Sunday, April 15, 2007

George Bush and all the Republicans want your money!! Don't forget to do your taxes, they were due today, but since it's the weekend they MUST be in the mail by Tuesday!!! (Oh, yeah, the Democrats will probably take some of it too...)

82 comments:

Hully said...

My apartment is right next to the laundry room in my building, which is normally much more of a convenience than it is a problem. But right now it sounds like someone is trying to dry a medicine ball...

Anonymous said...

Pay your taxes!! 12 million illegals are depending on you!!

Sharla said...

LOL Mark S!

Jeshanah said...

hahaha

Sharla said...

Shan,
I am thinking about putting the store in the old Gifts of Joy building next to the new Gifts of Joy. They are building a new SuperWalMart right across the street and making that two lane into five lanes! I can get a good lease right now for what I expect will turn out to be a very high traffic area! What do ya think?

Hully said...

Sounds like a great location to me!

Jeshanah said...

Awesome!! Do it!! Sounds like a prime opportunity to me, take advantage of it!!!

Israel said...

Re: Pay your taxes!! 12 million illegals are depending on you!!

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Millions of illegals pay Social Security Taxes and get nothing out of the system.

They have done a comprehensive study of how much illegal aliens put in vs. take out of the economic system and it is an absolute windfall for the US. That's why corporate America wants them here.

FYI - Illegal aliens come here to work. The typical welfare recipient is a white female with kids (not a black or latino female as some Republicans would like you to think.)

If you haven't figured it out yet, most of our tax dollars are going to support a stupid war started by a stupid president who was elected by stupid Republicans.

Halliburton is by far the biggest beneficiary of our governmments largesse, but as long as people like Mark S. are around all people will focus on is Illegal Aliens.

So lemme guess what the "S" stands for...

Is it "Stupid?"

Jeshanah said...

hahaha, who saw that coming?? Sorry, Bro. Mark...

Anonymous said...

Yikes!!!!



(Sharla, I don't think I like barking dogs, either!!) ;)

Israel said...

You mess with the Bull you get the horns!!

Anonymous said...

so were those illegals that they polled for the study the good honest illegals or how do we know that they paid their taxes doesnt the term illegal kinda infer that they may not be totally above board?
and kinda funny that most of our tax money is going to the war in iraq i remember a year or two ago that the pres said every tax paying american is like paying 70 dollars a peice for the war that year and my taxes were way more than that i think most of the taxes go to stupid liberal pork like inner city midnight basketball which encourages kids to stay out all night and not sleep or go get low income jobs( which if they would just get those low income jobs there wouldnt be any for illegals) and then they could pay a small amount of taxesand we would all have to pay less taxes in the LONG run there ya go shanny another one for you to retype and make sence out of if you agree with it

Sharla said...

Well Bro. Mark, I hope you are thick skinned!
Speaking of skin, I had to go get food stamps in Lima for one month years ago when we first moved to Lima, the kids were all little and Gary was laid off. Admittingly my skin is white and I had kids but in the office I was in that day I think I was the only one of that description. And there were alot of other people in there that day.
I didn't see a survey about race or anything, but I did look around.
I suppose Israels survey is correct in that white people make up the majority of the population so there are probably more white women on welfare, but I wouldn't think maybe that would hold true on a percentage basis. But Bro. Mark's joke wasn't about race at all, was it?
So lemme guess what Israel R. stands for....Racist?
Stop being so mean!

Sharla said...

Most of us have never even had the opportunity to meet Bro. Mark yet, and we hear he is very nice! He just wanted to play, too. Israel should just lighten up, Mark can make jokes if he wants to.
Mark, please comment all you want on here, he tell us all how stupid we are all the time.
Shan, whatever you do, do not raise my grandchildren to be super-sensitive about being Hispanic. It is not healthy!

Jeshanah said...

So, were those illegals that they polled for the study the 'good, honest illegals', or how do we know that they paid their taxes? Doesn't the term "illegal", kinda infer that they may not be totally above board?
It's kinda funny that most of our tax money is going to the war in Iraq... I remember a year or two ago that the President said every tax paying American is paying like $70 a piece for the war that year and my taxes were way more than that. I think most of the taxes go to stupid, liberal pork, like inner-city midnight basketball, which encourages kids to stay out all night and not sleep or go get low income jobs. (Which if they would just get those low income jobs there wouldn't be any for illegals...) Then those same kids could pay a small amount of taxes and we would all have to pay less taxes in the LONG run.

There ya go, Shanny another one for you to retype and make sense out of, if you agree with it.



Okay, I am not saying that I agree or disagree with this statement, but here it is in more understandable form for those of you who don't read 'Justin'. Isn't that a very politically correct response from me?! =)

Sharla said...

sometimes ya just wanna kick a barking dog in the teeth!

Jeshanah said...

Okay, so on this particular post, I baited him a little...

Israel said...

Nearly half a trillion has been spent on the war causing us to go from the largest surplus under Clinton to the largest deficit ever under Bush, with no end in sight.

46 cents of every tax dollar goes either directly to the military or to pay the interest on the debt the war has created.

Thats 27 cents for the military and 19 for interest.

Higher education gets 2.5 cents out of every dollar.

Housing gets two cents.

Natural Resources and the environment get a little over one cent.

Social programs like the one Justin describes are practically non- existent.

Health care gets 21 cents, which has been going way up in direct correlation to the number of Republican policians who have taken lucrative jobs lobbying for the Pharm industry immediately after voting for bills that increase that industry's bottom line.

But you wouldn't know that would you, cuz you are too worried about midnight basketball?

Am I right, or are you wrong?

Jeshanah said...

When I said hahaha... who saw that coming? I wasn't laughing at what Israel said, I was laughing because he is so predictable.

I probably should have just deleted your comment, Bro. Mark, to avoid this little temper tantrum of my brother in laws altogether, but I didn't think that would be fair... you were just making a joke.

I apologize to you Bro. Mark for my very RUDE brother-in-law. We apparently need to keep him on a much shorter leash!!

Maybe that's what the "R" stands for in his last name? Rude! Ridiculous?

Israel said...

Woof!!

I'm not sensitive about being Hispanic at all, I am just a vigorous advocate against ignorance and for my beliefs...

I'm an advocate, that is what I do.

What's so bad about that?

Jeshanah said...

Well, just take a chill pill and stop being mean to all my friends while you are advocating!!!

Jeshanah said...

Yeah, I said take a 'chill pill'.

Jeshanah said...

Ooooohhh, maybe the "R" in his last name actually stands for Republican??!!! Wouldn't THAT be an interesting twist....

Israel said...

Just wanted you to know that the idea that our tax dollars are going to support illegal aliens has been completely disproven through vigorous study by academics and economists.

They are carrying much of the most critical sectors of the economy on their backs and they still get blamed for evertything.

So to review: Illegals are great for the economy and don'tcha forget it!!

Israel said...

I'm perfectly chilled, in fact I am laughing on and off quite a bit as I post...

As for the joke, the joke would be funny, if so many Republicans didn't believe it.

It's called scapegoating, blaming all the ills in society on a minority group and it has been the Republicans bread and butter for years...

Anonymous said...

ok you have all these numbers where our taxes go which i am not contesting at all but i seem to recall paying more taxes under our former president and we werent even in a war where did all that money go? strange

Jeshanah said...

Mexicans will soon be the majority and you won't have a thing to complain about. =P

Israel said...

Where did all that money go? strange

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That money went toward paying down the national debt created during the Republican administrations before him.

It also went toward creating the largest budget surplus in the history of the country.

I'm glad you are asking questions because that is the first step toward learning what is really going on as far as politics are concerned...

Sharla said...

Why couldn't you have said all those facts without calling Mark Stupid??? Stupid! As I've tried to explain to you before, you are obviously very intelligent but name calling makes YOU look stupid!
We are less likely to be influenced by anything you say when you are calling nice people names! And, 'sides your scaring poor little Sarah to death!

YOU BE NICE! or I'm liable to come out there and advocate you!

Anonymous said...

Just think, one day you'll hear people say, "You live in America! Learn Spanish!"

Israel said...

The "R" stands for "rabid."

Anonymous said...

haha wait a min isreal did you just agree with our president b/c i believe that he said earlier that he wanted to make a way for the illegals to stay b.c they were good for the economy by doing the jobs that need to be done and the democrates were all up in arms about it are you sure that is your stand? how very republican of you
maybe your right shan r must be for republican

Israel said...

I didn't say he was stupid...

I simply posed a question calculated to draw him out so that we could engage in some of this fun debate...

Jeshanah said...

I got caught up in the moment and reverted to name calling like I was back in the 2nd grade, (or like I was Israel...) so, sorry for that, Israel.

I will try to have more intelligent and grown up insults for you the next time. =)

Anonymous said...

Why does everyone choose to get on this blog and start chattering like crazy at 6:30 pm on a Monday afternoon

Jeshanah said...

6:30 is evening, not afternoon, and I have no idea, but it sure is fun!!

Israel said...

Standing up to the illegal alien bashers is the only thing Bush has done right in his Presidency. Bush likes Mexicans (See Alberto Gonzalez) His brother is married to one, that's why George Bush the third is so hunky and why he has that nice brown skin.

He also knows corporate America needs those workers and he knows that Corporate America pays the bills at the Republican National Committee.

Israel said...

Now I gotta go finish my taxes...

Sharla said...

An where is John when we need him? Probably studying...arrgh!


And our good friend Paul Michael would sure come in handy right about now, but Israel has probably offended him clean off the internet!

C'mon Zion! You are our last hope!

(Wish Hannity read this blog.)

Anonymous said...

So Israel, what do YOU think we should we do with the illegals?

Jeshanah said...

procrastinator!!

Sharla said...

LOL Shan!

Israel is definitely right about President Bush's nephew anyway. ;)

Anonymous said...

so budget surplus is really what (supposedly) smart people call more money they have to spend?

Anonymous said...

so if i could just charge more money to everyone and didnt spend all the money i charged i could say i have a budget surplus also of course if i keep charging more pretty soon i wouldnt get anywork but hey just think for a short amount of time i would have a budget surplus dont worry i would do something very liberal with my surplus isreal i would spend it

Jeshanah said...

lol, Justin.

Anonymous said...

zion your crazy it isnt 630 it is 930 learn to read a clock hehe

Jeshanah said...

Mom, you're right, oooohh la la. hahaha

Jeshanah said...

I don't know if everyone has noticed or not, but there is now a 'political' button on the side bar of my blog (courtesy of Zion...) so when you have something political to say and the conversations aren't naturally leaning toward politics, that's where you can post it. (This post is fine to be political, because I kind of geared it that way yesterday when I made the post, red and blue and what I said opened this one right up for politics.)

Hully said...

To back up what Israel was saying, it is true that illegal immigrants pump billions (with a "b") into the tax coffers. When taxes are collected and the accompanying SSN does not match any known or assigned SSN, that money goes into a fund. I don't remember the exact dollar figure (it's been several months since I read about it) but it is an astoundingly huge number. The vast majority of this money comes from illegal immigrants. So not only are they paying taxes, but they aren't filing returns. They do not get the chance to claim their children as dependents, or qualify for an earned income tax credit. So they are contributing above and beyond what the average U.S. citizen is.

As far as white women on welfare, Israel and I have had this discussion before (on fantasy football of all places). True, there are more whites on welfare than blacks (38.8 percent to 37 percent). But as Sharla correctly pointed out, blacks make up a significantly smaller portion of the population, so there is a greater percentage of the black population on welfare than there is of the white population.

Another interesting statistic is that Hispanics, which now outnumber blacks in the U.S., only make up 17.8 percent of the welfare rolls, less than half that of the blacks -- another blow to the illegal immigrants on welfare myth.

Hully said...

Holy cow, when I started typing that post, there were only 17 posts. Jess called in the middle of me writing and by the time we got done talking and I finished writing the post there were 49 posts.

Hully said...

It annoys the daylights out of me when I hear Republicans of today rail against immigration. Perhaps they forget the words of the man they all claim as an iconic figure of the conservative movement, one Ronaldus Maximus. In his farewell address to the nation, Reagan said:

"I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and heart to get here."

Anonymous said...

and just for the record i dont care who is on welfare i just wish that those that werent legal citizen/residents of the good old USA couldnt legally get government fund/my tax money and as long as they can legally i they are welcome to it but i dont agree with the fact that they are allowed to get it when they arent allowed to be here




and on to another subject the virginia tech shooting aside from the crazy wacko that did the shooting does anyone else see anything wrong with the picture LIKE why didnt any MEN not boys that were at the school not throw there overstuffed/ heavy backpack at the gunman and rush the guy point the gun into the mouth of the guy and end the craziness?
or is that to olden day and we need to try to be nice and get the guy to reform his ways and get him back into socity

Hully said...

You say "your tax money" while ignoring the fact that they pay taxes too, and, as I mentioned before, collect welfare benefits at a far smaller percentage than other groups.

Anonymous said...

well not mine just taxes in general i say we should have open borders that is what this country was founded on but i also believe they should do it legally

Hully said...

And there's the rub. The current immigration system is so convoluted that it is easier to risk your life trying to sneak across the border than it is to try to jump through the countless hoops in place.

Another thing that many people fail to consider is that tightened enforcement on the border actually increases the number of illegal immigrants who remain in the country.

It used to be that when migrant workers entered the U.S., they would remain here for the season, then return to Mexico until the next growing season. After a few years of doing this, and after they had started to put down roots in the U.S., learn to speak English, and mesh into society, then they might decide to stay. But many traveled back and forth for many generations.

Now, with tightened security and minuteman patrols and whatnot (not to mention a surplus of unscrupulous coyotes) it has become so dangerous to try to cross over that, once in the U.S., they are hesitant to return to Mexico. The wall keeps more people in than it keeps out.

Jeshanah said...

So what you are saying is, they need to "tear down that wall..." so to speak.
;) @ John.

Hully said...

lol Shanny. You should make a speech or something. "Sweet Mercedes! Tear down this wall!"

Israel said...

For those of you who don't think I have a sense of humor about illegal aliens and the way many Republicans see them check out:

http://whatshappeningthere.blogspot.com/

Israel said...

That stuff was posted last week...

But see, I can make jokes about illegal aliens because I'm Mexican and I spend most of my time defending their rights.

But (and I know this is hard for some people to understand) Imus can't make jokes about "nappy" hair because he isn't Black.

That's how it works. (I had to explain it to one of my Caucasian relatives Saturday in my inimitable manner.)

He kept asking "Why? Why can Black people make fun of White people but not vice versa?"

My answer was White folks had a lot of fun lynching Black people and calling Black people names for many, many years and Black people couldn't do anything about it, so now it's the Black people's turn to tell a few jokes.

That's when he said "Ohhhh..." and the 'ol light bulb finally came on.

I educate. I'm an educator, it's what I do

After I'm done educating the "S" after Mark's name will stand for "smart" and "sensitive" and "sane" and "sensible" and "super."

Israel said...

I wanna thank Sharla for the DVDs that just arrived.

They are timely enough to make a great Birthday present.

I can't wait to check them out...

Anonymous said...

The real reason why the illegals
are paying taxes is to start a paper trail so when they try to become citizens they can show how responsible they've been. America was founded on lies, deceit, and some white guys coming over and forcefully taking the land away from poor Indians. He gave the Indians tiny parcels with all the beer and bon bons they could eat.
Then this terrible white man put casino on their land and took all their money. Why can't the brown man cross the border when the Gadston Purchase was never fully paid. We are actually living in Mexico. So go back to England, Germany, Ireland, France, (White Man) and leave us alone.... I hate tax day. Nough Said Ha, Ha, I love America by the way, Gringo , Black, Asians, Spics, Why can't we all just get along... Rodney King

Anonymous said...

Israel , Happy 40th Birthday old man. You're old, cranky, greying, and stinky. So get over yourself, life is too short and your're going to pop a vein....

Israel said...

I've still got a couple of birthdays to go till I'm 40...

Sharla said...

What? You're 39 AGAIN??? lol
You are very welcome for the DVDs. Happy birthday! :)

Anonymous said...

... but as long as people like Mark S. are around all people will focus on is Illegal Aliens.

So lemme guess what the "S" stands for...

Is it "Stupid?"

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Gee thanks Israel! Good thing I'm hard skinned. I find it rather interesting that you automatically assume I'm a Republican just because I through out a joke that included the words 'taxes' and 'illegals'.

Incidentally I entered this country 'legally' and love this country even though I may not be an American citizen. Why will people continue to focus on 'illegals' as long as people like me are around? If you don't know me then don't make accusations you can't back up...


"Me thinketh thou doth protest too much!"

Anonymous said...

oops.. that should read 'throw out'

yeah yeah i know.. S stands for stupid.. :P

Sharla said...

You go Mark!

Jeshanah said...

lol, Mark. Way to go!

Israel said...

All I know is it took Smark two days to come up with that comeback.
That was so two days ago.
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Get with the program Smark!!

Lemme guess you live on "Gomer Road" next to Sharla.

Awww, forget it, just go back to Elbonia or whereevere you're from, because you're really starting to bore me!!

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See Sharla, I can be nice...

Anonymous said...

Must really take a lot to keep your attention...
Sorry it took 2 days to reply. Some of us are working hard to make an honest living.. unlike others who are here illegally, mooching off the system..

Jeshanah said...

LOL!!!

By the way, Israel, Mark is a fellow Tucsonian. He doesn't live on "Gomer Rd", he lives in "the hood"!! (He does live in a nicer section of the hood... no doubt thanks to all that hard work he was talking about!)

Anonymous said...

LOL @ Jeshanah...
And it's only Wednesday.. sigh..

Israel said...

Oh you're from Tucson?

I take everything I said back, you sir, are obviously a genius!!

Congrats on living in Tucson!!!

I thought you were living on Gomer Road there for a while.

Jeshanah said...

Here it comes again, Israel...









Wait for it....








Wait for it....







(rolls eyes)

Sharla said...

I AM mortified to live on Gomer Rd. Even around here where everyone should be used to it, they ask me and I have to spell it, I always just say, yes, Gomer, like Gomer Pyle.
I think they do that on purpose!

Sharla said...

Of course, the house that we live in ON Gomer road is actually pretty nice, ridiculously big, the yard is fantastic and we are out in the country. I think Shan and Becca felt pretty SAFE while they were here, I didn't notice anyone staying inside with the curtains closed or anything! So, all in all, I guess we are blessed to live on Gomer road. :)

Israel said...

Weeeell I'll be, Saaaaaaargeant!!

Israel said...

OOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!
OOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!

Sergeant Cahter!! Sergeant Cahter!!

That Gomer sure could sing though!!

Sharla said...

well GOL_OLLL_Y!

Jeshanah said...

I guess I need to watch Gomer Pyle because I really don't know what you guys are talking about... I thought all he ever said was 'Well golly Sargent", but then, I think I've only seen about 4 episodes... =)

Sharla said...

how much you've missed.

Israel said...

I don't think I've seen more than one episode, and I don't remember exactly what he said be he was one goofy dude...

But then he had a big music career where he sang like some classically trained opera singer, so that was a weird contrast.

I think Sharla got it, I think it is Goooollllyyyy Sergeant!!

Something like that...