Are you intentionally being an idiot, or is this just by mistake? We are not talking about some super-elitist asshole, probably like yourself, who is getting charged tax on his luxurious wine collecting habits; we are talking about a junk tax, based on junk science, on good and services people need. You can avoid purchase alcohol, tobacco, and other good that, to the normal person, would be considered a luxury. Just how many people will survive without access to reasonably priced energy?
Did you know that it is a crime in many states for people with children to not have energy to run a unit to heat a home? What do you think is required to run a heating unit? Energy. Tax schemes, such as "Cap and Trade" and other schemes that are similar to it will end up ruining economies all over the world to offset less than five percent of the Carbon Dioxide emissions across the planet. Even then, CO2 emissions will not ever be reduced, as these tax schemes are really just a means to adjust more money from the hard-working middle class into the pockets of the elitist. From there, the money will be either given to the lazy entitlement crowd, or the proceeds will be kept by those that take it.
I cannot wait for 2010 and 2012, when we can, hopefully, replace the idiots in control and get a more sensible government in power. Democrats and Republicans alike are to blame for this mess and it is my hope that someone with sense and usefulness comes into power, but God help us if it were Sarah Palin. I agree with 99% of her views, but he is not fit to run a daycare, much less the United States. Perhaps a decent contender will come out that will show himself or herself to be a worthy opponent to Obama and Ralph Nader.
One last point: If there ICJ were looking for someone to bring into its "kangaroo court", then it should set its sights on Al Gore and the "Climate Change" crowd. They have perpetrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in the history of the world, the likes of which will make Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme look like a liquor store robbery.
As for you, I would suggest that you take(or retake, as the case may be) a college-level American Government class...hell, go take a high school level civics class, and you will see why this "carbon tax" is illegal. I am not paid to teach, so I will not put anymore effort in explaining the situation to you.
Is your love interest, Al Gore, reading this or something? My grandmother is a bigger threat to drunken bingo night than "anthropogenic climate change" is a threat to the planet.
Since "Green Technology" is bullshit and climate change is bullshit as well, who really gives a flying shit about this? Well, aside from the idiots that buy into the "climate change" bullshit, who cares?
The (false)prophet Muhammad was a homo. Now, I will not only be hunted by Interpol(dancers) for breaking Irish law, but some jihadist cocksucker will probably trying to rape-bomb me. Hey, I just made up a new phrase and probably bought myself a ban. FUCK YOU TOWEL HEADS!
Yeah, I am rather tired of the U.S. government agencies using illegal tactics against U.S. citizens, then only admitting to using such tactics after enough people complain. It is the government's responsibility to always follow the law in every situation. When a person, or group of people violate the law or rules when attempting to apprehend a criminal, then they are no better than the criminals.
Of course, the two guys the TSA were "strong-arming" are not criminals. They were providing the public with a great service and I hope to see more people do what these two gentlemen did in this instance.
I would have told the TSA to piss off if they tried to bully me the way they seemed to bully the two guys in this article. U.S. citizens have a right to know what agents are being told to do when they interact with us. What exactly does the TSA have to fear? Obama promised transparency, so I figure this is a good step. Even if the release was through a leak, Obama should be happy that someone in his government is willing to do what he is too inept to do.
Did you know that many government agencies, as well as private businesses, charge employees for the "free" business phones and devices they use? Under the tax law in the United States, employees are to be taxed a certain amount of the bill for their business lines. When I was in law enforcement, we were charged taxes on our Nextel lines and we had to pay for any personal use. Short of us trying to engage in criminal activities or attempting to choke someone with the phone itself, we were never bothered with how we used the phones.
My girlfriend, who is now my wife, sent me numerous sexually explicit text messages. Other than one incident, when the, then captain of our unit, decided to have a little fun and post a conversation of ours in a break room, nothing was ever said about how we used the phones. We had to pay for all incidental use, outside of normal police function, which meant that we were protected under the fourth amendment like a private citizen. You may disagree, but the law does not really care what you think.
Some citizens tried to argue that the government owned the phones, but they were dead wrong. Along with paying non-job related use, the officers had to pay for the device. It was only if the device was damage in the course of duty that the government would pay for the device. I know that many people dilude themselves into thinking that law enforcement officers are robots that only behave a certain way and never have fun. In reality, those in law enforcement enjoy sex, alcohol, and fun(wait, those are essentially the same thing).
Sorry kids, but cops, just like your parents, do have sex and enjoy it.
This is not "too much government", as it is the job of the government(s) to regulate and this is a regulatory issue. This is an issue that should have been resolved years ago, but the government that serves the people probably received a large infusion of cash to look the other way. The volume of commercials can easily be controlled by forcing entities that wish to run commercials submit all commercials to the FCC, or a local board(for local businesses), for a decibel check. It would only be the right of the FCC to refuse a commercial if it is beyond five to ten percent variance, on the high end, from the normal level of the channel. Of course, it is my belief, though, that local business are the biggest offenders.
As an example, there is a restaurant(http://www.wingery.com/main.html) that runs an extremely annoying commercial on various channels through Comcast. I usually run my receiver at 38 to 43(volume setting on my Yamaha RX-Z11), which is normal for most programs, but when a commercial, like this one, comes on, the volume will run a deaf person out of the room. It is not right that the consumer has to suffer so businesses can run commercials that sway very few, if any, people to do business with said businesses or other various corporations.
Do not get my wrong, I am a stern believer in capitalism and the right of corporation and unincorporated businesses to advertise their products and services. I just do not want to suffer deafening volumes and forced to listen to these stupid shit commercials at unhealthy volumes.
Yeah, because I give a shit what the ICJ says or does. Just as an example, I am an United States citizen. Here in this country, we have a document known as the U.S. Constitution. This document is the ultimate legal document in the United States and any laws passed by the Federal Government, or various state and local government, must pass constitutional muster. After reading over the great document, I never read once where the United States is supposed to give one shit about an international court. Of course, I did read somewhere that the United States is a sovereign land and it is beholden to no one, except the citizenry within its borders.
Now, our current idiot president might be willing to give up control of the United States to some eurotrash group, but then the United States would end up in another civil war or have another revolutionary war. Since I doubt Obama wants that, and since I am sure he does actually respect the job he was given(I did not vote for him, but I am behind him), then the ICJ will continue to be ranter's box.
If I do something that is legal in the United States, but illegal in country X, then what is to stop country X from trying to have me extradited under an agreement similar to the one in this article? Other countries might be willing to become slaves to the world, but not the United States. If someone commits a crime, according to the laws of this land, then we prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. From fines to death sentences, justice is found everyday here; we do not need another country's assistance.
Another country could try to muscle its way into the United States to apprehend a "hacker", or someone else deemed a "criminal", but that would be seen as an invasion and well...the second amendment does have its uses.
God, you really are a fanboy faggot.. If it were just about searches, then why is it that script-blocking software show so many sites with Google-infested apps? google-analytics.com anyone? And fuck him and his message about the Patriot Act. I AM a fucking Patriot of the U.S., but I do not freely give up my rights to a corporation or government agency, unless the government agency has gone through the required steps to forgo my rights(court order, etc).
There is no amount of extended context that wold make anything this asshole says ok, and the same goes for you. I expect that anything I type on my computer to be privy to only me. I do not expect that the United States act like the red, communist China and watch my every step, or gain access to it at a later date.
What is wrong with people? You never let law enforcement touch your property without a warrant. You also never call law enforcement if you accidentally(truly accidentally) come in possession of illegal items(digital or real). You destroy the items and go about your lives. If I ever ended up with images that even closely resembled a child in any possible immortal and/or unethical situation, I would format the drive seven or more times, burn the drive, dip it in various abrasive chemicals, then melt the drive down.
I hate people that victimize other, and I really hate child rapist and those that enjoy watching such grotesque displays. I also dislike over zealous law enforcement officers that improperly harass people that are not intent on committing crimes. Of course, one of the real problems is the lawyer. Who tells their client, if they are actually innocent, to plead guilty? Are there facts of the case that are not being reported? Was there evidence that this kid was looking for child pornography? Did he gain interest in the pictures once he got them? Did he distribute them(knowingly) or keep the and view them for a certain length of time?
Hypothetically speaking...if this Matthew White was looking for adult porn(which is legal), it ended up being child porn, and Mr. White destroyed the files immediately after realizing what the picture(s) and/or video(s) was/were, then this is a clear cut case that should have never gone to trial. If all of the above facts are true, then this is a great injustice and the FBI, along with the US Attorneys Office, should be ashamed. This gentleman should have been left alone, if it was discovered that he never intended, nor wanted child pornography.
I dare the FBI to confiscate my computer, or try to arrest me, if someone attempts to, or actually does, infest my computer(s) with child pornography. I will happily destroy the files once discovered, but I will never voluntarily give up my rights because criminal elements and disgusting pieces of shit are trying to destroy decent, law-abiding people's lives.
I am going to start trashing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the rest of the corrupt and evil Iranian government on Facebook, Tweeter, and everywhere else I can find. I am not afraid of those idiots and I dare them to try and do anything to me. They are nothing more than impotent pieces of shit and one day, God willing, they will be put in their place. You cannot oppress people without ultimately losing control in the end.
If the Iranian government would simply give its people the respect they deserve, then the government would be more respected. Since that will never happen, then that government will always be illegitimate.
I am sure that Australians that wanted to purchase and play this game, in Australia, will be disappointed, but I am very interested in seeing where this goes. If I were running a business internationally and a country put up artificial obstacles, I would cut ties immediately. It is issues like this that pushes the prices of all types of good higher and higher. There are too many different requirements from country to country and nanny states like Australia makes it all worse.
Hell, I had to purchase a friend a copy of L4D2(I am in the USA, he is in Australia) so that he could play the games as it was meant to be played. Now, he has purchased two copies of the same game, which is beyond ridiculous. Perhaps, if more game studios refuse to playing by Australia's nonsense rules, there will be quick change to their rating standards.
Seriously? Are you seriously going to start this? Cellular phones cannot, in anyways what-so-ever, cause brain cancer. The radio waves are not capable of altering humans on a cellular(no pun intended) level, which is what would have to happen in order to cause cancer. We had this discussion in my Genetics class last semester and our professor decided to start a class project. In this project, we were to pour over data and find a correlation either proving or countering to stance that cellular phones are capable of causing cancer.
After 5 weeks of intense studying, it was discovered that cellular phones are not capable of causing cancer, unless a phone manufacturer decided to power a device with a nuclear power source. Of course, then you could make the argument that cellular phones can cause cancer...except that it would be the power source and not the phone itself.
I would like to offer you the services of my law firm. It has been shown that all tin cans, when used in conjunction will string, as been shown to increase your rate of neck cancer. Even though corporations would rather keep this important information confidential from the general public, we feel that it is left to us to get the victims of this senseless violation of public health their just rewards.
It has also been shown that using tin cans with string increases your carbon dioxide foot, so please feel free to feel ashamed. Your few moments of fun and enjoyment has just sunken another polar bear. Worry not, oh brother, the Earth Father, Al Gore, is willing to trade you some emissions caps to help alleviate your gross negligence.
It is not the case that all modified Xbox consoles are to play "pirated" copies of games. There are many people that make backups of games, which courts have held that people have a legal right to do. I find it beyond ridiculous that Microsoft does not offer a means for people to back up the media that they paid $60 for. I was the EFF and others to sue Microsoft and force them to offer us the ability to make backups of our games.
We do not know whether David Miscavige is a nut job? Seriously? Have you ever looked into Scientology? You are either very gullible or very dumb, neither of which are good choices. Either that or you are a member of the nut job cult and you are trying to take up for the organization without trying to blatantly defend it.
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Are you intentionally being an idiot, or is this just by mistake? We are not talking about some super-elitist asshole, probably like yourself, who is getting charged tax on his luxurious wine collecting habits; we are talking about a junk tax, based on junk science, on good and services people need. You can avoid purchase alcohol, tobacco, and other good that, to the normal person, would be considered a luxury. Just how many people will survive without access to reasonably priced energy?
Did you know that it is a crime in many states for people with children to not have energy to run a unit to heat a home? What do you think is required to run a heating unit? Energy. Tax schemes, such as "Cap and Trade" and other schemes that are similar to it will end up ruining economies all over the world to offset less than five percent of the Carbon Dioxide emissions across the planet. Even then, CO2 emissions will not ever be reduced, as these tax schemes are really just a means to adjust more money from the hard-working middle class into the pockets of the elitist. From there, the money will be either given to the lazy entitlement crowd, or the proceeds will be kept by those that take it.
I cannot wait for 2010 and 2012, when we can, hopefully, replace the idiots in control and get a more sensible government in power. Democrats and Republicans alike are to blame for this mess and it is my hope that someone with sense and usefulness comes into power, but God help us if it were Sarah Palin. I agree with 99% of her views, but he is not fit to run a daycare, much less the United States. Perhaps a decent contender will come out that will show himself or herself to be a worthy opponent to Obama and Ralph Nader.
One last point: If there ICJ were looking for someone to bring into its "kangaroo court", then it should set its sights on Al Gore and the "Climate Change" crowd. They have perpetrated one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in the history of the world, the likes of which will make Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme look like a liquor store robbery.
As for you, I would suggest that you take(or retake, as the case may be) a college-level American Government class...hell, go take a high school level civics class, and you will see why this "carbon tax" is illegal. I am not paid to teach, so I will not put anymore effort in explaining the situation to you.
Is your love interest, Al Gore, reading this or something? My grandmother is a bigger threat to drunken bingo night than "anthropogenic climate change" is a threat to the planet.
Since "Green Technology" is bullshit and climate change is bullshit as well, who really gives a flying shit about this? Well, aside from the idiots that buy into the "climate change" bullshit, who cares?
The (false)prophet Muhammad was a homo. Now, I will not only be hunted by Interpol(dancers) for breaking Irish law, but some jihadist cocksucker will probably trying to rape-bomb me. Hey, I just made up a new phrase and probably bought myself a ban. FUCK YOU TOWEL HEADS!
Yeah, I am rather tired of the U.S. government agencies using illegal tactics against U.S. citizens, then only admitting to using such tactics after enough people complain. It is the government's responsibility to always follow the law in every situation. When a person, or group of people violate the law or rules when attempting to apprehend a criminal, then they are no better than the criminals.
Of course, the two guys the TSA were "strong-arming" are not criminals. They were providing the public with a great service and I hope to see more people do what these two gentlemen did in this instance.
I would have told the TSA to piss off if they tried to bully me the way they seemed to bully the two guys in this article. U.S. citizens have a right to know what agents are being told to do when they interact with us. What exactly does the TSA have to fear? Obama promised transparency, so I figure this is a good step. Even if the release was through a leak, Obama should be happy that someone in his government is willing to do what he is too inept to do.
Did you know that many government agencies, as well as private businesses, charge employees for the "free" business phones and devices they use? Under the tax law in the United States, employees are to be taxed a certain amount of the bill for their business lines. When I was in law enforcement, we were charged taxes on our Nextel lines and we had to pay for any personal use. Short of us trying to engage in criminal activities or attempting to choke someone with the phone itself, we were never bothered with how we used the phones.
My girlfriend, who is now my wife, sent me numerous sexually explicit text messages. Other than one incident, when the, then captain of our unit, decided to have a little fun and post a conversation of ours in a break room, nothing was ever said about how we used the phones. We had to pay for all incidental use, outside of normal police function, which meant that we were protected under the fourth amendment like a private citizen. You may disagree, but the law does not really care what you think.
Some citizens tried to argue that the government owned the phones, but they were dead wrong. Along with paying non-job related use, the officers had to pay for the device. It was only if the device was damage in the course of duty that the government would pay for the device. I know that many people dilude themselves into thinking that law enforcement officers are robots that only behave a certain way and never have fun. In reality, those in law enforcement enjoy sex, alcohol, and fun(wait, those are essentially the same thing).
Sorry kids, but cops, just like your parents, do have sex and enjoy it.
This is not "too much government", as it is the job of the government(s) to regulate and this is a regulatory issue. This is an issue that should have been resolved years ago, but the government that serves the people probably received a large infusion of cash to look the other way. The volume of commercials can easily be controlled by forcing entities that wish to run commercials submit all commercials to the FCC, or a local board(for local businesses), for a decibel check. It would only be the right of the FCC to refuse a commercial if it is beyond five to ten percent variance, on the high end, from the normal level of the channel. Of course, it is my belief, though, that local business are the biggest offenders.
As an example, there is a restaurant(http://www.wingery.com/main.html) that runs an extremely annoying commercial on various channels through Comcast. I usually run my receiver at 38 to 43(volume setting on my Yamaha RX-Z11), which is normal for most programs, but when a commercial, like this one, comes on, the volume will run a deaf person out of the room. It is not right that the consumer has to suffer so businesses can run commercials that sway very few, if any, people to do business with said businesses or other various corporations.
Do not get my wrong, I am a stern believer in capitalism and the right of corporation and unincorporated businesses to advertise their products and services. I just do not want to suffer deafening volumes and forced to listen to these stupid shit commercials at unhealthy volumes.
Yeah, because I give a shit what the ICJ says or does. Just as an example, I am an United States citizen. Here in this country, we have a document known as the U.S. Constitution. This document is the ultimate legal document in the United States and any laws passed by the Federal Government, or various state and local government, must pass constitutional muster. After reading over the great document, I never read once where the United States is supposed to give one shit about an international court. Of course, I did read somewhere that the United States is a sovereign land and it is beholden to no one, except the citizenry within its borders.
Now, our current idiot president might be willing to give up control of the United States to some eurotrash group, but then the United States would end up in another civil war or have another revolutionary war. Since I doubt Obama wants that, and since I am sure he does actually respect the job he was given(I did not vote for him, but I am behind him), then the ICJ will continue to be ranter's box.
If I do something that is legal in the United States, but illegal in country X, then what is to stop country X from trying to have me extradited under an agreement similar to the one in this article? Other countries might be willing to become slaves to the world, but not the United States. If someone commits a crime, according to the laws of this land, then we prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. From fines to death sentences, justice is found everyday here; we do not need another country's assistance.
Another country could try to muscle its way into the United States to apprehend a "hacker", or someone else deemed a "criminal", but that would be seen as an invasion and well...the second amendment does have its uses.
God, you really are a fanboy faggot.. If it were just about searches, then why is it that script-blocking software show so many sites with Google-infested apps? google-analytics.com anyone? And fuck him and his message about the Patriot Act. I AM a fucking Patriot of the U.S., but I do not freely give up my rights to a corporation or government agency, unless the government agency has gone through the required steps to forgo my rights(court order, etc).
There is no amount of extended context that wold make anything this asshole says ok, and the same goes for you. I expect that anything I type on my computer to be privy to only me. I do not expect that the United States act like the red, communist China and watch my every step, or gain access to it at a later date.
What is wrong with people? You never let law enforcement touch your property without a warrant. You also never call law enforcement if you accidentally(truly accidentally) come in possession of illegal items(digital or real). You destroy the items and go about your lives. If I ever ended up with images that even closely resembled a child in any possible immortal and/or unethical situation, I would format the drive seven or more times, burn the drive, dip it in various abrasive chemicals, then melt the drive down.
I hate people that victimize other, and I really hate child rapist and those that enjoy watching such grotesque displays. I also dislike over zealous law enforcement officers that improperly harass people that are not intent on committing crimes. Of course, one of the real problems is the lawyer. Who tells their client, if they are actually innocent, to plead guilty? Are there facts of the case that are not being reported? Was there evidence that this kid was looking for child pornography? Did he gain interest in the pictures once he got them? Did he distribute them(knowingly) or keep the and view them for a certain length of time?
Hypothetically speaking...if this Matthew White was looking for adult porn(which is legal), it ended up being child porn, and Mr. White destroyed the files immediately after realizing what the picture(s) and/or video(s) was/were, then this is a clear cut case that should have never gone to trial. If all of the above facts are true, then this is a great injustice and the FBI, along with the US Attorneys Office, should be ashamed. This gentleman should have been left alone, if it was discovered that he never intended, nor wanted child pornography.
I dare the FBI to confiscate my computer, or try to arrest me, if someone attempts to, or actually does, infest my computer(s) with child pornography. I will happily destroy the files once discovered, but I will never voluntarily give up my rights because criminal elements and disgusting pieces of shit are trying to destroy decent, law-abiding people's lives.
I am going to start trashing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the rest of the corrupt and evil Iranian government on Facebook, Tweeter, and everywhere else I can find. I am not afraid of those idiots and I dare them to try and do anything to me. They are nothing more than impotent pieces of shit and one day, God willing, they will be put in their place. You cannot oppress people without ultimately losing control in the end. If the Iranian government would simply give its people the respect they deserve, then the government would be more respected. Since that will never happen, then that government will always be illegitimate.
I am sure that Australians that wanted to purchase and play this game, in Australia, will be disappointed, but I am very interested in seeing where this goes. If I were running a business internationally and a country put up artificial obstacles, I would cut ties immediately. It is issues like this that pushes the prices of all types of good higher and higher. There are too many different requirements from country to country and nanny states like Australia makes it all worse. Hell, I had to purchase a friend a copy of L4D2(I am in the USA, he is in Australia) so that he could play the games as it was meant to be played. Now, he has purchased two copies of the same game, which is beyond ridiculous. Perhaps, if more game studios refuse to playing by Australia's nonsense rules, there will be quick change to their rating standards.
Seriously? Are you seriously going to start this? Cellular phones cannot, in anyways what-so-ever, cause brain cancer. The radio waves are not capable of altering humans on a cellular(no pun intended) level, which is what would have to happen in order to cause cancer. We had this discussion in my Genetics class last semester and our professor decided to start a class project. In this project, we were to pour over data and find a correlation either proving or countering to stance that cellular phones are capable of causing cancer. After 5 weeks of intense studying, it was discovered that cellular phones are not capable of causing cancer, unless a phone manufacturer decided to power a device with a nuclear power source. Of course, then you could make the argument that cellular phones can cause cancer...except that it would be the power source and not the phone itself.
I would like to offer you the services of my law firm. It has been shown that all tin cans, when used in conjunction will string, as been shown to increase your rate of neck cancer. Even though corporations would rather keep this important information confidential from the general public, we feel that it is left to us to get the victims of this senseless violation of public health their just rewards. It has also been shown that using tin cans with string increases your carbon dioxide foot, so please feel free to feel ashamed. Your few moments of fun and enjoyment has just sunken another polar bear. Worry not, oh brother, the Earth Father, Al Gore, is willing to trade you some emissions caps to help alleviate your gross negligence.
It is not the case that all modified Xbox consoles are to play "pirated" copies of games. There are many people that make backups of games, which courts have held that people have a legal right to do. I find it beyond ridiculous that Microsoft does not offer a means for people to back up the media that they paid $60 for. I was the EFF and others to sue Microsoft and force them to offer us the ability to make backups of our games.
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We do not know whether David Miscavige is a nut job? Seriously? Have you ever looked into Scientology? You are either very gullible or very dumb, neither of which are good choices. Either that or you are a member of the nut job cult and you are trying to take up for the organization without trying to blatantly defend it.
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