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Nippon5
Stop being hypocritical-----lmao the pot call the kettle black?
well if you would quit trying to change what your trying to prove so often I wouldnt have to repeat the facts so much now would I..
Get over your political self and stop once and awhile and try not to belittle every person who isnt on yourside (which hell you cant even be on a side since you are not even an American last time I checked the Republican party and the Democrate party are only American political parties, so that makes you just a wanna be democrate and a wanna be American.....)
Once again your ability to not understand that in other states or other locations he doesnt need the license so his title as a plumber has nothing to do with his license.. His title as license Ohio plumber would be if he was licensed in Ohio...
Your logic is what ever swings to your way... A teacher is a teacher no matter where they teach.. just like all you who teach english in Japan your not a real licensed teacher your just a teacher..
Im glad you feel a plumber should be held to the standards of a lawyer or a doctor, and not the same level as a network engineer,teacher,bricklayer,concrete worker, farmer, or any other trade skill, but your wrong about it, a plumber is a trade skill and if he does it for aliving (which means he must be good at it to live off it) he is a plumber no matter how many times you spin it..
what another sound bite from the new American canadian democrate left party??
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Nippon5
smithinJapan you make statement that he is illegal and breaking the law working how he does, guess what all your typing and all your sound bite spinning doesnt change it that your wrong... He also never called himself Joe the Plumber, but being licensed doesnt make you the plumer your ability does... As you used in your response about teacher... In public shcool they have to be licensed, but they dont have to be in a Private school, and they still are teachers.. Just as Joe is a plumber hes just not a licensed plumber in Ohio....
A tradesman is still the same job... So an apprentice would be more likely for a name.. my point which like usual you decided to change was simple.. He isnt illegal and he isnt doing anything wrong working how he is working..
Any more sound bites for today?? ]
Sezwho2
Obamas web site and his neat how much can I save you tool.... single head of household, 1 child, child care expense and retirement savings...
Obama claims with his own tool mccain will save him $472
Doh that sucks ey tell me Obama is wrong:)
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Nippon5
repost again to chow Ohio law on who has to be licensed and who is a tradesman....
this is what words mean
(D) “Tradesperson” means an individual employed by a contractor who engages in construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance of buildings or structures without assuming responsibility for the means, method, or manner of that construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance.
this refers to getting a license
3) Either have been a tradesperson in the type of licensed trade for which the application is filed for not less than five years immediately prior to the date the application is filed, be a currently registered engineer in this state with three years of business experience in the construction industry in the trade for which the engineer is applying to take an examination, or have other experience acceptable to the appropriate section of the board;
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Nippon5
So, are you saying that just because Joe is working against the law by not having a license
Hes a tradsman under a licensed Plumber business and can not even get a license until he completes five years as a tradesman.. So he is not illegal at all...
Again nice sound bite.. But the fact is simple Joe isnt breaking any laws working how he works. The company that he works for is licensed to work in Ohio, and Toledo city, they just dont have a license for the county they live in.. As a tradsman he is allowed to work in that company with out a license...
Wow you would think before you post again again a lie you would check it out.. Ohh but then it wouldnt be political would it?
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Nippon5
Sewho2 said
will currently receive a tax break from Obama but not from McCain
Not actually true Sezwho2 McCains tax plan has cuts all the way down too.. The amount is differnet but he would get a tax break from both of them...
Smithinjapan said again:
Joe may like the make-believe maverick at the moment, but when he loses his job soon because he has no license, I think he'll be lessed than pleased for all the limelight McCain has given him
We allready proved he doesnt needa license to work as a plumber under a licenced one according to Ohio law right? But it does make a nice sound bite..
From fact check Obama incorrectly claimed all of McCain’s ads had been “negative.” That was true for one recent week, but not over the entire campaign. And at times Obama has run a higher percentage of attack ads than McCain.
Obama strained to portray himself as willing to break ranks with fellow Democrats. His prime example was his vote for a bill that was supported by 18 Democrats and opposed by 26. Congressional Quarterly rates him as voting with his party 97 percent of the time since becoming a U.S. senator
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factcheckingdebateno_3.html
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Nippon5
Hes also confused on what century we are on... 2008 is the 21st century
Carter was a president in the 20th century and that was what the poster was saying...
Who ever wins this election will be a president in the 21st century.....
What century are you in?
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Nippon5
yea just not that great of a photo, I would of went to the right a tad and farther back ...... much better picture op..
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Molenir
I have to go by the budgets and tax plans they have submitted, I can not go by what is said by supporters of either side and based by the plans submitted the both try to lower overall taxes and they both plan to spend more then now.... Obama has stated he will remove the troops from Iraq, but he will also shift them to the Afghanistan so both will keep troops overseas.
Sorry Im not stating it to please on political party or the other, Im just stating facts that have been submitted by the actual candidates..
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Nippon5
Does it really matter who wins other then the core left/right beliefs?
Both will decrease taxes, both will increase spending, both will increase the national debt, neither will solve the true problems causing the financial woes because they get paid and supported by those who run the companies that cause the woes, neither is going to get American troops back to the states, neither is going to increase our pay and make it easier for us to live, and etc etc...
So other then the core values of the political parties what do we as the voter gain??
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Nippon5
The only thing Obama's guilty of is not promising the impossible.
What???/ Obamas budget increases the national debt by 3.5trillion from its present position, how does that add up? this number includes his increased spending and his tax cuts...
Posted in: 'Joe the Plumber' says he has no plumbing license
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Nippon5
Hrmm Frontandcentre said:
What a dumb question to ask, given that he is not authorised to practice as a plumber anyway. Making $250K p.a. is unlikely to be a problem now...
If this above parts of the license law in Ohio is correct I read it as he didnt need to be licensed since his boss was, he is only a tradesman...
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Nippon5
this is what words mean
(D) “Tradesperson” means an individual employed by a contractor who engages in construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance of buildings or structures without assuming responsibility for the means, method, or manner of that construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance.
this refers to getting a license
3) Either have been a tradesperson in the type of licensed trade for which the application is filed for not less than five years immediately prior to the date the application is filed, be a currently registered engineer in this state with three years of business experience in the construction industry in the trade for which the engineer is applying to take an examination, or have other experience acceptable to the appropriate section of the board;
You might be on to something Coul.. if he has to do 5 years as a tradesman before he can apply for a plumbing licence then as long as he works for someone who is licenced he doesnt need one?
Hrmm
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Nippon5
gosh Good Donky
we already know that hence why we posted they removed the information from the article...
**The original print of this article stated that Ohio doesnt require plumbers to be Licensed **
but thank you anyways..
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Nippon5
Frontandcentre
2 seconds online and I found the story everywhere
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081016/oduknm/oukoeukbookmakerobamaodd
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Wow cirroc
That was very well written and I agree with it...
The loopholes are much easier for a company making millions to use then a family business making 400k but they are there....
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Nippon5
coulrophobic at 01:12 PM JST - 17th October
Actually SmithinJapan is right in you have to be licensed to be a full time PUBLIC school teacher in the US, You do not need to be licensed to be an aid, helper, or in private schools in the US unless the individual state requires it....
The original print of this article stated that Ohio doesnt require plumbers to be Licensed and also stated that his boss wasnt licensed either.... They have changed the article (AP) to say Joe isnt licensed and his boss isnt in the county they live in, but they dont mention the fact his boss is licensed in Toledo...
And comparing teaching to plumbing is like comparing getting shot in the foot and getting shot in the leg... One is way more important then the other, and in allot of states and areas in states you dont need to be licensed to do plumbing.......
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Nippon5
He's not a plumber if he's not licensed, bottom line. He's a plumber wannabe; much like many of the uneducated McCain supporters ("Obama is an Arab!"), he lives in some fairy-tale land where the rules don't seem to apply to him, and seem to think McCain can somehow keep it that way.
Smith my point was simple but I guess not simple enough...
When you deface a person to gain an advantage in a political arena you are no different then the guy yelling Obama is a terrorist...
The man didnt ask to be a part of the campaign he just asked a question allot of us want to know the answer to..
Just because he isnt licensed doesnt mean he isnt a plumber it just means hes not a licensed one in the area he lives... Or do you think a license makes a person what they know or does his ability make him what his is. In some states and areas of states they do not require the Plumbe rot have a license..... So is he a plumber there or not??
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Nippon5
Smithinjapan.. considering that Obama is using his Im going to tax the rich statement and that statement includes anyone who makes over 250000 then Joe seems to have asked a very good question, all the other BS is just that BS.. Dont degrade a man because he doesnt like a candidate, dont belittle him because he doesnt like Obamas Policy...
Your attacks on Joe are no differnet then a guy yelling Obama is terrorist...
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Nippon5
"The next president won’t have time to get used to the office. He won’t have the luxury of studying up on the issues before he acts.”
You should do sound bites... only include the part you want and forget the other parts.
Actually he said this (whats above) and not what Taikan twisted it to say. Which is easy to understand, if you dont have the knowledge and experience going in your not going to be able to act quickly in any form and the problems will over ride you..
I dont believe that will be a problem for either as they have other people who make decisions for them and they dont actually do any of it from their knowledge...
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Nippon5
yabits...
you defend the undefendable and thats cute, but trust me if you think you cant balance a budget you cant do anything for anyone...
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