Warhawk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In 2007... 2007? Obviously it's Bush fault!
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Not a movie, but:
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In addition to alredy mentioned Titanic amd newer Star Wars: Lord of the rings movies.
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Free/reduced lunches - are they covered by the state/Feds, or it's on County's (=ours) dime?
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-,,SBS..- Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > siLent_sTeZel Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Of course, I love home improvement projects > > because I'm wired that way, and if they are > green > > home improvement projects, all the better. We > > recently bought a plasma TV even though the LCD
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So, Werkheiser lost yet again, despite all the $$ he was able to raise. I guess it sends a clear message that you have to have a message :)
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What's the commonly accepted 'grace' period (if there's one)? I'm curious since it appears that at the country level Bush is still blamed for everything.
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WashingTone-Locian Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Over the past 30 years real incomes have not kept > pace with the real cost of living. It's as easy as > that. Actually I think it's a bit flawed argument. I'm not sure if the cost of comparable level of living actually went up. The houses are bigger, cars are more sophisticated (and cleaner!), more var
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ThePackLeader Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what does that have to do with "Religious" > Republicans? The image that certain media paints, as if all pro-religion laws, bills, etc are driven solely by Republicans.
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I admit - I haven't paid much attention to the whole Pledge of Allegiance debate few years ago, so it was quite a news for me that apparently the 'In God We Trust' sign that I've noticed on a wall in my kids' elementary school was put in all VA schools after the law was signed by a Democrat (!) Gov. Mark R. Warner in May 2002.
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Ask your local provider. Verizon gave me a custom 703 number when I moved and they couldn't keep my old 703 number, I simply asked if a certain combo was available, and it was. I think the one-time was $5 or something like that. But it was few years ago, not sure about current costs.
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formerhick76 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Price Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Have it ever occured to you that taxes are not > the > > only source of income for a government? Oh, > that's > > right, others require some effort, thus not the > > Dems favorite. > > Please go on
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Have it ever occured to you that taxes are not the only source of income for a government? Oh, that's right, others require some effort, thus not the Dems favorite.
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Looks like Dems are waiving white flag in this one. Deeds ignored advice, White House says. Top Democrats seek to shield Obama in case of election loss.
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If I read the 2010 budget correctly: County Debt Service $110,931,895 School Debt Service $163,767,929 I.e. unless there're any bonds with 2010 maturity, FFX county pays almost $275M in interest alone.
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Looks unusual for a deer incident. Usually their body ends up higher, at windshield level. Could this be a fox?
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Hm.... wasn't there a dude who promised to get out of Iraq, Afganistan, etc on TV last year, and as a result he was elected to somewhere? He seemed to be for peace, even got a prize of some sort.
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This site can easily be nominated for Nobel Prize.
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Mr Captcha Wrote: > Borrowing money doesn't automatically mean you're > living outside your means. I took out a mortgage > to buy a house. Was that wrong? Should I instead > have rented someone else's house or bought a tent > and squatted somewhere until I had the money saved > up? That seems to be what several people here > advocate. For me, the advantages of owning a &
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Vince(1) Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thurston..thank god you have no say in County > Finance policy. I assume you never have had a > mortgage..or financed a car. If fairfax County > lived by the policy you propose we would still be > in the stone age. Yep, and CA is a perfect example that living beyond your means is much better than within
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Probably there could be some gain during times like now when cost of borrowing is low, along with low cost of labour & material, vs. better economic times when both components are more expensive. But either way bonds = transferring the burden to your children.
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I successfully got my wife out of Bally's membership, but it involved fabricating some docs showing she permanently moved out of the US.
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So? It's not like 'budgeted' means money comes out of the air. They come out of pockets of FFX taxpayers. Along with the %%.
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Good post, Sammy. One of the reasons they re-shuffle the boundaries is to improve the statistics and hide problematic schools by sending 'bad' kids (read: from poor hoods/projects) to schools located in better (read: richer) heighborhoods. This way no one in charge looks bad. Then good schools become overcrowded, so they want to build extra at the expense of those kids who will be taxpayers when
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I've attended the meeting last night where the county officials presented the project. Things are actually worse than I thought. $60M+ of out tax dollars will be spent to convert these two local roads into 7100-like parkway. Funny thing, they want to keep 35MPH limit there (speed traps anyone?), and they'll have to cut into quite a few private properties (thus $$$ to spent on land acquisitions),
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tomahawk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You meant the waste disposal business is crooked? > That's not what Tony Soprano told me... Waste management.
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graymoose1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > since you have so much money, why don't you buy > some glasses so you can see the grease on the > floor? Because he doesn't have it. No one would keep $100K in their CHECKING account.
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Joe R. Luser Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Re the security deposit: where I come from, > security deposits are a month's rent, and when > you're moving out, you just don't pay that last > month's rent. No fuss, no muss. Since the rent > went up, they'll need/want to pay the delta, but > that's about it. Bad advice, IMHO: usually lease agreement
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RestonLass Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The landlady owns only a couple rentals, so I > guess she can pretty much do whathever she wants. > Even though my neighbors are on a month-to-month, > I think the notice to vacate term of 60 days in > the lease still applies. > > The landlady is a realtor and she WILL parade > potential new t
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It really depends on how it's written in his lease agreement. In VA there isn;t much regulation around the rental stuff, and on top of that landlords with less than 4 rental units are not subject to VA rental laws.
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