T.J.

So now Stupek has decided that he can no longer win in this state so has quit. So all the ppl using the argument that Palin is a quitter... what (intelligent thing) can you say now?

I'm looking for additional points on this topic but didn't want to repeat everything I have already said.

Please read and comment here : http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200909...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1212924/...

*Warning* - Very graphic

Headline: Doctors said I'd had a miscarriage and did nothing as my premature baby fought for his life

"No help came because although mother and baby were surrounded by nurses and empty incubators, doctors had already decided her son would not be saved - not based on observation and assessment, but because under current guidelines paediatricians treat only babies born after 22 weeks gestation."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/obamasstimulusproje...

Honestly... those that blindly believed that Obama's plan was going to work... now that Obama has put American into HUGE HUGE debt to the rest of the world (China mainly). Will you still vote for him in 2012?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124260169419828351...

This is a public link to a Wall Street Journal article with the headline - "Liberals Fret Over Obama's Compromises"

So do you agree that Obama is now beginning to show his true colors and is backing out of his campaign promises?

Please read the article and use some quotes or something to prove you read it to support your opinion.

Who would become President if the President elect were to die before taking office? The Vice President Elect?? Speaker of the House?

Now what if they were to both die? Who becomes President? Nancy Pelosi?

Technically Obama is the President ELECT and has not taken the oath of office therefore he is NOT the President yet. That would then lead me to believe that Biden could not become President for the same reasons.

So who would run the country or would there be another election?

And use a cite of some sort or just state that it is your opinion. But from my initial poking around the Constitution does not have an answer to this.

Enjoy the discussion on this... LoL

Ok... so with the debates going and the concern on oil dependence I've seen where people have used oil company profits stating that they have made these HUGE HUGE profit gains.

Well I did a little investigating tonight because I like to get my hands dirty ;-). I think we can all agree that companies work for a profit of some kind (excluding non-profit). So what would we believe to be a reasonable profit %. 30%.... 20%... 15%... 10%... 5%.. 1%?

Starting small lets say we get 20% profit. That means that we get $20 for every $100 of product sold correct? Then $200 for every $1000 and so forth and so on.

So I went to Chevron's corporate web site and pulled up their financial annual report for 2007 and checked out their Net Income for 2007, 2006, and 2005. Net Income for those that do not know is what is left after paying all expenses/taxes from their Revenue.

From 2005 to 2006 they made a 21.5% gain. So every $100 sold they got $21.50

From 2006 to 2007 they made a 9% gain. So every $100 sold they got $9.00

http://www.chevron.com/annualreport/2007/financial...

Now... Looking at the quarterly results of this year.

I compared the 6 month (ending June 30th) Net Income totals for 2007 to 2008.

Net Income in 2007 for 2 quarters was 10,975 (in millions)

Net Income in 2008 for 2 quarters was 11,143 (in millions)

http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/13/...

So by simple math to figure out the growth in percent.... 11143/10975 = 1.1038. That is only a 10.4% growth?!?

By now I'm thinking I did all my math COMPLETELY wrong. So I dug out my accounting book and did a little more research. I found that I wasn't wrong in my understanding. So I wanted to find out where people were flipping out and I think I found it.

People do not understand "Revenue." Revenue is not profits. Chevron shows a 43% growth in Revenue for the 2 quarters in 2007 to 2008. If these were profits I would probably complain myself. But these are not profits.

Now I'm all up for being wrong so if I am feel free to tell me. But do supply your own reasoning behind it. I think people are taking a few people's statements WAY out of context and causing a frenzy over what I would consider a reasonable growth percentage.

Do you feel that 10% growth is too much?

It is more beautiful than the face of your love.

It is more scary than your worst fear.

Dead men eat it all the time.

If a live man eats it, he soon will die.

A poor man has it.

A rich man wants it.

What am I?

With Russian entering Georgia and escalating tensions with U.S. missile defense systems going into Poland, should the U.S. intervene with military force to control Russia's dominance in Georgia?