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Wireless Providers to Pay Universal Service Fees?
andyo writes "Mailing lists are abuzz with the news that
wireless Internet providers may have to pay fees to support plain old telephone service.
My own perspective is at the O'Reilly Network." The Universal Service Fees are taxes set up long ago to assure that telephone service was provided to everyone, even people who it would normally be uneconomical to serve. The theory is a good one, the execution maybe not. (Maybe if the fees went towards Universal Broadband?)
too late for FP or what ?
Do you know where Trey is?
So here I am once more in the playground of the broken hearts
One more experience, one more entry in a diary, self-penned
Yet another emotional suicide overdosed on sentiment and pride
Too late to say I love you, too late to re-stage the play
Abandoning the relics in my playground of yesterday
I'm losing on the swings, I'm losing on the roundabouts
I'm losing on the swings, I'm losing on the roundabouts
Too much, too soon, too far to go, too late to play, the game is over
T the game is over
So here I am once more in the playground of the broken heart
I'm losing on the swings, losing on the roundabouts, the game is over, over
Yet another emotional suicide overdosed on sentiment and pride
I'm losing on the swings, losing on the roundabouts, the game is over
Too late to say I love you, too late to re-stage the play
The game is over
I act the role in classic style of a martyr carved with twisted smile
To bleed the lyric for this song to write the rites to right my wrongs
An epitaph to a broken dream to exercise this silent scream
A scream that's borne from sorrow
I never did write that love song, the words just never seemed to flow
Now sad in reflection did I gaze through perfection
And examine the shadows on the other side of the morning
And examine the shadows on the other side of mourning
Promised wedding now a wake
The fool escaped from paradise will look over his shoulder and cry
Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why?
As you grow up and leave the playground
Where you kissed your prince and found your frog
Remember the jester that showed you tears, the script for tears
So I'll hold our peace forever when you wear your bridal gown
In the silence of my shame the mute that sang the sirens' song
Has gone solo in the game, I've gone solo in the game
But the game is over
Can you still say you love me
because they suck more
So here I am once more in the playground of the broken hearts
That is, you are such a loser!
To bleed the lyric for this song to write the rites to right my wrongs
I bet you got your ass kicked on a daily basis in high school.
Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why?
AARAARRGHGHGRHHG! Get your pal to fuck you in your gay ass or something. Overdose on prozac. I don't care. Just do something! You people make me sick!
Building a Latrine Human wastes cause sickness. Wastes left on the ground near a small river or lake are washed into the water. Bacteria in the wastes make that water dirty and unsafe. People who drink the water are likely to become very sick. A latrine can be built to safely remove human wastes. To make it work, you need to buy a pour-flush toilet that has a big bowl on top. It is called "pour flush" because water is poured in with the waste. The flow of the water flushes the waste away. Then you need to build the two parts of the pour-flush latrine: a pit and a toilet area. The toilet is where a person sits or stands. The pit is a hole in the ground. A pipe connects the pit with the toilet. You will want to build the latrine near your house. But be sure to place it at least fifteen meters from the water anyone uses for drinking and washing. Mark on the ground the best place for the latrine pit. Measure a square that is a little more than one meter on each side. Place sticks at each corner. Dig all the ground within this square border. Then remove the four sticks at the corners. Dig the latrine pit within the square border. Remove loose soil from the pit. Dig down about one meter and stop. Now you must test how fast the water sinks into the soil. Dig a small hole in the pit. Pour in a bucket of water. Measure the time it takes for all the water to sink into the soil. All the water must be absorbed in two minutes. If it is not, the soil is not right for a latrine. You will need to test another place. The finished pit should be at least two meters deep. Use wood to support the pit walls. The next step is to clear an area for the latrine house to shelter the toilet. Do this near the pit. Dig a hole about one meter from the pit. Place a log in the hole and fasten the pour-flush toilet bowl to it. Now attach a connection pipe from the toilet to the pit. Then build the latrine out of bamboo or wood. The pit should be covered with wood. Burlap or large leaves placed on the wood will reduce smells and flies.
Linux graphics software may not be as glorified as some of the Windows or MacOS programs. They are, however, useful. And the underlying fact is, Hey, they're free. If you want to spend money on graphic software, thats your business. The rest of us, on the other hand, will master the skills required to produce awesome images on what we have.
Yet another signature that refers to itself. The irony and humor is dead.
But, then again... Societal rights also give no person a specific right to something more than someone else...
No matter which way you argue it, you cannot grant someone a right by stepping on someone else....
Your gonna lose this argument with me, I promise.
I'm getting sick of this bullshit.
We are not all Republican right-wing nuts. We are not all gun-nuts. We are not all bent on bringing on the Pax Americana in the world. We are not all homophobes - some of us are actually homosexual, you know.
we value making sure the under-served (the people who corporations lose money serving) are still served
First, yes you are correct. I am a Libertarian. How do you justify though the violation of the rights of the people that now are supporting those under-served
I do understand that you have stated that you are a socialist. And I will attempt to sway you away from your value system.
As a Libertarian I want you to believe what you wish, unlike Socialism which forces choices onto people. Those who are now taxed serving your value system have now been striped of their rights. You have to understand that whenever you attempt to give someone something else others are hurt by that action.
Am I cold and heart-less about those who are under-served, a little bit, I'm greedy. So what to do about them?
If the populus of our nation wasn't so harshly taxed and Americans had more dispolsable income donations to non-profit organizations would drastically increase (it would, people in general do like to do good, they just don't like being forced to do so). With a private non-profit which is smaller and more efficent than any government can hope to be those resources are distributed with a greater effect than it would be through Socialist type systems like Social Security.
Study Economics. The wonderful quality that money has is power. Your argument against mine above one would be these non-profits would become greedy and steal money from those donating. So be it, those with the money have the power and will give somewhere else that will do what the donators wish. The world can be nice and serve all without it being forced upon you.