This passenger doen't know it, but we secretly switched his bar of soap with a half kilo of C4, disguised as Nepalese Hash... Let's see how many checkpoints he can get through... There's one... He's got 3 minutes before the doors close, Willy Makeit? Betty Wont!
A diesel, such as it is a "stationary" engine in this case, would benefit most from a big catalytic converter and power recovery turbines. There's lots of energy in that smoke.
The "security" is just misplaced. We need full roadside inspections, like going through customs, requiring a passport and everything, at every freeway exit. Only then can we be safe.
The other solution is to force everybody to fly, lest they drive to the 7/11 for their 2 liter coke (which will be prohibited) to evade the check points.
Their carefully premeditated goal is nothing less than the destruction of the power of the west and the ascension of china to the pre-eminent power on earth.
*Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my underground lair. I have gathered here before me the world's deadliest assassins.*
How 'bout if I write them, vote against them, encourage my neighbors to do the same hoping the idea might "infect" the whole country, AND sit on here and bitch about it to spread it even further?
Would that be acceptable?
No seat is 'safe'.
Not absolutely, no, but 93% odds aren't too shabby either. If I saw it down to 70%, I might agree there's a movement afoot. And it's entirely possible that the politician will respond accordingly.
Libertarians? Did I mention anything about Libertarians? No? Whew! I thought I might have blown my cover there for a second.
Strawman? Is there a real strawman in telling you that your government is your creation? Built and sustained with your hands? Is there some strawman in pointing out the less than feeble resistance against it?
If I live in an state with a population that is just happy with polluting farmers and ranchers polluting the groundwater, my vote is hardly significant compared to the dollars required to move to a state with cleaner water.
And you have the same problem when those same people continue to patronize a polluter. Elimination of the offense will cost the same regardless if the offender is corporate or the state.
Whereas, if I chose not to buy a medicine from a pharmaceutical company, the effect is immediate and isolated.
What, you their only customer? You actually believe that company has no control over your access to medicine, through price fixing, distribution, etc? Gee, I don't buy products I see on the TV, yet for some reason, they still make huge profits. And the airways, the air, and the water are still poisoned with their trash. I still have to fill their forms, in triplicate, and submit to dehumanizing interrogations and testing for services nobody else offers. If the government put up some competition, you might have a point.
Because the government permits it. Why do you elect people that grant immunity for the government, and give themselves automatic raises, etc? If you can demand the right to sue a corp, certainly you can demand the same from the government itself. Like in bowling and in golf, it's called "follow through". You keep the pressure up until you accomplish your goal.
Too bad too many people like yourself value "getting along"...
I didn't even imply anything of the kind.. I'm only saying that when you complain about the government, you are complaining about the people you choose to run it. And the bizarre part comes up when you all keep the very same people in power.. by your own free will, which you seem to claim is under the influence of radio waves controlled by alien billionaires. Like so many others, you have learned how to be helpless. A rationalization for apathy. I contend it's a way of deflecting responsibility for your own actions. A small variation of "the dog ate my homework"... The decision to let bureaucrats ru(i)n is yours. And it's up to you and your neighbors.
Do the corporations poll your neighbors when they decide to dump their garbage into the river? Or do they have to have the government come and regulate them? Just because you don't stand up to the government, doesn't mean you can't. It just means you won't. You have all the same powers over government and corporation alike. You can make your votes just as valuable as you make the dollar, but it will take more than the two percent of you that are currently making the effort.
Not interested. You still just have people voting party lines and coalitions of parties. We get the same thing with "conservative democrats" or "moderate republicans". No different from any other kind of alliance, only in wording. But when comes time to count the money, everybody falls into line and stays within the role assigned to them, and eagerly await their cut.
The most elegant solution involves studying the role we play. Because the "problem" is us. Take that first step, and the rest will fall like dominoes.
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This passenger doen't know it, but we secretly switched his bar of soap with a half kilo of C4, disguised as Nepalese Hash... Let's see how many checkpoints he can get through... There's one... He's got 3 minutes before the doors close, Willy Makeit? Betty Wont!
I'm gonna bolt my $500 iPad into my Galaxy 500
A diesel, such as it is a "stationary" engine in this case, would benefit most from a big catalytic converter and power recovery turbines. There's lots of energy in that smoke.
Hi. Can you say "bargaining chip"? These guys are traded more often than baseball players. High drama screaming for a Hollywood screen play
I will release eleventy billion pages if you...
The "security" is just misplaced. We need full roadside inspections, like going through customs, requiring a passport and everything, at every freeway exit. Only then can we be safe.
The other solution is to force everybody to fly, lest they drive to the 7/11 for their 2 liter coke (which will be prohibited) to evade the check points.
Crazy Eddie ; "Our Pollution is INSANE!!"
That smoke you are seeing? It's coming from Appalachia.
Just part of the price you gotta pay for good moonshine..
That'll be a dollar... You can keep the points
Too fragile... not durable...
okay four.. four words
Their carefully premeditated goal is nothing less than the destruction of the power of the west and the ascension of china to the pre-eminent power on earth.
*Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my underground lair. I have gathered here before me the world's deadliest assassins.*
Just not out loud...
I just don't get what the big deal is here.
You're stepping on Ticketmaster's turf...
That would be at my local bar listening to.. uh I dunno.. Dire Straits on the jukebox..
Cool, let's put two of these up against each other.
How 'bout if I write them, vote against them, encourage my neighbors to do the same hoping the idea might "infect" the whole country, AND sit on here and bitch about it to spread it even further?
Would that be acceptable?
No seat is 'safe'.
Not absolutely, no, but 93% odds aren't too shabby either. If I saw it down to 70%, I might agree there's a movement afoot. And it's entirely possible that the politician will respond accordingly.
Libertarians? Did I mention anything about Libertarians? No? Whew! I thought I might have blown my cover there for a second.
Strawman? Is there a real strawman in telling you that your government is your creation? Built and sustained with your hands? Is there some strawman in pointing out the less than feeble resistance against it?
It's been done before... No reason to believe it would be any different this time.
Neat trick
And if it doesn't, hunt it down and kill it!
If I live in an state with a population that is just happy with polluting farmers and ranchers polluting the groundwater, my vote is hardly significant compared to the dollars required to move to a state with cleaner water.
And you have the same problem when those same people continue to patronize a polluter. Elimination of the offense will cost the same regardless if the offender is corporate or the state.
Whereas, if I chose not to buy a medicine from a pharmaceutical company, the effect is immediate and isolated.
What, you their only customer? You actually believe that company has no control over your access to medicine, through price fixing, distribution, etc? Gee, I don't buy products I see on the TV, yet for some reason, they still make huge profits. And the airways, the air, and the water are still poisoned with their trash. I still have to fill their forms, in triplicate, and submit to dehumanizing interrogations and testing for services nobody else offers. If the government put up some competition, you might have a point.
I can sue the corporation for damages...
Because the government permits it. Why do you elect people that grant immunity for the government, and give themselves automatic raises, etc? If you can demand the right to sue a corp, certainly you can demand the same from the government itself. Like in bowling and in golf, it's called "follow through". You keep the pressure up until you accomplish your goal.
Too bad too many people like yourself value "getting along"...
I didn't even imply anything of the kind.. I'm only saying that when you complain about the government, you are complaining about the people you choose to run it. And the bizarre part comes up when you all keep the very same people in power.. by your own free will, which you seem to claim is under the influence of radio waves controlled by alien billionaires. Like so many others, you have learned how to be helpless. A rationalization for apathy. I contend it's a way of deflecting responsibility for your own actions. A small variation of "the dog ate my homework"... The decision to let bureaucrats ru(i)n is yours. And it's up to you and your neighbors.
Do the corporations poll your neighbors when they decide to dump their garbage into the river? Or do they have to have the government come and regulate them? Just because you don't stand up to the government, doesn't mean you can't. It just means you won't. You have all the same powers over government and corporation alike. You can make your votes just as valuable as you make the dollar, but it will take more than the two percent of you that are currently making the effort.
Not interested. You still just have people voting party lines and coalitions of parties. We get the same thing with "conservative democrats" or "moderate republicans". No different from any other kind of alliance, only in wording. But when comes time to count the money, everybody falls into line and stays within the role assigned to them, and eagerly await their cut.
The most elegant solution involves studying the role we play. Because the "problem" is us. Take that first step, and the rest will fall like dominoes.