'So far as I've ever been able to determine, Bush is so sodding incompetent that I would expect the range of anti-Bush people to approximate "everyone".'
This whole thing regarding terrorism has reached hysterical levels.
I think we're at the point where the public is becoming desensitized to the possibility of an actual terrorist account thanks in large part to decisions like this and the constant raises in the alert levels for apparently no (or political) reason.
Someone else already pointed out that NK has not signed the non proliferation treaty, but that I think is the least of your problems.
Simply put: pre-emption is a euphamism for aggression.
First of all you're right about them selling nuclear material, but blowing them up isn't the right answer. What is? I don't know for sure, I'm not an expert, but economic incentives and disincentives would be a good start. When GWB came into office all he offered was the stick. Remember that? No carrot. He doesn't deal with evil. (Well, until reality intruded and he had to). In addition to that inspections would seem to be viable.
They seemed to be working in Iraq, unless of course you've got some other agenda.
As for Reagan, I don't by the Fox Wisdom stating that Reagon spending this country to death brought down the soviet union. It's not that simple. It seems to me that it was a combination of corruption and social pressure and inept government that brought down the soviet union. There's probably a lesson there for us as well.
But lets translate the behavior you propose into everyday life:Let's say your walking down a street and see some thug looking at you in a menacing way. Let's even say you notice he's packing. Do you pull out a gun and shoot him before he does anything? You probably don't because it's illegal, antisocial and brings you to the same level of the person you're afraid of.
A better quesstion for you and all the warmongers in this country is do you wish you could? Is it your greatest fantasy to just blow everything up, to kill it all and stand above the mess?
My direct message to GWB: Fear and hatred are not viable foreign policies. The number of people who wish to kill americans will only increase if we continue to behave like scared bullies.
But the rest of the worlds opinion is not the most important reason to change our foreign policy. The most important reason is because it is wrong, immoral and counterproductive. But then again I don't expect the foreign policy of GWB to be much different than his domestic policy or anything else in his life.
Most fundamentally the problem with pre-emptive action is that you simply don't know what can happen. And killing thousands of other people, both your own citizenry and those of another countries, is too expensive of a price to pay.
" But thanks to McCain-Feingold, another individual who doesn't have the money to produce and publicize a documentary doesn't have the ability to respond."
You state the (hypothetical I assume) person can't respond due to lack of money, but blame that lack of money on McCain-Feingold? McCain-Feingold in no way prevents that persons ability to respond on a similar scale. It's that persons lack of money preventing this.
But, you are right. It's not democratic, it *is* capitalistic though. What would you prefer? That the government pay for some sort of rebuttal?
That sounds downright socialistic. Why don't you go back to communist Russia you socialist pig? (Wait...this isn't fox is it?)
If you're looking for some sort of democracy in action, look at the throngs of ill thought responses here on/.
"What they didn't want to tell you is that is EVERY center-fire rifle cartridge. Including that dastardly.30-.30 Winchester, the round typically chambered in grandpa's old lever-action rifle and used to take more deer than pretty much any other round in the world."
Can I get some linkage on that? Or is it BS? (Specifically the.30-.30 WInchester part)
"I was released after 24 hours in detention with a court date set for Friday. Unfortunately, all my equipment-- bicycle, laptop, cell phone, and custom designed electronics-- has been confiscated. Thus, the Bikes Against Bush performance, where I would accept and print messages sent from web users, is likely to be cancelled."
Even thought he's likely to have all charges dropped, whats the net effect? His protest is no more.
Well, it's much the same as the home page you've linked to your slashdot user name.
It's partisan. Really, the irony of you posting this question is wonderful. Do you appreciate it?
And remember: dissent is the greatest gift the founders of the country left to us. Dissent and discussion are what separates us from fascists, communists and other totalitarian regimes.
Slashdot Mirror
How is providing a list of stories concerning voter registration fraud moderated as flamebait? Moderation is screwed.
It's the people who hate democracy:
See here for more
And yes, I know it's a partisan site, but it's just collecting news stories, look past the commentary.
'So far as I've ever been able to determine, Bush is so sodding incompetent that I would expect the range of anti-Bush people to approximate "everyone".'
Apparently you've never been to the southern US.
I suppose that's a good point.
This whole thing regarding terrorism has reached hysterical levels.
I think we're at the point where the public is becoming desensitized to the possibility of an actual terrorist account thanks in large part to decisions like this and the constant raises in the alert levels for apparently no (or political) reason.
Seriously...you really think terrorists are going to strike Oregon?
There's nothing wrong with Oregon, but really...
Well, maybe not debian proper, but debian derived distros such as knoppix and ubuntu are it. period.
Sorry, the games over now. Everything else will fade and debian and it's derived distros are handle every_single_complaint I've ever had.
Do you assume? I guess it sounds like you do.
Yes, I believe you can install from there.
No, you misunderstood that.
I was running the gcc3.4 debian amd64 port and was running 32 bit applications.
(I just installed the amd64 port of ubuntu over debian unstable).
Let's see THAT in China!
Someone else already pointed out that NK has not signed the non proliferation treaty, but that I think is the least of your problems.
Simply put: pre-emption is a euphamism for aggression.
First of all you're right about them selling nuclear material, but blowing them up isn't the right answer. What is? I don't know for sure, I'm not an expert, but economic incentives and disincentives would be a good start. When GWB came into office all he offered was the stick. Remember that? No carrot. He doesn't deal with evil. (Well, until reality intruded and he had to). In addition to that inspections would seem to be viable.
They seemed to be working in Iraq, unless of course you've got some other agenda.
As for Reagan, I don't by the Fox Wisdom stating that Reagon spending this country to death brought down the soviet union. It's not that simple. It seems to me that it was a combination of corruption and social pressure and inept government that brought down the soviet union. There's probably a lesson there for us as well.
But lets translate the behavior you propose into everyday life:Let's say your walking down a street and see some thug looking at you in a menacing way. Let's even say you notice he's packing. Do you pull out a gun and shoot him before he does anything? You probably don't because it's illegal, antisocial and brings you to the same level of the person you're afraid of.
A better quesstion for you and all the warmongers in this country is do you wish you could? Is it your greatest fantasy to just blow everything up, to kill it all and stand above the mess?
My direct message to GWB: Fear and hatred are not viable foreign policies. The number of people who wish to kill americans will only increase if we continue to behave like scared bullies.
But the rest of the worlds opinion is not the most important reason to change our foreign policy. The most important reason is because it is wrong, immoral and counterproductive. But then again I don't expect the foreign policy of GWB to be much different than his domestic policy or anything else in his life.
Most fundamentally the problem with pre-emptive action is that you simply don't know what can happen. And killing thousands of other people, both your own citizenry and those of another countries, is too expensive of a price to pay.
" Germany has an army. During the 2nd world war it was the backbone of NATO"
That's right. If I remember correctly Hitler was a big proponent of allowing israel into the EU as well.
So..I still don't understand why someone else with a different viewpoint can't do just what Michael Moore did?
"but in this movie its just him narrating his opinions on top of stock footage."
You must have seen that *other* Michael Moore movie, "Farenheit 4/11" or didn't actually see the movie.
Hello? I seem to remember him interviewing members of congress and him with that mother who lost her son.
That's about 1/2 half of the movie.
Your post makes no sense:
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" But thanks to McCain-Feingold, another individual who doesn't have the money to produce and publicize a documentary doesn't have the ability to respond."
You state the (hypothetical I assume) person can't respond due to lack of money, but blame that lack of money on McCain-Feingold? McCain-Feingold in no way prevents that persons ability to respond on a similar scale. It's that persons lack of money preventing this.
But, you are right. It's not democratic, it *is* capitalistic though. What would you prefer? That the government pay for some sort of rebuttal?
That sounds downright socialistic. Why don't you go back to communist Russia you socialist pig?
(Wait...this isn't fox is it?)
If you're looking for some sort of democracy in action, look at the throngs of ill thought
responses here on
"What they didn't want to tell you is that is EVERY center-fire rifle cartridge. Including that dastardly .30-.30 Winchester, the round typically chambered in grandpa's old lever-action rifle and used to take more deer than pretty much any other round in the world."
.30-.30 WInchester part)
Can I get some linkage on that? Or is it BS? (Specifically the
Justify an amd64 for home? How about $1300 for an amd64 laptop?
From the article:
"I was released after 24 hours in detention with a court date set for Friday. Unfortunately, all my equipment-- bicycle, laptop, cell phone, and custom designed electronics-- has been confiscated. Thus, the Bikes Against Bush performance, where I would accept and print messages sent from web users, is likely to be cancelled."
Even thought he's likely to have all charges dropped, whats the net effect? His protest is no more.
Does anyone know what tool is used on this to configure the wireless card?
I'm pulling my hair out trying to get my wireless working with WEP between ifplugd and waproamd.
"if most of the updates will be available for current versions of Windows, what is the incentive to upgrade?"
Hah, Why do you think you'll have the option of *not* upgrading once you buy a new computer or some new hardware comes out that winxp doesn't support?
Don't you worry little droogie. You'll upgrade.
Outsourcing worked so well for the automobile industry. Just look at Detroit now. So many people have jobs.
I prefer it because it's quiet, uses less power and anything I build myself is going to use more power, be louder and much more expensive.
In fact I just started looking into a minipc just for this sort of thing. I couldn't build anything similar for less than $300.
Well, it's much the same as the home page you've linked to your slashdot user name.
It's partisan. Really, the irony of you posting this question is wonderful. Do you appreciate it?
And remember: dissent is the greatest gift the founders of the country left to us. Dissent and discussion are what separates us from fascists, communists and other totalitarian regimes.
Hmmm, you're not using apples wireless card then are you.
We'd all rather watch Brittany and Bomb arabs...cmon science??? yuh
Anyone know when the nanode is going to be available?