Come now my friends, as a retired culinary professional I would say that although Robert Irvine might be a quite entertaining media chef he is in no way capable of competing on the level of chefs like Chiarello, Samuelsson who I would venture to say are the two most competent and skilled chefs in the competition.

Greetings my old friends, of course he has zero chance of influencing actual policy but of course crazy talk has always been the watchword here.

Greetings my old friends,
The real deception that you have bought into is the concept that this administration is anything other than an arm of the ruling oligarchy. The corporatist policies of the Obama Administration have managed to increase corporate profits at record levels and
wealth has been redistributed upwards to the top 10%
of Americans at an unprecedented rate. This administration has done more to consolidate wealth and power in the nation than any since Reagan was president.
This administration has also had the most financial backing from Wall Street of any president in our history....As they have historically the two-party oligarchy uses the Democrat vs.Republican, liberal vs. conservative charade to loot the country... In an
America where Financial gains over the last decade in the United States have been mostly made at the top of the economic food chain as more people fall out of the middle class. The top 20 percent of Americans now holds 84 percent of U.S. wealth, the 2nd 20 % holds 11%, the third 20 % 4 %, the 4th 20% 0.2% and the Bottom 20% 0.1%. In an America in the last thirty years where the rich have gotten richer and the middle and working class have gone into debt to merely hang on. In an America where income growth for the middle and working class has remained stagnant in good times as well as bad. In an America in the midst of an seemingly endless economic crisis, a debt crisis. In all this is a lesson to be learned, broadly distributing the fruits of economic growth is the only way to sustain that growth. My friends, it is not about giving people money it is about paying them more in wages and benefits for
their labor. Concentrating wealth in the hands of 10% of the nation does not allow enough consumption to sustain a vibrant and growing economy. When no one can
afford to buy, no one has customers. The result is what we are now experiencing.

"The most sweeping tax cuts in a generation are due to expire in January, and that's setting up a showdown when lawmakers return from their summer vacations this month. By waiting to act on the tax cuts until just before congressional elections in November, Democratic leaders have raised the stakes, politically and for taxpayers.

If Congress fails to act - a possibility given the gridlock that has gripped the Senate - workers at every income level would face significant tax increases next year.

Taxpayers making between $40,000 and $50,000 a year would get hit with an average income tax increase of $923 next year. Those making between $50,000 and $75,000 would face an average increase of $1,126, according to estimates by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100902/ap_on_re_us/u...

it seems that you have some personal vendetta against law enforcement officers and are very quick to condemn their actions before they are found guilty of any crime. to refer to law enforcement officers as "sadistic cops" and "jack booted thugs" with the limited information you have from one news report is both irresponsible and unjustified.

as for the expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts i found some information on this piece of the puzzle. this would only occur if congress doe nothing and lets the tax cuts expire. under the current proposal the bush tax cuts would be extended for everyone making under $200,000 a year so many of the cited changes would not happen although some would. this according to factcheck.org. so it remain to be seen what congress will do. http://www.factcheck.org/2010/08/thompson-wrong-o...

this poll is from january 19,2010 more than eight months ago look at the date on the page. voting in this unscientific poll is just a waste of time that could be used doing something actually productive.

or a total reform of the way political campaigns are funded and run.

thank you for the information i am reading about him now, very interesting, appreciate the information.

and that's just the premium add on the out of pocket expense limit of $5,950 and your talking about possibly $15,526 a year in florida and $9574 in maryland. if you earn $50,000 a year this amouts to about 32% of your income in florida and 20% in maryland. i would suggest this is why so few are signing up for these plans.
"New Plans For Uninsured Off To Slow Start " http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2010/Augu...