Open (Tax) Evasion???

From Huffington Post..

Overall, the Palins reported a gross income of $127,869 in 2006, and paid taxes amounting to $11,944 (an effective rate of 9.3 percent). In 2007, the family reported earning a gross income of $166,080 ($107,987.00 of which came from Gov. Palin) and paid taxes totaling $24,738, for a rate of 14.9 percent.

But there is some discrepancy with the latter number. According to an accompanying 2007 personal financial disclosure report, Palin's "income" as governor of Alaska was $196,531.50, well above the $107,987.00 that was noted on her W2 form from that same year. An email was sent to the McCain campaign for clarification. And this story will be updated should aides reply.

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Open Empty Rhetoric: The Palin Verbage!!!!

The ability to offer a continuous line of verbal diarrhea without offering any real substance.

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Open Pandering to the news cycle: McCain pulling out...

McCain pulling out of Michigan

John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.

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Open Observation: Bailout will not stop economic slide.

Dow	10,538.04	-293.03	(-2.71%)
Nasdaq	1,997.22	-72.18	(-3.49%)
S&P 500	1,123.86	-37.20	(-3.20%)
10y bond	3.66%	-0.05	(-1.35%)
USD-Euro	0.7245	+0.0126	(1.78%)
USD-Yen	105.2800	-0.4100	(-0.39%)
USD-GBP	0.5687	+0.0048	(0.86%)

Dow Nasdaq S&P 500

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Open Index: Depressing

Daily chart

Depression index

The D-word

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Open and shut my mouth!

Vernita Lee, Oprah Winfrey's Mom, Countersues Store For Its $156K Bill

MILWAUKEE — Oprah Winfrey's mother says she shouldn't have to pay a nearly $156,000 debt to a high-end fashion store because store officials shouldn't have extended credit to her.

Emphasis mine!!!

This is the mentality that is killing America!

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Open Animistic Cleansing: Thank goodness the threat is gone.

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Open Opinion

Senate passes $700 BILLION phat kat bailout package while the economy continues to tank... how many things will be wrong with this picture?

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Open Voting - Transparency is winning out.

Counting Every Vote

Sunday 28 September 2008

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by: Erica Naone, ABC News

As problems persist with proprietary voting machine platforms, many experts look to open-source systems for more security, transparency, and reliability. (Photo: File)

California's secretary of state says open-source software is needed to safeguard electronic voting systems.

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You bet your bottom dollar...

Evangelicals can have a bettor man
in the Whitehouse...

against all odds.

John "What's the line?" McCain

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PAY ATTENTION: STOP THE BAILOUT OR.... DEPRESSION?

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Turtle Soup or Country Fried Palin

Recommended by my sister (who doesn't blog, yet) ... originally a comment posted to TPM

Turtle Soup?

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid.

The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a 'Post Turtle'".

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was.

The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top - that's a 'post turtle".

The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, and she doesn't know what to do while she's up there, and you just wonder what kind of dummy put her up there to begin with".

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