Those would be the people who block traffic on Highway 52 so that their brothers and sisters leaving the meeting at the Chisholm Baptist church may exit the parking lot?
Or any number of similar behaviors from members of other Christian church members.
I wonder just how many planes would go down if ALL security measures were removed?
If we continue as we are going commercial carriers will become nudist colonies and body cavity searches will be performed prior to boarding. Perhaps it will also become a crime to semaphorically show interest in another passenger. Blindfolds too, I would guess. Maybe travel will have to become something like that depicted in The 5th Element. Nude and drugged. Your luggage will be delivered to your hotel upon arrival via separate cover.
Well bombs could be surgically implanted, Or heck, ground based anti-aircraft.
Hell, it is too hard to give you your security. NO TRAVEL. That eliminates the threat. That includes no pickup trucks , then could have fertilizer. We could simply kill everyone, but then who would pay for the lifestyle of the people in the government? That won't do.
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Lets go back to the what if we eliminated all of the security.
I agree, yet many states have closed ballots. http://www.cofoe.org/ That is the same as having duct tape on you mouth as we "discuss" an issue. There are places where the tape is removed: here http://www.okvoterchoice.org/ or other such places. But the ballot booth is not where your dissent may be heard.
So voting would work that way only if we had an open ballot.
Hmmm, The wife voted for Al(D) OK threw all of it's electoral votes to George(R) Who won the state by a large margin. Meaning that had I voted George would have still won the state. As I see this I came out ahead due to not standing in line at the polls, since I could not find it in my heart to vote for either of the two choices the state gave me.
What is popular isn't always the right thing to do.
So we are back to the vote being useless. Our betters know better. Or at least those in power can maintain that power.
Don't forget Oklahoma is historically conservative, the minority who are not, count as conservative due to being a minority. So the end result in Oklahoma is your vote only counts it you agree with the majority. If you disagree your vote is worse than useless. (You wasted time going to the polling place)
So the vote of an Okie carries more weight than that of an Angelino (CA). Glad I left L.A. for OK.
Yet this proves my point. The electoral college does not follow the popular vote. And the ability is there for a gross miscarriage of the power.
I'm an independent in Oklahoma. Not only are my candidates left off of the ballot but I am not allowed to write in. then finally the Oklahoma electoral college voters will all vote for the Republican anyway. So where did my vote go?
The system was designed to keep one massively overpopulated region of the country from ruling over the rest. Today it has the effect of keeping the cities from dominating the rural areas.
How would an intermediary help this? Give more weight to Oklahoma voters as opposed to California voters? If we are a democracy then one person one vote would give equal weight to either regardless of location therefore California carries more weight. As it carries more electoral votes. So CA can still out vote OK.
Yet the electoral college can still vote opposed to the popular, and does in winner take all states.
Actually the President is elected by the electoral college not the people. That is the government's ace in the hole for the off-chance that the people actually elect someone the government doesn't want.
It is my belief that the mice put cats here as part of their experimentation with the brainchild of "Deep Thought". Mostly to watch our reaction to them.
Anyone can write all they want. But they are not counted unless your state allows write in votes. Ballot Access Wiki down a couple pages for the US. Then there is
Ballot-Access News where you can get more info on the battle to allow we the people to have a little bit of a real vote. Not just the pretend selection between the two.
After all, give me all of your money now or half now and the other half before I leave, are not real choices. Yet that is how I see the current voting structure. You can select this D-crook or this R-crook.
Lets see....
> I get dropped cell calls only when I go somewhere with bad reception.
More power in the transmitters. (may cook your brain)
> I loose my internet only when my router needs to be reset.
Buy a better router. Or put a heat-sink on the big chip inside.
> My satellite looses signal only on heavy wind and/or rain storms, or if snow builds up on the dish.
More power, again. (Will suck when the CNN beam that out powers lightning misses your dish though)
So the provider can help out, but they are damned either way.
That is what I figured.
One addendum, time limits, if the seller does not leave feedback within 7ish days of payment an auto positive goes to the buyer and the seller may not change the feedback. Of course if payment is by non-electronic method (check) this would have to be modified.
Sellers should have the right to ask for review of any negative they get.
But eBay will do something half-assed and stupid as most of corporate America does. Even though they could have gotten this kind of wisdom from any of the/.ers.
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David Weber? like Armageddon Reef
Those would be the people who block traffic on Highway 52 so that their brothers and sisters leaving the meeting at the Chisholm Baptist church may exit the parking lot?
Or any number of similar behaviors from members of other Christian church members.
Seems a bit us vs them to me.
, American revolution...
I wonder just how many planes would go down if ALL security measures were removed?
.
If we continue as we are going commercial carriers will become nudist colonies and body cavity searches will be performed prior to boarding. Perhaps it will also become a crime to semaphorically show interest in another passenger. Blindfolds too, I would guess. Maybe travel will have to become something like that depicted in The 5th Element. Nude and drugged. Your luggage will be delivered to your hotel upon arrival via separate cover.
Well bombs could be surgically implanted, Or heck, ground based anti-aircraft.
Hell, it is too hard to give you your security. NO TRAVEL. That eliminates the threat. That includes no pickup trucks , then could have fertilizer. We could simply kill everyone, but then who would pay for the lifestyle of the people in the government? That won't do.
. .
Lets go back to the what if we eliminated all of the security.
I agree, yet many states have closed ballots. http://www.cofoe.org/ That is the same as having duct tape on you mouth as we "discuss" an issue. There are places where the tape is removed: here http://www.okvoterchoice.org/ or other such places. But the ballot booth is not where your dissent may be heard.
So voting would work that way only if we had an open ballot.
Don't forget Oklahoma is historically conservative, the minority who are not, count as conservative due to being a minority. So the end result in Oklahoma is your vote only counts it you agree with the majority. If you disagree your vote is worse than useless. (You wasted time going to the polling place)
Then when that fails, the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
They should also only be allowed to write laws about which laws they can't write. -Professor Bernardo de la Paz (RAH, The moon is a Harsh Mistress)
So the vote of an Okie carries more weight than that of an Angelino (CA). Glad I left L.A. for OK.
Yet this proves my point. The electoral college does not follow the popular vote. And the ability is there for a gross miscarriage of the power.
I'm an independent in Oklahoma. Not only are my candidates left off of the ballot but I am not allowed to write in. then finally the Oklahoma electoral college voters will all vote for the Republican anyway. So where did my vote go?
Yet the electoral college can still vote opposed to the popular, and does in winner take all states.
I did not say it had happened. The ability is there for those in power to circumvent the popular vote.
It is made up of the powers-that-be.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/electcollege.htm
You may vote for my buddies to determine who gets to replace me as the guy who takes your money.
Actually the President is elected by the electoral college not the people. That is the government's ace in the hole for the off-chance that the people actually elect someone the government doesn't want.
So your vote really is worthless.
Then 30 days in the lockup plus restitution, because the cops nab you as you climb down off the electronic billboard you just smashed up.
It is my belief that the mice put cats here as part of their experimentation with the brainchild of "Deep Thought". Mostly to watch our reaction to them.
People who hate cats are the global warming proponents of the pet world.
Bargain cat scans.
Anyone can write all they want. But they are not counted unless your state allows write in votes.
Ballot Access Wiki down a couple pages for the US. Then there is Ballot-Access News where you can get more info on the battle to allow we the people to have a little bit of a real vote. Not just the pretend selection between the two.
After all, give me all of your money now or half now and the other half before I leave, are not real choices. Yet that is how I see the current voting structure. You can select this D-crook or this R-crook.
Lets see....
> I get dropped cell calls only when I go somewhere with bad reception.
More power in the transmitters. (may cook your brain)
> I loose my internet only when my router needs to be reset.
Buy a better router. Or put a heat-sink on the big chip inside.
> My satellite looses signal only on heavy wind and/or rain storms, or if snow builds up on the dish.
More power, again. (Will suck when the CNN beam that out powers lightning misses your dish though)
So the provider can help out, but they are damned either way.
I didn't RTFA either.
Hmm, I've known, and worked with, a lot of PhD's and only one would i recommend for any position other than teaching.
Many states do not allow you the chance to vote for any real alternative. Oklahoma for one. So the blank ballot is the only method of statement.
The pronunciation sounding like anal with a 'b' is actually a contraction of boring and anal.
That is what I figured.
/.ers.
One addendum, time limits, if the seller does not leave feedback within 7ish days of payment an auto positive goes to the buyer and the seller may not change the feedback. Of course if payment is by non-electronic method (check) this would have to be modified.
Sellers should have the right to ask for review of any negative they get.
But eBay will do something half-assed and stupid as most of corporate America does. Even though they could have gotten this kind of wisdom from any of the