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People's Republic of Massachusetts Drinks the Koolaid

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    Oakman
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    Question #1 on the Mass ballot this year wasn't "Your boy is twelve years old; do you know where your priest's hands are?" but "Do you want to pay taxes?" and the answer was a very patriotic "Yes!!!" Joe Biden would have been proud of the folks from Boston to Springfield who voluntarily chose to continue funding projects like the Big Dig while living in a state that New Hampshirites call 'Taxachusetts.' Planned for the ballot in two years will be the question: "Will you flagellate yourself, or should we send around a state official?" Massachusetts voters rejected a call to eliminate the state’s income tax after critics said it would have wreaked fiscal havoc at a time when the state is already grappling with a financial downturn.

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      Question #1 on the Mass ballot this year wasn't "Your boy is twelve years old; do you know where your priest's hands are?" but "Do you want to pay taxes?" and the answer was a very patriotic "Yes!!!" Joe Biden would have been proud of the folks from Boston to Springfield who voluntarily chose to continue funding projects like the Big Dig while living in a state that New Hampshirites call 'Taxachusetts.' Planned for the ballot in two years will be the question: "Will you flagellate yourself, or should we send around a state official?" Massachusetts voters rejected a call to eliminate the state’s income tax after critics said it would have wreaked fiscal havoc at a time when the state is already grappling with a financial downturn.

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      KaRl
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      You are unable to understand, aren't you?


      Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?

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        You are unable to understand, aren't you?


        Where do you expect us to go when the bombs fall?

        Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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        Ka?l wrote:

        You are unable to understand, aren't you?

        The French? Mais Oui!

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          Ka?l wrote:

          You are unable to understand, aren't you?

          The French? Mais Oui!

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          Si vous eussiez été capable de vous ouvrir à d'autres modes de pensée, cela depuis longtemps aurait été constaté. Je doute donc... et entre autre je suis.

          When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?

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            Si vous eussiez été capable de vous ouvrir à d'autres modes de pensée, cela depuis longtemps aurait été constaté. Je doute donc... et entre autre je suis.

            When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?

            Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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            Il eut d'abord fallu qu'il aie un cerveau assez volumineux pour loger ces autres mode de pensée.

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              Il eut d'abord fallu qu'il aie un cerveau assez volumineux pour loger ces autres mode de pensée.

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              Oakman
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              It's French that shrinks your brain, not English. Does the same thing to your prick, too.

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                Il eut d'abord fallu qu'il aie un cerveau assez volumineux pour loger ces autres mode de pensée.

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                貴様が非常に尊大不遜そうだよ。

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                  貴様が非常に尊大不遜そうだよ。

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                  ROFL

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                    ROFL

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                    soap brain
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                    Google Translate: "Your irreverence is very cavalier." :laugh: It didn't really convey just how rude it actually was.

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                      Si vous eussiez été capable de vous ouvrir à d'autres modes de pensée, cela depuis longtemps aurait été constaté. Je doute donc... et entre autre je suis.

                      When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun?

                      Fold with us! ¤ flickr

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                      French Taxes: 50% of net world-wide income at $65,000. (50%!) VAT of 20% - one of the most pernicious taxes ever invented. This regressive tax accounts for almost half of all the revenue of France! 3 separate but simultaneous social security taxes, equalling 10% of income. A national tax on all property. A national tax on living in the country Even small inheritances are taxed at a rate of up to 60% - the tax is due if the donor lived in France, the property is in France or the Recipient is in France. A wealth tax based on world-wide assets. Capital gains tax of up to 33% (less for residents) No. I do not understand the French. Where are the barricades?

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                        Google Translate: "Your irreverence is very cavalier." :laugh: It didn't really convey just how rude it actually was.

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                        Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

                        It didn't really convey just how rude it actually was.

                        They're French; rudeness is a way of life.

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                          貴様が非常に尊大不遜そうだよ。

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                          BoneSoft
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                          横柄である.自信である. 違いは何ですか?


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                            横柄である.自信である. 違いは何ですか?


                            Visit BoneSoft.com for code generation tools (XML & XSD -> C#, VB, etc...) and some free developer tools as well.

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                            soap brain
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                            知りません。横柄な人は自信てきな人より普通煩くて臭いと思います。 (Sorry if it's of dubious intelligibility - I haven't even thought about Japanese in weeks)

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                              Ravel H. Joyce wrote:

                              It didn't really convey just how rude it actually was.

                              They're French; rudeness is a way of life.

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                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_-AuBmp6Q[^]

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                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_-AuBmp6Q[^]

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                                Oakman
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                                That's the French Army on manuevers?

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                                  French Taxes: 50% of net world-wide income at $65,000. (50%!) VAT of 20% - one of the most pernicious taxes ever invented. This regressive tax accounts for almost half of all the revenue of France! 3 separate but simultaneous social security taxes, equalling 10% of income. A national tax on all property. A national tax on living in the country Even small inheritances are taxed at a rate of up to 60% - the tax is due if the donor lived in France, the property is in France or the Recipient is in France. A wealth tax based on world-wide assets. Capital gains tax of up to 33% (less for residents) No. I do not understand the French. Where are the barricades?

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                                  Robert Dupont
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                                  You could also add taxes on money already withheld ie: taxes on taxes!!!

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                                    That's the French Army on manuevers?

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                                    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4012621.stm[^]

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                                      French Taxes: 50% of net world-wide income at $65,000. (50%!) VAT of 20% - one of the most pernicious taxes ever invented. This regressive tax accounts for almost half of all the revenue of France! 3 separate but simultaneous social security taxes, equalling 10% of income. A national tax on all property. A national tax on living in the country Even small inheritances are taxed at a rate of up to 60% - the tax is due if the donor lived in France, the property is in France or the Recipient is in France. A wealth tax based on world-wide assets. Capital gains tax of up to 33% (less for residents) No. I do not understand the French. Where are the barricades?

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                                      hairy_hats
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                                      Doesn't that add up to >100% tax? ;P

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                                      Where are the barricades?

                                      Usually blockading British boats and lorries. :D

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                                        Doesn't that add up to >100% tax? ;P

                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        Where are the barricades?

                                        Usually blockading British boats and lorries. :D

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                                        Steve_Harris wrote:

                                        Usually blockading British boats and lorries

                                        ROFL!

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                                          知りません。横柄な人は自信てきな人より普通煩くて臭いと思います。 (Sorry if it's of dubious intelligibility - I haven't even thought about Japanese in weeks)

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                                          しかし、時々、信用は横柄であるように見えます Your 日本語 is probably more polished than mine. I still have a LOT to learn, and it's been a few years since I really needed it. :laugh: The translator I usually use (Excite[^]) reads that as: "An arrogant person is usually more troublesome than the confidence person and thinks the smell of it." I love those translators. They probably provide more Engrish[^] than anybody. But Jim Breen's[^] site is great for at least getting the meaning on kanji (which I usually need help with). Anywho, がんばってましょう、ね


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