I can't think of a better way to ensure the safety and security of this nation and it's citizens, than to discover a cheap method of mass producing solar cells, I don't care HOW inefficient they are, and using them to replace our dependency on foreign oil.
Okay, so I didn't RTFA about rental vs. ownership.
Here's the thing - I don't want to permanently OWN movies on my HD. If we're talking about a 5 gig movie+features, DVD quality, after collecting 30-50 titles (about the size of my DVD collection), you're talking serious space. And if the HD crashes, it's all gone. (unless you're allowed to burn it to a DVD-R, which I still wouldn't want to bother with, I'd rather BUY it on a DVD disk).
So for me, it's still a $2/download-rental, versus $25/month unlimited DVD rental at blockbuster (or netflix if you want to wait for the shipping turnaround).
No matter how I look at it, it's still an apples-oranges comparison. Music, I can live with having on my HD if I can burn them to CD. Movies - I want removable media.
I signed up for Blockbuster's unlimited rental plan because I won't even pay $5.00/ticket to go see a movie at a matinee. It's just not worth it.
Whether I pick up the movie (DVD quality) and watch it on my home theater system, or whether I download it (and it better be DVD quality) - and play it from my computer to my home theater system, doesn't make a difference. Price is the driving factor. $25/month unlimited. That's the price point they'll have to compete with to get my business.
AA got taken down because they were going to turn state's evidence on Enron. They thought they had control of the evidence they needed, and made their move. They were wrong. Enron's execs got the right strings pulled, and Ashcroft fucked Arthur Anderson faster than any corporate case has ever been prosecuted in the history of white collar crime.
California's governor Grey Davis was going to take Enron to court to recover the $15 Billion in fraudulent contracts. Enron installed Schwartzenegger, and Schwartzenegger put the $15 Billion on California's credit card.
Remember; Ken Lay's predecessor was found dead of an apparent suicide.
nope. For the most part, he's right. I'm a believer, I worship the creator, and I've spent a lot of time around churchgoing folk who like to claim they do as well. They're pretty much mostly just a bunch of terrified wackjobs hoping that the Rapture will wisk them away from the unbearable hell that is their miserable pathetic ignorant joyless lives. They tend to spend a lot of time hating other people for having fun, or going about their lives, without regard to whether that fun causes anyone else harm.
And for the most part - things that the self-proclaimed religious people oppose out of "moral absolutes" they really oppose out of fear, and they use morality as a rationalization.
My final point? The Bible is a graven image. Those who worship it are idolators.
Holy shit, that's about the most god damned depressing thing I've read in months. Look on the bright side, there are worse jobs, at least you don't have to peddle your ass for a hit of crack.
I've heard that you have taken campaign contributions from individuals who, upon investigation, turned out to be Turkish nationals, and upon further investigation, it turns out that they had ties to terrorism. What is your involvement with these individuals, and why haven't you returned the money? Are you a supporter of international terrorism? Given the sharp increase in terrorist attacks since our 2003 invasion of Iraq, do you see the current set of republican policies as favoring or harming international terrorism. Do you see any issues with the republican party, and corruption in general? And finally, do you hope you'll be sharing a cell-block in Leavenworth with Karl Rove (perjury and espionage), Dick Cheney (treason), Jack Abramoff (racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder), Bill Frist (insider trading, and medical malpractice in the Schiavo case), Tom Delay (conspiracy to commit money laundering, and election fraud), and Tom Noe (money laundering, fraud, embezzlement, and election fraud)?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Please open your blog for comments so the people you represent can convey their opinions to you!
This cannot be allowed to happen! Millions of people must die so that Roche can make money off it's IP! Why would anybody spend money on flu vaccines if they weren't afraid of dying if they didn't! This will be a disaster for capitalism! Oh hell, the Communists have already won!
They do have a "stable" 10 percent unemployment rate,
If the US measured unemployment using the same method that Germany and France uses, the US unemployment would be about 9-11% right now. US does not count people for whom unemployment benefits have expired.
I had an emergency room visit in French Polynesia (Tahiti) several years ago, for a serious allergic reaction. My cost out of pocket? $20. Total time, 15 minutes. In the US, WITH health insurance, I could not get in to an in-network doctor for an eye infection within a period of one week, Total cost? $20 copay, plus premiums, plus $10 for prescription antibiotics, two courses were required since treatment was not rendered promptly. I suppose I could have lost my eye.
I would attribute all this to US culture - but I'd say it's part of a relatively recent phenomenon, since about 1950 or so, but it's really picked up steam in the last two decades. Big money owns big media. Big media owns the minds of Americans. A lot of us have voluntarily unplugged. And the recent influence of the internet has had a buffering effect. But in the end, unless media ownership regulations and the fairness doctrine are restored, I don't see it changing anytime soon. Unless, of course, the anarcho-capitalists get their way, and run us into the ground. Then I suppose there will be smugglers making a fortune sneaking Americans into France where they can obtain worthwhile employment as gardeners and maids.
Private Health Insurance in the US has about 14% overhead. Medicare, about 2%. Americans pay more for health care than any other industrialized nation in the world. Cost of health care for employers is strangling US Industry competitiveness as well. Count on GM to file Ch.11 in the next 6 months, with health care costs cited as the major cause.
I've seen both pot "addiction" and alcohol addiction up close and personal.
Really, there's no comparison between how alcohol can totally destroy your life, and pot's comparatively mild effects. And frankly, breaking pot "addiction" is easier than caffeine.
True, my pot-addict friend owns a business, and he's pretty much run it into the ground because he's not willing to put the hours into it that he should. But at least he functions. Hell, we hike and play basketball together. The only thing really wrong with him is that he's a Republican. The alcoholic lady across the street lost her husband, and is about to lose her house, when we go over to check up on her, she rarely knows whether it's day or night, she derives her entire nutritional intake from booze, and has numerous physical ailments from the drinking.
And I've seen my freind stop cold, for months or so at a time. Drunk lady can't stop for 18 freakin hours.
What blows my mind is, you'd think the Dutch would do a study or something. I mean, if the world is waiting for America to do an unbiased study once and for all to prove Pot is safe, they're going to be waiting a long time.
Yes, but when you raise the fines, then soon you start hearing on FoxNews about how industry is suffering under massive frivolous lawsuits, and the law needs to be reformed to make lawsuits illegal or impossible.
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Personally, I find a little tinfoil-hattery and crackpottery endearing now and then.
I can't think of a better way to ensure the safety and security of this nation and it's citizens, than to discover a cheap method of mass producing solar cells, I don't care HOW inefficient they are, and using them to replace our dependency on foreign oil.
Okay, so I didn't RTFA about rental vs. ownership.
Here's the thing - I don't want to permanently OWN movies on my HD. If we're talking about a 5 gig movie+features, DVD quality, after collecting 30-50 titles (about the size of my DVD collection), you're talking serious space. And if the HD crashes, it's all gone. (unless you're allowed to burn it to a DVD-R, which I still wouldn't want to bother with, I'd rather BUY it on a DVD disk).
So for me, it's still a $2/download-rental, versus $25/month unlimited DVD rental at blockbuster (or netflix if you want to wait for the shipping turnaround).
No matter how I look at it, it's still an apples-oranges comparison. Music, I can live with having on my HD if I can burn them to CD. Movies - I want removable media.
$25/mo for unlimited.
I signed up for Blockbuster's unlimited rental plan because I won't even pay $5.00/ticket to go see a movie at a matinee. It's just not worth it.
Whether I pick up the movie (DVD quality) and watch it on my home theater system, or whether I download it (and it better be DVD quality) - and play it from my computer to my home theater system, doesn't make a difference. Price is the driving factor. $25/month unlimited. That's the price point they'll have to compete with to get my business.
Yeh.
It's just a shame how the liberals are engaged in the Criminalization of Kneecap-Busting.
HMO's are supposedly regulated like a non-profit.
But effectively. . . not really.
in VA?
get a security clearance.
they'll BEG you to take $80k+/yr.
You could be a sucky engineer. But if you've got a clearace, you're IN.
AA got taken down because they were going to turn state's evidence on Enron. They thought they had control of the evidence they needed, and made their move. They were wrong. Enron's execs got the right strings pulled, and Ashcroft fucked Arthur Anderson faster than any corporate case has ever been prosecuted in the history of white collar crime.
California's governor Grey Davis was going to take Enron to court to recover the $15 Billion in fraudulent contracts. Enron installed Schwartzenegger, and Schwartzenegger put the $15 Billion on California's credit card.
Remember; Ken Lay's predecessor was found dead of an apparent suicide.
The lesson?
Don't fuck with Enron.
Yes, there are newer political parties that have names like "Constitution Party" and "Libertarian Party", but they get almost no popular support.
Yes. Because they are whack-jobs.
nope. For the most part, he's right. I'm a believer, I worship the creator, and I've spent a lot of time around churchgoing folk who like to claim they do as well. They're pretty much mostly just a bunch of terrified wackjobs hoping that the Rapture will wisk them away from the unbearable hell that is their miserable pathetic ignorant joyless lives. They tend to spend a lot of time hating other people for having fun, or going about their lives, without regard to whether that fun causes anyone else harm.
And for the most part - things that the self-proclaimed religious people oppose out of "moral absolutes" they really oppose out of fear, and they use morality as a rationalization.
My final point? The Bible is a graven image. Those who worship it are idolators.
Holy shit, that's about the most god damned depressing thing I've read in months. Look on the bright side, there are worse jobs, at least you don't have to peddle your ass for a hit of crack.
Could you please answer a few questions for me?
I've heard that you have taken campaign contributions from individuals who, upon investigation, turned out to be Turkish nationals, and upon further investigation, it turns out that they had ties to terrorism. What is your involvement with these individuals, and why haven't you returned the money? Are you a supporter of international terrorism? Given the sharp increase in terrorist attacks since our 2003 invasion of Iraq, do you see the current set of republican policies as favoring or harming international terrorism. Do you see any issues with the republican party, and corruption in general? And finally, do you hope you'll be sharing a cell-block in Leavenworth with Karl Rove (perjury and espionage), Dick Cheney (treason), Jack Abramoff (racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder), Bill Frist (insider trading, and medical malpractice in the Schiavo case), Tom Delay (conspiracy to commit money laundering, and election fraud), and Tom Noe (money laundering, fraud, embezzlement, and election fraud)?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Please open your blog for comments so the people you represent can convey their opinions to you!
This cannot be allowed to happen! Millions of people must die so that Roche can make money off it's IP! Why would anybody spend money on flu vaccines if they weren't afraid of dying if they didn't! This will be a disaster for capitalism! Oh hell, the Communists have already won!
well, what IS the market value of a house with a highway running through the back yard?
China invasion of Taiwan with tacit approval from the Bush Administration in 5....4....3....2...
The reason I'm an engineer, and not a political activist, is because engineers address problems that have solutions.
Clearly, you've never worked under a manager before.
Pitchforks and Torches.
They do have a "stable" 10 percent unemployment rate,
If the US measured unemployment using the same method that Germany and France uses, the US unemployment would be about 9-11% right now. US does not count people for whom unemployment benefits have expired.
I had an emergency room visit in French Polynesia (Tahiti) several years ago, for a serious allergic reaction. My cost out of pocket? $20. Total time, 15 minutes. In the US, WITH health insurance, I could not get in to an in-network doctor for an eye infection within a period of one week, Total cost? $20 copay, plus premiums, plus $10 for prescription antibiotics, two courses were required since treatment was not rendered promptly. I suppose I could have lost my eye.
I would attribute all this to US culture - but I'd say it's part of a relatively recent phenomenon, since about 1950 or so, but it's really picked up steam in the last two decades. Big money owns big media. Big media owns the minds of Americans. A lot of us have voluntarily unplugged. And the recent influence of the internet has had a buffering effect. But in the end, unless media ownership regulations and the fairness doctrine are restored, I don't see it changing anytime soon. Unless, of course, the anarcho-capitalists get their way, and run us into the ground. Then I suppose there will be smugglers making a fortune sneaking Americans into France where they can obtain worthwhile employment as gardeners and maids.
i pay less, for better care.
No you don't.
Private Health Insurance in the US has about 14% overhead. Medicare, about 2%. Americans pay more for health care than any other industrialized nation in the world. Cost of health care for employers is strangling US Industry competitiveness as well. Count on GM to file Ch.11 in the next 6 months, with health care costs cited as the major cause.
The best way to build your population up intellectually is through information. The undisputed king of information is the "Internet."
In America, unfortunately, the undisputed king of information is FoxNews.
What exactly does constitute an abstract idea?
I'd say, strictly speaking, ALL ideas are abstract. By definition.
When they finally legalize it, I'm going to walk the countryside planting seeds.
I've seen both pot "addiction" and alcohol addiction up close and personal.
Really, there's no comparison between how alcohol can totally destroy your life, and pot's comparatively mild effects. And frankly, breaking pot "addiction" is easier than caffeine.
True, my pot-addict friend owns a business, and he's pretty much run it into the ground because he's not willing to put the hours into it that he should. But at least he functions. Hell, we hike and play basketball together. The only thing really wrong with him is that he's a Republican. The alcoholic lady across the street lost her husband, and is about to lose her house, when we go over to check up on her, she rarely knows whether it's day or night, she derives her entire nutritional intake from booze, and has numerous physical ailments from the drinking.
And I've seen my freind stop cold, for months or so at a time. Drunk lady can't stop for 18 freakin hours.
What blows my mind is, you'd think the Dutch would do a study or something. I mean, if the world is waiting for America to do an unbiased study once and for all to prove Pot is safe, they're going to be waiting a long time.
Yes, but when you raise the fines, then soon you start hearing on FoxNews about how industry is suffering under massive frivolous lawsuits, and the law needs to be reformed to make lawsuits illegal or impossible.