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Re:Stupidity in action by anicca · 2006-06-15 11:45 · Score: 1 · on U.S. Joins Hollywood in War on Piracy

The Harper played while the Fox was in the Bush. You don't want to war on your new source of cheap workers...

Bush Administration Quietly Plans NAFTA Super Highway

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print =yes&id=15497

Re:USA: the land of the free? by HTH+NE1 · 2006-03-16 14:28 · Score: 1 · on FCC Levies Record Indecency Fine

It's the squeeky wheel syndrome

Or the "Heckler's Veto".

Re:Don't be selfish... by FooAtWFU · 2006-02-12 17:49 · Score: 1 · on Internet Suicide Pacts Surge in Japan

Actually, according to one of those darned controversial Danish cartoons, they're fresh out!

Re:joke time by FooAtWFU · 2006-02-09 04:29 · Score: 2, Informative · on Danish, Western Websites Under Attack

Joke time? Well, the one about Stop, stop, we have run out of virgins! was pretty danged funny, if you ask me...

It is expected by kocsonya · 2006-01-28 14:34 · Score: 1 · on Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

Considering that according to a panel of "15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders" assembled by Human Events the Club of Rome's Limits of Growth is the 29th most harmful book ever written (Darwin's Origin of Species is 19th and Keynes' General Theory of Emplyment, Interest and Money just made to the top-10 list) and the increasingly obvious oppressive behaviour of the current administration it is not very surprising.

Universities are the best place to look! by mc6809e · 2005-10-22 10:30 · Score: 3, Informative · on FCC Demands Universities Comply With Wiretap Law

University Professor Endorses Jihad

Jihad at San Francisco State

CU prof's essay sparks dispute - Prof Ward Churchill says 9/11 victims were not innocent people

USF Professor Sami Al-Arian calls for "Death of Israel" and "Damn America"

University of New Mexico Professor Richard Berthold addressed the terrorist attacks in his morning class on Western Civilization, remarking, "Anyone who can bomb the Pentagon has my vote

US Universities have been especially anti-American since the '60s.
Of course, they don't mind that the government helps to pay their salaries.

...and: Cue demonization of librarians by ianscot · 2005-06-16 01:51 · Score: 3, Insightful · on House Limits Patriot Act Rules on Library Records

You're right, the whole brouhaha over librarians destroying records rather than having them potentially be open to searches under this act has highlighted them as among the most whole-hearted, sincere believers in individual intellectual freedoms... Which makes them natural targets for the right wing echo chamber machine.

And so we get: September 16, 2003: John Ashcroft accused librarians of fueling "baseless hysteria," and of having been "duped" by liberals. "Ashcroft mocked and condemned the ALA and other Justice Department critics for believing that the FBI wants to know 'how far you have gotten on the latest Tom Clancy novel.'"

Gee, how does The National Review feel about this? It advocates explicitly adding libraries to the list of organizations subject to the law, justifying that by listing the libraries the 9/11 hijackers used in Germany... I'm having trouble making out the argument there. It's pretty breathless: "Atta used computers at the public library and worked out at a Delray Beach health club." Health clubs are scaaaary! It too belittles librarians' concerns, of course:

"'I am dismayed by librarians' uninformed opposition to the Patriot Act,' says Maria Vagianos... 'Librarians commit a disservice to society and to their profession when they succumb to the ignorance that they are charged to dispel.'"
"These dangerously naïve or clandestinely seditious librarians are beyond foolish. They potentially jeopardize the lives of American citizens."

Google this one up and you'll come across a motherload of library organizations who are very seriously tackling the issues of intellectual freedom involved in this law. Dismissing those librarians as hysterical dupes of terrorists is not exactly calling them pinko commie fellow travelers... but we're already on our way. When does someone use the senior Bush's "card carrying" epithet?

Do another Google and you'll be able to easily find stuff like "The Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries." Book number 4 on the list: The Kinsey Report, because it tried to "normalize deviant behaviors." Yep, those Patriot Act supporters are true believers in intellectual freedoms... They'd never abuse surveillance powers, no ma'am.

Not so fast by Kenrod · 2005-02-27 12:13 · Score: 2, Insightful · on Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill

The purpose of this bill is not to improve the voting process - the same ideas have been proposed before. The purpose of this bill is to help Democrats get to the polls on election day. Here's how:

Forces states to allow ex-felons to vote. In states where felons are allowed to vote, votes can favor Democrats 10:1. Yes, this means states will be forced to allow murderers, rapists, and molesters who have completed parole the opportunity to help select who represents your community. Shouldn't states be allowed to decide this for themselves? And why is it Democrats are so worried about voting rights for ex-cons, anyway? Are Democrats the party of felons ?
Make Voting Day a federal holiday. This means all the people who work for the federal, state, and local governments will have higher turnout, as they will have the day off. Guess which way these people vote? People who don't work for the govt won't have the day off.
The bill states "failure to provide information concerning citizenship or age" or "a social security number or driver's license number" is not considered a "material omission" that would bar people from voting. All you have to do is sign an affadavit at the poll, on election day. This will allow anyone - anyone at all - to vote. The only chance of having the vote disallowed is in the event of a recount, when the paperwork is checked.

More here.

Finding the text of this bill has been difficult. The PDF at the PFAW website is gone (why???). Here is Google's HTML cache.

Also, I am absolutely convinced there is some form of incestuous relationship between DailyKos and Slashdot. Way too many stories crediting Kos's blog are making it to the Slashdot front page.

Re:Easing taxes by N3WBI3 · 2004-11-21 04:25 · Score: 1 · on U.S. Congress Poised To Vote On Internet Tax Ban

Do you want a cookie or a medal or something?

No I was hoping you realize that maybe, just maybe you should get off your duff and help people rather than hope mama government does it. People like you are too lazy to give of yourself so you demand others do it for you.

Go to the mall yourself and ask one of those 6 or 7 employees what kind of medical plan they have. Enough said.

On your advice I did just that, while at the mall shopping with my wife I ask at several places about the benefits they gave employees, you migh be suprised to find out many offer health insurance.

The fact that you meant a chain doesn't change the fact that those employees DO NOT recieve benefits, and realistically could not raise a family on that income alone.

Now I call BS, at minimum wage in most states two people working 40 hrs a week will make nearly 30K a year. My parents raised seven kids on not much more than that. It means driving beaters or using the bus. It means shopping at the GoodWill not Marshall Fields. It means no steak dinners, corn beef hash and veggies. It means endless hand me dows for toys, cloths, books, and movies. It means no cable and you get your 'rentals' from the library.

My sister and her husband are raising four kids on a little more than 30 and doing a bang up job. With proper spending you can even buy a home. There is a great article called Poverty American Style, it worth the read but I will give you some highlights.

Forty-six per cent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one and a half baths, a garage and porch or patio.

The average poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. (Note: These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries not to those classified as poor.)

Nearly three-quarters of poor households own a car; 30% own two or more cars.

Ninety-seven percent of poor households have a color television. Over half own two or more color televisions. Seventy-eight percent have a VCR or DVD player. Sixty-two percent have cable or satellite TV reception.

So I dont ever buy the poor cant crap, I have lived it, I see some in my family live it. And the census itself shows that 'poverty' in america is not quite the dictionary definition. I went to school on loans too, and scholarships. This doesn't change that the rich should not be given more tax-breaks in the current climate we are in today, economic and otherwise.

But its does mean you should stop crying that the poor can not afford to go to school, because they can!

This was the reason for my first post, if you have since learned to read. And no, not everyone can afford appropriate education.

Why? You did it and I did it on part time jobs, and loans. My parents were near retirement by the time I was in school so I ask for nothing from them, they gave up enough for me.

do you see what I mean when I say you have an ignorant point of view yet?!?

No I see a man who calls those who disagree with him retarded and ignorent. I see a man who did not answer my point about giveing from ones self and not getting the government to mug those you think shoudl give.

Re:The Libertarians need to get more serious by Money+for+Nothin' · 2004-11-04 09:18 · Score: 1 · on How has the USA PATRIOT Act Affected You?

Has he cut any govt programs?

Cut govn't programs outright? Not yet. But if you read the article I linked to about Arnie shrinking funding for various programs, for which the Socialists are screaming bloody-murder, you'd see that he's working on it.

Just because he didn't eliminate education, healthcare, etc. overnight in a state dominated by liberals and other such economic girlie-men doesn't mean he isn't trying.

You have to realize that politics is a game of compromise. Arnie is taking pretty much the most economically-conservative route that his constituency will tolerate; any more than what he is doing and he'll be voted out. He's handling the situation very well IMO -- he's getting CA residents "warmed up" to the idea of freer, more-open markets and shrunken govn't again.

But doing so will take time -- unlike what the Libertarian Party tells you, this is not something which can be done overnight.

Has he borrowed heavily?

Not to my knowledge. But he did put up a $15b bond to help pay for CA's budget woes. And Moody's recently upgraded CA's bond rating, BTW, meaning CA is going to be a more-attractive place for bond buyers to invest. This is a Good Thing for CA's economy.

Note that this bond issuance is not a tax increase...

Has he proprosed increases in govt spending?

The $3b for stem-cell research is the only one I know of, though admittedly, that *is* pretty big.

It's an unfortunate mistake on Arnie's part to fund it w/ taxes, rather than another bond issue, or better yet, simply making it legal to perform and leave the market to do the research.

There's a reasonable argument that may be made that companies won't do "fundamental" R&D unless there's a clearly-obtainable profit-making goal at the end of it; i.e., business isn't going to study things like particle physics, b/c there's no market for it currently, and none which are apparent either. But most people would agree that such research *needs* to be done, b/c decades or centuries down the road, such discoveries lead to inventions we cannot conceive of yet - and *then* the profits can be made... It's not like the automobile or airplane, for which the promise of faster transportation was a no-brainer in terms of profit (who wouldn't want to be able to travel more-quickly and reliably?).

But on stem-cell research, however, I think the benefits are visible to businesspeople (new drugs, new medical procedures, etc.), hence, govn't funding seems unnecessary.

From your description he sounds like a corprotist not a liberterian

If Arnie's a corporatist, then at the bare minimum, he sure as hell doesn't pander to the Latino businessman "I want drivers licenses for illegal immigrants" crowd:

Who Is Governor Arnold? George Shultz's Hunch: Andrew Ferguson

Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary George Shultz, sitting in serene retirement in his office on the campus of Stanford University, likes to tell this story about Arnold Schwarzenegger.

``Buffett and I'' -- that would be billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who with Shultz heads the soon-to-be-governor's team of informal economic advisers -- ``were doing a conference call with Arnold back in September. A number of businessmen had joined us. And one of them, a Latino restaurant owner, starts to push this driver's license thing.''

That would be the new California law, signed by a desperate Governor Gray Davis shortly before last Tuesday's recall election, allowing illegal immigrants to obtain drivers licenses.

``This fellow says, `Arnold, all my employees are for it. All my customers are for it. You sup

Re:Hard Work by Keebler71 · 2004-10-13 07:57 · Score: 0, Troll · on Bush, Kerry, and Nader Respond to Youth Voter Questions

I don't know why I bother replying to this, since your anti-Kerry post will be moderated into oblivion but here is speculation as to why he won't sign the form 180. Granted, it is from a conservative publication, but there seem to be lots of good names and dates that someone more motivated than myself can follow up on. The implication is that Kerry originally received an "other than honerable" discharge from the Navy, which was later changed to "Honorable" during the Carter administration in conjunction with his pardon of draft dodgers and war protestors. Is this going to be the GOP's "October Surprise?"

Re:Max? by Commander+Trollco · 2004-07-28 12:09 · Score: 5, Insightful · on FCC Looks Into Regulating Violence on TV

That doesn't matter, the point is to clamp down on what the plebs can see and hear. The consolidation of federal power has been going on since Hamilton, and this is just one small step for mankind's enslavement. Considered in the light of other news, anyone can see what direction we are headed in. "Slippery Slope" is not a fallacy, it is usually correct.

Re:Good by bruthasj · 2004-04-14 03:45 · Score: 1 · on American Airlines Is Third Company To Share Data

Just like you use a myriad of tools to defeat spam (RBL, Bayesian, etc.), the government needs different tools to defeat terrorists. One system will never be the silver bullet, but it can at the very least put a dent in the plans of those who wish to kill, mame, and otherwise terrorize.

Privacy is a great thing, but all things can be abused and exploited. We whine and complain about how draconian the government is about trying to catch these guys, but don't forget about the two who didn't get away. We won't be needing a future "911" commission because of it.

Re:This ruling is worth a read by rpresser · 2004-02-27 15:00 · Score: 1 · on DeCSS Trade Secret Case Comes to an End - Again

Rest assured, these members of the judiciary, whose "actions have created confusion," will be replaced at the earliest opportunity with new, better-trained judges, who will bravely ignore this and similar heinous, anti-American rulings as they assist us in better understanding this "issue that requires clarity." Be steadfast and be proud; your unwanted freedoms will be removed as soon as we can get to them.

Re:An awful lie by right-wing nuts! by extremecenter · 2004-02-25 12:34 · Score: 1 · on Corbis, DMCA, And John Kerry Photos

It's to Kerry's benefit that the media are following this story, since he has some skeletons in his closet that are very serious. If the public comes to assume that things damaging to Kerry are hoaxes, it helps his chances. It really wouldn't matter much if he had appeared on stage with Jane Fonda. Clinton protested the war too. But Kerry accused US servicemen of atrocities and war crimes, and that's documented in his Congressional
testimony. It looks like this photo was just a prank, but I'm sure Kerry would like people to believe that records of his testimony before Congress are just hoaxes too.

Urban Legend by Dictator+For+Life · 2003-03-30 03:12 · Score: 1 · on Martin Michlmayr Wins DPL

that complexity isn't exposed to the voter, which was the problem with the Florida ballot -- the calculations were simple, but the ballot was complex.

Hogwash. The "problem" with the Democrat-designed, voter-approved Florida ballot was not "complexity". As was demonstrated repeatedly in the aftermath, children as young as 8 had no trouble using a butterfly ballot. Here's at least one summary. If anyone had problems with that ballot, it was through gross incompetence, and a total unwillingness to ask for assistance.

I didn't vote for Bush, but the only problem with the Florida ballots was that Democrats could not get the vote count they lusted after.

Modern American Federalism by JCMay · 2002-08-07 04:30 · Score: 1 · on Adam Bresson Demonstrates Fair Use at DefCon

119,000 disqualified voters? And what's so unusual about that? I remember reading that there was nothing unusual about the number of spoiled ballots in 2000 as compared to previous Presidential ellections. According to this link, there were 101,452,285 ballots cast in the 2000 election. Your 119,000 is 0.1173% of that total, a small percentage.

Is it anyones' fault but their own for casting spoiled ballots? Answer: no. Ballots are published WEEKS in advance. Voter guides are myriad; pick one that matches your political beliefs if you want. Conscientious voters should have a pre-marked ballot to carry to the poll with them. Standing in the booth is the wrong time to be reading a ballot for the first time.

As far as taxes go, I dream of the day we return to constitutionally correct government, shedding the largess that has been added since the New Deal (I consider myself a strict constructionist). Eliminating the unconstitutional programs would free up trillions of dollars-- money that would stay right in your pocket.

( .hj by Anonymous Coward · 2002-07-31 18:56 · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Matchbox -- a Small Footprint Window Manager

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