A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....01-28-03...The Taxman Cometh

FreeTheHostages; Billie | FreeTheHostages

[Taxman]

Of course the National Retail Sales Tax is not "cruel" to the poor. Do you think for one minute that I'd support any program that was patently unfair or cruel to anyone?

I do not engage in class warfare, except to destroy the argument:

I firmly believe that the Marxist concept of "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need" and the resulting class warfare, greed and envy that it has inspired is directly responsible for more death and misery in the world and done more damage to all of civilization in the past 155 years than any other philosophical belief in the known history of man's existence on this planet.

Long sentence. Here is the short version: Communism kills!

The facts are simple: the NRST, by promoting robust economic growth in the world economy, will help the poor the most by providing more and better higher paying jobs and facilitating considerable upward mobility.

And the NRST will end the 155 year old class warfare argument.

[Fred Mertz]

Hey Taxman!

I like your "peace" medallion, the one around your neck.

[LadyX]

"The reason the coffee pot did not show up the first time was that I grabbed the whole thing for myself."

Your graciousness is noted and appreciated..:))
Truth is, I had not yet consumed my own First Cup and was caffeine-challenged, so eager to provide for the masses that I didn't write in the gif!

Of course 'no gif' translates to 'no gift' - - -

I promise to work harder to live up to my responsibilities, and therefore will go feed my cat.

[Billie]

This says it all! Received in email - probably many of you have already seen it.

**After hearing that the state of Florida changed its opinion and let a Muslim woman have her picture on her driver's license with her face covered this is an editorial written by an American citizen, published in a Tampa newspaper. He did quite a job; didn't he? Read on, please!

IMMIGRANTS, NOT AMERICANS, MUST ADAPT. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Americans. However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the "politically correct" crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others.

I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to America. Our population is almost entirely made up of descendants of immigrants. However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand. This idea of America being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. As Americans, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle. This culture has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.


We speak ENGLISH, not Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!

"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some Christian, right wing, political slogan. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented.. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.

If Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. This is OUR COUNTRY, our land, and our lifestyle. Our First Amendment gives every! citizen the right to express his opinion and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great American freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.**

[Billie]

Good morning, Larry. Thanks for coming to read about Taxman.

[Billie]

Morning, Aqua. Did you sleep in all your jewels last night? :)

[Billie]

Hi, rd - good to see you this morning! Hmmmmmm, I may have to take a look at that Mozilla browser, though I'm pretty satisfied with IE. :)

[Taxman]

Thank you, dutchess, for your kind words.

It was my pleasure to know, albeit briefly, the late FReeper, Commies Out. He was imprisoned in his native Poland for his impassiopned FReedom Fighting activities, and was later "paroled" to America, where he continued to fight for FReedom and Liberty, both in the US and in Poland.

He was, having lived it, an implacable foe of Communism and was an inspiration to all who knew him. We miss him.

The stories your Polish grandparents related to you should be widely publicised and serve as warning to all Americans. Please share them with us.

[FreeTheHostages]

I *loved* putting the Beatles' Taxman with Frank wearing his *war* medallion!! LOL -- it's so stylistically sympatico.

Per your rquest, here's the Beatles wavs URLs for us hip, modern conservatives that don't associate the Beatles with communism!:

http://www.angelfire.com/band2/mr.tunes/Beatles/THE NAME OF THE WAVE

where the names are self-explanatory:

AcrossTheUniverse.WAV
AllYouNeedIsLove.WAV
BackInTheUSSR.WAV
esa_me_mucho_extremely_rare.wav
HardDaysNight.wav
Help.wav
HelterSkelter.wav
IWantToHoldYourHand.wav
IfINeededSomeone.wav
ImHappyJustToDanceWithYou.wav
In_My_Life.wav
LetItBe.wav
LoveMeDo.wav
MagicalMysteryTour.WAV
MarthaMyDear.wav
MotherNaturesSon.wav
Ob_la_diOb_la_da.WAV
OctopusGarden.WAV
OhDarling.wav
PaperbackWriter.wav
PennyLane.WAV
RockyRacoon.wav
SheSaidSheSaid.WAV
SlowDown.WAV
Something.WAV
StepInsideLove.WAV
Strawberry Fields Forever
SunKing.WAV
Taxman.wav
TeddyBoy.WAV
TellMeWhatYouSee.WAV
Tell Me Why
TheContinuingStoryOfBungalowBill.WAV
Ticket_To_Ride.wav
Revolution.wav
Since_Shes_Been_Gone.wav

[FreeTheHostages]

Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

[LadyX]

"I am curious, though: what exactly do you mean by ". . . having "OBEYED" like a good woman should and Clicked on the Pic!"

A bit of tongue in cheek for the Old Order of Things under which I grew up, TMan.

We of the Betty Crocker Brigade were told to:

- welcome our man at the door when he came home with a perfectly clean and tidy house
- be attractively dressed
- be positive and engaging and cheerful in nature and agreeable in all conversation
- have a scrumptious meal ready
- soothe his ruffled feathers, had he any
- and, in general, obey his wishes and commands.

Therefore, when you declared I should "Click Me," I reverted..:)))

[The Thin Man]

Congratulations, Taxman. That 'war' necklace is a classic. It must really get under the leftist's skins. LOL!

[Temple Owl]

I just returned from the dentist. It is much more comfortable to be here with all of you kind and gentle Freepers. Have a good one Billie

[.45MAN]

Me too to all of that!!! except the hugs.....

[jwfiv]

To all our Hostesses...Good Morning..)...beautiful thread for such a rugged fella, quite appropriate, I think.

FTH, just love yer style.

Taxman, pleased to know you a little better...always pay attention when I see your name on a thread...thanks for all your Freepin' good works.

It has taken a few years, being the obtuse type, but I've finally grokked the rationale behing the sales tax and come around to thinking it is indeed the best alternative to our currently absurd system,I don't see how anyone can argue with it.

I'm sure you'll have a wonderful day here at the head of the table...good luck to you, Taxman.

[firewalk]

Good morning everybody (-:

hi Billie (thanks for the ping) hope you have a nice day (-:

[LadyX]

How refreshing!

The way you and FreeTheHostages went out of your way to recover my not-really-awake first reply was most gracious!

On some threads, such a foulup would have generated a dozen smart comments and "Go away, dummy, and come back to play when you become perfect."

Which leads to expressing our appreciation for this Very Special Room you have constructed, Billie.

[The Thin Man]

OK, I'm not saying I agree with FRank on *everything*

FTH....now your even arguing with the honoree. You're becoming more and more difficult. :)

Billie, I think FTH needs a lesson in hostess etiquette.

[The Thin Man]

Don't say anything! I know I did it again!

[daisyscarlett]

Congratulations, taxman. You are an interesting and dedicated FReeper and I love your sales tax proposal. Keep up the great work!!!

FTH and Billie-thank you for the presentation today. Loved the great links and photos and the Beatles, too!!!