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...that system of taxation as created by Congress turns business accounting into a labyrinth where corporations have to waste manpower and income to constantly manage their tax situation while government receives reduced revenues that can't be anticipated from one year to the next. Multi-national corporations like GE can also use the complexity of the US tax system to manipulate the tax code by deflecting profits outside the US but maximizing deductions in their tax burden. The corporate tax situation has caused even a fiscal liberal like President Obama...

APRIL FOOLS — Flanked by dozens of out-of-work hardrock miners anxious to put their skills back to work, city transportation and Colorado Our Way or the Highway Department officials announced plans this morning for Glenwood Springs' version of Boston's infamous “Big Dig.” Instead of going forward with the planned Grand Avenue Bridge replacement, the Permanent Landing Team (PLT) has been meeting in secret at the CDOT Hanging Lake Tunnel command center for months hatching the new plan. It will involve tunneling from the north side of the Colorado River at the Interstate 70 Exit 116. The 1.5-mile underground passage will...

It’s easy to get carried away, looking at depressing statistics and thinking the worst of them, and be frustrated with the Democratic leadership’s seeming lack of concern for the well-being of the American people. But perhaps we shouldn’t look at these issues one by one, but rather, consider them as a whole, as a “total package”, as they do, and then they might indeed make more sense. For twenty years, Democrats argued that gasoline prices should be higher, and they worked as hard as they could to drive them up. Now that they’ve succeeded in their goal, it’s easy to...

A = Anarchy P = Planned Parenthood R = RINO I = Pagan symobol L = Canadian Liberal Party F = Communist Fist (modified) O = Obama O = Peace L = Loser S = Scientology D = Democrats A = Atheism Y = Communism

According to this email [unknown origin], a Federal judge in Florida was hearing a complaint from an atheist. The filing by the atheist stated: "Christians and Jews have their Holidays - Easter/Christmas/Passover. We atheists do not have a holiday. This is unfair." The atheist was demanding a holiday for atheists. The judge responded [in responding to the suit]: "But you have a holiday. April 1 is the Holiday for fools. For it is written in the book of Psalms [14:1] that The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. [KJV]. You have April 1 as your holiday."...

Today in America we have no shortage of fools. That is an obvious no-brainer. A fool is - in the Biblical sense - a stupid, wicked (especially impious), or vile person; fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman). A scoffer or reprobate, a despiser of Almighty God and all that is truly good. The secular definition of fool is: one who is deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding. In both cases we see that the fool is a sound rejecter of the Laws of Nature, and of Nature's God. What is Foolishness to Whom? Conservatives, conservatism, and the adherence to and acknowledgment...

Texas Ordinance of Secession AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the Union between the State of Texas and the other States united under the Compact styled "the Constitution of the United States of America." WHEREAS, The Federal Government has failed to accomplish the purposes of the compact of union between these States, in giving protection either to the persons of our people upon an exposed frontier, or to the property of our citizens, and WHEREAS, the action of the Irresponsible States of the Union are violative of the compact between the States and the guarantees of the Constitution; and, WHEREAS, The...

The growing number of UFO sightings has led easyJet to become the first airline to install a bespoke windscreen capable of detecting any extra terrestrial activity to its fleet of aircraft. Pioneering new technology easyJet's team of technicians have been working with leading US engineers for the past decade to develop the windscreen. The unique windscreen has been formulated with technology that can measure irregular frequency waves and patterns that haven't been created by any other form of known aircraft. The prototype has undergone rigorous testing and has now been installed into every one of easyJet's 171 aircrafts as a...

Also Announce That They Will Officially Become Republicans, Will Introduce Additional, Bipartisan, Pro-U.S. Legislation. BY TODD Q. JONES WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 -- U.S. Sens. John McCain (D-Ariz.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) have introduced legislation that would authorize all funds necessary and sufficient to complete the construction of fences on the southern border with Mexico, their offices announced today. The bill, S.65, or the American Immigration Act of 2009, would also authorize additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security to train and deploy thousands of new customs and border agents at key border crossings within six to twelve months. The...

With their racing budgets deemed “unnecessary expenditures,” GM and Chrysler are ordered to cease racing operations at the end of the season.

In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government.

In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government. Companies around the globe—Honda and Audi, to name two—have drawn down racing operations, and NASCAR itself has already felt the pinch in the form of reduced team spending. A complete withdrawal from America’s premier racing series is expected to save more than $250 million between GM and Chrysler, a substantial amount considering the drastic measures being implemented elsewhere.

FreeRepublic Announcement- Partnership Agreement with the Church of Scientology Citing the need to improve its image in the World Wide Web, the Church of Scientology, today, announced a partnership with the world's leading political Website, FreeRepublic.com. In a statemet, FreeRepublic founder, Jim Robinson welcomes this new partnership as a way to both help finance FreeRepublic as well as spread the gospel of L. Ron Hubbard. "We appreciate the Church approaching us. I have been in talks with them since converting to Scientology almost a year ago. I encourage all members to pick up a copy of Dianetics and contact an...

One of Russia's most famous statues of Vladimir Lenin has been bombed, leaving the Bolshevik revolutionary with a gaping hole in his rear. The bronze statue, in the city of St Petersburg, was badly damaged before dawn on Wednesday, when the blast blew a hole in Lenin's coat. No-one was hurt in the attack, the motive for which was unknown. The statue, outside the Finland Station, marks the Bolshevik leader's return from exile in April 1917. "Today at 0430 [0030 GMT] there was an explosion at the Lenin monument at the Finland Station in the city centre," a spokesman for...

Now Offering Customers GREAT Deals On 767-500 'Miserliner' "Enough!" That was the word from The Boeing Company on Tuesday, as the American planemaker shocked the aviation community with its decision to discontinue further development on the delay-plagued, composite-bodied 787 Dreamliner. In his speech to Boeing line workers at its widebody production plant and assembled media, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson said the confluence of a number of difficulties on the 787 -- ranging from fastener shortages, systems integration issues, and supplier woes -- pushed Boeing in the direction of scrapping the 787 program, but it wasn't the final determining...

Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes: US museum Thu Mar 29, 4:19 AM ET From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history. Here are 10 of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped. -- In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the spaghetti weevil,...

The Time Traveler appeared suddenly in my study on New Year’s Eve, 2004. He was a stolid, grizzled man in a gray tunic and looked to be in his late-sixties or older. He also appeared to be the veteran of wars or of some terrible accident since he had livid scars on his face and neck and hands, some even visible in his scalp beneath a fuzz of gray hair cropped short in a military cut. One eye was covered by a black eyepatch. Before I could finish dialing 911 he announced in a husky voice that he was...

BREAKING: Bourque has learned that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President George Bush have agreed to swap Alaska for New Brunswick. The idea, first broached in Cancun two days ago by officials discussing bilateral trade issues, was said to have been well received by both leaders late Thursday as they sipped margaritas, dipped corn chips into spicy salsa, and contemplated the various merits of the deal. Sources inside the Prime Minister's Office indicated under condition of anonymity late Friday night that the plan would see the province of New Brunswick amalgamated into the State of Maine no later than...

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the office of the White House Counsel are preparing a draft document laying out the President's wartime authority to remain in office past 2008, The Register has learned. The scheme is described as an emergency "continuity presidency," made necessary by the extraordinary circumstances and unique challenges of protecting the United States from the threat of international terrorism.

TODAY it is “chip and PIN”. Soon it will be “chip and sing”. Britain’s banks are developing a system of credit card security that uses the voice’s tonal range. Rather than needing to recall a PIN, you will need to remember a line of a song.Fraud has fallen since chip and PIN became compulsory, but customers struggle to remember their numbers. Ellis Bastan, chief technical spokesman of the British Banking Federation, said: “High street transactions have been suffering, so we have been looking at alternative methods of identity verification. Optical scans are too fallible, and standard voice recognition too easy...