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fudgie
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« Reply #80 on: July 18, 2011, 07:10:58 PM »

Except for Jesse, she gets 20's.  cooldude

That is a whole roll of dollars.  I don't want to see some chick with a roll of dollars in her panties   Smiley
Thats why there $20 bills.  Smiley
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« Reply #81 on: July 19, 2011, 04:37:32 AM »

You got it all wrong fudgie... you tuck the $1 coin, and they "deposit" it into their change bottle. 

But Mom's sure would get mad when their kids put them into their mouths...

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« Reply #82 on: July 19, 2011, 04:55:33 AM »

Obama's 1st Term.

If you want to see a bigger one.

Put him for one more term.

Or 4 more years.

Then we can rename the US, The Banana Republic, or Tacos are US.

EIther one works for me, just don't count on me voting for any one that is in there right now.

I think I will be either moving to Canada or Mexico, or maybe Buenos Aires, or over to Singapore with Strong Eagle.

Where my retirement dollars will go farther and kind of get ahead of the rush of folks fleeing his new kingdom.

This is of course after the 2nd 4 years of Obama, cause there won't be anything left after that.



Singapore is the eighth most expensive city in the world to live for expats.  Your retirement dollars definitely won't go very far here.  Your Honda Civic will cost you USD 120,000 over here.  Rents for a decent place start at USD2500 per month.
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« Reply #83 on: July 19, 2011, 04:59:12 AM »

For those members that think moving to a foreign country is going to help your standard of living, think again.  The U.S. dollars value is falling fast and won't be worth anything unless us Patriotic Ameicans stay in America and fix the problems.

Singapore won't be accepting U.S Dollars in the future unless we straighten things out here.

How do we do that?  By Temporarily allowing the Military to run the country with a Benevelent Troika in charge until things get fixed.

The only thing that will cause the fall of the American dollar is a failure to raise the debt ceiling.  Otherwise, as long as the machine keeps running, the US dollar will remain the reserve currency and the financial system will absorb the falling US dollar.
 
The fall of the dollar is good for the US... unless all you want is cheap imports.  It brings the dollar into parity with the Chinese yuan since China won't let it appreciate.  It makes US exports much more competitive.  It cuts the net dent owed to the Chinese.
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JimC
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« Reply #84 on: July 19, 2011, 07:58:40 AM »

Pretty good timing, I just received this e-mail and thought it was appropriate.
Jim

Does anybody out there have any memory
Of the reason given for the establishment
Of the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
During the Carter Administration?
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn't think so!

 
Bottom line ....
We've spent several hundred billion dollars
In support of an agency ...the reason
For which not one person who reads
This can remember.  Ready???????
It was very simple ..
And at the time everybody thought
It very appropriate...
The
'Department of Energy'
Was instituted on
8-04-1977
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE
ON FOREIGN OIL.

 
Hey, pretty efficient, huh?????


AND NOW IT'S 2011,
34 YEARS LATER ...
AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS
NECESSARY DEPARTMENT
IS AT
$24.2 BILLION A YEAR
IT HAS
16,000
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
AND APPROXIMATELY
100,000
CONTRACT EMPLOYEES
AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!

THIS IS WHERE YOU
SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY
'WHAT WAS I THINKING?'
Ah, yes, good old bureaucracy...
And NOW _ we are going to turn
The Banking System, Health Care &
The Auto Industry over to government
ALL IN THE NAME OF CHANGE?
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Jim Callaghan    SE Wisconsin
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« Reply #85 on: July 19, 2011, 09:29:25 AM »

Pretty good timing, I just received this e-mail and thought it was appropriate.
Jim

Does anybody out there have any memory
Of the reason given for the establishment
Of the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
During the Carter Administration?
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn't think so!

 
Bottom line ....
We've spent several hundred billion dollars
In support of an agency ...the reason
For which not one person who reads
This can remember.  Ready???????
It was very simple ..
And at the time everybody thought
It very appropriate...
The
'Department of Energy'
Was instituted on
8-04-1977
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE
ON FOREIGN OIL.

 
Hey, pretty efficient, huh?????


AND NOW IT'S 2011,
34 YEARS LATER ...
AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS
NECESSARY DEPARTMENT
IS AT
$24.2 BILLION A YEAR
IT HAS
16,000
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
AND APPROXIMATELY
100,000
CONTRACT EMPLOYEES
AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!

THIS IS WHERE YOU
SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY
'WHAT WAS I THINKING?'
Ah, yes, good old bureaucracy...
And NOW _ we are going to turn
The Banking System, Health Care &
The Auto Industry over to government
ALL IN THE NAME OF CHANGE?



It seems the original was probably an anti-Republican message, since it was written in 2008 at the end of the Bush Administration.  Looks like it was taken out of mothballs, freshened into an anti-Obama message, and re-run...   crazy2

Here's a link to the 2008 discussion on Snopes:

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=36998
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fudgie
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« Reply #86 on: July 19, 2011, 09:31:28 AM »

Hey lets get back on track about the money ups & downs of a tt bar posted by jabba.  Evil
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RoadKill
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« Reply #87 on: July 19, 2011, 12:03:38 PM »

Hey lets get back on track about the money ups & downs of a tt bar posted by jabba.  Evil

It's all electronic money any more....but they sure call the bouncers over in a hurry when you swipe your debt card ! Shocked
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Roy
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« Reply #88 on: July 19, 2011, 12:47:21 PM »

Was in Singapore in 1969 and have never felt heat and humidiy like that in my life.

What is it about Singapore that appeals to you Strong Eagle?
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« Reply #89 on: July 20, 2011, 07:54:23 AM »

Was in Singapore in 1969 and have never felt heat and humidiy like that in my life.

What is it about Singapore that appeals to you Strong Eagle?

a)  Very good paying jobs for a 61 year old... if I came back to the US right now, I couldn't find work at what I make now... and maybe not find work at all.  Here, my skills are in strong demand.

b)  Very beautiful women... and a much more laid back attitude about sex.

c)  Fantastic golf courses.

d)  Chance to see many foreign places, including off road riding on the Ho Chi Minh trail.

As for heat and humidity, you must have never been to Houston from July to September... much hotter than Singapore and just as humid... not that I like the humidity... but it's just life.
 
I'll be back to Texas at retirement.
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Jabba
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« Reply #90 on: July 20, 2011, 10:04:24 AM »

I interviewed in  Houston for a job 10 years or so ago.  Well ok 13.  But it was stOOpid hot  uglystupid2.

I flew back to Indy, and never even THOUGHT about actually moving there.

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musclehead
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inverness fl


« Reply #91 on: July 23, 2011, 07:35:05 PM »

Obama's 1st Term.

If you want to see a bigger one.

Put him for one more term.

Or 4 more years.

Then we can rename the US, The Banana Republic, or Tacos are US.

EIther one works for me, just don't count on me voting for any one that is in there right now.

I think I will be either moving to Canada or Mexico, or maybe Buenos Aires, or over to Singapore with Strong Eagle.

Where my retirement dollars will go farther and kind of get ahead of the rush of folks fleeing his new kingdom.

This is of course after the 2nd 4 years of Obama, cause there won't be anything left after that.



Singapore is the eighth most expensive city in the world to live for expats.  Your retirement dollars definitely won't go very far here.  Your Honda Civic will cost you USD 120,000 over here.  Rents for a decent place start at USD2500 per month.

go to Belize, only about 250,000 people and it's pretty cheap to live.
thats where my Neighbor lives now
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« Reply #92 on: July 23, 2011, 07:36:34 PM »

Pretty good timing, I just received this e-mail and thought it was appropriate.
Jim

Does anybody out there have any memory
Of the reason given for the establishment
Of the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
During the Carter Administration?
Anybody?
Anything?
No?
Didn't think so!

 
Bottom line ....
We've spent several hundred billion dollars
In support of an agency ...the reason
For which not one person who reads
This can remember.  Ready???????
It was very simple ..
And at the time everybody thought
It very appropriate...
The
'Department of Energy'
Was instituted on
8-04-1977
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE
ON FOREIGN OIL.

 
Hey, pretty efficient, huh?????


AND NOW IT'S 2011,
34 YEARS LATER ...
AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS
NECESSARY DEPARTMENT
IS AT
$24.2 BILLION A YEAR
IT HAS
16,000
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
AND APPROXIMATELY
100,000
CONTRACT EMPLOYEES
AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!

THIS IS WHERE YOU
SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY
'WHAT WAS I THINKING?'
Ah, yes, good old bureaucracy...
And NOW _ we are going to turn
The Banking System, Health Care &
The Auto Industry over to government
ALL IN THE NAME OF CHANGE?


"what was I thinking?" 

hey I'm not Carter!
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