Always been that way. The first thing the Brits did when they "lost" the war was to invest. It was corporate interests that set up the government. Where do you think the money came from? Deals have to be made. Hell, it was French aristocracy that made the rebels' victory possible.
It won't happen that way. They will gut the bill of rights, that's all.
And term limits don't work, not unless you can put one on the institutions the politicians represent. Take a trip to Mexico to see what good term limits have done them. The same ruling institutional party has been running the show for almost 80 years now. Our republican/democrat charade has been going on for 150. Until the voter develops the strength to resist the propaganda and simply tune out big money campaigns there is no hope.
The idea of majority rule is starting to hit the brick wall. We can't allow a majority to vote away the rights of the rest.
Quitcherbellyachin' and Clean the House! And let's demand zero tolerance of secret deals behind our backs. If you all vote for business as usual, TPP and worse laws will continue to be run through, and I will laugh at your constant bitching about it for the next two years, then watch you do it again.. and again...
Having the international dateline as the prime meridian would result in the international dateline running through...Greenwich...
That's whack! There is no reason they both can't be in the middle of the pacific ocean. Then you don't need the 180 degree east and west. It will just be a 360. Time zones will be much more logical and it will be easier to figure out what day it is where. And you will split even less land mass. Not only that. England will be right in the middle of the map, at the 180 degree point, like being the center of the universe. They shouldn't be happier. The prime meridian is in Greenwich strictly out of tradition. It made sense at the time, not any more.
Maybe you don't realize it, but you are using a bunch of statistical mumbo-jumbo in an attempt to justify your call for racial/national purity. I ain't interested. Like I said, this is the decline the continent is going through right now, and you are providing a perfect example. Go work that crap on another corner. Everything you post here is only digging you into a deeper hole.
Yeah, so then I'll asking what time do you get up over there. And traveling be really weird when the sun rises and sets at totally off times from what you are accustomed to. Our watches need to match the sun as closely as possible, not some arbitrary point in the UK.
Move all the time zomes seven and a half degrees to the west, and leave it alone dammit! Do the math, you'll understand.
Above say, 40 degrees latitude north and south DST might have a purpose, but to do this in the tropics is beyond absurd. And celestial noon should never occur before noon on the clock, never.
They gave 4 trillion to Wall Street. I'm sure they're happy..
What we are seeing here is people who listen to and believe press releases, when they should be looking up the voting records and who the "contributors" are. They should also look up a little thing called, "rotating villain". There you will see republicans and democrats, not in opposition, but working together as a tag team in a fashion that constantly shifts blame for any "failures".
What these people call "differences" is merely bickering, not over the goal, but the method.
We went in to Iraq to toss out Saddam and in to Afghanistan to get bin Laden...
Yes, I'll accept that for the sake of argument that the mission was "accomplished".
...the wishy-washy goal of installing a stable democracy...
More like installing another, more complaint puppet regime. Let's not mince meat here. The locals know what the intentions are. They were not being offered "democracy". They only got an *offer they can't refuse*
Note, don't take any of this as singling anybody out. Empires are empires. Sure hope we have our own similarly rigged "junk" up there though. And we might want to relearn celestial navigation. Bombs in space are fairly indiscriminate. I'll assume the X-37 has lasers...
I'm just saying it is foolish to say the US "lost" the war. It didn't happen that way. It was not a defeat, not when "winning" is not the goal. They walked away, and invested their energies elsewhere until the business climate became more suitable for investment, and now you see Coke and Pepsi. Riddle me this, did we actually "lose" the war?
On my other note, the war is not won until everybody surrenders. If you want to win, you do whatever it takes and use all of your resources at hand to make it quick. Otherwise you're just playing sadistic games, like a cat playing with its prey before killing and eating it.
Russia and China are wannabes. The petro-dollar rules the world. It is the center of the universe. Oceania will make sure it stays that way. This story is very movie like. Pieces of "junk" coming alive to attack. Who says obfuscation doesn't work? It only has to while the mission is in progress.
That thinking has failed us numerous times. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and perhaps in space.
Actually those wars were "lost" because the US didn't apply the necessary brutality it takes to win a war. Public relations, not high technology, is the determining factor.
Ignore the democrats AND republicans, and try to actually clean the house. Otherwise... more NSA, CIA, DEA, IRS, FCC, more Comcast, more Time Warner, more Koch/Soros, and more Americans dying in war for profit.... Is that what all of you want?
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He was Charlie Chaplin's stunt double in the 30s and 40s.
Always been that way. The first thing the Brits did when they "lost" the war was to invest. It was corporate interests that set up the government. Where do you think the money came from? Deals have to be made. Hell, it was French aristocracy that made the rebels' victory possible.
It won't happen that way. They will gut the bill of rights, that's all.
And term limits don't work, not unless you can put one on the institutions the politicians represent. Take a trip to Mexico to see what good term limits have done them. The same ruling institutional party has been running the show for almost 80 years now. Our republican/democrat charade has been going on for 150. Until the voter develops the strength to resist the propaganda and simply tune out big money campaigns there is no hope.
The idea of majority rule is starting to hit the brick wall. We can't allow a majority to vote away the rights of the rest.
Whoever submitted the story was referring to the form of government that the U.S. had around 1800.
How has it changed since then?
And considering the kinds of people that win elections (anybody remember the man with the funny mustache?), he is right.
Quitcherbellyachin' and Clean the House! And let's demand zero tolerance of secret deals behind our backs. If you all vote for business as usual, TPP and worse laws will continue to be run through, and I will laugh at your constant bitching about it for the next two years, then watch you do it again.. and again...
FTA:
Just don't eat any...
Kill the wabbit!
Maybe it's a sundial thing. Under the present system, they work without modification no matter where you are.
She doesn't happen to moonlight for the IRS, does she?
Having the international dateline as the prime meridian would result in the international dateline running through...Greenwich...
That's whack! There is no reason they both can't be in the middle of the pacific ocean. Then you don't need the 180 degree east and west. It will just be a 360. Time zones will be much more logical and it will be easier to figure out what day it is where. And you will split even less land mass. Not only that. England will be right in the middle of the map, at the 180 degree point, like being the center of the universe. They shouldn't be happier. The prime meridian is in Greenwich strictly out of tradition. It made sense at the time, not any more.
Maybe you don't realize it, but you are using a bunch of statistical mumbo-jumbo in an attempt to justify your call for racial/national purity. I ain't interested. Like I said, this is the decline the continent is going through right now, and you are providing a perfect example. Go work that crap on another corner. Everything you post here is only digging you into a deeper hole.
Yeah, so then I'll asking what time do you get up over there. And traveling be really weird when the sun rises and sets at totally off times from what you are accustomed to. Our watches need to match the sun as closely as possible, not some arbitrary point in the UK.
And another thing! Move the prime meridian to the international dateline! Having it in Greenwich is just another vestige of the British Empire.
Move all the time zomes seven and a half degrees to the west, and leave it alone dammit! Do the math, you'll understand.
Above say, 40 degrees latitude north and south DST might have a purpose, but to do this in the tropics is beyond absurd. And celestial noon should never occur before noon on the clock, never.
Or maybe you'll get an arbitrary speed limit imposed on all bicycles, with or without a motor of any kind.
TFA says the wheel weighs 13 lbs, which is a ton,
wrong. I hope this is a massive typo, considering that my car weights just over 1 ton.
*sigh* I guess figurative speech is going the way of the dodo...
They gave 4 trillion to Wall Street. I'm sure they're happy..
What we are seeing here is people who listen to and believe press releases, when they should be looking up the voting records and who the "contributors" are. They should also look up a little thing called, "rotating villain". There you will see republicans and democrats, not in opposition, but working together as a tag team in a fashion that constantly shifts blame for any "failures".
What these people call "differences" is merely bickering, not over the goal, but the method.
We went in to Iraq to toss out Saddam and in to Afghanistan to get bin Laden...
Yes, I'll accept that for the sake of argument that the mission was "accomplished".
More like installing another, more complaint puppet regime. Let's not mince meat here. The locals know what the intentions are. They were not being offered "democracy". They only got an *offer they can't refuse*
Note, don't take any of this as singling anybody out. Empires are empires. Sure hope we have our own similarly rigged "junk" up there though. And we might want to relearn celestial navigation. Bombs in space are fairly indiscriminate. I'll assume the X-37 has lasers...
I'm just saying it is foolish to say the US "lost" the war. It didn't happen that way. It was not a defeat, not when "winning" is not the goal. They walked away, and invested their energies elsewhere until the business climate became more suitable for investment, and now you see Coke and Pepsi. Riddle me this, did we actually "lose" the war?
On my other note, the war is not won until everybody surrenders. If you want to win, you do whatever it takes and use all of your resources at hand to make it quick. Otherwise you're just playing sadistic games, like a cat playing with its prey before killing and eating it.
Russia and China are wannabes. The petro-dollar rules the world. It is the center of the universe. Oceania will make sure it stays that way. This story is very movie like. Pieces of "junk" coming alive to attack. Who says obfuscation doesn't work? It only has to while the mission is in progress.
That thinking has failed us numerous times. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and perhaps in space.
Actually those wars were "lost" because the US didn't apply the necessary brutality it takes to win a war. Public relations, not high technology, is the determining factor.
Um.. electricity? Without it, pray for clear skies, a sextant, and knowledge how to use it.
Ignore the democrats AND republicans, and try to actually clean the house. Otherwise... more NSA, CIA, DEA, IRS, FCC, more Comcast, more Time Warner, more Koch/Soros, and more Americans dying in war for profit.... Is that what all of you want?
:-) Thank you for confirming my point... The whole continent is headed that direction. We should just roll back the calendar about 85 years...