.5 for the metro area not including DC. But whatever!) The state has 5.5 million all told.
I think Tuesday just kicked my ass and took its name back.
Stupid Tuesday. I like my name better, anyway.
It can also be a sales tax or a VAT.
That seems to be coming up a bit lately. I don't know that you can really make it work without really putting it to the lower and middle class. You can exempt things like food, clothing, and medicine but then you need like a 30-40% tax. That would be kinda tough. Sure, you aren't paying income taxes but people with lower incomes don't pay all that much income tax as it is.
Am I the only one who heard this at conventions back in the '80s?
One thing remaining that needs no explaining,
There's less where there once was more.
I'm looking over a small gray boulder
That was Alderaan before!
Yes, that's it!