Avery Taylor

Congratulations on getting hitched to such a beautiful lady.

175 billion dollar tax-payer bailout in 2008. 32.6 billion paid out in bonuses to bank employees in 2008. Not one of the demands on that list is more ridiculous than that.

These were posted on another forum, and I thought some people here would appreciate the scans.

The problem is not CEO salaries. The problem is how much influence these large corporations have over our government. The reason so much deregulation (in banking) has taken place since 1980 is rich assholes paying the elected officials to look after their interests and not those of the entire country. A few people making enormous amounts of money does not matter. It only matters when they are paying government officials to rewrite the Constitution so they can make those enormous amounts of money.
The George Carlin quote that Dari added at the beginning of this thread is dead on. Also some of you may have noticed that my location is Canada, but I am an American. I am married to a Canadian, and when we started weighing the pros and cons of raising a family in the US or Canada it did not take long to make a decision. I consider myself very lucky to have been given a choice. I am not saying that the Canadian government is perfect, but Canada was the right choice for my family. And even though I live in Canada I follow US politics and events much more closely than Canadian ones.
The final thing I will say is I don't think we should expect perfection from any government, but we should expect a hell of a lot more than what the US government is doing right now.

My dragon from Shige, completed in 4 session , 2 trips to Japan and 30hours tattooing.

That is a great photo. Your boss looks like a 1920's bank robber with a bunch of tattoos. I mean that as a compliment.

That is a great photo. Your boss looks like a 1920's bank robber with a bunch of tattoos. I mean that as a compliment.

The Mingins Photo Collection - Amsterdam Tattoo Museum
click on 'expand'.

That is a great photo. Your boss looks like a 1920's bank robber with a bunch of tattoos. I mean that as a compliment.

That is a great photo. Your boss looks like a 1920's bank robber with a bunch of tattoos. I mean that as a compliment.

i don't have a pic of my skull that cris cleen did but it's up on his blog. skull/butterfly morph...
this one done by a local guy is freekin rad.

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

Got this one in tokyo this summer by Ganji at Mad Monster(now closed).
First post btw, hello!

Right calf- Steve Byrne-Rock of Ages Tattoo, Austin TX

There are some really nice purple flowers along the outside border, but they're hard to get in the picture- overall, super powerful :D

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

Here is a nice Higgs tattoo I found recently. It was tattooed by him, not someone else tattooing his flash.

The problem is not CEO salaries. The problem is how much influence these large corporations have over our government. The reason so much deregulation (in banking) has taken place since 1980 is rich assholes paying the elected officials to look after their interests and not those of the entire country. A few people making enormous amounts of money does not matter. It only matters when they are paying government officials to rewrite the Constitution so they can make those enormous amounts of money.
The George Carlin quote that Dari added at the beginning of this thread is dead on. Also some of you may have noticed that my location is Canada, but I am an American. I am married to a Canadian, and when we started weighing the pros and cons of raising a family in the US or Canada it did not take long to make a decision. I consider myself very lucky to have been given a choice. I am not saying that the Canadian government is perfect, but Canada was the right choice for my family. And even though I live in Canada I follow US politics and events much more closely than Canadian ones.
The final thing I will say is I don't think we should expect perfection from any government, but we should expect a hell of a lot more than what the US government is doing right now.

I just read the 222 thread and came across a post by Gia mentioning that Scott's birthday is 11/1, which coincidentially is today. On that note...
Happy Birthday @Scott Sylvia !!! :D

Jennifer Maestre






and pencil tip sculpture done by dalton ghetti
Pencil Tip Micro Sculptures By Dalton Ghetti:: Kidrobot's Blog, The KRonikle

My friends and I were the 1% this year. We drank fancy beer (minus the PBR in my hand) and made fun of poor people all night. OPD thought we were hilarious and so did many of the protesters. Im surprised we didnt get beat up or thrown in jail.

Here's the tattoo that I got from Jondix at the SFO Convention...