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I do agree with the majority of those items. Remember why I'm a Democrat Mark.

I disagree. When the environment you grow up in has conditions that hinder development, you are at a serious disadvantage. FOR EXAMPLE: Many of the less well-to-do neighborhoods in the Washington D.C. area have gotten their drinking water from the Washington Aqueduct, which has recently been found to have a lead content higher than the acceptable levels (which are too high to begin with if you ask me). What effect will this have on the children growing up in those neighborhoods? Do they still have that same potential to do well, or has it been diminished significantly? Don't get me wrong, I fully agree with the philosophy of working harder if you want more money. I have done it. I grew up poor. Not everyone can, and it is arrogant to say that everyone can accomplish the same thing, because it is simply not true. You will ALWAYS have people under the poverty level. When you have a society where the people adjust their income to compensate, the poverty level changes. It's called INFLATION. When everyone can afford to pay more money for something, the price gets raised. There is no way around it. There will always be people doing the most horrible jobs for the lowest amount of money, and some will even be happy to do them. There will also always be unemployment. No way around these things (in a capitalist society). It doesn't matter how hard everyone works.

No one is poor because of their race. Poverty is an equal opportunity discriminator. This is what is called circumstantial. If you actually believe there are people being rejected for jobs because of race then you must hve been frozen in a lake somewhere for the last 30 years (at the very least). Not saying it never happens anymore, but I don't consider it a real problem. Any company that hires people dumb enough to discriminate against qualified people will not be in business for very long.

You won't like it any more. Britney Spears - Breathe On Me

Looks like we have each other pretty well pegged, huh? tongue.gif

No Mike. They expect opposition form liberal advocacy groups. Groups similar to the ACLU. Groups that give you guys something to bitch about. I don't think our ideals are that far apart. I am not on an extreme side, I have many views that don't fit either party. I will not vote based on party. I make intelligent decisions based on how I feel about the topic at hand. It just so happens that there are some key issues I can't agree with the (majority of) Republicans on. IMO, most of those are religious based.

I just thought it was funny seeing all those cartoon voices, and then he ws also the "Pimp of the year" announcer in "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka".

If you have a problem with the current system, instead of complaining about it you should be doing what you can to support welfare reform . Oddly enough, it is the Democratic party that also shares your point of view (as far as welfare is concerned). Daves idea of cancelling the programs entirely is strictly Republican, however. Income tax is a relatively new implementation in the United States. It was supported by Taft, but put into place by Wilson in 1909. The population was taxed 1% of their income. The majority of tax increases have been to pay for wars, with the idea that would change after the war debt gets paid off. The general public will typically not complain about tax increases due to things of that nature. The problem is, things change. Lots of different agencies get their hands in the cookie jar, and then become dependent on the allocated funds that weren't there in the first place. Would a viable solution be to cancel the current way of doing things?

No shit, I don't understand what it's supposed to mean.

How surprising, I make a comment in Joel's thread, and he insults me. Having self worth issues? Why do you say I'm on Marks nuts when you and he share political views? If anyone is on his nuts, it's you, since you must rely on him to make any valid points about supporting the conservative view. My prediction after clicking on the Ogre's auto-response generator (I realize most of the words will be spelled incorrectly in Joels actual post): Damn hippy liberals, you're all idiots who smoke pot and join Greenpeace..blah blah blah I haven't made any political comments in this thread Joel. Let it end here and I wont tear your fucking thread apart piece by piece.

This guy was in alot of cartoons. Check out the list of movies he was in, and then look at entry number 30. I think it kind of stands out.

Aren't rasiators made of dried grapes?

graemlins/popcorn.gif Neither one of you has made any good points. graemlins/gone.gif

This is the same unit on my car now. If you want to see it on a car, PM me and we can work it out.

Apparently not on IRS cars. The guy quoted me $250, when I showed up he had a $600 bill on the counter, since he didn't know how to install the gears in my car. We had problems. graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

I'm surprised no one has seen this piece of shit, if it actually is here in Columbus.

Monstrosity. That is too horrible for words.

I'm pretty sure if my car was on fire I wouldn't take time to call my friends.

LMFAO! graemlins/lol.gif

Around 9:30 at Polaris TGI Fridays. Any other takers?

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I looked in my manual, hoping that's what it was. It said nothing about left hand threads. It's called wicking, the same thing happens to wiring on nautical wiring. The saltwater wicks up under the insulation and destroys large sections of the wiring. Thats also what happens to the battery terminals in your car. You can get candle wax out of carpet with the same trick; you need a paper bag over the spot, then run over it with an iron. The wax wicks out of the carpet and into the paper bag.

Drivetrain only. Valve springs, yes, suspension, no.

Drivetrain only. Valve springs, yes, suspension, no.

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