Of course, you ignore the fact that President Obama's party had complete control of Congress, with the Supermajority of the Senate, yet did nothing to shut down Gitmo. Now he gets to blame those damn Republicans, just as you do, for all his failings.
To be fair though, if you're equating "state's rights" with slavery, slavery was there first, and isn't there anymore. Jim Crow laws that replaced slavery are also gone. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and people of other minority groups have a much larger political voice than they did a few decades ago. That isn't going to change if states insist on their sovereignty again.
Sadly all of the penitentiaries that were able to take the prisoners had Republican governors. All of them were asked in turn by the administration, and all of them said no.
It is disturbing how so many actively chose to allow that human rights fiasco to continue just to make one man look bad..
Right. It can't possibly be that they thought having high ranking members of terrorist groups in their prisons was an open invitation to having their prisons attacked to free those people.
It always has to be about the black man in the white house for you, doesn't it.
No, he did have insurance coverage. He just wanted the "freedom" to force everyone else in the country to get it at inflated prices, so that he could also do so if his wife decided to quit her job.
Well, considering how some idiots flamed Mr Mims a few days ago, based on his personal beliefs, I'm not surprised with this strong of an argument about guns.
But that shouldn't be a reason to not ask an honest question. Keep asking them, please.
Yes, many people of all political types seem to only want to keep their favorite Amendments in play, and throw the others out. And not even by actually passing another amendment to repeal another, like happened at the end of Prohibition. Simply support the government ignoring the rules they don't like.
For what it's worth, I see your worst case scenario happening within the decade. It's going to start when some event stops food moving into a major metropolitan center. There's only a few days of food available to begin with, and a significant disruption of the supply will cause panic like we haven't seen in this country. Before the government would be able to open the roads again, thousands would die in the riots that would occur.
Basically, any group that wants to start something just has to shut down a dozen roads/highways around Los Angeles for two days, with accompanying propaganda threats to keep them shut for a month. Before the government would be able to open the roads again, thousands would die in the riots that would occur. It seems like that would be impossible, but 20 guys stole 4 planes and look what they accomplished.
And, by the way, that dozen roads/highways around LA is all of them. Looking at a map, there are just over a dozen roads into that city from outside the area. Blow a few bridges, crash a few planes, and you can bring the city to its knees.
That is what I see happening within a decade. Everything else until then is pointless navel gazing. Maybe I should go buy a gun now, so I have one when the shit hits the fan.
Thanks for the response Mike. That's how I look at my beliefs as well; can they be challenged intelligently and logically, and are they the same afterwards? I often find my beliefs being modified by these sorts of discussions. It seems some here can't afford to allow that possibility, even for others. Yet they proclaim science is their justification.
No, he's talking about a sequel to "The Picture of Dorian Gray", which is based around his ghost. The pluralization becomes apparent during the storyline.
Sorry I wasn't clear in that post. Whenever I ask about the origin of the Big Bang, the answer I get back is some variant of "It doesn't matter."
I don't ask religious people about the origin of God, because that's not an important point of their belief. And since I am not religious myself, I'm not that interested. I am interested in scientific thought, and am constantly disappointed by this one point.
we all could be having, if Mr Mims had simply not answered one of those particular questions.
As someone who doesn't believe in god, and believes evolution explains our current Earthly biosphere, you guys who are hammering Mims for his views on evolution are sounding like school kids mocking the kid who's different. You can't accept that someone that is so close to your accepted template of an educated scientist has this differing viewpoint. You guys are practically frothing at the mouth over this.
Get over yourselves. You don't have to agree with the man on every item of his personal belief system, just as I don't have to agree with every item of yours. That is what discussion of views is about.
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Notice at about 34 seconds, he's trying to figure out how to lie convincingly.
Actually, it was Carter's fault, but I hate Clinton more so will agree with you. :^P
Of course, you ignore the fact that President Obama's party had complete control of Congress, with the Supermajority of the Senate, yet did nothing to shut down Gitmo. Now he gets to blame those damn Republicans, just as you do, for all his failings.
That's why I chose my sig carefully.
To be fair though, if you're equating "state's rights" with slavery, slavery was there first, and isn't there anymore. Jim Crow laws that replaced slavery are also gone. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and people of other minority groups have a much larger political voice than they did a few decades ago. That isn't going to change if states insist on their sovereignty again.
Sadly all of the penitentiaries that were able to take the prisoners had Republican governors. All of them were asked in turn by the administration, and all of them said no.
It is disturbing how so many actively chose to allow that human rights fiasco to continue just to make one man look bad. .
Right. It can't possibly be that they thought having high ranking members of terrorist groups in their prisons was an open invitation to having their prisons attacked to free those people.
It always has to be about the black man in the white house for you, doesn't it.
It's quite telling that the Quote of the Day just below is:
The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided by the number of people in the group.
No, he did have insurance coverage. He just wanted the "freedom" to force everyone else in the country to get it at inflated prices, so that he could also do so if his wife decided to quit her job.
Healthcare is a basic human right. Full stop.
So are food and water, which are much more important for life. Full stop.
Are you going to pick up my restaurant tab this weekend?
Well, considering how some idiots flamed Mr Mims a few days ago, based on his personal beliefs, I'm not surprised with this strong of an argument about guns.
But that shouldn't be a reason to not ask an honest question. Keep asking them, please.
Yes, many people of all political types seem to only want to keep their favorite Amendments in play, and throw the others out. And not even by actually passing another amendment to repeal another, like happened at the end of Prohibition. Simply support the government ignoring the rules they don't like.
For what it's worth, I see your worst case scenario happening within the decade. It's going to start when some event stops food moving into a major metropolitan center. There's only a few days of food available to begin with, and a significant disruption of the supply will cause panic like we haven't seen in this country. Before the government would be able to open the roads again, thousands would die in the riots that would occur.
Basically, any group that wants to start something just has to shut down a dozen roads/highways around Los Angeles for two days, with accompanying propaganda threats to keep them shut for a month. Before the government would be able to open the roads again, thousands would die in the riots that would occur. It seems like that would be impossible, but 20 guys stole 4 planes and look what they accomplished.
And, by the way, that dozen roads/highways around LA is all of them. Looking at a map, there are just over a dozen roads into that city from outside the area. Blow a few bridges, crash a few planes, and you can bring the city to its knees.
That is what I see happening within a decade. Everything else until then is pointless navel gazing. Maybe I should go buy a gun now, so I have one when the shit hits the fan.
Thanks for the response Mike. That's how I look at my beliefs as well; can they be challenged intelligently and logically, and are they the same afterwards? I often find my beliefs being modified by these sorts of discussions. It seems some here can't afford to allow that possibility, even for others. Yet they proclaim science is their justification.
Again, thanks for the input. Have a nice day.
No, those are Crannys.
Thank you Captain Obvious.
No, he's talking about a sequel to "The Picture of Dorian Gray", which is based around his ghost. The pluralization becomes apparent during the storyline.
Can we use one of those spike things they use in restaurants? After all, without it the stack would fall over very quickly.
That is what discussion of views is about.
No. Discussion of views is talking about politics or economic theory in a respectful way in which multiple opinions can legitimately be defended.
Yes, as I said, this is supposed to be a discussion. Why don't you, and the other schoolyard bullies want to allow that?
This is very dangerous ... and therefore his statements need to be rebutted at every opportunity....
It is very disheartening to hear otherwise intelligent people say something like this on slashdot. Have fun punching him in the nose some more.
Sorry I wasn't clear in that post. Whenever I ask about the origin of the Big Bang, the answer I get back is some variant of "It doesn't matter."
I don't ask religious people about the origin of God, because that's not an important point of their belief. And since I am not religious myself, I'm not that interested. I am interested in scientific thought, and am constantly disappointed by this one point.
I didn't call it anything at all.
you now have the increased difficulty of explaining the origin of the unknown intelligent agent. You've gone a step backwards.
Sounds like the Big Bang Theory. The answer is simply, "It doesn't matter."
we all could be having, if Mr Mims had simply not answered one of those particular questions.
As someone who doesn't believe in god, and believes evolution explains our current Earthly biosphere, you guys who are hammering Mims for his views on evolution are sounding like school kids mocking the kid who's different. You can't accept that someone that is so close to your accepted template of an educated scientist has this differing viewpoint. You guys are practically frothing at the mouth over this.
Get over yourselves. You don't have to agree with the man on every item of his personal belief system, just as I don't have to agree with every item of yours. That is what discussion of views is about.
Did Mr Mims say "all-knowing and all-powerful" in his answer?
But, please, give us a more coherent answer on the details he did mention above. I would love to hear it.
Try breathing 100% oxygen for a while. It too can be deadly.
Don't forget that Peanuts isn't even new strips of the same old same ol'. They are printing comics that were drawn 40 years ago.