RomneyCare is a State making the decision, wholly Constitutional. Obamacare is the federal government declaring this, completely un-Constitutional. The difference here is that the Constitution does not enumerate a power that grants the federal government the ability to force you to buy health insurance, but it does not stop states from doing so.
I use to like Glen Beck back in the lat e90's early 2000's. It seems that in the past 4 years he has ether gone off his meds, started new meds, or started drinking again. I still am pretty Right of most people I know, but I hate people comparing me to Glenn Beck or Michale Savage.
Sometimes you have to let something die in order to make something greater. If a bank can't survive because it made bad loans, let it go. If it crashes the economy for a while, we will learn from the experence. Maybe we will learn a very important leasson about risk vs. reward. The problem is we wont learn this leason. The leasson we will learn today is "Daddy Government will make it all better... for now."
I wonder why everyone thinks we have "Rights" to physical things. All "Rights" are effemeral; life, liberty, justice, freedom, religion. Nobody has a "right" to a job, money, food, shelter, or medicine. Physical things are needs and wants, not "Rights". Needs and wants need to be supplied by the person, or by charity freely given, and in a socity where their "Rights" are protected they are Free to do so.
First, we have to determine 1) if it is worth spending so much money and, likely, [B]lives [/b] to go visit. And for that you can send a robot and
Many people will volenteer their lives for the chance at going to Mars, please let them worry about the worth of them. I personally would take a 50-50 chance to be the first to stand on another planet. Others might not reqire odds that high.
I really don't think you understand how our system of government and elections work. The whole point of delegats and the electorial college is to make sure the popular vote dosent matter, otherwise smaller or less populus states would have no say. As we are a confereration of states bound together only by our mutual acceptance and radifacation of the constitution, to do otherwise would be unfair.
You may not like it, but this is the way our country works, and it is working just the way it should.
I remember a story that I read long ago in a compilation of Sci-Fi short stories where we were visited by a group of aliens that thought they were going to subjucate us, believing that they were superior because they had FTL travel. They leave their spaceship to face the primitive earthmen... with their muskets. It seems theat to them and most other races that FTL travel was so easy that they never had to develop weapons of mass destruction, tanks, and other weapons of war. The story ended with the aliens lamenting that they had just give us, a warlike planet of much superior weapons, the keys to the galexy.
If something hard to us maybe easy to them, the oppisite may be true too.
I came up with a concept one night for a Fractaly Organized Nearby Transient Area Interface NEtwork (FONTAINE) in which each device had 3 Transceivers which would connect to a different device on the network, which in turn connected to 3 other devices etc. it would be infinitely scaleable and each device would carry a map of all the connections in the network. Once logged into the network your device would constantly search out the strongest signals and update transceivers one at a time. If one node gets overloaded it would send a signal to the other nodes to shift paths. Internet access would require stable nodes that have a high bandwidth or even more than 3 transceivers. If each device contains basically its own 3 port router you can expand networks in say a convention center with out running into a capacity problem. This would also work well for a mobile communication device in a densely populated city.
Feel free to use the concept, but please keep the name.
I currently work for one of the ILECs, and have for over 3 years, and the FCC has forced us to beef up some of our procedures. They have recently decreed that we can only send duplicate copies of bills to the address on file, as long as it has been that way for at least 30 days (a billing cycle). You also can no longer access your online account unless you have a security code that is hardcopied to you via snail mail.
All this is great, right?
Well you can't imagin how much this has pissed customers off. If people wonder why we didn't do this before, it's not because we wern't worried about account security, its because upping security on accounts allways has a very negitive backlash from inconvienced customers. And nobody every beleives that it's a FCC mandate.
Anyone who believes that a first-century illiterate Jewish peasant from backwater Galilee is the "son" of an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent divine being can believe anything According to the gospels Jesus wasnt illiterate, at least on of them mention that he was schooled in the scriptures. I beleive that there is mention of him arguing with some scholars at school.
Whenever a powerful organization with a vested interest is trying to convince me of something, I just think of Col. Sanders sitting down with his chickens to have a chat about how deep-frying is good for the skin.
Depends on your definition of "good". I personally think it makes it damn tasty.
you can always go month-to-month with a non-subsidized phone Bzzzzt! No you can't! Even if you bring your own phone and they aren't subsidizing a dime, none of the big four will let you sign up for post-paid service without a contract. They consider things like mobile to mobile and nights and weekends "promotions" that require a contract, even though they have been offering those things for years now I work for QWest and they offer a resold Sprint service where you do have the option to pay MSRP for the phone and not have a contract. You just have to ask.
That's the price of fame. Winners get sniped at all the time. The smart kid gets picked on. The rich, successful, high-GPA athlete at the elite university gets turned into a Duke Lacrosse player. You do realize that they were completely innocent, right? The DA even got booted from the bar because of malfeasance.
Slashdot Mirror
You hit the nail on the head.
The judge is an idiot.
He's in a country where the hospitals are REQUIRED to treat the sick, regardless of their insurance status.
A law requiring insurance is only logical, and fair.
Those are State Laws, and should be dealt with on a State level.
If the choice is between a 50-100k bond or 1000$ a month for insurance, I would take out a loan for the bond, and pay it back in 2-4 years.
RomneyCare is a State making the decision, wholly Constitutional. Obamacare is the federal government declaring this, completely un-Constitutional. The difference here is that the Constitution does not enumerate a power that grants the federal government the ability to force you to buy health insurance, but it does not stop states from doing so.
When did liberals start listening to comedians for their politics
About 40 years after conservatives started listening to a shitty actor for theirs.
At least our "shitty actor" knew how to win a war.
Didn't nine times as many Democrats say no to this? Here's the link http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/05/73-democrats-tell-fcc-to-drop-net-neutrality-rules.ars
Fox News is a cable channel, and thus does not require a license from the FCC.
I use to like Glen Beck back in the lat e90's early 2000's. It seems that in the past 4 years he has ether gone off his meds, started new meds, or started drinking again. I still am pretty Right of most people I know, but I hate people comparing me to Glenn Beck or Michale Savage.
Sometimes you have to let something die in order to make something greater. If a bank can't survive because it made bad loans, let it go. If it crashes the economy for a while, we will learn from the experence. Maybe we will learn a very important leasson about risk vs. reward. The problem is we wont learn this leason. The leasson we will learn today is "Daddy Government will make it all better... for now."
I wonder why everyone thinks we have "Rights" to physical things. All "Rights" are effemeral; life, liberty, justice, freedom, religion. Nobody has a "right" to a job, money, food, shelter, or medicine. Physical things are needs and wants, not "Rights". Needs and wants need to be supplied by the person, or by charity freely given, and in a socity where their "Rights" are protected they are Free to do so.
Darth Eggbert
B-Arc Obama!
Verizon does offer that service under parental controles. It is an additional 4.99 a month.
First, we have to determine 1) if it is worth spending so much money and, likely, [B]lives [/b] to go visit. And for that you can send a robot and
Many people will volenteer their lives for the chance at going to Mars, please let them worry about the worth of them. I personally would take a 50-50 chance to be the first to stand on another planet. Others might not reqire odds that high.
I really don't think you understand how our system of government and elections work. The whole point of delegats and the electorial college is to make sure the popular vote dosent matter, otherwise smaller or less populus states would have no say. As we are a confereration of states bound together only by our mutual acceptance and radifacation of the constitution, to do otherwise would be unfair.
You may not like it, but this is the way our country works, and it is working just the way it should.
What is a "reverse engineer?"
A demolitions expert?
someone mod parent up!
We have allways been at WAR with Microsoft!
I remember a story that I read long ago in a compilation of Sci-Fi short stories where we were visited by a group of aliens that thought they were going to subjucate us, believing that they were superior because they had FTL travel. They leave their spaceship to face the primitive earthmen... with their muskets. It seems theat to them and most other races that FTL travel was so easy that they never had to develop weapons of mass destruction, tanks, and other weapons of war. The story ended with the aliens lamenting that they had just give us, a warlike planet of much superior weapons, the keys to the galexy.
If something hard to us maybe easy to them, the oppisite may be true too.
I came up with a concept one night for a Fractaly Organized Nearby Transient Area Interface NEtwork (FONTAINE) in which each device had 3 Transceivers which would connect to a different device on the network, which in turn connected to 3 other devices etc. it would be infinitely scaleable and each device would carry a map of all the connections in the network. Once logged into the network your device would constantly search out the strongest signals and update transceivers one at a time. If one node gets overloaded it would send a signal to the other nodes to shift paths. Internet access would require stable nodes that have a high bandwidth or even more than 3 transceivers. If each device contains basically its own 3 port router you can expand networks in say a convention center with out running into a capacity problem. This would also work well for a mobile communication device in a densely populated city.
Feel free to use the concept, but please keep the name.
The Eggman
I currently work for one of the ILECs, and have for over 3 years, and the FCC has forced us to beef up some of our procedures. They have recently decreed that we can only send duplicate copies of bills to the address on file, as long as it has been that way for at least 30 days (a billing cycle). You also can no longer access your online account unless you have a security code that is hardcopied to you via snail mail.
All this is great, right?
Well you can't imagin how much this has pissed customers off. If people wonder why we didn't do this before, it's not because we wern't worried about account security, its because upping security on accounts allways has a very negitive backlash from inconvienced customers. And nobody every beleives that it's a FCC mandate.
Darth Eggbert
Depends on your definition of "good". I personally think it makes it damn tasty.
Am I the only one who notices that a well reasoned and calm arguement never has a reply?
Bzzzzt! No you can't! Even if you bring your own phone and they aren't subsidizing a dime, none of the big four will let you sign up for post-paid service without a contract. They consider things like mobile to mobile and nights and weekends "promotions" that require a contract, even though they have been offering those things for years now I work for QWest and they offer a resold Sprint service where you do have the option to pay MSRP for the phone and not have a contract. You just have to ask.
You must be new here.
...ah never mind!