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Bush Says Americans 'Ought to Have' Broadband and a Pony by 2007
wrttnwrd writes "George Bush is calling for universal broadband by 2007. He doesn't say how, or who's going to pay for it, or who's going to build it, but hey, isn't almost good enough? (for all of you Boondocks readers out there)" First step to universal broadband: don't have your Justice Department argue against communities providing their own broadband service. And don't forget the pony!
Amen. Next time try to obfuscate your personal polical opinions a little better, eh? Go create a slashdem, news for democrats.
The problem is that there is no way to un-invent the gun. As long as guns exist, gun related crimes will exist, and some of these crimes will be committed by the police and the military at the behest of would-be tyrants. All one has to do is look at the 3rd world on an average Wednesday to see atrocities committed in regimes where the average citizen has ZERO power and is at the mercy of the cleptocracy he or she has as a government.
The reason why the second amendment exists is because our founding fathers understood what Mao expressed so eloquently as "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun." The second amendment is the final check and balance put in place to ensure that should all the other checks and balances fail the people themselves would be able to defend themselves against tyrrany. This creates an inherent stability in our government that just isn't seen anywhere else. The US is the oldest continuous government on the face of the earth. Every other nation that existed in 1788 has either ceased to exist, seen its government overthrown, or seen it morph into something else.
The right to keep and bear arms is not some privilege or indulgence granted by the constitution, it is a fundamental right that exists regardless of whether it is acknowledged or not. The right and power to protect and defend one's person and one's rights as a free individual is not something that any government has the legitimate authority to restrict or deny.
As for the rest of "Anonymous Coward's" diatribe, all I can say is something my grandmother told me as a young child:
Resentment is the sincerest form of flattery.
Muslim community leaders warn of backlash from tomorrow morning's terrorist attack.
Just figured I'd let you know, your poll is unscientific as its a voluntary response poll - they're most likely biased because people with strong opinions, both positive and negative, are most likely to respond. Besides, every American knows that Jimmy Carter was the worst President ever.
#1. Bush was AWOL. Absent WithOut Leave. He was not at the place he was supposed to be when he was supposed to be there. It doesn't matter how long Bush spent training, what matters is whether he was where he was supposed to be when he was supposed to be there.
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#2. Bush attends funerals? Do you have any support for this statement? Everything I've seen says the opposite. In fact, here's a petition to get him to change:
http://www.workingforchange.com/activism
#3. Yet the suicide rate amongst our troops in Iraq is significantly higher than other times. I find it strange how you can know what "most" troops over there believe. Particularly when there are reports of low morale amongst many of them.
#4. The failure in Iraq is Clinton's fault? But Clinton's policy was what made the invasion so easy. Clinton kept up the sanctions and Iraq was not able to rebuild their weapons. Or did you mean that Clinton was responsible for the lack of planning about how to handle Iraq AFTER the invasion?
#5. Yep, under Clarke, 5 attacks did happen. So, because he wasn't infallible then, he's wrong now? Nice "logic" there.
#6. Whatever. The guy is a registered Republican and worked for Bush the Elder. I find it hard to believe that he couldn't get another job in Washington.
#7. No. Halliburton only met the criteria because the criteria was designed to choose Halliburton. A better use would have been to contract with other ARAB companies to do the work.
This post is clearly off topic... the poster is clearly not talking about Iraq or gay marriages or the state of the economy. He is talking about broadband connections, which have nothing to do with... oh wait.
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How is it the parent got a "(Score:3, Informative)", but my legitimate response got a "(Score:-1, Offtopic)"
It looks like we've got a few angry Bush supporters trying to moderate an agenda. I call moderator abuse!
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Does anyone remember a slashdot before michael,when we got news about shit that was actually cool? Now we get two-day old bits that are politically slanted to push michael left-wing kook politics.