The Waxed Yak asks "When I did work for someone else, I saved 2/3rds of my pay, but since I'm now self-employed, I'd like to really brag", "what guestion do I have to come up with so I can say so on Slashdot?"
He was impeached for lying about it in a grand jury.
He was held innocent by the Senate because the instructions from the court about what 'sex' was for his questioning specifically didn't include 'oral sex'. Frankly, I think it was a trap, which he walked right into, not his brightest move (surprising really, I guess that happened because he kept Hillary out of the loop).
The real reason why Clinton was impeached was because they could. The corrupt, and adulterous Republican neo-conservitive leaders found that it was an issue they could use to wrap the public around their fingers (AND IT WORKED, well enough to control congress and the executive branch within 4 years).
I'm not saying that we could get the Senate to convict, just that Bush NEEDS a public spanking. While many would call it a tit-for-tat game, I would say that Bush is a dangerous fool, who has cost many, many, many human lives. Previous to him most would claim that Grant was our worst president, I think that Bush will be remembered worse.
Yea, Reagan, I loved that old guy, it's too bad that the good parts of his legacy were co-opted by the self-serving neo-conservitive bastards who are now in firm control of our government (thanks, Florida, Ohio, and all of those gerrymandered house districts in Texas.
I must have missed that when I joined. The NRA stands by pro-2nd Amendment candidates, whether republican or democrat or other.
Yes, it is a single issue organization, kinda like the pro-life organizations. The Republican party has been very careful about including your issue on their platform, the bonus is that they get more of the gun company money. We Democrats have flirted with the idea of gun control, and thus are generally tainted, except those of us who have done penance by going hunting.
Right... McCarthy, FBI spying on peace groups, Watergate, need I list more?
McCarthy was booted out of office. FBI was restricted from those activities (maybe until just recently), and we all know what happened at Watergate. I think that we are FINALLY building to blow back, I just fear the we may not get the congress we need to impeach him. If we could impeach Clinton for a perfectly legal sex act, then we can impeach Bush for being an dangerous idiot.
I'll pick up for that AC, sure the Republicans have made gun 'freedom' a plank in their platform for some time now, but the real irony is that as they continue to assault civil liberties we might likely need those guns to fight them off.
Nagin was, at that time, a known Bush supporter, having contributed to the president's campaign.(reference)
Of course I used to be a Republican as well. However I changed not for a job, nor an office, but because I couldn't stand the neo-conservatives who are running the party any longer.
Fiscal Responsibility my ass. Those corrupt Republicans LOVE single issue voters, in particular ones who they can scare into the polls. Sure they can drum up legislation they don't expect to pass, or make vague promises, but where do they really deliver? Money into their pockets.
The AARP is the most powerful lobbying group by the way, but excellent post!
Yea, if it wasn't for them we would be well along in our efforts to restict and regulate old people.
If we've gotten to whinning about interest groups, one (well me anyways) should mention the AMA (or as I like to call it the American Medical Cartel). In an era where everyone complains about rising health care, no one seems to notice their lobbying activities against health care reform.
Join the NRA and learn how to protect yourself and your family...
The NRA leans very heavily to the Republican party. It's likely that many (if not most) voted for Bush at least twice. Damn single issue voters, they can't see the forest for the trees.
It's a good thing for your personal finances that you didn't do it.
Back in the early 90's amongst other businesses, my cousin owned a trailer park. The cable company refused to string a couple of miles of cable to provide it with service, so he set up his own little cable company, with really basic service at a fair price. Well, within 3 months the cable comapany managed to get their service to it and he couldn't compete.
Fortunately, he kept his costs low by using Satalite dishes he already owned (from his satalite business) and stringed the cable largely by himself, but it still cost him thousands of dollars.
I work for (noun), and we use the open source app (noun) by snagging it's source, modifying it a bit, and then deploying it internally, and only internally.(We don't distribute it outside of the company, so there is no one to whom we would have to give out our source to) This allows us to (verb) the (noun), and get (verb) on (noun). It's a profitable business, as you can tell.
I work for The President, and we use the open source app SNORT by snagging it's source, modifying it a bit, and then deploying it internally, and only internally.(We don't distribute it outside of the company, so there is no one to whom we would have to give out our source to) This allows us to spy the people who who for us, and get blackmail on reporters. It's a profitable business, as you can tell.
Better Yet, tape the Business reply envelope to a Brick (wrapped in shipping paper), the Post Office has to deliver it, and it will cost the receiving company a fortune in shipping costs.
Besides the problem of it just being disposal pain for the post office, I wouldn't want to pay for that darn brick.
Also, don't bother getting clever with the form, as most of the time it's just scanned in (with the pre-printed information) and there is a chance that they won't figure out that you were just being 'funny' until it's a pain in the butt for you as well. (You might have printed 'Santos L Halper', but all they really wanted was a signature)
I'd suggest just a little piece of paper saying 'no', or perhaps a few scaps of paper (also, keep an eye out for bar codes on the envelope not related to the postage).
WTF are you talking about? The port operator has ZERO to do with security! Security is run by the FBI, Homeland security, and the Coast Guard, not by the operators.
Really, the Feds guard the gate, patrol the yard, and check ids. Right. Go to the nearest port and take a look around, I'm sure that the only security you'll see are ('so called') rent-a-cops. While not as 'glamorous' they are the 'day-to-day' security for our ports.
The Feds, INSPECT (some) cargo, and the tend to 'oversee' some aspects of the physical security. However that oversight is bureaucratic in nature.
Evidence that some will believe anything that claims to be evidence, even if offered nothing more that half baked interpretation, and rumor.
Barnum had it right, "there's a sucker born every minute". The funny thing is that the 'quote' is more telling than that. Apparently he was accredited for it that by a single newspaper story which was planted by a competitor, and retold by thousands who have never known the truth, kinda like many of these 9/11 tales.
The ports issue was blown way out of purportion. The ports themselves were not being taken over, just the operation of a few cargo cranes.
I'll agree that the ports deal was a little overblown, but I am happy that someone finally took notice of the importance of port security. However it wasn't 'just a couple of cargo cranes'. These people would be responsiable for the staffing and managing of the day-to-day security, and would have intimate knowledge of the inspection process for the ports which they work. It might be easy to 'make sure' that one particular cargo carrier was 'missed' by customs, just by unloading it late in the day.
Of course, the mitigating factor would be the other staff who might notice 'something fishy'.
I'll bet most of us would like an employer who told us by the end of the year to get 2000 email accounts set up.
I've read this story yesterday, and what struck me, was 'how much are they paying for each account?' and 'which Republican donor is milking that contract?'
I'd like to say that it must be cronyism at it worst, but sadly I cannot.
On my badge for work I have two authentication methods, a magnentic stripe and a RFID tag. I perfer to use the RFID tag, as one only has to 'touch' the plate with an id, and a person doesn't need to aim for a slot with it.
Really the only way that it could be useful for surveillance/tracking is if there was a large number of cell phones 'looking' for the tag, and if 'they' were tracking a tag with a decent transmitting distance.
Your question may have been rhetorical, but yes they do have a stake. However, the article also mentions that Craigslist was charging for ads then as well... So is the next Slashdot article titled "Wendy's is going to start charging for burgers!"?
My personal take: the politicians prefer lobbyists to be the ones offering the options, since in that case they are paid to make the right decision instead of having to think.
No, politicians tend to listen to those whom they like, and they tend to like people who give them nice things.
I agree completely with your assessment. In fact, I believe that the best general comparison is Ted Turner selling Turner Broadcasting to Time Warner, where he went from being 'the big guy' to being just one of the executives. However, as you also point out, the mitigating factor is Steve Jobs himself. He has already shown in his second tenure at Apple that he can come in 'on top' and with a few well placed changes successfully change the company with out the 'blood bath' typically associated with 'redirecting the focus' or 'change management'
i don't think those would work too well if the power went out. best to have emergency measures that don't rely on a source of power.
'normal' cable driven elevators have operational problems when the power is out. I don't think that fire codes allow any elevators to be included by anybody's disaster plans, save the fire companies. And even for them it might be much safer, cable driven have numerous long and heavy cables, each of which travel the length of the shaft. Assuming that Otis's inventention still works after a hundred years, I rather have nothing falling on the top of car during a catrostopic failure, than a pile of heavy cable. Imagine up to 70 floors of cable falling on top of a car which may have just felled 20 floors itself (if most of the breaks are at the top of the cable).
Early reports were that he had torn up a picture of his girlfriend, but North Korean pilots were not allowed to have girlfriends during the war.
Personally, I cannot imagine living the forced personality cult, that has existed in NK for like the last 60 years. Say what you will about the authoritarian governments which have creep-ed in for the last decade here in the U.S., Russia, and other places, NK takes special (dis)honors for the length and severity of it's regime.
It might be a surprise to you, but many people on this site take great pride in the computer systems they build, in particular the ones they build for their home. Of course, as a self-admitted 'apple fanboy' you don't know the joys/frustrations of the DIY builder, instead relying on pure purchasing power to buy into what I admit is a generally fine system. I know because I've used them in the past, and I wouldn't make, like you did, wild assumptions about such very basic window behavior.
Well I usually make a real effort not to be a jerk, but it must be my nature.
Well, that text certainly does apply to you as well, to bad that you didn't take the time to credit the original author (me).
Frankly, I believe that you used my words from so long ago (just about 2 years) in a effort to humiliate me. While I regret some conversations, I do take pride in acknowledging that I am not always perfect (even to the point of being clearly 'off-topic'). Perhaps, someday, you'll learn that having a sense of humor and humility, are valuable traits, rather than just mocking such efforts.
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The Waxed Yak asks "When I did work for someone else, I saved 2/3rds of my pay, but since I'm now self-employed, I'd like to really brag", "what guestion do I have to come up with so I can say so on Slashdot?"
The real reason why Clinton was impeached was because they could. The corrupt, and adulterous Republican neo-conservitive leaders found that it was an issue they could use to wrap the public around their fingers (AND IT WORKED, well enough to control congress and the executive branch within 4 years).
I'm not saying that we could get the Senate to convict, just that Bush NEEDS a public spanking. While many would call it a tit-for-tat game, I would say that Bush is a dangerous fool, who has cost many, many, many human lives. Previous to him most would claim that Grant was our worst president, I think that Bush will be remembered worse.
Yea, Reagan, I loved that old guy, it's too bad that the good parts of his legacy were co-opted by the self-serving neo-conservitive bastards who are now in firm control of our government (thanks, Florida, Ohio, and all of those gerrymandered house districts in Texas.
BTW, Nagin is an idiot, not evil, I kinda think of him as the 'black Bush' of New Orleans. Also before the election, he was a life long Republican and supported the Bush Administration.
Of course I used to be a Republican as well. However I changed not for a job, nor an office, but because I couldn't stand the neo-conservatives who are running the party any longer.Fiscal Responsibility my ass. Those corrupt Republicans LOVE single issue voters, in particular ones who they can scare into the polls. Sure they can drum up legislation they don't expect to pass, or make vague promises, but where do they really deliver? Money into their pockets.
If we've gotten to whinning about interest groups, one (well me anyways) should mention the AMA (or as I like to call it the American Medical Cartel). In an era where everyone complains about rising health care, no one seems to notice their lobbying activities against health care reform.
Back in the early 90's amongst other businesses, my cousin owned a trailer park. The cable company refused to string a couple of miles of cable to provide it with service, so he set up his own little cable company, with really basic service at a fair price. Well, within 3 months the cable comapany managed to get their service to it and he couldn't compete.
Fortunately, he kept his costs low by using Satalite dishes he already owned (from his satalite business) and stringed the cable largely by himself, but it still cost him thousands of dollars.
I work for The President , and we use the open source app SNORT by snagging it's source, modifying it a bit, and then deploying it internally, and only internally.(We don't distribute it outside of the company, so there is no one to whom we would have to give out our source to) This allows us to spy the people who who for us , and get blackmail on reporters . It's a profitable business, as you can tell.
Also, don't bother getting clever with the form, as most of the time it's just scanned in (with the pre-printed information) and there is a chance that they won't figure out that you were just being 'funny' until it's a pain in the butt for you as well. (You might have printed 'Santos L Halper', but all they really wanted was a signature)
I'd suggest just a little piece of paper saying 'no', or perhaps a few scaps of paper (also, keep an eye out for bar codes on the envelope not related to the postage).
The Feds, INSPECT (some) cargo, and the tend to 'oversee' some aspects of the physical security. However that oversight is bureaucratic in nature.
Barnum had it right, "there's a sucker born every minute". The funny thing is that the 'quote' is more telling than that. Apparently he was accredited for it that by a single newspaper story which was planted by a competitor, and retold by thousands who have never known the truth, kinda like many of these 9/11 tales.
Of course, the mitigating factor would be the other staff who might notice 'something fishy'.
I'd like to say that it must be cronyism at it worst, but sadly I cannot.
Darkman, please meet Sir Isaac Newton
Really the only way that it could be useful for surveillance/tracking is if there was a large number of cell phones 'looking' for the tag, and if 'they' were tracking a tag with a decent transmitting distance.
Your question may have been rhetorical, but yes they do have a stake. However, the article also mentions that Craigslist was charging for ads then as well... So is the next Slashdot article titled "Wendy's is going to start charging for burgers!"?
Frankly, I believe that you used my words from so long ago (just about 2 years) in a effort to humiliate me. While I regret some conversations, I do take pride in acknowledging that I am not always perfect (even to the point of being clearly 'off-topic'). Perhaps, someday, you'll learn that having a sense of humor and humility, are valuable traits, rather than just mocking such efforts.