Al Franken is a big fat idiot

[url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]

or

[url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]


John Rogers
AU Class of 1985
The Al Del Greco of Atlanta

"Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they
charge for arugula?" (Barrack Obama, Adel, Iowa, 2007)

On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]
>
> or
>
> [url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]

If I had to file state income taxes in 17 states, I'd likely screw it
up too. At least he coughed up the $70,000 voluntarily when he
discovered it. Pretty much chump change for him though so not
particularly painful.

Plaidmoon

On Wed 30 Apr 2008 12:22:04a, Plaidmoon (plaidmoon@hotmail.com)
wrote

> On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> [url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.htm[/url]
>> l
>>
>> or
>>
>> [url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]
>
> If I had to file state income taxes in 17 states, I'd likely
> screw it up too. At least he coughed up the $70,000 voluntarily
> when he discovered it. Pretty much chump change for him though
> so not particularly painful.

They've discovered a strange but useful creature in the universe
called accountants. I've heard if you give them stuff they'll do
your ciphering for you.
--
wjlmuttatyeahwhodotcom

"I before E except after C, and E before N in chicken"

John Rogers <tiger7_88@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:qppf141ehdld7caje3n54mn0gnrn3t0un5@4ax.com:

>
> [url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]
>
> or
>
> [url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]
>

Let me get this straight. "Tax the hell out of the rich" Franken
has a scheme that spreads his business over 17 states to avoid
taxes, AND rsfcks it up?

Doug


--
"It's called thinking for yourself. I'd look into the idea if I
were you. You seem to have the idea that disagreeing with the
smrat people counts as thinking for yourself." rich hammet

On Apr 29, 9:29 pm, Bill Lang <wjlm...@bitememindspring.com> wrote:
> On Wed 30 Apr 2008 12:22:04a, Plaidmoon (plaidm...@hotmail.com)
> wrote
>
> > On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>[url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.htm[/url]
> >> l
>
> >> or
>
> >>[url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]
>
> > If I had to file state income taxes in 17 states, I'd likely
> > screw it up too. At least he coughed up the $70,000 voluntarily
> > when he discovered it. Pretty much chump change for him though
> > so not particularly painful.
>
> They've discovered a strange but useful creature in the universe
> called accountants. I've heard if you give them stuff they'll do
> your ciphering for you.

Duh. The article said Franken used one of them accountants to do his
ciphering. The accountant screwed it up. Probably used a times instead
of a gozinta. You kind of take it on faith that the accountant knows
what he's doing, but obviously he didn't in this case.

After I butchered an Uncle Sam return two years in a row (same mistake
both times - didn't get caught for the first until I did it twice), I
use an accountant to do my ciphering these days.

Plaidmoon

On Apr 30, 1:22 am, Plaidmoon <plaidm...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 29, 9:29 pm, Bill Lang <wjlm...@bitememindspring.com> wrote:

> Duh. The article said Franken used one of them accountants to do his
> ciphering. The accountant screwed it up. Probably used a times instead
> of a gozinta. You kind of take it on faith that the accountant knows
> what he's doing, but obviously he didn't in this case.
>
> After I butchered an Uncle Sam return two years in a row (same mistake
> both times - didn't get caught for the first until I did it twice), I
> use an accountant to do my ciphering these days.
>
> Plaidmoon

Let's be fair to Franken. I mean, Wesley Snipes and Willie Nelsons'
accountants both screwed them too.
Accountants clearly have it in for Hollywood types.

- TMS
Yeah, I couldn't say it with a straight face either

On Apr 30, 12:22 am, Plaidmoon <plaidm...@hotmail.com> is besotted
with latte-fueled arrogance:

> On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >[url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]
> >
> > or
> >
> >[url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]

> If I had to file state income taxes in 17 states, I'd likely screw it
> up too. At least he coughed up the $70,000 voluntarily when he
> discovered it. Pretty much chump change for him though so not
> particularly painful.

He also was fined by the state of New York for failing to cover
workman's compensation benefits for his employees. I don't know if
Franken was purposely avoiding making these payments, I doubt it, but
the BS about this is if an EVEEL CORPORATION (any company which
attempts to generate a profit that doesn't specifically enrich a
Franken-approved group) it would be another example of corporate
America screwing the working man.

Deer Al....maybe the way to avoid problems like this in the future is
LESS government interference and simplified tax laws not MORE of the
same.

-Tom Enright

"You can appreciate why Barack Obama is less gung ho than Hillary for
socialized health care. If you work at the Royal Victoria Hospital in
Montreal or the Queen Elizabeth in Birmingham, England, there are
certainly the usual professional diversity apparatchiks but they're
not pulling down 350K a year plus benefits. You need a "corporate
sector" for that."
-Mark Steyn

> Plaidmoon

Minun olisi pitänyt tietää, olisi pitänyt tietää,
olisi pitänyt tietää KUKA SINÄ OLET, Tom Enright:
> On Apr 30, 12:22 am, Plaidmoon <plaidm...@hotmail.com> is besotted
> with latte-fueled arrogance:

>> On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >[url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]
>> >
>> > or
>> >
>> >[url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]

>> If I had to file state income taxes in 17 states, I'd likely screw it
>> up too. At least he coughed up the $70,000 voluntarily when he
>> discovered it. Pretty much chump change for him though so not
>> particularly painful.

> He also was fined by the state of New York for failing to cover
> workman's compensation benefits for his employees. I don't know if
> Franken was purposely avoiding making these payments, I doubt it, but
> the BS about this is if an EVEEL CORPORATION (any company which
> attempts to generate a profit that doesn't specifically enrich a
> Franken-approved group) it would be another example of corporate
> America screwing the working man.

> Deer Al....maybe the way to avoid problems like this in the future is
> LESS government interference and simplified tax laws not MORE of the
> same.

AFAIK Franken is also in favor of simplified tax laws. Did you
mean to say something else?

rich
--
-to reply, it's hot not warm
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/ He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my
\ way of thinking means ``I want the liberty to grow rich
/ and you can have the liberty to starve''. It's easy to
\ believe that no one should depend on society for help
/ when you yourself happen not to need such help.

On Apr 30, 9:02 am, rich hammett <bubbaric...@warmmail.com> is
besotted with latte-fueled arrogance:

> Minun olisi pitänyt tietää, olisi pitänyt tietää,
> olisi pitänyt tietää KUKA SINÄ OLET, Tom Enright:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 30, 12:22 am, Plaidmoon <plaidm...@hotmail.com> is besotted
> > with latte-fueled arrogance:
> >> On Apr 29, 8:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> >[url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]
>
> >> > or
>
> >> >[url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]
> >> If I had to file state income taxes in 17 states, I'd likely screw it
> >> up too. At least he coughed up the $70,000 voluntarily when he
> >> discovered it. Pretty much chump change for him though so not
> >> particularly painful.

> > He also was fined by the state of New York for failing to cover
> > workman's compensation benefits for his employees. I don't know if
> > Franken was purposely avoiding making these payments, I doubt it, but
> > the BS about this is if an EVEEL CORPORATION (any company which
> > attempts to generate a profit that doesn't specifically enrich a
> > Franken-approved group) it would be another example of corporate
> > America screwing the working man.
> > Deer Al....maybe the way to avoid problems like this in the future is
> > LESS government interference and simplified tax laws not MORE of the
> > same.

> AFAIK Franken is also in favor of simplified tax laws. Did you
> mean to say something else?

Al Franken whats to greatly increase the size of government, increase
taxes, and increase regulation, all of which will further complicate
the tax picture. So no, I didn't mean to say something else.

-Tom Enright

"The easy way to make ethanol is to import sugar from Brazil and use
that. Of course we don't and won't do that.
The easy way to bring oil prices down is to drill offshore and on the
North Slope. Of course we don't do that.
The easy way to bring electricity prices down (you can make fertilizer
with electricity) is to build nuclear power plants, expensive but
cheap compared to wars. Of course we won't do that."
-Jerry Pournelle


> rich
> --
> -to reply, it's hot not warm
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> \ Rich Hammett [url]http://home.hiwaay.net/~rhammett[/url]
> / He always pictured himself a libertarian, which to my
> \ way of thinking means ``I want the liberty to grow rich
> / and you can have the liberty to starve''. It's easy to
> \ believe that no one should depend on society for help
> / when you yourself happen not to need such help.

On Apr 29, 11:28 pm, John Rogers <tiger7...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [url]http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18377884.html[/url]
>
> or
>
> [url]http://tinyurl.com/4eft99[/url]
>

The quality of baite in this chatrum is getting awfully piss-poor
lately....

Mookie