Timelies all!
Happy Birthday erika!
It's coming down in buckets over here. Good thing we don't need to leave the house until tomorrow morning.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Sheryl - Sep 18, 2012 10:02:17 am PDT #22594 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Theodosia - Sep 18, 2012 10:07:09 am PDT #22595 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's supposed to be windy buckets of rain here later. I'm seriously thinking of heading home ahead of the commute.
DavidS - Sep 18, 2012 10:07:28 am PDT #22596 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Damn, this tuna melt is good.
I wish y'all could have a taste. Sooooo gooood.
Typo Boy - Sep 18, 2012 10:33:44 am PDT #22597 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
For people who think Romney view won't hurt him - polls show that the 47% thing may be a view held by a noisy minority, but it is a minority. [link]
Only 20% of the population think the poor pay too little in taxes. Only 22% of middle class people think that. Again you have to remember that the tea party nonsense, though it is a real viewpoint, is not a majority viewpoint. It is not even a majority viewpoint among conservatives. That does not mean that Romeny cannot win. But this proof that he thinks the poor pay too little in taxes will hurt him. How much is debatable, but it will hurt him.
Burrell - Sep 18, 2012 10:35:16 am PDT #22598 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
took the squeaky van in and it needs transmission fluid, which will cost over $200. Ouch. But I know you don't fuck with the transmission, so oh well.
Burrell - Sep 18, 2012 10:37:14 am PDT #22599 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
technically he didn't say they pay too little, he said the government does too much for them and they'll never be good enough to deserve it. So still a reprehensible statement.
Typo Boy - Sep 18, 2012 10:45:00 am PDT #22600 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In general though, I would be shocked if the people who think the poor pay too much or the right amount in taxes think they get too much in services or are lucky duckies living in hammocks. Generally answers to this kind of question are indicators of broader attitutudes. If you think the poor are parasites and you are asked about their taxes you won't say they pay their fair share or more.
Burrell - Sep 18, 2012 10:48:12 am PDT #22601 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
And I just found a reference to wanting to impose income taxes on the poor, so you were right in terms of policy, Typo, even if Romney didn't say it in that speech. oh dear, what is happening to our country? How can it be so divided against itself?
Zenkitty - Sep 18, 2012 11:03:57 am PDT #22602 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
None of the Romney-supporting Republicans I know are the slightest bit fazed by his comments. They all seem to think that everyone on "welfare" (a broad term including all forms of government assistance that they themselves have never used) is a lazy no-goodnik who just needs to find and *learn to keep* a job.
I can't go on Facebook for a while. I can't believe I grew up with these people. How did I escape?
Jesse - Sep 18, 2012 11:04:42 am PDT #22603 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What I don't understand is how those people (THOSE PEOPLE) think people on welfare are half of the population.