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		<title>By: ceneguicy</title>
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		<description>What is bumburbia?</description>
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		<title>By: Byncassausy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Byncassausy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There was this guy see.
He wasn&#039;t very bright and he reached his adult life without ever having learned &quot;the facts&quot;.
Somehow, it gets to be his wedding day.
While he is walking down the isle, his father tugs his sleeve and says,

&quot;Son, when you get to the hotel room...Call me&quot;

Hours later he gets to the hotel room with his beautiful blushing bride and he calls his father,

&quot;Dad, we are the hotel, what do I do?&quot;

&quot;O.K. Son, listen up, take off your clothes and get in the bed, then she should take off her clothes and get in the bed, if not help her. Then either way, ah, call me&quot;

A few moments later...

&quot;Dad we took off our clothes and we are in the bed, what do I do?&quot;

O.K. Son, listen up. Move real close to her and she should move real close to you, and then... Ah, call me.&quot;

A few moments later...

&quot;DAD! WE TOOK OFF OUR CLOTHES, GOT IN THE BED AND MOVED REAL CLOSE, WHAT DO I DO???&quot;

&quot;O.K. Son, Listen up, this is the most important part. Stick the long part of your body into the place where she goes to the bathroom.&quot;

A few moments later...

&quot;Dad, I&#039;ve got my foot in the toilet, what do I do?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was this guy see.<br />
He wasn&#8217;t very bright and he reached his adult life without ever having learned &#8220;the facts&#8221;.<br />
Somehow, it gets to be his wedding day.<br />
While he is walking down the isle, his father tugs his sleeve and says,</p>
<p>&#8220;Son, when you get to the hotel room&#8230;Call me&#8221;</p>
<p>Hours later he gets to the hotel room with his beautiful blushing bride and he calls his father,</p>
<p>&#8220;Dad, we are the hotel, what do I do?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;O.K. Son, listen up, take off your clothes and get in the bed, then she should take off her clothes and get in the bed, if not help her. Then either way, ah, call me&#8221;</p>
<p>A few moments later&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Dad we took off our clothes and we are in the bed, what do I do?&#8221;</p>
<p>O.K. Son, listen up. Move real close to her and she should move real close to you, and then&#8230; Ah, call me.&#8221;</p>
<p>A few moments later&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;DAD! WE TOOK OFF OUR CLOTHES, GOT IN THE BED AND MOVED REAL CLOSE, WHAT DO I DO???&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;O.K. Son, Listen up, this is the most important part. Stick the long part of your body into the place where she goes to the bathroom.&#8221;</p>
<p>A few moments later&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Dad, I&#8217;ve got my foot in the toilet, what do I do?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: werutzb</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi!

I would like improve my SQL knowledge.
 I red that many SQL books and would like to
read more about SQL for my position as mysql database manager.

 What would you recommend?

Thanks,
Werutz</description>
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<p>I would like improve my SQL knowledge.<br />
 I red that many SQL books and would like to<br />
read more about SQL for my position as mysql database manager.</p>
<p> What would you recommend?</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />
Werutz</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I couldn&#039;t understand some parts of this article Waco 2.0, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I couldn&#8217;t understand some parts of this article Waco 2.0, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.</p>
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		<title>By: Life Insurance blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Life Insurance blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;the insurance companies don&#039;t want you to know...&lt;/strong&gt;

Information on the life insurance industry...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>the insurance companies don&#8217;t want you to know&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>Information on the life insurance industry&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Jason Lubyk</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Lubyk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/jsiegel/Personal/taxes/voluntary.htm</description>
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		<title>By: sherry</title>
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		<dc:creator>sherry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ed Brown is correct. There is no law. The IRS admits it.” Our system of taxation is the most effective form of voluntary compliance in the world today&quot; Further the IRS says our mission is to encourage voluntary compliance. The IRS only has powers to collect certain mandatory taxes such as Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms but our Courts convict people of not paying the voluntary income tax using statues that fall under the mandatory ATF taxes. IT’S the truth read your privacy act notice that the IRS mails out along with the 1040 booklet then look up the sections the IRS refers to in the Internal Revenue Code and their authority falls under the ATF taxes
Indeed there are laws requiring Americans to pay taxes but only ATF taxes. The IRS has no authority to collect Income taxes or seize people’s property relating to income taxes. Don’t believe me then call the IRS and ask them if our form of taxation is based upon voluntary compliance then listen to how they answer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ed Brown is correct. There is no law. The IRS admits it.” Our system of taxation is the most effective form of voluntary compliance in the world today&#8221; Further the IRS says our mission is to encourage voluntary compliance. The IRS only has powers to collect certain mandatory taxes such as Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms but our Courts convict people of not paying the voluntary income tax using statues that fall under the mandatory ATF taxes. IT’S the truth read your privacy act notice that the IRS mails out along with the 1040 booklet then look up the sections the IRS refers to in the Internal Revenue Code and their authority falls under the ATF taxes<br />
Indeed there are laws requiring Americans to pay taxes but only ATF taxes. The IRS has no authority to collect Income taxes or seize people’s property relating to income taxes. Don’t believe me then call the IRS and ask them if our form of taxation is based upon voluntary compliance then listen to how they answer</p>
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		<title>By: Uriah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Uriah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A close friend of mine has a camp next door to the Brown&#039;s HOUSE (not compound). I grew up in town. I&#039;ve met Ed Brown. He&#039;s a fucking nut and everyone has always known it. He&#039;s on a mission for martyrdom.

A few weeks back the gov&#039;t shut down power on the hill to try to starve them out. Didn&#039;t work for shit-- Ed&#039;s been off grid for years now, though it certainly did piss off the folks who live there. He&#039;s a conspiracy theorist for sure, militia style, with a vast array of armament and enough stores of food to last him and his wife a few years. But the cops aren&#039;t even hanging out outside his house anymore. They&#039;re just politely waiting for him to come down off the hill and into town so they can arrest him, which is pretty much what they should do, all things considered.

Now, I&#039;ve got a bit of a problem with a government that taxes at gunpoint. That said, obviously people need to pay taxes or we can&#039;t have all this good stuff like the wars of foreign aggression that we just take for granted. He&#039;s a nutjob, for sure, and he just as sure ought to pay his damn taxes. But all things considered, I don&#039;t think it&#039;s at all appropriate for any government to use force against rebellious elements within that society.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A close friend of mine has a camp next door to the Brown&#8217;s HOUSE (not compound). I grew up in town. I&#8217;ve met Ed Brown. He&#8217;s a fucking nut and everyone has always known it. He&#8217;s on a mission for martyrdom.</p>
<p>A few weeks back the gov&#8217;t shut down power on the hill to try to starve them out. Didn&#8217;t work for shit&#8211; Ed&#8217;s been off grid for years now, though it certainly did piss off the folks who live there. He&#8217;s a conspiracy theorist for sure, militia style, with a vast array of armament and enough stores of food to last him and his wife a few years. But the cops aren&#8217;t even hanging out outside his house anymore. They&#8217;re just politely waiting for him to come down off the hill and into town so they can arrest him, which is pretty much what they should do, all things considered.</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;ve got a bit of a problem with a government that taxes at gunpoint. That said, obviously people need to pay taxes or we can&#8217;t have all this good stuff like the wars of foreign aggression that we just take for granted. He&#8217;s a nutjob, for sure, and he just as sure ought to pay his damn taxes. But all things considered, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s at all appropriate for any government to use force against rebellious elements within that society.</p>
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		<title>By: jenny</title>
		<link>http://www.alterati.com/blog/2007/06/waco-20/comment-page-1/#comment-159651</link>
		<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suspect people opposed to income tax are really just opposed to TAX in general.  I think it&#039;s really a form of selfishness, and they try to sell it by convincing the rest of us our lives would be better if we were all selfish: &quot;Think about it-- if you didnt have to share with other people you&#039;d have more for yourself!!&quot;  I can&#039;t say I blame them, but taxes are a necessary part of modern life.  I don&#039;t like paying for car insurance either, but if I want to drive a car I at least understand why I have to pay for car insurance (unless you live in NH-- and the surrounding states now have to deal with &quot;deadbeat&quot; NH drivers who get into accidents and can&#039;t pay for the damages).  We are lightyears away from what our founding fathers dealt with, so in a sense, what our founding fathers intended is moot (doe &quot;the right to bear arms&quot; mean I am allowed to have my own nuclear weapon?)

I suspect the real root of the problem is human population growth.   The more the population grows, the more we need to create jobs, build housing, build roads, use up resources, pollute the enviroment, make new laws to protect the enviroment, etc. etc.   As a private landowner you might  decry &quot;enviromental regulations&quot; restricting use of your land, but if your neighbor built a garbage dump or rendering plant next door (thus devaluing and/or polluting your own land) would you defend his right to do with his land as he pleases?   So how do we live together without getting at each other&#039;s throats?

This Libertarian &quot;every man for himself&quot; attitude is essentially just mob rule with a smiley face pasted on, and perhaps contrary to Christ&#039;s teaching (&quot;Do unto others as you would have them do unto you&quot;, &quot;It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven&quot;, and &quot;that which ye do unto the least of these ye do unto me.&quot;)  No man is completely free-- I cannot just go out and kill someone if I want, I can&#039;t walk into a supermarket and just take what I want.  So what is the fair trade off?  We have to accept certain responsibilites in a democratic society.  Is life in the socialist democracies of Europe ( Sweden, Denmark, Holland, etc) really so horrible?

The real problem with taxes in the US is we aren&#039;t getting what we pay for.  We&#039;re losing money to beaurocracy and waste and partisan stupidity (on both sides).  If we could fix the waste we&#039;d all pay less in taxes.  But I guess it&#039;s easier (and far less complicated) to just focus on &quot;taxes&quot; as the problem.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suspect people opposed to income tax are really just opposed to TAX in general.  I think it&#8217;s really a form of selfishness, and they try to sell it by convincing the rest of us our lives would be better if we were all selfish: &#8220;Think about it&#8211; if you didnt have to share with other people you&#8217;d have more for yourself!!&#8221;  I can&#8217;t say I blame them, but taxes are a necessary part of modern life.  I don&#8217;t like paying for car insurance either, but if I want to drive a car I at least understand why I have to pay for car insurance (unless you live in NH&#8211; and the surrounding states now have to deal with &#8220;deadbeat&#8221; NH drivers who get into accidents and can&#8217;t pay for the damages).  We are lightyears away from what our founding fathers dealt with, so in a sense, what our founding fathers intended is moot (doe &#8220;the right to bear arms&#8221; mean I am allowed to have my own nuclear weapon?)</p>
<p>I suspect the real root of the problem is human population growth.   The more the population grows, the more we need to create jobs, build housing, build roads, use up resources, pollute the enviroment, make new laws to protect the enviroment, etc. etc.   As a private landowner you might  decry &#8220;enviromental regulations&#8221; restricting use of your land, but if your neighbor built a garbage dump or rendering plant next door (thus devaluing and/or polluting your own land) would you defend his right to do with his land as he pleases?   So how do we live together without getting at each other&#8217;s throats?</p>
<p>This Libertarian &#8220;every man for himself&#8221; attitude is essentially just mob rule with a smiley face pasted on, and perhaps contrary to Christ&#8217;s teaching (&#8220;Do unto others as you would have them do unto you&#8221;, &#8220;It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven&#8221;, and &#8220;that which ye do unto the least of these ye do unto me.&#8221;)  No man is completely free&#8211; I cannot just go out and kill someone if I want, I can&#8217;t walk into a supermarket and just take what I want.  So what is the fair trade off?  We have to accept certain responsibilites in a democratic society.  Is life in the socialist democracies of Europe ( Sweden, Denmark, Holland, etc) really so horrible?</p>
<p>The real problem with taxes in the US is we aren&#8217;t getting what we pay for.  We&#8217;re losing money to beaurocracy and waste and partisan stupidity (on both sides).  If we could fix the waste we&#8217;d all pay less in taxes.  But I guess it&#8217;s easier (and far less complicated) to just focus on &#8220;taxes&#8221; as the problem.</p>
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		<title>By: 1776 All Over Again</title>
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		<dc:creator>1776 All Over Again</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a retired engineer and small land owner who has been researching for two years the increasing tide of government and mob taking.

Property owners are being beseiged all over the country  by government &amp; environmental strangling regulations.  Property owners are slow to wake up.  Gun owners are in the front of the taking curve, they know what is going on.  Home schooler also know what is going on.  Many religious folks are also seeing an increase in the taking of our constitutional and natural rights.

 i.e. those who are being increasingly taken by big government and those mobs who use big government are finally waking up and rising up.  I have tracked this taking back to some 55 years after &quot;we&quot; landed at Plymoth Rock MA in 1620.  This is when England came after us again to tax us to death for the wars.  Nothing has changed in near 400 years.  The tyranny of England has been instantly if not retroactively replaced by American government and the oppressive mobs who use it against us.


I say all of the above to say this.  My research has found the following.

1.  The 16th Amendment is illegitimate.  There was never the 3/4 majority of the then 48 states to pass an income tax.  There was only 13 states that legitimately approved this illegitimate Income Tax Amendment in 1913.

2.  Thus the IRS code is unconstitutional and fruadulent.

3.  Also wages are private property &amp; cannot be taxed per our constituion.  Our Founding Fathers meant Income to be profit &amp; gain not wages.

4.  &quot;There is no NO statute ratified by the Congress of the U.S. that requires you to file and pay an Income Tax for working for a living in America.&quot;  Check this site and watch the Russo Freedcom to Facism DVD.
http://www.joyce101.com/custom4.html

5.  Russo says 66 million do not file.  My resarch using taxfoundation.org and current census figures show over twice that many are net 0 tax payers.

6.  Also, all direct taxes were to be apportioned, i.e. equal.  Indirect taxes must be uniform, e.g. duties, exccises, etc.  None of this has been done.  Taxes are a redistribution of wealth, i.e. socialist, fraudulent &amp; unconstitutional.

7.  Also The Federal Reserve Act is unconstitutional.  This act was also passed in 1913 during the Christmas break when many Senators were away.  Although it appears to have been legitimatey passed, this act is unconstitutional as the constitution was never amended to allow it.  The Rothchilds, Morgans, Warburg (Germany), Rockefeller families were working to undermine our American gold based free monetary system for generations.

8.  Taking American off the Gold standard and removing the precious metal backing of all currency and going to a forced government legal tender is fraudlent, unconstitional and against everything our Founding Fathers stood for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a retired engineer and small land owner who has been researching for two years the increasing tide of government and mob taking.</p>
<p>Property owners are being beseiged all over the country  by government &amp; environmental strangling regulations.  Property owners are slow to wake up.  Gun owners are in the front of the taking curve, they know what is going on.  Home schooler also know what is going on.  Many religious folks are also seeing an increase in the taking of our constitutional and natural rights.</p>
<p> i.e. those who are being increasingly taken by big government and those mobs who use big government are finally waking up and rising up.  I have tracked this taking back to some 55 years after &#8220;we&#8221; landed at Plymoth Rock MA in 1620.  This is when England came after us again to tax us to death for the wars.  Nothing has changed in near 400 years.  The tyranny of England has been instantly if not retroactively replaced by American government and the oppressive mobs who use it against us.</p>
<p>I say all of the above to say this.  My research has found the following.</p>
<p>1.  The 16th Amendment is illegitimate.  There was never the 3/4 majority of the then 48 states to pass an income tax.  There was only 13 states that legitimately approved this illegitimate Income Tax Amendment in 1913.</p>
<p>2.  Thus the IRS code is unconstitutional and fruadulent.</p>
<p>3.  Also wages are private property &amp; cannot be taxed per our constituion.  Our Founding Fathers meant Income to be profit &amp; gain not wages.</p>
<p>4.  &#8220;There is no NO statute ratified by the Congress of the U.S. that requires you to file and pay an Income Tax for working for a living in America.&#8221;  Check this site and watch the Russo Freedcom to Facism DVD.<br />
<a href="http://www.joyce101.com/custom4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.joyce101.com/custom4.html</a></p>
<p>5.  Russo says 66 million do not file.  My resarch using taxfoundation.org and current census figures show over twice that many are net 0 tax payers.</p>
<p>6.  Also, all direct taxes were to be apportioned, i.e. equal.  Indirect taxes must be uniform, e.g. duties, exccises, etc.  None of this has been done.  Taxes are a redistribution of wealth, i.e. socialist, fraudulent &amp; unconstitutional.</p>
<p>7.  Also The Federal Reserve Act is unconstitutional.  This act was also passed in 1913 during the Christmas break when many Senators were away.  Although it appears to have been legitimatey passed, this act is unconstitutional as the constitution was never amended to allow it.  The Rothchilds, Morgans, Warburg (Germany), Rockefeller families were working to undermine our American gold based free monetary system for generations.</p>
<p>8.  Taking American off the Gold standard and removing the precious metal backing of all currency and going to a forced government legal tender is fraudlent, unconstitional and against everything our Founding Fathers stood for.</p>
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		<title>By: jenny</title>
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		<dc:creator>jenny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris-- I read your other paragraphs, and it wasnt exactly a desire to yell &quot;AHA! I told you&quot; and ram a partisan political point down your throat (though i can see it being interpreted that way).  Im just tired of the word &quot;communism&quot; sending people off the deep end, and thought perhaps that was part of your point-- income tax originated with the Communist Manifesto, so therefore it is bad.  No?

I agree 100% that the problem with any government is the lack of ethics, indeed I am fully aware of how this ruined the Soviet Union, and it certainly looks to be harming our own government.

As for the Browns-- true, most of what I mentioned is local (except for national highways, and I guess if they are locked in their house they wont be using those anytime soon).  So clear this up-- are the Browns paying their local taxes ?  I know that even NH has local taxes, property taxes.

Nor am I in favor of mob rule.  Where you got that I&#039;ll never know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris&#8211; I read your other paragraphs, and it wasnt exactly a desire to yell &#8220;AHA! I told you&#8221; and ram a partisan political point down your throat (though i can see it being interpreted that way).  Im just tired of the word &#8220;communism&#8221; sending people off the deep end, and thought perhaps that was part of your point&#8211; income tax originated with the Communist Manifesto, so therefore it is bad.  No?</p>
<p>I agree 100% that the problem with any government is the lack of ethics, indeed I am fully aware of how this ruined the Soviet Union, and it certainly looks to be harming our own government.</p>
<p>As for the Browns&#8211; true, most of what I mentioned is local (except for national highways, and I guess if they are locked in their house they wont be using those anytime soon).  So clear this up&#8211; are the Browns paying their local taxes ?  I know that even NH has local taxes, property taxes.</p>
<p>Nor am I in favor of mob rule.  Where you got that I&#8217;ll never know.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Death and taxes&gt;&gt;&gt;taxes are slavery&gt;&gt;&gt;die or work till you die=death and taxes........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Death and taxes&gt;&gt;&gt;taxes are slavery&gt;&gt;&gt;die or work till you die=death and taxes&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: PatriotSmith</title>
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		<dc:creator>PatriotSmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t really agree with the way the Browns are going about this, nor do I care if you are religious or not; the bottom line is the American government is corrupt, the entire power elite really, and things are getting worse. History will  show perhaps the biggest story of the Iraq invasion/occupation to be not where were the WMDS, etc., but rather the massive scale of corruption, the bulk of which is still unknown to most.


BTW, any one who blames the complex problems honest, true freedom loving people face on absurd scapegoats like &quot;the Jews&quot; is only helping the power elite with their ignorant  and divisive stance (Not to say the nation of Israel doesn&#039;t do it share of wrong, but an acknowledgment of such is much different than the previous statement, i.e. it is reality based where the other is not).

Take care friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t really agree with the way the Browns are going about this, nor do I care if you are religious or not; the bottom line is the American government is corrupt, the entire power elite really, and things are getting worse. History will  show perhaps the biggest story of the Iraq invasion/occupation to be not where were the WMDS, etc., but rather the massive scale of corruption, the bulk of which is still unknown to most.</p>
<p>BTW, any one who blames the complex problems honest, true freedom loving people face on absurd scapegoats like &#8220;the Jews&#8221; is only helping the power elite with their ignorant  and divisive stance (Not to say the nation of Israel doesn&#8217;t do it share of wrong, but an acknowledgment of such is much different than the previous statement, i.e. it is reality based where the other is not).</p>
<p>Take care friends.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One more point, Jenny.

True democracy is nothing less than mob rule.  Would you like to be on the short end of the stick, should 51% of the &quot;democracy&quot; thinks rendering you and the remaining 41% minority unworthy of life.  I would hope not, because that would be unfair to you and everyone else.

That&#039;s why the Framers of the Constitution gave us a constitutional Republic, in order to guard against such barbary as a true democracy.

&quot;Gentlemen, you now have a Republic....if you can keep it.&quot; - Ben Franklin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One more point, Jenny.</p>
<p>True democracy is nothing less than mob rule.  Would you like to be on the short end of the stick, should 51% of the &#8220;democracy&#8221; thinks rendering you and the remaining 41% minority unworthy of life.  I would hope not, because that would be unfair to you and everyone else.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why the Framers of the Constitution gave us a constitutional Republic, in order to guard against such barbary as a true democracy.</p>
<p>&#8220;Gentlemen, you now have a Republic&#8230;.if you can keep it.&#8221; &#8211; Ben Franklin.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jenny,

I never said the Communist Manifesto was &quot;evil&quot;, just because I don&#039;t believe in it&#039;s guidelines for how a government or society should be instituted and operated, especially in the United States.  I will agree with you on the fact that capitalism isn&#039;t perfect, though.  The problem exists in the fact that men/women that desire power through capitalism end up corrupting the system for their own personal gains.  It works the same way with Communism, except those in power of the State would easily be corrupted in &quot;who&quot; gets their &quot;fair share&quot;.  That&#039;s what happened to the Soviet Union.  The State and who ran it and its burdensome bureaucracies got high off the hog, while the people or collective suffered and still suffer immensely to this day.

Much of the problem in today&#039;s society is a serious lack of ethics and integrity.  Only education and parental responsibility will fix that and it can&#039;t be fixed soon enough, as this takes generations to accomplish.

Also, jenny none of the benefits you pointed out that the Brown&#039;s would benefit from living in the US are paid for by our income tax dollars.  All that you named is mostly funded by your local property taxes and sales/consumption taxes.  You missed a whole paragraph in my comments, due to your eagerness to ram some skewed point down my throat and go, AHA! I told him!!!!

When the individual&#039;s rights are protected, liberty will flourish and the collective citizenry will be much better off, than the current nanny-state we are living in with everyone seeking their handout from the U.S. government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jenny,</p>
<p>I never said the Communist Manifesto was &#8220;evil&#8221;, just because I don&#8217;t believe in it&#8217;s guidelines for how a government or society should be instituted and operated, especially in the United States.  I will agree with you on the fact that capitalism isn&#8217;t perfect, though.  The problem exists in the fact that men/women that desire power through capitalism end up corrupting the system for their own personal gains.  It works the same way with Communism, except those in power of the State would easily be corrupted in &#8220;who&#8221; gets their &#8220;fair share&#8221;.  That&#8217;s what happened to the Soviet Union.  The State and who ran it and its burdensome bureaucracies got high off the hog, while the people or collective suffered and still suffer immensely to this day.</p>
<p>Much of the problem in today&#8217;s society is a serious lack of ethics and integrity.  Only education and parental responsibility will fix that and it can&#8217;t be fixed soon enough, as this takes generations to accomplish.</p>
<p>Also, jenny none of the benefits you pointed out that the Brown&#8217;s would benefit from living in the US are paid for by our income tax dollars.  All that you named is mostly funded by your local property taxes and sales/consumption taxes.  You missed a whole paragraph in my comments, due to your eagerness to ram some skewed point down my throat and go, AHA! I told him!!!!</p>
<p>When the individual&#8217;s rights are protected, liberty will flourish and the collective citizenry will be much better off, than the current nanny-state we are living in with everyone seeking their handout from the U.S. government.</p>
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