tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.comments2012-08-01T19:44:13.885-06:00The BriefingJordan Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10034788719018889897noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-1650979413243893102011-05-16T23:16:00.058-06:002011-05-16T23:16:00.058-06:00I think I'm getting attacked after sharing thi...I think I'm getting attacked after sharing this on my FB page. No worries.Pam McGuffeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-31981352992797538632010-10-01T17:14:50.754-06:002010-10-01T17:14:50.754-06:00Yes it is.Yes it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-41964719910141372882010-09-21T16:48:46.002-06:002010-09-21T16:48:46.002-06:00He's right.He's right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-81401332398091923972010-08-31T09:11:37.735-06:002010-08-31T09:11:37.735-06:00That is a CRAZY story. I'm glad they've f...That is a CRAZY story. I'm glad they've found a way to get supplies to these guys. I hope they make it!Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-56838859082127546552010-08-31T09:06:22.249-06:002010-08-31T09:06:22.249-06:00Hi Anonymous, a bit of an answer for you.
The ans...Hi Anonymous, a bit of an answer for you.<br /><br />The answer is that it isn't so modernized and up to date, and it is. It is and it isn't. Ya know.<br /><br />It just depends on what part of a country you're in. Some parts are as basic as it gets, people living off the land with no power or running water. Other parts you'll feel like you're in a manhattan penthouse. The rest of the world is catching up in their level of "modernity", but the west is the place where the modernity is most widespread. You can still find people living pretty basically in the USA but it's not as common.<br /><br />As for why they come to the west, I'm sure there's lots of reason. I bet some of them fall in love with a western tourist and get married and move over. Others are pursuing schooling and get into a good university here. Others do whatever they can to get here to get a basic job and send the money home (but this is much rarer for people from the east, they tend to go to rich countries in the region to find work, it's more Central/Latin American's who come to the USA to make money to send home). I'm sure some move here cause they like the lifestyle better, others move here cause their parents force them too. I'm sure you can think of a handful of reasons too!<br /><br />And I'm sure they build community centers and mosques all over the middle east. But these people live in new york. It would be silly for them to build a center in the middle east - what, are they going to fly 16 hrs everytime they want to play some basketball? Since they live in NYC it makes sense for them to build a community center near where they live so they can go do community things. Having a place for people to maintain their culture is extremely important. Just cause you don't like their culture doesn't mean that they don't get to preserve it. This is America. That's one of the great things about this country - we have freedom of religion and as long as you're not harming others you can believe in whatever you want.Brettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-15508335217802808572010-08-31T08:04:29.783-06:002010-08-31T08:04:29.783-06:00I have a question. If everyone in the middle east ...I have a question. If everyone in the middle east is so modernized and up to date then why are they coming to our western countries? I understand it's their right. but why? Why dont they stay in the middle east and build their wonderful community center/mosque. I mean if they're so un barbaric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-7733921992415812692010-06-29T23:10:37.293-06:002010-06-29T23:10:37.293-06:00Actually Ensign keeps his soul in a blind trust ad...Actually Ensign keeps his soul in a blind trust administered by the members of his Family in Washington, there's really no way of knowing what they've done with it.<br /><br />So you see, all of Ensign's actions derive from his own douchery!Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-30019039623779974232010-06-29T23:04:55.205-06:002010-06-29T23:04:55.205-06:00I would even argue, tax inheritance more harshly t...I would even argue, tax inheritance more harshly than everything else, because everything else creates new value - money you inherit is all money that already existed. Wages=labor, which is necessary to create new value, and dividends=capital, which is also necessary as a catalyst for new value. Money you got from your dead grandpa has no value until you invest it as capital, if you do so.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-55799949751750174522010-06-29T18:38:12.219-06:002010-06-29T18:38:12.219-06:00Tax inheritances, dividends, and capital gains pro...Tax inheritances, dividends, and capital gains progressively using the same tax table as are used for wages and salaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-38127785627696408652010-06-21T00:01:59.708-06:002010-06-21T00:01:59.708-06:00Good catch, Anonymous. We've corrected the cop...Good catch, Anonymous. We've corrected the copy above.Jordan Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034788719018889897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-82346291587459284212010-06-20T21:18:25.251-06:002010-06-20T21:18:25.251-06:00Williams is in South Dakota, not South Carolina.Williams is in South Dakota, not South Carolina.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-56254590977642617092010-06-16T16:55:08.892-06:002010-06-16T16:55:08.892-06:00One thing that is part of energy legislation at th...One thing that is part of energy legislation at the moment is money for clean transportation. Right now there are people who would like to take a train or a bus rather than drive, but they can't. Switching to cleaner, more efficient forms of transportation is something that can dramatically decrease the amount of carbon that the US produces while actually improving our lives.Helen Bushnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177708490995175178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2943769929527375327.post-14319697026226396002010-05-24T16:22:08.442-06:002010-05-24T16:22:08.442-06:00I love you Jimi. This is beautiful.I love you Jimi. This is beautiful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877674899333833230noreply@blogger.com