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pet peeves

(1) People who drive in the city with their headlights on high beam. Absolute lack of civic sense on how they are blinding their fellow road-users while they themselves are not gaining anything.

(2) Folks who assume its their right to park as they like in the parking lots. You see those big white lines…they exist for a reason. When I get rich enough, I will put a lawyer on a retainer and simply run into these vehicles that cross the markers when parked. It will be my way of philanthropy. My contribution to the society. So, when you hear on evening news of the crazy fellow running into parked cars, you know I got rich.

(3) tailgaters….here is an everyday situation: a lady on phone comes screaming towards you on the freeway, sets herself about 5 feet behind you while the traffic is moving at 70 miles/hour. You get out of her way by changing lanes, but a few seconds later she follows you and is right behind you again…..

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pet peeves

(1) People who drive in the city with their headlights on high beam. Absolute lack of civic sense on how they are blinding their fellow road-users while they themselves are not gaining anything.

(2) Folks who assume its their right to park as they like in the parking lots. You see those big white lines…they exist for a reason. When I get rich enough, I will put a lawyer on a retainer and simply run into these vehicles that cross the markers when parked. It will be my way of philanthropy. My contribution to the society. So, when you hear on evening news of the crazy fellow running into parked cars, you know I got rich.

(3) tailgaters….here is an everyday situation: a lady on phone comes screaming towards you on the freeway, sets herself about 5 feet behind you while the traffic is moving at 70 miles/hour. You get out of her way by changing lanes, but a few seconds later she follows you and is right behind you again…..

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brssharma, if we are looking for the single biggest reason for this mess, you are right, it is the congress. They are well on their way to making themselves irrelevant. I find it amazing that the same set of politicians (especially Dems) who voted for the war are now against it.

If I am not mistaken, the employer withholding of taxes, social security, employer sponsored medical plans all happened at pretty much at the same time in response to certain stresses imposed on the system. These stresses have been removed/subsided for a long time now, but these plans still remain. I am afraid the same will happen for new laws implemented after 9/11. The government has already encroached on the domain of personal responsibility. Now they are engaging in wealth distribution (bailouts). What next, a list of approved words to use in our vocabulary?

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brssharma, if we are looking for the single biggest reason for this mess, you are right, it is the congress. They are well on their way to making themselves irrelevant. I find it amazing that the same set of politicians (especially Dems) who voted for the war are now against it.

If I am not mistaken, the employer withholding of taxes, social security, employer sponsored medical plans all happened at pretty much at the same time in response to certain stresses imposed on the system. These stresses have been removed/subsided for a long time now, but these plans still remain. I am afraid the same will happen for new laws implemented after 9/11. The government has already encroached on the domain of personal responsibility. Now they are engaging in wealth distribution (bailouts). What next, a list of approved words to use in our vocabulary?

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brssharma, if we are looking for the single biggest reason for this mess, you are right, it is the congress. They are well on their way to making themselves irrelevant. I find it amazing that the same set of politicians (especially Dems) who voted for the war are now against it.

If I am not mistaken, the employer withholding of taxes, social security, employer sponsored medical plans all happened at pretty much at the same time in response to certain stresses imposed on the system. These stresses have been removed/subsided for a long time now, but these plans still remain. I am afraid the same will happen for new laws implemented after 9/11. The government has already encroached on the domain of personal responsibility. Now they are engaging in wealth distribution (bailouts). What next, a list of approved words to use in our vocabulary?

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brssharma, if we are looking for the single biggest reason for this mess, you are right, it is the congress. They are well on their way to making themselves irrelevant. I find it amazing that the same set of politicians (especially Dems) who voted for the war are now against it.

If I am not mistaken, the employer withholding of taxes, social security, employer sponsored medical plans all happened at pretty much at the same time in response to certain stresses imposed on the system. These stresses have been removed/subsided for a long time now, but these plans still remain. I am afraid the same will happen for new laws implemented after 9/11. The government has already encroached on the domain of personal responsibility. Now they are engaging in wealth distribution (bailouts). What next, a list of approved words to use in our vocabulary?

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brssharma, if we are looking for the single biggest reason for this mess, you are right, it is the congress. They are well on their way to making themselves irrelevant. I find it amazing that the same set of politicians (especially Dems) who voted for the war are now against it.

If I am not mistaken, the employer withholding of taxes, social security, employer sponsored medical plans all happened at pretty much at the same time in response to certain stresses imposed on the system. These stresses have been removed/subsided for a long time now, but these plans still remain. I am afraid the same will happen for new laws implemented after 9/11. The government has already encroached on the domain of personal responsibility. Now they are engaging in wealth distribution (bailouts). What next, a list of approved words to use in our vocabulary?

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patientlywaiting, as a frequent traveler myself and also as an immigrant who washed up to these shores a few years ago, I have never encountered a more free, open society which is tolerant to change as the one I am living in now. Apologies for not buying into this doom & gloom crap which seems to be the theme of the week here.

Seriously, why would anybody compare this economy with a bunch of city states living off of innovations from here AND off the magnanimity of the tax payers here who are subsidizing their security? How come I never hear of people packing off to go live in Israel, Singapore, Abu Dhabi or whatever if things are so good over there?

Things only “look” bad here because everything is out in the open unlike other countries. If I were betting on economies, I would be a fool to short this one.

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patientlywaiting, as a frequent traveler myself and also as an immigrant who washed up to these shores a few years ago, I have never encountered a more free, open society which is tolerant to change as the one I am living in now. Apologies for not buying into this doom & gloom crap which seems to be the theme of the week here.

Seriously, why would anybody compare this economy with a bunch of city states living off of innovations from here AND off the magnanimity of the tax payers here who are subsidizing their security? How come I never hear of people packing off to go live in Israel, Singapore, Abu Dhabi or whatever if things are so good over there?

Things only “look” bad here because everything is out in the open unlike other countries. If I were betting on economies, I would be a fool to short this one.

[dumbrenter]

patientlywaiting, as a frequent traveler myself and also as an immigrant who washed up to these shores a few years ago, I have never encountered a more free, open society which is tolerant to change as the one I am living in now. Apologies for not buying into this doom & gloom crap which seems to be the theme of the week here.

Seriously, why would anybody compare this economy with a bunch of city states living off of innovations from here AND off the magnanimity of the tax payers here who are subsidizing their security? How come I never hear of people packing off to go live in Israel, Singapore, Abu Dhabi or whatever if things are so good over there?

Things only “look” bad here because everything is out in the open unlike other countries. If I were betting on economies, I would be a fool to short this one.

[dumbrenter]

patientlywaiting, as a frequent traveler myself and also as an immigrant who washed up to these shores a few years ago, I have never encountered a more free, open society which is tolerant to change as the one I am living in now. Apologies for not buying into this doom & gloom crap which seems to be the theme of the week here.

Seriously, why would anybody compare this economy with a bunch of city states living off of innovations from here AND off the magnanimity of the tax payers here who are subsidizing their security? How come I never hear of people packing off to go live in Israel, Singapore, Abu Dhabi or whatever if things are so good over there?

Things only “look” bad here because everything is out in the open unlike other countries. If I were betting on economies, I would be a fool to short this one.

[dumbrenter]

patientlywaiting, as a frequent traveler myself and also as an immigrant who washed up to these shores a few years ago, I have never encountered a more free, open society which is tolerant to change as the one I am living in now. Apologies for not buying into this doom & gloom crap which seems to be the theme of the week here.

Seriously, why would anybody compare this economy with a bunch of city states living off of innovations from here AND off the magnanimity of the tax payers here who are subsidizing their security? How come I never hear of people packing off to go live in Israel, Singapore, Abu Dhabi or whatever if things are so good over there?

Things only “look” bad here because everything is out in the open unlike other countries. If I were betting on economies, I would be a fool to short this one.

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Nostra, I’m going crazy with all the search strings on google to figure out who it is. I have a solid guess…but no point going further.

I understand you are not allowed to share any more information. If you know some good folks there, how can we get in touch with them?

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Nostra, I’m going crazy with all the search strings on google to figure out who it is. I have a solid guess…but no point going further.

I understand you are not allowed to share any more information. If you know some good folks there, how can we get in touch with them?

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Nostra, I’m going crazy with all the search strings on google to figure out who it is. I have a solid guess…but no point going further.

I understand you are not allowed to share any more information. If you know some good folks there, how can we get in touch with them?

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