Unfortunately, that was not the intent of the authors of the 14th. It was meant to guarantee that freedmen would have the same rights as everyone else, e.g. to enter contracts, to sue, and to own property.
The 14th was ratified in 1868 and only a few years later there was another amendment proposed, the Blaine Amendment, to apply the rights guaranteed in the first amendment to the states. Here is the text of the amendment:
"No State shall make any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; and no money raised by taxation in any State for the support of public schools, or derived from any public fund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto, shall ever be under the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised or lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations."
The very fact that essentially the same people who wrote and ratified the fourteenth considered another amendment to make the states follow the same rules seems like fair enough evidence to reject the notion that it was meant to apply the first amendment to the states.
A book that I strongly recommend to everyone is The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods. He has a very good section on the 14th amendment and provides strong evidence on why the 14th was never legally ratified.
Absent from these various topics is why would we make every state the same. The purpose of the constitution is to allow the citizens of each state a high degree of control over the shape of their society while still leaving base line rights and liberties for all of the citizens, as defined in the constitution.
What becomes abundantly clear in these discussions is that not everyone wants to have their state be exactly like all of the other states, and that was the point of the constitution. This is supposed to be a republic, not a dictatorship, and that is why so many people get so angry when the Federal Government wants to mandate some ideology across all of the states. This swings both ways, as I am certain the people of Massachusetts would get very upset if the Federal Government decided that the state could not pay for or lay requirements on its educational system, just as people from Texas get very upset when the Federal Government decides to take over its educational system.
Yeah, I find that most people tend to be in agreement with George W. Bush on constitutional matters in that they view the constitution as "just a piece of paper."
Aristotle stated in Poetics that every story that could ever be told has already been told, and then there's the line in the Bible which states that there is nothing new under the sun.
I actually tend to agree with these positions in that the fundamental structure of the stories is hardly changed, and even the elements of human nature revealed have been revealed before. The fun in the reading of the stories is exploring human nature, not for the sake of being completely creative, but for exploring how that nature presents itself through various circumstances. That is why in my opinion the MacGuffin should always be kept properly in the background, which, ironically, flies directly in the face of the article.
It's all subjective, but for me, BSG was one of the best works of science fiction that I've seen because we hardly saw nor understood the inner workings of any of the technologies they were surrounded with, yet the stories seemed fresh and relevant - especially the season that covered occupation, which aired during the peak of the Iraq War. I was reminded of how science fiction has a way of putting perspective on modern issues and it really got me back into reading science fiction again from traditional literature.
Yes, it's definitely a very nice TV, and I bought it as a luxury. I think most people aren't spending $2000 on a TV.
One of the things that bothers me about all this is how it's a lifestyle, not specific items, that contribute to pollution, and to evaluate people by lifestyle would put require a complete loss of privacy. For example, I don't use a hair dryer, which is usually 1500 watts. I don't have an air conditioner in my house, so during the summers I use considerably less than so many others. I also work from home, so I average about 5000 miles per year in driving, and I hardly ever even wash the thing. While I may own a large TV, all the other things I do are not going to get me a tax break. Reality is that this is not an initiative to reduce pollution, but rather a method to increase taxes.
The OS experience has hardly changed since Windows 3.0, and Google is still barely better than Yahoo! circa '97 in that I'm still entering abstract terms and searching through pages of mostly useless results. I can search Wkipedia without Google.
If these guys would take the money they make and pour it back into the only product they each have which really makes them money, then we would see huge increases in the utility of those products, instead of better battery life on my laptop I could get an OS that does things for me, or I could ask questions to the search engine and get answers, or who knows what else.
I just use web browsing on my BlackBerry Bold for reading articles. I don't care about graphics.
I don't like how they glossed over Opera Mini just because it can't pass some standards or whatever. It's absolutely perfect for reading articles because the text is rendered nice and large and the columns are always the exact width of the screen, plus I can browse one-handed because all page navigation can be done with the number pad.
The Cato guys mention nothing of the ridiculous regulations that have been put on nuclear power over the years. When I was training in the Navy we had to dissipate energy into water brakes and steam dumps instead of putting it on the grid because of the lame rules on putting nuclear power on the grid. It is actually you who needs to research the regulations on nuclear power before claiming that reading one poorly researched article makes you an expert on the subject.
I just use a memo on my BlackBerry Bold. I use the highest built-in encryption on the phone and it locks itself every 15 minutes. For those not familiar with BlackBerries, a password attempt can only be made 5 times and then the device wipes itself.
I back the phone up at least once a week, so even if I lose the phone I can easily reinstall my entire profile to a replacement, and the phone is never far from me.
Maybe I trust in RIM too much, but it seems like security is pretty important to their business model.
I still can't find that study, but I did find this paper from the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. One of the interesting things discussed is how the U.S. for a very long time consumed more cigarettes per capita than any other nation, and that is why people over age 50 have such high mortality rates. It also has some very interesting discussions on how the international standards are actually made and there are case studies on prostate cancer and breast cancer. You should check it out. It contains far more concrete evidence than I have seen from the liberal camp.
I was in the military and none of my friends were ever encouraged to go to midwives and they had access to as much drugs as they wanted.
You are absolutely correct: listing an assortment of agencies provides no evidence. You must compare them with their private industry counterparts and demonstrate that they are a more effective method of providing the service.
With the amount of regulation on nuclear, how can it be profitable? The dumbest regulations are only recently being taken off the books, including one that ended in 1997 that basically prevented the mass-production of nuclear power plants for civilian use - something the U.S. Navy had been doing for 50 years before.
And I'm not clear on your claim that electricity is generated as DC. DC generators are usually more expensive to maintain because they require tons of brushes moving across armatures that eat them up a high rate, unless there is some form of DC generation I'm not familiar with, which is entirely possible.
It depends on the tax bracket you are in. You should also include the taxes your employer pays on your salary, as most employers would pay you that money if it weren't for the taxes, as well as any sales and other taxes you pay. I'm pretty low in the pay scale right now so I only pay about 40% in taxes.
There is no evidence to suggest that Government run programs have provided a long-term solution to anything. It is the proponents of the legislation who need to provide the supporting arguments, not the other way around.
I have been dying to find the university study I read about on access to health care and life expectancy. What the study determined was that there is no correlation between the two, as evidenced that the very richest in the U.S. have shorter average lifespans than the very poorest in the U.K.
As for infant mortality, I suggest watching the documentary The Business of Being Born, which discusses how the real difference is that in the U.S. we don't use midwives and we over-prescribe drugs. My guess would be that Government controlled health care would make that problem even worse.
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Unfortunately, that was not the intent of the authors of the 14th. It was meant to guarantee that freedmen would have the same rights as everyone else, e.g. to enter contracts, to sue, and to own property.
The 14th was ratified in 1868 and only a few years later there was another amendment proposed, the Blaine Amendment, to apply the rights guaranteed in the first amendment to the states. Here is the text of the amendment:
"No State shall make any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; and no money raised by taxation in any State for the support of public schools, or derived from any public fund therefor, nor any public lands devoted thereto, shall ever be under the control of any religious sect; nor shall any money so raised or lands so devoted be divided between religious sects or denominations."
The very fact that essentially the same people who wrote and ratified the fourteenth considered another amendment to make the states follow the same rules seems like fair enough evidence to reject the notion that it was meant to apply the first amendment to the states.
A book that I strongly recommend to everyone is The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods. He has a very good section on the 14th amendment and provides strong evidence on why the 14th was never legally ratified.
Absent from these various topics is why would we make every state the same. The purpose of the constitution is to allow the citizens of each state a high degree of control over the shape of their society while still leaving base line rights and liberties for all of the citizens, as defined in the constitution.
What becomes abundantly clear in these discussions is that not everyone wants to have their state be exactly like all of the other states, and that was the point of the constitution. This is supposed to be a republic, not a dictatorship, and that is why so many people get so angry when the Federal Government wants to mandate some ideology across all of the states. This swings both ways, as I am certain the people of Massachusetts would get very upset if the Federal Government decided that the state could not pay for or lay requirements on its educational system, just as people from Texas get very upset when the Federal Government decides to take over its educational system.
Yeah, I find that most people tend to be in agreement with George W. Bush on constitutional matters in that they view the constitution as "just a piece of paper."
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..."
Could be. Is it usually enabled by default?
Yes, mod this up please. Interestingly, mine works without opening any ports and I have UPnP disabled. Some kind of weird miracle, I guess...
Don't you know that robots are going to destroy most of humanity? None of the things you describe are going to stop the development of the AI.
Aristotle stated in Poetics that every story that could ever be told has already been told, and then there's the line in the Bible which states that there is nothing new under the sun.
I actually tend to agree with these positions in that the fundamental structure of the stories is hardly changed, and even the elements of human nature revealed have been revealed before. The fun in the reading of the stories is exploring human nature, not for the sake of being completely creative, but for exploring how that nature presents itself through various circumstances. That is why in my opinion the MacGuffin should always be kept properly in the background, which, ironically, flies directly in the face of the article.
It's all subjective, but for me, BSG was one of the best works of science fiction that I've seen because we hardly saw nor understood the inner workings of any of the technologies they were surrounded with, yet the stories seemed fresh and relevant - especially the season that covered occupation, which aired during the peak of the Iraq War. I was reminded of how science fiction has a way of putting perspective on modern issues and it really got me back into reading science fiction again from traditional literature.
And that is exactly what Asimov said in one of his essays. He basically used the word positronic because it sounds cool.
Yes, it's definitely a very nice TV, and I bought it as a luxury. I think most people aren't spending $2000 on a TV.
One of the things that bothers me about all this is how it's a lifestyle, not specific items, that contribute to pollution, and to evaluate people by lifestyle would put require a complete loss of privacy. For example, I don't use a hair dryer, which is usually 1500 watts. I don't have an air conditioner in my house, so during the summers I use considerably less than so many others. I also work from home, so I average about 5000 miles per year in driving, and I hardly ever even wash the thing. While I may own a large TV, all the other things I do are not going to get me a tax break. Reality is that this is not an initiative to reduce pollution, but rather a method to increase taxes.
ending wars. Imagine how much the environment stands to benefit.
My 37" 1080i CRT used 230 watts and I upgraded to a 50" plasma that uses 700 watts.
plants, or large screen televisions?"
That's why I started using Phoenix in the first place. However, I am guilty of running up to a dozen plugins...
The OS experience has hardly changed since Windows 3.0, and Google is still barely better than Yahoo! circa '97 in that I'm still entering abstract terms and searching through pages of mostly useless results. I can search Wkipedia without Google.
If these guys would take the money they make and pour it back into the only product they each have which really makes them money, then we would see huge increases in the utility of those products, instead of better battery life on my laptop I could get an OS that does things for me, or I could ask questions to the search engine and get answers, or who knows what else.
I just use web browsing on my BlackBerry Bold for reading articles. I don't care about graphics.
I don't like how they glossed over Opera Mini just because it can't pass some standards or whatever. It's absolutely perfect for reading articles because the text is rendered nice and large and the columns are always the exact width of the screen, plus I can browse one-handed because all page navigation can be done with the number pad.
The Cato guys mention nothing of the ridiculous regulations that have been put on nuclear power over the years. When I was training in the Navy we had to dissipate energy into water brakes and steam dumps instead of putting it on the grid because of the lame rules on putting nuclear power on the grid. It is actually you who needs to research the regulations on nuclear power before claiming that reading one poorly researched article makes you an expert on the subject.
I just use a memo on my BlackBerry Bold. I use the highest built-in encryption on the phone and it locks itself every 15 minutes. For those not familiar with BlackBerries, a password attempt can only be made 5 times and then the device wipes itself.
I back the phone up at least once a week, so even if I lose the phone I can easily reinstall my entire profile to a replacement, and the phone is never far from me.
Maybe I trust in RIM too much, but it seems like security is pretty important to their business model.
Is Adblock available for Chrome?
I still can't find that study, but I did find this paper from the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. One of the interesting things discussed is how the U.S. for a very long time consumed more cigarettes per capita than any other nation, and that is why people over age 50 have such high mortality rates. It also has some very interesting discussions on how the international standards are actually made and there are case studies on prostate cancer and breast cancer. You should check it out. It contains far more concrete evidence than I have seen from the liberal camp.
I was in the military and none of my friends were ever encouraged to go to midwives and they had access to as much drugs as they wanted.
You are absolutely correct: listing an assortment of agencies provides no evidence. You must compare them with their private industry counterparts and demonstrate that they are a more effective method of providing the service.
With the amount of regulation on nuclear, how can it be profitable? The dumbest regulations are only recently being taken off the books, including one that ended in 1997 that basically prevented the mass-production of nuclear power plants for civilian use - something the U.S. Navy had been doing for 50 years before.
And I'm not clear on your claim that electricity is generated as DC. DC generators are usually more expensive to maintain because they require tons of brushes moving across armatures that eat them up a high rate, unless there is some form of DC generation I'm not familiar with, which is entirely possible.
It depends on the tax bracket you are in. You should also include the taxes your employer pays on your salary, as most employers would pay you that money if it weren't for the taxes, as well as any sales and other taxes you pay. I'm pretty low in the pay scale right now so I only pay about 40% in taxes.
There is no evidence to suggest that Government run programs have provided a long-term solution to anything. It is the proponents of the legislation who need to provide the supporting arguments, not the other way around.
I have been dying to find the university study I read about on access to health care and life expectancy. What the study determined was that there is no correlation between the two, as evidenced that the very richest in the U.S. have shorter average lifespans than the very poorest in the U.K.
As for infant mortality, I suggest watching the documentary The Business of Being Born, which discusses how the real difference is that in the U.S. we don't use midwives and we over-prescribe drugs. My guess would be that Government controlled health care would make that problem even worse.