Time to go upstairs and find the nearest Greenpeace doom-sayer (I work on a Uni campus, there's usually 2-3 around trying to snag them some suckers) and hand them a print out of this. Lately they've been deriding Obama's nuclear power policy.
Of course they'd probably call me a tree killer, you can't ever win with them.
Yeah because if you have a pre-existing condition, that means you'll never get sick from anything else. Got diabetes, which in many cases is a perfectly manageable, though still serious condition, we aren't going to cover you. See you've already gotten your case of rotten luck, there's no way you'd ever get another one, like breaking a limb, or getting a concussion or some horrid infection or...
Also, what leads you to believe the Constitution prohibits public healthcare?
The problem with everyone paying for their own is that you end up with people not able to pay having nothing and then what? You sit and watch your 50" inch HD TV in your house while thousands or millions that cannot die from lack of shelter and healthcare? They get NO chance whatsoever.
I mean thankfully you were born into a family that had worked hard and you got advantages from the start. But those whose families did not and have nothing to hand off, they get to suck it and wither away? Only the strong survive! Only those that can pay get to be recognized? How is that land of the free?
Get your head out of your ass, man. If things were like, what's stopping them from grouping together, going apeshit nuts and trouncing your ass along with the rest of the "haves"? Talk about serfdom. You're indirectly advocating for a system of haves/have nots.
What's even worse is you think you're an island unto yourself when it comes to health. What, you've never worked in an office where illness spread around to others? YOU can infect OTHERS. I've seen some people be able to shrug it off and others have to miss days of work from the same bug. They didn't ask for it, it's simply how things work. It's called watching out for one another. Plenty of people out there have scratched your back, and your ancestors backs, etc.
Regardless of all that, it's about being a decent human being and having empathy for those that don't have the same access. A couple generations ago, my family was in that situation, and even today my parents scrape by.
Oh and by the way, point out in the Constitution where it says the Government will not collect money from its citizens to provide services to the public. Doesn't exist, does it? Because it would be completely ridiculous.
Your link leads to an article about the mainstream spreading of the Internet. You're forgetting about all the work by groups involved that essentially designed, tested, built the foundations.
I see quite a few public institutions here. From DARPA, UCLA, UCSB, UC London is a public Uni, all involved in the creation of a core chunk of what became the Internet. It was spread mainstream by private ISPs and such, however let's not forget the 200 billion we were bilked for ala higher rates and fees for empty promises of universal high-speed access.
How often do you actually drive on a private road to get where you're going? Feel free to stick to private roads only on your next trip to the grocery store.
And the postal service. No? No what?
The Constitution itself grants Congress the power to create a postal system. I suppose that is suppose to what, manifest itself out of thin air? I'm not saying it isn't dysfunctional.
What a myopic view. Fine, keep all the money you earn, every penny. But please be moving to your own private island and stop using my public services. Get off my internet, it was invented by the Government in case you've forgotten. I can only imagine what the corporation created internet would look like. AOL but worse? Where you can only say, read and discuss what they choose so as not to offend and push away customers?
Stop driving on my interstates, again taxes at work.
No more postal services for you. Shit almost every business in existence these days has been the benefit of tax dollars, or rebates/credits. So fuck you and stop buying our products.
You are no longer allowed to participate. Have fun with that.
(I have a NetBSD shirt which would fit two of me).
Obviously you are not the target audience. I suggest an immediate increase in the consumption of Mtn Dew, Cheetos and pizza, followed by a rigorous session of WoW
Not only that, but the new Steam client is WebKit and not IE/Trident. The entire client could easily be ported over. Valve is positioning itself well to take over PC gaming.
I don't get ABC's logic here. This is likely the only service provider available to a lot of people, thanks to how our ridiculous market is setup. By pulling their content, these people will have to watch some other channel. Can all these people even move to another company?
So... ABC pulls their content, loses eyeballs. Cablevision customers without any other option stay w/ Cablevision. Who is losing?
Granted some may change carriers if they can, but that isn't going to happen today or tomorrow, people have other things to worry about. It seems like ABC is going to be on the short-term losing end.
Two things we the people need to fight for with regard to Congress...
Congressional term limits. Two or three and you are required to sit it out for one or two.
Sunset clause. ALL legislation must have a sunset clause that cannot extend beyond 10-15 years. There must be a 2/3 majority to make something more permanent. I see this having two advantages: They'll be busy working on laws that are about to expire that they want to keep around and won't have as much time for bullshit shenanigans. Laws passed 100 years ago have a good chance of not effecting a world where they are horribly out of date.
Here's what we do. Actually get taxes out of the rich corporations that suck up resources and build their business on the backs of the average Joe to put toward healthcare.
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They can't afford to pay the wages/benefits and ALSO pay their C*O's assloads of money.
Giggity.
Time to go upstairs and find the nearest Greenpeace doom-sayer (I work on a Uni campus, there's usually 2-3 around trying to snag them some suckers) and hand them a print out of this. Lately they've been deriding Obama's nuclear power policy.
Of course they'd probably call me a tree killer, you can't ever win with them.
Yeah because if you have a pre-existing condition, that means you'll never get sick from anything else. Got diabetes, which in many cases is a perfectly manageable, though still serious condition, we aren't going to cover you. See you've already gotten your case of rotten luck, there's no way you'd ever get another one, like breaking a limb, or getting a concussion or some horrid infection or ...
Also, what leads you to believe the Constitution prohibits public healthcare?
The problem with everyone paying for their own is that you end up with people not able to pay having nothing and then what? You sit and watch your 50" inch HD TV in your house while thousands or millions that cannot die from lack of shelter and healthcare? They get NO chance whatsoever.
I mean thankfully you were born into a family that had worked hard and you got advantages from the start. But those whose families did not and have nothing to hand off, they get to suck it and wither away? Only the strong survive! Only those that can pay get to be recognized? How is that land of the free?
Get your head out of your ass, man. If things were like, what's stopping them from grouping together, going apeshit nuts and trouncing your ass along with the rest of the "haves"? Talk about serfdom. You're indirectly advocating for a system of haves/have nots.
What's even worse is you think you're an island unto yourself when it comes to health. What, you've never worked in an office where illness spread around to others? YOU can infect OTHERS. I've seen some people be able to shrug it off and others have to miss days of work from the same bug. They didn't ask for it, it's simply how things work. It's called watching out for one another. Plenty of people out there have scratched your back, and your ancestors backs, etc.
Regardless of all that, it's about being a decent human being and having empathy for those that don't have the same access. A couple generations ago, my family was in that situation, and even today my parents scrape by.
Oh and by the way, point out in the Constitution where it says the Government will not collect money from its citizens to provide services to the public. Doesn't exist, does it? Because it would be completely ridiculous.
Nice ad hominem attacks on my character.
Your link leads to an article about the mainstream spreading of the Internet. You're forgetting about all the work by groups involved that essentially designed, tested, built the foundations.
I see quite a few public institutions here. From DARPA, UCLA, UCSB, UC London is a public Uni, all involved in the creation of a core chunk of what became the Internet. It was spread mainstream by private ISPs and such, however let's not forget the 200 billion we were bilked for ala higher rates and fees for empty promises of universal high-speed access.
How often do you actually drive on a private road to get where you're going? Feel free to stick to private roads only on your next trip to the grocery store.
And the postal service. No? No what?
The Constitution itself grants Congress the power to create a postal system. I suppose that is suppose to what, manifest itself out of thin air? I'm not saying it isn't dysfunctional.
Our connections may typically be provided to us by a corporation, however the Internet as a whole is NOT under direct corporate control.
What a myopic view. Fine, keep all the money you earn, every penny. But please be moving to your own private island and stop using my public services. Get off my internet, it was invented by the Government in case you've forgotten. I can only imagine what the corporation created internet would look like. AOL but worse? Where you can only say, read and discuss what they choose so as not to offend and push away customers?
Stop driving on my interstates, again taxes at work.
No more postal services for you. Shit almost every business in existence these days has been the benefit of tax dollars, or rebates/credits. So fuck you and stop buying our products.
You are no longer allowed to participate. Have fun with that.
Uh, that's Adobe Acrobat that has the sec issues. NOT PDF as a format.
>.<
Oh man, trying to read that hurt. Punctuation is our friend.
But Uncle Sams wants ME!... to accept his friend request!
Why not?
I can hope, right?
-that's American space vehicles.
All parts made in Taiwan!
(I have a NetBSD shirt which would fit two of me).
Obviously you are not the target audience. I suggest an immediate increase in the consumption of Mtn Dew, Cheetos and pizza, followed by a rigorous session of WoW
More UI elements to click-n-drag
As if having a couple dozen windows open and trying to organize them wasn't fun enough.
Not only that, but the new Steam client is WebKit and not IE/Trident. The entire client could easily be ported over. Valve is positioning itself well to take over PC gaming.
Tell you what, I wish I had cable news at home. I can't wait to see Cheney's head explode on Faux News over this deal.
I don't get ABC's logic here. This is likely the only service provider available to a lot of people, thanks to how our ridiculous market is setup. By pulling their content, these people will have to watch some other channel. Can all these people even move to another company?
So... ABC pulls their content, loses eyeballs. Cablevision customers without any other option stay w/ Cablevision. Who is losing?
Granted some may change carriers if they can, but that isn't going to happen today or tomorrow, people have other things to worry about. It seems like ABC is going to be on the short-term losing end.
Yeah. I'll hold off until the day we have color folding e-ink display that are as vibrant as the 24" Dell IPS panel monitor I am staring at right now.
Other than seeing a couple of people each day, around talking to themselves, er, into their BT headset, I know of know one that actually uses BT else.
It would be noice if printers/scanners/etc used it, but otherwise, I've never really found a point to BT.
New color scheme, new logo; new mascot?
Shouldn't it be GNU/Red Star Linux?
Two things we the people need to fight for with regard to Congress...
Congressional term limits. Two or three and you are required to sit it out for one or two.
Sunset clause. ALL legislation must have a sunset clause that cannot extend beyond 10-15 years. There must be a 2/3 majority to make something more permanent. I see this having two advantages: They'll be busy working on laws that are about to expire that they want to keep around and won't have as much time for bullshit shenanigans. Laws passed 100 years ago have a good chance of not effecting a world where they are horribly out of date.
Here's what we do. Actually get taxes out of the rich corporations that suck up resources and build their business on the backs of the average Joe to put toward healthcare.