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CONGRATS TO BARACK OBAMA THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 28, 2008 | 2:22 PM
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Source: Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/taxes.asp
A few days ago Voodoodog a myfoxla blogger posted the following blog:
"
Spread the word.....
This is something you should be
aware of so you don't get blind-sided.
This is really going to catch a lot
of families off guard. It should
make you worry.
Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election:
CAPITAL GAINS TAX MCCAIN
0% on home sales up to $500,000
per home (couples) McCain does not
propose any change in existing
home sales income tax. OBAMA
28% on profit from ALL home sales
How does this affect you?
If you sell your home and make a profit, you
will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
If you are heading toward retirement
and would like to down-size your
home or move into a retirement
community, 28% of the money you
make from your home will go to taxes. This
proposal will adversely affect the
elderly who are counting on the income
from their homes as part of their retirement income.
DIVIDEND TAX MCCAIN 15% (no change) OBAMA 39.6%
How will this affect you?
If you have any money invested in stock
market, IRA, mutual funds,
college funds, life insurance, retirement
accounts, or anything that pays
or reinvests dividends, you will now
be paying nearly 40% of the money
earned on taxes if Obama become president.
The experts predict that 'higher
tax rates on dividends and capital gains
would crash the stock market yet
do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.
INCOME TAX MCCAIN (no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250 OBAMA
(reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama your taxes will
more than double!
How does this affect you? No explanation
needed. This is pretty
straight forward.
INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax
How does this affect you? Many families
have lost businesses,
farms and ranches, and homes
that have
been in their families
for generations because they could not
afford the inheritance tax.
Those willing their assets to loved
ones will not only lose them to
these taxes.
NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA
* New government taxes proposed on
homes that are more than
2400 square feet
* New gasoline taxes (as if
gas weren't high enough already)
* New taxes on natural resources
consumption (heating
gas, water, electricity)
* New taxes on retirement accounts
and last but not least....
* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine
so we can receive the same
level of medical care as other
third-world countries!!!
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The choice is ours to make."
When I asked Voodoodog to cite his source(s) he told me to go and fish for them myself... so I did and I found out that this was actually a FALSE e-mail chain. Snopes.com has offered a full explanation as to why these "Proposed Tax Changes" are false.
BELOW I HAVE COPIED AND PASTED THE WEBSITE IN ITS ENTIRETY.
ENJOY :)
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Home --> Politics --> Barack Obama --> Proposed Tax Changes
Proposed Tax Changes
Claim: E-mail compares proposed changes in taxes after the 2008 presidential election.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, June 2008]
This is something you should be aware of so you don't get blind-sided.
This is really going to catch a lot of families off guard. It should
make you worry.
Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election:
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
MCCAIN: 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples).
McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
OBAMA: 28% on profit from ALL home sales
How does this affect you?
If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
If you are heading toward retirement and would like to
down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the
money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will
adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their
homes as part of their retirement income.
DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN: 15% (no change)
OBAMA: 39.6%
How will this affect you?
If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual
funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything
that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of
the money earned on taxes if Obama become president.
The experts predict that 'higher tax rates on dividends and
capital gains would crash the stock market yet do absolutely nothing to
cut the deficit.
INCOME TAX
MCCAIN (no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250
OBAMA: (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama your taxes will more than double!
How does this affect you?
No explanation needed. This is pretty straight forward.
INHERITANCE TAX
MCCAIN: 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA: Restore the inheritance tax
How does this affect you? Many families have lost businesses,
farms and ranches, and homes that have been in their families for
generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those
willing their assets to loved ones will not only lose them to these
taxes.
NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA
* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet
* New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
* New taxes on retirement accounts and last but not least....
* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!
Origins: Every
recent presidential election cycle has brought e-mailed
forwards that paint the Democratic candidate as a proponent of a "tax
and spend" philosophy (who will inevitably implement significant tax
increases on taxpayers across all income levels) and present the
Republican candidate as a model of fiscal conservatism, and the example
quoted above fits this pattern.
However, this example is off the mark both in its broad strokes and in its particulars. According to the Tax Policy Center's analysis
of the candidates' proposed tax changes, the primary difference between
them would be distributional, with Senator Obama's proposals favoring
lower-income taxpayers and Senator McCain's favoring higher-income
taxpayers:
McCain: The
average taxpayer in every income group would see a lower tax bill, but
high-income taxpayers would benefit more than everyone else.
Obama: High-income taxpayers would pay more in taxes, while everyone else's tax bill would be reduced. Those who benefit the most — in terms of reducing their taxes as a percentage of after-tax income — are in the lowest income groups.
The statements made about the candidates' proposals for changes in
specific taxes (or implementation of new taxes) are also all erroneous
or grossly misleading. as we note below:
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
MCCAIN: 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples).
McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax.
OBAMA: 28% on profit from ALL home sales
The statement that Senator Obama proposes instituting a 28% tax
"on profit from ALL home sales" is false. Both candidates' proposals
would leave intact an existing capital gains exemption for the first
$500,000 per housedhold of profit from the sale of a primary residence.
Homeowners who realize a profit higher than the current exemption
amount from the sale of their primary residences might pay more capital
gains tax under an Obama presidency than they would now, but those
instances currently constitute a very small minority of all home sales.
(For the purposes of this article, the term "per household" refers to
married couples who file taxes jointly.)
The mention of Obama's imposing a 28% capital gains tax as
president is also misleading. Senator Obama has indicated he would
likely raise the capital gains tax rate, but he has not specified by
how much — the
28% figure is a previous (i.e., pre-Bush) capital gains tax rate which
Obama stated he would certainly not exceed while noting that his
capital gains tax rate would likely be "significantly lower":
Q: How do you plan to change the tax code when it comes to capital gains? How high will that 15 percent rate go?
A: Well, you know, I haven't given a firm number. Here's my
belief, that we can't go back to some of the, you know, confiscatory
rates that existed in the past that distorted sound economics. And I
certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton, which was
the 28 percent.
I would — and my guess would be it would be significantly lower than
that. I think that we can have a capital gains rate that is higher than
15 percent.
DIVIDEND TAX
MCCAIN: 15% (no change)
OBAMA: 39.6%
The notion that Senator Obama is proposing raising the tax rate on
dividend income from its current 15% level to a 39.6% is unfounded.
Obama has proposed taxing dividends at the same rate as capital gains,
and although he hasn't yet specified a figure for the latter, he has
already stated (as noted above) that he "certainly would not go above"
28%. Also, the proposed increase would only affect households with
income of more than $250,000 per year (a figure that encompasses about
2% of U.S. households.)
INCOME TAX
MCCAIN: (no changes)
Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K - tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250
OBAMA: (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama your taxes will more than double!
This is an erroneous interpretation of federal income tax rates based
on the premise that Senator McCain favors extending the temporary tax
cuts instituted by the Bush administration in 2001 and 2003, while
Senator Obama does not. However, both senators said they would favor
extending those tax cuts; the difference is that Senator Obama said he
would not favor extending the tax cuts for households with incomes of $250,000 or more
per year. Since none of the tax tables listed above applies to that
income level, their inclusion is irrelevant and misleading. As noted at
the head of this article, taxpayers in the brackets covered by these
tables would likely see a greater reduction in taxes under Senator
Obama's proposals than under Senator McCain's, an outcome reflected in
the Tax Policy Center's estimate of how the average tax bill could
change in 2009 under each candidate's proposals:
MCCAIN
OBAMA
Income
Avg. tax bill
Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M
-$269,364
+$701,885
$603K and up
-$45,361
+$115,974
$227K-$603K
-$7,871
+$12
$161K-$227K
-$4,380
-$2,789
$112K-$161K
-$2,614
-$2,204
$66K-$112K
-$1,009
-$1,290
$38K-$66K
-$319
-$1,042
$19K-$38K
-$113
-$892
Under $19K
-$19
-$567
INHERITANCE TAX
MCCAIN: 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
OBAMA: Restore the inheritance tax
Pretty much everything asserted about the inheritance tax (also referred to as "death tax" or "estate tax") in these few short statements — that President Bush repealed it, that Senator McCain would maintain it at 0%, and that Senator Obama would "restore" it — is wrong.
In general, estate tax currently applies only to estates valued at more than $2 million and tops out at a 45% rate. The exclusion amount is already set to rise to $3.5 million in 2009, followed by a repeal of the estate tax in 2010, and then a reinstatement of the estate tax in 2011 with the exclusion amount reverting back to $1 million and the tax rate topping out at 55%.
Senator McCain has proposed raising the estate tax exclusion amount to $5 million and setting a maximum estate tax rate of 15%, while Senator Obama has proposed raising the estate tax exclusion amount to $3.5 million and maintaining the maximum estate tax rate at its current 45% level.
NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA
* New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet
* New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already)
* New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity)
* New taxes on retirement accounts and last but not least....
* New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!
Three
of these five statements are completely erroneous: Senator Obama has
not proposed a tax on "homes that are more than 2,400 square feet," any
"new gasoline taxes," or "new taxes on retirement accounts."
The phrase "taxes on natural resources consumption" presumably refers to Senator Obama's "cap and trade"
proposal for reducing carbon emissions, a proposal which would likely
impose additional costs on polluters but isn't technically a "tax":
Obama supports
implementation of a market-based cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon
emissions by the amount scientists say is necessary: 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Obama's cap-and-trade system will require all pollution credits to be auctioned. A 100 percent
auction ensures that all polluters pay for every ton of emissions they
release, rather than giving these emission rights away to coal and oil
companies. Some of the revenue generated by auctioning allowances will
be used to support the development of clean energy, to invest in energy
efficiency improvements, and to address transition costs, including
helping American workers affected by this economic transition.
As for "new taxes to pay for socialized medicine," Senator Obama has proposed funding his health care
plan through additional revenues generated by not extending the Bush
administration's temporary tax cuts for persons making more than
$250,000 per year. Whether allowing a portion of already-scheduled
expiration of temporary tax cuts to take place really constitutes "new
taxes" is a matter of semantics.
Last updated: 16 July 2008
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Sources:
Sahadi, Jeanne. "What They'll Do to Your Tax Bill." CNNMoney.com. 11 June 2008. Sahadi, Jeanne. "What Obama Means by Tax the Wealthy." CNNMoney.com. 28 June 2008. Closing Bell. "Maria Bartiromo Speaks with Senator Barack Obama." CNBC. 27 March 2008.
Jun 24, 2008 | 12:59 PM
Category:
News
GEORGE CARLIN
ON RELIGION
"When it comes to BLEEP, big-time, major league BLEEP,
you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and
exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion
easily has the greatest BLEEP story ever told. Think about it. Religion
has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the
sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible
man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if
you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and
smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live
and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til
the end of time!
But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He
always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise,
somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars,
they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about
a good BLEEP story. Holy BLEEP!
But I want you to know something, this is sincere, I
want you to know, when it comes to believing in God, I really tried. I
really, really tried. I tried to believe that there is a God, who created
each of us in His own image and likeness, loves us very much, and keeps
a close eye on things. I really tried to believe that, but I gotta tell
you, the longer you live, the more you look around, the more you realize,
something is BLEEP up.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction,
hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades.
Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best
God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the
résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of BLEEP you'd
expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and
me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would've been out on his all-powerful
ass a long time ago. And by the way, I say "this guy", because
I firmly believe, looking at these results, that if there is a God, it
has to be a man.
No woman could or would ever BLEEP things up like this.
So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that
he's at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn't give a BLEEP.
Doesn't give a BLEEP, which I admire in a person, and which would explain
a lot of these bad results.
So rather than be just another mindless religious robot,
mindlessly and aimlessly and blindly believing that all of this is in the
hands of some spooky incompetent father figure who doesn't give a BLEEP,
I decided to look around for something else to worship. Something I could
really count on.
And immediately, I thought of the sun. Happened like
that. Overnight I became a sun-worshipper. Well, not overnight, you can't
see the sun at night. But first thing the next morning, I became a sun-worshipper.
Several reasons. First of all, I can see the sun, okay? Unlike some other
gods I could mention, I can actually see the sun. I'm big on that. If I
can see something, I don't know, it kind of helps the credibility along,
you know? So everyday I can see the sun, as it gives me everything I need;
heat, light, food, flowers in the park, reflections on the lake, an occasional
skin cancer, but hey. At least there are no crucifixions, and we're not
setting people on fire simply because they don't agree with us.
Sun worship is fairly simple. There's no mystery, no
miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to learn,
and we don't have a special building where we all gather once a week to
compare clothing. And the best thing about the sun, it never tells me I'm
unworthy. Doesn't tell me I'm a bad person who needs to be saved. Hasn't
said an unkind word. Treats me fine. So, I worship the sun. But, I don't
pray to the sun. Know why? I wouldn't presume on our friendship. It's not
polite.
I've often thought people treat God rather rudely, don't
you? Asking trillions and trillions of prayers every day. Asking and pleading
and begging for favors. Do this, gimme that, I need a new car, I want a
better job. And most of this praying takes place on Sunday His day off.
It's not nice. And it's no way to treat a friend.
But people do pray, and they pray for a lot of different
things, you know, your sister needs an operation on her crotch, your brother
was arrested for defecating in a mall. But most of all, you'd really like
to BLEEP that hot little redhead down at the convenience store. You know,
the one with the eyepatch and the clubfoot? Can you pray for that? I think
you'd have to. And I say, fine. Pray for anything you want. Pray for anything,
but what about the Divine Plan?
Remember that? The Divine Plan. Long time ago, God made
a Divine Plan. Gave it a lot of thought, decided it was a good plan, put
it into practice. And for billions and billions of years, the Divine Plan
has been doing just fine. Now, you come along, and pray for something.
Well suppose the thing you want isn't in God's Divine Plan? What do you
want Him to do? Change His plan? Just for you? Doesn't it seem a little
arrogant? It's a Divine Plan. What's the use of being God if every run-down
shmuck with a two-dollar prayerbook can come along and BLEEP up Your Plan?
And here's something else, another problem you might
have: Suppose your prayers aren't answered. What do you say? "Well,
it's God's will." "Thy Will Be Done." Fine, but if it's
God's will, and He's going to do what He wants to anyway, why the BLEEP
bother praying in the first place? Seems like a big waste of time to me!
Couldn't you just skip the praying part and go right to His Will? It's
all very confusing.
So to get around a lot of this, I decided to worship
the sun. But, as I said, I don't pray to the sun. You know who I pray to?
Joe Pesci. Two reasons: First of all, I think he's a good actor, okay?
To me, that counts. Second, he looks like a guy who can get things done.
Joe Pesci doesn't BLEEP around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple
of things that God was having trouble with.
For years I asked God to do something about my noisy
neighbor with the barking dog, Joe Pesci straightened that BLEEP out
with one visit. It's amazing what you can accomplish with a simple baseball
bat.
So I've been praying to Joe for about a year now. And
I noticed something. I noticed that all the prayers I used to offer to
God, and all the prayers I now offer to Joe Pesci, are being answered at
about the same 50% rate. Half the time I get what I want, half the time
I don't. Same as God, 50-50. Same as the four-leaf clover and the horseshoe,
the wishing well and the rabbit's foot, same as the Mojo Man, same as the
Voodoo Lady who tells you your fortune by squeezing the goat's testicles,
it's all the same: 50-50. So just pick your superstition, sit back, make
a wish, and enjoy yourself.
And for those of you who look to The Bible for moral
lessons and literary qualities, I might suggest a couple of other stories
for you. You might want to look at the Three Little Pigs, that's a good
one. Has a nice happy ending, I'm sure you'll like that. Then there's Little
Red Riding Hood, although it does have that X-rated part where the Big
Bad Wolf actually eats the grandmother. Which I didn't care for, by the
way. And finally, I've always drawn a great deal of moral comfort from
Humpty Dumpty. The part I like the best? "All the king's horses and
all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again."
That's because there is no Humpty Dumpty, and there is no God. None, not
one, no God, never was.
In fact, I'm gonna put it this way. If there is a God,
may he strike this audience dead! See? Nothing happened. Nothing happened?
Everybody's okay? All right, tell you what, I'll raise the stakes a little
bit. If there is a God, may he strike me dead. See? Nothing happened, oh,
wait, I've got a little cramp in my leg. And my balls hurt. Plus, I'm blind.
I'm blind, oh, now I'm okay again, must have been Joe Pesci, huh? God Bless
Joe Pesci. Thank you all very much. Joe Bless You!"
It is
so sad to know that a brilliant man who brought the truth out and laid
it on the table is now gone forever. George Carlin was truly something
else. He was a TRUE defender of our freedoms and our rights, and was
willing to say exactly what was on his mind even if it meant that he
would get arrested. George Carlin may you rest in peace and keep and bless yourself!
Jun 13, 2008 | 3:44 PM
Category:
Political
Powell Does Not Rule out Supporting Obama
By Glenn Kessler
"Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who served in President
Bush's first term, suggested yesterday he may vote for presumptive
Democratic nominee Barack Obama, according to a report in Canada's
Globe and Mail newspaper.
The newspaper, covering a speech Powell gave in Vancouver, reported
that Powell -- who was also Ronald Reagan's national security adviser
-- said he was not ruling out a vote for Obama and he would not
automatically support Sen. John McCain.
"I will vote for the individual I think that brings the best set of
tools to the problems of 21st-century America and the 21st-century
world regardless of party, regardless of anything else other than the
most qualified candidate," Powell said at a news conference before
delivering the speech, the newspaper reported. "Both of them certainly
have the qualifications to be the president of the United States, but
both of them cannot be."
Asked whether he thought it was a difficult choice, he said: "I think so. Yes."
Powell noted that although both he and Mr. Obama are black he would not
cast a vote for the Illinois senator on the basis of race
Powell in 1996 considered running for president as a Republican. But
his tenure as Bush's Secretary of State was troubled as he found
himself often on the losing side of arguments with more conservative
members of the administration, such as Vice president Cheney. He also
made it clear his fury at being asked to present intelligence on Iraq
to the United Nations that turned out to be wrong."
Source: Washingtonpost.com
I would love to hear comments from everyone regarding this. I would ESPECIALLY like to hear from many of the hardcore Republicans who dislike Obama but support Powell. Many people are saying although he mentioned McCain he is most likely going to vote for Obama. Powell has also been quoted saying that he is proud of the accomplishments of the Obama Campaign.
Jun 3, 2008 | 12:21 PM
Category:
News
MESSAGE TO HILLARY CLINTON:
CONCEDE ALREADY! We know that you are only staying in this race to have your supporters pay off your enormous amount of campaign debt. The facts have been laid out, and according to every logical report Barack Obama will be facing off against McCain in November.
***Note to Hillary supporters: Why would you want to waste your money by supporting a candidate that has already lost? Save your money or donate it to charity!***
OBAMA '08
Jan 31, 2008 | 11:52 PM
Category:
News
I just heard someone from tonight’s Fox 11 News Broadcast say “sources at TMZ have been saying that it took Britney THREE hours just to get admitted because of her behavior." Well folks, I was admitted to the Santa Monica UCLA emergency room last night, and I can definitely tell you that three hours is a LONG time to wait before seeing the physician or psychiatrist. In fact, there was a drug addict and alcoholic right outside of my room, and even with his yelling, screaming, cursing, and abusive treatment towards the medical staff it only took the admissions department 30 minutes to admit and register him! Keep in mind that this was an emergency room during FLU SEASON!!!!!!!! It only took them about an hour and a half to get me admitted, registered, and in a bed with an IV running through me.
Someone please tell me that I’m not the only one who sees a BIG problem with this!
** If you ever have a medical emergency and live on the Westside SMUCLA is the best hospital, with the sweetest and most knowledgeable doctors and RN's.
Jun 2, 2007 | 3:47 PM
Category:
News
With the recent drama that Paris, Nicole, and Lindsay have started many people are now starting to look around and see if the young adults around them are exhibiting similar behavior. From nonstop clubbing, to excessive drinking, and "casual" drug use chances are that the young people around you have entered this life altering world. Whether it’s getting that FAKE ID and getting into Les Duex or Mood or even taking that ID to the local liquor store and buying alcohol chances are that most young people have done it at least once in their life. Being a college student who isn't yet old enough to go out to these clubs I know how tempting it can be to take my form of identification and use it to get into these "glamorous" clubs. My view on the "glamorous" club scene has changed, I've always known that people bring pot and cocaine to these clubs and up until now I never really cared, however by going to these clubs and being in the vicinity of these illegal activities I have decided that I am just as guilty for supporting the clubs that know about these illegal activities and are condoning the behavior of the club goers by allowing them to stay.
The celebrities that make this sort of life look glamorous and appealing don't realize that the younger men and women who are looking at their lifestyle don't understand that the life that is being presented to them is actually very dangerous. I think that we as a society need to take this situation more seriously because knowing how foolish young adults can be more and more people will start being dying while following the footsteps of these careless celebrities.
People need to know that when they drink or drive or get high and drive that its not only their lives that they are putting in danger but the lives of innocent people as well. This applies to everyone, next time you have one drink too many, take a hit, snort a line, or do something that impairs your judgment stay home, get a driver, or call a cab. I don’t want to be the one suffering because of YOUR actions.
Apr 26, 2007 | 12:56 AM
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For those of you who don't know what a Crackberry is... its a Blackberry, Sidekick, Treo, and that ugly phone that Verizon makes. The reason why I call them Crackberrys is because I have a Blackberry and that’s my version of crack , I'm addicted to using it.
Recently, I've noticed that people are abusing their right to use their Crackberrys while driving. The other day I was driving on Topanga Canyon Road and this idiot in a Range Rover was trying to compose an e-mail or text message while driving. He almost clipped my car and because I was speeding It had the potential to be a really bad accident. Stupid people like the one I just mentioned are ruining things for people like me. As some of you know starting January 1, 2008 drivers that are seen using their cellular phones and PDA devices without an ear piece or speakerphone will be cited.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO TEXT OR E-MAIL WHILE DRIVING, DON'T DO IT!
