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ilikewildponies · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject:

Do we know each other Miss?

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feihua · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:22 am Post subject:

Hehe, yeah, that car thang?

In the States, it isn't a luxury, it's a liability.

There are very few places in the US can one get along without a car. A bicycle can work for a lot of things, but not so much in a country fixated on suburban living.

And if you only have one........and something goes wrong....life is real hell. So, two is almost a necessity where one has to have one.

I read a report at the beginning of the summer that said most incomes were having to use at least 25% of the amount on transportation. The majority of Galveston for example commutes to Houston by car.

missjugsalot · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:46 am Post subject:

ok eyes, I googled first they came. I have said this very thing, only in different words, when I said tyranny reigns when good people do nothing. Here is the original:

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke

So this is a great sentiment , but I dont see how you apply this to the poor in America. Are you saying that the govt is "coming for" the poor and we're next? If so, that is really lame. Please do not compare the U.S. to Nazi's, thats the kind of thing that got this whole discussion started.

Are you going to tell me next that the Russian invasion of Georgia is no different than our invasion of Iraq? oh wait, thats what Obama already said. he beat you to it.

missjugsalot · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:10 am Post subject:

here's a news story you might like FE2k:

Cost Of Living Now Outweighs Benefits

April 13, 2005 |

WASHINGTON, DC�A report released Monday by the Federal Consumer Quality-Of-Life Control Board indicates that the cost of living now outstrips life's benefits for many Americans.

"This is sobering news," said study director Jack Farness. "For the first time, we have statistical evidence of what we've suspected for the past 40 years: Life really isn't worth living."

To arrive at their conclusions, study directors first identified the average yearly costs and benefits of life. Tangible benefits such as median income ($43,000) were weighed against such tangible costs as home-ownership ($18,000). Next, scientists assigned a financial value to intangibles such as finding inner peace ($15,000), establishing emotional closeness with family members ($3,000), and brief moments of joy ($5 each). Taken together, the study results indicate that "it is unwise to go on living."

"Since 1965, the cost-benefit ratio of American life has been approaching parity," Farness said. "While figures prior to that date show that life was worth living, there is some suspicion that the benefits cited were superficial and misreported."

Analyzed separately and as one, both the tangible and intangible factors suggest that life is a losing investment.

"Rising energy costs, increased prices on everyday goods and services, and the decreased value of the dollar have combined to drive the cost of living in this country to an all-time high," Farness said. "At the same time, an ever-increasing need for additional emotional-energy output, low rates of interest in one another, and the decreasing value of ourselves all greatly exceed our fleeting epiphanies."

Experts nationwide have corroborated the report's findings.

"The average citizen's lousy, smelly, uncomfortable daily-transportation costs rose 2.1 percent in January," Derek Capeletti of **** **** Capital Management said. "Clothing costs were up 2.3 percent, reflecting an increased need for the pleated khakis, sensible sweater-sets, and solid ties we have to wear to our awful **** jobs. And grocery expenses were up almost 4 percent, reflecting the difficulty that light-beer, microwave-burrito, and rotisserie-chicken makers have faced in meeting the needs of a depressed economy and citizenry."

Capeletti added: "The benefits of living remained stable or decreased. Especially�surprise, surprise�in our love lives."

According to the study, high-risk, short-term, interest-based investments in the lives of others cost thousands of dollars a year and rarely yield benefits, financial or otherwise. Although conservative, long-term partnerships do provide limited returns, the study indicates that they tie up capital and limit options.

Child-rearing, a course taken by many people who choose to live, is actually contributing to the problem.

"The fact is, the supply of Americans greatly outstrips demand," said Evan Alvi of the Portland-based Maynard Institute. "Americans seem to believe that minting more lives will increase the value of their own holdings. All they are doing, though, is inflating the supply and reducing the dividends paid by long-term familial bonds."

Despite life's depreciating value, Alvi did not recommend that shareholders divest themselves of their holdings.

"Limited dumping could result in a short-term increase in available resources for those who remain in the market," Alvi said. "However, it's a risky move that could affect perception of value, leading to mass divesture."

Alvi added, "And let's not fail to mention that some religious experts say there are penalties for early withdrawal."

missjugsalot · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

feihua-sama, can you please explain this?

looks like the natives have removed Gulliver's penis, and are parading it through the streets.

oh wait, it some kind of festival. They have a parade:

rides for the kiddies:

oooh, and juicy meat sticks:

I love juicy meat sticks!

and what is this, long creamy cones?

and a good time was had by all......

Loopholes202 · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

plz?

feihua · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:59 pm Post subject:

bluestone10 · Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

awesome stooools!!

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