11/7    "Manly man: Russia's Putin roars off in F1 race car"
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_putin_formula_one
        I bet this is yet another gesture in his master plan of doing something
        opposite to Arnie: transitioning from politician to Hollywood Action
        figure.
        \_ As long as you don't talk to a unionized teacher, I think many
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9/24    WALKOUT!
        http://tinyurl.com/yerq8f5
        \_ Education should be free, somebody else should pay for me!
           \_ the only "free" education is self-education. someone has to
               pay for it.
               \_ The person who receives it, of course.
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2/16    California is truly f'd for sure this time.  Can we find another pair
        of stupid radio DJs to start a drive to recall Arnold?
        http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/us/17cali.html?_r=3&hp
        \_ It will only help if we get a governor with a spine, and get rid of
           the incompetent legislature.
           \_ How do you expect that we will get a decent ledge?  With the 2/3rd
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1/21    http://www.sacbee.com/politics/story/1560581.html
        "In the midst of a $40 billion budget deficit, Gov. Arnold
        Schwarzenegger appointed former Democratic Assemblywoman Nicole Parra
        to a newly created $128,124-a-year job and named former Republican
        Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian to a board slot with a similar salary, his
        office announced Tuesday."
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10/16   So the LATimes endorses Ah-nold for governor
        http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-governor15oct15,1,6396468.story?coll=la-news-comment
        What are Democrats to do now?
        \_ the L.A. Times has been turning ideologically right-wing over the
           last year.  it's too bad this endorsement didn't include any groping
           references.  ("... AND da Guv-ah-nate-ah, in a nod to Bill Clinton,
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9/9     So is this offensive, to say that an ethnic group is "hot"?
        I don't personally find it offensive, but maybe that is just
        because I have been away from Cal for too long...
        http://www.csua.org/u/gv2
        \_ have you learn anything?  uglieness is universal.  no ethnic group
           is "hotter" than another.
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9/7     Express your opinion on gender-neutral marriage to Ahnold:
        The gender-neutral marriage bill in CA just made it through the
        legislature intact and is now heading to the Governor.
        It's bill AB 849. If enough people call to support it, hopefully
        we can get it to go through.
        (If you oppose it, well, you can call, too, to express your opinion.
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4/28    Ah-nold's approval ratings have been termimated.
        http://csua.org/u/bwt (sacbee.com)
        \_ user/password: bugmenot/bugmenot
        \_ more on Arnie:  http://csua.org/u/bww (washingtonmonthly)
        \_ Like it matters. It didn't matter for Bush. Anyway, who are
           they going to get to run against Ah-nold?
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11/32   Does anyone here actually object to changing the constitution to allow
        naturalized U.S. citizens to run for president?  If so, why?  It seems
        to me that "I don't want Arnie to be president" is a pretty bad
        reason.
        \_ I am a neocon, I got signatures for Arnold, and I am naturalized
           citizen (when I was 10), and I oppose changing it. I dread the
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11/13   Schwarzenegger to run ads to urge changing the constitution to
        allow foreign born citizens to run for Presidency:
        http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/13/arnolds.year.ap/index.html
        \_ Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, sword in hand, destined to wear
           the jeweled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow.
        \_ Did you even read the article? He's not running them himself.
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9/2     I'm young, and stupid. Does the IRS want reporting on 401K, IRA,
        Roth 401k/IRA? I am decades from retiring, and no plan to withdraw
        anything. But, I just realized that I haven't reported any of my
        retirement plans to IRS for several years, now wondering if I'm
        in big shit...
        \_ The account custodian (bank/brokerage/mutual fund) reports it to
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11/5    "Tax Policy Center in Spotlight for Its Romney Study":
        http://www.csua.org/u/y7m (finance.yahoo.com)
        'A small nonpartisan research center operated by professed "geeks" ...
        found, in short, that Mr. Romney could not keep all of the promises he
        had made on individual tax reform ....  It concluded that Mr. Romney's
        plan, on its face, would cut taxes for rich families and raise them
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3/5     My dad is retired and has no income. My income tax bracket is
        pretty high. If I open up a joint high interest CD account with
        him and the INT-1099 comes, is it possible to file it under him
        100% to take advantage of the lower tax?
        \_ IRS says the interest is allocated according to who allocated
           the assets. Do you think it will generate enough interest to
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3/7     "Michigan woman still collecting food stamps after winning $1 million
        lottery"
        http://www.csua.org/u/vp3 (news.yahoo.com)
        `"I feel that it's OK because I mean, I have no income and I have
        bills to pay," she said. "I have two houses."'
        \_ My first reaction was pretty hostile to her, but then, I
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4/17    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_no_taxes
        "The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades
        ago, and nearly half of U.S. households pay no income taxes at all."
        And people are still complaining about taxes being too high.
        \_ yeah but only 3 out of the 5 people who aren't rich but complain
           are actually counted.
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