Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..tag:thedonovan.com,2008-06-23:/12008-09-06T02:36:55ZWe're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007Movable Type Open Source 4.12AFSister commented on Somewhere in Woking:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/somewhere_in_wo.html#comment-778692008-09-05T15:17:16Z2008-09-05T15:17:16Z
Ah, well then I'm glad *this* American Amusements is not an American company! That is good news.
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]]>AFSisterSTEVEC commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778702008-09-05T16:41:19Z2008-09-05T16:41:19Z
You're welcome about the correction of the name to Callahan. But "snarky"? Is that good or bad? If bad, it was not my intent to be that way as I enjoy the heck outta this site. Keep it up.
SteveC
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]]>STEVECThe Armorer commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778712008-09-05T17:02:50Z2008-09-05T17:02:50Z
Around here, snarky is good or bad depending on how thin your skin is any given day.
Not being the target of the correction, I thought you were doing it in a friendly way... Kat, well, Kat's skin musta been a little translucent.
It's kinda like ya love artillery, until you can hear the fragments - then, not so much!
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]]>The ArmorerKatherine Optima Maximae commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778722008-09-05T17:36:33Z2008-09-05T17:36:33Z
Naw. thought it was funny, actually. Pride goeth before the fall, etc. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought it to anyone's attention in another blog post that, yeah, I goofed.
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]]>Katherine Optima MaximaeAzygos commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778732008-09-05T17:45:31Z2008-09-05T17:45:31Z
" What she was trying to do was make Wasilla attractive to families who want to buy a home or start a business without gouging the tax payer."
Uh, not so much Kat. While there are stores outside the Wasilla city limits the choices are limited. By adding additional sales tax you generate income form the roughly 75,000 non-Wasilla residents who are forced to shop in Wasilla or drive the hour to Anchorage to shop. Though there are a few stores in Palmer also the choices are limited. A sales tax effectively forces non-residents to subsidise the city while they receive no benefit from the tax. Sound familar?
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]]>Azygosfdcol63 commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778742008-09-05T18:35:50Z2008-09-05T18:35:50Z
" ... A sales tax effectively forces non-residents to subsidise the city while they receive no benefit from the tax. Sound familar? ..."
Yeah, it's pretty similar to what we do here in Florida to tourists. But the situation is a little different here, in that we get SOOO much tourist use of roads, infrastructure, social/emergency services, etc., that costs the State money, we have to find some way for them to pay "their share" while they're here. They do get benefits out of our State dollars for which residents shouldn't bear the total cost.
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]]>fdcol63Katherine Optima Maximae commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778752008-09-05T19:31:50Z2008-09-05T19:31:50Z
Uh, not so much Kat. While there are stores outside the Wasilla city limits the choices are limited. By adding additional sales tax you generate income form the roughly 75,000 non-Wasilla residents who are forced to shop in Wasilla or drive the hour to Anchorage to shop. Though there are a few stores in Palmer also the choices are limited. A sales tax effectively forces non-residents to subsidise the city while they receive no benefit from the tax. Sound familar?
and that is bad how? You are aggregating the cost, getting jobs in, improving revenue, drawing more families to live there (won't that shopping and lowered property tax attract people to move in or move closer).
And, what is this "forces" stuff? Are the state troopers blocking the roads and making people drive to Wasilla for their groceries? People always have choices. This is a basic "win-win-win". How much money on gasoline and time are people going to save not driving all the way to anchorage? How much money does Wasilla citizens save by having city revenue come out of taxes instead of property tax? And how many jobs are built for Wasilla and the surrounding area?
It's all good planning.
In fact, I'd prefer a half cent sales tax to pay for schools instead of property taxes that nobody over sees and where only a very small portion (in most towns) actually gets used for schools while the state, cities and other school boards keep pointing the finger at the federal government for lack of money. Get it here, get it local and give me a say in how its spent, I'll show you a good school system.
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]]>Katherine Optima MaximaeRetRsvMike commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778762008-09-05T21:17:19Z2008-09-05T21:17:19Z
obviously it was a crystal clear reference to the "cast iron" Vice President, John C. Calhoun...
(what with her "up swept" coif when she gave her brilliant oration)
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]]>RetRsvMikeAzygos commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778772008-09-05T21:29:54Z2008-09-05T21:29:54Z
"In fact, I'd prefer a half cent sales tax to pay for schools instead of property taxes that nobody over sees and where only a very small portion (in most towns) actually gets used for schools while the state, cities and other school boards keep pointing the finger at the federal government for lack of money. Get it here, get it local and give me a say in how its spent, I'll show you a good school system."
I don't like any kind of tax but some kind of tax is necessary to fix the roads and what few actual government owned buildings are necessary. A sales tax seems to me to be the fairest way to do that.
I was not arguing whether it was good or bad just trying to clarify what I believe to be her motives.
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]]>AzygosKatherine Optima Maximae commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778782008-09-05T21:34:36Z2008-09-05T21:34:36Z
Okay. Got it. It was the word "force". Wasn't sure what you were reaching for exactly, but it does make rhetorical sense if you are thinking of "funneling" people to a revenue center. (ooh, look, a woman actually strung a sentence together on economic planning -- call CNN! Get John Roberts on the line!)
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]]>Katherine Optima MaximaeAzygos commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778792008-09-05T21:59:23Z2008-09-05T21:59:23Z
Did not get to finish what I was going to say that pesky work thing got in the way. Anyway Kat I almost always enjoy your well written and well researched posts. Having lived on the outskirts of Wasilla myself I was trying to paint a better picture of the situation and botched it a bit.
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]]>AzygosKatherine Optima Maximae commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778802008-09-05T22:53:44Z2008-09-05T22:53:44Z
Oh, yeah and that last line was not aimed at you. That was a general commentary on the entire Palin episode. thank you for your kind words.
(and , of course, I love flattery..who said it is only for the Obama?)
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]]>Katherine Optima MaximaeBillT commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778812008-09-05T23:05:29Z2008-09-05T23:05:29Z
Hey, your hair looks *great* that way, kat!
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]]>BillTThebookman commented on Anonymous Emails v. Actual Record: McCain/Palin:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/anonymous_email.html#comment-778822008-09-05T23:22:01Z2008-09-05T23:22:01Z
For me the ovverriding factor - and talking point - should be the fact that unelected, anonymous beeyoorowcrats (sick of speeling that word! lol) hold arbitrary power to increase your tax, and you have little or no chance to appeal their decisions. It's the most sinister aspect of property taxes.
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]]>ThebookmanArgent commented on Somewhere in Woking:http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/09/somewhere_in_wo.html#comment-778832008-09-06T02:36:55Z2008-09-06T02:36:55Z
This is fairly clear cut discrimination and the apology just screams scapegoat tactics. I wonder where the policy idea came from.
American Amusements, Inc. isn't going to be too thrilled about this I imagine.