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Politics : Right Wing Extremist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (29434)	10/28/2002 3:50:33 AM
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 10/25/02 ] @ Wits' End Thomas Oliver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DaimlerChrysler may/may not come after all: Gov. Roy Barnes plans to announce space stations will be built in Macon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question on Economics 101 final: If the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security is pegged to the inflation rate, is a 1.4 percent increase in Social Security benefits a bad thing? a) Yes, if you don't know diddly-squat about economics; b) Yes, if you're trying to confuse old folks; c) Yes, if you think there are actual benefits to inflation (see answer a); d) No, if you have enough sense to get out of a rain shower. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ Wits' End endorsements of state constitutional amendments. Vote yes! No. 1-- Income tax cuts are hereby limited to those who pay taxes. No. 2 -- If it ain't broke, don't fix it. No. 3 -- If it's broke, fix it before buying a new one. No. 4 -- If it ain't yours, go get your own. No. 5 -- SUVs shall be the state car. No. 6 -- Any nonprofit group that derives any portion of its revenues from taxes shall be prohibited from campaigning against tax cuts. No. 7 -- If you can't name at least one of your U.S. senators, the vice president and one of the Beatles, you can't vote. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a liberal Democrat nightmare: 1) GOP keeps the House; 2) GOP wins back the Senate; 3) With Democrat chair Terry "Conniption Fit" McAuliffe and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in retreat, Sen. Zell "I told you so" Miller becomes leader of party. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A GOP nightmare: 1) GOP keeps the House; 2) GOP wins the Senate; 3) Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) joins Sen. Jim Jeffords as independent, ceding Senate to Democrats. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National nightmare: Democrats sue over one or more losses in the Senate races, ensuring deja vu all over again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can you say, feath-er-bed-ding? Union leader, who opposed BellSouth's voluntary furloughs, says if company sees that it can get the job done without the employees, that might encourage layoffs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Much ado for nothing: DeKalb County Schools to opt for voluntary dress code. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question on Oil & War 101 final: Which countries have extensive oil contracts with Iraq? 1) United States 2) France 3) Russia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conspiracy theory? If one thinks the United States wants to invade Iraq for its oil, what does one make of France and Russia's opposition to regime change? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ Wits' End riddle solved: Conservatives believe that in life, as in poker, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Liberals think ace, deuce, one-eyed-jacks wild make for a fairer game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emory University: Where for a small fortune, we promise students will be led by professors held to the highest standards: no making up research and no abuse of hired help. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ Wits' End Maxims: Dental coverage ought to include pain and suffering. The further from reality you get, the more everything makes sense. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "If we couldn't laugh, we'd all go insane." -- Jimmy Buffett -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Oliver's column appears on Fridays, except when it doesn't.