I'm not in favor of abolishing the Electoral College. I'm in favor of complete reconfiguration of it, to representative of total popular vote within a state.This would probably really mess with the two party system more than anything else, This would give each candidate electors from each state, represented by the total percentage of votes received. This would give Libertarian, Green, Peace/Freedom, Constitution, Tea, Communist, Socialist each part of the pie, and provide a better representation of the total view of the nation as a whole.
I would also break apart the President and VP offices at that point awarding the VP to top runner-up, giving the opposition a voice in Administration, and allowing for a better check on Abuse by the ruling party.
I've always thought that the President's current job should be divided into two elected jobs, President (Domestic) and Prime Minister (Foreign) (Replacing Secretary of State), and laws regarding treaties and such would require the Prime Minister's signature, not the President's. Things like Wars and "Police Actions" would require approval of both.
But in the end, too many people would complain that it was too complicated and would vote for Dictator instead, because that was easier to understand.
But people love to quote anecdotal evidence, especially during the crazy election cycle. It is very famous "grandma eats dog food" or "child dies because ________" or whatever. It is common scare tactic among various constituency groups. Policies are often written with exceptions in mind, which tend to make horrible and convoluted laws.
No. That is the press being controlled (willingly) by the government. Press is free to ignore such controls, but chooses not to, so that they can have embedded reporters. It is a choice.
Do you oppose putting braces on people's teeth as "mutilation" ? How about Piercings? Would you support a law prohibiting, even with parental consent these things?
Okay, where do you draw the line?
You do know there are Health Benefits to Circumcision, right?
One thing I've learned, is man has a pretty high capacity to give reason to the most evil of actions. Going Godwin here but.. this guy looked crazy at the time
We have absolutely no restrictions on what the press CAN print. Period. The UK does. Nobody here gets arrested for publishing News. Dumb fucking Brits.
The issue for your problem isn't the press, it is government access given to the press. However, the government cannot control anything in the press, if it could the whole Bengazi thing would have been contained as a "protest against an internet video", rather than the whole blowup, lies, coverup, blowup, lies, walking back that it has become.
There is NOTHING the government can do to prevent press from publishing anything. The real problem is we don't have a press that is willing to criticize anyone but RNC politicians. People with a (D) behind their names get a pass.
That index is complete and utter bullocks. UK better than US? Hardly. The UK can and does prohibit all sorts of "news" from being published, especially about the Royals, yet it ranks significantly higher than the US. This is an OPINION survey, not actual reality survey.
Sorry, but people who hate the US will always rate it lower than other more oppressive regimes simply because of hate.
On the other hand, our government arrested the maker of the video at the heart of the controversy with Bengazi. So, perhaps we are going down the road of Soviet Russia.
If you have "lost" your two year old, you are a lousy parent. I've managed to raise 3 kids without losing them, leaving them behind or otherwise not knowing where they were (till about age 8 or 10 or so).
This assumes isolation of course. If it is more "expensive" but you end up selling a shit ton more than you would have otherwise, it is possible that it is indeed less expensive (more profitable) to open it up, even if it doesn't appear to be at the start. However, all of that is predicated upon knowing both outcomes beforehand. However, it should be possible to know how much more you'd have to sell before you reach the break even point is.
Windows Tablet is gonna be both ARM and X86/X64. Which is gonna cause more confusion when son says "Buy Windows Tablet Pro" and Dad buys "Windows Tablet" (not pro) and it won't do what he wants.
Life is dangerous. Pretending we can isolate people from all dangers, especially those caused by Nature, is just stupid. I hate that government has go so big that people are being sued over an act of god / nature / FSM / Cthulhu. Yes, this is a problem of Governance.
There should be no such thing as "wholly owned subsidiary". Neither should a corporation be able to "own" another either partially or otherwise. The shell corporation is just a money laundering (tax avoidance) scheme.
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I'm not in favor of abolishing the Electoral College. I'm in favor of complete reconfiguration of it, to representative of total popular vote within a state.This would probably really mess with the two party system more than anything else, This would give each candidate electors from each state, represented by the total percentage of votes received. This would give Libertarian, Green, Peace/Freedom, Constitution, Tea, Communist, Socialist each part of the pie, and provide a better representation of the total view of the nation as a whole.
I would also break apart the President and VP offices at that point awarding the VP to top runner-up, giving the opposition a voice in Administration, and allowing for a better check on Abuse by the ruling party.
I've always thought that the President's current job should be divided into two elected jobs, President (Domestic) and Prime Minister (Foreign) (Replacing Secretary of State), and laws regarding treaties and such would require the Prime Minister's signature, not the President's. Things like Wars and "Police Actions" would require approval of both.
But in the end, too many people would complain that it was too complicated and would vote for Dictator instead, because that was easier to understand.
Government is telling me I have to buy Health Insurance. Does your view include this?
If so, you might just be a Libertarian ;)
But people love to quote anecdotal evidence, especially during the crazy election cycle. It is very famous "grandma eats dog food" or "child dies because ________" or whatever. It is common scare tactic among various constituency groups. Policies are often written with exceptions in mind, which tend to make horrible and convoluted laws.
They cannot sue unless there is a shipping product. You can't sue for vaporware.
I work for a school system. If they are ECC, I have servers running VMware that I would love to stick them in. Thanks
No. That is the press being controlled (willingly) by the government. Press is free to ignore such controls, but chooses not to, so that they can have embedded reporters. It is a choice.
Do you oppose putting braces on people's teeth as "mutilation" ? How about Piercings? Would you support a law prohibiting, even with parental consent these things?
Okay, where do you draw the line?
You do know there are Health Benefits to Circumcision, right?
One thing I've learned, is man has a pretty high capacity to give reason to the most evil of actions. Going Godwin here but .. this guy looked crazy at the time
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/WashingtonPost/Content/Blogs/blogpost/201202/Images/hamburg.jpg?
We have absolutely no restrictions on what the press CAN print. Period. The UK does. Nobody here gets arrested for publishing News. Dumb fucking Brits.
The issue for your problem isn't the press, it is government access given to the press. However, the government cannot control anything in the press, if it could the whole Bengazi thing would have been contained as a "protest against an internet video", rather than the whole blowup, lies, coverup, blowup, lies, walking back that it has become.
There is NOTHING the government can do to prevent press from publishing anything. The real problem is we don't have a press that is willing to criticize anyone but RNC politicians. People with a (D) behind their names get a pass.
Because you have two versions of "press" here. Shills for the DNC (see MSNBC) and Shills for RNC (see Fox News).
I am aware of why he was arrested.
With enough laws .... I can arrest just about anyone on just about any day.
Donate to http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/
They would end up going to Computers used in classrooms.
Bingo.
People are both good and bad, and religion has little or nothing to do with any of it, being just another thing to blame.
That index is complete and utter bullocks. UK better than US? Hardly. The UK can and does prohibit all sorts of "news" from being published, especially about the Royals, yet it ranks significantly higher than the US. This is an OPINION survey, not actual reality survey.
Sorry, but people who hate the US will always rate it lower than other more oppressive regimes simply because of hate.
On the other hand, our government arrested the maker of the video at the heart of the controversy with Bengazi. So, perhaps we are going down the road of Soviet Russia.
If you have "lost" your two year old, you are a lousy parent. I've managed to raise 3 kids without losing them, leaving them behind or otherwise not knowing where they were (till about age 8 or 10 or so).
People these days.
This assumes isolation of course. If it is more "expensive" but you end up selling a shit ton more than you would have otherwise, it is possible that it is indeed less expensive (more profitable) to open it up, even if it doesn't appear to be at the start. However, all of that is predicated upon knowing both outcomes beforehand. However, it should be possible to know how much more you'd have to sell before you reach the break even point is.
Run for Office?
Stone Age People aren't a threat, you're right. Lets go back to living naked in huts and caves! WOOT
Windows Tablet PRO-- key word
Windows Tablet is gonna be both ARM and X86/X64. Which is gonna cause more confusion when son says "Buy Windows Tablet Pro" and Dad buys "Windows Tablet" (not pro) and it won't do what he wants.
Life is dangerous. Pretending we can isolate people from all dangers, especially those caused by Nature, is just stupid. I hate that government has go so big that people are being sued over an act of god / nature / FSM / Cthulhu. Yes, this is a problem of Governance.
Cornea Display(TM) and then license it to all other display companies for next to nothing. Learn to OUT MARKET Apple.
On the other hand, if you call it Cornea Display, Apple will sue because it is too close to Retina. Then you get free marketing by lawyers.
Problem is, robo calls will simply move off shore. You cannot win Whack-a-Mole. You can only contain it, make it more expensive than it is worth.
There should be no such thing as "wholly owned subsidiary". Neither should a corporation be able to "own" another either partially or otherwise. The shell corporation is just a money laundering (tax avoidance) scheme.
Because Exceptions are how we write laws today, and it sucks.