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java script:cnnVideo('play','/video/us/2007/05/02/hale.racy.billboard.kbci','2009/05/01'); Are not boobs things that babies have in their face daily? Why should mothers be concerned at all? Absolutely ridiculous.

*** Mod's note: Split from the DUBAI thread *** Apparently Halliburton wants to relocate there to avoid the taxation in the 'states.

The Fantastic Voyage by Kurzweil, A Steady Trade by Tristan Jones, Meltdown by Patrick J Michaels

It sounds like it's your lovely state of Californicate who is to blame for the tax hike. At least until the democrats get into power again. Then we're all screwed sans lube.

Awesome-- that is exactly the type of thing I was searching for. Thanks!

Do they exist? If so, where can I buy them online?

There are always the Fair Tax folks handing out fliers, we were among them last year but were unable to this year due to travel constraints. Ever wonder about how these famous bad-day items all happened during the week of April 15th: Virginia Tech Massacre Waco Oklahoma City Columbine Hitler's Birthday! Abe Lincoln's death

Funny how tax protesters are called un-American, yet those who beg for the welfare state (socialists) shout for the taking-away of said freedom. Un-american indeed.

I'm thinking the hurricane-swept Samana Cay at the farthest east butt-end of the Bahamas. Too remote for anyone to care, and close enough for live-ability. Currently uninhabited, 9 miles long, small coral-reefed harbor. The only people who go there anchor in the harbor for the spearfishing. I say: inhabit the island, harness the tradewinds with wind power, dig a canal from the west end harbor to the center of the island with a big central harbor/pond, and build the city around that pool. It would kick much butt. Economic staple would likely be tourism, prostitution, tax sheltering and other 'vice' trades such as one finds in Amsterdam. Whee! A regular privateer's playground. Once the ball is rolling, launch our own proprietary telecom satellites and start a tangible-backed global trade currency (stock-based), so that we don't need to rely on US internet cables to do banking.

Why don't we, instead of playing games, make a real go of it, and buy up some plots of land somewhere to create our own galt's gulch?

Stereotypical NIMBY.

It will be like the old nazi propaganda films. Seig heil frau Hilary!

What I find hilarious is that Jesse "Hymie Town" Jackson and Al "Diamond Merchant" Sharpton are some of the most hypocrite racist bastards you will ever come across. This is, pun sort of intended, the pot calling the kettle black.

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=61b3...232&cache=1 I guess I should add: It is a video of a guy flying, on his self-contained personal flying-wing backpack powered by what looks like a small rocket engine. If anyone can find cool associated articles about his invention, please share! I must get one of these for myself!

I am proud of what I do now and I have high self-esteem, but being a producer of adult media I am still constantly shit on by much of society and constantly find my rights in jeopardy on both local and federal levels. It's a good living but I can't help but think of new business ideas and new money making schemes every day because that's what I was born to do. I think I could live with myself separating fools from their money. However, if it got to being a major political debacle I would definitely call it quits.

Not my problem They want green, they get green and I get another kind of green from them.

Well they already believe in the crap, so why not live it up on their irrational dime? I won't be preaching, just collecting to 'forgive sins' and planting trees with the money, while paying myself a big honking salary, none of which can hurt much of anything.

One could profit off the facilitation, and one could profit off the creation of, say, tree plantings or what have you. One could simply use the money paid to offset the co2 by investing said money in companies that plant trees or grow sod, or whatever. I am not sure if it would be bad in terms of governmental control--- the reason being that if there are plenty of free-market carbon offsets available, there will be no reason for the gov to mandate or restrict anything-- the guilt of co2 creation might be enough. I'm not looking at this for long-term profits. I want it for short-term. Harness the hysteria before it learns the real truth, basically. Snake oil. I, however, am not creating the demand, they are. So is it then immoral to give them what they want, which is, to say, give them nothing at all but push their money around and profit from the circulation?

I see lines of people with fistsful of dollars shouting out to give to green charities because they feel guilty for exhaling CO2. I see options to buy a 'green pass' with your airline ticket, to make your flight 'carbon neutral'. I see great possibility for profit, even though I know anthropogenic global warming is a complete hoax, I am tempted to cash in on the morons and take the money they are throwing away. Would it be immoral of me to set up a for-profit carbon offset company? I view it as taking advantage of a fad or trend, so why not? Can anyone give me a good solid reason, other than the PT Barnum quotes, why I shouldn't do this?

People do not start businesses to save the world. That's what charities are for. Businesses are for making money. You seem like a bright person, but you've got an awful lot of liberal altruism to get rid of before you can classify yourself as an objective thinker.

The only responsibility corporations have is to profit. I'm rich, beeyotch!

Y'all ought to read a book called The Moral Animal. Fascinating stuff. Deals a lot with the concept of tribal altruism. It's more of a definition than real altruism-- favors are doled out, for example, because one person failed to catch fish or find good food that day, so they eat by what others share. Or, of someone is sick, they are cared for because their survival is better for the tribe than their death. However, when one member fails to eventually pay back the effort given to him, he is shunned from the tribe, abused, etc. which is why nothing is more harmful to ones self than social shame.

In the year 2006, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in Australia, and said, "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me." Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans." He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights ." Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard - but no Ark. "Noah!" He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?" "Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah, "but things have changed. I needed a building permit. I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbours claim that I've violated the neighbourhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the Building Appeals Board for a decision. Then the Department of Transport demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it. Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried t o convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls - but no go! When I started gathering the animals, an animal rights group sued me. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. They argued the accommodation was too restrictive, and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood. I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew. Immigration is checking the status of most of the people who want to work. The trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience. To make matters worse, the ATO seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species . So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark." Suddenly the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, "You mean you're not going to destroy the world?" " No," said the Lord. "The government beat me to it."

Me too. Nowhere else can you find such a grand example of capitalism. Despite all the crap they catch for not pandering to whiners who want more than they deserve, despite it is the most-sued entity in the world, they still manage to push ahead, innovate, and do everything they can to keep their bottom line. They have changed and improved upon so much in order to become so efficient. Mom and Pop can kiss my arse-- if they can't provide what I need cheaper, then send them packing and bring on Wal-Mart.

Ahhh, good old chi-town. Sometimes I miss it, and then stuff like this just cements the heaping piles of good I feel knowing I no longer live there. Let's all leave the looters to wallow in their own filth, and let's also hope Jesse Jackson stays there with them.