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December 27, 2003
Your political commentary for the day
Or, how Dean can win in a landslide.
Quoting a bit of a quote from The Black Commentator:
In 1989 new tax rules forbid credit card interest from being a write-off.
Promise to bring that back.
We're talking 99% here.
Credit card companies and banks can't be pouring that much into campaign funds. . .
. . . except it ain't about the cash. Or not just about that. It's about control.
So that ain't gonna happen.
Plus, the mortgage people also don't want that brought back -- big part of the refi explosion was folks rolling credit card and other debt into their mortgages so they could write off the interest.
Of course, that seems to be collapsing. I get less spam for it, anyway. Perhaps they've all switched over to wanting to show me P*r*s H*lt*n having sex.
To the Universe at large: I do not want to see P*r*s H*lt*n having sex. Please stop spelling her name weird ways to get around the filters I have set up to prevent my seeing offers for it.
Hell, the notion puts me off the idea of sex, thank you very much.
But I digress. Bring back letting us dumb-ass, credit-card-using idiots write that (0.9% to 21+%) interest off, and the White House is yours on a fucking silver platter.
You're welcome.
Update: Today's Kwanzaa Principle - Kujichagulia.
On this the second day of Kwanzaa, the principle of self-determination, kuchijagulia, is celebrated. Today we affirm our determination to create, name and define our lives for ourselves, instead of allowing others to do this for us.
If you're thinking of making a Kwanzaa joke in comments. . . not only have I heard them all before, I've probably made them before you were even aware the holiday existed. So, please, spare yourself the annoyance of having the comment deleted or, worse, the embarrassment of me ripping you a new one, and keep schtum.
Posted by Aaron at December 27, 2003 10:25 AM
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Re: Kwanzaa jokes, I feel the same way -- last year I got 4/7ths of the way through the week on my LJ, and I got so fucking sick of hearing about Ann Coulter's views on Why Kwanzaa Is Bad.
I'm blogging about Kwanzaa again this year, at Shock and Awe.
--Kynn
Posted by: Kynn Bartlett at December 27, 2003 04:10 PM
Kynn, you're just making up the thing about Ann Coulter, right?
Please?
There was a time I'd feel compelled to track this down, but oddly, living in ignorance of her ignorance doesn't seem like such a bad deal right now. . .
Posted by: Aaron at December 28, 2003 01:56 PM
I wrapped Mr. Sanborns Xmas present in kwanza paper and included a chanuka card with games and puzzles on it as a bonus.
Moral: mix your holidays like boat drinks.
Posted by: uppity-shinob at December 29, 2003 12:20 PM