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What an IDIOT!!! He gives up his dreams just becuz he doesn't wanna go into debt for a MEASLY 25k!!!!...Now if it was 100K, well I understand...You only live once (I think) so to hell with it!! Go to space and pay back the 25k!!!!!....Every man dies, not every man REALLY lives. I guess it had to do with the IRS...yeah that's big. BUt damn, get a loan or something and pay off the IRS quick. Here's the article: LOS ANGELES - Brian Emmett’s childhood fantasy came true when he won a free trip to outer space. He was crushed when he had to cancel his reservation because of Uncle Sam. Emmett won his ticket to the heavens in a 2005 sweepstakes by Oracle Corp., in which he answered a series of online questions on Java computer code. He became an instant celebrity, giving media interviews and appearing on stage at Oracle’s trade show. For the self-described space buff who has attended space camp and watched shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center, it seemed like a chance to become an astronaut on a dime. Then reality struck. After some number-crunching, Emmett realized he would have to report the $138,000 galactic joy ride as income and owe $25,000 in taxes. Unwilling to sink into debt, the 31-year-old software consultant from the San Francisco Bay area gave up his seat. “There was definitely a period of mourning. I was totally crestfallen,” Emmett said. “Everything you had hoped for as a kid sort of evaporates in front of you.” Space dreams and earthly taxes With commercial spaceships still under development, it’s uncertain when the infant space tourism industry will actually get off the ground. Still, ultra-rich thrill-seekers are already plunking down big — though refundable — deposits to experience a few minutes of weightlessness 60 miles above Earth. And in recent years, space tourism companies have teamed with major corporations to stage contests with future suborbital spaceflights as the grand prize. The partnerships have interstellar hype — but as Emmett found out, they can get mired in that most earthbound hassle: taxes. Jeff Chiu / AP Brian Emmett decided to give up his free suborbital space ticket after figuring out that he'd owe $25,000 in taxes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “From a consumer perspective ... I’d be wary,” said Kathleen Allen, director of the University of Southern California’s Marshall Center for Technology Commercialization. “I’d check to see the fine print.” Since the Internal Revenue Service requires winnings from lottery drawings, TV game shows and other contests to be reported as taxable income, tax experts contend there’s no such thing as a free spaceflight. Some contest sponsors provide a check to cover taxes, but that income is also taxable. “I don’t see how an average person can swing that kind of tax payment. It’s a big, big bite,” said tax attorney Donna LeValley, contributing editor for J.K. Lasser’s annual tax guide. To reduce the financial burden, winners can argue that they don’t owe any taxes until their flight lifts off. Another option is working out an installment plan to pay taxes over time, said Greg Jenner of the American Bar Association. The IRS declined to comment, saying it does not talk about individual matters. Contests as a route to space Despite Emmett’s cancellation, Oracle said its contest was a success. The software giant is in the process of naming his replacement and still has two other winners on board from Asia and Europe. That spaceflight will be provided by Virginia-based Space Adventures, the same company that brokers deals for trips on Russian rockets to the orbiting international space station for a reported $20 million per customer. Eric Anderson, the company’s chief executive, insists that contests are the best way for most people to get into space. He said Space Adventures has given away about 20 reservations through competitions, and the majority of winners are satisfied.

I wonder if the FAA will grant the FO emergence PIC time in the plane cause of that.

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3 hours... I picked her up and she took me to the lake..just before a lightning storm came thru..so soon, I had naked body riding me, covered with sweat, lightning flashes, the music thumping super loud, and the rain pouring down... The best lightning storm sex I have ever had.

dyep in the end dodoot eisomeiunte yo uman...but go ahedddd

get a kitty dildo and plug it in there!!!

What would YOU do??

WWWIII will happen sooner or later..America will fall sooner or later. No nation/kingdom/empire lasts forever. The year zero rule is actually an ancient Indian curse I think. Honestly. A curse of some sorts at least far back in to history.

Welcome to the rest of the world!!!

the penis HAS to be in the vagina...

HEEEELLO!!!! He is a dictator!! HELLO!!!! Do you really think you are free?? HELLO!!!!

So? Who do you think cares? Does this make you better than someone who has lived happily ever after with only their high school sweetheart? Does it make you "cool" to brag about such things? Will this information make other women more likely to go to bed with you in the future? How many times have you had venereal disease? With how many of these women were you in love when you had sex with them? How many of these women dumped you after just a week? Is quantity better than quality? Do I ask too many questions? John U rock!! Love ya bro.

1.) jumped 3 canopies, cutaway my trash canopy, Then my main came out and got entangled with my trash canopy. Then I chopped that and used my reserve. TWO FOR ONE!!! 2.) Spinning line twist at 2,500. 3.)Jumped student gear, chord was too short which caused one 3 ring to release so Yeah, I had to get rid of that. 4.) Bag-lock...yeah, got rid of that. so...FIVE.... T

ha ha ha ha!!!

Honey Bun, sex is what makes the world go around. And money.

35 females..

Sounds like the government testing out a new product on a bunch of ginea pigs to me!!! I dont care!! I'm TOO BUSY working 8 hours a day in a CUBICLE, WORRYING ABOUT BILLS!!! and eating contaiminated food full of pesticides at the grocery store. But I trust the government. THey will protect me and keep me safe, even though they'll take away all my liberties, I am FINE with that!! ;p

Very true. He is breaking a legal document and will suffer because of that. I doubt there are few that will argue that point. Is it ethical or fair to those that serve with him to ask him to continue against his will? Is it fair or ethical of him to change his mind? I believe the answers to that will be drawn down the civilian/military lines. I've never served, nor would I. My personality just wouldn't work in the military, that I know. But from talking to my brother, father and uncle that all served, I know that this is a subculture that has its own set of socially enforced rules. I doubt that many that fully served or are currently active would ever feel empathy for this guy. Just like I don't ever agree with dayblazers or those that send bounce tapes to the media. So after reading this article and the one I posted, I started to wonder what is the point of these articles? Is it to encourage more insubordination within the ranks? Is it to get more civilians to believe that life in the military isn't as cheerful as the DoD wants us to believe? I think I need to look up more of these articles and try to find why they are reported. I imagine we would see less of these if the administration changed its POV on the war. So my initial guess is that the media is using these men, these stories, to generate more of an anti-Iraq feeling across the country. There's a hidden purpose behind everything. Ever wonder why you hear all these stories about people in combat "just trying to survive"...and such? BOTH sides are caught in a system, a matrix of sorts. SAy I was on the beaches of Normandy during D-DAY, do I REALLY wanna go kill germans/other human beings?....But I have to...and THEY have to as well, or THEIR superior officers will shoot them and I'll get court marshaled. I know there are a few sick fucks out there in the military who love to kill, but the vast majority?? Come on!!!.... I could be wrong though, But I think this who world is manipulated in the cause/effect scenario. Manipulate something to happen (9/11), to get the desired support to get the JUSTIFICATION of an operation (IRAG and Afghanistan). I could be wrong though. I HOPE I'm wrong.

I TOTALLY AGREE with what he is saying...BUT..and that's a BIG BUT... He signed his name and took and Oath.

A guy is lying if he ever said he hasnt tried to suck his own penis. If mine was long enough, I would suck it everyday AND SWALLOW.

My DREAM in life is to bang a DWARF.

Cool!!! Yes the design IS very efficient. WOW. The NWO. Dunno what to think about that. I have read a lot on it though. It's always a possibility, I am open to it.

I havent jumped since may 14, 2004!! I am gonna start up again this summer when it warms up.

Ohhhhhhhhh nothing.....just at work and it sucks. And am bored so I post up crazy stuff up on dropzone for laughs.

KAREN!!!