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Tu_triky wrote:"It is important to note that Measure R can only take effect if authorizing legislation consistent with the ordinance is approved by the state legislature prior to January 2nd 2009. If the legislature does approve such a law, the sales tax increase would go into effect July 1st, 2009."

Thanks. :victory:

There's my car purchasing window, I suppose. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Thanks. :victory:

You're welcome. I had to look it up. :bonk:

Tu_triky wrote:You're welcome. I had to look it up. :bonk:

I suppose there'll be a bunch of pre-Sales Tax Increase sales in the coming months.

bmwracer wrote:
I suppose there'll be a bunch of pre-Sales Tax Increase sales in the coming months.

No doubt. With the political and economic climate we're in, and the resulting lack of consumer confidence, I doubt retail sales figures are going to be robust anytime soon, therefore prompting more sales.

Tu_triky wrote:

No doubt. With the political and economic climate we're in, and the resulting lack of consumer confidence, I doubt retail sales figures are going to be robust anytime soon, therefore prompting more sales.

I have low consumer esteem this year. Seriously. I don't know how I'm going to manage the holidays.

What's your take on the way the President-elect is building his cabinet?

littlemissfab wrote:

I have low consumer esteem this year. Seriously. I don't know how I'm going to manage the holidays.

What's your take on the way the President-elect is building his cabinet?

Obviously there are some political favors that have been paid but let's give 'em a chance...looks like for the most part he's picking based on experience not loyalty or ideological partisanship. The pressure on his administration to produce results wouldn't even afford Obama that chance to pick too many "potted plants" as secretaries in his cabinet.

Tu_triky wrote:

Obviously there are some political favors that have been paid but let's give 'em a chance...looks like for the most part he's picking based on experience not loyalty or ideological partisanship. The pressure on his administration to produce results wouldn't even afford Obama that chance to pick too many "potted plants" as secretaries in his cabinet.

business as usual in Washington then? Does his cabinet bring you the promised "Change we can believe in"?

littlemissfab wrote:

business as usual in Washington then? Does his cabinet bring you the promised "Change we can believe in"?

Well when asked that question...Obama said, "The change will come from me."

Let's see if he makes good. I'm hopeful.

Tu_triky wrote:

Well when asked that question...Obama said, "The change will come from me."

Let's see if he makes good. I'm hopeful.

Everybody's hopeful. I just hope that in the remaining days of W, he doesn't completely run the country into the ground.. and then some.. with his last minute Executive Orders...

I wonder what's going on P-Elect Obama's head right now.. He's about to inherit a crap load from the last administration..

littlemissfab wrote:
I wonder what's going on P-Elect Obama's head right now.. He's about to inherit a crap load from the last administration..

He's already trying to get rid of all the flies before he pulls out his shovel to dig us out of this shitty mess.

he should ask Cheney to take all the flies hunting with him.

krim wrote:he should ask Cheney to take all the flies hunting with him.

Haha. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:

He's already trying to get rid of all the flies before he pulls out his shovel to dig us out of this shitty mess.

Somehow when I read this sentence it reminded me of Bobby Brown working on Whitney Houston's "doody bubbles"

:shit:

littlemissfab wrote:

Somehow when I read this sentence it reminded me of Bobby Brown working on Whitney Houston's "doody bubbles"

:shit:

a crack couple that never should have been.

Tu_triky wrote:

a crack couple that never should have been.

I beg to disagree. They were the original Amy Winehouse/Blake Federer Civil...

Crackies that smoke the pipe together, stay together... Or at least until somebody's set of teeth fall out.. :hehe:

littlemissfab wrote:What's your take on the way the President-elect is building his cabinet?

I think he's doing fine... Lots of hope and anticipation. :victory:

But also, no one's expecting miracles, either.

bmwracer wrote:
I think he's doing fine... Lots of hope and anticipation. :victory:

But also, no one's expecting miracles, either.

As I heard once... when Barack Obama won the primaries, people thought that he could walk on water.. now that he's become the president.. people expect him to bring the dead back to life...

Im sure, at one point people will be disappointed. It's just a matter of when.

littlemissfab wrote:

As I heard once... when Barack Obama won the primaries, people thought that he could walk on water.. now that he's become the president.. people expect him to bring the dead back to life...

Im sure, at one point people will be disappointed. It's just a matter of when.

If he could just make Dubya smart... now that would be a miracle.

littlemissfab wrote:As I heard once... when Barack Obama won the primaries, people thought that he could walk on water.. now that he's become the president.. people expect him to bring the dead back to life...

Im sure, at one point people will be disappointed. It's just a matter of when.

Having a Democratic majority in the House and Congress will help immensely. :victory:

Let's just hope us middle-classers finally get the help we've been promised time and time again. :fingerscrossed:

Anime Dad wrote:If he could just make Dubya smart... now that would be a miracle.

So Dubya's The Scarecrow??

"If I only had a brain...........!"