Except that the credit rating agency explicitly said that the reason they reduced the credit rating was because of the grandstanding Republicans did against raising the national debt limit.
This is what I responded to. The whole problem was that neither party could agree on what to cut. Both parties were stubborn, and then near the end, the Repubs did not want to raise the debt ceiling, which is the proper course, the spending should be lowered, not just spend more money. Both parties are just as guilty for using "political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy", but it was the Repubs who tried to say no to raising the debt ceiling, as that is the wrong thing to do when spending is so high.
I just realized that you posted on 2/16, and the update was 2/17. I apologize if I came across as a smart ass, as the update was not there when you read the post.
[UPDATE II: 2/17 - Please see this piece of reporting from Glenn Beck's site The Blaze. Beck's reporter, Madeleine Morgenstern, has done what the original stories did not, and put together a reasonably well-sourced story that sheds a lot of actual light on what happened here. The story is not anonymously sourced, contains an actual copy of the letter at issue here, and fills a lot of the holes that the original story had. I admit, after reading Morgenstern's piece, this story looks really bad, though I have to emphasize that it very much appears to be a function of the particular program at issue here, which is indeed an opt-in program. Nonetheless, consider the below retracted to the extent that it is inconsistent with Morgenstern's article.]
They have a copy of the note, please read it and inform yourself. If my school pulled this stunt, I would be pretty angry, it is not their place to determine the needs of my children, and as they pretty much don't eat lunch, perhaps I actually know better? My kids have money on account at school in case they actually want lunch, but I usually have that money refunded at the end of the year due to lack of interest.
So, you would recommend that I be charged for my son receiving an additional lunch because we send him with a small lunch? My son doesn't eat lunch, he isn't hungry at lunch time and chooses to wait until he gets home. Of what we pack, he appears to only ever drink the drink that is sent. So I should start wasting food in order to avoid a "fine"?
Youtube's video submission made it easy for kids to commit copyright infringement. Whether or not Youtube was involved with any actual lost revinue, they were extremely visible because any annoying person could use Youtube to post up an infringing video.
If you don't see the issue with what you typed, than you are already a lost cause.
The bill that ultimately "repealed" the Act was brought up in the Senate by Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and in the House of Representatives by Jim Leach (R-Iowa) in 1999. The bills were passed by a Republican majority, basically following party lines by a 54–44 vote in the Senate[15] and by a bi-partisan 343–86 vote in the House of Representatives.[16] After passing both the Senate and House the bill was moved to a conference committee to work out the differences between the Senate and House versions. The final bill resolving the differences was passed in the Senate 90–8 (one not voting) and in the House: 362–57 (15 not voting). The legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 12, 1999.[17]
Fortunately for Giacchino Giuliani, he is a lab assistant, not a scientist, or else he would be the one on trial. He was "crying wolf" for 6 months before the "big one" hit, based on observations of Radon levels which have never been proved either way in earthquake prediction. The guy caused the politicians and actual scientists to make a statement to calm the populous from this idiot.
That depopulated a CITY? Wow, I heard a couple of blocks were proactively evacuated, but can you point me to anything which says the CITY has been abandoned for 1000's of years to come?
Well, there are also some serious liver problems you can develop, and lethargy, and shakes. BUT, if you never had those reactions previously, than I agree with the psych, something else happened.
I find systems administration work is good for me as I bounce between problems often enough to not be stuck on one problem too long. Though I always get dinged on my lack of communication skills.
Someone who gets more energetic on it doesn't need it, someone who calms down needs it. It works completely the opposite on people who it does not help.
Personally, I don't take drugs anymore for my ADD, but, I am utterly useless without that cup of coffee, which has the same calming effect. So until you have dealt with it yourself, don't judge others.
Speed is in the exact same class of drug as Adderall.
Kids with ADHD can get a Social Security check. Also, Schools may not have to perform up to standards if they have too many kids with ADHD, so they push parents into getting their kids diagnosed with ADHD, which too many doctors are happy to do, since the govt. will pay for their treatment.
What the Hell are you talking about?
I have ADD (was diagnosed 24 years ago) both my children have ADHD (as it is now called) and I have never seen a dime for it from the gov. As a single parent, I could use some pointers. Currently, due to changes brought on by Obamacare, I have to pay full price for my kids meds: Vyvance at $9 per pill, or Dexadrine for $12 per day (three pills), so I could use some relief.
On Verizon, the Skype app offered in the Android store is specifically designed to use the Verizon network rather than data for text chat, and phone calls. How silly is that?
Actually, SMS takes an additional control channel time slot. The price of the SMS is to cause a limitation to the service to prevent people from overwhelming the control channels on the towers and causing dropped calls more often than currently.
Unless they have bought a phone in the meantime. Every time you "upgrade" your phone, you get pushed out another two years, but are allowed to keep the unlimited.
If there are people out there who prefer that, I welcome them to move to another part of the country and live like that. Their rights end where mine begin, and I am tired of those types halting progress.
I was thinking this. If all the Greenpeace like morons complaining about every kind of power couldn't use a single power generation type they complain about, maybe the world would be a better place.
Hey Greenpeace, put your money where your mouth is and only pay for "Green" electricity (if you can find anything you consider green...).
I said leave it in orbit. Whatever orbit it is in (everything in space is in an orbit). Build what you need in space from within space, not from Earth.
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Except that the credit rating agency explicitly said that the reason they reduced the credit rating was because of the grandstanding Republicans did against raising the national debt limit.
This is what I responded to. The whole problem was that neither party could agree on what to cut. Both parties were stubborn, and then near the end, the Repubs did not want to raise the debt ceiling, which is the proper course, the spending should be lowered, not just spend more money. Both parties are just as guilty for using "political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy", but it was the Repubs who tried to say no to raising the debt ceiling, as that is the wrong thing to do when spending is so high.
I just realized that you posted on 2/16, and the update was 2/17. I apologize if I came across as a smart ass, as the update was not there when you read the post.
From that article, first paragraph:
[UPDATE II: 2/17 - Please see this piece of reporting from Glenn Beck's site The Blaze. Beck's reporter, Madeleine Morgenstern, has done what the original stories did not, and put together a reasonably well-sourced story that sheds a lot of actual light on what happened here. The story is not anonymously sourced, contains an actual copy of the letter at issue here, and fills a lot of the holes that the original story had. I admit, after reading Morgenstern's piece, this story looks really bad, though I have to emphasize that it very much appears to be a function of the particular program at issue here, which is indeed an opt-in program. Nonetheless, consider the below retracted to the extent that it is inconsistent with Morgenstern's article.]
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It has most definitely not been debunked. Here is the link on "Glen Beck's site The Blaze" above: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/exclusive-2nd-n-c-mother-says-daughters-school-lunch-replaced-for-not-being-healthy-enough/
They have a copy of the note, please read it and inform yourself. If my school pulled this stunt, I would be pretty angry, it is not their place to determine the needs of my children, and as they pretty much don't eat lunch, perhaps I actually know better? My kids have money on account at school in case they actually want lunch, but I usually have that money refunded at the end of the year due to lack of interest.
My kids too...I would still be pissed if the school gave my kids a "supplemental" lunch, and threatened to bill me for it.
So, you would recommend that I be charged for my son receiving an additional lunch because we send him with a small lunch? My son doesn't eat lunch, he isn't hungry at lunch time and chooses to wait until he gets home. Of what we pack, he appears to only ever drink the drink that is sent. So I should start wasting food in order to avoid a "fine"?
Youtube's video submission made it easy for kids to commit copyright infringement. Whether or not Youtube was involved with any actual lost revinue, they were extremely visible because any annoying person could use Youtube to post up an infringing video.
If you don't see the issue with what you typed, than you are already a lost cause.
Hasn't this already happened before. There is but one post that has ever been removed from /.
The bill that ultimately "repealed" the Act was brought up in the Senate by Phil Gramm (R-Texas) and in the House of Representatives by Jim Leach (R-Iowa) in 1999. The bills were passed by a Republican majority, basically following party lines by a 54–44 vote in the Senate[15] and by a bi-partisan 343–86 vote in the House of Representatives.[16] After passing both the Senate and House the bill was moved to a conference committee to work out the differences between the Senate and House versions. The final bill resolving the differences was passed in the Senate 90–8 (one not voting) and in the House: 362–57 (15 not voting). The legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 12, 1999.[17]
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Act
You mean the bill passed by a bi-partisan support and signed into law by a Democrat president?
Perhaps because raising the national debt limit instead of reducing spending is fiscally irresponsible?
Fortunately for Giacchino Giuliani, he is a lab assistant, not a scientist, or else he would be the one on trial. He was "crying wolf" for 6 months before the "big one" hit, based on observations of Radon levels which have never been proved either way in earthquake prediction. The guy caused the politicians and actual scientists to make a statement to calm the populous from this idiot.
That depopulated a CITY? Wow, I heard a couple of blocks were proactively evacuated, but can you point me to anything which says the CITY has been abandoned for 1000's of years to come?
Well, there are also some serious liver problems you can develop, and lethargy, and shakes. BUT, if you never had those reactions previously, than I agree with the psych, something else happened.
I find systems administration work is good for me as I bounce between problems often enough to not be stuck on one problem too long. Though I always get dinged on my lack of communication skills.
Someone who gets more energetic on it doesn't need it, someone who calms down needs it. It works completely the opposite on people who it does not help.
Personally, I don't take drugs anymore for my ADD, but, I am utterly useless without that cup of coffee, which has the same calming effect. So until you have dealt with it yourself, don't judge others.
Speed is in the exact same class of drug as Adderall.
Kids with ADHD can get a Social Security check. Also, Schools may not have to perform up to standards if they have too many kids with ADHD, so they push parents into getting their kids diagnosed with ADHD, which too many doctors are happy to do, since the govt. will pay for their treatment.
What the Hell are you talking about?
I have ADD (was diagnosed 24 years ago) both my children have ADHD (as it is now called) and I have never seen a dime for it from the gov. As a single parent, I could use some pointers. Currently, due to changes brought on by Obamacare, I have to pay full price for my kids meds: Vyvance at $9 per pill, or Dexadrine for $12 per day (three pills), so I could use some relief.
Why would you want to see tits? What is so special about a class of bird?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_(bird)
and secondly most people will not care unless their Netflix starts cutting out all the time.
If you are on comcrap, this already happens. They intentionally degrade Netflix to make their own streaming service more attractive.
On Verizon, the Skype app offered in the Android store is specifically designed to use the Verizon network rather than data for text chat, and phone calls. How silly is that?
Actually, SMS takes an additional control channel time slot. The price of the SMS is to cause a limitation to the service to prevent people from overwhelming the control channels on the towers and causing dropped calls more often than currently.
Unless they have bought a phone in the meantime. Every time you "upgrade" your phone, you get pushed out another two years, but are allowed to keep the unlimited.
Please, name a reactor that has depopulated a city since Chernobyl.
If there are people out there who prefer that, I welcome them to move to another part of the country and live like that. Their rights end where mine begin, and I am tired of those types halting progress.
I was thinking this. If all the Greenpeace like morons complaining about every kind of power couldn't use a single power generation type they complain about, maybe the world would be a better place.
Hey Greenpeace, put your money where your mouth is and only pay for "Green" electricity (if you can find anything you consider green...).
Not ducks...though they also exist on ponds.
I said leave it in orbit. Whatever orbit it is in (everything in space is in an orbit). Build what you need in space from within space, not from Earth.