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  1. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 1

    We have congressional elections coming up as well. These are important and help one learn about grass roots if you get involved. Grass roots is where it all starts and where we the individuals have the most say. But amazingly these are the most neglected aspects of our political systems. It only helps the powers that be if we stay ignorant and out of this process.

    We have a process, what excuse do we have for not using it? If you aren't willing to use the process we already have, what do you want? If you feel it's broken, you can't help fix it while on your ass. It's a contact sport and you have to get off the bench and into the game, we are all players in it or suppose to be.

    If you don't like the choices, be a part of the process that helps make better ones. How people DON'T get involved is beyond me. If you seen who gets involved in these kinds of things, you might want to show up just to offset them. You wouldn't let these people pick LUNCH, yet you let them pick politicians?

  2. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 4, Informative

    The British and Israelis have to be looking at us as if we are epic cowards. Both have endured terrorist bombings like we do thunderstorms. Yet, they didn't turn into whining sniveling dogs, cowering to authority, handing over civil liberties for a hint of safety.

    For anyone to blame this on Islam and want to blow up mosques, it would have to be some kind of backward moron that would never get enough traction to warrant any support. If they are that mentally lazy, I doubt they would have the motivation to take it any further than just mouthing some hot air.

    Now what does concern me is that if the American people feel that their system of democracy is a fallacy and lose faith in our electoral system. They will not participate in it and hence give the "bad guys" a free hand to take things even further down the toilet. This will eventually breed "domestic terrorism" and even more civil liberties will be revoked.

    Don't wax romantic about fighting a "revolution" either, "they" are far ahead of you on this and it will only end very badly for the little guys. Our one and only hope is to fight this straight up through the system. It's not easy, but it can be done. It has to be done. The alternative is too horrible to consider.

  3. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I feel your pain and my sentiments about this run bloody as well. But lets not waste that passion by beating our breasts, save it up to fuel your political motivations. Instead, find a candidate that will represent your views on this and work towards getting this person elected. It's a win/win situation to get involved. If your candidate wins, your efforts are paid off, you have helped make America a better place.

    If your candidate loses, then you have made friends and bonds with others who are at least passionate enough to spend time fighting this evil politically. Face time, in real life, away from the prying eyes of spies from corporations and governments, among real people is were effective movements start. The power of "word of mouth" in an age of instant communication should never be underestimated.

    Inform and educated your friends.

  4. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I swear to God they are trying to provoke domestic terrorism with the TSA. We don't have a terrorist problem, and this has proven to be a serious joke on us at our own expense of our freedoms and money. They need desperately to justify their jackboot on our necks and the pillaging of our wallets. Perhaps if they manhandle enough women and children someone will react and give them the excuses they want for more draconian measures to protect their oligarchies.

    We need to be cool, and just remember this when it comes time for elections. Our Revolution 2.0 needs to be in the form of educated and informed voters sending these villains packing into the annals of our dark histories.

  5. Re:That is not what they do on US Journalists Targeted By Pentagon Propaganda Contractors · · Score: 2

    Hospitals, health insurance is big business and big money. We have preached capitalism is our new God, and that America is founded on it and you will die in a fire if you say otherwise. It doesn't matter how you make it, as long as you are rich, you are deemed a success and to be hailed as a hero and role model.

    There is a sickness in this country that the health care industry can't cure, and that is greed. We've seen the extremes of communism fail, now we get to see the extreme of capitalism fail.

    The irony of it all is how the wage slaves of America some how feel their "freedom" is threatened by nationalized health care. That is some elegant brainwashing via some of the finest propaganda the world has ever seen. Whenever someone mentions freedom in this country, I get an eye tick. You should too.

  6. Re:Few to admit it, but a lot of parents teach thi on Internet Responds To Racist Article, Gets Author Fired · · Score: 1

    I am sure a black scholar could get away with it these days easy. There is a serious double standard in this country these days and it's growing old fast.

  7. Re:What is wrong with pornography? on UK Bill Again Demands Web Pornography Ban · · Score: 1

    Nothing like a class like that to elegantly illustrate how damn ignorant people in general are. I have been in similar situations in certain classes where you feel like a damned alien from space. Some people just need governed, for their own good. I know that sounds horrible, but it's true. You don't let mentally handicapped people fly jumbo jets into major metropolises, nor should you let some people lose in life without putting them on a leash.

    Face it, we are heading towards Idiocracy at an alarming pace.

  8. Re:What is wrong with pornography? on UK Bill Again Demands Web Pornography Ban · · Score: 1

    No, you give them far too much credit. To want to remain in solidarity with the mainstream thought would require just that, some thought.

  9. Re:Culmination of a dream on The Supreme Court To Rule On Monsanto Seed Patents · · Score: 2

    Let me strike at this while it's still fresh in my mind. The problem I see with big corporations having such control over these things is the multinational aspect of it. By that I mean, these corporations aren't just "super citizens" here in the US, they are elsewhere as well. Our national interests can be bought up out from under us once they have fallen under corporate control.

    Multinational interests don't give one damn about the ecology of our economy. Nor do they care how many of us starve to death in the streets. Do they care when people starve to death in third world countries? Hell no, and we are quickly joining the ranks of third world countries in regards to health care, housing and jobs. Don't think so, go ask around.

    Not only have we let corporations become monsters, we have let them off the reservation and they aren't under any resemblance of control. One needs to look back at the history of corporations and ponder how they have evolved. Articles of Corporation weren't handed out willynilly in the beginning. They had to serve a purpose. They have evolved from the public trust to tax dodging entities that lobby (control) our government to the detriment of the population as a whole. Frankly they have served as "wealth sinks" that have sucked the life out of this country, and set on it like bloated toads.

    There has to be a flow of wealth like blood through a body, it's cyclic or it grows stagnant. The irony is, as the wealthy horde, they choke off the very life blood that gives what they have value until what they hold is detritus. What we are seeing I believe is the effects of undereducated affluent in the upper circles of power, hence they are falling prey the mechanics of a greed driven system. The "Machine" is in control at the top.

  10. Re:Culmination of a dream on The Supreme Court To Rule On Monsanto Seed Patents · · Score: 1

    I too have seen a list such as this, and it was a shock to my perceptions. This is not a checklist that a reasonable person of our nation should even in jest associate with us. Yet if you look at it, there are more than hints of truisms, there are items on it that are a stark reality. Does this not warrant a closer inspection?

    To those that would apply a contrast and comparison to Nazi Germany, the acme of which we measure fascism, one of course will leap naturally to the heights as they stand out the most. We haven't seen Liberals stuffed into gas ovens in FEMA camps, so it's not a contrast to Jews in the Holocaust yet. What we have to contrast and compare is the clime of our country to periods of development in Pre-Nazi Germany that led to said country going "batshit crazy fascist".

    What to look for are the mechanisms of said fascism and are they falling into place? The one thing we lack in this formula is the singular personality that would drive it all over the edge. We haven't seen an emergence of such "cult of personality" yet. I would wager this isn't going to happen sans something tragic happening and some hero figure emerging from it.

    In the mean time, are we percolating a monstrosity? Are we not to be vigilante against the enemies of freedom, even if they are of our own creation? Imagine if the people of Germany would have seen through the bullshit of the Nazi Party? If there is a chance that we stand on a threshold that is similar to theirs, no mater how slight, should we not ponder it?

  11. Re:Culmination of a dream on The Supreme Court To Rule On Monsanto Seed Patents · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Monsanto is the acme of the corporate problem in this equation. We really have been fools about all of this. We've allowed corporations into our food production to the point that it threatens the "mom and pop" farmers that make this country great. Why don't we want corporations involved? Aside from the usual great arguments, there is one we must consider. Corporations can be bought and controlled by interests that run contrary to the good of us all.

    If we keep the "power" in the hands of small farmer, we make it nigh impossible for any entity to control it. This isn't just Leftist hippie drivel, it preserves our food supply from falling into a "lack of genetic diversity" to keep it safe. If you end up with just ONE strain of something, you have put the system at risk.

    The individual independent farmers of America are one of our greatest assets. Through them, we have a stable food system that can feed the world in an affordable way.

    But don't expect our government to do what is wise by it's own nation or people. We have elected a ship of fools it would seem. But this is only because we have a population that revels in it's own ignorance. These same people then pass this value on in their electorate. News for Nerds you say? Look at this, name calling from the neolithic cavemen who are too lazy to educate themselves. Nerds indeed!

    I believe we are in this situation due to our own stupidity. Corruption is the acme of stupidity and it's tenacity. Corrupted we are indeed. We have lost the ability to think as a nation, and it's now just a matter of the factions splitting up the spoils of the ruins. It's easy to predict how this SCOTUS will rule. I believe they have neither the intelligence, the wisdom, or the integrity to rule for the nation on this. I believe they are corrupted and will side with the hand that feeds them.

    Judge a tree by it's fruits. What insane rulings have we seen out of this court so far? "Corporations are people too" hallmarked the rise of Corporation-ism / Fascism in this country. There is a political/power jigsaw puzzle coming together that has been decades in the shuffling around into place. It takes objectivity of a highly removed magnitude and a scope of vision that pans the global history to see it.

    To put it in gaming terms, the perspective of the pawn will not see it. You have to look at it from the perspective of the player. Looking at this as just another piece on the board, how fares the game for us?

  12. Re:Blizzard are scoundrels on A Look At One of Blizzard's Retired World of Warcraft Servers · · Score: 1

    I don't know, a game with beating down Chinese gold farmers has appeal.

  13. Fixing this title... on Conservatives' Trust In Science Has Fallen Dramatically Since Mid-1970s · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Conservatives' I.Q. Has Fallen Dramatically Since Mid-1970.

    There...

  14. Re:Rupert Murdoch has no scruples. on Murdoch Faces Allegations of Sabotage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's call it what is is. It's not stupidity, really. It's the results of nationalist propaganda, corporate and capitalist propaganda, a completely shitty education system that undermines the very principles of education, Christianity selling out to politicians, AND jackass propaganda machines like Faux News. Of course, you have ignorance, prejudices, racism, sexism, bigotry and delusions of grandeur, but just calling it "stupid" doesn't do it justice.

    Hmm..looking at that, perhaps you have a point. It could easily be summed up to we have a lot of fucking stupid people. But what can you do?

  15. Re:Rupert Murdoch has no scruples. on Murdoch Faces Allegations of Sabotage · · Score: 3

    Great solution, mine was not so eloquent. It was shoot them all in the fucking head and be done with it. I think your solution is far better, it hurts them deep in the pockets and across the range of investors, and sets an example for other corporations and their investors. Mine isn't a good long term solution, it doesn't set up for a long standing accountability, they could avoid getting shot. Whereas using the law to strip them of their ill gotten gains and inflict them with punitive damages can be sustained as long as we have vigilant people who have learned from this era of corporate criminal corruption.

  16. Re:One hand, 12 o'clock ... on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    So, how many wrecks shall we cause today by driving granny then making a lane change at speeds that do NOT mesh with the flow of traffic?

  17. Re:Pah! Antisocial network on Senators Ask Feds To Probe Facebook Log-in Requests · · Score: 1

    I agree, it's against my Internet Religion to belong to any cheesy social network such as Facebook. Facebook, it's the new AOL, rife with noobiesauce tardsmacks. I couldn't care less what people are doing.

    Second, what kind of monster employer would dream of having the balls to ask for such a thing? It had better be for working for the President, guarding precious national secrets that could result in the loss of massive life. If this is just the whims of some power mad boss with delusions of grandeur, one should leap over the desk at the job interview and throttle the bastard with his own shoes. When the judge asks what the Sam Hell you were thinking, just reply "I was compelled" and show the request for such nonsense. Then wait as the judge gets through throttling same said arrogant boss with his own shoes himself before you ask for a dismissal.

       

  18. Re:One hand, 12 o'clock ... on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, here in the America, (you know, where the present and future are) we live large and thus dangerously. If you seen the size of the vehicles and the traffic here, you would understand. You would probably want more bags placed all around you, and you wouldn't care if they hurt you a little if they went off wrong. But instead, you would not want to live here, you would go home where things are nice and safe.

    We are born and bred to this madness; to us, it's mother's milk.

    So, my fine feathered friend, if you come to America, leave the pop-can with wheels at home. It may sip gas from a tea cup and be very practical there, but here with it, when you are screaming down an Interstate that goes through or around an major US city, at rush hour, doing 85 MPH to keep up with traffic, which at the moment are all semi-trucks that have you sewn in from all sides, front and back, you will need to clean the driver's seat when you pull over. If you come to America, drive an American car, made by Americans for American drivers and roads.

    It will make sense, trust me.

    (Or just make sure it's a convertible, embrace the madness, laugh and drive like a madman in the wind.)

  19. Re:amazing on Notch Wants To Make a Firefly-Inspired Sandbox Space Game · · Score: 1

    Omfg yes, me too. I read this and was gleeful, as in "Oh goody goody gumdrops, tee hee hee" giddy. Yes, I tee hee'ed like a little girl.

    I fucking hate EVE and it's "lets be a space ship" mediocrity. I'm playing SWTOR and it's a gas bag of a half baked game, a complete douchbag copy of WoW mechanics, the space aspect of it is on RAILS FFS. That lamo tech was out when the ORIGINAL damn SW came out, sweet jesus what passes muster these days is damn pathetic.

    Why am I playing it? Why did I play Asteroids to the tune of 25 cents a throw? You play what is currently available and wait for the next thing. If you don't support the industry, even when it shovels out crap, the industry fails. It was people like me who paid those quarters back then that paved the way to today's gaming.

    Your WELCOME you ungrateful bastards. Now give me this damn game I want. NOW......lol.

    I'm excited at the prospect of it too.

  20. Re:I wonder what they will say on Queensland Police to Look For Unsecured WiFi Spots · · Score: 4, Funny

    I name mine "Warning: Virus Detected!"

  21. Re:yawn on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Watch for a rise in insects and vermin that the winter would normally have killed off. Any wildlife got a pass this winter as well. Where I live the ticks are bad, and this will not have helped. Ticks need a deep freeze for a long time to kill them. They are all over the deer and the deer are now coming into town because idiots feed them. We are going to have a deer tick disease epidemic I'm afraid, as these ticks drop off in yards, get on people and pets and pass along their diseases.

    I predict lots of violent storms ahead for us, with more F5 tornadoes than we have ever seen. Look for an insanely hot Summer, resulting in massive humidity that will erupt into violent storms when a cold front of any sort approaches. That's if we are lucky. If not, we will just cooking in our juices this summer under broiling heat, and high humidity.

    Of course I could be wrong...lol..it's the weather.

  22. Re:Like War on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 1

    Now, now, they are just doing their jobs producing a red herring to obfuscate the real order of business; the American gulag, forced labor/debtor camps, and behavior research facilities. And of course, they use ergonomic chairs. I can almost hear them laughing at us.

  23. Re:Like War on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We should elect officials and representatives through a system like how we do juries. Picking randomly from the populace would make it nigh impossible to lock down a large enough portion of the government through corruption. It would make surveillance of officials easier. Which makes me think that another easy thing would be to put all of congress and the pres on 24/7 surveillance.

  24. Google Gov on Google Files Amicus Brief in Hotfile Case; MPAA Requests It Be Rejected · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's just elect Google.

  25. Re:Where was this show... on Wil Wheaton's New Show: Tabletop · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh indeed. It was around 79 to 81. Hey, you just missed KISS. Parents and churches flipped the fuck out over them. Kings In Satan's Service is what they said at church when they preached about it. (We keep electing some wacky people out of this brain cloud pool.) Forget going to see AC/DC, Jail Break was what it was to escape to get to one of their concerts.

    America: we have our own version of the Taliban.