Nothing you Copied & Pasted says anything about tying Iraq to 9/11. The future actions would seem to imply it and even relies on it, but it was not claimed by Bush outright, AFAIK.
It's called gridlock. Calls to D.C. were nearly impossible to make, and a cell phone certainly won't take priority. You could say that they should have a special, secret number that always takes precedence, but that requires the consent & action of every phone provider between the two places -- not very secure, eh? However, I agree with the basic idea -- maybe secure-link satellite phones or something else that doesn't rely on public telecom carriers.
> What you should be wondering about is why their consideration never produced any action.
Because in a "free nation," you don't start tightening things down just because something is possible. What did you want, all pen knives confiscated from airline passengers starting in 1990?
> the time from the first hijacking to the first WTC crash.
I believe that you will not find anyone who (publicly) thought terrorists were attacking until the second plane hit. Not to mention that they were only 19 minutes apart. Not exactly a lot of time to work with. If it was shot down, it probably would have been over/near NYC anyway.
> Welfare simply exist to keep the minority in check and under the governments thumb
That is absolutely moronic. What keeps people on welfare is being fucking lazy. How is FREE MONEY taking advantage of someone? To "get from under the Gov Thumb," all they have to do is GET A FUCKING JOB. Seriously, I'm not trying to flame here, but that is just asinine.
> If you don't know how Rock and Roll is recorded, you have no right to try to fake it. Same with any genre.
Genres are pretty much completely made up, so there is no "faking it." You either make music or you don't. The quality will change, but telling someone they don't have the right to make it is utter bullshit. Your post would have been much better had you not said that.
If they think they have a chance at BP, they are seriously deluding themselves. Wait... Oh yeah, It's Michael Moore, of course he's deluding himself. And everyone else.
> doesn't that cover the advertising used in the un-registered version of Opera?
Or ANY Ad-Ware, for that matter. It doesn't seem as popular as it used to be, but there are still some programs out there that are "free" just because they can throw a banner advert somewhere on the program's window so the software company gets paid. I seem to remember a download manager like that... Might have been Go!Zilla, but I haven't used a DM in a long time.
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> a group could get maybe 20 of these if they are plentiful, and just crash one after another into the White House
Interesting point, because if wheeled cars become obsolete, the airspace restrictions near the White House would have to be loosened to allow people to still get to work. Or maybe not?
Perhaps the aircar industry growth would be in addition to a buildup in public transportation, where if you wanted to go somewhere in downtown D.C. (or any other large city) you would have to park your plane at an airport outside the city & take a hoverbus in...
Or maybe you just won't be able to fly above 10 ft -- inside the city your flying car would convert to a hover car.
> Knowledge and progress mean nothing to politicians and the general population
That's a bit one-sided... I believe those things are important to the majority. The difference is that the majority does not believe space travel will bring knowledge & progress, so it isn't worth their money at the moment. I disagree with that opinion, but there it is.
While it may not be actual evidence, he has neither confirmed nor denied it.
> I don't see anyone saying what he did was okay.
Now you do. I have no problem with him doing coke when he was young. Hell, I have no problem if he does it now, as long as he's not meeting with anyone important or making any governmental decisions at that time. I'll defend him on that, even though I dislike many decisions he made during his term.
> The morals of virtually all Western Societies are derived by a set of 10 rules handed supposedly handed by God to Moses
Which of those countries has passed a law stating that you cannot pray to any other gods beside Him and you shalt not "make unto any graven images" or some such crap?
No, laws may parallel some of the 10 commandments, but they are not directly based on all of them. The 10C's are mostly common sense -- don't kill? No shit, wouldn't have thought of that myself if I weren't told by some ignorant nomads.
> Whether these statistics are equally, greater, or less valid for married gay couples is probably undetermined.
That has no bearing (or, at least, shouldn't) on whether something is legal or not. Statistics on insurance are the insurance company's problem and don't belong in this argument.
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> Get it right or get the heck out of my way!
Get off your high horse or move it off the freeway -- just don't complain when you get run over.
I love analogies. Especially when they don't make sense.
No doubt -- I can spend all day playing Mahjong!
> It took awhile to figure out how to win the darn thing,
A while? It took me hours just to get out of the damn pit you start in!
> All of this spyware people have on their computers gets there because they don't read the license agreement
Totally wrong. There is plenty of spyware that can install itself without being attached to another program.
Nothing you Copied & Pasted says anything about tying Iraq to 9/11. The future actions would seem to imply it and even relies on it, but it was not claimed by Bush outright, AFAIK.
> It's called a cell phone.
It's called gridlock. Calls to D.C. were nearly impossible to make, and a cell phone certainly won't take priority. You could say that they should have a special, secret number that always takes precedence, but that requires the consent & action of every phone provider between the two places -- not very secure, eh? However, I agree with the basic idea -- maybe secure-link satellite phones or something else that doesn't rely on public telecom carriers.
> What you should be wondering about is why their consideration never produced any action.
Because in a "free nation," you don't start tightening things down just because something is possible. What did you want, all pen knives confiscated from airline passengers starting in 1990?
> the time from the first hijacking to the first WTC crash.
I believe that you will not find anyone who (publicly) thought terrorists were attacking until the second plane hit. Not to mention that they were only 19 minutes apart. Not exactly a lot of time to work with. If it was shot down, it probably would have been over/near NYC anyway.
> Welfare simply exist to keep the minority in check and under the governments thumb
That is absolutely moronic. What keeps people on welfare is being fucking lazy. How is FREE MONEY taking advantage of someone? To "get from under the Gov Thumb," all they have to do is GET A FUCKING JOB. Seriously, I'm not trying to flame here, but that is just asinine.
> If you don't know how Rock and Roll is recorded, you have no right to try to fake it. Same with any genre.
Genres are pretty much completely made up, so there is no "faking it." You either make music or you don't. The quality will change, but telling someone they don't have the right to make it is utter bullshit. Your post would have been much better had you not said that.
> they may be saying that in their opinion, the film was so poor, it made them want to die
No, they are saying that watching the film causes brain damage. Or you need to be brain damaged to believe it.
> instead they want Best Picture
If they think they have a chance at BP, they are seriously deluding themselves. Wait... Oh yeah, It's Michael Moore, of course he's deluding himself. And everyone else.
> it's not hard to imagine the temperature rising to 105 degrees fairly often in Texas
It's 106, and I believe they are talking about body temperature, not air temp.
> doesn't that cover the advertising used in the un-registered version of Opera?
Or ANY Ad-Ware, for that matter. It doesn't seem as popular as it used to be, but there are still some programs out there that are "free" just because they can throw a banner advert somewhere on the program's window so the software company gets paid. I seem to remember a download manager like that... Might have been Go!Zilla, but I haven't used a DM in a long time.
> a group could get maybe 20 of these if they are plentiful, and just crash one after another into the White House
Interesting point, because if wheeled cars become obsolete, the airspace restrictions near the White House would have to be loosened to allow people to still get to work. Or maybe not?
Perhaps the aircar industry growth would be in addition to a buildup in public transportation, where if you wanted to go somewhere in downtown D.C. (or any other large city) you would have to park your plane at an airport outside the city & take a hoverbus in...
Or maybe you just won't be able to fly above 10 ft -- inside the city your flying car would convert to a hover car.
> Just like you count in Megadeaths and not Kilodeaths?
:P
The curse of the pedant... It's Megadeths! Only one "a."
> Knowledge and progress mean nothing to politicians and the general population
That's a bit one-sided... I believe those things are important to the majority. The difference is that the majority does not believe space travel will bring knowledge & progress, so it isn't worth their money at the moment. I disagree with that opinion, but there it is.
> yum update
Does that update programs that were installed from source?
> Ever see someone "in a K-hole"?
I thought that was funny too. I've taken small amounts of K before & I didn't feel like doing anything but staring at a wall for an hour or so...
> I fear that next we shall here something about "extremophiles"
I'm sure they exist. No doubt there is at least one couple out there who wants to screw at the top of Everest.
> By the way, there is no evidence he did cocaine
While it may not be actual evidence, he has neither confirmed nor denied it.
> I don't see anyone saying what he did was okay.
Now you do. I have no problem with him doing coke when he was young. Hell, I have no problem if he does it now, as long as he's not meeting with anyone important or making any governmental decisions at that time. I'll defend him on that, even though I dislike many decisions he made during his term.
> I believe I also remember reading that average same-sex relationship averaged less in duration
Couldn't have anything to do with a shitload of them being annulled against their will very suddenly & after an extremely short duration...
> The morals of virtually all Western Societies are derived by a set of 10 rules handed supposedly handed by God to Moses
Which of those countries has passed a law stating that you cannot pray to any other gods beside Him and you shalt not "make unto any graven images" or some such crap?
No, laws may parallel some of the 10 commandments, but they are not directly based on all of them. The 10C's are mostly common sense -- don't kill? No shit, wouldn't have thought of that myself if I weren't told by some ignorant nomads.
> Fortunately, there are other requirements for marriage.
Despite your insinuations, love is certainly NOT a requirement for marriage. If it were, we probably wouldn't have so many divorces.
> Whether these statistics are equally, greater, or less valid for married gay couples is probably undetermined.
That has no bearing (or, at least, shouldn't) on whether something is legal or not. Statistics on insurance are the insurance company's problem and don't belong in this argument.