Sam Edney

Reply to Animal Farm in Politics JoeUser Forums

Interestingly, I think that Orwell's book "1984" has some very close-call connections with modern day life, democracy and governments. Those who have read it recently probably noticed the similarities. A government keeping a nation in fear, in order to slowly but gradually abolish their rights. Has anyone really thought about how long it has taken us and how much blood and tears were spilled to get us the rights we take for granted? The right to a fair

Reply to Why John Kerry's tax increase will cost jobs in Business JoeUser Forums

I may have missed something here, and being from the UK, I don’t fully understand the American taxation system, but could it be that one might change the status of one's company in order to benefit tax wise? What I am getting at is that companies might be staying registered as a 'LLC' in order to benefit from current personal tax options, when drawing personal salaries. Perhaps it is actually a loophole in the present system, which allows peop

Reply to Will Spanish cowardice cost lives? in Politics JoeUser Forums

How long would it take the average American to find Spain on a world map? For that matter... what about the UK? Dont forget that European countries are much easier targets for Al Qaeda to get to than the USA - purely on geographical level. Its easy to get so pis*ed off with Spain for doing what most other countries in the world think we should have done a long time ago, when you are half way around the world from middle eastern hot-spots. Dont forget t