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McCain Says Obama Undermined U.S. Immigration Measure

Hans Nichols and Julianna Goldman2 hours, 31 minutes ago

July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his commitment to an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws and accused Democrat Barack Obama of voting to undermine the legislation in the Senate.

``He voted for, and even sponsored, amendments that were intended to kill the legislation,'' McCain said in a speech today to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, an Hispanic advocacy group.

Obama's campaign said the Illinois senator supported the immigration law changes and denied his proposal was intended to block the overhaul.

The measure, the biggest rewrite of U.S. immigration law since 1986, would have offered an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship while tightening the border with Mexico and creating a guest-worker program. Cosponsored by McCain and Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, the legislation stalled in June 2007 on a procedural vote as Republicans and some Democrats lined up against it.

Both campaigns are struggling to secure the Latino vote, which they agree may be pivotal in some of the battleground states in the November presidential election.

Republican gains among Hispanics voters since 2000 evaporated in the 2006 mid-term elections after a divisive immigration debate. Obama lost Latino voters overwhelmingly in the Democratic primaries to Senator Hillary Clinton of New York.

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Originally posted by Mrs. B.:
Can you please tell us what AMT, PAL, FMJ and TRA are - the only acronym I understood is IRS.

LOL. AMT is Alternative Minimum Tax. Its an extra tax if you make over a certain amount. Looking at the name it seems as though its a small amount as an alternative to something else. Its not. Its an extra tax because you should feel guilty for making as much as you do.

PAL is passive activity losses. The IRS limits the losses you can claim on a business when you don't activily participate in its day to day operations. For example. You own a store in texas and one in california. You run the one in texas and have someone else run the one in california. The texas store does well. The one in ca lost a lot of money. You can't write off the entire loss because you weren't there to run it on a day to day basis. How stupid is that?


TRA was the tax reform act of 1986.


FMJ is marital status on the return. Married Filing Joint.

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Originally posted by Mrs. B.:
Can you please tell us what AMT, PAL, FMJ and TRA are - the only acronym I understood is IRS.

AMT stands for Alternative Minimum Tax, Form 6251
PAL stands for Passive Activity Losses. Passive activity is generally rental income or loss.

FMJ si FMV or Fair Market Value. Fair Market Value is what a will seller and what a willing buyer agree to exchange property for some form of payment, generally "cash."

TRA sands for Tax Reform Act.

Hope this helps

Here are some more 3 letter acronyms

ABC (American Broadcast Corp)
ANG (Air National Guard)
ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms)
BOP (Bureau of Prisons)
CBS (Central Broadcast Corp)
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
CWC (Chemical Weapons Convention)
DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency)
DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
DOD (Department of Defense)
DOJ (Department of Justice)
DOS (Department of State)
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
FHA (Federal Housing Administration)
FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
IRS (Internal Robbery Service)
JPL (Jet Propulsion Labs)
JUD (Juris Utriusque Doctor)
KWH (kilowatt-hour)
LAX (Los Angeles International airport)
LCS (Least Common Denominator)
LHR (London Heathrow airport)
LSO (London Symphony Orchestra)
MBA (master of business administration)
MPG (miles per gallon)
MPH (miles per hour)
NBA (National Basketball Assoc)
NFL (National Football League)
NBC (National Broadcast Corp)
NBS (National Bureau of Standards)
NCB (National Coal Board)
NCC (Nature Conservancy Council)
NRA (National Rifle Association)
NSA (National Security Agency)
NSE (NewYork Stock Exchange)
NSW (New South Wales)
NYC (New York City)
OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)
OPM (Other People's Money)
POS (Point of Sale)
POW (Prisoner of War)
ROC (Republic of China)
SAM (Surface-to-Air Missile)
SAN (San Diego International)
SBD (Silent But Deadly)
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
SSM (Surface-to-Surface Missile)

Thanks Hudson and Davdah! I'm sure others appreciate it too.

SBL - silent but deadly - does this refer to a femme fatale or what? LOL!

Not quite so dramatic. Its just passing silent gas. LOL....

WoMeN ArE NaTuRaLlY SeCrEtIvE, aNd tHeY LiKe tO Do tHeIr oWn sEcReTiNg.

Not always. You know your women is comfortable around you when she makes as much noise as you do. LMAO...

I Was searching For The F A R T Ing Thread. It appears To Have Multiplied! LOL!!!

DAVDAH. LOL. You Killin Me LMAO!

Might I Recommend A few Of These!

That would take away the fun of the contest. Who can outdo who in volume.

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Monday, June 23, 2008
Art of ****

Reading recently "Diary of one genius" of Salvador Dali, I came across additional chapters first of which was named "Art of ****" where the author (not Dali) went at length in explaining and categorizing all different types of ****s, their types, intensity, frequency range of course their smell.

Below find a somewhat compressed FAQ on ****s, a taboo not frequently discussed among scientists nor among average people in their daily lives.

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Where does **** gas come from?
The gas in our intestines comes from several sources: air we swallow, gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, gas produced by chemical reactions in our guts, and gas produced by bacteria living in our guts.

What is **** gas made of?
The composition of **** gas is highly variable.

Most of the air we swallow, especially the oxygen component, is absorbed by the body before the gas gets into the intestines. By the time the air reaches the large intestine, most of what is left is nitrogen. Chemical reactions between stomach acid and intestinal fluids may produce carbon dioxide, which is also a component of air and a product of bacterial action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane.

But the relative proportions of these gases that emerge from our **** opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we swallowed, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines, and how long we hold in the ****.
The longer a **** is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his ****s, because his body didn't have time to absorb the oxygen.

According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass ****s that contain no methane. If both parents are methane producers, their children have a 95% chance of being producers as well. The reason for this is apparently unknown. Some researchers suspect a genetic influence, whereas others think the ability is due to environmental factors. However, all methane in any ****s comes from bacterial action and not from human cells.


What makes ****s stink?
The odor of ****s comes from small amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans in the mixture. These compounds contain sulfur. Nitrogen-rich compounds such as skatole and indole also add to the stench of ****s. The more sulfur-rich your diet, the more sulfides and mercaptans will be produced by the bacteria in your guts, and the more your ****s will stink. Foods such as cauliflower, eggs and meat are notorious for producing smelly ****s, whereas beans produce large amounts of not particularly stinky ****s.

Why do ****s make noise?
The sounds are produced by vibrations of the **** opening. Sounds depend on the velocity of expulsion of the gas and the tightness of the sphincter muscles of the anus. Contrary to a popular misconception, **** noise is not generated by the flapping of the butt cheeks. You can see proof of this in the close-up video footage of Carl Plant's **** on Mate-in-a-State.

Source: Brenna Lorentz - Facts on ****s (couldn't find the original text of the chapter I read)

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OMG!! OLDE??? Is All That On Passing Gas???????? GEEEEZEEEE! Ok Thats It, New Thread On GAS!!! LOL!

Reminds me Of A Call I Did For a 90 Year Old French Woman. I Had a New Helper, She Let One RIP right In Front Of Us, Total Strangers! The Walls and Floor SHOOK!!! She Said PARDON. With a Straight Face! I Had To Leave The Room Quickly, My Helper Left Standing There, She Was Trying To Talk To Him, LOLOLOL. He Wasnt Able To Speak!!! LOLOLOL!!! HE WAS GOING TO EXPLODE!!! LMAO!!!

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Originally posted by MakeItRight!:
OMG!! OLDE??? Is All That On Passing Gas???????? GEEEEZEEEE! Ok Thats It, New Thread On GAS!!! LOL!

You PUNK !!!

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Originally posted by MakeItRight!:
OMG!! OLDE??? Is All That On Passing Gas???????? GEEEEZEEEE! Ok Thats It, New Thread On GAS!!! LOL!

You PUNK !!!

LOL.

LOL! You guys!

Here's the latest regarding the campaign funds -

Obama campaign raised $52 million in June By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer
49 minutes ago


Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month for his presidential campaign, more than twice as much as Republican rival John McCain in a significant boost to his financial cache for the fall contest.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee ended June with a combined total of $92.3 million in the bank. The figure represents a notable fundraising jump, especially for the DNC.

Obama reported $72 million cash on hand and the DNC $20.3 million. But the Democrats still lag Republican John McCain's presidential campaign and the Republican Party.

Last week, McCain reported raising more than $22 million in June, which was his best month of the year. Together, the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee began July with about $95 million in the bank.

The reason for the discrepancy — greater fundraising by Obama and the DNC but less money in the bank than McCain and the GOP — is because until now the DNC had spent much of its money, leaving little cash on hand.


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Thanks for getting this thread back on track. It was beginning to stink. LMAO.