Lentil stew for everyone!

Indeed, sir vidyohs.

Let us incorporate the wisdom of that applied philosophy known as economics here a bit, shall we?

Since taxation is the most direct means of reducing an activity, I suggest we tax Democrats at a 30% higher rate than everyone else. Young Democrats will be taxed at a 50% higher rate – better to nip it in the bud, as it were. This will instruct the gullible early on about the joys of having the fruits of one’s labor confiscated.

Trumpit warrants a special bracket of [whatever Trumpit pays now, assuming it’s positive] + %70%.

This should reduce the number of stupid economic statements made.

There’s half the problem solved…

[Yes, it could lead to disincentive to work, backward-bending labor supply curve, etc.]

Trumpitduck,

Be careful what you wish for, fool:

"It's nice to make that kind of money while sitting on one's fat ass. Lentil stew is the topic of the day, lol. Tax the rich! The system rewards people who don't work. FIX IT!

Posted by: Trumpit | May 23, 2008 9:36:16 PM"

Life just ain't fair is it, my little quackling" Damn, life (the system) rewards those who work and some who inherit, and then some who flounder never make it, and then there are always those that are rowing East when the paycheck counter is West.

The wastelands of Russia are still full of unfound mass graves of idiots like you that thought that when the revolution came they would survive and participate in the new scheme....instead they became the first targets.

Fix it! Yes! Kill capitalism, kill ambition, kill intelligent investments, kill bequeathing to one's children, kill kill kill, fix it fix it fix it!

Poor trumpitduck.

I wonder if Trumpit's rage extends to Mr. Heinz-Kerry (who served in Vietnam), or The Swimmer (who never served or worked anywhere but in elective office)?

BTW, Trumpit: If you're not sure who I'm talking about, the two (ahem) men I'm talking about are U.S. Senators from Massachusetts.

And be careful about that word, "peasant". It's considered a derogatory term (at least if a Republican uses it). Look up Douglas Bruce if you need an example.

William, you are a peasant who WORKED for fifty years. Enjoy the fruits of your LABOR for however much time you have remaining on earth. Cindy McBush inherited a shitload of money and looks in the mirror several times a day to adjust her cowlick. Revoltingly, that will be her main job, too, if her husband, John McBush, should get elected president. You stick it, old man.

William, you are a peasant who WORKED for fifty years. Enjoy the fruits of your LABOR for however much time you have remaining on earth. Cindy McBush inherited a shitload of money and looks in the mirror several times a day to adjust her cowlick. Revoltingly, that will be her main job, too, if her husband, John McBush, should get elected president. You stick it, old man.

Obviously, Trumpit is a loser. I worked my butt off for 50 years and now I'm sitting back on my "fat ass" enjoying the benefits of that work. As for Trumpit, stick it.

Why is it so weird that they have preferences over fine dining and the environment? I'd like there to be law and order for instance, but I'm not willing to spend all my money on it. I care about law and order, but I care about other things too. We recognize the trade off with law enforcement as morally reasonable, but not the environment? I don't understand why.

The McCain campaign also used the looming Memorial Day weekend, a traditional news black spot, to release his wife's 2006 tax return, which showed she made six million dollars.

-NY Times May 23, 2008

It's nice to make that kind of money while sitting on one's fat ass. Lentil stew is the topic of the day, lol. Tax the rich! The system rewards people who don't work. FIX IT!

I hope they have electric stoves at the convention. An open flame from a natural gas stove after dinner may cause the entire convention hall to explode.

Garrett is on to something!

About 35,000 politicians, delegates, and media are going to Democratic convention. Making the assumption that the average flight length to Denver is 2,680/4=670 miles, times 0.6 pounds per passenger mile, yields 7035 tons of CO2.

In truth, the 4050 delegates could just log in an go to a MMORPG like Second Life or World of Warcraft, both regularly have over 10,000 participants!

You're a hoot, Dems! From start to finish, everything you say, do and even think is so damn funny! You are indeed the legacy of Will Rogers. ("I'm not a member of any organized political party; I'm a Democrat.")

The whole "locally grown" movement is a repudiation of the division of labor (ignores the reality some areas are better at growing wine grapes than others, just as different individuals with different talents are better suited for different ways of adding value to the economy). San Francisco is doing the same thing by banning chain stores because (according to one city planning commissioner), "their goods must be transported from outside the city." Soviet factories ended up having to make their own nails because the division of labor had broken down to such a degree during the twentieth century there. What a travesty that people here in the US are trying to hold up self-sufficiency as superior to division of labor.

Lentil stew (Indian style) is very tasty, I must say. It is also one of the healthiest foods you can eat - rich in fiber, antioxidants, and protein.

Bash Democrats by all means, but don't diss the wonderful properties of lentils.

Most entertaining. Thanks for the lift.

Yes,but after the lentil stew, as Milton Friedman pointed out, the results from government's good intentions almost always have the opposite effect.

In this case, think of the methane and carbon dioxide discharge from 300 million Americans eating lentils (not to even address the smell.

Lentil stew for the Putin party.

I don't think we grow a whole helluva lot of lentils here.

You have to appreciate their commitment to ideological purity. They really, sincerely don't care if they turn off 90%+ of the voters as long as they feel the glorious approval of their own neopuritanical consciences.

And as a Republican, I appreciate that.

Lentil stew? At least there wouldn't be a gas shortage.

Well done, Garrett. Well Done!

Delegates should participate by telecommuting from home. This solves the mess of organizing acceptable catering and removes the as-yet-unmentioned hypocrisy of environmentalists travelling from around the country to Denver by whatever assuredly carbon-intensive process they seek to employ (barring handcarts).

I wonder if they will only be broadcasting locally too? I mean really locally...only as far as their voices can carry? I'd receive that as a blessing.