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Spexxvet · 05-12-2011, 07:55 AM

Don't forget the Osprey.

Spexxvet · 05-12-2011, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

I'll give you an autograph but I will not give you any scraps of my hair or fingernails regardless how much you stalk me. It is flattering though.

Edit: I've now gone back and re-read that 3 1/2 year old thread and I got a good chuckle. Spexx, in that thread you had established some nebulous value as "enough" but you wouldn't say what "enough" was. In this thread I have repeatedly stated I don't know what the "number" should be as I'm not the guy who has torn apart all the raw numbers. I do believe the clearly addressed the concept though and you're just playing another of your passive aggressive games. It really is pretty funny that in a thread where you're being an ass you link to a 3 and a half year old thread where you were being an ass. Probably not the strongest case you could have made in your favor.

More name calling and ridicule. Again, everybody: this is why the politics forum gets ugly. Want it to stop? Tell LO to stop. Nip it in the bud.

glatt · 05-12-2011, 08:34 AM

Didn't you call him a hammer in the post just before that?

Spexxvet · 05-12-2011, 08:48 AM

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Pete Zicato · 05-12-2011, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Again, everybody: this is why the politics forum gets ugly. Want it to stop? Tell LO to stop. Nip it in the bud.

Not from what I've seen in this thread. Lookout seems pretty reasonable to me. You seem to be the one on the attack.

Spexxvet · 05-12-2011, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Not from what I've seen in this thread. Lookout seems pretty reasonable to me. You seem to be the one on the attack.

So you're ok with his demeaning, snide, provocative comments?

classicman · 05-12-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Every Senator and Congressman must fill out his own tax returns by hand and without assistance. Currently tax accountants do it for them because they do not even understand the tax laws they have created.

This got skipped over, but I think this is a great idea. All the BS deductions they miss… right into the coffers of the Gov’t.

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Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

Oh and everyone does pay something into the federal treasury, in the form of federal excise taxes (eg gas tax) and payroll taxes (FICA), in which those with wages under $100K pay a higher percentage than those over $100K (since payroll taxes are only on the first $100K).

Change the payroll tax - in essence that’s has the same effect as a deduction, of sorts. And interest income… tax it the same as regular wages. IIRC that would have one of the largest effects on increasing revenue.

OH, and thanks Pete. Bout time someone pointed the finger in the right direction.

kerosene · 05-12-2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

So you're ok with his demeaning, snide, provocative comments?

A lot of people get snide and provocative, not just LO. It is sort of the nature of these kinds of discussions. And he has not gone overboard with it, either. I think he maybe made one comment that was somewhat that way. I don't really see demeaning. If anything, it has been refreshing to see the issues actually discussed in here, rather than a lot of childish name-calling. I am just not seeing that with this discussion.

classicman · 05-12-2011, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

More name calling and ridicule. Again, everybody: this is why the politics forum gets ugly. Want it to stop? Tell ME to stop. Nip it in the bud.

FTFY

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Originally Posted by glatt

Didn't you call him a hammer in the post just before that?

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

You seem to be the one on the attack.

Spexxvet · 05-12-2011, 10:59 AM

Really, Classic?

Pete Zicato · 05-12-2011, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

So you're ok with his demeaning, snide, provocative comments?

Lookout may have been a bastard in some other thread. I dunno. I don't read all of the Cellar. But I've re-read each Lookout post since #183 (where he first chimes in this thread). And I see no evidence of bad behavior on Lookout's part. Rather it looks to me like you are trying to start a vendetta against Lookout.

I'll give you an example. In post #183 Lookout includes defense as one of the departments that needs to be cut. In post #185 he specifically says that military R&D should be cut.

Then in #189 you say "There's a whole lot of waste in the military, but, because of your ideology, you don't want to cut there." Clearly you did not read or did not understand his posts.

Lookout calls you on it in post #191. Which you complain about in post #192.

Really? Seriously? All the UG, tw, and Merc posts on this board you've got to work with and this is what you want to complain about for meanness?

infinite monkey · 05-12-2011, 11:09 AM

Another finger-pointing thread for the peanut gallery to pop up in, saying "SEEEE? SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?"

ffs

Pete Zicato · 05-12-2011, 11:18 AM

Only by Spexx. I've actually been enjoying this thread. Some conservative ideas espoused without the usual conservative vitriol.

classicman · 05-12-2011, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Really, Classic?

Really. Absolutely. You've been stalking him for months, if not longer... Let it go.

Pico and ME · 05-12-2011, 11:22 AM

Pete, back in the day Lookout use to tag team with Merc in the nastiness department of the politics threads. This is probably what is fueling Spex's 'vendetta'.

I have to say, though, he has seriously cleaned up his act this go 'round.

05-12-2011, 07:55 AM	#241
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Don't forget the Osprey. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce Last edited by Spexxvet; 05-12-2011 at 08:54 AM. Reason: fuck it - continue with the same old shit

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Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Really, Classic? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

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Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Only by Spexx. I've actually been enjoying this thread. Some conservative ideas espoused without the usual conservative vitriol. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Another finger-pointing thread for the peanut gallery to pop up in, saying "SEEEE? SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?" ffs

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Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Pete, back in the day Lookout use to tag team with Merc in the nastiness department of the politics threads. This is probably what is fueling Spex's 'vendetta'. I have to say, though, he has seriously cleaned up his act this go 'round.

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