My response to the hot dog thing is that I find it interesting that they can put that stuff into edible form. Sometimes. Just as my amazement is at looking at something as massive as a C-5 Galaxy or 777 and wonder how the heck that thing can get off the ground.
There's an old saying in some situations, though - "beggars can't be choosers." The Cajun Navy - the guys that jumped in their boats and headed into New Orleans - weren't exactly using the most reliable equipment at times.
More power to this guy. Any info on its mpg? Safety is a bit of an issue, but that's if he runs into something in front of him - not much will happen by falling from a 7-15 foot height.
Something like that would actually be handy for travelling in many parts of the world where the roads are poor and access is difficult - cheap helicopters would be great for getting around and getting access.
Imagine using these in the aftermath of natural disasters when the roads are washed out and areas are inaccessible in places like the Honduras or New Orleans. In America, we can't/don't build cheap aircraft like this. Heck, an auto mechanic could probably do most of the maintenance on the thing...
No one has yet given legitimate reason as to why FISA-court ordered wiretaps are unconstitutional.
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Yeah, let's lose the electoral college and disenfrachise everyone not in a big city. Sorry, pal, but I would like Presidential candidates to at least pretend to have an interest in rural and suburban America. The solution to the electoral college isn't to get rid of it. Not sure what it is, and it probably can't be fixed to everyone's contentment, but just going with a straight popular vote won't work.
There were only three capcom fighting games I liked. SF II; SF vs. X-men; Marvel Super Heroes (based around the Infinity gems). When the SF: Alpha mess got all cartoony, I called it quits.
I had a friend who had the experience I was describing along the southwestern border...he was working as a missionary among some muslim populations there.
I concur, it's probably not too dissimilar from Cuba and other authoritarian-driven countries; the established powers DON'T want outsiders - particularly those with high standards of human rights - to see the ugly underbelly of their country. There are places in China where Westerners cannot get access...it actually makes for an easy form of travel. Go somewhere you're not supposed to, act like you're lost, and tell the guys with the guns that you were coming from where you were actually going and they're sometimes get you there.
If you're paranoid about the "evil bushies" in DC and their hold on power, keep in mind that it's easy to get out the message and disillusionment found here to other countries. Not so much in places like China, North Korea, Russia (Soviet or not)...simply because you don't hear about it doesn't mean it isn't going on.
Props for not going AC. By the way, there are a ton of blind people who don't consider "blind" as a slur. Most of the ones I have met, in fact, but it was always in the same context.
"Coonass" is cool as long as it ain't Nick Saban. I am one, more or less...it's a bit like "redneck," except from Louisiana and we can cook better. No one is certain as to its origin.
As much as it sucks for your situation, and should probably be made easier, it shouldn't be as easy as you state. I work in the collection industry, and ALL the time we have people telling us over the phone that it was fraud and they never do anything about it...mostly because it isn't fraud. True, the system steps on honest people, but if the system were made as easy as you say, it would make it far too easy for people to game the system and get out of paying what they owe.
Online voting has always seemed to be a REALLY bad idea for me. Too easy to manipulate a vote...to easy to call someone and have them log on (which brings up the "no campaining near polling places" rules)...just too easy. Voting should take effort - if you go somewhere and spend some time, it means more and you are more apt to make sure of what you are doing.
Agreed, at least in the US, there should be some provision for those who work long hours to go vote during the day (national holiday or something).
I can imagine that this story mirrors several across the old Soviet Union. The problem with the collapse of communism was the leadership it left behind...the old power-hungry former communists who maintained control of everything anyway.
I know what the Laffer curve is. I will remind you that it is just a theory and no one has any conclusive evidence that tax revenue actually works that way.
To a point, you're correct, but if you're going to make this statement, you have to address the rate cuts and the ensuing increase in the government treasuries AND the positive effect on the economy both in the 1980s and in recent years. It's the evidence that supply-side theory IS practical.
The problem in combining it with the "starve the beast" mentality is that you have to have politicians willing to spend less money. TOO many people try and equate sound supply-side economic theory - which seems to work - with idiots in DC spending too much of our money. They're SUPPOSED to be two separate animals.
Here's the problem - it seems you assume that the due process is going through a massive court system. In wartime or under war-type conditions where military matters are at hand, due process and trials are completely different animals, particularly when it comes to spies and agents who attempt to blend in to civilian populations.
At one point, they were even subject to immediate trial, summary judgment, and execution.
Remember that horrific Vietnam-era picture of the North Vietnamese guy getting shot in the head? I believe, at the time, that it was actually legal within the confines of Geneva. He was disguised as a civilian attacking uniformed troops.
My understanding is that IF an enemy agent is caught engaging armed military forces while disguised as a civilian, most/all rights immediately go out the window. No POW status. No right to trial, speedy or otherwise.
I've done SOME looking at the Geneva conventions, but I believe these rules may go farther back than that.
Try studying something called the "laffer curve." There's an equilibrium where taxes at a certain low level keep money in an economy, but not as much come out.
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My response to the hot dog thing is that I find it interesting that they can put that stuff into edible form. Sometimes. Just as my amazement is at looking at something as massive as a C-5 Galaxy or 777 and wonder how the heck that thing can get off the ground.
There's an old saying in some situations, though - "beggars can't be choosers." The Cajun Navy - the guys that jumped in their boats and headed into New Orleans - weren't exactly using the most reliable equipment at times.
More power to this guy. Any info on its mpg? Safety is a bit of an issue, but that's if he runs into something in front of him - not much will happen by falling from a 7-15 foot height.
Something like that would actually be handy for travelling in many parts of the world where the roads are poor and access is difficult - cheap helicopters would be great for getting around and getting access.
Imagine using these in the aftermath of natural disasters when the roads are washed out and areas are inaccessible in places like the Honduras or New Orleans. In America, we can't/don't build cheap aircraft like this. Heck, an auto mechanic could probably do most of the maintenance on the thing...
No one has yet given legitimate reason as to why FISA-court ordered wiretaps are unconstitutional.
Yeah, let's lose the electoral college and disenfrachise everyone not in a big city. Sorry, pal, but I would like Presidential candidates to at least pretend to have an interest in rural and suburban America. The solution to the electoral college isn't to get rid of it. Not sure what it is, and it probably can't be fixed to everyone's contentment, but just going with a straight popular vote won't work.
There were only three capcom fighting games I liked. SF II; SF vs. X-men; Marvel Super Heroes (based around the Infinity gems). When the SF: Alpha mess got all cartoony, I called it quits.
BTW, Guile rules.
DANGIT!! I logged on here SPECIFICALLY to make this joke. I see the words "Mona Lisa" and I go straight to "City of Death."
I had a friend who had the experience I was describing along the southwestern border...he was working as a missionary among some muslim populations there.
I concur, it's probably not too dissimilar from Cuba and other authoritarian-driven countries; the established powers DON'T want outsiders - particularly those with high standards of human rights - to see the ugly underbelly of their country. There are places in China where Westerners cannot get access...it actually makes for an easy form of travel. Go somewhere you're not supposed to, act like you're lost, and tell the guys with the guns that you were coming from where you were actually going and they're sometimes get you there.
If you're paranoid about the "evil bushies" in DC and their hold on power, keep in mind that it's easy to get out the message and disillusionment found here to other countries. Not so much in places like China, North Korea, Russia (Soviet or not)...simply because you don't hear about it doesn't mean it isn't going on.
Props for not going AC. By the way, there are a ton of blind people who don't consider "blind" as a slur. Most of the ones I have met, in fact, but it was always in the same context.
"Coonass" is cool as long as it ain't Nick Saban. I am one, more or less...it's a bit like "redneck," except from Louisiana and we can cook better. No one is certain as to its origin.
We want you, we want you, we want you as a new recruit...
As much as it sucks for your situation, and should probably be made easier, it shouldn't be as easy as you state. I work in the collection industry, and ALL the time we have people telling us over the phone that it was fraud and they never do anything about it...mostly because it isn't fraud. True, the system steps on honest people, but if the system were made as easy as you say, it would make it far too easy for people to game the system and get out of paying what they owe.
It shoulda been a Daewoo or a Yugo driver. Hyundai is nice irony there, though.
Chuck Norris killed you for offending him, and you still had to come back as a ghost and apologize.
It's nice that you don't understand the effects of tax cuts on the economy. Quit blaming the rich for making money.
Online voting has always seemed to be a REALLY bad idea for me. Too easy to manipulate a vote...to easy to call someone and have them log on (which brings up the "no campaining near polling places" rules)...just too easy. Voting should take effort - if you go somewhere and spend some time, it means more and you are more apt to make sure of what you are doing.
Agreed, at least in the US, there should be some provision for those who work long hours to go vote during the day (national holiday or something).
Also, the nuclear waste can now be reprocessed into usable material.
I can imagine that this story mirrors several across the old Soviet Union. The problem with the collapse of communism was the leadership it left behind...the old power-hungry former communists who maintained control of everything anyway.
Ummm....can't RTFA, but does this refer to salaried or per-hour employees? Because there is - and always has been - a distinct difference.
Possibly, but what is the question? And has it been discovered for that universe yet?
He minus well = Jack Thompson is a sick puppy.
There was a small number of DU'ers who took this to heart. It was rather amusing.
I know what the Laffer curve is. I will remind you that it is just a theory and no one has any conclusive evidence that tax revenue actually works that way.
To a point, you're correct, but if you're going to make this statement, you have to address the rate cuts and the ensuing increase in the government treasuries AND the positive effect on the economy both in the 1980s and in recent years. It's the evidence that supply-side theory IS practical.
The problem in combining it with the "starve the beast" mentality is that you have to have politicians willing to spend less money. TOO many people try and equate sound supply-side economic theory - which seems to work - with idiots in DC spending too much of our money. They're SUPPOSED to be two separate animals.
Here's the problem - it seems you assume that the due process is going through a massive court system. In wartime or under war-type conditions where military matters are at hand, due process and trials are completely different animals, particularly when it comes to spies and agents who attempt to blend in to civilian populations.
At one point, they were even subject to immediate trial, summary judgment, and execution.
Remember that horrific Vietnam-era picture of the North Vietnamese guy getting shot in the head? I believe, at the time, that it was actually legal within the confines of Geneva. He was disguised as a civilian attacking uniformed troops.
My understanding is that IF an enemy agent is caught engaging armed military forces while disguised as a civilian, most/all rights immediately go out the window. No POW status. No right to trial, speedy or otherwise.
I've done SOME looking at the Geneva conventions, but I believe these rules may go farther back than that.
Try studying something called the "laffer curve." There's an equilibrium where taxes at a certain low level keep money in an economy, but not as much come out.