Must be a slow news day.

I just got facebook blocked from my computer again. A recent update must have opened it up or something.

I noticed a lot of cookie attempts by intellitxt.com so I blocked them too.

Preservation is a good thing but I gotta wonder how much of that money lands in bank accounts controlled by well-connected people? Last I heard 90% of "foreign aid" never makes it to anyone that isn't well-connected.

After decades of such scams funded by stolen money that was borrowed in the name of the taxpayers, the interest alone is enough to make us third world.

This!

Personally, I find the architecture of religions to be the best part of them.

Save the church, ditch the religion.

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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Wasteful spending. Maybe when we have the money to do stuff like that we can. It's a drop in the bucket but those drops add up. I'm all for preservation but not if it's in the red...

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Jumping over dollars to pick up nickels. Do something that'll make a real difference.

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'99 E300 Turbodiesel, '82 300TD, 1996 12V Cummins Turbo, '94 Neoplan - Detroit 6V92TA

Yeah, 'cuz that'll happen.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

When the mindset is that a 3% Increase is called a cut because they wanted an 8% increase--then all economic reality is lost.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

Yup. With politicians and the general public alike.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Yes,those drops ABSOLUTELY add up! The way the politicians look at it, "oh well, a billion here a billion there, what's the difference?"

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Pick up the dollars too, but do NOT ignore the nickels, if you can call millions or billions of dollars, nickels.

Problem is that the politicians are only wanting to cut the budget by nickels, but that's the only time they try to make people think they're cutting dollars.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! The politicians have been passing off this kind of crappy stuff for YEARS now!

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

See if you can wrap your head around this. You're Bill Gates (or even Warren Buffett or Charlie Munger, take your pick), and you're walking to a meeting. You'll make it on time, but only if you don't waste time. On your way to the meeting, you see a trail of $100 bills on the ground. Should you pick them up, or ignore them?

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Remember, Safety Third!
'99 E300 Turbodiesel, '82 300TD, 1996 12V Cummins Turbo, '94 Neoplan - Detroit 6V92TA

Are you unable to scoop up money at the same time you are moving forward? If you can't do that, can you chew gum and walk at the same time? Someone properly motivated can figure out a way to do both. Do Warren and Bill not have lieutenants that can take care of some things for them?

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

Shame that you never ran for any meaningful office and straightened things out.