Only In America

[BlazerWookee]

TOP-10 "Only In America" Observations - by a Canadian:

3) Only in America, could they have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

Only in America could someone write something like this and then attribute it to a Canadian without making sure all the theys, wes, ours and theirs are correct.

 

[julius]

Only in America could someone write something like this and then attribute it to a Canadian without making sure all the theys, wes, ours and theirs are correct.

I think major props should be given to Wookee here.

 

[speeds]

Where are you from, mang?

I am Canadian.

 

[barfo]

Only in America could someone write something like this and then attribute it to a Canadian without making sure all the theys, wes, ours and theirs are correct.

What you don't realize is that Tim Geithner and Charlie Rangel wrote the Canadian tax code (as a lark, while on holiday at Banff in 1982).

barfo

 

[BrianFromWA]

What you don't realize is that Tim Geithner and Charlie Rangel wrote the Canadian tax code (as a lark, while on a GSA "Off-Site Conference" at Banff in 1982).

barfo

You have to get the facts straight, barfo.

 

[Denny Crane]

It's sometimes barfo.

And it's sometimes

barfo

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

The original list was neither clever nor amusing. It is some drivel thought up by some cranky 55 year old former Navy Seal business owner in Texas (just guessing, of course) who wanted it to seem more legit, so he said it was made by a Canadian. Because liberals love Canada. So their opinions on us are more valid. Whoa, wait, a Canadian is saying that? Maybe Rachael Maddow is wrong! Maybe the angry gun owner across the street is right! I better go to church and rethink my political viewpoints.

Oh, and the "only in American(?)" list was probably written by a 27 year old college student in Montreal. Its all about who the message is coming from, not the message itself. Politics at its best.

Interesting. Some people never get it.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I think major props should be given to Wookee here.

I think major props should be given to Wookee EVERYWHERE.

 

[julius]

I think major props should be given to Wookee EVERYWHERE.

agreed!

now am I one of your favorites?!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

agreed!

now am I one of your favorites?!

No but give him a six pack of Coors Light and he'll have sex with you.

 

[julius]

No but give him a six pack of Coors Light and he'll have sex with you.

cheaper than my last date (and probably more likely!!)

 

[santeesioux]

I am Canadian.

Oh man, i bet you find Anthony Cumia's crazy rants twice as hilarious then.

 

[BlazerWookee]

cheaper than my last date (and probably more likely!!)

I hope you like it when I just lay there and sweat...

 

[speeds]

Oh man, i bet you find Anthony Cumia's crazy rants twice as hilarious then.

Yeah I can laugh about it because I don't have to live it.

 

[blazerboy30]

Although I think this might be wrong (what I'm about to say) and it might've been answered/addressed before, isn't the reason why they pay 86% because they own more than 86% of the wealth?

Do you honestly think people should be retroactively taxed on their "wealth" in addition to "earnings"? I hope you understand the difference.

 

[julius]

Do you honestly think people should be retroactively taxed on their "wealth" in addition to "earnings"? I hope you understand the difference.

Yeah, because obviously thats what i was saying.

smfh.

 

[barfo]

Do you honestly think people should be retroactively taxed on their "wealth" in addition to "earnings"? I hope you understand the difference.

Just to have the discussion: why shouldn't they?

barfo

 

[huevonkiller]

Just to have the discussion: why shouldn't they?

barfo

Why is the Constitution even valid?

Are your positive rights valid? To me they're not.

 

[jlprk]

Don't you hate it when HuffPost makes you look like a chump?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/04/president-obama-harvey-weinstein-fundraiser_n_1741775.html

There's no reason to expect Obama to stop talking about taxing the rich during one of those fundraisers.

And you set up a strawman by rephrasing what the OP said about those $35K/plate events.

Sometimes you're a gentleman of few words, and sometimes you stoop low like this time. Your article confirms a $35,000 fundraiser, but not that Obama accused the rich audience to their faces that they are greedy, with them nodding agreeably, which is the whole point of Point 1 in the opening post. Since your own useless article doesn't back you up, you added your guess that it is only logical that he must have told them off. Don't you feel like a chump?

 

[jlprk]

Here's my vote for what's "only in America." Other countries don't commit financial suicide like the U.S., because they simply tax the main beneficiaries of the system, the rich.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/29/172858/cash-strapped-europe-nations-are.html

 

[Denny Crane]

Sometimes you're a gentleman of few words, and sometimes you stoop low like this time. Your article confirms a $35,000 fundraiser, but not that Obama accused the rich audience to their faces that they are greedy, with them nodding agreeably, which is the whole point of Point 1 in the opening post. Since your own useless article doesn't back you up, you added your guess that it is only logical that he must have told them off. Don't you feel like a chump?

So Obama was talking about some other "rich" people to the rich peoples' faces?

Or is it homeless people or middle class ones that can afford $35K for a dinner with THE MAN?

 

[blazerboy30]

Just to have the discussion: why shouldn't they?

barfo

Are you asking me why taxes shouldn't be retroactive on wealth? I know you're smarter than that.

 

[blazerboy30]

Yeah, because obviously thats what i was saying.

You brought up what percentage of "wealth" the "rich" had, as if that is relevant to how much yearly tax they should pay. Perhaps you should get snarky because your comment didn't make sense?

smfh.

I don't know what this means.

 

[maxiep]

An insight into the mind of the Left: http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/why-liberals-think-what-they-do/?singlepage=true

 

[MarAzul]

I see it as obligation for every American to know his/her Constitution, and then expect it to be followed by holding those elected accountable for doing so.
The amendment process has been sorely under utilized while the Commerce clause is worked overtime, all while the tenth amendment has gathered dust.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

An insight into the mind of the Left: http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/why-liberals-think-what-they-do/?singlepage=true

nice find Maxiep, good read.