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(Message started by: forgetfulnot on Aug 12th, 2003, 5:16pm)

Title: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 12th, 2003, 5:16pm
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030818-474563,00.html?cnn=yes

Who is this guy in bed with?

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Gofishgriff on Aug 12th, 2003, 5:22pm
We know he's not in bed with one of his interns.

Title: MRe: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Simon on Aug 12th, 2003, 5:28pm
My favourite bit was:

"Through a spokesman, Cayne declined to comment."

uh?

S

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 12th, 2003, 5:56pm

on 08/12/03 at 17:22:13, Gofishgriff wrote:
We know he's not in bed with one of his interns.


I think I could deal with that LOL.

lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Kirk on Aug 12th, 2003, 6:50pm
This has really helped some of my retired relatives. I don't have problem with it.

TTFN

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 12th, 2003, 7:08pm

on 08/12/03 at 18:50:44, Kirk wrote:
This has really helped some of my retired relatives. I don't have problem with it.

TTFN


You must be a CEO somewhere, they keep stealing the money, throw enough around to keep the little peeps happy, sound familiar.


Lee ;)

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 12th, 2003, 11:43pm

Quote:
We know he's not in bed with one of his interns


And this bad how? They wasted millions going after him and they knew very well it was silly.

Kennedy makes Clinton look like a monk. He shot a lot higher too.  Anyway, at least Clinton told us he was full of shit.

This one won't. He sleeps with Enron.

Charlie

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by fubar on Aug 13th, 2003, 12:01am
I guess they should write the economic stimulus packages to specifically EXCLUDE certain people right?  That way it would be fair?  Time magazine (real unbiased reportage...) is great at finding fault with any damn thing a Republican does.  Any tax is good, any tax relief only benefits the rich and threatens the poor, the children, the senior citizens.  Same tired old crap we hear over and over.  Give it a rest.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 13th, 2003, 12:20am

on 08/13/03 at 00:01:57, fubar wrote:
I guess they should write the economic stimulus packages to specifically EXCLUDE certain people right?  That way it would be fair?  Time magazine (real unbiased reportage...) is great at finding fault with any damn thing a Republican does.  Any tax is good, any tax relief only benefits the rich and threatens the poor, the children, the senior citizens.  Same tired old crap we hear over and over.  Give it a rest.


I guess they should exclude certain people from A) Tax breaks B) Tax fraud prosecution C)Tax shelters D) Welfare E) Congress/Ceo-style insurance F) Pensions G) Move back to A and go forward again.
As for the person who said lying to get a blow job from an intern??????? Many people will lie in their 50s to get  to cum in a 20 year olds mouth. Not many will lie to kill 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 10, 5, 3 year olds.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by fubar on Aug 13th, 2003, 12:26am
See Ted, you get it.   ;D

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 13th, 2003, 12:44am
Yup. Nice to see a Republican agree that the cards are stacked against everyone not wealthy. :-)

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by fubar on Aug 13th, 2003, 12:59am
Having been on both sides, I have to agree.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 13th, 2003, 1:02am
Ummmm.... Wait... Uhhhhh... There has to be something to debate there with you. Give me a bit and I'll find it.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by vig on Aug 13th, 2003, 8:33am
equal numbers of sh@#heads on both sides of the aisle.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Mark C on Aug 13th, 2003, 8:47am
"Since May more than 200 firms have raised their payouts to shareholders"

Ain't this what we want?

I am not rich, financially that is, however my little cheesy 401 has done quite well this year. Companies are paying dividends and it's a problem? Go buy some stock....geez   ;D


Mark the Capitialist Pig!


http://tinyurl.com/jw78

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Bob P on Aug 13th, 2003, 9:56am
When you want to be fair, you give everyone the same % of something.  Everyone who holds stock got the same % tax break, not just the CEO's.  When you want to change that across the board fairness and portray it as unfair, you switch to looking at units (re $) and cry that he got so many more $ than me.  Of course he did, he had a lot more $ invested than you did.

I watched with great amusement, this play out in the Bush v Gore debates, over and over again.

Give everyone a 5% tax cut.  Sounds fair to me.  Same across the board.  But some jerk will hollar that a guy who pays $1 million in taxes every year gets a $50,000 tax cut while this guy who only pays $10,000 a year in taxes only gets a $500 tax cut.

Keep it apples and apples.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by fubar on Aug 13th, 2003, 11:33am

on 08/13/03 at 09:56:30, Bob P wrote:
When you want to be fair, you give everyone the same % of something.  Everyone who holds stock got the same % tax break, not just the CEO's.  When you want to change that across the board fairness and portray it as unfair, you switch to looking at units (re $) and cry that he got so many more $ than me.  Of course he did, he had a lot more $ invested than you did.

I watched with great amusement, this play out in the Bush v Gore debates, over and over again.

Give everyone a 5% tax cut.  Sounds fair to me.  Same across the board.  But some jerkTime Magazine will hollar that a guy who pays $1 million in taxes every year gets a $50,000 tax cut while this guy who only pays $10,000 a year in taxes only gets a $500 tax cut.

Keep it apples and apples.


;D

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 13th, 2003, 1:39pm

Quote:
Any tax is good


Sometimes they are fine. without them, neo-Republicans....what passes for the GOP now, wouldn't have been able to spend 8 years wasting our time, our money, and our patience going after a President. It's why Gore got 500,000 more votes than Junior.  

Bush doesn't care for people who can't help him. He’s an embarrassment. Anyone who would appoint John Ascroft to any position other than firing range target, deserves no one's respect.

Charlie

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by vig on Aug 13th, 2003, 1:43pm
"Anyone who would appoint John Ascroft to any position other than firing range target, deserves no one's respect."

Charlie, you have a typo in there, it's ASScroft!
and yes, he really did spend $8K to cover up a topless statue.

and of course, Janet Reno deserved our respect?


Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 13th, 2003, 2:29pm
I agree. What a yutz.

Seems to me there would be really fun way to blow some money: See if there's a Constitutional case against Ashcroft here. It would be so much more fun the endless reports of California murder shit they think we care about.  

Drive that fucken baseketball player right off the page.

Charlie


Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by vig on Aug 13th, 2003, 2:36pm
I saw the tape with Kobe and his wife, where she's rubbin' his hands.  I think she was truly distressed that their mountain o' money might be in danger.




Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by eyes_afire on Aug 13th, 2003, 5:33pm
Hafta agree with Vig... $hitheads on both sides.  Understatement if there ever was one.  Right now I couldn't bring myself to vote for Dems or Reps... they're just too damn embarassing and illogical.
Overdue for a real change.

--- Steve, just overdue...

LMAO... since when was $hitheads banned?


Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 13th, 2003, 5:49pm
Isn't great? Politics. Thanks guys.

Actually by not voting or going for a third party is what made the election that Gore won by a half=million votes, even closer.

Charlie

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by eyes_afire on Aug 13th, 2003, 6:06pm
True Charlie, but I sure as hell wasn't voting for Gore... or the Republicans for that matter.
Haha, yeah invented the internet... and I'll never forget Tipper's lack of logic during the 80's (tag team with Mrs Baker... maybe they are one and the same)... PMRC, LMAO.
Fukken embarrassing.

--- Steve

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 13th, 2003, 6:15pm

Quote:
"Since May more than 200 firms have raised their payouts to shareholders"


Every time a dividend is paid the stock price is reduced by the same amount, where is the gain? ???

Could be in the CEO's back pocket NO? Have you heard of stock options, exec's buy stock options for .50 cents on the dollar, that means a dividend just puts money in their pockets, all the rest pay market price and recieve no real benifit from the dividend. The last small dividend put out by microsoft is the perfect example. Gates must need to pay rent. ;D

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 13th, 2003, 6:25pm
Yes but by your disgust and too many others, George Bush was able to ooze into the White House. If you wanted to make sure that getting health care assistance was next to impossible, this was the perfect way.

At least Reagan had to live in the real world for a time. It helped. Dubya has no fucken idea.

Charile.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 13th, 2003, 9:52pm
What you said Charlie ;)

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by fubar on Aug 13th, 2003, 10:33pm

Quote:
Every time a dividend is paid the stock price is reduced by the same amount, where is the gain?  


Sorry, that's just not true.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 13th, 2003, 10:41pm
No matter. Nothing alters the fact that when taxes are more egalatarian, such as the nineteen fifties, EVERYONE wins. This works throughout history, time after time.

It's the way it is.

Charlie

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 13th, 2003, 11:05pm

on 08/13/03 at 22:33:53, fubar wrote:
Sorry, that's just not true.


That is how it is done, most people never know, Happens to me a lot, just what part is not true?

Fubar please tell us on how you control all of this.

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 13th, 2003, 11:30pm
I hate agreeing with him but he's right. Tht would make playing the stock market a 50/50 bet at best. You could never do better than breaking even and no one would play it.
The other point is if we want to do a non-productive... I mean nonprogressive tax system let's just do it. No more fucking around. Let's give the Republicans what they want. We'll get every last rat abandoning ship this way. We wimped out on the matter of war and the power of war. Let's give them the purse too and when someone making 5 billion dollars pays $5000 in txes and someone making $5 thousan pays .50 cents, and our parents die of pneumonia, kids can't spell "cents" etc... we can THEN get this country back on track by telling Bill Gates he might want to consider his billions ain't doing anyone any good and since he can afford it he should maybe put in more. After all, it WAS our tax dollars that let him get so rich. Same with Perot. He STOLE our tax dollars, exploited the R&D that came from it, and then said he figured it all out alone. But after taking our money from taxes and R&D and claiming his wealth, he should pay the same money that he breaks the back off of a worker to make him even more per year. Our tax dollars made him rich and we should now subsidize him more.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by fubar on Aug 13th, 2003, 11:39pm
Lee,

Do you see Ted there agreeing with me?  I think that's (maybe) the second time ever, so chances are I'm actually right.

All partisan crap aside, who ever told you that a stock's price is adjusted downward as a result of a dividend payout is just wrong.  Dividends are paid from retained earnings.  It is the basic way for a person with a 'share' of a company to actually share in the profits.

-Fu

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Bob P on Aug 14th, 2003, 9:26am
All I know is that my Harley Davidson stock has paid me quarterly dividends and at the same time increased 8 times what I paid for it (this includes 2 ea. 2 for 1 splits).  I've never seen my stock drop in value when a dividend is paid.  In fact, it usually goes up because the dividend is an indication of a strong, healthy company with good earnings.

Title: Dividends
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 14th, 2003, 12:23pm
I must admit I am no expert but I have seen this not only in stocks but mutual funds as well, following is a post on the motley fool, kind of sums it up,

Hi

TMF Money Guide (and elsewhere) says that if a mutual funds NAV is at $30 and they give a $2 dividend, the NAV goes down to $28 after the distribution. OK, then what good is getting a dividend if you make no money off of it? Your share is $30 before and $28 plus $2 dividend after. Big deal. If you had 100 shares for $3000 before and 100 shares for $2800 and $200 dividend after, what's the point. You'd be just as well off selling a few shares if you need the cash. And before and after the new tax law, you would be BETTER off with the capital gain than you would the dividend because the later would be taxed at a higher rate (before and after the new tax law).

The money paid out has to come from somewhere.

What am I missing?

Lee ???

Then there is this;

Here is the answer to the question you asked the SEC Experts.
Question and Answer Site: sec
Topic: SEC:Companies

Question:
When a company pays a dividend is the value of the stock reduced to
compensate paying out the dividend ?

Answer:
As I understand the process, when the market opens on the ex-dividend date,
see http://www.sec.gov/answers/dividen.htm,  share price is marked down by
the amount of the dividend. For all pending orders, both bid and ask prices
are reduced by the value of the dividend.  For more information on what
happens when the dividend is in the form of a stock split, see
http://www.sec.gov/answers/stocksplit.htm
In short,  anyone who buys the shares after it's too late to become a
holder-of-record won't pay for a dividend he or she cannot get. The
holder-of-record, will find the value of his or her shares reduced on the
ex-date, but that will be made up by the receipt of the dividend.
If you sell before the ex-date, the buyer gets the dividend; if you sell on
or after the ex-date, you get the dividend, but you sell at a lower price.

Instructions:
1. Please do not reply this message.
2. Send a new question to the SEC experts at http://sec.broaddaylight.com/sec or visit their main site at www.sec.gov
Thank you for using Broad Daylight.

There ya go, ya knuckleheads  ::)

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 14th, 2003, 10:44pm
Oh, sometimes it pays to listen to someone a little older than you are.  ;)

The both of ya are wrong......................................

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Patrick_A on Aug 15th, 2003, 12:11am
Ya'll wanna do away with uneven taxes. Make it where there are no Tax breaks. Everybody knows that the rich hide behind tax shelters and are able to cheat because the papertrail is so hard to follow. I, on the otherhand want a Flat tax with No tax breaks. If evertyone truly payed there fair share, our taxes would be much lower!
DISPUTE THAT!!!

2nd thing, How is it that CEO's are getting huge raises when most companies are losing money during this recession. My stock has slid from $75.00 to $27.00 since 2001, but yet my CEO and lesser powers that be has reaped millions in stock options and bonuses.

Middle man is screwed, and i got nobody representing my interests. Democrats represent the poor, and Republicans represent the rich, and my money supports them both. Feeling fugged to say the least!!

Ok, through whining, LOL, Patrick

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 15th, 2003, 9:59pm
For some reason we get no feedback from Ted or Fubar, HMMMMMM I wonder why.

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Charlie on Aug 15th, 2003, 10:09pm
Flat income taxes are as cruel as the sales tax. Although I suppose technically nothing is worse than the sales tax.

It's just the way it is.

Noticing the pundits who propound a flat tax should be good enough for most. Get real.

Charlie

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 15th, 2003, 10:15pm

on 08/15/03 at 21:59:06, forgetfulnot wrote:
For some reason we get no feedback from Ted or Fubar, HMMMMMM I wonder why.

Lee


Lee, you rarely get feedback from me. This is probably the 4th time you have, so try to move beyond it. :-)

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 15th, 2003, 10:36pm
That is quite right Ted, but when your wrong, you should at least admit it, you can't win this with bullshitt so go with it .

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 15th, 2003, 10:38pm
Thank you (That's #5  ;) )!
And as I told you when you said this in your PM to me when I'm wrong I generally apologize, like you all but demanded in that PM. But since I haven't studied the the info on your timetable and verified that info is even accurate it would be foolish for me to do so. Almost as foolish as calling me and Fubar out like you did tonight.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 15th, 2003, 10:54pm
Ted you have already shown us what we need to know.


Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 15th, 2003, 10:56pm
You're not looking at dirty pictures of me, are you (#6)?  :o

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:05pm
The biggest a$$holes in life refuse to acknowledge mistakes, even after the corrections were layed before them. Let some one else try and help these people and bring reality back to their world.

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:13pm
Actually, the biggest a$$holes in life are those who are so egotistical they think everyone should do what they say when they say it. And then call people out when they politely disagreed with your assertions several days earlier. They would be more at peace with less concern on their egos and more concern with civility.

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by kim on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:22pm
Ted, are u tawkin bout me again? ;D  MMMMmmmmmmmmBEE! :o

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:24pm
Only when I said this, Kim  ;) :


on 08/15/03 at 22:56:38, Ted wrote:
You're not looking at dirty pictures of me, are you (#6)?  :o


Title: TRe: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by ClusterChuck on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:28pm
I thought Don was the only one with porn pictures on this site.  I will have to find my PORN button again (where did you hide that DJ?) and see who else is in there!

Ted, are you better looking naked than Don?  My wife will want to know.

Chuck


Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by kim on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:36pm
why dontcha jes tell yur wife to ASK 8)  Folds round here tend to be purdy honest.

Ted:  Gimme dirty pics ;D

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:38pm
Ted this debate is not about someone's fact or fiction, it is about reality as we know it today in the real world.

For the most part I am forced to live in the real world, I would assume that applies to many others. if you are immune to the market forces then you don’t belong here

Good night, Good Grief

Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Ted on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:42pm
Are you saying I don't belong on CH.com because of stocks or this thread which wasn't about how stocks and dividends work? Or just this section of this thread where that was discussed? And if the latter, why'd you call me out tonight to get back in this section when I was out of it for a few days?

Good night (#9???)

Kim, come and take some. :-)

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by kim on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:44pm
Nite Nite then.

Sox?  Divines?  

K. :D

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by Patrick_A on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:46pm
Just tax Ted, Forgetfulnot, and Fubar...Lmao!!

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 15th, 2003, 11:56pm
This off topic thred suould be closed due to misunderstanding and confusion.


Lee

Title: Re: Once agan Bush proves his ...................
Post by forgetfulnot on Aug 16th, 2003, 1:22am
Final post your right, I'm wrong?

Let the facts decide rather that the bullshit on this board.

I doubt the facts I presesnted can be proven wrong.

I was trying to help fellow C/Hs to learn the funky things that go on in the market. Period

In this place someone allways gets pissed, no matter what.

Lee



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