F'in Bullshit!!! It's only law because of the massive amount of money corporations give to lobbyists in order to influence the making of the laws in the first place. Not to mention the massive salaries and bonuses given to former lawmakers to help them exploit any and all loopholes. So NO, most Americans don't even come close to working the system in any real way.
The problem with your fantasy is that the world you based it in doesn't exist. No one can claim to have staked their claim on anything that isn't already accounted for. Show me the land where you can build your little homestead that HASN'T already been secured by the force of the military of our government and the taxes that make that possible. We are all tempted to look back fondly on a bygone era and romanticize how "great" it would have been but to believe that we should try to somehow bring that model of the world back into existence is worse than living in some fantasy world via a video game in the basement of your parents house!
Your fantasy becomes a distraction for everyone as it only creates more of a clusterf$&@ in our already overburdened political system. Making it harder for any politician who wants to change things for the better while making it easier for others to serve themselves in the smoke screen of your revolutionary fantasy. So put on your three cornered hat and grab your musket but try to remember that many of us wouldn't exist without the collective force of our government. The pilgrims who first came to this land centuries ago lived in little towns just as you describe and their struggles quickly led them to do exactly what you suggest and you better believe that if you WERE the type of person that wouldn't have already brought your share of goods for contribution you would no longer be a member of that community and rightly so.
I think people need to ask themselves what they're really trying to be free from. Is it really freedom from taxation? Do you think that food is actually be taxed out of your mouth? It's more likely that you're being taxed out of the Porsche you've always wanted or even just that Toyota Highlander (hybrid maybe) for the family car, now that I can relate to. Will tax cuts make that happen for you? Really?! I don't know how much money you have to make for tax cuts to make a significant impact on your quality of life but I make enough to qualify as middle class and I think the last time someone cut taxes to better my life I got enough to put floor mats in my new Honda CRV.
No one wants to work their a$$ of and have a significant amount of there income (child's college fund, retirement, or God forbid a family vacation) be taxed into the fabled "piss Christ" exhibit or the "40oz slush fund" of all the degenerates Ayn Rand warned us against. But at the end of the day you'll have to look at yourself in the mirror and decide if you yourself aren't one of those degenerates that Ayn was talking about or perhaps you think that by trying to shrug us all off you will appear to be.
Of course the bank has no problems cancelling these fraudulent transactions doesn't the FDIC pay for it?! And by the FDIC I mean WE the tax payers. What's priceless is that the banks and retailers get to look like benevolent custodians of our financial security, struggling against a chaotic storm of nefarious hackers!!!
So was this for a science fair, science club, class project or did he take it upon himself to just show up one day with a suitcase clock?! And I think the authenticity of this clock project is relevant and should be objectively reviewed. And if it turns out to be dishonest then there should be further questions about the motivations behind the incident and what responsibility the parents should be held accountable for. Or do we want our children's schools to become more tolerant about suitcase clocks just showing up unannounced?
In the Movie industry agents are a must if you're a hot commodity. They take a percentage of what they can get for you, so the more they get you, the more they get. If you're sort of hot or pretty decent then what they can get for is part of a dynamic whereby they maintain good relations with the Studios/Producers so that they can continue to make a living until the next superstar comes there way. But if you don't know how to realistically judge your own value, as well as a particular Studio/Producer's budget then agents are a very necessary evil. Not to mention the buffer they provide during negotiations, because if you were the one playing hardball to get the rate you wanted it will probably leave a bad taste in the mouths of several key players.
So some rapper is all pissy he's gonna lose some street cred because he now has a U2 album in is music list and everyone on slashdot is commenting about the merits of this argument?
Do you get all offended when the lady at the supermarket offers some new cocktail wieners for free and even though you turned it down there's an ad for those same wieners printed on your receipt?
If your music library list is how you "represent" yourself to the world then you've got bigger problems none of which anyone here should care to discuss.
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F'in Bullshit!!! It's only law because of the massive amount of money corporations give to lobbyists in order to influence the making of the laws in the first place. Not to mention the massive salaries and bonuses given to former lawmakers to help them exploit any and all loopholes. So NO, most Americans don't even come close to working the system in any real way.
The problem with your fantasy is that the world you based it in doesn't exist. No one can claim to have staked their claim on anything that isn't already accounted for. Show me the land where you can build your little homestead that HASN'T already been secured by the force of the military of our government and the taxes that make that possible. We are all tempted to look back fondly on a bygone era and romanticize how "great" it would have been but to believe that we should try to somehow bring that model of the world back into existence is worse than living in some fantasy world via a video game in the basement of your parents house! Your fantasy becomes a distraction for everyone as it only creates more of a clusterf$&@ in our already overburdened political system. Making it harder for any politician who wants to change things for the better while making it easier for others to serve themselves in the smoke screen of your revolutionary fantasy. So put on your three cornered hat and grab your musket but try to remember that many of us wouldn't exist without the collective force of our government. The pilgrims who first came to this land centuries ago lived in little towns just as you describe and their struggles quickly led them to do exactly what you suggest and you better believe that if you WERE the type of person that wouldn't have already brought your share of goods for contribution you would no longer be a member of that community and rightly so. I think people need to ask themselves what they're really trying to be free from. Is it really freedom from taxation? Do you think that food is actually be taxed out of your mouth? It's more likely that you're being taxed out of the Porsche you've always wanted or even just that Toyota Highlander (hybrid maybe) for the family car, now that I can relate to. Will tax cuts make that happen for you? Really?! I don't know how much money you have to make for tax cuts to make a significant impact on your quality of life but I make enough to qualify as middle class and I think the last time someone cut taxes to better my life I got enough to put floor mats in my new Honda CRV. No one wants to work their a$$ of and have a significant amount of there income (child's college fund, retirement, or God forbid a family vacation) be taxed into the fabled "piss Christ" exhibit or the "40oz slush fund" of all the degenerates Ayn Rand warned us against. But at the end of the day you'll have to look at yourself in the mirror and decide if you yourself aren't one of those degenerates that Ayn was talking about or perhaps you think that by trying to shrug us all off you will appear to be.
Of course the bank has no problems cancelling these fraudulent transactions doesn't the FDIC pay for it?! And by the FDIC I mean WE the tax payers. What's priceless is that the banks and retailers get to look like benevolent custodians of our financial security, struggling against a chaotic storm of nefarious hackers!!!
So was this for a science fair, science club, class project or did he take it upon himself to just show up one day with a suitcase clock?! And I think the authenticity of this clock project is relevant and should be objectively reviewed. And if it turns out to be dishonest then there should be further questions about the motivations behind the incident and what responsibility the parents should be held accountable for. Or do we want our children's schools to become more tolerant about suitcase clocks just showing up unannounced?
It seems like it would be so much easier to simply ignore his posts. Maybe the lack of attention would drive his energies to a different outlet.
In the Movie industry agents are a must if you're a hot commodity. They take a percentage of what they can get for you, so the more they get you, the more they get. If you're sort of hot or pretty decent then what they can get for is part of a dynamic whereby they maintain good relations with the Studios/Producers so that they can continue to make a living until the next superstar comes there way. But if you don't know how to realistically judge your own value, as well as a particular Studio/Producer's budget then agents are a very necessary evil. Not to mention the buffer they provide during negotiations, because if you were the one playing hardball to get the rate you wanted it will probably leave a bad taste in the mouths of several key players.
So some rapper is all pissy he's gonna lose some street cred because he now has a U2 album in is music list and everyone on slashdot is commenting about the merits of this argument? Do you get all offended when the lady at the supermarket offers some new cocktail wieners for free and even though you turned it down there's an ad for those same wieners printed on your receipt? If your music library list is how you "represent" yourself to the world then you've got bigger problems none of which anyone here should care to discuss.
The voice over in no way impedes the thinking that this film illicits.
Did the police determine that 10 files were altered only to protect the identity of their mole or that the files have been "altered"?