Actually - I did notice. It took me a few months to realize it, but the man was pretty dumb. Just about the time he decided to invade Iraq to punish Al Queda, I figured out how his intelligence compared to my pet rock's intelligence.
Please define "normal cops". I mean, I knew of some when I was a kid. I can probably still find some today. But, I have no idea what you mean by "normal".
"There has to be a reason why the US hasn't sent in special forces to extricate Snowden already."
Well, of course there's a reason. The decision makers have brains that are at least as large as their balls. WTF, you think we could send a hit team into Russia, to hit a high profile guest, without repercussions? Repercussions such as a couple dozen dead American special forces being displayed on television by Russian television?
No, not at all. The solution is, to repeal every single damned gun law that has been written at each and every level of government for the past 75 years. The ONLY reasonable gun law, is the one that prevents most people from having fully automatic weapons. Explosives laws are pretty reasonable in comparison - most people don't need or want explosives, and the training to handle them responsibly isn't available in every town. But guns - just repeal all the stupid laws.
Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the nation, but more people die there every year than most of the rest of the country combined.
So, you lump everyone who speaks out against government as being the same? Manning was a punk ass little shit, trying to "get even" with people he didn't like. Pussy Riot maybe has some valid points, but they fail to make those points very intelligible, instead choosing to shock people with outrageous behavior. Assange is at least a reasonable comparison with Snowden. Assange stands against ALL government secrecy, ours, the UK's, Russia's, China's - all secrecy. Yes - comparing Snowden to Assange is reasonable. I think Snowden might be the better man of the two, but it's a close call.
Thumbs up, Bill. There were so very damned few of us who were jealous of our rights. The lemmings flocked into line, to approve of everything the Stasi wanted. They couldn't be bothered to listen to the voice of reason.
Well - we're back to the age-old complaint about government. Government is SUPPOSED to represent the people. Most Americans who care enough to have an opinion actually approve of Edward Snowden. The clueless and the apathetic just don't give a damn, and they'll go along with whatever government tells them.
No - Snowden is a "fugitive" and a "refugee" evading a Gestapo-like intelligence community. He is not, and will not, be a "criminal" unless and until a trial is held to determine the criminality of his actions. It is for this reason that Russia granted him political asylum. Political arrests are so Cold War Era.
I disagree. Even if all of us in the US were completely blocked from reading Snowden's words - he is something of a celebrity outside the US. The fools in Washington continue to be exposed and embarrassed over stuff as stupid as spying on Merkel. Snowden helps to solidify discontent outside the US. It all makes a difference, in the long run.
I really don't believe the TSA or any other intel agency is going to have free rein to do as it damned well wishes in the future. Whatever else may be true of presidents and congress critters, it is also true that none of them enjoy being embarrassed publicly.
How long? I want to know how long until Snowden is given a medal by congress. He deserves a Gold Medal, at least as much as a Walt Disney, or Roberto Clemente, or a Danny Thomas. Browse the list yourself - some of the people who have been awarded a Gold Medal may have sacrificed more, or done more than Snowden. But Edward stands head and shoulders over a mere sports figure, or a Hollywood icon.
I say - arm everyone. Every passenger can carry a weapon. Shut down the checkpoints. Anyone who comes through, just comes through. If EVERYONE has a weapon, then everyone is safe.
You can't force the bottom 5% to rise to mediocre levels. You cannot force the bottome 15% to rise to mediocrity. I'm not even sure about the bottom 20%. By wasting resources on those bottom percentages, you only ensure that the top 5% won't get the resources they are deserving of.
"As of October 1, 2006, the exemption for delivery charges imposed by the seller is repealed for taxable goods and services. For deliveries on and after October 1, 2006, if a shipment includes both taxable and exempt property, the seller should allocate the delivery charge based on either the total sales price or the total weight, and collect tax on the portion of the delivery charge allocated to the taxable goods. In such mixed transactions, if the seller does not allocate the delivery charge, the entire delivery charge is taxable."
I didn't actually read much of that page, until I saw your post. Then, I did a search for "shipping" on the page, and read everything that got highlighted. You're right - reading helps people to avoid making idiot posts!!
Personally, I insist that Obamacare's worst enemies are the people who are working hardest to make it work. Incompetent lackwits wrote the specs, hired more incompetent lackwits to build the site, and failed to test anything. Had Obama and his supporters actually been competent, they could have at least made the site work. Had they been smart enough to hire competent contractors, they could have made the site work. Bottom line, we have a bunch of idiots who can't even get a web site up and running, but maintain that they will be competent to oversee life and death decisions made hundreds of thousands of times every single day throughout the nation.
I can't help but wonder if Obama supporters are colluding with Obama detractors.
"The goal is not to make the best students better, it is to close the gap between the worst students (and teachers) and the good ones."
That is common core's worst failure, as well as NCLB. Intelligence isn't democratic, nor is the drive to excel, or the willingness to work. Given a very intelligent student who is willing to work hard, and the drive to excel, you SHOULD work with that student to ensure that he/she does excel.
By definition, common core will only produce mediocrities. NCLB did the same. Mediocre students become mediocre workers, parents, and TEACHERS.
Point taken. Locals can fail utterly, and dismally. But, they can't fail on the same scale that federal government can fail!
Let us imagine that half of the school districts in the US prove to be utter failures. In that case, why on earth is it necessary for the federal government to spend untold billions to assist in their failure?
Oh, wait. I don't need an answer to that. It's obvious, really. Government meddling helps to insure that failure is uniform across the nation!!
Dude. The NSA has the same mission as most other government agencies. To protect the GOVERNMENT. If and when protecting the country and it's citizens is convenient, they will do so. But the MISSION is to protect GOVERNMENT!
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I hate typos - T-shirts with 'THIMK' printed on them.
'Help stamp out repetitive redundancy, completely and totally.'
That was making the rounds in the mid-70's, around the same time that T-shirts with "THINK" printed on them.
Actually - I did notice. It took me a few months to realize it, but the man was pretty dumb. Just about the time he decided to invade Iraq to punish Al Queda, I figured out how his intelligence compared to my pet rock's intelligence.
Well - the Doolittle Raiders are still waiting for consideration . . . . .
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/news/local-military/doolittle-tokyo-raiders-nominated-for-congressiona/nXgmS/
Please define "normal cops". I mean, I knew of some when I was a kid. I can probably still find some today. But, I have no idea what you mean by "normal".
"There has to be a reason why the US hasn't sent in special forces to extricate Snowden already."
Well, of course there's a reason. The decision makers have brains that are at least as large as their balls. WTF, you think we could send a hit team into Russia, to hit a high profile guest, without repercussions? Repercussions such as a couple dozen dead American special forces being displayed on television by Russian television?
Derp . . . .
At least as safe as all the security theater that the TSA puts on for us.
No, not at all. The solution is, to repeal every single damned gun law that has been written at each and every level of government for the past 75 years. The ONLY reasonable gun law, is the one that prevents most people from having fully automatic weapons. Explosives laws are pretty reasonable in comparison - most people don't need or want explosives, and the training to handle them responsibly isn't available in every town. But guns - just repeal all the stupid laws.
Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the nation, but more people die there every year than most of the rest of the country combined.
So, you lump everyone who speaks out against government as being the same? Manning was a punk ass little shit, trying to "get even" with people he didn't like. Pussy Riot maybe has some valid points, but they fail to make those points very intelligible, instead choosing to shock people with outrageous behavior. Assange is at least a reasonable comparison with Snowden. Assange stands against ALL government secrecy, ours, the UK's, Russia's, China's - all secrecy. Yes - comparing Snowden to Assange is reasonable. I think Snowden might be the better man of the two, but it's a close call.
Thumbs up, Bill. There were so very damned few of us who were jealous of our rights. The lemmings flocked into line, to approve of everything the Stasi wanted. They couldn't be bothered to listen to the voice of reason.
Well - we're back to the age-old complaint about government. Government is SUPPOSED to represent the people. Most Americans who care enough to have an opinion actually approve of Edward Snowden. The clueless and the apathetic just don't give a damn, and they'll go along with whatever government tells them.
No - Snowden is a "fugitive" and a "refugee" evading a Gestapo-like intelligence community. He is not, and will not, be a "criminal" unless and until a trial is held to determine the criminality of his actions. It is for this reason that Russia granted him political asylum. Political arrests are so Cold War Era.
You mean "fair and balanced". I've never heard anyone on Fox claim to be "sane".
I disagree. Even if all of us in the US were completely blocked from reading Snowden's words - he is something of a celebrity outside the US. The fools in Washington continue to be exposed and embarrassed over stuff as stupid as spying on Merkel. Snowden helps to solidify discontent outside the US. It all makes a difference, in the long run.
I really don't believe the TSA or any other intel agency is going to have free rein to do as it damned well wishes in the future. Whatever else may be true of presidents and congress critters, it is also true that none of them enjoy being embarrassed publicly.
How long? I want to know how long until Snowden is given a medal by congress. He deserves a Gold Medal, at least as much as a Walt Disney, or Roberto Clemente, or a Danny Thomas. Browse the list yourself - some of the people who have been awarded a Gold Medal may have sacrificed more, or done more than Snowden. But Edward stands head and shoulders over a mere sports figure, or a Hollywood icon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Congressional_Gold_Medal_recipients
Exactly - give anyone who wants to carry the right to carry. Oh - wait. That's already in the CONSTITUTION!!
I say - arm everyone. Every passenger can carry a weapon. Shut down the checkpoints. Anyone who comes through, just comes through. If EVERYONE has a weapon, then everyone is safe.
You can't force the bottom 5% to rise to mediocre levels. You cannot force the bottome 15% to rise to mediocrity. I'm not even sure about the bottom 20%. By wasting resources on those bottom percentages, you only ensure that the top 5% won't get the resources they are deserving of.
" it's healthy to see all the sides of the world and what's happening in IT "
Isn't that how sexually transmitted diseases got started?
"As of October 1, 2006, the exemption for delivery charges imposed by the seller is repealed for taxable goods and services. For deliveries on and after October 1, 2006, if a shipment includes both taxable and exempt property, the seller should allocate the delivery charge based on either the total sales price or the total weight, and collect tax on the portion of the delivery charge allocated to the taxable goods. In such mixed transactions, if the seller does not allocate the delivery charge, the entire delivery charge is taxable."
I didn't actually read much of that page, until I saw your post. Then, I did a search for "shipping" on the page, and read everything that got highlighted. You're right - reading helps people to avoid making idiot posts!!
Personally, I insist that Obamacare's worst enemies are the people who are working hardest to make it work. Incompetent lackwits wrote the specs, hired more incompetent lackwits to build the site, and failed to test anything. Had Obama and his supporters actually been competent, they could have at least made the site work. Had they been smart enough to hire competent contractors, they could have made the site work. Bottom line, we have a bunch of idiots who can't even get a web site up and running, but maintain that they will be competent to oversee life and death decisions made hundreds of thousands of times every single day throughout the nation.
I can't help but wonder if Obama supporters are colluding with Obama detractors.
"The goal is not to make the best students better, it is to close the gap between the worst students (and teachers) and the good ones."
That is common core's worst failure, as well as NCLB. Intelligence isn't democratic, nor is the drive to excel, or the willingness to work. Given a very intelligent student who is willing to work hard, and the drive to excel, you SHOULD work with that student to ensure that he/she does excel.
By definition, common core will only produce mediocrities. NCLB did the same. Mediocre students become mediocre workers, parents, and TEACHERS.
Point taken. Locals can fail utterly, and dismally. But, they can't fail on the same scale that federal government can fail!
Let us imagine that half of the school districts in the US prove to be utter failures. In that case, why on earth is it necessary for the federal government to spend untold billions to assist in their failure?
Oh, wait. I don't need an answer to that. It's obvious, really. Government meddling helps to insure that failure is uniform across the nation!!
Dude. The NSA has the same mission as most other government agencies. To protect the GOVERNMENT. If and when protecting the country and it's citizens is convenient, they will do so. But the MISSION is to protect GOVERNMENT!
Girl - you write some pretty smart, insightful comments from time to time. But your logic is missing a few cogs here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor