We mentioned earlier that for some reason, the Don’t You Care About Golden Retrievers With Leukemia Act had this on page 300:
Out of four parts shock and 2 parts laziness, we stopped reading then and there but revisited it just now and were delighted to see the absurdity goes on:
EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN WOODEN ARROW SHAFTS.–Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any shaft consisting of all natural wood with no laminations or artificial means of enhancing the spine of such shaft (whether sold separately or incorporated as a part of a finished or unfinished product) of a type used in the manufacture of any arrow which after its assembly (i) measures 5/16 of an inch or less in diameter and (ii) is not suitable for use with a bow described in paragraph (1)(A). The amendments made by this section shall apply to shafts first sold after the date of enactment of this Act.
We’ve got C-span on in anticipation of tonight’s vote (9:30!) and would at this time would like to put the under/over at 7 (taking the over) members of the Senate losing it over 5/16 of an inch not being an acceptable shaft diameter, and demanding his/her colleagues to block this bill.
stop deleting my first posts.
for the record i had 3 first posts today
I can not understand why they don’t exempt the laminated ones from the excise tax too.
Total bullshit.
I’m behind that rider.
Sincerely,
Irwin Mainway
CEO
Bag-O-Glass Toys, Inc.
Can I be the fif post?
GWB on the tube. Every time he talks the market tanks.
Anything in the bill about “day traders?” Check for us Bess and let us know.
Make sure you don’t step in the bullshit.
This whole think really FUCKING SUCKS.
7/16ths is really the industry standard. That’s not going to make much of a difference.
BL,
what kind of shaft do you prefer?
Wait, the arrow industry (undoubtably manufactured in part overseas) hasn’t switched over to metric?
Stag went metric but Rose City archery is keeping it traditional.
http://www.staginternational.net/archery1.html
Oy vey! Pork during Rosh Hashana! What will the goyim think of next.
Someone should make a T-shirt with Bush, Bernanke and Paulson with caption
TROUBLED ASSES RELIEF PROGRAM
Bess who are you kidding?
You love 5/16 inch shafts…
Bush, Bernanke and Paulson:
Troubled Asses Relief Program
@13- she didn’t express an opinion either way.
@11
Best comment I’ve seen today, cheers (but keep it kosher obvi)
@1
I’ll shit on your first post and then stab you with a flaming wooden arrow. How’s that?
that section is actually part of the AMT relief bill, not the bailout bill. check page 264.
Jeff Gannon is pushing the 7/8ths shaft hard.
Bush is said to be “glad to have him behind me on this one”
Where can I find the full text of the bill?
I’m thinking of ‘enhancing the spine of (my) shaft’.
full version of the bill from 11AM. not sure if has been changed since then:
http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/latestversionAYO08C32_xml.pdf
Looks like you can thank the good senators from Oregon for that one. They’ve tried to pass this before:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-3055
This is awesome! You can go on a bender and your job must pay for mental health treatment and counseling (think rehab in Maui) for your coke and booze habit, maybe hookers too if you make the argument that you are depressed and are addicted to hookerville love.
From the bill:
the treatment limitations applica17
ble to such mental health or substance use
18 disorder benefits are no more restrictive
19 than the predominant treatment limita20
tions applied to substantially all medical
21 and surgical benefits covered by the plan
22 (or coverage) and there are no separate
23 treatment limitations that are applicable
24 only with respect to mental health or sub25
stance use disorder benefits.
http://senateconservatives.com/2008/10/01/using-panic-to-pass-pork/
“Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502)
Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503)
6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident, Alaska (Sec. 504)
Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308)
American Samoa (Sec. 309)
Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310)
Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311)
Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312)
Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315)
Railroads (Sec. 316)
Auto Racing Tracks (317)
District of Columbia (Sec. 322)
Wool Research (Sec. 325) ”
Wool research and market bailout. 2 birds, one stone.
Thank you Senator Wyden of Oregon!!!
I’M SO DARN FIRSTY!!!
POSTER BEFORE ME IS SUCH A DARN FUCKUP!!!
http://www.house.gov/jct/x-75-08.pdf
page 121 explains the arrow provision
Heaven forbid those toy arrows escape untaxed…..wtf
Screw you congress. I want free size 18/19 aluminum shafts or no deal!
JA Solar (aka “Soral”, in native China) up 20 % since monday… china-creantech, GO!
From MSNBC
Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith introduced a bill in May to fix an item in the tax code under which the excise tax on inexpensive arrows for children is greater than the selling price of the arrows. Some nine manufacturers nationwide are affected.
Arrows? What the fudge… You’ll shoot your out eye kid…
FYI…excise tax IS NOT greater than cost of arrow!
12 pack of Rose Archery Arrows, Child; 5/16th; 28″; is $39 or $3.25 each (not including shipping and handleing).
I look forward to the immediate reduction, after House passage of this bill, of this 12 pack package of $4.68! (.39 cents/arrow).
rosecityarchery
Since when are arrows a commodity and what have they got to do with baling out the economy?
I thought this bill was to help the main streeters like me. I have never bought wooden arrows in my life.
So what about health insurance from injuries sustained whilst playing with the now tax exempt arrows?
Jenn NY
“Someone should make a T-shirt with Bush, Bernanke and Paulson with caption
TROUBLED ASSES RELIEF PROGRAM”
You really don’t get it… The fact is the bill on sunday was only 114 or something long. I read it… but now the bill is littered with these pork barrel spending crap!… increased to 400 pages!!! do you really think the Bush administration did this? … right; blame it on the guy that is leaving, it just feels better… We should have the t-shirt say “pork barrel bailout!” quote from Glen Beck
XezWjd A big thank you for your blog post. Fantastic.