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		<title>By: gary gulrud</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2012/12/03/two-good-pieces-from-ibd/comment-page-13/#comment-1123362</link>
		<dc:creator>gary gulrud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, what R U W8ing 4?

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/12/flush-him-we-only-need-16-votes-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DougRossJournal+%28Doug+Ross+%40+Journal%29</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, what R U W8ing 4?</p>
<p><a href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/12/flush-him-we-only-need-16-votes-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DougRossJournal+%28Doug+Ross+%40+Journal%29" rel="nofollow">http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/12/flush-him-we-only-need-16-votes-to.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DougRossJournal+%28Doug+Ross+%40+Journal%29</a></p>
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		<title>By: gary gulrud</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2012/12/03/two-good-pieces-from-ibd/comment-page-13/#comment-1123329</link>
		<dc:creator>gary gulrud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And in diametric opposition to the post&#039;s tax cut analysis, the point of Dear Leader&#039;s current campaign:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-05/guest-post-thought-experiment-why-obama-wants-fiscal-cliff

Cloward-Piven.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And in diametric opposition to the post&#8217;s tax cut analysis, the point of Dear Leader&#8217;s current campaign:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-05/guest-post-thought-experiment-why-obama-wants-fiscal-cliff" rel="nofollow">http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-05/guest-post-thought-experiment-why-obama-wants-fiscal-cliff</a></p>
<p>Cloward-Piven.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve57</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2012/12/03/two-good-pieces-from-ibd/comment-page-13/#comment-1123269</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve57</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is going on all over the country:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/tax-rule-spurs-hamptons-manse-panic-article-1.1213534

&lt;blockquote&gt;Hamptons mansion sales spike ahead of possible jump in tax rates&lt;/blockquote&gt;

And this is going on all over the country:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578149012514177372.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

&lt;blockquote&gt;Costco&#039;s Dividend Tax Epiphany 

Obama&#039;s fans in the 1% vote to beat Obama&#039;s tax increase.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

These people didn&#039;t get rich being stupid. But they do think, like Obama, that the not-so-rich are stupid. And after the last election there&#039;s quite a bit of evidence for it, true.

If anyone thinks the Hamptons are populated with GOP stalwarts, I&#039;ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

And COSTCO&#039;s CEO spoke at the Democratic National Convention.

In the interest of fairness, you can read his response to the WSJ&#039;s criticism here:

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2012/12/costcos-sinegal-reacts-to-wsj.html?page=all

Note you&#039;re not reading his response in the WSJ, despite the fact the WSJ asked him to respond.

Because he didn&#039;t respond to the WSJ&#039;s main criticism. The CEO, Sinegal, claims COSTCO is &quot;cash rich&quot; and only borrowed the money to pay out dividends before the end of 2012 (profiting Sinegal personally an extra $4M out of the $14M gross than if he had done it after Jan 1st) because of low interest rates.

Naturally the Puget Sound Business Journal didn&#039;t ask why, if they&#039;re so cash rich, did Fitch downgrade the companies credit rating from A+ to AA- when they heard of the borrowing. And S&amp;P had been watching to see if the company rated an upgrade, but pulled their watch on the same news.

He could only avoid the fact he had weakened the COSTCO&#039;s balance sheet and damaged the company in order to take a low-tax profit when he could by guaranteeing he got softballs from an unprepared reporter.

But that&#039;s just an amusing aside. 

The main point is that if anyone thinks raising taxes on these people raises revenue, they must be members of Obama&#039;s choom gang.

The people who may pay more are those who are just getting into the $200/$250k tax bracket and can&#039;t use the tax avoidance schemes of the Sinegals and the Buffets of the world. 

Or of the Hamptons.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is going on all over the country:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/tax-rule-spurs-hamptons-manse-panic-article-1.1213534" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/tax-rule-spurs-hamptons-manse-panic-article-1.1213534</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Hamptons mansion sales spike ahead of possible jump in tax rates</p></blockquote>
<p>And this is going on all over the country:</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578149012514177372.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578149012514177372.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Costco&#8217;s Dividend Tax Epiphany </p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s fans in the 1% vote to beat Obama&#8217;s tax increase.</p></blockquote>
<p>These people didn&#8217;t get rich being stupid. But they do think, like Obama, that the not-so-rich are stupid. And after the last election there&#8217;s quite a bit of evidence for it, true.</p>
<p>If anyone thinks the Hamptons are populated with GOP stalwarts, I&#8217;ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.</p>
<p>And COSTCO&#8217;s CEO spoke at the Democratic National Convention.</p>
<p>In the interest of fairness, you can read his response to the WSJ&#8217;s criticism here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2012/12/costcos-sinegal-reacts-to-wsj.html?page=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2012/12/costcos-sinegal-reacts-to-wsj.html?page=all</a></p>
<p>Note you&#8217;re not reading his response in the WSJ, despite the fact the WSJ asked him to respond.</p>
<p>Because he didn&#8217;t respond to the WSJ&#8217;s main criticism. The CEO, Sinegal, claims COSTCO is &#8220;cash rich&#8221; and only borrowed the money to pay out dividends before the end of 2012 (profiting Sinegal personally an extra $4M out of the $14M gross than if he had done it after Jan 1st) because of low interest rates.</p>
<p>Naturally the Puget Sound Business Journal didn&#8217;t ask why, if they&#8217;re so cash rich, did Fitch downgrade the companies credit rating from A+ to AA- when they heard of the borrowing. And S&amp;P had been watching to see if the company rated an upgrade, but pulled their watch on the same news.</p>
<p>He could only avoid the fact he had weakened the COSTCO&#8217;s balance sheet and damaged the company in order to take a low-tax profit when he could by guaranteeing he got softballs from an unprepared reporter.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s just an amusing aside. </p>
<p>The main point is that if anyone thinks raising taxes on these people raises revenue, they must be members of Obama&#8217;s choom gang.</p>
<p>The people who may pay more are those who are just getting into the $200/$250k tax bracket and can&#8217;t use the tax avoidance schemes of the Sinegals and the Buffets of the world. </p>
<p>Or of the Hamptons.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve57</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve57</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;304.The Truth doesn’t even matter anymore:
 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157233680080150.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
 
Thanks Nietzsche.

Comment by gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 12/5/2012 @ 11:02 am 
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well, as I commented on the MSNBC thread the truth doesn&#039;t poll well.

Now it only matters to the extent that it must be vigorously suppressed so that the economic and historical illiterate&#039;s who voted for the historic first black president never have to be confronted with the consequences of their actions.

So now the truth is racist. Unfortunately reality is an equal opportunity bitch.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>304.The Truth doesn’t even matter anymore:</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157233680080150.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157233680080150.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop</a></p>
<p>Thanks Nietzsche.</p>
<p>Comment by gary gulrud (dd7d4e) — 12/5/2012 @ 11:02 am
</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, as I commented on the MSNBC thread the truth doesn&#8217;t poll well.</p>
<p>Now it only matters to the extent that it must be vigorously suppressed so that the economic and historical illiterate&#8217;s who voted for the historic first black president never have to be confronted with the consequences of their actions.</p>
<p>So now the truth is racist. Unfortunately reality is an equal opportunity bitch.</p>
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		<title>By: LowellSaik</title>
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		<dc:creator>LowellSaik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is very important for me. I highly appreciate your opinions. Thanks., &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/new-family-survival-course-will-save-lives-183672.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;family survival online course&lt;/a&gt;,  %]]],</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is very important for me. I highly appreciate your opinions. Thanks., <a href="http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/new-family-survival-course-will-save-lives-183672.htm" rel="nofollow">family survival online course</a>,  %]]],</p>
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		<title>By: gary gulrud</title>
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		<dc:creator>gary gulrud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jen Rubin wants the GOP to just die already:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2012/12/04/does-the-no-crowd-matter/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jen Rubin wants the GOP to just die already:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2012/12/04/does-the-no-crowd-matter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2012/12/04/does-the-no-crowd-matter/</a></p>
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		<title>By: gary gulrud</title>
		<link>http://patterico.com/2012/12/03/two-good-pieces-from-ibd/comment-page-13/#comment-1123050</link>
		<dc:creator>gary gulrud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Truth doesn&#039;t even matter anymore:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157233680080150.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Thanks Nietzsche.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Truth doesn&#8217;t even matter anymore:</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157233680080150.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" rel="nofollow">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157233680080150.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop</a></p>
<p>Thanks Nietzsche.</p>
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		<title>By: askeptic</title>
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		<dc:creator>askeptic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Nietzche believed in the use of force (coercion,) and he was amoral, &lt;/i&gt;

Not unlike Mao!

BTW, do you think we could be Good Little Progs if we recovered our Little Red Books in black?
It seems the message is the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Nietzche believed in the use of force (coercion,) and he was amoral, </i></p>
<p>Not unlike Mao!</p>
<p>BTW, do you think we could be Good Little Progs if we recovered our Little Red Books in black?<br />
It seems the message is the same.</p>
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		<title>By: gary gulrud</title>
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		<dc:creator>gary gulrud</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder if Nietzsche had read the Scots, and read them early, whether he&#039;d have been able to remain a Romantic.

Wittgenstein devoted a career to the question Nietzsche takes as his release from Convention,  an essential solipsism due to his feeling of an incapacity of Language.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if Nietzsche had read the Scots, and read them early, whether he&#8217;d have been able to remain a Romantic.</p>
<p>Wittgenstein devoted a career to the question Nietzsche takes as his release from Convention,  an essential solipsism due to his feeling of an incapacity of Language.</p>
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		<title>By: happyfeet</title>
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		<dc:creator>happyfeet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>boehner is just concerned with maintaining his position as head congresswhore

he starts from the proposition that our cowardly and amoral government is entitled to almost a trillion dollars of money from job creators that it can turn around and squander on food stamps and coward mccain&#039;s libya fetish and disability checks and piggy piggy united autoworker whores</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>boehner is just concerned with maintaining his position as head congresswhore</p>
<p>he starts from the proposition that our cowardly and amoral government is entitled to almost a trillion dollars of money from job creators that it can turn around and squander on food stamps and coward mccain&#8217;s libya fetish and disability checks and piggy piggy united autoworker whores</p>
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