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- Breaking: Major accident at FM 2123 and FM 51 this morning. Head on collision.
- Yesterday seemed like a reality check for the Far Right.Yep, he's around for four more years.
- James Woods Motors has put up a billboard right by the Karl Klement dealership.
- Drunk driving death on the road that runs behind the theater and restaurants on the east side of I-35 as you are going into Fort Worth just before hitting 820. I feared the pot holes on that back road but never a drunk driver.
- President Obama was chewing gum like nobody's business when he watched the parade yesterday. He must be a serious smoker.
- I understand James Taylor performing at the Inauguration but NBC turned him into a color commentator yesterday.
- Dallas DA Craig Watkins was on Fox 4 last night. That man isn't smart (and I'm being generous.)
- Two strippers, one pregnant, battle it out over a dollar bill. God bless America.
- I'm not sure why the movie Sucker Punch is not a cult classic.
- Golfer Phil Mickelson is thinking about moving from California because of the overall tax rate. He's had a hard life, I'm sure. (He's made $69 million in PGA winnings alone.)
- Kelly Clarkson performed at the Inauguration yesterday. She's basically back to a "Hey, Now" status.
- Four people in their 50s are listed in the death notices in today's Update. Freaks me out.
- President Obama's "I want to take one last look." Credit Bagofnothing.com.
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71 comments:
RTG: SKANK TRIFECTA!! (but I like 'em that way)
Mickelson leaving California no different than the many businesses leaving that state. No different than the many Americans living abroad that are renouncing citizenship because of high taxes. Nothing wrong with wanting to keep what is yours.
8:43--Not according to the current administration.
Craig Watkins isn't smart? Are you kidding me? Obviously he is smart, he is the District Attorney of the County of Dallas TX! You are a racist jerk!
When Obammy turned to take one last look,I guess he doesn't plan on being around to hand the crown off to Hitlary in 16.
After four years of this president, it's common knowledge that he's a heavy smoker...and you're just now figuring it out?
8:43 Keeping what is yours? Without this country giving Mickelson the opportunity to play golf, he wouldn't have ever had the opportunity to make that kind of money. He should be proud to pay his fair share. We all contributed to his success!
" he's around for four more years....." Thank God it's a Republican House!
Can you blame Mickelson. I read yesterday that is total tax rate when all added up is something like 62%.. It would be nice to keep at least half of what your earn.
Obama's "last look" is somewhat touching.
Right Wing's hate-filled response in 3... 2... 1...
What you could not find any video of the 2 strippers... Come on..
High school and Carson on soft lockdown now! Threats made to faculty member!
So...with $69 Million, Mickelson should have spent a little on some good tax advice.
Romney's tax rate is/was about 15%.
Please supply the link to Phil's 62% rate. California's top rate for State income tax is 12.3%.
Sucker Punch IS already considered by many to be a "cult classic".
Bacon Scale
Left
3.7 out of 5
Very Very cute
Middle
4 out of 5
Very Sexy
Right
1 out of 5
Terrible
8:52...He is leaving Cali not the US dumbass, but I guess details are never important to the folks out there wanting something for free, given to them by someone who worked for it. I guess Mickelson didn't build his golf game, you did.
Go to Cali sometime and venture outside the hot spots. It is a bigger shithole than Mexico. They are not just taxing the rich in that state. There is basically no middle class. Cali is a microcosm of income inequality on par with what you see in 3rd world countries.
Mickelson is the one who made the 62% comment, the story is on Yahoo.
He included his state and federal burden, but the guy making the Romney crack was too excited about sounding smart to read the story.
Sucker Punch was a huge disappointment, that's why
Mickelson obviously needs a new accountant. PICK ME,PICK ME!!!
DF Jack "scribbly" Lew, Secretary of the United States Treasury
Romney's income was from investments. Michelson's is actually considered earned income. Huge difference and not subject to the lower capital gains taxes. So, yeah! It will actually be 62%, even with the high priced accountants. Most deductions he would be eligible for in the past are being taken away (you know, closing those loopholes?)!
DA Watkins didn't get elected because he is smart, unless you consider political savy the equivalent of intelligence. He's got plenty of political drive. Pretty clear he doesn't want to remain DA of Dallas County, Texas. He is a product of the political environment in large-city America. You know, the same group that elected Obama, twice. Take a look at the county by county vote across the country in the last presidential election and you will understand it all. Geographically, a huge majority of this country voted for Romney. But there are more PEOPLE living in the metropolitan areas. So it's city versus country, as usual, and city wins. Next lesson, look at the demographics in the city. It ain't getting any better. That southern secession thing looks better all the time.
8:52 -
So I am guessing that you were out there all those years helping raise Phil when he was a kid?
How dare people even attempt to be successful huh? If they are, it is only because the government helped them out!
I know plenty of people who are very successful and they got that work because of their own hard work and sacrifice, not because they sat around waiting on the government to help them out!
Phil Mickelson is really showing his 1%er attitude. What a jagoff.
8:59 Call Mickelson and ask him to explain if your that worried about..
8:59
Federal tax is/was 36%. Those two alone add up to 48%. Then you have the state property tax on what is sure to be a multimillion dollar home, the local/county property tax on said home. I'm sure CA has something similar to a "Millionaire" or "Rich, White Person" Tax. It's not hard to see how we reach a total tax rate of 62%... And all of this without looking anything up online. Yes, some people REALLY DO pay more in taxes than they take home after. Is it his fault? Partly, because our 19,000+ pages of convoluted tax code has so many loopholes that people can hire the best accountants to LEGALLY get them all possible deductions, see Mittens. Now, the rest of the blame falls on the government because those involved with it really don't understand the concept of spending less than you make. But that's an old argument; we all know that if the 1% paid everything they made last year to the government it would fund our country for about 2 weeks. Look it up if you don't believe me.
Colbert last night: (paraphrasing) "That's how far race relations have come in this country - a black man is a fan of James Taylor's music!"
You can't "Hey, now!" somebody and offer as proof a pic that shows her from the waist up and wearing a heavy coat. Consult your rulebook!
A pregnant stripper in Wisconsin fighting another stripper over a dollar - so many red flags there! If you shut your eyes very tight and wish really hard, you can imagine she's using her fierce motherly instincts to provide for her unborn child. Just make sure you're sitting down, because it might take a while, and you'll wind up feeling dizzy and sad
After a certain point, you have to wonder why anybody would still willingly pay state taxes if it wasn't absolutely vital to their livelihood.
Consider all the Hollywood and interwebs millionaires that pay state taxes, and Cali can still barely afford to stay afloat.
Let's throw out a rough estimate of $40 million that ol' Phil has paid in taxes. You think he's gotten $40 mil worth of government services in return?
messenger website down?
Welfare, Salvation Army,United Way and all other hand outs should be eliminated. Kids learn from their environment, and the parents are teaching them that it's ok to be lazy and have no goals.
"You don't have to do anything all year little Jethro Billy Bob Jr, and Santa will still come with presents".
This is the generation that will take care of us when we're old, and I'm terrified!!!
Yep, Obammy wont need to do it next year. He will just stay in office once he shreds the CON-stitution.
WOW! Your Craig Watkins was racist.
RTG on right- "FRENCH FRIED PERTATERS. MM-HMM."
1st 8:52 "We all contributed to his success!"
Your only contribution is sticking your hand out to the liberals and them giving you what you need to live on. Your kind didn't contribute to his success. Your kind only sucks at the tit of his success.
He's had a hard life, I'm sure
You've had a hard life, I'm sure. Punk.
In other news you are the Lolo Soetoro of Wise County.
I have certainly been wrong about Obama. I thought that the fawning and worship would wear off, but this inauguration has shown that it's as bad as ever. His last look at the crowd was the visual equivalent of his winning the Nobel Prize -- adoration for who he is more than what he's done. He held back some in his first term for political reasons, but his public pronouncements indicate that over the next four years he intends to use that adoration to push his radical agenda as far as he can. Fasten your seatbelts, because it's gonna be a long, dark, bumpy night.
What's with the Update?
The Messenger is a third rate rag mag that's one step away from becoming the Wise Co Enquirer. What a joke.
"I'm going to pay as little in taxes as I can" -- Every taxpayer in the world. Including Barack Obama. That's right, via deductions, Obama reduces the amount he pays in taxes. So why is it news that Mickelson implied that he might use the same tax-evading tactics as Obama?
Wordkyle -
Maybe the President's agenda seems radical to you, but that term is relative to your values. I think his agenda is spot-on.
When the President looked back at the place where he had just given his 2nd inaugural speech (the place of MLK march, the Washington monument, the place that holds historical significance, the place that many -family, friends and millions he has never met-- worked hard in order for him to be there), what I saw was a man I admire, in the highest office in the land, one of the few elected in this century by over 50% of the electorate, relishing and appreciating the significance to his life, a man with the knowledge that this was an apex, this was a moment in his life to be treasured.
However, WK, you read something totally different than I into the president's look back at the mall. And here we are back to relativity of values - whether you share the President's agenda or you don't- makes the difference in whether you saw something positive or negative. We (those of us that voted for the president) won this election. Obviously, you couldn't take a break in your biting criticisms of our President for one day.... and really, I suppose that really doesn't matter; it's a significant ritual/day.... with or without you.
It's going to be a long 4 years for you, WK.
RTG: one on the left is cute, middle one is a f'ing cow, one on the right is BEAUTIFUL!
Sucker Punch= AWESOME!! one of my favs, love that movie!
You guys lay off of Wordkyle! He is busy building his own little fantasy world, and does not need any distractions.
And for the pro-gun, "all gun owners are good" camp, here is the weekend "friendly fire" tally:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57565000-504083/5-injured-in-firearm-accidents-at-saturday-gun-shows/
1029- It's going to be a hard time for more than just me, and for longer than four years. I'm not the only one whose take-home pay is less as of January 1 because of higher taxes. Obama's tax increases affect everyone at all socioeconomic levels, even though he promised otherwise. Government dependence is at an all time high, and he proposes even more. His pet legislation Obamacare costs more than we were told, increased premiums which we were told it wouldn't, carries consequences (Catholic Church & birth control) we weren't told about, and it will cost America for generations, just as FDR's Social Security program has, with future generations eventually having to pick up the tab.
So is O going to focus like a laser on job creation now or that was another of his many lies?
10:59, I wish you would tell both sides of the story and post the numbers of the "unfriendly" fire tally.
It's going to be a long 4 years for you, WK.
10:29 AM
You've got to be kidding. He's as giddy as a school girl over the election. Now he can spam his right wing soapbox comments for 4 more years. If Romney had won he'd have to be on defense.
11:36 - Everything that Mr. Obama talked about yesterday and has been working on is directly related to job creation! The stimulus worked and continues to work. Things are improving. He can also move forward now with revising the tax code to provide more money for government agencies to help folks that are hurting. Provide more money for alternative fuel research, etc. All these kinds of thing will create jobs. I thought that's what all you so called conservatives want!!
1154 - Your comment is proof once again that you guys really don't understand me. You think you do, but you don't.
10:29
What day of the month do you receive your government assistance check?
10:29---- Hero worship is for children. Stupidity is not a handicap, park elsewhere.
@1029
Romney carried Texas
You didn't help the President accomplish anything
Loser
Thank you 9:44. You saved me from having to respond. Geeze--we ALL contributed? Someone please tell me how? I don't recall having anything to do with Phil. My hat's off to him. Take YOUR money and come to Texas! No state income tax!
12:07, The billions that Obammy threw to his buddies at all those solar companies that went bankrupt created how many jobs?
11:41
I don't really understand your point, but let me expand on mine:
The "pro gun at any cost" camp believes that all legal gun owners are well trained, well meaning, God fearing Americans that only want to protect their homes and fend off our commie government.
They further believe that gun shows are great and more guns is the answer to everything.
So here, in a single weekend, a guy with a concealed carry permit, a licensed dealer and a guy wanting to sell a gun at a show, each discharge a weapon accidentally, (stupidly) and wound a total of 5 people.
That does not make me feel safer, nor does it make me want to fill our streets with armed morons.
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12:07, Things are improving? Ask the 11,100 people per day that signed up for food stamp assistance during Obammy's first four years if things are improving. I won't even ask about all the people that lost their homes.
1:58 and 2:10 - you 2 are obviously small picture people. Mr. Obama and all of us who support him, are big picture folks. First, it was millions, not billions invested in a couple of green energy companies that didn't work out. But it was still investment! There are plenty of examples of private citizens that spent a lot of money learning before they succeeded. At the end of the next 4 years, don't forget to thank your President and those of us who voted for him for your prosperity and a much cleaner planet!
you guys really don't understand me. You think you do, but you don't.
wordkyle
No, trust me. We understand you plenty. You're like Karl Rove, Dick Morris, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, et al.
2:22, Wow, you are brainwashed! It wouldn't matter if it was $10 or 10 trillion dollars, giving money to a liberal entity and expecting them to manage it, would be like giving Lindsey Lohan a bag of coke and thinking she would use it sparingly.
The only tax that went up Jan 1 was the payroll tax that actually was temporarily dropped as a stimulis to help with Bush's recession.
It was never meant to be permanent.
nice try wk.
And if you are on a payroll, you must be on this blog during work.
1:55,
Here is how. City taxes pay for my local golfing range...many cities outside of Texas have city courses. City and county taxes pay for the roads you and Phil ride on, to get to your golf course. School taxes pay for schools that educate Phil and perhaps paid for his first golf coach, city and county and state taxes pay for airports for little Phil to fly to his many tournaments as a kiddo, and adult. Yes Phil did practice, and pay for private lessons, and worked hard, but I'm sorry when you people say Phil (Romney) etc.....did it all on their own your full of shit. Send Little Phil to Burundi and see if he would become a famous wealthy Golfer....how many wealthy golfers (insert any pro athlete) live in Third World Countries??? Huh I wonder why there are not more???
@1433
You don't get out of your house much if you think the four people you named are on the same side of the argument
But I commend you for pretending to know something.
Now slap yourself back into your trailer and return to Tivo'd episodes of Springer.
241 - Every wage-earner's take-home pay decreased. The amount the government takes from earners increased. Democrats certainly didn't campaign on that. Here's a more complete list of taxes that have gone up, or will go up, because of Obama. He didn't campaign on those, did he?
P.S. I am on this blog during work, and my boss is furious with me.
233 - Thanks for proving my point. 249 nailed you.
2:47 -- You once again prove stupid people should not vote. Now go back and latch on to the government tit you are used to sucking.
Burundi has produced a number of famous athletes....
A Saidi Ntibazonkiza made 352,000 dollars in 2011 according to ESPN.
That's like a quadrillion dollars in first world money.
Of course given the size of Burundi, why would you expect them to produce famous athletes at the same rate as the United States
USA, USA, USA,
Your golf example is idiotic because 99 percent of golfer suck.
Wait, is this another 1 percenter conspiracy to oppress??
Their are actually a couple of top 30 golfers from Africa.
A quick google search shows that apparently there is only 1 golf course in Burundi. Obviously, they haven't built that. Why don't you go lend a helping hand buddy?
2:47, Just wait a few more years, when all the entitlements kick in and we won't be producing any golfers either.
You can only breed success when success is looked upon in the proper light. In today's America it is viewed with contempt. Yes, it is great that our country has allowed him to succeed, so why do you harbor so much jealousy for those who realize their dreams. Why do you wish to punish his success with an exorbinant tax rate. This is not about him dodging taxes, just paying a fair rate.
You would be bitchin' to high heaven if the government taxed your 18K a year at 62%. I want Phil to pay his fair share like the rest of us, but anything over 35% for any income group is fleecing. Don't you think your government is failing you when they have to continually ask for more and more of what you earn to cover their spending mistakes.
I'll take the little hot one on the right. (RTG)
Just think it's four years less one day untill Obammy is out.
Wordkyle -
Your said - "Your comment is proof once again that you guys really don't understand me. You think you do, but you don't."
I'm betting Pres. Obama could say the same thing to you!
I.M WITH YOU WORDKYLE....I HOPE WE SURVIVE THE 4 YEARS
It's a half past four and I'm shifting gears. - Radar Love by Golden Earring
Thought about this when your tranny went out on your car...not that YOU are a tranny...the tranny on your car...unless...you are a tranny, which I don't think you are...but after the urinal comments from the weekend...hey...maybe tranny has entered the arena.
Kelly Clarkson is not a hey now. Something about her mouth is odd.
12:07 Have another glass of the cool aid you delusional looney leftist.
659 - I make no pretense of "understanding" Obama. What I can do is observe his actions, judge them, and make educated and informed guesses as to what the consequences will be, based on historical precedents.
After reading some of these comments I have concluded liberalism is a mental disorder.
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