Comments for kirkwalsh.com http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Why I’m Not Endorsing a Single Candidate by ExurbanKevin http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/11/03/why-im-not-endorsing-a-single-candidate/#comment-6302 ExurbanKevin Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:42:59 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=608#comment-6302 As to to the first issue, it turns out she used a Yahoo! account at work for her personal emails, and a work account for, well, work, something I think we all do. As for the second, yeah, that might be a problem, but then again, it was the agricultural department of *Alaska*, which isn't the first state that pops into mind when I think of "amber waves of grain". :) And if you thought Dubya's administration was bad re: cronyism, wait 'til you see what happens if we get a cum laude graduate of Chicago Machine politics in the highest office...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6302','ExurbanKevin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6302','ExurbanKevin','As to to the first issue, it turns out she used a Yahoo! account at work for her personal emails, \r\nand a work account for, well, work, something I think we all do. \r\n\r\nAs for the second, yeah, that might be a problem, but then again, it was the agricultural \r\ndepartment of *Alaska*, which isn\'t the first state that pops into mind when I \r\nthink of \"amber waves of grain\". :)\r\n\r\nAnd if you thought Dubya\'s administration was bad re: cronyism, wait \'til you see what \r\nhappens if we get a cum laude graduate of Chicago Machine politics in the highest office...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> As to to the first issue, it turns out she used a Yahoo! account at work for her personal emails,
and a work account for, well, work, something I think we all do.

As for the second, yeah, that might be a problem, but then again, it was the agricultural
department of *Alaska*, which isn’t the first state that pops into mind when I
think of “amber waves of grain”. :)

And if you thought Dubya’s administration was bad re: cronyism, wait ’til you see what
happens if we get a cum laude graduate of Chicago Machine politics in the highest office…

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]]> Comment on Why I’m Not Endorsing a Single Candidate by Kirk Walsh http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/11/03/why-im-not-endorsing-a-single-candidate/#comment-6301 Kirk Walsh Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:35:03 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=608#comment-6301 <a href='#comment-6300' rel="nofollow">@ExurbanKevin</a> - The two main issues I have are using private Yahoo! accounts to subvert Sunshine laws and putting her friends in charge of departments with no real experience having anything to do with them. Her real estate agent in charge of an agriculture department because she liked to go to the zoo as a kid? That's about as good as "You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie" and "we've lost all of the RNC e-mails having to do with government business". I want a government that's responsive and open to the people it governs, not one that shrouds itself in secrecy at every turn and claims executive privilege when the legislative branch dares to question it. We already rejected an omnipotent executive once.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6301','Kirk Walsh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6301','Kirk Walsh','<a href=\'#comment-6300\' rel=\"nofollow\">@ExurbanKevin<\/a> - The two main issues I have are using private Yahoo! accounts to subvert Sunshine laws and putting her friends in charge of departments with no real experience having anything to do with them. Her real estate agent in charge of an agriculture department because she liked to go to the zoo as a kid? That\'s about as good as \"You\'re doing a heckuva job, Brownie\" and \"we\'ve lost all of the RNC e-mails having to do with government business\".\r\n\r\nI want a government that\'s responsive and open to the people it governs, not one that shrouds itself in secrecy at every turn and claims executive privilege when the legislative branch dares to question it. We already rejected an omnipotent executive once.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ExurbanKevin - The two main issues I have are using private Yahoo! accounts to subvert Sunshine laws and putting her friends in charge of departments with no real experience having anything to do with them. Her real estate agent in charge of an agriculture department because she liked to go to the zoo as a kid? That’s about as good as “You’re doing a heckuva job, Brownie” and “we’ve lost all of the RNC e-mails having to do with government business”.

I want a government that’s responsive and open to the people it governs, not one that shrouds itself in secrecy at every turn and claims executive privilege when the legislative branch dares to question it. We already rejected an omnipotent executive once.

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]]> Comment on Why I’m Not Endorsing a Single Candidate by ExurbanKevin http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/11/03/why-im-not-endorsing-a-single-candidate/#comment-6300 ExurbanKevin Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:28:28 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=608#comment-6300 BTW, "Troopergate" is done and over with: The State Personnel Board has said Governor Palin was well within her rights to fire that loser. "The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature." http://www.adn.com/palin/story/577323.html Aside from that issue, what other issues make it seem to you that Governor Palin is Bush II (v2.0) ?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6300','ExurbanKevin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6300','ExurbanKevin','BTW, \"Troopergate\" is done and over with: The State Personnel Board has said \r\nGovernor Palin was well within her rights to fire that loser. \r\n\r\n\"The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature.\"\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.adn.com\/palin\/story\/577323.html \r\n\r\nAside from that issue, what other issues make it seem to you that Governor Palin is Bush II (v2.0) ?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> BTW, “Troopergate” is done and over with: The State Personnel Board has said
Governor Palin was well within her rights to fire that loser.

“The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature.”

http://www.adn.com/palin/story/577323.html

Aside from that issue, what other issues make it seem to you that Governor Palin is Bush II (v2.0) ?

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]]> Comment on Governor Crist Does Right Thing, Gets Hated For It by Kirk Walsh http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/10/29/governor-crist-does-right-thing-gets-hated-for-it/#comment-6289 Kirk Walsh Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:45:06 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=604#comment-6289 <a href="#comment-6288" rel="nofollow">@ExUrbanKevin</a> - I agree that ACORN and the ilk are happening, but there are times that the GOP has gone well beyond that. There have been stories here in St. Louis of GOP activists sitting at polls in poor neighborhoods and simply challenging random voters that show up. That ties up the lines and causes people to simply leave rather than being hassled for no reason. Montana had to go so far as to change state law to prevent this happening. They have a new law that says any challenges have to be made by residents that are eligible to vote at that polling place and they have to provide evidence on the spot to get a vote challenged (I'm too lazy to find the Fresh Air ep that discussed this). I agree we should do everything to keep those ineligible to vote from doing so, but what has been going on goes well beyond that.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6289','Kirk Walsh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6289','Kirk Walsh','<a href=\"#comment-6288\" rel=\"nofollow\">@ExUrbanKevin<\/a> - I agree that ACORN and the ilk are happening, but there are times that the GOP has gone well beyond that. There have been stories here in St. Louis of GOP activists sitting at polls in poor neighborhoods and simply challenging random voters that show up. That ties up the lines and causes people to simply leave rather than being hassled for no reason. \n\nMontana had to go so far as to change state law to prevent this happening. They have a new law that says any challenges have to be made by residents that are eligible to vote at that polling place and they have to provide evidence on the spot to get a vote challenged (I\'m too lazy to find the Fresh Air ep that discussed this). \n\nI agree we should do everything to keep those ineligible to vote from doing so, but what has been going on goes well beyond that.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @ExUrbanKevin - I agree that ACORN and the ilk are happening, but there are times that the GOP has gone well beyond that. There have been stories here in St. Louis of GOP activists sitting at polls in poor neighborhoods and simply challenging random voters that show up. That ties up the lines and causes people to simply leave rather than being hassled for no reason.

Montana had to go so far as to change state law to prevent this happening. They have a new law that says any challenges have to be made by residents that are eligible to vote at that polling place and they have to provide evidence on the spot to get a vote challenged (I’m too lazy to find the Fresh Air ep that discussed this).

I agree we should do everything to keep those ineligible to vote from doing so, but what has been going on goes well beyond that.

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]]> Comment on Governor Crist Does Right Thing, Gets Hated For It by ExUrbanKevin http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/10/29/governor-crist-does-right-thing-gets-hated-for-it/#comment-6288 ExUrbanKevin Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:00:45 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=604#comment-6288 The two are unrelated: One can be against the interstate voter fraud efforts that ACORN, et al, are perpetrating in Washington State, Ohio and Nevada that Patrick Fitzgerald (the prosecutor who went after Scooter Libby) and the FBI are pursing and yet still be in favor of letting every *legitimate* voter have the opportunity to exercise their franchise. The unnamed/unknown GOP operative in question should know better than this.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6288','ExUrbanKevin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6288','ExUrbanKevin','The two are unrelated: One can be against the interstate voter fraud efforts that ACORN, et al, are perpetrating in Washington State, Ohio and Nevada that Patrick Fitzgerald (the prosecutor who went after Scooter Libby) and the FBI are pursing and yet still be in favor of letting every *legitimate* voter have the opportunity to exercise their franchise. The unnamed\/unknown GOP operative in question should know better than this.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The two are unrelated: One can be against the interstate voter fraud efforts that ACORN, et al, are perpetrating in Washington State, Ohio and Nevada that Patrick Fitzgerald (the prosecutor who went after Scooter Libby) and the FBI are pursing and yet still be in favor of letting every *legitimate* voter have the opportunity to exercise their franchise. The unnamed/unknown GOP operative in question should know better than this.
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]]> Comment on Comment of the Day by Kirk Walsh http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/10/22/comment-of-the-day/#comment-6286 Kirk Walsh Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:22:48 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=587#comment-6286 <blockquote><a href='#comment-6280' rel="nofollow">Originally Posted By Exurbankevin</a><br/>I dunno... Waterloo was very, very good to Wellington. Is McCain Wellington, the career military man willing to ruffle feathers in order to do what's right, or is he Napoleon the demagogue relying on old ideas that lead to defeat ? :)</blockquote> It depends. What year is it?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6286','Kirk Walsh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6286','Kirk Walsh','<blockquote><a href=\'#comment-6280\' rel=\"nofollow\">Originally Posted By Exurbankevin<\/a><br\/>I dunno... \r\n\r\nWaterloo was very, very good to Wellington. Is McCain Wellington, the career military man willing to ruffle feathers in order to do what\'s right, or is he Napoleon the demagogue relying on old ideas that lead to defeat ? \r\n\r\n:)<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\nIt depends. What year is it?'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

Originally Posted By Exurbankevin
I dunno…

Waterloo was very, very good to Wellington. Is McCain Wellington, the career military man willing to ruffle feathers in order to do what’s right, or is he Napoleon the demagogue relying on old ideas that lead to defeat ?

:)

It depends. What year is it?

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]]> Comment on Comment of the Day by Exurbankevin http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/10/22/comment-of-the-day/#comment-6280 Exurbankevin Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:48:08 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=587#comment-6280 I dunno... Waterloo was very, very good to Wellington. Is McCain Wellington, the career military man willing to ruffle feathers in order to do what's right, or is he Napoleon the demagogue relying on old ideas that lead to defeat ? :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6280','Exurbankevin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6280','Exurbankevin','I dunno... \r\n\r\nWaterloo was very, very good to Wellington. Is McCain Wellington, the career military man willing to ruffle feathers in order to do what\'s right, or is he Napoleon the demagogue relying on old ideas that lead to defeat ? \r\n\r\n:)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I dunno…

Waterloo was very, very good to Wellington. Is McCain Wellington, the career military man willing to ruffle feathers in order to do what’s right, or is he Napoleon the demagogue relying on old ideas that lead to defeat ?

:)

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]]> Comment on Wells “Wins” Wachovia Willingly? by Kirk Walsh http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/10/10/wells-wins-wachovia-willingly/#comment-6269 Kirk Walsh Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:56:07 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=577#comment-6269 <blockquote><a href='#comment-6263' rel="nofollow">Originally Posted By Twit</a><br/>AG Edwards, not Ed. Jones</blockquote> Thanks.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6269','Kirk Walsh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6269','Kirk Walsh','<blockquote><a href=\'#comment-6263\' rel=\"nofollow\">Originally Posted By Twit<\/a><br\/>AG Edwards, not Ed. Jones<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\nThanks.'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

Originally Posted By Twit
AG Edwards, not Ed. Jones

Thanks.

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]]> Comment on Wells “Wins” Wachovia Willingly? by Twit http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2008/10/10/wells-wins-wachovia-willingly/#comment-6263 Twit Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:23:16 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=577#comment-6263 AG Edwards, not Ed. Jones<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6263','Twit'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6263','Twit','AG Edwards, not Ed. Jones'); return false;">Quote</a></div> AG Edwards, not Ed. Jones
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]]> Comment on Tax Consequences of Rebate Cards by Anonymous http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/2006/05/10/tax-consequences-of-rebate-cards/#comment-6255 Anonymous Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:54:24 +0000 http://www.kirkwalsh.com/blog/?p=88#comment-6255 I agree with you that credit card rebates probably should be taxable. However, another way to think about it is to view it as a rebate on interest paid to the credit card company. An interesting point is that I don't pay interest. However, another way you can view it as a rebate on the payments made by the retailer to the credit card company and indirectly that translates into higher prices paid by the credit card user. So in a way you are getting a rebate from the purchase price of the product. But, let's not make too big of an issue about it, or the IRS may make these small benefits taxable.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6255','Anonymous'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6255','Anonymous','I agree with you that credit card rebates probably should be taxable. However, another way to think about it is to view it as a rebate on interest paid to the credit card company. An interesting point is that I don\'t pay interest. However, another way you can view it as a rebate on the payments made by the retailer to the credit card company and indirectly that translates into higher prices paid by the credit card user. So in a way you are getting a rebate from the purchase price of the product. But, let\'s not make too big of an issue about it, or the IRS may make these small benefits taxable.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I agree with you that credit card rebates probably should be taxable. However, another way to think about it is to view it as a rebate on interest paid to the credit card company. An interesting point is that I don’t pay interest. However, another way you can view it as a rebate on the payments made by the retailer to the credit card company and indirectly that translates into higher prices paid by the credit card user. So in a way you are getting a rebate from the purchase price of the product. But, let’s not make too big of an issue about it, or the IRS may make these small benefits taxable.
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