Tax Reform means bend over

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Tuesday October 18, 2005 · 10:37 AM PDT

2005/10/18 · 10:37

Remember how Bush fought for and won all sorts of tasty tax cuts for the very wealthy? No one ever said that those cuts had to be "revenue neutral" -- they were not offset by either spending cuts or other revenue sources.

But if a tax affects the middle class -- as, increasingly, the AMT does -- than any "reform" means "revenue neutral." The middle class only gets a reduction in one tax if they pony up more in another tax. The Republican Congress would certainly never cut spending on pork, so it's up to the middle class to bend over and take it.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Tax-Overhaul.html

Clark/Obama in '08

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Friday November 05, 2004 · 3:25 PM PST

2004/11/05 · 15:25

I am tired of talking about this election, worn out. Time to gear up for the next. Wouldn't it be great if we could agree early on our candidates, and spend all our time and energy getting them ready?

I am getting ready to go offline, so I thought I would throw this out -- I have always been a big fan of Clark, and we all know how good Obama is.

So, friends, I give you our dream team for '08: Wesley Clark and Barack Obama.

Have a good weekend!

Letterman last night

UncaMikey

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Wednesday June 16, 2004 · 5:48 AM PDT

2004/06/16 · 05:48

I did not see anyone here mention this -- nothing great or significant but fun nonetheless.

Letterman frequently has clips showing Bush's idiocy. Last night, after one such clip, he kinda mumbled, "I'm gonna miss that guy." And the audience roared with applause.

Nice.

Pass a tinfoil hat, please

UncaMikey

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Thursday May 13, 2004 · 7:40 AM PDT

2004/05/13 · 07:40

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I am on a dial up and it's hard enough to search dkos.

I have been reading various bits here and there about inconsistencies in the Berg beheading video. (Personally, I have seen some stills, but have no desire to watch it.) The time lag, the obvious overdubbing of a scream, the complete lack of blood, the odd character of the "terrorists" (chubby, white, Western mannerisms), and so forth.

Here's just one of many wacko links:

http://rense.com/general52/decap.htm

I detest conspiracy theories, have no respect for the black helicopter crowd. But this is some very strange stuff.

Am I nuts?

More photos...

UncaMikey

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Monday May 10, 2004 · 3:36 PM PDT

2004/05/10 · 15:36

This just in, the WaPo has more photos, to be released soon.

http://foshoflash.com/exclusives/IraqiPrisonImages/washingtonpost.htm

Holy Joe is an idiot

UncaMikey

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Friday May 07, 2004 · 10:13 AM PDT

2004/05/07 · 10:13

I am watching the Rumsfeld testimony online, and Lieberman is now pontificating about how the victims of 9/11 got no apology, blah blah blah.

eeeeeuuuuuwwww, his drivel stinks, he's as bad as the hard right fundamentalist neocons.

Vietnam Vets on dkos?

UncaMikey

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Monday April 26, 2004 · 9:32 AM PDT

2004/04/26 · 09:32

More and more comparisons are being made between Iraq and Vietnam, which got me to wondering, any other Vietnam vets here on dkos? I have mentioned being a vet a few times in threads, but never noticed any other VN vets chime in.

I was an Army helicopter pilot, in VN (III and IV Corps) 68-69. Any others here? Front and center! And, Welcome Home!

Any vets here from earlier wars? Or the post-VN conflicts?

Use this thread to make comparisons and show differences, rave and rant, twist and shout.

Hey kos!

UncaMikey

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Friday April 02, 2004 · 12:21 AM PST

2004/04/02 · 00:21

Like you said earlier, screw these guys, right? No point in feeling the slightest bit of grief over 'em.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&e=3&u=/ap/20040402/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ci vilian_deaths

</sarcasm mingled with disgust>

kos -- over the line!

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Thursday April 01, 2004 · 1:18 PM PST

2004/04/01 · 13:18

I know I should show kos some deference -- it's his blog and we all enjoy it here.

But in a diary thread this morning there has been a debate about whether the media should show graphic pictures of the mutilated dead.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/4/1/144156/3224

That's a valid discussion, and I can see several points of view. But in the debate, kos said:

"That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them."

hey kos -- WRONG. That attitude is BULLSHIT.

I know you are a vet. I'm a vet too. And the four dead guys were probably vets, doing what they had been doing but making more money for their families.

Your attitude is taking things down to about the lowest level possible. What's next?

Another Randi Rhodes fan

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Wednesday March 31, 2004 · 6:07 PM PST

2004/03/31 · 18:07

I had never heard of Randi Rhodes before, but this woman is good. I mean, she is exactly what Air America needs, and they need to promote her much more prominently.

I know there are earlier diary entries praising her, but I wanted to do another one to keep her name on the kos diary scroll!

Listen up! Great stuff!

Nixon and Bush

UncaMikey

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Monday March 29, 2004 · 7:09 PM PST

2004/03/29 · 19:09

The summer of '73 was a fun time -- I was in college, and thus had plenty of time to watch the Senate Watergate hearings. What excitement! Ervin, Sam Dash, the revelations about the White House taping system, and finally the John Dean testimony. (Not to mention ogling Dean's wife, always sitting primly in the front row.) I could tell, then, that we were actually going to bring down a president, the worst and most evil president ever.

I am starting to believe, finally, that Bush challenges Nixon for the bottom spot, and we may very well be witnessing the beginning of his end. Clarke could be Bush's Dean, and the book releases will continue during the summer. Enterprising reporters will realize that there's fame and money to be made if they can influence and chronicle the end of an administration. All reporters want to be Woodward and Bernstein, even Woodward and Bernstein for the last 30 years.

Yes, folks, this could be it. Nothing definite yet, plenty of tough times ahead, but there's something in the air around the White House now, it's the smell of fear.

We need scandals, tell-alls, revelations. I don't want Bush beaten on the issues, fair and square -- I want him sent home humiliated, in shame, brought down with as much ignominy and shame as we can together muster.

Politics, language, and innumeracy

UncaMikey

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Tuesday March 23, 2004 · 5:50 PM PST

2004/03/23 · 17:50

The intersection between politics and language is a fascinating place. Politicians are talkers, not doers, and much of their effort goes toward finding just the right word, the appropriate tone, the proper emphasis. But for the moment, let's focus on just three words that fall so trippingly from the tongue: million, billion, and trillion.

Consider this, if you will:

--A million seconds ago, 11 and a half days, millions of Spaniards were taking to the streets, voting out a government and marching for peace.
--A billion seconds ago, 32 years, was 1972, and I was back in college after serving in the Army. Nixon was coasting to an easy re-election, and disco was just around the corner.
--A trillion seconds ago, about 32,000 years, Neanderthals were still contending with homo sapiens for top spot among primates.

A letter here, two letters there, and poof! you're off to another realm entirely, orders of magnitude away from where you started. Read More

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