Posted on 03/03/2009 8:23:10 AM PST by IMissPresidentReagan
AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, serving humanity simply by showing up, and he’s not retiring until every American agrees with him, do NOT doubt him, with shrieks of joy at the mere mention of his name (that’s Rush, for those in Rio Linda),the Mandarin of Talk Radio, with talent on loan from G-d, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair, the all-knowing, all-caring, all-sensing, all-feeling, all-concerned Maha-Rushie! America’s anchorman, truth detector, and doctor of democracy. A Real Man, a living legend, a way of life. Commander in Chief of U.S. Operation Chaos. Chief Waga-Waga El Rushbo of the El Conservo Tribe. Chief of the Patriotism Police. Leader of the Conservative Movement. A Weapon of Mass Instruction. El Rushbo (a little Spanish lingo, there). He is the man who is running America (you know it and I know it). He knows the Democrats like every square inch of his glorious naked body. He is ready to do what he was born to do—that’s host. Get ready to what you were born to do—that’s listen (and post your comments on the Rush Limbaugh LIVE Radio Thread).
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Great, my FICA taxes just went up several hundred dollars per year. So much for my $8.00 week “cut”.
Rush said 7 1/2 percent on top of what we’re paying. For those of us who are self employed or who own the company, the Social Security tax is 13%.
They were most likely after red snapper / grouper. Lake boat out 30 mi? Someone was high.
It may come as a surprise that US companies pay the highest taxes in the world. Yes, you read that right! American businesses, large and small and across all industries pay from 35% to 41.6% of their income in combined state and federal taxes. The 41.6% maximum rate is scheduled to rise to 46.2% in 2010 when President Obama’s promised tax increases are implemented. Compare that to socialist France where companies pay only 34.4% in taxes, to China where the rate is 25%, or Russia which levies a mere 24%. Corporations in Ireland, Europe’s fastest growing economy for the last 18 years, pay just 12.5% in taxes.
Because of its dual taxation system, US businesses and individuals are required to pay both state and federal taxes on their income. When combined both these taxes range from a minimum of 35% in states like Nevada, South Dakota, and Wyoming that do not tax business income, to a maximum of 41.6% in Iowa, the state with the highest corporate tax rate of 12%.
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Yep, if Øbama doesn’t follow the stimulus bill with tax cuts for the rich, all that money will be hoarded, and the pork will be less tolerable
If the global new deal is agreed on, I am pulling all my 401k and taking the penalties and tax hit now.
I don’t have enough working years left to try to recover from the O man’s theft.
Oh, and isn’t this “de facto” (since that seems to be a dem buzz word) if not technically, a *new tax* on some who earn less than $250,000 a year?
Downing Street was left scrambling to avoid a diplomatic embarrassment after the White House ruled out a formal press conference to mark Gordon Brown’s first formal meeting with Barack Obama.
Officials denied the Prime Minister was being snubbed after it emerged that the new president would not make himself available for the traditional joint appearance before the White House media.
Mr Brown’s aides are trying to make the best of what is a distinctly low key visit compared to the family hospitality lavished on Tony Blair by George Bush when they met for the first time.
Although Sarah Brown flew to Washington today to join her husband, there were no plans for the two couples to meet and she will instead have a brief one-to-one meeting with Michelle Obama.
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Yep, but the media will spin it in Obama’s favor.
What is this caller trying to say?
It seems as though I’m living in a land I no longer understand or feel at home in...so many apparently unrelated and sometimes insignificant changes have added up to this nightmare..
I saw that and after the O man sent Winston Churchill’s bust back, I wasn’t surprised the Obama would snub Brown.
The “cut” was toast anyway if tax tables for next year aren’t being adjusted.
34 years later, Jerry Brown runs for governor again The ‘reformed reformer’ wants to be governor again — 34 years after first winning the post.
By Michael Finnegan February 2, 2009
It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate’s aftermath.
“I was the new spirit,” Brown recalled. “That was my slogan.”
No one would mistake Brown for a new spirit today. At 70, he occupies a prime spot among the elders of California politics. His career has spanned four decades, with three failed tries for the White House along his way up, down and back up the elective ranks.
Now, after two years as state attorney general, this Democrat who first ran for office in the era of Janis Joplin and the Beatles is remaking himself yet again. This time, Brown’s quest is to recapture the job he won 34 years ago: governor of California.
But Brown is already facing a quandary that could bedevil him in this, his 12th campaign: How does a man so closely identified with California’s past show that he is best fit to lead the troubled state into the future?
That question will loom large in the June 2010 primary that will probably pit Brown against at least one younger big-city mayor, Gavin Newsom, 41, of San Francisco, and possibly another, Antonio Villaraigosa, 56, of Los Angeles.
It is an odd role reversal for Brown, who prided himself in the 1970s on forward-looking ideas about solar and wind energy, space exploration and Silicon Valley’s high-tech future. He still casts himself as a visionary, but now a more practical one.
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more prolly true but still and side wave and I bet it was top heavy as well
You make a good point. I don’t think he believed for a lllllong time he would actually win.
Clearly- he’s now undergoing a profound, WHAT NOW? moment...
Decade low around 600. Hi’s averaged around 1050 for the decade.
He was mad at Rush, but now he’s not. And why are Republicans so gutless? I think Rush won him back.
Why did Rush not have the last caller hang on...stay on the line over the break. He was fired up, on message...yet last week he gave like half an hour to that ditz Marianne!
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