And Deep Throat is a perfect example of something that should have been leaked. Who knows, if WikiLeaks had been around then, maybe we would have found out sooner.
Talk about eating up propaganda... you say that people "make excuse for [Hamas's] terrorist attacks" and then you do the same thing with Israel's! Reality is, they're both wrong. If you can't see that (which apparently you can't) you're not being honest. Then you appear to go on to advocate that might makes right? That because any option but accepting Israel results in Israelis killing Palestinians (in itself wrong) that it should be done? How would you feel if I went in to your house with a gun and shot you and your family because you don't agree with me? It's the same logic but I would bet that you would be considerably less accepting then...
[fundamentalist capitalism] is an example of a known working economic system
Excuse me while I try to stop laughing...
Seriously, have you ever taken an economics class in your entire life? I mean, not to sound condescending, but GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... there is very little debate among economists that you need government intervention to have a sustainable economy. What is debated is the amount that is healthy, but the fact that it's necessary is almost never debated.
That's a stupid argument. The UN says "Let there be Israel!" then "Uh, Israel, please don't be a fuckwad... stop bombing people" and you say that it's hypocritical to only support the second statement because they came from the same source? I am, frankly, offended by how little thought went into your post.
the US govt is supposed to be...small, and fairly ineffective I wish people would stop repeating this myth. What you just described was the Articles of Confederation, and the Founding Fathers hated it. All it takes is a basic knowledge of history to debunk this myth, and yet... no.
Foreign Policy would be a disaster under Obama and his people, Israel would be gone When are you going to get to disasters?
You cannot negotiate with people like the President of Iran. History tells us that, go look up Neville Chamberlain and his deal with Nazi Germany. Last I heard, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hasn't started killing off any minorities.
[Obama]...is also anti-defense. Anti-war is not the same as anti-defense.
Most music piracy is like stealing money from a busker's cap. The pirate begrudges the artist his pennies. Uh, I don't know who you hang out with, but the people that I know that pirate don't pirate independent music. It's much easier to get that directly from the artist. What they pirate are Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, The John Lennon, etc. Even if Johnny Cash could get checks delivered to Henderson Memory Gardens, I'm not sure he would have much use for them. I'm not sure there's a minibar in heaven or that what he received would be more than a drop in the bucket to what he has.
[quote]Most music piracy is like stealing money from a busker's cap. The pirate begrudges the artist his pennies.[/quote]Uh, I don't know who [i]you[/i] hang out with, but the people that I know that pirate don't pirate independent music. It's much easier to get that directly from the artist. What they pirate are Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, The John Lennon, etc. Even if Johnny Cash could get checks delivered to Henderson Memory Gardens, I'm not sure he would have much use for them. I'm not sure there's a minibar in heaven or that what he received would be more than a drop in the bucket to what he has.
The clerks also discard apps that don't meet the GPA requirements. In that sense, they do make decisions. If the requirements are not met, they are trashed and the people in charge never even see them.
what part of "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" do you not understand That's not the text of the Second Amendment.;)
If a parent says to his child "For the purposes of buying vegetables, I will always give you money," do you expect said parent to give the child money to buy cookies?
what made me, and evidently everyone else, start thinking that the Constitution was meant to protect everyone in the world Because... it... does. Seriously. I see this argument so often and it's utterly ridiculous. Things like "Oh, the Bill of Rights only applies to citizens!" No, it doesn't. It never uses the word "citizen," only "person." Other parts of the constitution use the word "citizen," but not the Bill of Rights.
In 1982, in the case of Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights applied to all people over which the government had power. Thus, they cannot violate anyone's Constitutional rights except for as provided for by law. Immigrant-status, citizen-status, or anything is completely irrelevant.
[quote]what makes you think that army is going to be on the side of a corrupt government? yes, it's mostly made up of loser douchebags. but even loser douchebags in the army will not fire on their own people.[/quote]In most of the famous coups instituted by totalitarians, the army has sided with the totalitarian.
The President has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retroactive immunity. No immunity, no new FISA bill. So if we take the President at his word, he is willing to let Americans die to protect the phone companies. The President's insistence on immunity as a precondition for any FISA reform is yet another example of his disrespect for honest dialogue Reminds me of last year (the year before? it all flows together) when Congress was putting benchmarks and things into the Iraq appropriations bills and the President was vetoing them. Then he went on to say that Congress didn't respect the troops because they wouldn't pass a bill.
OTOH that's not the whole story. The terms don't mean the same thing. eg. in the UK Christians, if they're anything, tend to be associated with what we call left wing policies* - social justice, feeding the poor, equality, welfare state, etc. In the US they're universally described as right wing, for, I presume, similar reasons. Actually, they're described as right-wing for different reasons. Those are all described as left-wing in the U.S. also (social justice, feeding the poor, equality, welfare, etc.). It seems like Christians in the U.S. (as a group, not INDIVIDUALLY - not saying ALL do, just as in general [hence the term Moral Majority, etc.]) focus more on the "don't do this" than on the "do this" aspects of the Bible. Rather than "do feed the poor, do tolerate others" it tends to be "don't have abortions, don't let gay people get married," etc. Thus, they tend to be associated with right-wing policies.
Whereas all the solutions of the left rely on the inherent goodness of humanity, which is as equally delusional and fantastical as a belief in a Magical Sky Daddy. Wait, since when did "lets mandate that we help the poor" rely more on the inherent goodness of humanity than "we don't need to help the poor because people will give their money to charities who will take care of the poor"?
What kind of spineless fuck allows that to happen? He obviously meant "we" in a general sense, as in the American People.
It would REALLY be amusing if people like you didn't blame their failure to stand up for what they believe You have no idea what he did or did not stand up for.
Here's how I remember it going down (because, incidentally, unlike your fucked up storybook fantasy, this is how it actually happened)
Bush : WE GOTTA GO TA WAR!!
Everyone else : Meh.
Bush : NO SERIOUSLY WE GOTTA GO TA WAR!!!!
Everyone else : mmmmm yeah ok I guess.
Then your memory sucks ass. It was like this:
Bush: WE GOTTA GO TA WAR!! FLAGS! AMERICA! American People: YEAAAHH! FLAGS! U S A! U S A! Small minority: Uh, this is a bad idea, guys...
people [opposed to the war] WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. Now we know you're wrong. There were certainly a few people. Not a lot, but there were some. (Dennis Kucinich?)
Because I definitely remember a dearth of public outcry So? Just because there wasn't a lot of people doesn't mean that he wasn't one.
You're right, I don't know that is the goal. That is, however, what is generally considered to be wrong with it, the reason that some companies do it.
Further, this is all off-topic. The point was that your description of selling below cost was incorrect and I pointed it out, thinking that maybe you weren't sure.
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In addition to the listed sites, I believe Facebook's Connect API uses OAuth for authentication... that's a LOT of users...
And Deep Throat is a perfect example of something that should have been leaked. Who knows, if WikiLeaks had been around then, maybe we would have found out sooner.
Talk about eating up propaganda... you say that people "make excuse for [Hamas's] terrorist attacks" and then you do the same thing with Israel's! Reality is, they're both wrong. If you can't see that (which apparently you can't) you're not being honest. Then you appear to go on to advocate that might makes right? That because any option but accepting Israel results in Israelis killing Palestinians (in itself wrong) that it should be done? How would you feel if I went in to your house with a gun and shot you and your family because you don't agree with me? It's the same logic but I would bet that you would be considerably less accepting then...
[fundamentalist capitalism] is an example of a known working economic system
Excuse me while I try to stop laughing...
Seriously, have you ever taken an economics class in your entire life? I mean, not to sound condescending, but GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY... there is very little debate among economists that you need government intervention to have a sustainable economy. What is debated is the amount that is healthy, but the fact that it's necessary is almost never debated.
That's a stupid argument. The UN says "Let there be Israel!" then "Uh, Israel, please don't be a fuckwad... stop bombing people" and you say that it's hypocritical to only support the second statement because they came from the same source? I am, frankly, offended by how little thought went into your post.
Haha, this is true. This is, apparently, what comes from not paying enough attention.
I hate The Drudge Report. At the same time, I see nothing wrong with excerpting news stories. I don't know who to root for...
I guess that's three recent enemies...
[quote]And, grandchildren???[/quote]Keep in mind that your son works in IT...
[quote]Most music piracy is like stealing money from a busker's cap. The pirate begrudges the artist his pennies.[/quote]Uh, I don't know who [i]you[/i] hang out with, but the people that I know that pirate don't pirate independent music. It's much easier to get that directly from the artist. What they pirate are Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, The John Lennon, etc. Even if Johnny Cash could get checks delivered to Henderson Memory Gardens, I'm not sure he would have much use for them. I'm not sure there's a minibar in heaven or that what he received would be more than a drop in the bucket to what he has.
The clerks also discard apps that don't meet the GPA requirements. In that sense, they do make decisions. If the requirements are not met, they are trashed and the people in charge never even see them.
If a parent says to his child "For the purposes of buying vegetables, I will always give you money," do you expect said parent to give the child money to buy cookies?
In 1982, in the case of Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights applied to all people over which the government had power. Thus, they cannot violate anyone's Constitutional rights except for as provided for by law. Immigrant-status, citizen-status, or anything is completely irrelevant.
[quote]what makes you think that army is going to be on the side of a corrupt government? yes, it's mostly made up of loser douchebags. but even loser douchebags in the army will not fire on their own people.[/quote]In most of the famous coups instituted by totalitarians, the army has sided with the totalitarian.
Bush : WE GOTTA GO TA WAR!!
Everyone else : Meh.
Bush : NO SERIOUSLY WE GOTTA GO TA WAR!!!!
Everyone else : mmmmm yeah ok I guess.
Then your memory sucks ass. It was like this:
Bush: WE GOTTA GO TA WAR!! FLAGS! AMERICA!
American People: YEAAAHH! FLAGS! U S A! U S A!
Small minority: Uh, this is a bad idea, guys... people [opposed to the war] WERE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. Now we know you're wrong. There were certainly a few people. Not a lot, but there were some. (Dennis Kucinich?) Because I definitely remember a dearth of public outcry So? Just because there wasn't a lot of people doesn't mean that he wasn't one.
I agree with what you said - just felt the need to point that out.
You're right, I don't know that is the goal. That is, however, what is generally considered to be wrong with it, the reason that some companies do it.
Further, this is all off-topic. The point was that your description of selling below cost was incorrect and I pointed it out, thinking that maybe you weren't sure.