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11-01-2009, 02:55 PM
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obama should offer huge tax breaks for our companies to manufacture here ect ect.
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:lol what planet are you living on? I say that with all the kindness I can muster. Seriously, no administration is looking to give companies tax breaks. This president has been bashing every industry from doctors doing unneccessary procedures to make a buc, to wall street taking too big of risks, to greedy bankers and insurance companies, to auto companies not taking care of the unions.
They DO NOT WANT A FLOURISHING private market. There is no other way to say it. As a matter of fact they are about to nail any industry left here with 2 gigantic new taxes, healthcare reform and the global warming legislation. You can kiss the manufacturing base in this country GOODBYE.
It's hard to even imagine how far they will go to ruin what little is left. The largest employer in this country is government. If that doesn't turn on the flood light in americans heads, then nothing will.
Sorry for the rant.
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11-01-2009, 03:06 PM
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snipe sometimes i feel like im on mars.your opinion sounds rite.we will just have repair techs here i guess.no manufacturing though.i do feel it will have to get alot worse before most citizens wake up and realize were falling with a huge landslide
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11-01-2009, 03:22 PM
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THE U.S. IS GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET QUICK
THANKS TO GOVT.
ITS ABOUT CONTROL OVER US. THERE IS NO "FOR THE PEOPLE".
WE ARE GETTING SCREWD EVERY WHICH WAY YOU LOOK. 
WE WONT SOLVE THIS ON LATERAL-G.
BACK TO CARS
TOM
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11-01-2009, 04:31 PM
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I think this sums up what is going on today.
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Two Different Versions! ................. Two Different Morals!
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long,
building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays
the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays
the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering
grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper
is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries
when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant 's house where the news stations
film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group
kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the
ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax
hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act
retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs
and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the
ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the
ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now
abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010
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11-01-2009, 04:56 PM
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^^^^^so Right!!!^^^^
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11-01-2009, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sniper
:lol what planet are you living on? I say that with all the kindness I can muster. Seriously, no administration is looking to give companies tax breaks. This president has been bashing every industry from doctors doing unneccessary procedures to make a buc, to wall street taking too big of risks, to greedy bankers and insurance companies, to auto companies not taking care of the unions.
They DO NOT WANT A FLOURISHING private market. There is no other way to say it. As a matter of fact they are about to nail any industry left here with 2 gigantic new taxes, healthcare reform and the global warming legislation. You can kiss the manufacturing base in this country GOODBYE.
It's hard to even imagine how far they will go to ruin what little is left. The largest employer in this country is government. If that doesn't turn on the flood light in americans heads, then nothing will.
Sorry for the rant.
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**Let me state, that I do LOVE this great Country first off**
VERY, VERY TRUE my man!! Seems like Kill America is the Administration's goal. At the rate this Administration is going, they're doing a good job of ruining America and it's beliefs more and more everyday, right under our noses.  
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1969Crossram
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Two Different Versions! ................. Two Different Morals!
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long,
building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays
the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays
the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering
grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper
is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries
when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant 's house where the news stations
film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group
kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the
ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax
hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act
retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs
and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the
ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the
ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now
abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010
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**Let me state, that I do LOVE this great Country first off**
VERY, VERY WELL SAID!! Spot on, my man!! We're on the wrong path to "recovery" or "change". Too bad we didn't know the "change" that we were getting is a "radical change" that most Americans don't want.
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11-01-2009, 06:14 PM
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I just saw this video on local boards, I think it suits the thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTfWomXAN8o
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11-01-2009, 06:31 PM
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Perfect!! 
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11-02-2009, 07:33 AM
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That was awesome man!! lol 
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11-03-2009, 10:40 AM
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Don't know if I should laugh or cry but its way too true.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1969Crossram
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Two Different Versions! ................. Two Different Morals!
OLD VERSION: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long,
building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays
the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays
the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering
grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper
is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries
when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant 's house where the news stations
film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group
kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the
ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax
hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act
retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs
and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is
confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the
ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the
ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now
abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010
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