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some light reading….

A few of the things I’ve perused the last few days.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-kirchick16-2008jun16,0,7624149.story

The money quote:

Yet Rockefeller’s highly partisan report does not substantiate its most explosive claims. Rockefeller, for instance, charges that “top administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and Al Qaeda as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11.” Yet what did his report actually find? That Iraq-Al Qaeda links were “substantiated by intelligence information.” The same goes for claims about Hussein’s possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/special-preview-br–why-iraq-was-inevitable-11456

Those who condemn Bush’s decision to go to war, bemoan its cost in material and human terms, and deplore the damage it has allegedly done to the American image around the world should consider what would have happened if there had been no war. It is not just that millions of Iraqis would still be in the iron grip of Saddam and his police state. The fact is that, by 2002, no inspection regime and no amount of international pressure, no matter how plumped up by yet another UN resolution, would have kept him contained any longer. The Oil-for-Food corruption would have continued to grow unrestrained, finding reliable co-conspirators in Europe and the Middle East. Rising oil prices over the next half-decade would have kept Saddam awash in cash, allowing him to rebuild his military and cement his connections with powers like Syria and Russia. He had called our bluff before; but this time it was no bluff.

Read a little history and maybe you’ll realize that Bush isn’t a warmonger. He actually had to act to rid the world of a threat to the United States.

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some light reading….

A few of the things I’ve perused the last few days.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-kirchick16-2008jun16,0,7624149.story

The money quote:

Yet Rockefeller’s highly partisan report does not substantiate its most explosive claims. Rockefeller, for instance, charges that “top administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and Al Qaeda as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11.” Yet what did his report actually find? That Iraq-Al Qaeda links were “substantiated by intelligence information.” The same goes for claims about Hussein’s possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/special-preview-br–why-iraq-was-inevitable-11456

Those who condemn Bush’s decision to go to war, bemoan its cost in material and human terms, and deplore the damage it has allegedly done to the American image around the world should consider what would have happened if there had been no war. It is not just that millions of Iraqis would still be in the iron grip of Saddam and his police state. The fact is that, by 2002, no inspection regime and no amount of international pressure, no matter how plumped up by yet another UN resolution, would have kept him contained any longer. The Oil-for-Food corruption would have continued to grow unrestrained, finding reliable co-conspirators in Europe and the Middle East. Rising oil prices over the next half-decade would have kept Saddam awash in cash, allowing him to rebuild his military and cement his connections with powers like Syria and Russia. He had called our bluff before; but this time it was no bluff.

Read a little history and maybe you’ll realize that Bush isn’t a warmonger. He actually had to act to rid the world of a threat to the United States.

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some light reading….

A few of the things I’ve perused the last few days.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-kirchick16-2008jun16,0,7624149.story

The money quote:

Yet Rockefeller’s highly partisan report does not substantiate its most explosive claims. Rockefeller, for instance, charges that “top administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and Al Qaeda as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11.” Yet what did his report actually find? That Iraq-Al Qaeda links were “substantiated by intelligence information.” The same goes for claims about Hussein’s possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/special-preview-br–why-iraq-was-inevitable-11456

Those who condemn Bush’s decision to go to war, bemoan its cost in material and human terms, and deplore the damage it has allegedly done to the American image around the world should consider what would have happened if there had been no war. It is not just that millions of Iraqis would still be in the iron grip of Saddam and his police state. The fact is that, by 2002, no inspection regime and no amount of international pressure, no matter how plumped up by yet another UN resolution, would have kept him contained any longer. The Oil-for-Food corruption would have continued to grow unrestrained, finding reliable co-conspirators in Europe and the Middle East. Rising oil prices over the next half-decade would have kept Saddam awash in cash, allowing him to rebuild his military and cement his connections with powers like Syria and Russia. He had called our bluff before; but this time it was no bluff.

Read a little history and maybe you’ll realize that Bush isn’t a warmonger. He actually had to act to rid the world of a threat to the United States.

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some light reading….

A few of the things I’ve perused the last few days.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/suncommentary/la-oe-kirchick16-2008jun16,0,7624149.story

The money quote:

Yet Rockefeller’s highly partisan report does not substantiate its most explosive claims. Rockefeller, for instance, charges that “top administration officials made repeated statements that falsely linked Iraq and Al Qaeda as a single threat and insinuated that Iraq played a role in 9/11.” Yet what did his report actually find? That Iraq-Al Qaeda links were “substantiated by intelligence information.” The same goes for claims about Hussein’s possession of biological and chemical weapons, as well as his alleged operation of a nuclear weapons program.

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/special-preview-br–why-iraq-was-inevitable-11456

Those who condemn Bush’s decision to go to war, bemoan its cost in material and human terms, and deplore the damage it has allegedly done to the American image around the world should consider what would have happened if there had been no war. It is not just that millions of Iraqis would still be in the iron grip of Saddam and his police state. The fact is that, by 2002, no inspection regime and no amount of international pressure, no matter how plumped up by yet another UN resolution, would have kept him contained any longer. The Oil-for-Food corruption would have continued to grow unrestrained, finding reliable co-conspirators in Europe and the Middle East. Rising oil prices over the next half-decade would have kept Saddam awash in cash, allowing him to rebuild his military and cement his connections with powers like Syria and Russia. He had called our bluff before; but this time it was no bluff.

Read a little history and maybe you’ll realize that Bush isn’t a warmonger. He actually had to act to rid the world of a threat to the United States.

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three choices

Rustico: so by your reasoning, you agree that the enemies of America believe that things will get better for them under Obama.

Ok.

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three choices

Rustico: so by your reasoning, you agree that the enemies of America believe that things will get better for them under Obama.

Ok.

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three choices

Rustico: so by your reasoning, you agree that the enemies of America believe that things will get better for them under Obama.

Ok.

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three choices

Rustico: so by your reasoning, you agree that the enemies of America believe that things will get better for them under Obama.

Ok.

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three choices

Rustico: so by your reasoning, you agree that the enemies of America believe that things will get better for them under Obama.

Ok.

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endorsements

Certainly the foremost question for me is why are the enemies of America endorsing Obama for president?

1. Hamas
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran)
3. Fidel Castro
4. Kim Jong Il

Maybe because his policies would be helpful to them?

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endorsements

Certainly the foremost question for me is why are the enemies of America endorsing Obama for president?

1. Hamas
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran)
3. Fidel Castro
4. Kim Jong Il

Maybe because his policies would be helpful to them?

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endorsements

Certainly the foremost question for me is why are the enemies of America endorsing Obama for president?

1. Hamas
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran)
3. Fidel Castro
4. Kim Jong Il

Maybe because his policies would be helpful to them?

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endorsements

Certainly the foremost question for me is why are the enemies of America endorsing Obama for president?

1. Hamas
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran)
3. Fidel Castro
4. Kim Jong Il

Maybe because his policies would be helpful to them?

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endorsements

Certainly the foremost question for me is why are the enemies of America endorsing Obama for president?

1. Hamas
2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran)
3. Fidel Castro
4. Kim Jong Il

Maybe because his policies would be helpful to them?

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income

The rent you are receiving is already income and you should be claiming it. Depreciation helps you offset that rental income and can even offset some of your regular income.

The catch with depreciation is that when you sell the property, the taxes that you removed by depreciation will be recaptured at your regular tax rate…

UNLESS you choose to sell your property using a 1031 exchange, by which method you can defer the taxes.

Fun, huh?

I think there’s a lot of reading you need to do. I recommend the following:

Order it now and learn the magic tax rule called “the real estate professional tax deduction.”

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