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DISCLAIMER: in my experience, the following doesn't apply to 99% of my readership. Unfortunately, experience also shows it has to be written down for the remaining 1%.
The short version, when it comes to my comments policy, goes down to a line taken from the (mediocre) second opus of the Matrix:
"I built this place. Down here, I make the rules."
Let's elaborate a bit:
AVERTISSEMENT : selon mon expérience, ce qui suit ne s'applique pas à 99% de mes lecteurs. Malheureusement, l'expérience prouve aussi qu'il faut que cela soit écrit pour le pourcentage restant.
La version courte, concernant ma politique pour les commentaires, se résume à une ligne tirée du second (médiocre) volet de Matrix:
"J'ai construit cet endroit. Ici, je fais les lois."
Élaborons un brin :
If you need further help with the site, you may want to check the Field Manual. Ultimately, you can also drop me a line. I usually don't answer jellyfish and buttermonkey(1) hybrids however.
Si vous avez besoin de plus d'aide avec le site, jetez un œil au manuel d'instruction. Au pire, vous pouvez également m'envoyer un mot. J'ai cependant tendance à ne pas répondre aux fruits de l'union d'une méduse et d'un cul de singe.
| fred | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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Et si on envoyait notre Gvt en stage aux Usa , tu crois qu’ils apprendraient quelque chose ? :p :p ;) |
| jkrank | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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We have him for a few more years, then you can have him. |
| Adam | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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A nation cannot tax its way to growth or job creation, but it can’t spend its way there either. W is only half good. |
| the dissident frogman | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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Adam: how could he “spend” money he doesn’t “tax” exactly? |
| Mitch | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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DF: One problem I have with GWB is that he has not cut spending along with cutting taxes. How does he do it? The same way we do, only instead of maxing out his credit card, he runs up the national debt by issuing Treasury bonds. We made the same mistake when expanding social services (the Great Society campaign) while the Vietnam War was dragging on. We paid the price in the ‘70’s. |
| Ernest Brown | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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DF, “Adam: how could he “spend” money he doesn’t “tax” exactly?” ‘Deficit Spending’ is the answer to your last question. :-< |
| Mitch | 5 years, 2 months ago | |
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Hi again, DF Despite my qualms, there is some justification for Bush’s spending. As j a pate points out, this is wartime and the first responsibility of any government is victory. There is a big bill coming due for Iraq’s reconstruction, but failing to complete it would amount to failing to consolidate the partial victory. Reagan tried the same thing during a period of economic “malaise,” which really resulted from 3 previous administrations’ failure to address the hangover from the ‘60’s. It was called “starving the beast,” whereby he insisted on tax cuts and dared the opposition to keep spending. Eventually, spending tailed off and the economy grew out of the deficit. Bush is much more attuned to Reagan than to his father, both in economics and in ideology. We have a new “Evil Empire” to resist and eventually demolish. BTW, the design and operation of your blog is outstanding. I took a look at the “view source” option to see how it is done, but I cannot reproduce the effects on Blogger. The only suggestion I could possibly make is to employ a JavaScript to hide your e-mail from the spammers’ bots. That is, unless you wish to receive e-mail regarding the molestation of various animals, offers to increase the size of your penis or your breasts (to do both at once would, I think, add a certain amount of variety to your social life). Keep up the good work, mec. |
Post title: Texas and Taxes ♠ Texas et Taxes
Date: 10th October, 2003