January 19th, 2009
The Brookings Institute, one of Washington’s most respected think tanks, has a very informative page on Obama’s and McCain’s tax policies(McCain’s policies aren’t of significance for obvious reasons). Obama is officially going to be our president today, so it’s about time I’ve fully analyzed his policies and adjust my behavior accordingly. To my surprise, his policies are reasonable and is potentially extremely beneficial, financially, to my family(and most American families). Although I have to reiterate that my criticism of Obama was mainly based on the misleading messages of the Obama campaign in addition to the biased role that media played.
The Obama Administration’s newly introduced policies are mostly innovative and prudent, I’ve listed below the ones I felt will make the greatest impact on everyday Americans.
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Tags: Analysis, Brookings Institute, Capital Gains, College, McCain, Middle Class, Mortage, Obama, Public Policy, Savings Rate, Tax, US, Welfare
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October 27th, 2008
“I can’t get the gummy thing out of the bag, because whenever I roll it up, um… I try to get it up it’s like circular, it’s like a wheel so it rolls down to the bottom of the bag so I have to try to get it back up again, but when I’m right about to get it up, my finger slips and it rolls down to the bottom of the bag… it’s like I’m Sisyphus… don’t attach my name to this.” — Igor Luzhansky
A few minutes later… “Hey, I should put this up on my own website”– Igor Luzhansky
“I kind of want to become a secret aggent, I’m good at stalking people physically. Not physically in the sense like, touching and such… I’m not that good at feeling people up. I’m good at following them and being quiet and carefully watching, being quiet and dark, I can be dark if I wore dark cloths. I can’t tell if you are writing this because you don’t believe me or cause it’s true. Actually, can you not published that?… it’s an important skill.” — Igor Luzhansky
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Tags: Igor, Quotes
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October 23rd, 2008
Barack Obama is full of shit, the New York Times in full of shit, Jon Stewart is full of shit, and the entire Democratic Party is full of shit.
Now let me explain why…(note: this post doesn’t contain any sarcasm, if you are already offended by either the title or the previous statement, it is better for the both of us if you just closed this window and act like the past 30 seconds of your life didn’t exist)
Let me start with the New York Times, which is perhaps the biggest piece of shit among all the other aforementioned pieces of shits; which is saying a lot. And no, neither the crossword puzzle(I hate crossword puzzles) nor the fact that New York Time columnist Paul Krugman won a Nobel prize changes this fact.
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Tags: ACORN, Democrat, Election, NYTimes, Obama
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July 2nd, 2008
I couldn’t help but notice that AP scores are out as everyone is bragging about them on facebook. For those of you who aren’t with the program(such as myself) you can call (888) 308-0013 to get your grades(or just wait three more weeks for it to arrive it in the mail like a cool nonchalant person would). Have your AP number OR social security number, birthday, and a credit card number with the expiration date ready. It’s all automated, designed for those of you who are antisocial, so no worries. It will charge $8 to the credit card you provided(less than a dollar per test, great deal for me :D). The process was painless, the computer read through my score one by one and waits for you to press nine after each score so you don’t have to scramble to copy your scores down.
For all my stalkers out there, you may be wondering what I received on my test. here is my grade distribution and no more:
2 fives
2 fours
3 threes
2 twos
NO ones(:D)
With the exceptions of the fact I didn’t get ones it seems my AP score distribution fits the Collegeboard AP score distribution for individual tests perfectly, which is pretty crazy. The scores were a clusterfuck, I did much better than I expected on certain tests and completely got shat on for others. Anyways, this puts my two year AP grand total to:
8 fives
3 fours
4 threes
2 twos
which translates to nine credits at Duke, although I can’t actually transfer more than two. But it’s all good since my Yale transcript covers and goes beyond the credits that matter(and also makes up for the fact that I got a 2 in Compsci AB) It’s pretty obvious that my Junior year score distribution was much better but considering that I could have gotten 1’s on all my exams and still be in the same place I am now I’d say my senior year was an efficient allocation of my resources.
By the way JBC stands for Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers, which is a dollar(without taxes) each, for the healthy eaters out there.
Tags: AP, Collegeboard, Yale
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June 28th, 2008
Good evening everybody.
As I stood in front of our graduating class this morning, something hit me… I’ve never seen half of you before, and don’t know the names of the remaining three quarters. That leaves the only 1/8th (for those of you who failed algebra) of our class, most of whom, I know and love. My first reaction was that my worst fears have been realized… that Scientology has infiltrated our graduating class in attempt to turn all of us, even the females, in to Tom Cruise. Thankfully, Mr. Finnochi assured me this was not the case and that you all belong here.
Understandably, I was in a pickle this afternoon as I was trying to write something that would appeal to the ENTIRE class, half of which I didn’t know existed till a few hours ago. But soon it hit me, everybody has had problems at Cross these past four years, even me, the epitome of perfection, so perfect that I’m often asked that if I’m human or not. Most of these problems range from getting yelled at by Mrs. Sherban Cline for being in the hallway during class time, to getting suspended by Mrs. Sherban Cline after she found out that you don’t have a pass. Note: I only had experience with the former and the SECOND part of the latter. On a more serious note, not that my previous statement wasn’t serious, we’ve had a lot to deal with these past few years at Cross, especially this year, with college application and/or job hunting while making sure all your graduation requirements are met.You’ve no doubt also had to deal with problems at home involving angry parents, relatives, friends, and dead pets. I know your parents and teachers are proud of you for making it this far, and you should be proud of yourself, so you can give yourself a big hug at this moment if you wish….
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Tags: Graduation, Speech
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