"...They're basically the orphaned ugly stepchild of Netscape...."
Yeah, but with the support of friends, a good dousing of Netscape/AOL/Time Warner disinfectant and a cleansing of the source code (in a mild sense), the orphaned ugly stepchild is at least refined enough to introduce friends and associates to.:)
"...I don't know if you are French or if you follow French politics, but you should understand that right now, no one can be trust in French politics. No one on the right, no one on the left, no one on the center...."
You could substitute "French" with "United States" and be correct as well.
"...If someone is throwing chairs around his/her office when they get upset, what do they do at home....?"
1) Enter house, throw nearest chair at wall. (check) 2) Find child using Google in house. Yell "I'LL F*CKING KILL GOOGLE!" (check) 3) Find iPod hidden in son's dresser, put it in trash compactor and ground son for three months. (check) 4)... 5) PROFIT!!!
They are a mechanism to put the fear of gawd into people "voluntarily" paying their taxes.
If people do not pay their taxes, they get at least two, but maybe up to four involuntary things:
A) Fine(s) (not voluntary) B) Interest (not voluntary) C) If adjudicated, jail (also, not voluntary) and possibly D) Be appointed as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (since only one person can serve this post at a time, good luck on getting this option).
A) Passing another amendment (which would curtail, alter or otherwise define the 1st amendment) or B) Constitutional convention which would basically scrap what we have and push the button.
Now "B" has not been done (other than such was convened to put together our original Constitution and the Bill of Rights). And, frankly, if option "B" came into play, you would probably see a whole slew of "Bill of Rights" amendments being either horribly altered or completely done away with. Why? Well, with the current powers-that-be, such a convention would be stacked with individuals that would be hell bent on molding it to solidify their political power. As opposed to fixing issues or problems with the current Constitution that have allowed 70 plus years of tyrants and thieves to run this country into the ground.
From my view, a good start on correcting things, would be for both of the major parties to become minorities in the House and Senate. That's about the only type of wake-up call that would get their attention, IMHO.
The U.S. President swears to "...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...."
Whereas Senators, Representatives and other Federal officials (not judges) only swear to "... support and defend the Constitution of the United States...."
So, of the above mentioned office holders, only the President swears to "protect" the Constitution.
And frankly, from what I have seen since I attained voting age 29 years ago, Senators and Representatives don't really give a crap if the laws they pass could pass Constitutional muster or not. If the majority of them did care, probably more than 3/4ths of the laws passed in the last, roughly, 80 years, would have not been passed by either the House or Senate.
Senator Specter finally jumped ship to the party he has pretty much been a part of for the last 12 years or so.
And, the timing couldn't be more perfect.
Senator Specter, who has been a major RINO, was getting his arse handed to him in the polls related to a Republican primary. So, he jumps ship in the hope of retaining his seat.
But, it will be to no avail, he will lose his seat next election anyway, sucks to be him.
Government money in the hands of institutions to do research end up in patents, which are then either used directly or licensed for use to company's that then charge people for the products or things made from those patents.
In other words, A) you pay for the research with your tax money so that you can then B) pay **again** to have the benefit of the products or things made form research you helped finance!
It's a fricken scam of the highest order!
If any tax payer money is used to fund research, then patents should not issue, period, as the research information, results, etc. belong to the people that financed it, namely, tax paying citizens.
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How about making the state government in N.Y. **a lot* smaller?
Other people have to cut back in an economic down turn, governments (big and small) should be doing exactly the same thing.
Like I said, a novel idea, which would mean that for politicians, they would suffer a severe case of WHOOSH when encountering one or more novel ideas.
"...They're basically the orphaned ugly stepchild of Netscape...."
Yeah, but with the support of friends, a good dousing of Netscape/AOL/Time Warner disinfectant and a cleansing of the source code (in a mild sense), the orphaned ugly stepchild is at least refined enough to introduce friends and associates to. :)
"...I don't know if you are French or if you follow French politics, but you should understand that right now, no one can be trust in French politics. No one on the right, no one on the left, no one on the center...."
You could substitute "French" with "United States" and be correct as well.
"...If someone is throwing chairs around his/her office when they get upset, what do they do at home....?"
1) Enter house, throw nearest chair at wall. (check) ...
2) Find child using Google in house. Yell "I'LL F*CKING KILL GOOGLE!" (check)
3) Find iPod hidden in son's dresser, put it in trash compactor and ground son for three months. (check)
4)
5) PROFIT!!!
Yeah, that's the rub.
If SCOXQ.PK had any patents, that might work.
Unless they patented filing fraudulent claims.
But, there is gobs of prior-art to that, sucks to be SCOXQ.PK!
Hmm, not really.
I would say, that the people *swearing* to defend the Constitution, have a problem with the definition of "defend" as sworn to in their oath. :)
No, the IRS doesn't really collect taxes.
They are a mechanism to put the fear of gawd into people "voluntarily" paying their taxes.
If people do not pay their taxes, they get at least two, but maybe up to four involuntary things:
A) Fine(s) (not voluntary)
B) Interest (not voluntary)
C) If adjudicated, jail (also, not voluntary) and possibly
D) Be appointed as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (since only one person can serve this post at a time, good luck on getting this option).
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Good!
Are there any other laws we can use to give the government even less power? If so, I am all for them!
Bzzzzzt! Wrong!
U.S. Presidential Election Results, 2008:
Barak Obama, 69,456,897 votes, 52.92%
John McCain, 59,934,814 votes, 45.66%
Barak barely got a majority of the votes, and, as you can see, there was only a 7.26 percent difference.
And, I might point out, that almost half those voting **did not** vote for Obama. Funny, huh?
Next time you go off, might wanna get your facts straight first. I'm just sayin'.
Well, others should have been screaming this for the past (roughly) 80 years!
Uh, no. Funny, but no.
The amendment still stands.
Only two ways to modify it (or any amendment):
A) Passing another amendment (which would curtail, alter or otherwise define the 1st amendment) or
B) Constitutional convention which would basically scrap what we have and push the button.
Now "B" has not been done (other than such was convened to put together our original Constitution and the Bill of Rights). And, frankly, if option "B" came into play, you would probably see a whole slew of "Bill of Rights" amendments being either horribly altered or completely done away with. Why? Well, with the current powers-that-be, such a convention would be stacked with individuals that would be hell bent on molding it to solidify their political power. As opposed to fixing issues or problems with the current Constitution that have allowed 70 plus years of tyrants and thieves to run this country into the ground.
From my view, a good start on correcting things, would be for both of the major parties to become minorities in the House and Senate. That's about the only type of wake-up call that would get their attention, IMHO.
Actually, you are almost correct.
The U.S. President swears to "...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States...."
Whereas Senators, Representatives and other Federal officials (not judges) only swear to "... support and defend the Constitution of the United States...."
So, of the above mentioned office holders, only the President swears to "protect" the Constitution.
And frankly, from what I have seen since I attained voting age 29 years ago, Senators and Representatives don't really give a crap if the laws they pass could pass Constitutional muster or not. If the majority of them did care, probably more than 3/4ths of the laws passed in the last, roughly, 80 years, would have not been passed by either the House or Senate.
that's not really saying much.
"You want us to out breed Windows users?"
I have heard of this "breed" thing? Is there a manual available for it?
Had a friend of mine that was Lithuanian. She told me that they had no curse words.
About the worst thing you could say to someone in Lithuanian was, translated to English: "I hope your rabbit gets mange!"
Scary words, those.
Senator Specter finally jumped ship to the party he has pretty much been a part of for the last 12 years or so. And, the timing couldn't be more perfect. Senator Specter, who has been a major RINO, was getting his arse handed to him in the polls related to a Republican primary. So, he jumps ship in the hope of retaining his seat. But, it will be to no avail, he will lose his seat next election anyway, sucks to be him.
Wait till the RIAA gets wind of this!
Government money in the hands of institutions to do research end up in patents, which are then either used directly or licensed for use to company's that then charge people for the products or things made from those patents.
In other words, A) you pay for the research with your tax money so that you can then B) pay **again** to have the benefit of the products or things made form research you helped finance!
It's a fricken scam of the highest order!
If any tax payer money is used to fund research, then patents should not issue, period, as the research information, results, etc. belong to the people that financed it, namely, tax paying citizens.
The current way it works, it is fraud!
My mother was a one-bit unsigned integer, you insensitive clod!
Un-signed: Mr. Roboto
Yeah, it's not so much "Big Brother is watching you" it is "Little Brothers and Sisters are watching you".
This can't be good.
No, I'm John Doe #3!
So's my wife!
I did buy a copy of Netscape, back in the "Internet in a Box" (think that was the package name) days.
That was, I believe, before Microsoft started their whole "cut off their air supply" thang.
Last and current administrations spend us into oblivion and **now** we need high speed rail? WTF?
So, then everybody pays for effectively the same thing, through their tax money.
I find that idea just as pukey.
OMG!
Time Warner was near the top of my list of crap customer service companies already.
I have no direct experience with Comcast, but have read various customer reviews over the years, so all I can say is:
Looks like you had a crap sandwich and now you get a crap sandwich with a side of crap. :/