I looked through a few of these '54 incidents', and some don't have anything to do with FOSS (GoDaddy.com advertising? A vitual rape on a MUD, over fifteen years ago?), and many others are so tame I'm amazed anyone bothered to report them (a guy asked if the audience would rather search for a victoria's secret lingerie model, or a swimsuit model?)
No, I clearly recall Bush winning both elections, and then leaving office due to the 22nd amendment limiting the number of terms a person can serve as president.
The Feds didn't worry about mismanagement by banks or auto companies, why would they worry about mismanagement by state governments?
"Oh, you screwed up and have no money? Back your large truck up and we'll shovel in money until you say stop... we just have to wait for the printer to finish printing out more."
"Just by enforcing the state's existing tax law..."
What law is that? Does Washington actually have a law that allows it to tax sales in other states? I might be willing to listen to this dude's rant if he actually states what MS is doing wrong. But he just seems to be saying "Look at all those sales in Nevada! We should totally get all that tax money!"
You don't know squat about US law, do you? It is up to the state to prove that you are a murderer. You only need to try to discredit the prosecution's evidence/theories. You never have to prove that you are innocent.
In fact, you technically don't need to present a defense to be acquitted. If the prosecution's evidence is flimsy enough, you can just stand up and state that the prosecution's case is insufficient to prove your guilt, and let the jury decide. I think you can even ask the judge to throw out the case out this point due to lack of evidence.
You want to bring back real education? get rid of the teachers unions, get rid of tenure systems in ALL facets of education, PAY the teachers to be educators, force parents to police thier own children and kick out of school the children of the ones too fucking stupid to so
Every time I turn around the US government is finding new and innovative ideas in fomenting anti-immigrant sentiment.
Last I checked, the US allows over one million legal immigrants into the country every year. If that's "anti-immigrant", then the government sucks at it.
...The solution isn't more border patrols on the Tex-Mex border,...
Wait, what does border patrol have to do with immigrants? Or are you now talking about illegal immigrants?
...They bring disease...
If you are talking about illegal immigrants, the problem is that they might very well be the source of these diseases. The problem is we can't tell for sure, since they have ignored our immigration laws and waltzed right in without being checked out by us.
Um, what the hell is 'whiteface'? I know what 'blackface' is (putting on black makeup to imitate a black person, which is considered racist), but I have never heard of 'whiteface'. Wouldn't whiteface be racist against... whites?
I can wait the 30 seconds. But how many on-ramps have you seen long enough to allow 30 seconds to get up to speed? You're on the freeway after about 5-10 seconds. And everyone else there is already up to speed. They either have to move over or slam on their brakes.
I wish they would have kept to their original listing of "40 miles on a single charge, 50 MPG when running off the generator". The EPA needs to come up with some new measuring standard for this type of car, or some idiot is going to put one gallon of gas in his uncharged Volt for a 200 mile trip one day, and bitch and moan when he runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere after 50 miles.
Of course the VW Polo gets good mileage; the engine only puts out 74 HP. The Volt electric engine is rated at twice that (150 HP), and still manages good efficiency overall.
Have fun trying to get up to highway speeds or up a steep hill in your Polo.
Did the auto and airline unions jack fuel prices up?
No, but the unions made it more difficult for the companies to shed excess personnel/wages to make up for it.
Did the teacher's unions set the curriculum requirements and funding levels?
Yeah, because teacher's unions would never get involved in the politics of education!
I'm not saying that unions caused the problems in the industries mentioned, just that they are an impediment to fixing them. And I found the OP assertion that the middle class is worse off due to lack of strong unions ridiculous.
America is the only modern western nation where the middle class is worse off than in 1980, and the only nation that has a broken union movement. This is not a coincidence.
Yeah, if only we had more unions to fix our economy like they fixed the auto, airline, and public education industries, we'd be much better off.
I don't worry about registry settings. I set them once before, I can set them again after I reinstall. For me, It's not worth the hassle and problems of trying to save a registry that has an unknown amount of baggage/crap in it.
And why the hell would citizens of Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States), Canada, or República Federativa do Brasil (Federative Republic of Brazil) want to be referred to as 'Americans'? The word 'America' or 'American' appears nowhere in their names.
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I looked through a few of these '54 incidents', and some don't have anything to do with FOSS (GoDaddy.com advertising? A vitual rape on a MUD, over fifteen years ago?), and many others are so tame I'm amazed anyone bothered to report them (a guy asked if the audience would rather search for a victoria's secret lingerie model, or a swimsuit model?)
This is pretty weak evidence.
You voted bush out, remember?
No, I clearly recall Bush winning both elections, and then leaving office due to the 22nd amendment limiting the number of terms a person can serve as president.
So, you've never heard of state prisons?
The Feds didn't worry about mismanagement by banks or auto companies, why would they worry about mismanagement by state governments?
"Oh, you screwed up and have no money? Back your large truck up and we'll shovel in money until you say stop... we just have to wait for the printer to finish printing out more."
Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles Become Reality
Well, it's about damn time. You know how long I've been waiting for this day?
/wipes away a single tear
"Just by enforcing the state's existing tax law..."
What law is that? Does Washington actually have a law that allows it to tax sales in other states? I might be willing to listen to this dude's rant if he actually states what MS is doing wrong. But he just seems to be saying "Look at all those sales in Nevada! We should totally get all that tax money!"
You don't know squat about US law, do you? It is up to the state to prove that you are a murderer. You only need to try to discredit the prosecution's evidence/theories. You never have to prove that you are innocent.
In fact, you technically don't need to present a defense to be acquitted. If the prosecution's evidence is flimsy enough, you can just stand up and state that the prosecution's case is insufficient to prove your guilt, and let the jury decide. I think you can even ask the judge to throw out the case out this point due to lack of evidence.
You want to bring back real education?
get rid of the teachers unions, get rid of tenure systems in ALL facets of education, PAY the teachers to be educators, force parents to police thier own children and kick out of school the children of the ones too fucking stupid to so
How do I mod you up to 6?
Every time I turn around the US government is finding new and innovative ideas in fomenting anti-immigrant sentiment.
Last I checked, the US allows over one million legal immigrants into the country every year. If that's "anti-immigrant", then the government sucks at it.
...The solution isn't more border patrols on the Tex-Mex border,...
Wait, what does border patrol have to do with immigrants? Or are you now talking about illegal immigrants?
...They bring disease...
If you are talking about illegal immigrants, the problem is that they might very well be the source of these diseases. The problem is we can't tell for sure, since they have ignored our immigration laws and waltzed right in without being checked out by us.
Hold on there. She was in remission!
whiteface is not "criticism" -- it's racism
Um, what the hell is 'whiteface'? I know what 'blackface' is (putting on black makeup to imitate a black person, which is considered racist), but I have never heard of 'whiteface'. Wouldn't whiteface be racist against... whites?
Soooo... you've managed to not hear about these places called Iraq and Afghanistan for the past five years? How big is the cave you are living in?
I'm not entirely sure how, but I know global warming is involved in some way.
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Fun...
Shit, you're right!
I can wait the 30 seconds. But how many on-ramps have you seen long enough to allow 30 seconds to get up to speed? You're on the freeway after about 5-10 seconds. And everyone else there is already up to speed. They either have to move over or slam on their brakes.
I wish they would have kept to their original listing of "40 miles on a single charge, 50 MPG when running off the generator". The EPA needs to come up with some new measuring standard for this type of car, or some idiot is going to put one gallon of gas in his uncharged Volt for a 200 mile trip one day, and bitch and moan when he runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere after 50 miles.
Of course the VW Polo gets good mileage; the engine only puts out 74 HP. The Volt electric engine is rated at twice that (150 HP), and still manages good efficiency overall.
Have fun trying to get up to highway speeds or up a steep hill in your Polo.
Did the auto and airline unions jack fuel prices up?
No, but the unions made it more difficult for the companies to shed excess personnel/wages to make up for it.
Did the teacher's unions set the curriculum requirements and funding levels?
Yeah, because teacher's unions would never get involved in the politics of education!
I'm not saying that unions caused the problems in the industries mentioned, just that they are an impediment to fixing them. And I found the OP assertion that the middle class is worse off due to lack of strong unions ridiculous.
America is the only modern western nation where the middle class is worse off than in 1980, and the only nation that has a broken union movement. This is not a coincidence.
Yeah, if only we had more unions to fix our economy like they fixed the auto, airline, and public education industries, we'd be much better off.
"This guy is a real tool....This guy deserves to rot in prison"
Yeah, but what happens when some judge thinks you are a real tool, and deserves to rot in prison for 14 years? With no trial? No evidence? No jury?
I don't worry about registry settings. I set them once before, I can set them again after I reinstall. For me, It's not worth the hassle and problems of trying to save a registry that has an unknown amount of baggage/crap in it.
"So you can save 5 minutes backing up your stuff?"
Hell, I don't even worry about that anymore. Partition for Windows on C:, partition for all my data on D:. C: gets wiped, D: remains untouched.
And why the hell would citizens of Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States), Canada, or República Federativa do Brasil (Federative Republic of Brazil) want to be referred to as 'Americans'? The word 'America' or 'American' appears nowhere in their names.
That is such made-up garbage, there is no way that is true. You're making it up.
There is no way you have a girlfriend.
Is Anti-mater like an evil mirror universe version of Tow-mater from "Cars"?