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Political Talk
 | Obamacare question - GeneralLee on 11/10/12 at 9:40 am So the way I understand obamacare is that if you elect to not get health insurance you pay a tax. So are poor people able to get insurance through Medicaid which would exempt them from that tax? While middle class people would pay the tax if they didn't have insurance and made too much money to be o...
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Political Talk
 | Repubs got decimated in Senate races... - GeneralLee on 11/7/12 at 12:02 am Looks like Ne may be the only pickup. Wow. At this point we should just give up the House as well and then sit back and watch the country collapse....
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Political Talk
 | Bond market is only force left to restore fiscal sanity. - GeneralLee on 11/6/12 at 10:41 pm And it will be a painful adjustment when it does....
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Political Talk
 | Predict the following in 2016.... - GeneralLee on 11/6/12 at 10:22 pm Unemployment rate, national debt, gas price, and change in housing prices.. I'll go with 8%, 21 trillion, $6/gallon, and an additional 10% drop in housing values. Gonna be a lot of pain out there. I plan on selling my house and living in an apartment close to work to help weather the storm....
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Political Talk
 | Rasmussen Ohio Poll tied at 49-49 - GeneralLee on 11/2/12 at 2:09 pm [link=(http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/ohio/election_2012_ohio_president)]LINK[/link]
Obviously on the surface this is not good news, but I hope there are some skewed results from the sample set that answered thes...
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Political Talk
 | Romney's most likely path without Ohio?? - GeneralLee on 10/25/12 at 8:26 pm Playing around on 270towin.com and looking at the polls, it seems like a combination of IA and WI is Romney's best option if OH does not go his way. What do y'all think is his best backup state combo without ohio?...
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Political Talk
 | Father of Navy seal killed in Libya speaks out... - GeneralLee on 10/25/12 at 8:01 pm [link=(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950299/posts)]LINK[/link]
How on earth can the media blow up the valerie plame "scandal" for months yet the Benghazi attack doesn't even make the front page? It a shame, for all Americans liberal and conservative, that there is no longer a non par...
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Political Talk
 | Excellent article on 2012 election polling/outcomes - GeneralLee on 10/25/12 at 8:22 am [link=(http://www.bobkrumm.com/blog/?p=2445)]LINK[/link]
This coming from a Democratic consultant. I really don't see how Ohio can go for Obama in 2012 when it was only 51/48 in 2008 in a wave election that was a perfect setup for him. The media will be shocked in just a few weeks.
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Political Talk
 | Angle, Buck, O'Donnell, Akin, and Mourdock - GeneralLee on 10/24/12 at 7:53 am Likely to be 5 Senate seats that the GOP will give up over a 2 year period. Thanks Tea Party! Because of the nominating of idiotic, unprepared amateurs, there will likely be a Democratic Senate from 2013-2014 which will prevent the repealing of Obamacare and the nomination of conservative justices....
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Political Talk
 | Obama down to 53% on intrade - GeneralLee on 10/23/12 at 9:14 pm And ohio's odds of going to Romney are over 50%. Folks, we are close to ridding ourselves of this nightmare! :usa:...
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Political Talk
 | Romney mentioning voters in WI, MI, and PA - GeneralLee on 10/22/12 at 10:21 pm Tells you all you need to know about his internal polls. Flip one of those 3 and he likely can afford to lose Ohio. ...
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Political Talk
 | New Gallup LV Poll Romney 49 Obama 47 - GeneralLee on 10/9/12 at 12:20 pm [link=(http://www.gallup.com/poll/157955/romney-obama-among-likely-voters.aspx)]LINK[/link]
:usa:
Glad to see America is finally waking up and seeing the Obama administration for the abject failure that it truly is!...
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O-T Lounge
 | Oregon or Prince Edward island for honeymoon location? - GeneralLee on 10/8/12 at 8:51 pm I think I've narrowed it down to these two locations that fit our budget and our interests. Oregon would be more of an active trip while Prince Edward island would have less travel and be more relaxing. What would your advice be between these two locations?...
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Outdoor Board
 | Best offshore fishing location and charter? - GeneralLee on 9/12/12 at 7:57 am I'm having a bachelor party next summer and want to go offshore fishing, probably from Venice, LA. Is this the best location to go offshore fishing from Louisiana? What charter company would you guys recommend?...
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Money Talk
 | Whatever happened to JerseyTiger? - GeneralLee on 5/8/12 at 9:45 pm Sorry if Germans....
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Tiger Rant
 | The longer Miles remains silent the worse this will get. - GeneralLee on 1/11/12 at 5:05 pm With each passing day many LSU fans will become more and more resentful that Miles refuses to tell us anything close to the truth on why Lee wouldn't be put in come hell or high water! Why on Earth did Miles zone out and not care in the biggest game of his coaching career? Why do you play to win i...
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Political Talk
 | Ron Paul.... any chance he gets the nomination? - GeneralLee on 12/14/11 at 10:48 pm His odds on intrade are up to 7.5%. Out of a field of terrible candidates, he's by far the best one left and the only one I would feel enthusiatic voting for. He has probably 9/10 brilliant ideas and 1/10 lunatic bat-sh*t crazy ideas, but that's better odds than many other politicians who are boug...
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Political Talk
 | Obama and Sarkzoy caught on open mic trashing Netanyahu - GeneralLee on 11/7/11 at 9:18 pm
[link=(http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4145266,00.html)]LINK[/link]
Oops! Hope this hurts Hussein with the Jewish vote in 2012. ...
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SEC Rant
 | Will SEC championship game still stay in Atlanta - GeneralLee on 11/6/11 at 2:53 pm after the addition of the new members? It seems like it should be either at a neutral or a rotating location to avoid giving UGA consistent home field advantage. ...
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Money Talk
 | Nominal GDP Targeting by the Fed... thoughts?? - GeneralLee on 10/25/11 at 7:49 am Below is one of the better links i've seen that explains this policy.
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/10/ngdp
Basically, the argument is that the Fed should change the mandate to one of nominal GDP targeting instead of price stability and full employment. By changing to NGDP targeting,...
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Tiger Rant
 | D-Line awful quiet the past few games.... - GeneralLee on 10/16/11 at 10:02 am What's the reason for this? Opponent's schemes, playing vanilla until Bama, etc.?...
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Tiger Rant
 | Discontinuity in a 2 QB system >> JJ's added running ability - GeneralLee on 10/2/11 at 1:00 pm That's pretty abundantly clear to me after watching the games this season. The first snap JJ comes in last game we had 12 people break the huddle but it didn't get called. I would be willing to bet the same type of scenario will occur in a game like @Bama or @Tenn that will result in a fumble, pena...
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Tiger Rant
 | Who can play in place of Hatcher? - GeneralLee on 9/24/11 at 11:24 pm Muncie? #36? Loston? Hatcher is the weak link in this defense game after game... if we had a serviceable LB in there WV gets <300 yards passing. ...
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Tiger Rant
 | Tyrann Mathieu- once he's done at LSU, will he be the best - GeneralLee on 9/3/11 at 11:31 pm playmaker we've ever had on defense? He's literally worth 7-10 points a game imho....
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Money Talk
 | Is the 7/1 ARM justifiable in my case? - GeneralLee on 6/2/11 at 9:40 pm Currently I'm in a 30 year fixed at 5%. Will probably stay in this house for another 5-7 years before moving on to a bigger one. I can get a 7/1 ARM at about 3.375% which will save me about $100/month, taking into account all variables including deductible interest and PMI. My mortgage balance wh...
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Money Talk
 | Variable annuities - GeneralLee on 3/29/11 at 9:39 pm Is there ever any reason to invest in one of these? From the data I've seen, the annual fees (2-4% on most of them i've seen) and taxation of withdrawals as ordinary income outweigh any risk mitigation benefit you could hope to see....
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Money Talk
 | Replacements for bond funds in older people's investments? - GeneralLee on 3/29/11 at 9:13 pm Given the likely interest rate increases to be seen in the future, is it really a "low risk" allocation to have people 60 years or older primarily in bond funds? If you were advising a client this age would you recommend a shift to high yielding dividend stocks, TIPS bonds, or something else? I be...
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Political Talk
 | Quite possibly the most ridiculous speech ever in the history of the - GeneralLee on 3/7/11 at 9:09 pm House of Representatives...
[link=(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhdPrA0b1UM&feature=player_embedded)]LINK[/link]
Jesse Jackson Jr. arguing why the constitution should be amended to guarantee everyone many items... including an ipod!...
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Money Talk
 | Best way for individual consumers to hedge their gasoline? - GeneralLee on 2/24/11 at 7:43 am I'm looking for a way to hedge my gasoline exposure for the rest of the year... which should be about 600 gallons worth. Is the UGA ETF the best option to hedge this amount of gasoline exposure? Even a mini gasoline futures contract would be way too many gallons (and I have no interest in paying ma...
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Money Talk
 | Medical expenses tax deduction question - GeneralLee on 2/22/11 at 8:42 pm Can I still deduct medical expenses above 7.5% of my AGI if I paid for 3k of those expenses with an HSA? Or can I only start deducting once I have hit 7.5% of my AGI of medical expenses that I paid for without an HSA? Thanks....
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