What makes you think that Texas has to subjugate its own law to international law?
Ever hear of the 10th Amendment?
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
I don't know of any power delegated to the US by the Constitution that overrides state election laws. According to the Supreme Court in Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), states are bound by a treaty only if the treaty is explicitly binding on the states. The court rejected the idea that the president can unilaterally create domestic law by signing a treaty.
"Yes, it does lead to wealth inequality. Yes, this is a problem that should be addressed."
I would challenge you to ask yourself why wealth inequality is a problem that should be addressed. You seem like a rational person, so I'm counting on you to rationally pose the question to yourself, and seriously consider: Do I personally really think that wealth inequality is a problem, or is that what I think I'm supposed to think?
"Why is it okay for the very wealthy to build yachts in space while poor people starve and wonder if they'll be able to afford the medication they need to stay alive?"
Why? Why on Earth do some poor fuck's oozing sores somehow constitute a claim on me and what I do with my wealth?
"Smoking is of course fine in your own home, but in public places your right to smoke (should) end at my nose, hair, lung and clothes."
What did the man just FUCKING SAY??? He said, "First, as I mentioned elsewhere here, I don't smoke near non-smokers. I am well aware of how intolerant you people can be."
How much clearer does he need to make this before you stop talking about how his smoking affects you?
You're right. The oath for enlisted service members does not include anything about "lawful orders". It says the service member will "obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
The oath for officers provides a lot more leeway, saying, "I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter".
A) Ghost fucks a virgin, then kills resulting son, but son comes back to life. Eat son's flesh and drink his blood, or burn forever. B) Ghost carves instructions on tablets, gives them to some dude when nobody else is around. Dude wanders with his people for 40 years, and now have perpetual claim on the nice land they finally stumbled upon. C) Ghost writes instructions on metal sheets, shows them to some dude when nobody else is around. Metal sheets disappear before anyone else can verify them. Dude takes a bunch of people to Utah, and is REALLY into banging a lot of women. You get to (eventually) have your own planet if you're good. D) Souls of billions are flown to earth in a giant DC-8 by an intergalactic warlord who blows them up with H-Bombs. What's left of them is eating your soul right now.
Is one of these options really any less ridiculous than any other?
WiFi routers do not generate nuclear radiation. They generate non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, unless they are plugged in to an outlet that gets its current from a nuclear power station.*
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What makes you think that Texas has to subjugate its own law to international law?
Ever hear of the 10th Amendment?
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
I don't know of any power delegated to the US by the Constitution that overrides state election laws. According to the Supreme Court in Medellín v. Texas, 552 U.S. 491 (2008), states are bound by a treaty only if the treaty is explicitly binding on the states. The court rejected the idea that the president can unilaterally create domestic law by signing a treaty.
Do you live near the ocean by any chance?
First we turn corn into fuel alcohol... and the price of food goes up.
Now...?
"GPA is irrelevant: I screwed around in college and left after a couple of years with a 2.7. (GPA != intelligence, it = discipline)"
Right. And discipline, of course, is irrelevant to work.
EVERYTHING is chemistry.
I will give up my S550 when they pry the steering wheel from my cold, dead fingers.
... "1984" was written by a Brit.
"Yes, it does lead to wealth inequality. Yes, this is a problem that should be addressed."
I would challenge you to ask yourself why wealth inequality is a problem that should be addressed. You seem like a rational person, so I'm counting on you to rationally pose the question to yourself, and seriously consider: Do I personally really think that wealth inequality is a problem, or is that what I think I'm supposed to think?
"Why is it okay for the very wealthy to build yachts in space while poor people starve and wonder if they'll be able to afford the medication they need to stay alive?"
Why? Why on Earth do some poor fuck's oozing sores somehow constitute a claim on me and what I do with my wealth?
"Smoking is of course fine in your own home, but in public places your right to smoke (should) end at my nose, hair, lung and clothes."
What did the man just FUCKING SAY??? He said, "First, as I mentioned elsewhere here, I don't smoke near non-smokers. I am well aware of how intolerant you people can be."
How much clearer does he need to make this before you stop talking about how his smoking affects you?
OK. And your perspective on Ellison is exactly what?
Like him or not, he's built an amazingly successful company. He did not do that by being what everybody wanted him to be.
You're right. The oath for enlisted service members does not include anything about "lawful orders". It says the service member will "obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
The oath for officers provides a lot more leeway, saying, "I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter".
Wait... does this make Ecuador a state sponsor of terrorism now? Is the Ecuadoran embassy in London now fair game for a cruise missile strike???
Anyone who drives hard and pushes people to give their best will be considered a jerk by those with lower standards.
Hail Discordia!
Take your pick:
A) Ghost fucks a virgin, then kills resulting son, but son comes back to life. Eat son's flesh and drink his blood, or burn forever.
B) Ghost carves instructions on tablets, gives them to some dude when nobody else is around. Dude wanders with his people for 40 years, and now have perpetual claim on the nice land they finally stumbled upon.
C) Ghost writes instructions on metal sheets, shows them to some dude when nobody else is around. Metal sheets disappear before anyone else can verify them. Dude takes a bunch of people to Utah, and is REALLY into banging a lot of women. You get to (eventually) have your own planet if you're good.
D) Souls of billions are flown to earth in a giant DC-8 by an intergalactic warlord who blows them up with H-Bombs. What's left of them is eating your soul right now.
Is one of these options really any less ridiculous than any other?
I'm fine with "Fuck Romney" as a splash screen.
There's a great "The Onion" article that pretty much sums up the situation:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image,29553/
X-rays are nuclear (ionizing) radiation.
WiFi routers do not generate nuclear radiation. They generate non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, unless they are plugged in to an outlet that gets its current from a nuclear power station.*
*Not really.
Now the rats who eat our corn will die!
I've used both QB and Gnu-Cash to run businesses. I currently run four sets of books on Gnu-Cash. It does everything I need for it to do.
But thanks for the car analogy -- that's exactly what this discussion was missing.
"If they're going to treat you like a small child, act like one."
Yeah, shit your pants, smear your lunch on the desk, and cry until the manager comes and holds you.
Then quit and go do something else that doesn't require you to surrender ALL of your dignity.
"And I'd never work for an employer that think spending more time with the company is more important than being more innovative."
Me either. But he's talking about answering phones in a call center -- a job, (hopefully) not a career.
Nothing wrong with QB if you don't mind paying for it, and the constant barrage of upsells.
GnuCash is free, but you can't have the IQ of a lettuce and make it work.
I have figured out what your problem is: "I work in a call center"