Hey, anybody think she's finally dead? ;0)

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/MemberSearchResults.aspx?alias=skunksyard&method=b

Hi dave.., me too .. a tiny bit along your lines ..

Kevin Rudd delivers $1000 Christmas bonus for pensioners, families
Samantha Maiden, Online political editor .. October 14, 2008

KEVIN Rudd will deliver a one-off Christmas bonus to pensioners and low-income families of more than
$1000 and triple the first homebuyers grant for newly constructed homes to help kickstart the economy.

The Prime Minister today outlined a $10.4 billion stimulus package in light of the global financial
crisis that will include a boost to family payments for 3.8 million eligible Australian children.

"Those who hold a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card or are Veterans Gold Card holders eligible for Seniors
Concession Allowance will receive a payment of $1400 if they are single or $2100 to couples,” Mr Rudd said.

"People who are receiving Carer Allowance will also receive $1000 for each eligible person in their care."

The pensioner and low-income family bonus payment alone will
carve out $8.7 billion alone from the $21.7 billion budget surplus.

Families who receive Family Tax Benefit (A), families with children who receive the Youth
Allowance, Abstudy or a benefit from the Veteran Children's Education scheme will be eligible.

To stimulate construction in the housing sector the Government will also triple the
first home buyers grant for newly constructed homes from $7000 to $21,000 for one year.

"All contracts entered into by June 30, 2009 will be eligible for this new additional assistance,” Mr Rudd said.

Other first home buyers will secure a doubling of the first home buyers grant to $14,000 for 12
months. The Government also announced a doubling of training places to tackle the skills crisis.

Mr Rudd pledged the Economic Security Strategy would strengthen the economy
“in the face of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression".

He said the Government would do whatever it took to protect the economy in
the future, refusing to rule out future action beyond the $10 billion package.

But the Prime Minister indicated he believed the Government could also maintain a surplus,
despite spending almost half of the $21.7 billion budget surplus on the stimulus package.

He said the Government was acting "ahead of the curve" to anticipate and respond to threats in the coming months.

Treasurer Wayne Swan said Australia was in the midst of the worst crisis to confront the modern market.

"The situation is moving very fast and it does require decisive action,” Mr Swan said.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24494756-601,00.html

then there was this ... umm, classy photo ..



Rudd announces $6bn bailout plan .. 10 Nov, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has today announced a bailout plan for the Australian automotive manufacturing industry
worth $6.2 billion, based on results from a federal inquiry led by former Victorian premier Steve Bracks.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/18775/rudd-announces-6bn-bailout-plan-headstart-for-2010-tariff-reduction/

and this .. different look ..



'Rudd building push a bail-out fund for states' The Australian
Thursday, 01 January 2009

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses a group of diplomats from the Association of Southeast Asian nations, jsa1

TAXPAYERS across the nation could be asked to bankroll $1 billion in new hospital buildings for Canberra
under recommendations to the Rudd Government by Infrastructure Australia. A list of 94 projects worthy
of potential funding through the Rudd Government's $12.6 billion Building Australia Fund includes
the ACT hospital work - sparking Opposition claims yesterday the Government will use the fund...
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/12/21/Rudd_building_push_a_bailout_fund_for_states/

That said ..

hi stranger :)

Sure to miss the days of this Angles board jumpin' like mad :)

Hi Dave ..

nevermind. I'm a dumbass.

those numbers are ALL wrong...

the bailout is 700b. divide that by 200m citizens...$3500 each.

Subject: Financial Crisis in America solved....
Importance: High

Hi Pals,

I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S.Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college - it'll be there

Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car - create jobs

Invest in the market - capital drives growth

Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of
trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( 'vote buy' ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG - liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can 'never work.'

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC

And remember, this plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

Kindest personal regards,

Birk

T. J. Birkenmeier, A Creative Guy & Citizen of the Republic

PS: Feel free to pass this along to your pals as it's either good for a laugh or a tear or a very sobering thought on how to best use $85 Billion!!

Our posts were deleted from the FFGO board as OT even though I mentioned FFGO and so did you, here was my response to you

ROTH IRA lol Remember Sgtspanky? Came across that alias the other day, ahhh the memories...

lo-cal pizza scheme? hmmmm That would be a very Unique Pizza ;)~

That actually looks like a chocolate cake pizza and my mouth is watering, now I need chocolate cake with a huge glass of cold milk lol

Hey, all the best to you and those FFGO freebies, just remember, freebies are PROFITS, make sure ya make some money on them ;)

Deb, i found a baby competition, but i think it was an entry form
.. where the ding dong do i vote .. can't find it .. must be too late ..

it's good, you sound good .. :) .. umm, am doing
something else wrong, too .. grrr .. no, make that .. lolololol ..

Below is a petition I am asking you to sign and send to everyone you can. It is regarding the execution of Jeff Wood by the state of Texas. Jeff is the brother of a guy who works for my company. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. They have set his execution date in August.

The only thing is Jeff didn't kill anyone. He was convicted under the law of parties, which means although he didn't shoot he was with someone who did. He did not receive a fair trial and does not deserve to die.

I am asking you, for the sake of my coworker, to sign this petition and pass it around.

thanks

Kim

woodjeremy51@yahoo.com wrote:
To: only1red@yahoo.com
Subject: Action Alert from Jeremy Wood
From: woodjeremy51@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:56:26 -0700 (PDT)


Jeremy Wood has just read and signed the petition: SAVE JEFF WOOD FROM THE TEXAS EXECUTIONER!!
You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/818365
Message from Jeremy Wood:
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Hi, I signed the petition "SAVE JEFF WOOD FROM THE TEXAS EXECUTIONER!!". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 1,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts.
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stunning.

Interesting reading for sure.

Posted by: junkmasterg Date: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:40:49 PM
In reply to: daveXV19 who wrote msg# 276555 Post # of 276565

A friend sent me this very recent intriguing essay about Frank...

It's long, but worth the read...


http://www.filmsinreview.com/Features/CampDavid/apr08-2.html

"Frank asked if I minded working for a boss who has been in jail. He explained that having been a gay man in Seattle back in the day had created a legal situation with an underage guy who was his first lover, and he had done time over it."

------------------------------------------------

"Why is it no one ever does a background check on men like Frank? He has a felony-theft conviction on the books in Washington State from 1986, and a whole fallen empire in Palm Springs where people are still owed money. There are folks out there who have lost their homes over this man’s greed and dishonesty. Let’s also take into account what his behavior has done for the gay community…absolutely nothing but create mistrust and bad blood for anyone who falls in his path."

Thanks Red!! I'll be sure to let you guys know what happens.

Done! Hope she wins!

She's my lil sweetie...thanks again!!

That's what it did to me too...I'll try to vote again tomorrow and let you know if it works!

Thanks Susie :)

Such a cutie!!

Good luck!

Ok, all done!

I didn't get any kind of confirmation that they got the vote, but it won't let me vote again, so I guess they did!

Nope...they ask for a bunch of info but it only takes a second to sign up. Just make sure at the bottom you click NO for their newsletters LOL

I tried but I need a username and password. Is that hard to set up?

Never mind, found it

Morning Red and everyone...my turn for a voting favor...

http://hot995.com/main.html

Kamryn is entered into a Baby Idol contest and I'd appreciate it if everyone could sign up and vote for my little monkey!!

It's free to sign up and only takes a minute.

The babies are listed alphabetically and she is under KAD-KAT

Her name is Kamryn from Bowie and there's a picture of her with her mommy.

Now let me go spam everyone else I know to vote for her LOL!

I'm enjoying her alright...she's stolen my heart in a big way LOL!

No Red...I can't tell anything...where could it be from???

LOL

Good luck with it (him I guess I should say LOL) and I'll say a prayer for you!

Keep your chin up...it'll get better.

Enjoy it while you can. They grow up so fast and turn into f$^^$% little sh*ts all to soon.

Can you tell where some of my drama is coming from?

LOL I'm with ya! I've had a few days like that recently myself.

It started with Terri getting bronchitis and staying home a couple days...it threw me off and I couldn't get myself back on track. I'm still not 100% but getting there.

And last week the baby started walking...she's been trying for a month or so but last week she finally got the hang of it and now it's hard to keep her in check LOL

She's at the hold her arms in the air to keep her balance as she goes stage...couple that with her goofy yelling and I have a regular little monster on my hands. She reminds me of the guy in Airplane that ran around in the background LOLOL!

She makes me laugh every day!

More drama than I care to deal with. But other than wanting to slit my wrists, not much.

RRRRRRRrrrrrreeeeeeddd!!!

How the hell are ya girl?????

Thanks...it's a very nice ride...I've been wanting a Trailblazer since they first started making them...took me long enough to get it!

It's not new...it's a 2003 but only has 77k miles on it and I got a great deal...and the payment I wanted (well who 'wants' one LOL) with nothing down. So far I'm very happy with it!

What's going on with you??

Nice ride

hey Tooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmm .. this was in the fourth one, not sure if it helps ..

> Arabic looks like "ratatouille" spelled phonetically in Arabic letters. The
> Korean name looks like "ratatouille" in Korean letters.

lol .. anyway, back to the Pope .. sure hope he helps ..

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, T T Tommmmmmmmmmmmm ..

have you found out yet? Ummmm ..

not here ..
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/diplomatic-advice-from-ratatouille/

the first couple here may give hints, .. Tooooooooooommmmmmmmmmm????????????
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.animation/browse_thread/thread/6d888544b3bddbd5

oh well, one more .. nope, bugger that, who cares, anyway why they don't spell Ratatouille, Ratatouillee .. this'll do me ..


http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews33/ratatouille.htm

me, too, but unlike you mine are mostly of my own making .. lol .. :( .. :)

Helloooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww .. just popped in to pick up the
Pope in his Ratzinger life, think there must be one of interest here ..

hey, Toooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmm ..

bit sorta out of sorts, myself, hope all are hokey dokey alright .. :)

spock, sorry about that link, got caught by one that redresses

umm, you might well have seen the one i
mentioned, as this is it as far as i can see ..

FRONTLINE .. heh .. just noticed there are 175 related videos ..

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/

Thanks - will be watching for this.

Here is a link to a recent PBS show I watched on the cost of the war - 5 years in. What a tangled web of lies and deception!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/jan-june08/warcost_03-26.html

.. to all ghosts ..

Bush's War .. first episode of 4 ..

Cutting Edge .. SBS TV Australia .. feels an excellent analysis of wars within wars since 9/11 .. of the Cheney
war .. the out of the loop Colin Powell (he wanted the admin. to abide by the Geneva's, but no .. and derailment
of his diplomatic effort, which the warmongers saw as the last obstacle .. plan was to have Ahmed Chalabi set
up government .. the game "wrap intelligence around policy", instead of the other way around', eg Rumsfeld,
for two years, repeats lie that Atta was in Prague, meeting Iraqi man, while CIA knew he was in Florida .. WMDs ..
Nigerian yellow cake, even got into NIE .. aluminum tubes .. the sheik's information coerced under torture, admitted
later made up .. David Addington .. John Yew .. Libby .. blah blah blah blah .. ha! .. CURVEBALL, got a mention, of course ..

a good show .. 1st of 4 .. just finished .. is a devious, sad, sick and sorry story, of how a few powerful,
Alpha, or whatever they call them, males, took the US and other to a fraudulent, from the start, war.

http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html

now i'm really confused .. lol .. g'night ..

Flog the DJ, lol .. howdy, Mark .. today drove to markets about
half hour away .. about 20 out and 7 away I spoke too soon
with an exuberant "almost there" .. 40 mins later with 20 mins to
closing time we arrived .. now i know how popular they are on Saturdays.

.. to be fair a detour, because of an accident, cost me 5 ..

hahahaha "

It's so funny that you posted that!

Today I was stuck behind some guy who took FOREVER at the ATM machine and I was thinking........why do guys have such a hard time with those machines!

It takes me about 30 seconds to get what I need.

couldn't resist...

:)


A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads: "Please note that
this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.

Customers using this new facility are requested to use
the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts."

"After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE
procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender."


MALE PROCEDURE:

1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.

**********************************************

FEMALE PROCEDURE:


1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger
seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due
to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary;with your PIN
written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place
receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place
card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind
you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on cell phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.

I admit it...it is all my fault. But you're in Hawaii so I don't care!

LOL!

I have a hard time with Jeffs blog too (are you trying to post on the blog or the google group?)...it's fine one day and the next it locks my computer up.

I'm getting used to the google group but nothing will ever be as easy as iHub!!

hi boss, heh, almost needed a gas mask .. lit lighter, in front of stove with gas on, and
flames popped out the top front, just under that first layer .. lol .. threw water on it, twice ..
the first time because it seemed the quickest thing to do .. the 2nd time, a few days later,
when i just had to check if it really happened the first time .. bought a new one .. lol ..
cheapest i could get, off my middle-East, Egyptian i think, washing machine nurse-man ..

am learning about other places slowly .. slippin' and' slidin', along ..

any sigh of spring downpours .. like, rain, yet?

Howdy Jimmy
You have a leaky gas stove...hummm?
Things are starting to add up my friend.
Say hello to Stewy :)

Hey Modesto CA...Central Valley
Nice little town :)

GO NUTS!!!

What does your son do for the team?

Glad to see posts on the board again.

Sorry Jeff, but posting on the hub is much easier to follow than your blog. Especially when there is little to activity here :(

What happened to our little community here??? Nobody likes us anymore??

It's all DJs Fault. LOL

Anyway just poppedin to say a big heeeeellllo to everyone.

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

The 2008 Modesto Nuts home opener, presented by Costco Wholesale,
is Monday, April 7th against the defending California League champion
San Jose Giants. Game time is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at John Thurman
Field with the gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Limited reserved seats
are available for Opening Night by calling 572-HITS (4487).

All fans in attendance to receive a free car wash if game is sold out! Read more for details.

http://www.modestonuts.com/

.. now, let me think .. if i can book a special ferry to get that
car wash .. have to be there by, ummm, 18h i think now, so
that's just after 1pm Tuesday, April 8th, i'll be thinking, GO NUTS! ..

that will be easy .. lol

darn

Awww that sucks :(

Yes but it's ok.

So do I, but I'm biased!!

Awwww...I'm sorry. So they're out of it now?

Ouch...sorry to hear Susie.

I actually like the "Modesto Nuts" logo better. lol

Yes it was yesterday.

They got clobbered!