>>>I heard the chairman of the fcc speak on Thursday about potentially changing universal service so that it also offers broadband services to poor people or underserved communities (where they don't have the middle mile backbone to offer internet service to anyone living there). >>>
Good idea. Bad technology. The wireless internet spectrum is already close to full, and the last thing it needs is more people adding more congestion. The FCC should be proposing WIRED internet and requiring the telephone companies to do the upgrade from Phone to DSL (or FiOS) internet.
I'm not. There's no reason why there shouldn't be toplessness on American TV as seen on European TV. I routinely what Euro TV and I'm amazed how much is blurred by the FCC censors. Instead we get to see Jack Bauer slitting people's throats which is far more harmful than a naked chest.
>>>What makes you think the FCC is trying to protect consumers?
Good point. Read Chile's "net neutrality" law. It now gives the government power to block anything they don't like - such as bittorrent (they consider it stealing), or pornography (bad for children), and who knows what else the politicians might decide is bad. If a similar law passed here in the US the internet as we know it (free, libertarian) would become a locked-down network.
Plus:
Considering the FCC's recent proposal to swipe channels 25 through 69 from Free TV, I think it's reasonable to ask: Is the FCC protecting consumers? Or are they serving a different master called "megacorp", where megacorp is whatever corporation currently holds the FCC's attention (ATT and Comcast in this case).
She has no special powers other than licking frat boys like a lollipop.;-) After I reached level 24 and realized I had gained almost nothing (a few clothes), I quit the game. It was just a waste of time.
>>>having to pay extra for certain items/powers/etc. are typical with most RPGs today on today's consoles
Really? I guess it's a good thing I didn't upgrade higher than a Gamecube, PS2, or Xbox then. I'm not laying down real money just to buy fake swords and crap. And anything more than $20 for a game is too much in my opinion. ----- I play RPGs mainly for the story and characters. If the RPG doesn't have a compelling story, then I'll usually get bored, sell it, and play Dance Dance Revolution or Space Channel 5 instead. (I'm an adrenaline/music junkie.)
I suppose that's why I never got into RPGs during the 8/16 bit era (AD&D gold box and other series). They had virtually no story, and were dull as heck.
See? Wouldn't I make a great politician? I can backpeddle and bullshit with the best of 'em.;-) Maybe I'll check-out this Cow Clicker game - see how many of my friends I can dupe into joining it.
The point is the Obama's color has nothing to do with it. People would still dislike him, even if he was as white as Clinton
I am sick and tired of people (like you) playing the racist card. 99% of amercians are color blind and don't give a fuck if the president is white, black, or pink-with-yellow poka dots. Color is irrelevant
>>>If he had robbed a bank no one would be rallying to his cause.
But it's not a crime to rob a bank if the front door was left unlocked..... and you didn't actually rob anything, but just left a note saying "Hi. I was here." You could be charged with trespassing maybe but that's about it. And even then you could claim you thought the bank was open for business.
I don't understand this "cow clicker" joke. Only game I ever played was Sorority Life and it appeared to be modeled after any typical RPG game (gain experience; level up; gain new powers).
I can't comment on this article because I want to run for the Legislature someday.
No really I have no idea what Playboy is. But if you're looking for some good articles, subscribe to Asimov's Science Fiction. That's what I switched too after..... well.... just after.
+1 insightful. Yes. I did. Along with Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, LBJ, JFK, FDR,...... well I'd have to go all the way back to the 1800s before I finally found a president who did not violate his Oath or the 9th/10th amendments.
>>>This poll was such a big deal, and it ticked off so many people, if there were any serious debate about the accuracy of this poll, you could find it.
If it's such a big deal, why can't you provide us with a fucking link? I've searched google, and I've still not found these Number Percentages quoted above
I suspect you're just making it all up, and the poll doesn't exist.
Are you Glenn Beck perchance? Pulling numbers out of noplace, and then failing to provide a link because it doesn't actually exist??? (ponds)
>>>Palin pardons turkey while other die around her
Didn't Obama do that same thing? He pardoned a turkey, and then the camera showed him walking into a banquet hall filled with..... that's right! Dead turkeys
I'm also pissed because Obama signed the Patriot Renewal Act. What the hell??? Didn't Obama say he's repeal that piece of shit? Obama should have vetoed it as soon as it crossed his desk.
>>>Bush got treated badly because of the way he mismanaged the office of President. Obama is being treated badly because he's part-black, because he's not a wacko
No. He's being treated badly because he's Bush Part 2. Bush increased the national debt +0.5 trillion per year, while Obama made it jump +1.5 trillion in just. The CBO projects +1 trillion every year until 2020. So Obama is increasing the debt at double the rate Bush did.
Obama's broken promises: 1 - Stop snatching people off streets. Provide a Right to fair trial. (No longer have Miranda rights even for U.S. citizens.) (Can be held indefinitely w/o trial) 2 - Right to Privacy (They now spy on us via warrantless wiretaps and track our cellphones) (Patriot Act renewed by Obama.) 3 - No interrogation. Close Guantanamo. (Revoked - now they interrogate American citizens too.) 4 - End the war. (Now it's been extended two more years.)
Obama's not being criticized because of his color, but because he lied to us. It wouldn't matter if he was as pale-white as Bill Clinton - he'd still be disliked by those of us who Fear government (and for good reason - study history).
>>>And if you think people weren't killed in Gitmo or Abu Ghraib, you're kidding yourself
Right back at ya: If you think Obama has done no wrong, then you're kidding yourself. Those "death panels" didn't come from thing air. The original bill did indeed provide people over 80 with free counseling services. They do that for soldiers in hospitals already, with pamphlets that read, "Is life worth continuing, or is it time to move on?"
Yes the R's exaggerated. It's true. But so too did the D's when they said "50 million don't have insurance". The actual Census number was 37.5 million, and then it was later revised to 17.5 million after an error was discovered.
Yes and here's what I found: "A bit over two weeks ago, a group of statistic wizards (Mark Grebner, Michael Weissman, and Jonathan Weissman) approached me with a disturbing premise -- they had been poring over the crosstabs of the weekly Research 2000 polling we had been running, and were concerned that the numbers weren't legit."
"Conclusion: We do not know exactly how the weekly R2K results were created, but we are confident they could not accurately describe random polls."
So in other words the anti-Republican numbers you just quoted a bunch of made-up bullshit. Also known as propaganda.
>>># 53 percent of Republicans said they believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Obama.
She is. Obama thinks the Constitution is a piece of paper that is obsolete. He doesn't seem to realize that it's the Supreme Law of the land and still in full effect. Nor does he acknowledge the existence of Amendments 9 and 10 (preservation of individual rights and separate of Individual, State and Federal powers).
That automatically makes him a violator of his own oath.
>>> Re:Suckaz (Score:4, Interesting) >>>it seems like a whole lot of people on the right have been duped.
Oh here we go. You (and other posters) slam the right as gullible or stupid, and you get modded "+4 insightful" or "interesting". I'm tired of feeling as if I'm in a "hated class" just because I have strong convictions about following./obeying Constitutional Law. (I'm also tired of being accused of being racist.)
The left has their fair share of dummies but discussing them will get me modded (-1 troll) or (-1 flamer) or whatever. ----- Like the Leftist Congressman talking about the "island tipping over" if too many soldiers are stationed there. ----- Or another Left Congressman talking about how the Pelosicare bill is legal because the "Good and Plenty" clause of the constitution allows it.
>>>When the idiots don't realize the Communists fought against the Nazis.
There's no stronger fight than brother against brother. They were originally partners (prior to 1920s) and only split later on..The only difference between the National Socialists and the Communists is that the Natsi Party wanted to keep companies privatized. The Communist Party did not. In all other aspects they are almost identical - strong centralized power. - Elimination of undesirable populations. - Rise of a cult figure (Mussolini and Stalin respectively). Control of the media to spread propaganda. 5 or 10 year economic plans.
>>>They invite it, though, with [left] wing politicians calling [Bush] a [chimpanzee], a 'secret [Nazi] or [fascist], not [properly elected] in the U.S. because he [bribed the Supreme Court and stole the election]. Talking about death panels in the [secret prison camps] and [Guantanamo Bay], etc. And that's in the [DNC] itself, not just in the [Green] Party.
Fixed that for you. I guess you forgot about that. Or else you endorse it.
POINT = There are idiots in both parties. The way Obama's been treated these past two years is no different than how Bush was treated the previous eight.
>>>the duty of the directors is to steer the company to generate money for the shareholders, and they can be liable if they fail to do this.
Unless the shareholders put Morality at a higher level than profit. Than Google's directors are not liable for anything, because they would be following the company's stated purpose (do no evil).
>>>In my opinion google need to at least pay lip service to the PRC but continue to out perform China's own Baidu. This is the short-coming of a repressive gov;
Its also a demonstration why its foolish to fear corporations while trusting government. Corporations are powerless in the face of government and its laws. As we see here with Google - they tried to do that right thing, and lost, because the government has guns and other means to force compliance.
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>>>I heard the chairman of the fcc speak on Thursday about potentially changing universal service so that it also offers broadband services to poor people or underserved communities (where they don't have the middle mile backbone to offer internet service to anyone living there).
>>>
Good idea. Bad technology. The wireless internet spectrum is already close to full, and the last thing it needs is more people adding more congestion. The FCC should be proposing WIRED internet and requiring the telephone companies to do the upgrade from Phone to DSL (or FiOS) internet.
I'm not. There's no reason why there shouldn't be toplessness on American TV as seen on European TV. I routinely what Euro TV and I'm amazed how much is blurred by the FCC censors. Instead we get to see Jack Bauer slitting people's throats which is far more harmful than a naked chest.
>>>What makes you think the FCC is trying to protect consumers?
Good point. Read Chile's "net neutrality" law. It now gives the government power to block anything they don't like - such as bittorrent (they consider it stealing), or pornography (bad for children), and who knows what else the politicians might decide is bad. If a similar law passed here in the US the internet as we know it (free, libertarian) would become a locked-down network.
Plus:
Considering the FCC's recent proposal to swipe channels 25 through 69 from Free TV, I think it's reasonable to ask: Is the FCC protecting consumers? Or are they serving a different master called "megacorp", where megacorp is whatever corporation currently holds the FCC's attention (ATT and Comcast in this case).
My girl's name is Lika Lollipop.
She has no special powers other than licking frat boys like a lollipop. ;-) After I reached level 24 and realized I had gained almost nothing (a few clothes), I quit the game. It was just a waste of time.
>>>having to pay extra for certain items/powers/etc. are typical with most RPGs today on today's consoles
Really? I guess it's a good thing I didn't upgrade higher than a Gamecube, PS2, or Xbox then. I'm not laying down real money just to buy fake swords and crap. And anything more than $20 for a game is too much in my opinion. ----- I play RPGs mainly for the story and characters. If the RPG doesn't have a compelling story, then I'll usually get bored, sell it, and play Dance Dance Revolution or Space Channel 5 instead. (I'm an adrenaline/music junkie.)
I suppose that's why I never got into RPGs during the 8/16 bit era (AD&D gold box and other series). They had virtually no story, and were dull as heck.
>>>RPG game?
Role Playing Genre game.
See? Wouldn't I make a great politician? I can backpeddle and bullshit with the best of 'em. ;-) Maybe I'll check-out this Cow Clicker game - see how many of my friends I can dupe into joining it.
The point is the Obama's color has nothing to do with it. People would still dislike him, even if he was as white as Clinton
I am sick and tired of people (like you) playing the racist card. 99% of amercians are color blind and don't give a fuck if the president is white, black, or pink-with-yellow poka dots. Color is irrelevant
>>>If he had robbed a bank no one would be rallying to his cause.
But it's not a crime to rob a bank if the front door was left unlocked..... and you didn't actually rob anything, but just left a note saying "Hi. I was here." You could be charged with trespassing maybe but that's about it. And even then you could claim you thought the bank was open for business.
I don't understand this "cow clicker" joke. Only game I ever played was Sorority Life and it appeared to be modeled after any typical RPG game (gain experience; level up; gain new powers).
I can't comment on this article because I want to run for the Legislature someday.
No really I have no idea what Playboy is. But if you're looking for some good articles, subscribe to Asimov's Science Fiction. That's what I switched too after..... well.... just after.
>>>You just called the president a traitor.
+1 insightful. Yes. I did. Along with Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, Ford, LBJ, JFK, FDR, ...... well I'd have to go all the way back to the 1800s before I finally found a president who did not violate his Oath or the 9th/10th amendments.
It's sad.
>>>This poll was such a big deal, and it ticked off so many people, if there were any serious debate about the accuracy of this poll, you could find it.
If it's such a big deal, why can't you provide us with a fucking link? I've searched google, and I've still not found these Number Percentages quoted above
I suspect you're just making it all up, and the poll doesn't exist.
Are you Glenn Beck perchance? Pulling numbers out of noplace, and then failing to provide a link because it doesn't actually exist??? (ponds)
>>>Palin pardons turkey while other die around her
Didn't Obama do that same thing? He pardoned a turkey, and then the camera showed him walking into a banquet hall filled with..... that's right! Dead turkeys
P.S.
I'm also pissed because Obama signed the Patriot Renewal Act. What the hell??? Didn't Obama say he's repeal that piece of shit? Obama should have vetoed it as soon as it crossed his desk.
>>>Bush got treated badly because of the way he mismanaged the office of President. Obama is being treated badly because he's part-black, because he's not a wacko
No. He's being treated badly because he's Bush Part 2. Bush increased the national debt +0.5 trillion per year, while Obama made it jump +1.5 trillion in just. The CBO projects +1 trillion every year until 2020. So Obama is increasing the debt at double the rate Bush did.
Obama's broken promises:
1 - Stop snatching people off streets. Provide a Right to fair trial. (No longer have Miranda rights even for U.S. citizens.) (Can be held indefinitely w/o trial)
2 - Right to Privacy (They now spy on us via warrantless wiretaps and track our cellphones) (Patriot Act renewed by Obama.)
3 - No interrogation. Close Guantanamo. (Revoked - now they interrogate American citizens too.)
4 - End the war. (Now it's been extended two more years.)
Obama's not being criticized because of his color, but because he lied to us. It wouldn't matter if he was as pale-white as Bill Clinton - he'd still be disliked by those of us who Fear government (and for good reason - study history).
>>>I don't recall Democrat politicians calling Bush a Nazi or a chimp or saying he bribed the Supreme Court
- www.bushorchimp.com
- 2006 Pelosi runs ad comparing Bush to Fascism http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e2a_1252696809&c=1
- CNN - Bush stole election http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/07/23/billpress.column/index.html
.
>>>And if you think people weren't killed in Gitmo or Abu Ghraib, you're kidding yourself
Right back at ya: If you think Obama has done no wrong, then you're kidding yourself. Those "death panels" didn't come from thing air. The original bill did indeed provide people over 80 with free counseling services. They do that for soldiers in hospitals already, with pamphlets that read, "Is life worth continuing, or is it time to move on?"
Yes the R's exaggerated. It's true. But so too did the D's when they said "50 million don't have insurance". The actual Census number was 37.5 million, and then it was later revised to 17.5 million after an error was discovered.
Kettle:
- meet Pot.
You are BOTH dirty.
D's or R's makes no fucking difference.
>>>Google 'poll of right wing beliefs'
Yes and here's what I found: "A bit over two weeks ago, a group of statistic wizards (Mark Grebner, Michael Weissman, and Jonathan Weissman) approached me with a disturbing premise -- they had been poring over the crosstabs of the weekly Research 2000 polling we had been running, and were concerned that the numbers weren't legit."
"Conclusion: We do not know exactly how the weekly R2K results were created, but we are confident they could not accurately describe random polls."
So in other words the anti-Republican numbers you just quoted a bunch of made-up bullshit. Also known as propaganda.
>>># 53 percent of Republicans said they believe Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Obama.
She is. Obama thinks the Constitution is a piece of paper that is obsolete. He doesn't seem to realize that it's the Supreme Law of the land and still in full effect. Nor does he acknowledge the existence of Amendments 9 and 10 (preservation of individual rights and separate of Individual, State and Federal powers).
That automatically makes him a violator of his own oath.
>>>
Re:Suckaz (Score:4, Interesting)
>>>it seems like a whole lot of people on the right have been duped.
Oh here we go. You (and other posters) slam the right as gullible or stupid, and you get modded "+4 insightful" or "interesting". I'm tired of feeling as if I'm in a "hated class" just because I have strong convictions about following./obeying Constitutional Law. (I'm also tired of being accused of being racist.)
The left has their fair share of dummies but discussing them will get me modded (-1 troll) or (-1 flamer) or whatever. ----- Like the Leftist Congressman talking about the "island tipping over" if too many soldiers are stationed there. ----- Or another Left Congressman talking about how the Pelosicare bill is legal because the "Good and Plenty" clause of the constitution allows it.
LINK - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfGCMORVoY
>>>When the idiots don't realize the Communists fought against the Nazis.
There's no stronger fight than brother against brother. They were originally partners (prior to 1920s) and only split later on..The only difference between the National Socialists and the Communists is that the Natsi Party wanted to keep companies privatized. The Communist Party did not. In all other aspects they are almost identical - strong centralized power. - Elimination of undesirable populations. - Rise of a cult figure (Mussolini and Stalin respectively). Control of the media to spread propaganda. 5 or 10 year economic plans.
And on and on and on
>>>They invite it, though, with [left] wing politicians calling [Bush] a [chimpanzee], a 'secret [Nazi] or [fascist], not [properly elected] in the U.S. because he [bribed the Supreme Court and stole the election]. Talking about death panels in the [secret prison camps] and [Guantanamo Bay], etc. And that's in the [DNC] itself, not just in the [Green] Party.
Fixed that for you.
I guess you forgot about that.
Or else you endorse it.
POINT = There are idiots in both parties. The way Obama's been treated these past two years is no different than how Bush was treated the previous eight.
P.S.
Here's the link for those that don't know what Congressmen I was referring to. It's the 4th and 5th segements in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfGCMORVoY
Oh here we go
-slam the right. It's practically a new passtime to slashdot.
At least we don't have a Leftist Congressman talking about the "island tipping over" if too many soldiers are stationed there.
Or another Left Congressman talking about how the Pelosicare bill is legal because the "Good and Plenty" clause of the constitution allows it.
>>>the duty of the directors is to steer the company to generate money for the shareholders, and they can be liable if they fail to do this.
Unless the shareholders put Morality at a higher level than profit. Than Google's directors are not liable for anything, because they would be following the company's stated purpose (do no evil).
>>>In my opinion google need to at least pay lip service to the PRC but continue to out perform China's own Baidu. This is the short-coming of a repressive gov;
Its also a demonstration why its foolish to fear corporations while trusting government. Corporations are powerless in the face of government and its laws. As we see here with Google - they tried to do that right thing, and lost, because the government has guns and other means to force compliance.