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| Permission Research; Your Opinion Matters | | 2008-07-21 15:15:23 | | So are you earning money online yet? Or have you just started? Well there are tons of ways in which you can earn some extra money online; and one of the most popular one is through Paid Surveys; Online survey panels that send you surveys to complete, and pay you either cash or points redeemable for rewards (including cash). Permission Research is another online research community. You can Participate in the "Your Opinion Matters" sweepstakes; and win the Grand Prize of $100,000 cash! A winner is chosen each month who will win $100, and will also have the chance to win $2500, $5000, or even $100,000. By referring friends and family to Permission Research, members can receive additional entries into the Grand Prize drawings. Registration is completely free, and surveys matching your profile are sent to you. Other Membership BenefitsPermission Research panel members enjoy free software downloads, including MyWebSights, MyVirtualDisk, PC Power Partners, free Interactive Games, Screensavers | | By: Earn Free Money Online | | |
| | Consumer Lifestyles Interactive (CLI); Consumer Opinion Poll | | 2008-07-13 08:28:31 | | One week left until my parents, my sister and her daughter are due to arrive. I simply can't wait. I have two more days of work before I start my maternity leave. I have started deep cleaning; and cleaning one room at a time. I have also started to toddler proof my house (as my niece is one and a half years old), and I never knew that so many things can pose potential danger.I am also writing posts for the next month and using the new scheduling feature of blogger to post them on future dates. Read my post on how to Schedule Posts Publishing in blogger.Consumer Lifestyles Interactive is an online service, dedicated to learning about consumers and their opinions. Members can provide their views and opinions by participating in UK's largest consumer opinion poll. Complete their seven minute survey and you could win prizes(a luxury break, a brand new car etc.)Don't forget to visit Earn Money Online for tons of money making opportunities and freebies.To your success
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| | Seventh Circuit Vacates Holy Land Foundation Opinion, Grants Rehearing | | 2008-06-23 11:29:05 | | On June 16, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the opinion of a three-judge panel, rendered December 28, 2007, which overturned the landmark $156 million judgment against the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), other Islamic charities in the U.S., and an alleged Hamas fundraiser. The case arose out of the 1996 murder of David Boim, a 17-year-old American citizen, who was killed in a Hamas terrorist attack in the West Bank. David’s parents sued men who were directly involved in the murder;...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
| | Get Paid for Your Opinion with Ciao! | | 2008-06-01 07:20:34 | | Ciao! The leading Consumer Community of Europe, pays its members to participate in surveys, share their opinions, write reviews and refer friends. Available in several countries. Register for free and create your profile. You will be invited to surveys relevant to your profile on various subjects (books, films, cars, websites.. anything a person can use or buy). Earn between £1-5 per completed survey. Payout is at £5. Also, if you refer your friends you are paid £0.50 per sign up. So what are you waiting for? Get Paid for Your Opinions with Ciao! now.To your success
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| My As-of-Now iPhone Opinion Piece | | 2008-05-15 00:54:50 | | Introduction:
Apple Inc. (website) announced their exclusive innovative first-time attempt at a cellular device on January 9th, 2007 - at the corresponding years MacWorld presentation. The company calls it, the iPhone.
The iPhone was first available later that year, on June 29th, 2007, in the United States of America. (see here)
The device was then later announced available [...] | | By: Touch Podium | | |
| | Third Opinion | | 2008-05-14 07:40:20 | | Three Doctors are discussing which types of patients they prefer. Doctor Watson says, ''I prefer librarians. All their organs are alphabetized.''Doctor Fitzpatrick says, ''I prefer mathematicians. All their organs are numbered.''Doctor Ahn says, ''I prefer lawyers. They are gutless, heartless, brainless, spineless, and their heads and rear ends are interchangeable.'' | | By: Pure Thought | | |
| | | Surveys – Consumers opinion or verdict? | | 2008-05-01 01:57:02 | | This is an attempt to find the meaning, relevance, types, and methodology of surveys in consumer industry with especial emphasis on online surveys. Some advantages and disadvantages to the customer are also listed.
Survey is a method to obtain Consumers Opinion., covering one or more aspects of the product or services.
Surveys prior to launch of [...] | | By: secret shopping jobs | | |
| | Cruise Ship Vacations One Husband's Opinion | | 2008-04-17 11:05:18 | | My wife and I go on a lot of cruises. It all started about 10 years ago when we got married. We honeymooned on the American Queen River Boat, a week long cruise up the Mississippi river. I must admit that was a fun trip. The boat could just pull up to the bank and drop a long gangway onto the levee and walk on or off...back then there was no security to go through... Our second cruise a year later was aboard the Crown Odyssey, a smaller older ship, on a cruise through the Greek islands. What a trip! I discovered that I love old Greek and Roman ruins, and Mediterranean food is fantastic! Kathy says Greece has the best tomatoes of anywhere in the world. We had a blast, visiting places like Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, and Istanbul. During that second cruise we built a website about the cruise and we would upload pictures and text to the site during our stops in port. We would find an internet café and do the uploading while sipping a cold drink. We have a photo on our site with Kathy sea | | By: European Cruise Vacation Travel Guide | | |
| | Olympus E-3 – A Second Opinion | | 2008-04-14 09:24:00 | | In conclusion, I really do want to like this camera. I understand that the 4/3 sensor provides engineering issues over the larger sensors, but whilst Canon and especially Nikon are providing ISO's in their reduced sensor cameras that are eminently usable at 3200 or even up to 6400 ISO (in the case of Nikon's D300), I would really like it if Olympus could engineer a camera which was capable, (image quality wise across the board), of matching my EOS 30D, which goes back a generation of model development. 6400 ISO would be nice, but for me, the IQ and functionality of digital reached a point I was happy with several years ago, and the Olympus just does not reach this.The E3 promises much on paper, and is a quantum leap up from the E-1 in terms of usability and speed, but unfortunately Olympus have managed to pull off that trick again of producing a product which is seriously compromised in comparison to what their competitors offer for the same or even substantially lower price. The Nikon | | By: DSLR CAMERAS ONLINE | | |
| | Get Organized: A Difference of Opinion | | 2008-04-14 09:07:00 | | Do you live or work with a person who doesn’t share your goal to get organized? If so, it can cause you to quickly lose motivation and momentum toward organizing. It's difficult to get organized and stay organized when you are surrounded by individuals who either are inclined to be disorganized or are indifferent to clutter. When my husband Mack and I first started dating, we lived in Germany where coins are a huge part of their currency. Mack started throwing extra change on his dresser at his house, and soon what started out as a small pile of change was transformed into a Mount Everest.Not wanting to be a nag, I watched silently in horror over the next two years until I could no longer take it! I dumped the entire heap into a box, and I spent the next several weeks sorting and rolling it. Then Mack and I headed to the bank to deposit the small treasure; in the end, the final tally was over 600 bucks!My husband and I are perfect examples of the difference between people. While I wo | | By: Get Organized! | | |
| | | My Own LifeLock Opinion | | 2008-04-03 14:30:01 | | Ever since Lifelock came into the picture of identity protection it has wowed hundreds of thousands of Americans due to its reliable service. Lifelock sets fraud alerts on a members credit files to prevent unauthorized opening of accounts virtually protecting the account member's information to be used by anyone except him or her. This has been popular among consumers lately that it Lifelock has announced it has over 7o0,000 people enrolled in the program. And in a show of confidence for his own service, Lifelock president Todd Davis had openly divulged over several different types of media his social security number. He's been advertising his Social security number over the radio, TV and even on the internet.Yet some corporations in the credit reporting industry has chosen the criticize Lifelock's valuable service arguing that Lifelock is providing a service to Americans for a fee when in fact the service is actually free for everybody. Consumer protection laws have stipulated that cr | | By: Beijing 2008 Olympics Blog | | |
| | “Rate it all”- An opinion community! | | 2008-03-10 08:30:03 | | RateItAll-The Opinion Network is an online community which deals in consumer reviews on any topic. It is a revenue sharing site where you can make money as well.
RateItAll relaunched in 2006 to enable the free and unfettered exchange of ideas and opinions.
You can use this Web site to connect with people who share similar interests, [...] | | By: Reviews and ramblings around the blogsphere! | | |
| | Get paid for your short opinion! | | 2008-02-29 21:38:00 | | I have just joined and within 30 minutes, i have locked in $23! Each survey will pay from $4 and will take 5-10 mins to complete. You will need to give your short opinion on 2 websites advertisement. Don't miss this!http://www.AWSurveys.com/HomeMain.cfm?RefID=boazstuff
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| | | Cheating and Payoffs in Red State Indiana - Commentary & Opinion | | 2008-02-24 11:54:28 | | Off topic today but as an undergraduate alumni of Indiana University and a former college basketball junkie I feel a strong and very personal need to write about the big news coming out of Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana is a Red State politically speaking and a Red State (or Big Red State) in basketball [...] | | By: Pan 2007 | | |
| | | Entitled to Their Opinion, I Guess | | 2008-02-20 14:42:00 | | Last Sunday, there was an article in the New York Post about that Penn study of MLB shortstops that said that Derek Jeter was the worst defensive shortstop in baseball. Well, you knew that would bring in the letters from those enraged Yankee fans. Well, the Post had a few today, and one of them caught my eye, so I thought I'd reply to it here.For your perusal:Jeter has won multiple Gold Gloves, Rookie of the Year honors, All-Star and World Series MVP designations and he has four World Series rings.I do not remember Alex Rodriguez diving into the crowd for a foul ball, but was watching as Jeter did.I also do not recall Clint Barnes or Jason Bartlett holding the record for hits in the post-season or wearing the captain's "C" for the most famous sports franchise in the world.No matter where you go in the world, you always get a handful of jerks. It just seems they all converged on this one pathetic study.George BrennanRidgefield, Conn.Before I get going on the Jeter part of this goofy le | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Meritocracy is the key to Dubai's limitless ambitions | | 2008-01-04 08:45:00 | | The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, likes to spy on his own people. In that, he is upholding a modern Arab autocratic tradition. Dubai's ruler, however, is not looking for conspirators, fifth columnists or political opponents. He's looking for talent.Sheikh Mohammad's "spies," known as "mystery shoppers," fan out across government offices to observe and grade the efficiency, competence and attentiveness of local officials. Those who receive poor marks are quietly rebuked, while those who impress move into an informal Dubai fast-track, receiving increasingly more challenging tasks, greater responsibility and more scrutiny. If they survive those tests they gradually enter the rarefied air of the Dubai high-flyer executives, the dozen or so movers and shakers who are transforming the Gulf city-state into a major regional and global trade, tourism, transport, technology and financial services hub...................The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Meritocracy is the key to Dubai's limitless ambitions | | By: Mystery Shopping jobs | | |
| | Salud y tercer mundo : opinion | | 2007-11-29 08:51:00 | | Hace poco tiempo , en mi pais ,Uruguay ,hubo un caso muy conocido relacionado con la salud pública . Un diputado se hizo atender por el MSP siendo que esto le corresponde solamente a las personas de bajos recursos , es decir que no pueden pagarse una sociedad mutual. En esta franja no entra logicamente un diputado de la Républica . Pues bien el legislador fue denunciado , se hizo un escándalo | | By: Terapias Regenerativas | | |
| | Randy Couture Retires Views and Opinion | | 2007-11-16 10:17:00 | | Another Great loss for UFC, The 44 year old Heavy weight Champ Randy Couture Announced his retirement And vacating the Ufc Heavy Weight Belt. the natural's reason is he would retire if he won't face the regarded best mma fighter of the world Emilianenko Fedor. Fedor is being courted by Dana White to fight to The Octagon but seem like the deal was off. Fedor was signed in to fight for a Russian Organization M-1, instantly when randy learned that he can't face fedor, he retires because he felt that there is no one left in the UFC for him to be called a challenge. Truly I would still love to see that match happen but maybe there are just many things in this world that we will never see? and not all dreams will ever happen. Feels like this match is? but we won't know. All we know now is that Randy is not getting younger, and he wants, and must do new things. Right now he wants to be a star and i'm happy for Randy to his new career. I will support this guy he did help made Ufc and MMA | | By: Street Fight Technique and MMA, FMA | | |
| | | The Customer’s Opinion | | 2007-11-04 17:11:41 | | Surveys, polls, and opinions are needed if a company wants to accurately forecast the future of its consumers spending habits. A good survey can mean the difference between a well constructed plan and groping in the dark.
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| | My Opinion Meme | | 2007-10-27 10:15:00 | | This My Opinion Meme was started by a gorgeous AND hilarious blogger I met on cr8buzz, her name is Avery Gray. If you haven't read her blog, you really should. She not only has a wonderful and funny writing style but she also writes poignantly about real life issues.OK, so the idea for this meme is to strip away all pretense and REALLY give your opinion. From Avery's blog :I have deduced that there are some views I hold that people may or may not agree with. Because I believe good, honest debate is a healthy way for individuals to come together and get to know one another, I've chosen to get the ball rolling and share 20 of my most controversial opinions.Be creative, be funny, be controversial, but be honest. ;) Twenty? Phew! Well, actually I am very opinionated (surprise, surprise), so it shouldn't be that hard.I believe that The Glass can be both half empty AND half full. Sue me. :PGod does test us at times, otherwise he wouldn't have created Brussel Sprouts or cocoa beans.Just | | By: Almost Somewhat Positive | | |
| | Afghanistan Opinion Poll Silences Cut-and-Run Crowd | | 2007-10-19 05:34:00 | | Results from an unprecedented public opinion poll of the Afghan people taken by Environics Research couldn’t have come at a worse time for Canadian Liberal leader Stephane Dion, NDP chief Jack Layton, and all others in Canada calling for our troops to leave Afghanistan post-haste.With recent losses in key by-elections and the rebelling of his party’s Quebec wing, followed by some deft political moves by massively-underestimated Prime Minister Stephen Harper (this weeks Speech from the Throne should be held up as an example to students of politics everywhere of how to effectively govern a minority government like a majority), the last thing the embattled Grit leader needed was more bad news. But things did in fact get worse for Dion. In war-torn Afghanistan, 51% of all those questioned said that they believed their country was ‘headed in the right direction’, compared to 28% who felt the opposite. As well, 43% said that they wanted foreign troops to stay in their country as long as it takes to get the job done. While the bring-them-home crowd will quickly point out that the number is less than half, it should be noted that a measly 15% of Afghanis want foreign troops (read: Canadian soldiers) to leave immediately. 15%! A higher percentage of New Democrats wish for Canadian troops to cut and run than Afghanistan citizens do!And the man who the federal opposition claims is a ‘puppet’ of the Canadian government, namely Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai? Only a resounding 70% favorable rating. Not bad for a leader seen as weak by some in the outside world.While the Afghan people equate the American army as the main force fighting the Taliban, the poll showed that when it comes to rebuilding and reconstruction, Canada is the nation thought of by the Afghan people. Even Canadian military personnel are seen as builders as well as fighters. So much for the Opposition charges that the Conservative government is too focused on war and not enough on helping to stabilize the nation’s society. With the Harper government stating an extension of the mission by two years in the Throne Speech and daring the rest of the parties in Parliament to force an election, the Prime Minister now sits firmly in the driver’s seat. Canadian’s don’t want an election, and they certainly aren’t so opposed to our involvement overseas that it is a burning election issue. In fact, the opinions of the Afghanistan people may just open the eyes of the average Canadian to realize that this is a just and much needed military action and one that cannot have a time limit.We owe it to the people of Afghanistan to abide by their wishes and finish what we started, even if Jihad Jack and the rest of the cut-and-runners don’t agree. | | By: The Moderate Separatist | | |
| | What is Your Opinion: How Many Kids are Enough? | | 2007-10-08 18:17:28 | | Well, the results are in. 64% of you say you "there is no such thing as enough kids." Many of you emailed to say you wished there was another category -- that enough kids was how many God gave you, or how many God thought you could handle.I like that response as well. I think each of us might have answered differently several years ago, but now that we are parenting, we know that the right amount of kids is the amount that we feel called to have. | | By: Never a Dull Moment | | |
| | | Mental Healthcare Reform Update (Opinion) | | 2007-08-28 05:06:16 | |
I've probably always been too much of an idealist and a dreamer when it comes to social problems and the realities in which we live today. Avoiding challenges has never been my style. Even when selecting what types of patients to treat, the more difficult cases have seemed to find their way to me. I have learned so much about human behavior, and the world, over the past several years. I have learned my limits much better over time. I went to medical school hoping to one day make a difference. Upon graduation I felt I could do this most effectively as a psychiatrist and set out to meet the necessary requirements for practicing this art. I have engaged in the practice of psychiatry for over a decade now and feel another crossroad is inevitable in the near future.
I chose to practice within the public sector because the need seemed so great and I felt my efforts would be most rewarding here. I have worked in clinics hospitals, jails, detox units, nursing homes, and office based. The work was always interesting but the systems did not always agree with me or me with them. Private practice has been the most fun, in most aspects, excluding the business component. Even with above average business skills (which I clearly lack) it has become quite difficult for one to get out and stay out of the red. It almost makes me want to cry when I think of the money owed to me that will never be collected and the ongoing game playing with third party insurers who will do anything to avoid paying you what is owed.
Even the North Carolina General Assembly Members in Raleigh admitted during a public forum on UNC TV Sunday that no doctor can afford to keep their doors open if they treat mostly Medicaid and Medicare patients. One in eight citizens in the state receive Medicaid. Cigarette smoking has been identified as a major contributor to consumption of health care dollars but lobbyist have fought to avoid further taxing of cigarettes. They admitted that North Carolina had taken the biggest hit in the nation in regards to lost and outsourcing jobs. Doctors in the town where I work have begun to go out of business. The ones closing up shop seemed to be seeing similar patients to the ones I see. The writing is on the wall, especially for mental health care. I felt better knowing that the General Assembly at least is not ignorant of the situation. They are quite aware of the fact that our state is screwed big time in continuing coverage for those in need of mental health services. They openly admit to having no solutions to the problem. Meanwhile, the area mental health programs slowly grind to a halt and the state mental hospitals begin to shut their doors as predicted over the past years.
My hybrid private practice now open to referrals from the Mental Health Center has about reached its capacity. The phone continues to ring but the inn is full. There are zero other providers in town accepting Medicaid or Medicare. Daily, I become more resentful of being told what I can and cannot prescribe. It only gets worse. Most of my joy came from autonomy and having control over major treatment decisions. This was even more important to me than the financial losses. I do not care for managed care organizations in the least. It is quite clear that they run the show. A perfect storm between managed care and the pharmaceutical industry is imminent. At least the pharmaceutical companies provide a useful service and product. Managed care organizations have one goal, which is to save money for their own use. I feel suspicious of any business whose purpose is to deny one their own benefits. In my opinion, that is why 50 million Americans don't have access to health care, the money is being siphoned away for administrative purposes to deny care to those who are insured. The bottom line once again is "who really cares?"
I once hoped I could retire from the type practice I'm doing now but must face the reality that things are not going to get any better than what the current state of affairs are. I really like the vast majority of the patients I treat and most of the time thoroughly enjoy the work I do. Taxes and overhead are unavoidable realities. For most politicians, whether my practice survives or not is irrelevant. When the 2008 election comes, many voters will again vote against their own best interest. According to Comedian Al Franken, voters will likely be swayed again by campaigns of Fear, Smear, and Queers. I have done the job I do out of choice, not necessity. Out of curiosity, I have found employment offers out in the private sector that would offer several times the yearly money I make with what I am doing now. At some point it becomes foolish not to consider entertaining such offers. Why should I struggle if I don't have to? I have no idea what will become of public sector mental health care but I predict it will not be good. It's a fact that funding for prisons has risen as funding for mental health care has been slashed. However, I will not speculate on that matter. I consider myself a voice in the wilderness and though I never found an effective means for changing things for the masses, I always cared about what the fate of the system would be. I still do. I suspect in 30 years after all the foolishness has failed, I'll probably hear of some young genius using my ideas to advise the leaders of how to fix the catastrophic mess they made of the mental health care system.
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| | What’s your opinion of Click to Comment? | | 2007-08-10 21:19:30 | | I’ve installed the Postreach click to comment plugin to make it easier for you to make a quick comment on my blog posts. It’s reckoned that 95% of blog readers never leave a comment. Only a tiny percentage of blog readers comment regularly. Probably the majority of them being other bloggers like me [...] | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
| | Ask DR U: 2nd Opinion Please | | 2007-08-06 14:00:00 | | Chris asks, Last year, you evaluated my team, and I appreciated it. Please look at this year's team. I think I will wait until after pre-season and then possibly trade a running back for either a better receiver or tight End. What do you think? QB- Marc BulgerQB- Phillip RiversWR-Santana Moss, Reggie Brown, Vincent Jackson, Santonio HolmesRB- Joseph Addai, Ronnie Brown, Edgerrin James, Tatum Bell, Ladell Betts, Jerious NorwoodTE- Randy McMichaelK- Josh ScobeeDef- Pittsburgh DR U: I think you are set at quarterback. Bulger should put up some Herculean numbers this season, and if he happens to get injured, Rivers should be more than capable of racking up big stats for your team. Your receivers are young and all have... | | By: DR U Fantasy Football GURU | | |
| | Polling the Uninformed: Why the Youth Vote and Youth Opinion Polls are Meaningless | | 2007-07-28 07:32:00 | | Over the last decade, the media has become completely obsessed with youth opinion polls. Can someone explain to me why money is wasted figuring out what the most ignorant citizens in society think? Next, we can survey Lindsay Lohan to get her opinion about limited government and the Laugher Curve. There really are few things more absurd. First, an enormous number of Americans below the age of 24 have not been married. Many are childless. They have not been steadily employed for more than a decade. Notably, many of them are still in school ready to get a start in life. This certainly does not qualify someone to give opinions about anything, especially public policy. Yet, recently the Democracy Corps/Greenberg Quinlan Rosner survey found young people “profoundly alienated from the Republican party and its perceived values.” Furthermore, according to the survey responses, “Young people react with hostility to the Republicans on almost every measure and Republicans and y | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | The Best Band in the World, in My Opinion (the only one that matters) | | 2007-07-10 06:29:00 | | That is a video from The Format's last album Dog Problems. Oddly enough I had never seen any of the band's videos and could care less. The music is enough to stand on its own. While the video is interesting, the main reason that I am posting this little fluff piece is to help the band out.A year ago Dog Problems was released. To commemorate the occasion the group is releasing their album for free, via their site. You can download every song and even the linear notes in PDF format. Trust me, the music is great and best of all, it is FREE!I bought the album myself and have never regretted it.Follow this link to get the goods. Spread the word. Only a week or so is left on the offer. | | By: Motiveless Crime | | |
| | | Putin gives harsh opinion on Kosovo | | 2007-06-09 00:22:00 | | Vladimir Putin at a press conference summarizing the G8 meeting in Germany made a very serious statement about the situation in Kosovo. He made it clear that if the Ahtisaari plan goes ahead with a recognition of Kosovo's independence without Serbia's approval, Russia will be ready to use such a precedent to solve the conflicts dimming on the post-Soviet landscape. These conflicts include the breakaway republics in Moldova and Georgia, where Russian peace-keepers are currently stationed to the great disdain of the local authorities but are highly approved of by the breakaway republics. The following is an excerpt from Vladimir Putin's press-conference on June 8th (the translation from Russian has been made by the blog's author):It is necessary to abide by the current principles of international law, and to not impose one's will on other countries and other nations.If we all come to a conclusion that in today's international situation the principle of a nation's right for self-de | | By: Russia\\\'s True Tales of Terra | | |
| | Does the Sixth Circuit's DirecTV Opinion Reveal Tension Over the Cuno Decision? | | 2007-06-06 07:00:00 | | Remember the Cuno case? That was the case where the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Ohio's investment tax credit--available to any company that made a physical investment in Ohio--as discrimination against interstate commerce. In striking down Ohio's credit, the Sixth Circuit adopted an "economic effect" test suggested by the plaintiffs:"(T)he economic effect of the Ohio investment tax credit is to encourage further investment in- state at the expense of development in other states and...the result is to hinder free trade among the states." (quoting Boston Stock Exchange, 429 U.S. 318, 336 (1977))We (along with others) set aside our policy arguments against tax incentives (which we make annually in our State Business Tax Climate Index) to argue that such an "economic effect" test would essentially mandate state tax uniformity, to the detriment of pro-growth state tax reform, and that state legislatures were better suite | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | More Opinion on the Darwin Walker Situation | | 2007-05-31 21:57:51 | | In today's installment of "Around the Internet", we have a few notes of interest, including Jerry Sullivan waxing idiotic (literally) about a tired Darwin Walker topic, a nice feature on Kevin Everett and an event that has me even more excited for opening weekend... I continue to be irritated by the columns of Jerry Sullivan, who today writes that the Bills should overspend for Darwin Walker. You're kidding, right? A player of Walker's stature would command a signing bonus in the $5 million range, so it might be difficult for the Bills to fit him under their self-imposed cap. They have to find a way. They can defer part of Walker's bonus to next year. If they can't agree on a long-term extension, they can do a one-year deal. Or they can spend cash over the cap. Or not, Jerry. If we're going to overpay for someone, why not Nate Clements? London Fletcher? Walker's value doesn't approach theirs, yet somehow he's still worth breaking the team's salary cap spine for. Darwin | | By: Buffalo Rumblings | | |
| | My Opinion on the New Immigration Bill Now Being Discussed | | 2007-05-20 22:48:00 | |
I've waited a few days to state my opinion on this new bill, because I wanted to digest as much information as I could from many sources before I took to my computer keys.
Like many of you reading this, I TOO am a child descended of immigrant great and/or grandparents who have arrived in our America via the Ellis Island route. I've grown up hearing amazing stories of their struggles to become legal citizens of a country that they considered to be the greatest in the world. Has this influenced my opinion? oh yes, you better believe it has, my dears, for I believe that this bi-partisan bill will benefit us one and all.
Why?
Well first and foremost, I think it will allow the illegal immigrants who are presently living their lives in the shadows the chance to walk into the sunshine with dignity and self-respect so that they can feel free to go about raising their families with everyone feeling proud. Don't they deserve this? my answer is YES. Yes, because I would love to see the peo | | By: Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage | | |
| | You get more facts than opinion on the net! | | 2007-04-11 05:49:00 | | I was an avid watcher of Fox News for quite a long time, but have seen imperceptible changes occur and find they have changed their reporting in order to attract more liberal viewers. In doing so, they have lost 80 percent of my viewer-ship. I have turned to the Internet for ferreting out the REAL news. There are great amounts of facts you can go to and information you never see on the news, for instance:
For many years, I have heard the Democrats saying how the Republicans are hate mongers, and shouldn’t be listened to. I never could see that and knew that from what I saw, it was the Democrats who were hate mongers and wouldn’t listen to anyone’s viewpoint but their own - see attached article written by Deroy Murdock - Mr. Murdock, a New York-based commentator to HUMAN EVENTS, is a columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service and a media fellow with the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University:
The Tennessee Center for Policy Rese | | By: Forgot To Ask | | |
| | THE ULTIMATE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUE
In my opinion... | | 2006-11-13 21:29:00 | | THE ULTIMATE SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUEIn my opinion there is one self defense technique that works every time when all else fails. It takes only a few seconds to learn and is easy to remember. "Iron" Mike Tyson made it famous in his boxing match against Holyfield, yes it's the art of biting simple, effective and vicious. For those of you thinking that you can get HIV through doing this technique your wrong. Your spit will kill the virus so your chances of getting the disease is next to non. Better yet ask your doctor he will set you straight on the issue if you don't believe me. So whether you are standing and clinching with someone or on the ground, mounted by someone all you have to do is get your month next to your attackers body and clamp down real hard, it will stop anyone dead in there tracks. This goes for all the women out there also who are in a situation involving sexual assaults. If your attacker forces you to give him oral sex, bite it off. He will be in shock and will be s | | By: TACT's-Take No Prisoners Blog | | |
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