Fuck This Shit!

[TheVictors]

...it says on the Bernie Sanders bumperstickers now adorning two of our neighbors four cars. Not sure if the other two also boast the same RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE mantra, but I have to laugh at the notion that our neighbors should be outraged about much, if anything.

Self-proclaimed vegans and completely nice people, they bought their house across the street from us for $530,000 about 18-months ago and outbid a number of other offers. Since buying the house they have replaced all of their cars and now have a new Acura SUV and new Nissan Hybrid (both of which have the stickers), along with a Honda Accord and WV Bus (not the surfer/hippie kind, the Euro-cyclist kind).

After buying the house, they converted the more traditional city front yard into an Urban Garden, built a chicken coop and reconfigured the garage to accommodate their dogs -- based on our much more modest landscaping endeavor a few summers ago, there is no way they spent less than $50,000 on the yard remodel.

Dad is in IT at the Water District and Mom stays at home with a newly adopted baby and their preschool aged part-timer.


So Fuck What Shit?!

Clearly they are incredibly financially stable and aren't in any way suffering like many are. They were able to buy a house in an incredibly competitive market and outbid others ...only to drop tens of thousands more to make the home theirs..

Transplants from the Chicago area and both Iowa Hawkeye alumni, I am going to bet that what we have across the street are lifestyle vegan liberal Trustafarians ...and God Bless - vote however you want to vote, its your RIGHT!!

But spare me the FUCK THIS SHIT mantra, Mr Samurai Bun Hipster Vegan.



I may just put a TRUMP sign out front to troll them .... :cheers:

 

[tinselwolverine]

Here is a bumper sticker idea that I had that I've always liked:

"My Dog Eat Meat, and so do I."

 

[Mitchrapp]

 

[tinselwolverine]

That's good Mitch.

What I like about my bumper sticker idea in this case is that those people's dogs probably eat meat.

 

[Michchamp]

vic, sounds like your neighbors came with a little inherited wealth... or have wealthy parents helping them out. in either case, good on them for not supporting some plutocrat candidate who is going to promise to lower their (already low) taxes even further & gut our government of the funds it needs to survive and provide services to its citizens

 

[Sbee]

it's better than the crowd I live by, the country club GOP. I'm wealthy so every policy benefitting the wealthy is sound because it's good for me.

I'm not a big fan of paying 40% federal income tax and social security taxes on every dollar but I'm pretty much assuming that those rates will never get passed. If they do I guess I'm also not paying health insurance premiums or paying for my kids to go to college. The college thing isn't a big deal since they'll likely follow me into the lawn care business.

 

[tinselwolverine]

it's better than the crowd I live by, the country club GOP. I'm wealthy so every policy benefitting the wealthy is sound because it's good for me.

I'm not a big fan of paying 40% federal income tax and social security taxes on every dollar but I'm pretty much assuming that those rates will never get passed. If they do I guess I'm also not paying health insurance premiums or paying for my kids to go to college. The college thing isn't a big deal since they'll likely follow me into the lawn care business.

You are paying 40% - 38% actually.

The sequester reverted the top marginal federal tax rate to the Clinton era level of 38%.

 

[Sbee]

You are paying 40% - 38% actually.

The sequester reverted the top marginal federal tax rate to the Clinton era level of 38%.

I'd be paying about 40 under bernie but currently the social security tax is capped. If you pay social security on all income I'd see rates close to 50% for all federal taxes.

 

[Michchamp]

I'd be paying about 40 under bernie but currently the social security tax is capped. If you pay social security on all income you'll see rates close to 50% for all federal taxes

hey how did you do in your Marxist indoctrination classes at MSU? At Michigan I struggled in some of the intro level Marxism classes, but by junior year, I was a full blown Marxist, like 99% of all college educated americans.

no wonder we've elected so many Marxist presidents.

 

[Sbee]

hey how did you do in your Marxist indoctrination classes at MSU? At Michigan I struggled in some of the intro level Marxism classes, but by junior year, I was a full blown Marxist, like 99% of all college educated americans.

no wonder we've elected so many Marxist presidents.

As I said, without a supermajority in the senate we don't see these rates signed into law and even with one it's not likely.

I've voted against my own economic interest a number of times but this is pushing it. Love bernie, love his message and opposition to Citizens united, but I question the ability to execute

 

[TheVictors]

Oh, I guarantee that my neighborhood is 95% Democrat and easily goes either Clinton or Sanders this fall ...in fact the GOP door knockers don't even bother. During the '08 election I actually suggested to the umpteenth Obama knocker that they go where they aren't already guaranteed the vote and was told they want to make sure that they get the Vote Out (as in turnout).

And like I said, I'm not telling anyone how to vote, I just find the sentiment off base and am sure that many others who have watched upwardly mobile transplants move in and drive up taxes and push out the working class would have the same reaction that I did ..

Fuck What, exactly?

 

[tigermud]

This was pretty funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlzAzk0cEBk#action=share

And goes to show you trump does have cross over appeal. Maybe those Establishment repubs are right. dem to re-pub clothing. it's going to be an interesting race between Berine and Trump. Or Clinton as she'll prolly steal it with super delegates. Hillary or Trump, Trump.

 

[tomdalton22]

This was pretty funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlzAzk0cEBk#action=share

And goes to show you trump does have cross over appeal. Maybe those Establishment repubs are right. dem to re-pub clothing. it's going to be an interesting race between Berine and Trump. Or Clinton as she'll prolly steal it with super delegates. Hillary or Trump, Trump.

She did have big boobs

 

[Michchamp]

Oh, I guarantee that my neighborhood is 95% Democrat and easily goes either Clinton or Sanders this fall ...in fact the GOP door knockers don't even bother. During the '08 election I actually suggested to the umpteenth Obama knocker that they go where they aren't already guaranteed the vote and was told they want to make sure that they get the Vote Out (as in turnout).

And like I said, I'm not telling anyone how to vote, I just find the sentiment off base and am sure that many others who have watched upwardly mobile transplants move in and drive up taxes and push out the working class would have the same reaction that I did ..

Fuck What, exactly?

I don't understand why it's an issue. Certainly the fact that they've been successful yet are concerned about inequality should be weighed more here, not less.

one shouldn't need to suffer alongside the poor in order to advocate on their behalf.

 

[tinselwolverine]

She did have big boobs

It's the chick who didn't like Trump that much with the boobs and the cleavage.

I don't known that Omarosa has ever been known for her boobs.

EDIT:

I take that back. I just googled Omaroza and she has a rack of her own.

 

[Gulo Blue]

It's the chick who didn't like Trump that much with the boobs and the cleavage.

I don't known that Omarosa has ever been known for her boobs.

EDIT:

I take that back. I just googled Omaroza and she has a rack of her own.

I'm glad we got some fact checking on this board. It helps keep our standards high. This is some real intellectual honesty on display right here.

 

[tinselwolverine]

I'm glad we got some fact checking on this board. It helps keep our standards high. This is some real intellectual honesty on display right here.

Well, I primarily know Omarosa Manigault from listening to her on the radio, sitting in for Jillian Barberie when Jill's been out selling her make up on home shopping network.

So I know she worked in the Clinton White House, and was on Celebrity Apprentice, and is a good friend of Donald Trump's, but I actually never watched that show, so I really had no acquaintance with her boobs before I just Googled them.

But at least I knew more about her political, affiliations, than Tamara Holder did before going on with Omarosa and Maria Bartiromo.

 

[Michchamp]

big boobs are the one (1) thing everyone who posts on this sausage fest part of the message board can agree on.

I don't believe any female poster has even glanced at the politics section, let alone posted.

 

[tinselwolverine]

big boobs are the one (1) thing everyone who posts on this sausage fest part of the message board can agree on.

I don't believe any female poster has even glanced at the politics section, let alone posted.

Omarosa and the Donald.

 

[Spartanmack]

She did have big boobs

She probably still does...