All categories - 1 July 2007

Who would you like to pick ?...and why ?

2007-07-01 06:51:50 · 36 answers · asked by The Unknown Soldier 6 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-01 06:51:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baseball

Would it be appropriate to ask people who are invited to bring a covered dish, appetizer or desert to a retirement party/pig roast?

A friend's son just became a state police officer and to celebrate, they held a picnic for him and asked everyone to bring something.

My dad retires in less than 3 months and we were going to have a huge pig roast for a picnic as well as include a retirement celebration. Other than the pig, we were going to provide the cake and beverages.

2007-07-01 06:51:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family

One very very cold and icy Christmas Eve. I picked up a lady, and we started talking, of course I was used to this, but she was different. She told me she was divorced and had a son, and I told her I was married with one son. As I was dropping her off, she asked did I want to come in for a fast drink, yis Ireland, and not highly unusual. In her eyes I seen my own pain. Sometimes I hate my decisions. She seemed right, many have, but she did?

2007-07-01 06:51:07 · 9 answers · asked by Jim 4 in Polls & Surveys

In my eyes he is still a baby and should still be innocent and I think that is too harsh of a thing for a child to know about but his little friends seem to know about this subject and now he is asking questions

2007-07-01 06:51:05 · 21 answers · asked by mirr 1 in Grade-Schooler

The yolk of an egg is white OR The yolk of an egg are white

2007-07-01 06:51:04 · 33 answers · asked by Frank Heyes 2 in Languages

My son is turning 18 soon and has recently begun dating. However his first girlfriend has very small breasts, probably an A-cup. Now god bless his heart, he loves her ever so much, but I'd like to set a firm precedent to avoid future heartbreak.

I wouldn't want him to be ridiculed by his friends and classmates for 'going out with a flatty' as I would have been back in my younger years. Unendowed females are also generally emotionally unstable due to low self-esteem (I don't want a teenage drama queen on my son's hands!)

My biggest worry is that many years down the line, their female children would be 'flat chicks' as well. I'd like my son to be a spittin' image of his old man, and to help him avoid some obvious mistakes.

Should I forbid him from dating her or let him figure it out for himself over time?

2007-07-01 06:50:53 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

Being that I'm only on book 3, I'd say the movie, but I'm betting that everyone whose finished six already is impatiently waiting for the book.

2007-07-01 06:50:52 · 12 answers · asked by DN 1 in Books & Authors

She said there was no possible way I was gonna fit back in there, and that I was born right the first time anyway. What do I do now?

2007-07-01 06:50:50 · 19 answers · asked by Kathryn™ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

we are expecting a girl in november. i have twin girls named peyton elizabeth and sydney claire. anyone have a girl named kendall?

2007-07-01 06:50:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

What size girls do guys find most attractive? is it the size zero bones, mid size, or bigger girls?

2007-07-01 06:50:28 · 19 answers · asked by dixiegurl8804 1 in Singles & Dating

http://www.abercrombiekids.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10101_10851_284022_-1_12164_12103
i dont know what color it looks best in

2007-07-01 06:50:22 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

my bf can be such a bore. I work during the week so I mainly have time to spend with my bf during the weekend. However, I feel like I have to beg him to hang out with me at times. We live 30 mins apart and if i don't call him to hang out he will just not call all day until at night when I am ready to sleep. today, for e.g., is a beautiful day otuside and I want to do stuff outdoors. I call him and ask him if he wants to go do something since the day is so nice and he is just like go ahead without me I 'm going to cook. I know he isn't really an outdoorsy person but don't you think he can at least make the sacrifice sometimes. And even if he wants to stay home and cook how about inviting me to cook with him. I always have to suggest stuff otherwise we never do anything together and the only time we hang out together is if we watch a movie at the theater or my house. Am I being unreasonable for wanting him to make the effort to do stuff together. Do I try too hard? Help!

2007-07-01 06:50:20 · 9 answers · asked by Sandra F 2 in Singles & Dating

my grandfather always says it and i was wondering what it meant.

2007-07-01 06:49:59 · 18 answers · asked by lotsofquestions 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Democrats think they’re striking out at the rich, they’re actually jeopardizing the retirement portfolios of millions of middle-income Americans. Firemen, police officers, and teachers, to name a few, are all represented by the big state and city pension funds.

The latest assault comes courtesy of House Democrat Sander Levin. Late last week, he introduced a bill that essentially would abolish the 15 percent capital-gains tax preference for risk investing, and raise it by 20 percentage points to the 35 percent corporate and personal rate. This goes beyond an earlier tax attack on a public offering by the Blackstone Group, and would slam into all private partnerships, including buyout funds, hedge funds, venture-capital firms, real estate partnerships, and oil-and-gas deals.

Incidentally, while attacking capital gains, the congressional Democrats are killing initiatives for across-the-board cuts on wasteful appropriation bills. According to the Club for Growth, House Democrats defeated separate measures that would cut spending by 4 percent, 1 percent, and 0.5 percent.

Does this mean the Democrats favor tax hikes over real spending control? It appears so.

Washington economist Kevin Hassett says this is part of the Democrats’ “war against winners,” and he’s right on the money. In particular, these willy-nilly changes of the tax rules would have a chilling effect on capital formation, and could constitute the biggest attack on capital since the 1930s.

As mentioned, the lightning rod in this tax-hike endeavor was the Blackstone Group, the private-equity giant that went public last week. Blackstone’s investment-fund profits are taxed at the 15 percent cap-gains rate, and since these profits come from high-risk investments, that’s how it should be. But Democrats in Congress view these profits as plain income, and greedily want a higher take.

But plain ol’ income this is not. The recent crack up of two Bear Stearns sub-prime-mortgage hedge funds shows just how risky these ventures can be.

Yes, there’s big money to be made when these private partnerships click. But the economy at large also is a beneficiary. Private buyout funds often save highly troubled companies from bankruptcy. They insert skilled managers who streamline operations and make businesses more efficient, a process that can ultimately lead to greater profits and business expansion. You know a lot of these companies: Chrysler, Staples, Sears, Domino’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Toys“R”Us, Clear Channel Communications, Hospital Corporation of America. All of these firms were brought back from the dead thanks to private partnerships.

Nobody knows for sure whether Congress will green-light the Democrats’ anti-growth agenda. The hope is that President Bush will veto any tax hike that lands on his desk. But the mere threat that Congress would embark on such a program of wealth destruction and economic impoverishment — all in the name of taxing “rich people” — has investors reeling.

Ironically, a lot of today’s anti-cap-gains momentum is the handiwork of former Clinton Treasury secretary Robert Rubin. He actually believes a low cap-gains tax has no economic growth impact at all. However, back when Clinton and Rubin were running things, the personal income-tax rate was lifted from 31 to 40 percent, while the cap-gains tax was reduced from 28 to 20 percent, making for a 20 percentage point tax advantage for cap-gains over regular income. Flashing forward, the current Bush administration lowered the income-tax rate to 35 percent and the cap-gains rate to 15 percent, preserving that 20 percent differential.

Hmm . . . Is Rubin saying the cap-gains tax advantage was good for the Clinton boom, but not the Bush boom?

Truth is, that differential provides a strong incentive for entrepreneurial risk taking and higher-risk, cutting-edge investment — both of which lend real torque to the economy.

Another unfortunate irony is that while Democrats think they’re striking out at the rich, they’re actually jeopardizing the retirement portfolios of millions of middle-income Americans. Firemen, police officers, and teachers, to name a few, are all represented by the big state and city pension funds. And these funds are heavily invested in the hedge and private-equity funds that the Democratic tax machine is targeting. Is this fact lost on the Democrats? And don’t they realize that two out of every three voters in recent elections owned stocks — either directly or indirectly? Are they attempting to commit political suicide?

If the Democrats get their way, job creation will be adversely affected, too. Clearly, you can’t create new jobs in the private sector unless there’s a new or expanding business to create those jobs. And since new and expanding businesses require capital for investment funding, if you tax that capital more, you get less investment and fewer jobs.

In short, you can’t have capitalism without capital. The process works for “rich people” and the middle class.

Whenever Democrats wage war against the rich, the middle class becomes the collateral damage. This may be the law of unintended consequences, but it is something this Congress fails to understand.

2007-07-01 06:49:41 · 5 answers · asked by GREAT_AMERICAN 1 in Politics

Just thinking of Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs, he has to do some disgusting things on there....lol...=-p

2007-07-01 06:49:41 · 12 answers · asked by ♥Saw Dust♥ 7 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-01 06:49:38 · 16 answers · asked by Kandy™ 7 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-01 06:49:25 · 7 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Religion & Spirituality

One of my teachers from high school...now im college....invited me to her house to meet her 1st baby..she is a nice teacher and she is very young 26 i think and im 20. I dont know what to buy or if i should buy anything at all.... ideas???? thanks!!!

2007-07-01 06:49:21 · 14 answers · asked by Vegetarian Princess 3 in Etiquette

part I to this poll to try to discover who's who in the YA community , just answer like this
1 oasis
2 beatles
3 pistols ... (it was just an example)
thanks!

2007-07-01 06:49:15 · 52 answers · asked by Alberto V 3 in Rock and Pop

Yanks are down 8-0 and facing Haren. This is the most inconsistent and out of focused team that I have seen in years. Any thoughts (YANKEE fans only)?

2007-07-01 06:49:08 · 8 answers · asked by matty1075 3 in Baseball

My husband and I have been separated for a few months now. We spoke about separating for a few months and coming back together to work on things. Well, a month after I left and went to see him, he told me it was best we stay friends. The apartment we live in, my name is still under the lease, and I still have a the keys. It's been about three months since I've been there. Since then he moved his mother in and put her on the lease. I heard girls on his voicemail and he even stopped giving me money that we agreed on.

Last week, one of his friends told me that he is talking trash about me... Him and his mother. When I try to call, he ignores my call and even got as far as letting his family cussed me out over the phone. When I call him on his phone. I want to confront them, but I feel funny about going back there. should I go and confront them or let it be?

2007-07-01 06:49:08 · 15 answers · asked by ATLCHI 1 in Marriage & Divorce

2007-07-01 06:49:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-01 06:48:59 · 4 answers · asked by Magdalia P 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I would like to transfer owbership of one of my vehicles into my LLC (NV). I would like to depreciate it as an asset. But if I sell it to my LLC, will I have to pay sales tax? If so, is there a way to transfer it into my LLC w/o paying slaes tax but in a way that will still show its value for tax purposes?

2007-07-01 06:48:35 · 6 answers · asked by Lord B. 1 in United States

for me-Cannibal Holocaust. no contest.

2007-07-01 06:48:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

what is an XL (EXTRA LARGE) size for a NBA Jersey? is a 36 a XL?

2007-07-01 06:48:23 · 3 answers · asked by ryannn 2 in Basketball

Find the slope of the line passing through the points (–9, 1) and (3, 10).

Please help if you can.

2007-07-01 06:48:23 · 5 answers · asked by Ozzie 3 in Mathematics

I think i might buy a saddle on eBay just because i dont feel like spending 800-2000 bucks on something thats not even gonna be used for showing..

Has anyone bought one off eBay [[[OR ANY OTHER TACK/APPERAL]]] that was toataly a waste of time and money???

thanks again.
-Ricky

2007-07-01 06:48:15 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Horses

i cant find specific details relating to deer coverage... but i have full coverage with progressive insurance... anyone know if deer accidents are covered?

2007-07-01 06:48:13 · 14 answers · asked by vdawgs22 2 in Insurance & Registration