Anything more than 1 page, 250 words should have line item voting. meaning that a congressman has to sign in the yes/no/abstain on every line of a bill. If the bill has any part with more than 50% no then that part is thrown out and the bill is resubmitted.
No more I voted for that bill because of the good parts not the bad parts and pork. We'd know exactly what everyone voted for, against or didn't care about (abstain.)
Perhaps in your little world, the rest of us have to live in the real world where the 2 masters find they have more boots to stomp on our faces with (metaphorically).
How would the govenment muscle in on and protect the content that is coming to you that way? That sounds too much like a free market where people would go willy nilly all over the internet without the watchful eye of the government while being paid by the Movie and Film Industry of America.
the desire to centralize government always comes in the guise of a hero on a white horse. The fight to keep or free slaves was not fought because of the slaves it was due to power grabs from the federal government. You could say that the Democrats really liked having their slaves and the Republicans were trying to free them, but in reality, the Republicans were just grabbing for power, like usual, while the Democrats where trying to keep their right to chose, slavery.
Well, need in the scare quotes was meant to mean the economic need. Which entails that everything is a want. You don't need anything. You want shiny things, you want big screen TVs, you want cars and houses, you want food and water, and you may even really want air, but none of these things do you actually need. --but wait you need food, water and air-- No you want them because you want to stay alive. There is no need for you to stay alive.
Let's also not lose sight of the fact that 95% of aeronautics were "discovered/developed" in the 1960s. There has been little more than minor refinements in materials and upgrades to computers since.
Slashdot Mirror
I had the idea that all laws should have an exponentially growing sunset clause. 1yr, 2yr 4yr 8yr 16yr etc.
On each sunset clause the law has to be voted on again whether or not to continue it.
Anything more than 1 page, 250 words should have line item voting. meaning that a congressman has to sign in the yes/no/abstain on every line of a bill. If the bill has any part with more than 50% no then that part is thrown out and the bill is resubmitted.
No more I voted for that bill because of the good parts not the bad parts and pork. We'd know exactly what everyone voted for, against or didn't care about (abstain.)
You must browse at -1 or something. Actual libertarian ideals seem to get modded to there by this socialistdot.org website.
the original quote was something along the lines of "Those who crave power, deserve it least." or something like that.
You want actually numbers?
How about the money taken in vs the money spent vs the revenue generated?
Ohh, you wanted vague references to how some government programs are worth it for the greater good and not hard numbers.
Perhaps in your little world, the rest of us have to live in the real world where the 2 masters find they have more boots to stomp on our faces with (metaphorically).
How would the govenment muscle in on and protect the content that is coming to you that way? That sounds too much like a free market where people would go willy nilly all over the internet without the watchful eye of the government while being paid by the Movie and Film Industry of America.
HAHAHAhahahaha, HOHOHOHOhoohoh, you said "government" and "fair and balanced" in the same sentence.
...due mostly to the idea that if a little regulation is good then a lot of regulation must be great!!
Hmm, what exactly are you personally losing when support for 11 ends?
You want happy? Go home and buy a monkey!!
Funny how a political group often takes a word that is opposite of their goals.
Progressives are not for progress. Unless you just mean progress to be progressively more government control over your every move.
Nah, we'll just have a bunch of penis shaped animals like with what happend in spore
Because if you let kids prey in school, you're going to have to let a priest observe your bedroom habits as well.
the desire to centralize government always comes in the guise of a hero on a white horse. The fight to keep or free slaves was not fought because of the slaves it was due to power grabs from the federal government. You could say that the Democrats really liked having their slaves and the Republicans were trying to free them, but in reality, the Republicans were just grabbing for power, like usual, while the Democrats where trying to keep their right to chose, slavery.
Why are you being so nice to these almost as bad as progressive liberals?
Not really, if everyone caries guns then eventually the violent people will get weeded out. Sure you'll lose some good people on the way.
Oh I've already seen the C-rated movie with the incredibly bad plot.
soon the president will initiate a good old fashioned blog burning.
I thought the sea levels were raising due to global warming?
I'm so confused, I'm going to go teabag another Democrat.
It's been almost a year since I was in LA last did they do something to clean up the horrible smog they have?
I'm sure in 1985 you can get a rat in any corner drug store, but in 1953 they're a little hard to come by.
(was it 1953? don't feel like looking it up)
Yet we don't have flying cars or personal jetpacks.
The aircraft we have today are evolutionary compared to the revolutionary advances in the 60s.
Well, need in the scare quotes was meant to mean the economic need. Which entails that everything is a want. You don't need anything. You want shiny things, you want big screen TVs, you want cars and houses, you want food and water, and you may even really want air, but none of these things do you actually need. --but wait you need food, water and air-- No you want them because you want to stay alive. There is no need for you to stay alive.
Let's also not lose sight of the fact that 95% of aeronautics were "discovered/developed" in the 1960s. There has been little more than minor refinements in materials and upgrades to computers since.