People Weekly: Putting Things Right: Facing charges and seeking psychological help, runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks writes a check to her city.(Update)@ HighBeam Research
Money may not buy happiness but, as Jennifer Wilbanks can attest, it can cover the down payment on a little peace of mind. On May 31, a month after Wilbanks, 32, made headlines as the “runaway bride,” her lawyer handed over a check for $13,249.09 to the city of Duluth, Ga., to help cover the costs of the police search conducted after she bolted days before her April 30 wedding. In exchange for Wilbanks’s cash, the town–which devoted an additional $30,000 in manhours to the case–won’t sue for the full bill. “We’re not whining,” says Duluth mayor Shirley Fanning Lasseter. “Now we can get this over and behind us.”
June 2005
The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project
Check this out for a good laugh.
The T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project
T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. stands for Tests With Inorganic Noxious Kakes In Extreme Situations.
Do you have a Sexual Predator for a neighbor?
FOXNews.com – U.S. & World – Who Are the Sex Offenders Next Door?
You would be surprised to know the truth. I checked out the GBI‘s web site recently, as it allows you to check by county for registered sex offenders. Even in my small town there are several.
Dressing for the occasion
One of my employees came in to pick up her paycheck yesterday afternoon dressed like this . When she came in I though that she had her fucking nightgown on. I don’t have a problem with different clothing, but there are places where it is appropriate and where it is not. I would certainly not wear my swimming trunks or my damn boxers to work, just as I wouldn’t wear a suit and tie to the beach.
I guess part of it is just what people get used to, and define that as acceptable. Some people are going to look fucking stupid no matter how they are dressed anyway.
hmmmm
What’s the last thing to go through a bug’s mind as it hits your windshield?
Search of the Day
The search of the day has changed. Apparently “Jennifer Wilbanks Photos” is old hat, not now it is “Natalie Holloway Pictures”. Fucking dumbasses.
80’s music quiz
Found this link at spoons. I did awful, but that is a good thing considering most of the crap that was on the radio in the 80’s. Give me some Manowar, Armored Saint, Sabbath, Maiden, or Priest andy day.
The Spoons Experience: Guess you broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn’t ya!.
Something to Brighten the Day
After the towelhead picture I figured I would post something nice for the guys. A little Anna Kournikova, Paris Hilton, Elizabeth Hurley, Keira Knightley and Selma Hayek. Makes me smile with anticipation anyway.
More Jennifer Wilbanks horseshit
The moral of the story is that if I act fucking stupid, break the law, and generally make life difficult for the rest of my family I can be somewhat wealthy. Stupid fucking bitch. Just what my kids need to learn.
DenverPost.com – ENTERTAINMENT
“Runaway Bride” Jennifer Wilbanks is close to a six-figure book deal with Regan Books, the New York Daily News’ Lloyd Grove writes. Wilbanks, 32, and her fianc?, John Mason, also are working on a movie-of-the-week deal and a network television interview – both likely with NBC and the latter possibly with Katie Couric.
And What About the Flat Tax
This was taken directly from Neal’s site today, as he posts so much more eloquently than I can. Hell, I don’t even know if I spelled eloquently correctly :p
Neal, if you want this removed, I will be more than happy to, just let me know. BTW, anyone know if this is up for pre-order at Amazon?
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Yes, I know. Some of the people that we would love to have supporting the FairTax have weighed in in support of a flat tax instead. So … here’s some flat tax vs. FairTax issues some of you may want to consider.
1. In 1986 the Congress reformed our tax code to essentially give us a flat tax … a flat tax with two rates. Fifteen and twenty-eight percent. Most deductions were eliminated. Today’s tax code is the result of that effort.
2. A flat tax leaves the IRS in place. You’ll still have to report your income to the IRS every year, and you’ll still be subject to audits.
3. Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes? Still there.
4. Do you get 100% of your paycheck? No. Withholding will still be there.
5. Business taxes? Still there .. and they’ll remain embedded in the price of every good and service you buy, so you’ll be paying them.
6. Corporate board meetings? They’ll still spend an inordinate amount of time working on the tax implications of business decisions, rather than just basing their business moves on what’s best for their customers and shareholders.
7. K Street lobbyists? They’re still there too. They’ll still be drawing their six-figure incomes while they game the new flat-tax for the benefit of their clients.
8. Bring American businesses back home? Nope. Business taxes are still there, so American businesses will still locate their operations overseas in order to escape our punishing business income taxes.
9. Death Tax? Gift Tax? Still there in all the flat tax proposals I’ve seen.
10. Will the flat tax bring American wealth back home? The latest estimates put $10 trillion of American wealth in offshore financial corporations. There is only one reason that money isn’t back here working … and that’s our income tax structure. Will the flat tax bring that money back home? Nope. The FairTax? Yup.
11. What about the poor? They’re not paying income taxes now … will they pay the flat tax? No way! But politicians will still be looking for a way to raise taxes on the rich so that they can relieve the poor, poor pitiful poor of the responsibility for paying for their own Social Security and Medicare.
12. Will all Americans be able to buy the basic necessities of life without any federal tax consequences under the flat tax? No. The FairTax? Yes.
13. Will foreign visitors to our shores contribute to our Social Security and Medicare programs under the flat tax? No. The FairTax? Yes.
There’s just a few points. If you have some good counterpoints, let me know! From my point of view, the flat tax pales in any comparison to The FairTax.