The President goes pretty much wherever the hell he wants
Is that why when the preisdent wanted to go back to the white house on sept 11 he got shuffled off to an airbase in Lousiana? When it comes to safety, the president cannot go wherever the hell he wants. As commander in chief, the president could theoretically lead troops into battle, but the conniption that the SS would have if he ever tried to do that would prevent it from ever happening, no matter hoe competent a general the president might be
A revolutionary war will not solve anything. Look at all the revolutionary wars in the past: The only one that DIDNT result in a dictatorship of personality was the United states. I dont think we can do any better than that. The real way to change things if you dont like them is to vote, and get your friends to vote, and their friends and their friends ad infinitum. No matter how much money lobbyists spend, we still have the power to vote people out of office. Have you ever run for office? volunteered on a campaign? voted for a third party that accurately represented your views? We can rebuild our current govt on principles of freedom. The base is there, its just got a bunch of crap built on it that needs to be delegislated.
How many penile lengthening offers does GWB get a day?
Well he needs them. Men with tiny Penises tend to compensate for it in other ways, usually by being agressive and ignoring what others think. Example: Bush has tiny penis. Result: Massive land and areial invasion of iraq. Those cruise missles arent phallic for nothing you know
He was an accessible private citizen until he got shot. Then he wasnt quite asacessible as before, but could still ride about in the open, Until another one got shot. Now his freedom is curtailed in the name of security, and he has neither security or freedom.
Why can't we (in the western world) get this type of soft-spoken wisdom to be the face of OSS, and not the curmudgeonly off-putting geekazoidness of RMS?
Because any system of tolerance is susceptable to groups or individuals that are intolerant. For example: Roman Religion (zeus etc) was tolerant of alternative religions. Along came christianity, which specifically said "all other religions are bogus, and everyone must convert" Roman religion was tolerant of christianity, but christianity was not tolerant of it. End result, everyone is christian. Of course once everyone is locked into one system of belief, there is no room for dissent, which is in itself a destabilizing force, and will eventually lead to schisims and multiple belief systems. Computer OS's are a good example of this. MS is dominant, there was no viable alternative, people came up with the only alternative that was possible, Open Source.
it seems relatively likely that either hundreds of competitors would have sprung up to grab a slice of the pie or that someone else would simply have released a similar open source product.
Not if he had gotten a patent on "Method for operating a series of transistors, resistors, and capacitors so as to provide a useful function"
I totally agree, one of the major problems with our society (western civ) is that we only think in the short term, and for the most part, we only think about the problems of society, we dont think about the causes for the problems of society. If you have a problem with people downloading music from the internet, RIAA goes after joe collegestudent, but doesnt address the fact that good old Joe is downloading because he cant afford the music, and there is no legal way to dl music (until itunes) similar situations exist wrt crime and drug use
Not only that, but the panel in question was one removed from shuttle atlantis. So not only did they find the smoking gun, they made another shuttle unflyable!
Blair (the old Blair, and if he had any choice in the matter) would have made sure that the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay received a fair trial and those that were innocent were quickly released, and would have made a major effort to solve the Israel/Palistine situation, and would have withdrawn troops from those countries where they are not welcome and do whatever possible to make the lives of people in those countries better.
I would be the last one to defend bush, but with the exception of guantanamo trials, bush has been trying to do all the things you list. Hes working on the israel palestinian situation, hes pulled troops out of saudi arabia (the main reason bin laden gave for his jihad) and as far as i can see theyre working to make the lives of iraquis and afghans more secure and more prosperous. Granted, there are alot of bumps on the road, but as you said this is the hard way and not the easy way. Bush was probably wrong to invade iraq for the reasons he stated, but that doesnt mean the other things hes doing are bad.
oops, good luck getting these ads on a TV channel owned by Time warner, sony, or disney. I think that covers all of them. In fact theyll have a hard time getting it into print media even, but that isnt quite as conglomerated (yet, thank you FCC) For an example of Ads that TV just wont run, check out Buy nothing day They have two ads on the right, and theyve had minimal success getting them to run anywhere, even though they are willing to pay, simply because of the message in those ads (dont buy anything the day after thanksgiving)
Actually its highly unlikely that any proto humans actually "lived" in caves. They probably had tepees or lodge houses or some other form of transient structure to live in. Caves would be considered sacred places, entrances to the underworld. Which is why they were highly decorated, to show the gods what they wanted, or to thank the gods for what they had recieved. P{rehistoric humans did not live in caves any more than the precolumbians on the east coast and midwest of america lived in caves.
Spears do not fly, they follow a ballistic path which has nothing to do with flight. There are no surfaces on a spear that produce significant lift (and I am an Aerospace engineer;-)
Yeah, here in the US, Blockbuster requires an Australian photo ID too, along with ID's from any other english speaking nation, passport, proof of citizenship, lettter from a third grade teacher, and 12 references.
From http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/solar.htm Funny!
Many groups and individuals are proposing that our government spend tax money on research and development of systems to utilize solar energy. They urge construction of vast solar energy collectors to convert sunlight to electricity to supply our energy needs. They would even put solar collectors on roofs of homes, factories, schools, and other buildings. Proponents of this technology claim that energy obtained from the sun will be safer and cleaner than coal, oil, or nuclear energy sources.
We view these proposals with alarm. Unscrupulous scientists and greedy promoters are hoodwinking a gullible public. We consider it rash and dangerous to commit our country to the use of solar energy. This solar technology has never been utilized on such a large scale, and we have no assurance of its long-range safety. Not one single study has been done to assess the safety of electricity from solar energy as compared to electricity from other sources.
The promoters of solar energy cleverly lead you to believe that it is perfectly safe. Yet they conveniently neglect to mention that solar energy is generated by nuclear fusion within the sun. This process operates on the very same basic laws of nuclear physics used in nuclear power plants and atomic bombs!
And what is the source of this energy? It is hydrogen, a highly explosive gas (remember the Hindenberg?) Hydrogen is also the active material in H-bombs, that are not only tremendously destructive, but produce dangerous fallout. The glib advocates of solar energy don't even mention these disturbing facts about the true sources of solar energy. What else are they trying to hide from us?
In addition to the known dangers cited above, what about the unknown dangers, that very well might be worse? When pressed, scientists will admit that they do not fully understand the workings of the sun, or even of the atom. They will even grudgingly admit that our knowledge of the basic laws of physics is not yet perfect or complete. Yet these same reckless scientists would have us use this solar technology even before we fully understand how it works.
Admittedly we are already subject to a natural `background' radiation from the sun. We can do little about that, except to stay out of direct sunlight as much as possible. The evidence is already clear that too much exposure to sunlight can cause skin cancer. But solar collectors would concentrate that sunlight (that otherwise would have fallen harmlessly on waste land), convert it to electricity and pipe it into our homes to irradiate us from every light bulb! We would then not even be safe from this cancer-producing energy even in our own homes!
We all know that looking at the sun for even a few seconds can cause blindness. What long term health hazards might result from reading by light derived from solar energy? We now spend large amounts of time looking at the light from television monitors or computer screens, and one can only imagine the possible long-term consequences of this exposure when the screens are powered with electricity from solar collectors. Will we develop cataracts, or slowly go blind? Not one medical study has yet addressed itself to this question, and none are planned.
In their blind zeal to plug us in to solar energy, scientists seem to totally ignore possible fire hazards of solar energy. Sunlight reaching us directly from the sun at naturally safe levels poses little fire threat. But all one has to do is concentrate sunlight, with a simple burning- glass, and it readily ignites combustible materials. Who would feel safe with solar energy concentrators on their roof? Could we afford the fire insurance rates?
These scientists, and the big corporations that employ them, stand to profit greatly from construction of solar-power stations. No wonder they try to hide the dangers of the technology and suppress any open discussion of them.
Proponents of solar energy present facts, figures and graphs to su
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Actually is the other way around, Penises are "aerodynamic" because you want as little resistance as possible while having sex.
Is that why when the preisdent wanted to go back to the white house on sept 11 he got shuffled off to an airbase in Lousiana? When it comes to safety, the president cannot go wherever the hell he wants. As commander in chief, the president could theoretically lead troops into battle, but the conniption that the SS would have if he ever tried to do that would prevent it from ever happening, no matter hoe competent a general the president might be
A revolutionary war will not solve anything. Look at all the revolutionary wars in the past: The only one that DIDNT result in a dictatorship of personality was the United states. I dont think we can do any better than that. The real way to change things if you dont like them is to vote, and get your friends to vote, and their friends and their friends ad infinitum. No matter how much money lobbyists spend, we still have the power to vote people out of office. Have you ever run for office? volunteered on a campaign? voted for a third party that accurately represented your views? We can rebuild our current govt on principles of freedom. The base is there, its just got a bunch of crap built on it that needs to be delegislated.
Well he needs them. Men with tiny Penises tend to compensate for it in other ways, usually by being agressive and ignoring what others think. Example: Bush has tiny penis. Result: Massive land and areial invasion of iraq. Those cruise missles arent phallic for nothing you know
He was an accessible private citizen until he got shot. Then he wasnt quite asacessible as before, but could still ride about in the open, Until another one got shot. Now his freedom is curtailed in the name of security, and he has neither security or freedom.
The terrorists wont the second the PATRIOT act was passed. Were all terrorists now.
Because any system of tolerance is susceptable to groups or individuals that are intolerant. For example: Roman Religion (zeus etc) was tolerant of alternative religions. Along came christianity, which specifically said "all other religions are bogus, and everyone must convert" Roman religion was tolerant of christianity, but christianity was not tolerant of it. End result, everyone is christian. Of course once everyone is locked into one system of belief, there is no room for dissent, which is in itself a destabilizing force, and will eventually lead to schisims and multiple belief systems. Computer OS's are a good example of this. MS is dominant, there was no viable alternative, people came up with the only alternative that was possible, Open Source.
Not if he had gotten a patent on "Method for operating a series of transistors, resistors, and capacitors so as to provide a useful function"
Counter Terrorisim Information Awarenes with Government Information Awareness here
You do if you produce a baby 9 months later.
Hey, this tech looks like what the nebuchanezzar from the matrix uses for levitation/control. Any thoughts?
Yes, I would, Id just want them to fix the foam so it wasnt falling off anymore
I totally agree, one of the major problems with our society (western civ) is that we only think in the short term, and for the most part, we only think about the problems of society, we dont think about the causes for the problems of society. If you have a problem with people downloading music from the internet, RIAA goes after joe collegestudent, but doesnt address the fact that good old Joe is downloading because he cant afford the music, and there is no legal way to dl music (until itunes) similar situations exist wrt crime and drug use
Not only that, but the panel in question was one removed from shuttle atlantis. So not only did they find the smoking gun, they made another shuttle unflyable!
I would be the last one to defend bush, but with the exception of guantanamo trials, bush has been trying to do all the things you list. Hes working on the israel palestinian situation, hes pulled troops out of saudi arabia (the main reason bin laden gave for his jihad) and as far as i can see theyre working to make the lives of iraquis and afghans more secure and more prosperous. Granted, there are alot of bumps on the road, but as you said this is the hard way and not the easy way. Bush was probably wrong to invade iraq for the reasons he stated, but that doesnt mean the other things hes doing are bad.
Uh oh, phones are dead, better mail 911!
Also in the post today is an article on one persons response to total information awareness: Government information awarness.
drag != lift Unless your spear is ceating significant lift on its aerodynamic surfaces, its mearly a drag modified ballistic curve, and not flight.
oops, good luck getting these ads on a TV channel owned by Time warner, sony, or disney. I think that covers all of them. In fact theyll have a hard time getting it into print media even, but that isnt quite as conglomerated (yet, thank you FCC) For an example of Ads that TV just wont run, check out Buy nothing day They have two ads on the right, and theyve had minimal success getting them to run anywhere, even though they are willing to pay, simply because of the message in those ads (dont buy anything the day after thanksgiving)
Actually its highly unlikely that any proto humans actually "lived" in caves. They probably had tepees or lodge houses or some other form of transient structure to live in. Caves would be considered sacred places, entrances to the underworld. Which is why they were highly decorated, to show the gods what they wanted, or to thank the gods for what they had recieved. P{rehistoric humans did not live in caves any more than the precolumbians on the east coast and midwest of america lived in caves.
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Spears do not fly, they follow a ballistic path which has nothing to do with flight. There are no surfaces on a spear that produce significant lift (and I am an Aerospace engineer ;-)
Yeah, here in the US, Blockbuster requires an Australian photo ID too, along with ID's from any other english speaking nation, passport, proof of citizenship, lettter from a third grade teacher, and 12 references.
From http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/solar.htm
Funny!
Many groups and individuals are proposing that our government spend tax money on research and development of systems to utilize solar energy. They urge construction of vast solar energy collectors to convert sunlight to electricity to supply our energy needs. They would even put solar collectors on roofs of homes, factories, schools, and other buildings. Proponents of this technology claim that energy obtained from the sun will be safer and cleaner than coal, oil, or nuclear energy sources.
We view these proposals with alarm. Unscrupulous scientists and greedy promoters are hoodwinking a gullible public. We consider it rash and dangerous to commit our country to the use of solar energy. This solar technology has never been utilized on such a large scale, and we have no assurance of its long-range safety. Not one single study has been done to assess the safety of electricity from solar energy as compared to electricity from other sources.
The promoters of solar energy cleverly lead you to believe that it is perfectly safe. Yet they conveniently neglect to mention that solar energy is generated by nuclear fusion within the sun. This process operates on the very same basic laws of nuclear physics used in nuclear power plants and atomic bombs!
And what is the source of this energy? It is hydrogen, a highly explosive gas (remember the Hindenberg?) Hydrogen is also the active material in H-bombs, that are not only tremendously destructive, but produce dangerous fallout. The glib advocates of solar energy don't even mention these disturbing facts about the true sources of solar energy. What else are they trying to hide from us?
In addition to the known dangers cited above, what about the unknown dangers, that very well might be worse? When pressed, scientists will admit that they do not fully understand the workings of the sun, or even of the atom. They will even grudgingly admit that our knowledge of the basic laws of physics is not yet perfect or complete. Yet these same reckless scientists would have us use this solar technology even before we fully understand how it works.
Admittedly we are already subject to a natural `background' radiation from the sun. We can do little about that, except to stay out of direct sunlight as much as possible. The evidence is already clear that too much exposure to sunlight can cause skin cancer. But solar collectors would concentrate that sunlight (that otherwise would have fallen harmlessly on waste land), convert it to electricity and pipe it into our homes to irradiate us from every light bulb! We would then not even be safe from this cancer-producing energy even in our own homes!
We all know that looking at the sun for even a few seconds can cause blindness. What long term health hazards might result from reading by light derived from solar energy? We now spend large amounts of time looking at the light from television monitors or computer screens, and one can only imagine the possible long-term consequences of this exposure when the screens are powered with electricity from solar collectors. Will we develop cataracts, or slowly go blind? Not one medical study has yet addressed itself to this question, and none are planned.
In their blind zeal to plug us in to solar energy, scientists seem to totally ignore possible fire hazards of solar energy. Sunlight reaching us directly from the sun at naturally safe levels poses little fire threat. But all one has to do is concentrate sunlight, with a simple burning- glass, and it readily ignites combustible materials. Who would feel safe with solar energy concentrators on their roof? Could we afford the fire insurance rates?
These scientists, and the big corporations that employ them, stand to profit greatly from construction of solar-power stations. No wonder they try to hide the dangers of the technology and suppress any open discussion of them.
Proponents of solar energy present facts, figures and graphs to su
And the rest of us are dreading the day we see you walking around naked in public.