Cable News Ratings for Thursday, April 19, 2012

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1. Coffee Steve

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:04 PM

   @Joan

   I kinda think of myself looking like Kermit the Frog

2. Joan

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:04 PM

   That’s great what did your daughter do. How did she control herself?

3. Coffee Steve

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:06 PM

   @Joan

   It’s happened before, my daughter has seen it a couple of times, so she was used to it, But I never did get used to it, I think I’ll shave my beard and mustache soon LOL

4. Joan

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:06 PM

   Well coffee the Frog turned out to be a Prince

5. Coffee Steve

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM

   @Joan
   Well coffee the Frog turned out to be a Prince

   Nah..trust me Kermit is better looking

6. Joan

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:07 PM

   lol

7. Gabriel

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:08 PM

   Dana
   Posted April 20, 2012 at 4:01 PM
   Gabriel:: my definition of double taxation is getting a pay check, paying the 30 per cent ordinary tax rate, managing to save a few bucks and investing in general electric stock, getting a dividend and being hit with another tax at the same rate as the first time even if the value of the stock went down…why would anyone invest their money under such a scenario…Obama calls this fair, I call it stupid and bad economics..

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   Let me remind you about your original statement because it appears you have a bit of the Romnies:

   Dana
   Posted April 20, 2012 at 9:39 AM
   To put fairness and the buffet rule in perspective….double taxing capital gains on millionaires would bring in 47 billion over ten

   Two problems. First, you’re referring to dividends now, before you were referring to capital gains. Secondly, this statement of yours makes no sense:

   getting a dividend and being hit with another tax at the same rate as the first time even if the value of the stock went down

   Everybody is taxed on new money according to his or her income bracket. Your insistence that dividends shouldn’t be taxed because the money used to earn them was already taxed is the biggest load of dump I’ve seen in a while. If that argument was valid, then why does the fed tax every paycheck of mine considering that I’m using my previously post-tax income to pay for gas to get to work, as well as sustain myself until the next paycheck? In other words, I shouldn’t be getting taxed on my next paycheck at the exact same rate at which I was on my last one, because I used part of my last paycheck to earn the next one. Get it? There is one legitimate argument against increasing the tax rate on dividends, and it has to do with the idea that dividends are already taxed at the corporate level as profits. Taxing them after the corporation has cut out their shareholders’ checks from those profits is in fact a form of double taxation. Capital gains though are not double taxed and every new dollar should be taxed at the rate of your bracket regardless of how you earned it. This notion of elevating one specific way of earning a living over another way is garbage. The only reason it exists is because the folks who earn a living through investments have traditionally ALWAYS had a disproportionate amount of access to Congress and top level lobbyists, while there aren’t really lobbyists for income earners as a group. Period. Maybe you’ll address how capital gains are being double taxed in your next response, instead of trying to deceive me by slipping in dividends as a settlement topic.

8. Joan

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:08 PM

   Personally I think Kermit is cute especially when he sings

9. Coffee Steve

   Posted April 20, 2012 at 5:09 PM

   Have a good night all, it’s family movie time

   Peace

10. Rick

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 2:01 AM

    Outfront with Erin Burnett?

    With those ratings, how about showing her the front door?

    Looks like she’s polling the CNN numbers down not up. The shows numbers where up last week and she was on vacation. Hey the CNN show listing says “She is smart, entertaining and outfront …”.

    I think that CNN needs to focus more on content than Babe watch.

11. Coffee Steve

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 4:48 AM

    Good Morning Everyone

    Romney on Keystone: ‘I will build that pipeline if I have to myself’
    Mitt Romney drew a line in the oil sands on Friday, focusing on the controversial Keystone pipeline project opposed by the White House and saying, “I will build that pipeline if I have to myself.”

12. lbsles

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 4:50 AM

    Morning Coffeee Steve

    How’s it going with you?

    No fishing this weekend?

13. Coffee Steve

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 5:01 AM

    Morning lbsles

    No fishing, we’ll be heading to the riverfront for Thunder Over Louisville later on, it’s alittle cold today, but the show is worth it.

14. lbsles

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 5:15 AM

    @ Coffeee Steve

    Forgot about the great show to be put on in Louisville.

    Something my daughters Dentist told us about yesterday. HC daughter had her teeth cleaned and two wisdom teeth removed. Bled for three hours.

    If you have not heard about this, it just might help with your diabetes.

    Xylitol is a naturally occurring alcohol found in most plant material, including many fruits and vegetables. It is extracted from birch wood to make medicine.

    Xylitol is widely used as a sugar substitute and in “sugar-free” chewing gums, mints, and other candies. However, sorbitol is the most commonly used sweetener in sugarless gums because it is less expensive than xylitol and easier to make into commercial products.

    As a medicine, xylitol is used to prevent middle ear infections (otitis media) in young children, and as a sugar substitute for people with diabetes.

    Xylitol is added to some chewing gums and other oral care products to prevent tooth decay and dry mouth.

    Xylitol is sometimes included in tube feeding formulas as a source of energy.

    Dog owners should know that xylitol can be toxic to dogs, even when the relatively small amounts from candies are eaten. If your dog eats a product that contains xylitol, it is important to take the dog to a veterinarian immediately.

    How does it work?
    Xylitol tastes sweet but, unlike sugar, it is not converted in the mouth to acids that cause tooth decay. It reduces levels of decay-causing bacteria in saliva and also acts against some bacteria that cause ear infections.

15. RealityChick

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 5:17 AM

    Gabriel:

    Are you high? Ok..Let’s just play along for a minute. The big boys with deep pockets decide to invest in a company like GE or the big “3″. They make a killing. They invest more. They start other businesses. They buy things.Their employees buy things. It’s like an assembly line. Now the irresponsible government wants to tax the investment, so they say, forget it. It’s not worth it. They pull out. Now pay attention..here is where you liberals don’t get the other half of robbing Peter to give to Paul. The money man finds some where else to put his money..typically overseas, Bejing, Tokyo, New Delhi. The companies that depended on these investments can’t borrow money to expand. Their capital flow is now supporting some one else’s economy. A competitor comes in from China or India that is now using money from the guy that was being taxed to death in the US and sells the same thing for 1/2 and the US company goes out of business. Understand now? No will invest if they know they will lose on their investments. In simpler terms. You have a dollar. You pool it together with friends to back up an idea and make another dollar. Now, out of that dollar you originally had you paid your tax, the one you made you paid another tax. SO, instead of now having $2 you have about $1.30. Then you watch TV and see guy in a hot tub spending the money you just paid. OR an illegal just have another hospital bill paid for with your money. OR a private screening of a movie in the WH. Would make you not want to invest YOUR money.

16. Coffee Steve

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 5:18 AM

    @lbsles

    Thank you for that information, I will check into it, as for my dog, she only eats dog food, my wife isn’t big on feeding doggies table scraps

17. Coffee Steve

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 5:28 AM

    I like this one

    Have a great day everyone, we are OUTTA here for today

    Peace

    “Technology was made for man, not man for technology.”

    —Thomas Merton

18. AppleStinx

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 8:12 AM

    I was watching Gloria Steinem on CNN and closed my eyes. I could feel myself transported to an airport lounge waiting for an early morning flight. I’m able to rest and not be overly annoyed by the blah-blah-blah from the monitor. I can even fall asleep… This is one of CNN’s dilemmas: if its programming is made any less monotonic, it may be better for Nielsen ratings but it won’t be suitable for airport viewing. Yeah, make it as boring as possible.

19. Gabriel

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    RealityChick
    Posted April 21, 2012 at 5:17 AM
    Gabriel:

    Are you high? Ok..Let’s just play along for a minute. The big boys with deep pockets decide to invest in a company like GE or the big “3?. They make a killing. They invest more. They start other businesses. They buy things.Their employees buy things. It’s like an assembly line. Now the irresponsible government wants to tax the investment, so they say, forget it. It’s not worth it. They pull out. Now pay attention..here is where you liberals don’t get the other half of robbing Peter to give to Paul. The money man finds some where else to put his money..typically overseas, Bejing, Tokyo, New Delhi. The companies that depended on these investments can’t borrow money to expand. Their capital flow is now supporting some one else’s economy. A competitor comes in from China or India that is now using money from the guy that was being taxed to death in the US and sells the same thing for 1/2 and the US company goes out of business. Understand now? No will invest if they know they will lose on their investments. In simpler terms. You have a dollar. You pool it together with friends to back up an idea and make another dollar. Now, out of that dollar you originally had you paid your tax, the one you made you paid another tax. SO, instead of now having $2 you have about $1.30. Then you watch TV and see guy in a hot tub spending the money you just paid. OR an illegal just have another hospital bill paid for with your money. OR a private screening of a movie in the WH. Would make you not want to invest YOUR money.

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    Trying to confuse me with babble? Hahaha. I hereby respectfully refuse to communicate with you on the topic of capital gains and dividends. I’d much rather talk to you about the Kardashians or Jersey Shore, even though I watch neither.

20. AppleStinx

    Posted April 21, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    The many uses for CNN. This I heard from an acquaintance who I have not seen in a couple of years and who is a real sleazeball: if you’re making out in a motel say, like one of those along Van Ness in San Francisco where street noise is reasonably low, move the bed away from the wall and turn the TV on to CNN with medium-high volume. Nobody has ever complained when his CNN is a little too loud. He never stays in the city 2 days in a row, anyway.