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  1. Re:Can't America get its acts together ? by cold+fjord · · Score: 1 · on Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Minting of Trillion-Dollar Coin

    Try being born to rich parents... Nobody has less incentive to work than somebody who is just handed millions of dollars.

    That is called a parenting failure, not an entitlement program. Like winning the lottery, there is a significant chance that it won't go well. . . . although that might make you feel better.

    Cash windfall can lead to downfall

    Do you want to know what the biggest entitlement program in America is?

    You need to check your source - you are WAY OFF.

    More than Half of All Federal Spending Will Be on Entitlement Programs in 2012

  2. Re:It does by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 1 · on Survey Reveals a Majority Believe "the Cloud" Is Affected by Weather

    Or homeless people burn a mattress under a bridge...

  3. Re:Now I'll know... by DigiTechGuy · · Score: 1 · on New York State Releases Sex Offender Facebook App

    Some of this I gather since I have a friend who is a "sex offender" for frivolous reasons, amounting to talking to a girl online that he met at a party who lied about her age. The parents checked her computer and filed charges against him. They never actually had sex, to which both him and the girl testified. But because it was "suspicious" the State came down hard on him. Talking to my friend he has had to do counceling and psychiatric evaluations and all sorts of crazy stuff. He says at the group meetings most of the people we convicted just like him when they were young for stupid situations with a girl a couple years younger, or for doing something stupid (and harmless) while drunk, taking a leak and someone taking offense, and all sorts of nonsense.

    Rethinking registries

    I'd hate ot be this guy

    Don't take a leak

  4. Re:US abuse by linhares · · Score: 2, Insightful · on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets

    Prison is for convicted felons. Indecent exposure is a misdemeanor. Furthermore, you would have to be caught urinating in a public area, such as a park, to be cited for it. But keep up the FUD.

    Are you insane, trolling, or just misinformed? http://www.eagletribune.com/nhnews/x1876416971/Lawmakers-Public-urination-shouldnt-lead-to-sex-offender-status

    Lawmakers: Public urination shouldn't lead to sex offender status By Gordon Fraser , Staff writer KINGSTON - Starting next year, urinating in public could land you on the sex offender registry.

    http://www.bakelblog.com/nobodys_business/2007/03/florida_banishe.html

    There's lot more if you look for it. The economist had a huge report on the whole sex-offender hysteria. Feel free to change your mind.

  5. Re:High tech stage? by Ucklak · · Score: 2, Interesting · on LOTR Jumps the Shark

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from what I hear is a pretty successful translation to the stage. Being a musical helps I'm sure.

    When Spider-man first came out (2002), someone put together a stage version that was US only.
    http://www.techtite.com/Reviews/Parks/2003/Spiderm .html
    http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20021031/ LI_002.htm

  6. Re:Newspapers are dead. Long live newspapers. by Sen.NullProcPntr · · Score: 1 · on A Recipe for Newspaper Survival in the Internet Age
    My local paper http://eagletribune.com/ only gives full access to the on line edition if you subscribe to the dead tree edition.

    I assume this is because circulation ($) is based entirely on number of hard copies delivered.

    I don't mind paying full price for the electronic edition but I don't have the patience to deal with some kid that only shows up on collection day expecting to be paid for papers that were never delivered.

    Have not subscribed to a paper in over ten years. On line is the only way to go for me.

  7. 0 Balance Customer=Freeloader by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 1 · on Online Shoppers Naive About Online Prices
    Credit Card companies make most of their money off of interest charges and fees (such as annual fees for air mile cards). If you pay off your balance every month like a responsible person they consider you a "freeloader".

    "Freeloaders" Get Higher Fees

    GE Punishes "Freeloaders"

    BJs Drops Customers

  8. Re:YES by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 1 · on Stanford Predicts The Presidential Election

    You're not disillusioned a bit are you?

    Very- I voted FOR Bush in 2000.

    Um, the unions are still Democrat.

    I suspect that modern organized crime is on the other side of the paycheck. It's far more lucrative to skim off the top.

    I don't see it. I hope you're wrong.

    The sad part is that it's not limited to the Presidential race, to any one location, or to either side. The problem is nationwide, covers almost all races, and is getting uglier by the day. A few examples (so far, pre-election, it's pretty much been limited to PROPERTY damage as opposed to personal damage, but that could easily change quickly):
    http://www.sungazette.com/letters/letter_details.a sp?letterID=2888&postdate=10/14/2004
    http://bakersfield.com/elections/story/4975842p-50 38992c.html
    http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20041019/ne ws/1438518.html
    http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/june_2004/recal l5.htm
    http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20040326/ NH_004.htm
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1236613/p osts
    http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf ?/base/front_page/1096459546252200.xml

    My area is in that last section- and is particularily bad across the rural/urban divide.

  9. Mass tax donation by flicken · · Score: 1 · on Bush, Kerry, and Nader Respond to Youth Voter Questions

    why he didn't check the check box on his MASS state tax return to pay the higher rate.

    In 2004, out of 1.9 million Massachusetts tax payers, less than 1000 selected to voluntarily pay the higher tax rate. Kerry has no obligation to pay a higher tax rate than legally necessary.

  10. Re:All down to mismanagement by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 5, Informative · on States Fight Internet Tax Ban, Cite VoIP Concern
    Please explain how the federal deficit has anything to do with state budgets. (Hint: It doesn't, really)
    Oh, is that right? You're saying that when the federal government is in the red, and can't give money to state governments because it can't even cover its own operating costs, that situation has no effect on states' budgets?

    http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20030211/ NH_001.htm

    "Federal funding is nearly equal to the amount raised by general state taxes. In 2003, New Hampshire received $1,058,104,021 in federal funds, 26.83 percent of the $3,944,374,848 in total appropriations. Some agency or division budgets are more than 50 percent dependent on federal sources, but New Hampshire is not alone in its reliance on Washington, D.C. The national average is 26 percent, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities."

    http://www.lsj.com/news/local/030210_budget_1a-6a. html

    "U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, said the tax cut is the reason Michigan won't get more. "The president's fiscal year 2004 budget request contains misplaced domestic and economic priorities," Levin said. He called Bush's tax cut "a huge deficit creator" that "makes it impossible as a result to assist states like Michigan." Some state budgets are in their worst fiscal crises since World War II."

    http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/4/008402-65 14-090.html

    "For more than 25 years, the federal government has mandated special programs for students with disabilities, but it never has kept its promise to cover nearly half the cost. As a result, Indiana has been forced to pay millions of dollars each year to meet the federal requirements."

    "The federal government should pay Indiana $2,622 for each student in special education -- $420.4 million total. This year, Indiana received only about $171 million -- a contribution that falls about $250 million short of the 40 percent promise. To make up for the loss, the state spent $371 million, and districts spent countless classroom dollars."

    Before you state the obvious (one of the sources quoted is a Democrat, another article notes that the federal funding problem has been going on for 25 years) I should point out that this is not an anti-Bush post. I'm just trying to clarify that, yes, the federal budget (and deficit) does affect the state budgets.
  11. Re:Now I'm scared by rifter · · Score: 1 · on Police Arrest Teen for "Obscene" Web Site

    Actually, according to this article, The Salem Police have a habit of keeping equipment which has been used as evidence and using it for their own purposes. The rules for seizure of property, mostly enacted to fund the drug war, allow the police to immediately seize and even sell property prior to any trial. If you are found innocent, good luck trying to get your stuff. "Suspicion" of crime is enough for you to lose everything.

  12. Past history??? by Bryan+Andersen · · Score: 1 · on Police Arrest Teen for "Obscene" Web Site
    Salem NH Police Department and Previously seized computers. Google is your friend:).

    "In fact, 98 percent of the computers the department uses are seized property, the chief said. He plans to give one of the cameras seized from the van to his accident reconstruction officer."

  13. Re:Now I'm scared by apg · · Score: 3 · on Police Arrest Teen for "Obscene" Web Site

    Of course, police love to do things like this to people they know won't be convicted because the police know that his equipment will be seized. He will likely never see any of his 7 computers or "hacking books" ever again no matter what happens because it will be filed as evidence.

    The Salem PD apparently has something of a known history of questionable search and seizure while squeaking out of the consequences, too. See this excerpt from an Eagle-Tribune article back in October:

    Charging that Salem police officers engaged in actions that "should shock any citizen of the United States," a federal magistrate has recommended that police be barred from seizing items from a local pawn shop unless they secure a search warrant.

    However, the judge denied a request by Rockingham Trading Post and its owners, Michael Kalil and Victor Giaimo, to prevent the town from prosecuting them in state court.