Ugh. I can't get over how angry and stupid I feel. Geez. I really would have registered if I had known.

Also, why is this eating at me? Seriously. I'm going to be inconvenienced for a couple of hours and it feels like I'm paying to go to jury duty or something.

FWIW, the only people I've encountered making this argument are conservative wingers. Which, okay, I guess they'd know. But somehow I kinda find myself questioning their motivation in making it.

I've seen it mentioned as a fear/concern on some of the African-American political blogs.

It wasn't a typo, it was a thinko.

Oh, flea, I am so madly in love with this.

Most of the women say that he shouldn't be running at all because he'll be leaving his little girls without a father as soon as he's inaugurated.

Augh, that's heartbreaking. And I can't say that I firmly believe that they're wrong. I have heard political junkies on other websites float the idea that whoever wins the nomination should immediately pick the other as a running mate, because it'd lessen the chances of an assassination attempt -- most of the people who'd be crazy enough to try to kill one of them would likely regard the other as even worse, and even among the outright batshit crazies the numbers of those both crazy enough to attempt a double assassination and competent enough to come close to succeeding are very, very tiny.

It depresses me even more that every time I read the comments thread on virtually any major news site, this train of thought seems perfectly wise and rational.

But I think the discussion will be both more productive and more fun if we talk about who will make the better President rather than who will make the better candidate. Cause there is real evidence for taking positions on the former,not so much for taking positions on the latter.

The "horse race" aspect of the whole Clusterfuck To The White House drives me insane. The list of past adequate-to-great presidents who would've made shitty, shitty candidates under the present system is ridiculously long, and the list of recent poor-to-middling candidates who probably would have done a fantastic job as president is getting longer by the day. The two have so damn little to do with each other, and yet everything, everything hinges on the least relevant one.

I get the angry, but don't feel stupid. This sounds like a total assy gotcha maneuver by the city.

Ugh. I can't get over how angry and stupid I feel. Geez. I really would have registered if I had known.

Angry, fine, but that last sentence right there is exactly why you shouldn't feel stupid, not in the least. If anyone -- the IRS website, your agent, one of the fellow writers who guided you through this whole thing, an accountant at your publisher's, anyone had told you, you'd have taken care of it. Don't feel stupid because you failed to psychically intuit some bizarro aspect of an arcane LA County tax law.

But I think the discussion will be both more productive and more fun if we talk about who will make the better President rather than who will make the better candidate. Cause there is real evidence for taking positions on the former,not so much for taking positions on the latter.

The "horse race" aspect of the whole Clusterfuck To The White House drives me insane.

I'm a weird sort of political junkie, because I enjoy the candidacies, and I enjoy talking/speculating about them. Possibly more so than talking about what kind of president Clinton or Obama would make. Because the qualities that make someone a "good candidate" are not necessarily the qualities that make someone a "good president." And I find that interesting.

Well, the problem is the city doesn't tell you until after you file taxes with 1099.

The docs office today was surprisingly quick. That's what happens when they squeeze you in as the first appointment. We have to go back on monday.

Don't feel stupid because you failed to psychically intuit some bizarro aspect of an arcane LA County tax law.

What JZ said. I have a tendency to beat myself up over things, but I think in this instance, it's okay not to feel stupid and just say, "WTF, government, WTFingF?

The docs office today was surprisingly quick. That's what happens when they squeeze you in as the first appointment.

crosses fingers that works. I have the first or second appt tomorrow at a new dr. and then next week at mac's led dr. My plan is to arrive when the office opens and hope things go fast.

I just wrote to my agent to let her other clients know that LA does this. I'm sure it's because there are so many people in LA who fall into a Creative Artist category.

The exemption is only for those making under 300K.

I wish they publicized this.