chuckakers

Let him pick up the chick he wants and you take the chick's friend. The hottest one is usually a nutjob anyway. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Thats total bullshit to me... Where i live (Denmark) it is generally considered totally unacceptable to own a firearm for personal defense. And BTW... The lack of firearms in our homes doesn't make it any less safe for us. So if law-abiding citizens don't have guns, doesn't that mean criminals by default are the only ones with guns? Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

If you would reveal those misleading statements, we could discuss them on an issues basis. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

What the hell does Obama being (half) black have to do with anything? Seems every time race comes up, it's a lib that's doing the talking. Hmmm. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

It’s very hard for me to notice whether you are ‘reading’ or not, as I’ve written before my psychic powers aren’t working. But you have now acknowledged that you are not making constructive replies; instead, when challenged you repetitively make comments reminiscent of the boys who chased me during 7th grade recess. (Will you be asking if I have ‘cooties’ next? )[/I] So the boys who chased you in 7th grade wanted to know where you jump? . Suggest you look up "reminiscent" in a dictionary. Yet another gets sucked in. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Then why do you keep replying? To see how many times you will. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

It’s very hard for me to notice whether you are ‘reading’ or not, as I’ve written before my psychic powers aren’t working. But you have now acknowledged that you are not making constructive replies; instead, when challenged you repetitively make comments reminiscent of the boys who chased me during 7th grade recess. (Will you be asking if I have ‘cooties’ next? )[/I] So the boys who chased you in 7th grade wanted to know where you jump? And back on topic, I really don't care. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

I hadn't shot anything out of a chopper since filming a 4-way team at Ft. Hood in the 80's. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

If this is flirting, let me help you out. Women don't like hearing that you're not listening. Educated women - triply so. That's what my wife keeps telling me. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA Marg skeered ya Skeered. Yeah, that's me. Skeered. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

So not enough mutual respect to read and respond to her posts, but enough that where she jumps is important? Just say, "I was talking out of my ass", and get on with it. .jim I don't need "mutual respect" to be curious where someone jumps. But thanks for chiming in unnecessarily. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Which countries do you think are 5 top recipients of US direct foreign aid (not even counting Iraq)? See p.18 for top foreign aid recipients 1995 & 2005. Do you want to pull back aid from the largest recipient? Are you asserting that the leadership of the single largest recipient of US foreign aid is starving its own people? In what form does that vast majority of that foreign aid take? (I.e., whose stuff are they buying with that foreign aid?) What percentage of the US’s GDP do you think goes to foreign aid? Here’s a intellectually provocative Op-Ed, originally published in The Washington Times, which argues: “if you look at which nation benefits most from foreign subsidies, the U.S. would come out on top by a very wide margin.” I disagree with some of Rahn's underlying thesis, but he does provide something about which to think, regarding net benefit of ‘foreign aid.’ ---- -- ---- Americans in general (80%, think it’s more than 3% GDP, which is wrong; it’s 0.3-0.7% of federal budget) have over-estimated *by orders of magnitude* (e.g., 100x or 1000x) the amount of foreign aid we give, the form in which it takes, and are generally poorly informed w/r/t who are recipient states and who aren’t of the largest amount. I'm beginning to understand your screen name. Where do you jump? Do you have a relevent response ... or do you just want to flirt with me? No relevant response needed. I already made my point and don't really care what you think. What point? Confident assertions that are inaccurate? That's making a point? It's not about what I think or don't think. You are the only one trying to make it personal or about me (hence inquiry w/r/t flirting). It's about the inaccuracy of your assertions. Which countries receive foreign aid? What is the form that foreign aid takes? How much foreign aid do we actually budget? That's pretty basic. Technology enables an amazing amount of information. Technology has made accessing that information fabulously easy. At some point, it either becomes an issue of personal responsibility or stubborness in wanting to believe false concepts when folks won't even take advantage of something made as simple for them to access to find out the information, especially as easy as I did above. Okay, you keep shifting away from topical discussion & avoiding responding topically, so one had to start wondering. /Marg OK, so have you not noticed yet that I'm not really reading your replies? I do still wonder where you jump, though. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Which countries do you think are 5 top recipients of US direct foreign aid (not even counting Iraq)? See p.18 for top foreign aid recipients 1995 & 2005. Do you want to pull back aid from the largest recipient? Are you asserting that the leadership of the single largest recipient of US foreign aid is starving its own people? In what form does that vast majority of that foreign aid take? (I.e., whose stuff are they buying with that foreign aid?) What percentage of the US’s GDP do you think goes to foreign aid? Here’s a intellectually provocative Op-Ed, originally published in The Washington Times, which argues: “if you look at which nation benefits most from foreign subsidies, the U.S. would come out on top by a very wide margin.” I disagree with some of Rahn's underlying thesis, but he does provide something about which to think, regarding net benefit of ‘foreign aid.’ ---- -- ---- Americans in general (80%, think it’s more than 3% GDP, which is wrong; it’s 0.3-0.7% of federal budget) have over-estimated *by orders of magnitude* (e.g., 100x or 1000x) the amount of foreign aid we give, the form in which it takes, and are generally poorly informed w/r/t who are recipient states and who aren’t of the largest amount. I'm beginning to understand your screen name. Where do you jump? Do you have a relevent response ... or do you just want to flirt with me? /Marg No relevant response needed. I already made my point and don't really care what you think. As for flirting with you? No thanks. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Which countries do you think are 5 top recipients of US direct foreign aid (not even counting Iraq)? See p.18 for top foreign aid recipients 1995 & 2005. Do you want to pull back aid from the largest recipient? Are you asserting that the leadership of the single largest recipient of US foreign aid is starving its own people? In what form does that vast majority of that foreign aid take? (I.e., whose stuff are they buying with that foreign aid?) What percentage of the US’s GDP do you think goes to foreign aid? Here’s a intellectually provocative Op-Ed, originally published in The Washington Times, which argues: “if you look at which nation benefits most from foreign subsidies, the U.S. would come out on top by a very wide margin.” I disagree with some of Rahn's underlying thesis, but he does provide something about which to think, regarding net benefit of ‘foreign aid.’ ---- -- ---- Americans in general (80%, think it’s more than 3% GDP, which is wrong; it’s 0.3-0.7% of federal budget) have over-estimated *by orders of magnitude* (e.g., 100x or 1000x) the amount of foreign aid we give, the form in which it takes, and are generally poorly informed w/r/t who are recipient states and who aren’t of the largest amount. /Marg I'm beginning to understand your screen name. Where do you jump?

I don't see how he could move lower... almost all the rest of them below him got shot in office.. having done nothing....George did a lot... you have to give him that.... he did slots of things...most of them the wrong things..for all the wrong reasons... Especially the immigration goatfuck. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Bill - the forum doesn't need the attitude, and you really don't give people that don't share your view - me in this case - any credit at all. Not sure why your first instinct is to polarize, but it's not necessary. I think we will get more out of it by discussing the issue rather than discussing the people discussing the issue. Back on point, I don't care who proposes tax cuts. Tax cuts work. That's all I need to know. There's so much more going on with this whole stimulus stuff than meets the eye that it's sickening. The government - both sides - have been and are sticking up our asses, and the current administration is no different. Mr. Obama is just doing it on steroids and disguised as a stimulus package. This plan will bury this country. Hell, even Vladimir Putin has come out warning Obama to steer another direction or risk repeating the history of the Soviet Union post WWII. Think about that. China has issued a similar statement. Think about that. Cut taxes and get out of the way of hard working Americans and American businesses. That is the most sure-fire way to put the economy back on track. That will get my support no matter who gets it done. Simply add to that a decrease or illumination in spending to the illegal aliens and get the country back to a mind set that you have to WORK to make a living and the problems with deficit and budget dwindle considerably. And pulling some of the insane amounts of cash we send to other countries (much of which gets intercepted by the very leaders that starve the people we seek to help) could sure help out in or situation. Turtle my man, the world is upside down. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Actually you didn't say I didn't support the cuts in the stimuloot package, you asked me if I did. I just provided an explanation with my answer. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

So this lady was sending money to a person she never met? God she is stupid! She got what she deserves. Dumb ass There's a really good Canadian women joke in there, but I'll be nice. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Given the idealogical differences between me and the administration, I'll take what I can get. But overall, I don't think it means much. There are "tax cuts" in the form of welfare, which I disagree with on its face. We can debate whether giving people who don't pay taxes a check is stimulus or not, but it's apauling that it's being called a tax cut. That's just dishonest. From what I have read, the "average" American taxpayer will see an 8 to 13 dollar weekly difference in their paychecks. Not exactly stimulative. Only 1/3 of 1% of the cuts go to the small business sector. That doesn't make any sense when you consider small businesses employ a whopping 70% of all American workers. Selective tax cuts - however well meaning - disrupt the free market system, which always results in an induced imbalance that requires more manipulation. Across the board tax cuts stimulate the free market system without altering its natural tendency to seek balance between cost and value, and supply and demand. Tax cuts yes, but across the board. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Bill - the forum doesn't need the attitude, and you really don't give people that don't share your view - me in this case - any credit at all. Not sure why your first instinct is to polarize, but it's not necessary. I think we will get more out of it by discussing the issue rather than discussing the people discussing the issue. Back on point, I don't care who proposes tax cuts. Tax cuts work. That's all I need to know. There's so much more going on with this whole stimulus stuff than meets the eye that it's sickening. The government - both sides - have been and are sticking up our asses, and the current administration is no different. Mr. Obama is just doing it on steroids and disguised as a stimulus package. This plan will bury this country. Hell, even Vladimir Putin has come out warning Obama to steer another direction or risk repeating the history of the Soviet Union post WWII. Think about that. China has issued a similar statement. Think about that. Cut taxes and get out of the way of hard working Americans and American businesses. That is the most sure-fire way to put the economy back on track. That will get my support no matter who gets it done. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Even CNBC is allowing a bit of thruth! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZB4taSEoA Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Permanent tax cuts across the board for businesses and individuals would do just that. Companies re-invest and expand when they have more capital, and consumers spend when they are confident they will be able to keep their jobs. Where does that confidence come from? It comes from knowing businesses are expanding, assuring demand for labor and the potential for upward mobility. Unfortunately, the current bunch controlling the laws of the country aren't in the business of fixing anything. What is happening right now is an effort to massively shift the social make-up of the nation. A shift to socialism, that is. Taking from the most productive to give to the lazy. If you're looking for a market play, go with companies that will be contracted for all the infrastructure stuff, green companies that are getting chunks of the stimuloot package - and a bunch of gold for when the dollar collapses. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

Of course you do. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX

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I lost count. Do you know the exact number of foreigners who have access to health care in their own countries that come to the US to receive care instead? Somehow I doubt it. The point is, using such examples to support your assertion is ludicrous, because the medical "tourism" goes both ways. If you want to try to support your claim, you'll have to use real evidence. There is one major difference between people who come to the U.S. for treatment vs Americans that go elsewhere. Americans travel for treatment because procedures are cheaper abroad. People come to America for procedures because it's far superior than what they have available in their home countries. By the way, you didn't lose count. You never knew. Not that it matters. Chuck Akers D-10855 Houston, TX