It's wind powered, the fruit roll-up is used as a sail.

Heh.

You need to add Gumi bears as passengers.

Heading down to Dad's for Thanksgiving, as usual.

I have less issues with bread than I did even two months ago, but I still can't eat a lot of it. I can finally eat a wrap, but a real sandwich with two pieces of bread is still too much for me. I do occasionally get a biscuit to eat for breakfast along with my two breakfast sausages, one hard-boiled egg, and small plate of fruit.

You need to add Gumi bears as passengers.

But not Rummy Bears, because drinking and driving is bad, mmm-kay? (Well, not drinking so much as absorbing)

re: OWS, is Russell Simmons shitting me?

He's so sad that his secretary pays more taxes? You know what? Nothing prevents you from writing a check from the IRS applying her rate to your money. Or from instructing your accountants to not use loopholes. Or taking a smaller profit by using US labor instead of having your shit made in China.

You are actually in a position to put your money where your mouth is. The mental gymnastics and dissonance are killing me.

I haven't read the Russell Simmons thing, but I don't think it's necessarily contradictory to want to hang on to one's own money and to believe the rich (including one's self) should pay more taxes.

eta: Also, businesses have an obligation to their shareholders to maximize corporate profits by taking advantage of every legal option to reduce their expenses and taxes.

I'm failing to see how it is not contradictory to bitch and bitch about how little you pay in taxes...and then not pay the taxes, when you clearly can.

Bitty potato cubes as opposed to the shredded style.

Aha.

I'm failing to see how it is not contradictory to bitch and bitch about how little you pay in taxes...and then not pay the taxes, when you clearly can.

I can't speak to Russell Simmons, but I know it's the case with Warren Buffett, and not because of loopholes or anything else. It's because so much of his income is capital gains, which are taxed much less than paycheck type income. He does his own taxes on a basic form, and pays a lower rate than his secretary.

Olbermann's anti-Bloomberg rant is full-on bludgeoning with deeply satisfactory historical references.

Prime Minister Grenville, bitch!

Maybe it depends on what he's saying? Is the gist of his argument "I should be paying more" or is it "Rich people like me should be required to pay a bigger share of their income"? I would guess it's the latter, but haven't read it I don't know.

But I do see your point, Allyson.