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jep
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response 25 of 36:
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Sep 9 02:38 UTC 2003 |
I didn't know the Kerry who's running now was a different Kerry than
the one who ran a few elections ago. Thanks, Steve!
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russ
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response 26 of 36:
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Sep 9 03:35 UTC 2003 |
Re #12: Apparently you don't understand accounting rules. Any
business over a certain size (a half-dozen employees, IIRC) is
required to perform accounting using the accrual method, rather
than on a cash basis. "Accrual" means that taxes are due and
payable when income is booked, not when it is actually received.
If a customer, or a bunch of customers suddenly find themselves
unable to pay for products or services that are already booked,
then that revenue has to be restated and the business is owed
a refund on the overpaid taxes.
Same as you.
(Which doesn't mean that the system isn't gamed, and too often; just
that some of this is a consequence of the law.)
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gelinas
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response 27 of 36:
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Sep 9 03:40 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, there are two: Bob Kerry of Oklahoma and John Kerry of Massachusetts.
(I think BK is from Oklahoma and not Nebraska.)
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aruba
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response 28 of 36:
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Sep 9 03:49 UTC 2003 |
He's from Nebraska.
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gelinas
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response 29 of 36:
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Sep 9 04:24 UTC 2003 |
zero for two; I should play for the Tigers. :(
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gull
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response 30 of 36:
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Sep 9 13:31 UTC 2003 |
Re #23: I suspect they'll try to suggest that there is possible
psychological damage, like they did with McCain. This is just their way
of trying to neutralize any advantage Kerry could get from having
actually served, unlike Bush and Cheney.
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klg
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response 31 of 36:
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Sep 9 16:21 UTC 2003 |
Bob Kerry may, indeed, be from Oklahoma; however, Bob Kerrey was a
senator from Nebraska who ran for presidential nomination of the
Democratic Party.
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gelinas
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response 32 of 36:
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Sep 9 17:45 UTC 2003 |
zero for three.
Thanks, folks. :)
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polygon
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response 33 of 36:
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Sep 11 06:51 UTC 2003 |
John Kerry (Massachusetts senator) served in Vietnam, with some
distinction, and afterwards protested against the war.
Howard Dean was found medically unfit to serve for some reason.
Someone pointed out, though, that if you put Dean and Kerry side by side,
anyone who doesn't know their histories, told that one of them is a war
veteran, and the other never served in the military, would unhesitatingly
choose Dean as having been the veteran.
One of Kerry's most controversial actions, when he was protesting against
the war, was to supposedly throw his war medals over the fence onto the
Capitol lawn or some such. He now says, no, he never threw his medals
away; he still has them. But three other guys (who weren't able to be in
Washington that day) had given him their medals and asked him to throw
them over the fence on their behalf.
So, he says, he threw his own ribbons, and some other guys' medals, but
not his own medals. Slate's article about this calls this explanation
"extremely nuanced." See http://slate.msn.com/id/2087554/
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gull
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response 34 of 36:
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Sep 11 13:31 UTC 2003 |
Heh. I believe it, if only because I can't see how he'd expect any
political gain from telling a story like that. I think the sentiment he
was expressing is probably more important than the exact actions he
took, anyway.
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sj2
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response 35 of 36:
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Sep 14 10:20 UTC 2003 |
How does throwing his medals/ribbons make him a less suitable
candidate?
IMHO, he should come out and openly state that he was against the war
(including the medal throwing thing). However, as a law abiding
citizen he served in the army and later, as a good citizen, protested
against what he thought was a flawed US foreign policy. He did his
duty so he has every right to protest peacefully.
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tod
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response 36 of 36:
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Sep 14 17:29 UTC 2003 |
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