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[Subb]

Lithium's relationship with iPhones reminds me of the relationship Hitler had with the Jews.

[Manic Velocity]

Lithium's relationship with iPhones reminds me of the relationship Hitler had with the Jews.

Let's be fair, though. To some small degree, the iPhone is worth something.  

...KIDDING! I was kidding! That right there was a joke.  

In all seriousness though, Lithium, it seems you take more issue with AT&T's business model in regards to the iPhone, rather than the iPhone itself as a device. I'm not defending AT&T at all. But if you're going to point fingers, I think it's important to point them in the right direction.

AT&T's refusal or incapability to support MMS on the iPhone is not a fault of the iPhone itself.  

The whole damn thing is a moot point anyway.  Whether you're knocking AT&T or knocking the iPhone or knocking Apple, you're just pissing into a sea of piss.

[Tecknik]

Lithium's relationship with iPhones reminds me of the relationship Hitler had with the Jews.

Let's be fair, though. To some small degree, the iPhone is worth something.  

...KIDDING! I was kidding! That right there was a joke.  

In all seriousness though, Lithium, it seems you take more issue with AT&T's business model in regards to the iPhone, rather than the iPhone itself as a device. I'm not defending AT&T at all. But if you're going to point fingers, I think it's important to point them in the right direction.

AT&T's refusal or incapability to support MMS on the iPhone is not a fault of the iPhone itself.  

The whole damn thing is a moot point anyway.  Whether you're knocking AT&T or knocking the iPhone or knocking Apple, you're just pissing into a sea of piss.

You pretty much nailed it on the head, Manic.

Everything that Lithium claims the iPhone can't do, it can.  It's AT&T who has the phone so limited.

He is also comparing a phone that is in it's infancy (3rd generation of the phone, third version of it's OS), with phones that have been around longer (Windows Mobile is on version 6.5, on the verge of releasing 7).

[Subb]

I think the best thing to do is to compare the profits from the Windows Mobile and the iPhone. I know that in the UK the iPhone is the best phone sales wise because A) everyone and their cat has one, B) it is featured in major films and programs & C) Windows isn't as popular as Apple over here.

I love the iPhone, it's amazing but expensive.

[Lithium]

Your right the problem does begin with AT&T. And who choose AT&T, Apple, of course. In their arrogance they went for an exclusivity deal because AT&T was the only carrier to allow Apple to double dip.

Not only does Apple make almost all of the profit from the phone sale they also make part of the monthly contract fee. Where do they get off thinking they should make money off monthly contracts for phone service?! They help contribute to the ridiculous extra fees imposed upon these monthly contracts.

[Tbone]

I had a wreck today. Horrible traffic but my fault. Car is going to be expensive to fix Sucks balls.

In other news, I got a new gig at Shakespeare Theatre Center understudying again. Also, I've started dating a girl. I know I know...let's keep our fingers crossed!

[Da6onet]

I know I know...let's keep our fingers crossed!

For your car, the STC gig or the girl?

[Tbone]

All of the above

[Lithium]

One less radical socialist/communist in the white house.

http://voices.kansascity.com/node/5767

What does that leave? 15 or 20 or 50 more to go?

[Eroz]

Eroz is back, after someone disabled all the blocks so I couldn't see anything. And back from PAX09, It was fun. Now playing some DDO.

[Lits]

TBONE honey I'm so sorry... I'm glad you're okay!


Dating a girl... this mean I can't send you naughty texts in the middle of the night anymore?

[Fuse]

Obama made a speech to schools today.
My impression and the link to his text HERE

[Phienyx]

545 vs 300,000,000

EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE.  READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
 
 
 
Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.

545  PEOPLE
By Charlie Reese
 
Politicians are the only people in the world  who create problems and then campaign against them.
 
Have you ever  wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
 
Have you ever wondered, if  all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have  inflation and high taxes?
 
You and I don't propose a federal budget.  The president does.
 
You and I don't have the  Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of  Representatives does.
 
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress  does.
 
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
 
You  and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve  Bank does.
 
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one  president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human  beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally,  and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague  this country.
 
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve  Board because that problem was created by the  Congress.   In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty  to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central  bank.
 
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a  sound reason. They have no legal authority.  They have no  ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one  cotton-picking thing.   I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash.  The  politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what  the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility  to determine  how he votes.
 
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy  convincing you that what they did is not their fault.    They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What  separates a politician from a normal human being is an  excessive amount of gall.   No normal  human being would have the gall of a  Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating  deficits..   The president can only propose a budget.    He cannot force the Congress to accept  it.
 
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the  land, gives sole responsibility to the House of  Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.   Who is the speaker of the House?    Nancy Pelosi.  She is  the leader of the majority party.  She and  fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.  If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if  they agree  to.
 
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can  not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of  incompetence and irresponsibility.   I can't think of a  single domestic problem  that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.  When you fully  grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal  government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to  exist.
 
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it  unfair.
 
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in  the red ..
 
If the Army & Marines are in  IRAQ ,  it's because they want them in IRAQ
 
If they do not  receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available  to the people, it's because they want it that way.
 
There are no  insoluble government problems.
 
Do not let these 545 people shift  the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can  abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to  regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can  take this power.   Above all, do not let them con you into  the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the  economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing  what they take an oath to do.
 
Those 545 people, and they  alone, are responsible.
 
They, and they alone, have the  power.
 
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the  people who are their bosses.
 
 Provided the voters have the  gumption to manage their own employees.
 
 We should vote all of  them out of office and clean up their mess!
 
 Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel  Newspaper.
 
What you do with this article now that you have  read it........... Is up to you.
 
 
This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
   
             Tax his land,
             Tax his bed,
             Tax the table
             At which he's fed.
   
             Tax his tractor,
             Tax his mule,
             Teach him taxes
             Are the rule.
   
             Tax his work,
             Tax his pay,
             He works for peanuts
             Anyway!
             Tax his cow,
             Tax his goat,
             Tax his pants,
             Tax his coat.
             Tax his ties,
             Tax his shirt,
             Tax his work,
             Tax his dirt.
   
             Tax his tobacco,
             Tax his drink,
             Tax him if he
             Tries to think.
   
             Tax his cigars,
             Tax his beers,
             If he cries
             Tax his tears.
   
             Tax his car,
             Tax his gas,
             Find other ways
             To tax his ass.
   
             Tax all he has
             Then let him know
             That you won't be done
             Till he has no dough.
   
             When he screams and hollers;
             Then tax him some more,
             Tax him till
             He's good and sore.
             Then tax his coffin,
             Tax his grave,
             Tax the sod in
             Which he's laid.
   
             Put these words
             Upon his tomb,
             Taxes drove me
             to my doom...'
   
             When he's gone,
             Do not relax,
             Its time to apply
             The inheritance tax.    
             Accounts Receivable Tax
             Building Permit Tax
             CDL license Tax
             Cigarette Tax
             Corporate Income Tax
             Dog License Tax
             Excise Taxes
             Federal Income Tax
             Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
             Fishing License Tax
             Food License Tax
             Fuel Permit Tax
             Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
             Gross Receipts Tax
             Hunting License Tax
             Inheritance Tax
             Inventory Tax
             IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
             Liquor Tax
             Luxury Taxes
             Marriage License Tax
             Medicare Tax
             Personal Property Tax
             Property Tax
             Real Estate Tax
             Service Charge T ax
             Social Security Tax
             Road Usage Tax
             Sales Tax
             Recreational Vehicle Tax
             School Tax
             State Income Tax
             State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
             Telephone Federal Excise Tax
             Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
             Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
             Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge=0Tax
             Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
             Telephone State and Local Tax
             Telephone Usage Charge Tax
             Utility Taxes
             Vehicle License Registration Tax
             Vehicle Sales Tax
             Watercraft Registration Tax
             Well Permit Tax
             Workers Compensation Tax
   
             STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.  We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?
   
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!!  YOU can help it get there!!!
             GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

[Lits]

I can't tell if you're trying to be sarcastic or not.

[Tbone]

I hope he's being sarcastic. The article calls for the dissolution of the government and to let people make their own rules. Either that or it is saying to vote all 545 people out of office in order to replace them with another 545 people, which seems to be contradictory to the entire article in the first place.

The second part of it implies there should be absolutely no taxes, we should get rid of every politician while reverting to 100 years ago, and that people who don't speak "goddamn English" can go fuck themselves.


Do people not understand the voting process? Do they not know what a voting booth is?