"If they absolutly need a national means of identifying people, then it needs to be in a secure manor. My suggestion is to issue everyone an electronic ID card."
Yeah, just tie this new number to a SSN so that all the old legacy systems can use either!
All kidding aside, why do we need numbers at all. How about using photographs? How about Fingerprints? How about anything other than something that is EASY clone? Whether or not it is SSN or some other numeric based ID, the problem with the system is the same. This is idiocy of the "we need a new number" crowd. The problem isn't using SSN, it is using ANY number as a SOLE means of ID. A new number isn't going to fix the problem. Really it isn't.
It shouldn't be trivial to pretend to be someone else. It should be all but impossible.
Sorry, but I'm not disrespectful. And since when is being informed and having a brain = being disrespectful? Actually, by stating what I do, I offer them more respect than they offer potential jury members. I'm at least truthful. (I am a pain in the Arse).
Disrespect is calling someone's mother a Ho, flipping the bird, being loud and obnoxious etc. I actually have a great deal of respect for the system, I just don't see it being respectful in its current form to 1) rule of law, 2) truth, 3) Participants. So, I make my case as to why they don't want someone who actually cares about 1, 2 and 3.
Every time I get called for Jury Duty, I go. And when they ask if anyone has a reason NOT to sit on the jury, I raise my hand. They ask me for my excuse, and I say..
"I have a brain and can think outside the parameters of instructions given by the judge. There is at least one side that doesn't want me on the jury, and perhaps even both sides. If you choose me to be on the jury, you'll find out what my wife already knows, I'm a pain in the arse."
I haven't sat on a jury yet, as I get dismissed right there. They don't want people with brains.
You obviously didn't read my post very well. I'm not wanting to call anyone a racial epithet. I would rather NOBODY used them. I was merely pointing to a wide variety of double standards based upon stereotypes of the GP poster, namely that I'm sick of the "blame whitie" mentality that's been growing over the last few decades.
Have white people screwed up? Yes. Has other races? Yes. Have white people done good? Yes. Have other races? Yes.
Nice, fair and balanced (apologies to all the FNS haters). It is like all those poor sheep who see (R) and think "Evil Rich White Guy" as if a poor black woman wouldn't ever want to be one, or those who see (D) and think "Evil Welfare Pimp", as if there are no "Evil Rich White Guys" in the party.
My point is and continues to be, stop being so... narrow minded sheeple.
Right, because we know that "rich white men" (Duke Lacross Players) cannot possibly be rail roaded by rogue government agents. Nobody's guilty except the white guy, got it.
Say the N word, okay if you are one (You can use it over 100 times in one song), but if you're white you lose your job. But call a white guy "Cracker" and its all fun and games. Got it.
Of course two wrongs don't make a right, but lets at least have some clear rules that EVERYONE follows. How about this, if you say ANY racial Epithet, regardless of who you are, you get censored by everyone? Imus and Chris Rock both get banned for life? All the Misogynist rappers? Banned!
How about more respect for EVERYONE, and stop labeling people altogether. No more calling Bush a killer unless you're willing to do the same for Hillary Clinton (who voted for the war).
I'm sick of Leftwinger and Rightwingers thinking they are pure as the driven snow, when the reality is both sides are dickheads.
"Vista reminds me of the dork in college who threw a big party and no one showed up."
Excuse me?
Vista is more like the expensive good looking but dumb as a brick slut that you take to a party to show off but is mostly worthless besides being eye candy.
LINUX is like the Dork that throws a party offering "free beer" but only attracts other "dorks".
Mind you, I like beer, and don't mind being called a dork while drinking free beer. But sometimes, I want to hang out with Vista's older sister, who isn't quite as pretty, but isn't quite as dumb either.
Dirty Secret of Inkjet Printer business, they charge the same $$ for different ink cartridges. If you check the ml level of the ink carts, you'll notice that some of the ones from years past are more than twice the ink of the current versions. But it seems like Ink prices are always $30 per cartridge. Go figure.
I'm in IT, and we measure all costs per page, managed or unmanaged. Most people don't even think of cost over the life of the printer, and choose inkjets because they are 1/5 the price of laser, and spend much more over the life of the printer buying ink.
And I have no affiliation with them, other than I enjoy a good burger over "good enough". My favorite is the Banzai Burger. Yummm, Okay now I'm hungry.
It drives me nuts as well. It is Walmartization of products. Walmart pushes for ever cheaper pricing from suppliers, and thus, they cut quality to meet Walmart's demands. That's why a pair of nice socks can last years, but the cheap ones from Wallyworld only last a few months. But heck, I can buy three dozen pairs of from Wally, for the price of one good pair elsewhere. The net is about the same.
There is an invisible line between being good (as in above average) and good enough (as in gets the job done).
All things equal, people will choose good over good enough, however all things are not equal. Better products tend to cost more, better service costs more. Cheap products that do mostly marginal job wins the price war and hence wins the market.
There are always going to be niche markets that serve people who KNOW quality and service, most people don't care enough. They'll just choose whatever is cheapest at the moment from brands that they know (even if cheap), as long (and this is key) the quality is "good enough".
Which is why if I were making a product line, I'd make two different and distinct products, one "good enough" and one with better higher quality/service. I'd even go so far as to make sure by brand distinction that people would knwo "cheap, but good enough" from "good" by using strong branding.
Take McDonalds vs any higher quality hamburger shop (Red Robin, White Castle etc), which one is "good enough" vs good. Why don't more people choose the better burger?? It is because McDonalds is "good enough". And in spite of everyone complaining about McDonalds employee quality of service, it is "good enough" to keep going back.
We have it figured out, there are just too many bureaucratic rules in place, that by the time you get to "point and shoot" rule, it's too late, you're already dead.
We could have won already if the rules of restraint weren't there.
You obviously don't know the proper role of the Military, which is the KILL people and BREAK things. Quite frankly, I want them to be the most efficient in these tasks.
New Zealand isn't really the same as America, so your comparison isn't really valid. We have very large and empty land spaces here in the USA, where the nearest police or law office can be 50 or more miles away. It is quite common in fact.
That, and we Americans (for the most part) are fairly self sufficient type, and guns are a large portion of that self sufficiency. While I realize that socialism by its nature requires less self sufficiency most of the complaints about American gun culture are from mostly socialist nations.
I actually pity them, for they don't know that freedom has costs as does the supposed security of the nanny/police state. I'm willing to pay the costs for freedom, with the occasional tragedy, rather than have my soul sucked dry by ever increasing intrusions by the state into my life.
Well armed and trained people allowed to carry concealed weapons at all times in all places, UNLESS they specifically search EVERYONE for weapons. Banning weapons doesn't stop people from killing, it only makes them less successful at killing masses. Unless you count box cutters (and now knitting needles).
We should be teaching people how to fight back against such things rather than quivering under desks.
FYI, it was a violation to carry ANY firearms onto campus. So, the law didn't protect anybody. Bad Laws rarely do.
And most of the Eurotrash socialists don't realize that large portions of the US cannot be without "firearms" being very "wild" in nature. While it seems to be useful in cities and such, banning firearms is useless in Rural Wyoming and Utah, and in the vast waste stretches of Nevada, Texas and Arizona.
So, there is not going to be any gun bans in the US for a very very long time, (if ever). And the Brady Bill probably would have done NOTHING to prevent this.
Nanny state = Police State, requiring the Police to enforce all the Nanny laws that nobody obeys, except under penalty of law. Enjoy your police state, while I fight against it.
"If you need a firearm to keep people off your lawn then there is either something fundamentally wrong with society or something fundamentally wrong with you."
Well, lets see, there are people trespassing, not giving a SHIT about anyone but themselves and I'm the one with the problem because 1)I don't want them on my lawn, 2)I have a gun, 3) I use 2 to accomplish 1.
"see, having your own gun will help keep the state in check"
Yes it will.
"Oh, hold on, no it wont"
2nd Ammendment wasn't for hunters, it was because of the Declaration of Independance, and I quote...
" When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
The author of which also wrote the following...
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
Yeah, I'm a nut because I know history and how dictators gain power. Its always because good people 1) don't or 2) can't fight back.
"then the only way you are going to be able to deal with it is en-masse, lots of people all with the same aim, then you have a civil war, a revolution if you like."
And exactly how is that accomplished, if not by taking up arms? Arms that are outlawed by the likes of the anti-gun lobby, which is seeking more and more restrictive gun laws, inspite of the fact that they don't actually work.
"I see absolutely no benefit in an individual's right to a firearm"
Oh, because YOU don't see it, it must be TRUE! How about, it is one of the FUNDAMENTAL reasons the USA exists today, and is one of the founding principles of our Country. Of course if you are one of those elitist socialists from Europe, who think yourself better than us across the pond, I will remind you that if it wasn't for US you'd be a Nazi, or dead.
"all it does is mean that there have to be even more firearms about (Police being routinely armed), and more violent and firearm related crime, not to mention accidents and stupidity."
I just love people spouting this off, without a single fact to back it up. How about Washington DC which has the strictest gun laws in the Country, and is the murder capitol? Or how about San Fransisco, or any of the many other progressive cities which ban guns. Or how about Australia where the gun ban resulted in a SURGE of gun related violence.
Or when the counter happens and crime actually DECREASES. Of course this doesn't compute with elitists, and I wouldn't expect them to believe me. But look it up, it has been documented enough.
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"If they absolutly need a national means of identifying people, then it needs to be in a secure manor. My suggestion is to issue everyone an electronic ID card."
Yeah, just tie this new number to a SSN so that all the old legacy systems can use either!
All kidding aside, why do we need numbers at all. How about using photographs? How about Fingerprints? How about anything other than something that is EASY clone? Whether or not it is SSN or some other numeric based ID, the problem with the system is the same. This is idiocy of the "we need a new number" crowd. The problem isn't using SSN, it is using ANY number as a SOLE means of ID. A new number isn't going to fix the problem. Really it isn't.
It shouldn't be trivial to pretend to be someone else. It should be all but impossible.
Sorry, but I'm not disrespectful. And since when is being informed and having a brain = being disrespectful? Actually, by stating what I do, I offer them more respect than they offer potential jury members. I'm at least truthful. (I am a pain in the Arse).
Disrespect is calling someone's mother a Ho, flipping the bird, being loud and obnoxious etc. I actually have a great deal of respect for the system, I just don't see it being respectful in its current form to 1) rule of law, 2) truth, 3) Participants. So, I make my case as to why they don't want someone who actually cares about 1, 2 and 3.
Every time I get called for Jury Duty, I go. And when they ask if anyone has a reason NOT to sit on the jury, I raise my hand. They ask me for my excuse, and I say ..
"I have a brain and can think outside the parameters of instructions given by the judge. There is at least one side that doesn't want me on the jury, and perhaps even both sides. If you choose me to be on the jury, you'll find out what my wife already knows, I'm a pain in the arse."
I haven't sat on a jury yet, as I get dismissed right there. They don't want people with brains.
You obviously didn't read my post very well. I'm not wanting to call anyone a racial epithet. I would rather NOBODY used them. I was merely pointing to a wide variety of double standards based upon stereotypes of the GP poster, namely that I'm sick of the "blame whitie" mentality that's been growing over the last few decades.
... narrow minded sheeple.
Have white people screwed up? Yes. Has other races? Yes. Have white people done good? Yes. Have other races? Yes.
Nice, fair and balanced (apologies to all the FNS haters). It is like all those poor sheep who see (R) and think "Evil Rich White Guy" as if a poor black woman wouldn't ever want to be one, or those who see (D) and think "Evil Welfare Pimp", as if there are no "Evil Rich White Guys" in the party.
My point is and continues to be, stop being so
" "Listen Children Eternal Father Eternally One! "
Compare with Deut 6:4
Right, because we know that "rich white men" (Duke Lacross Players) cannot possibly be rail roaded by rogue government agents. Nobody's guilty except the white guy, got it.
Say the N word, okay if you are one (You can use it over 100 times in one song), but if you're white you lose your job. But call a white guy "Cracker" and its all fun and games. Got it.
Of course two wrongs don't make a right, but lets at least have some clear rules that EVERYONE follows. How about this, if you say ANY racial Epithet, regardless of who you are, you get censored by everyone? Imus and Chris Rock both get banned for life? All the Misogynist rappers? Banned!
How about more respect for EVERYONE, and stop labeling people altogether. No more calling Bush a killer unless you're willing to do the same for Hillary Clinton (who voted for the war).
I'm sick of Leftwinger and Rightwingers thinking they are pure as the driven snow, when the reality is both sides are dickheads.
Just don't go to the Mac parties. They are all snobby artsy types.
"Vista reminds me of the dork in college who threw a big party and no one showed up."
Excuse me?
Vista is more like the expensive good looking but dumb as a brick slut that you take to a party to show off but is mostly worthless besides being eye candy.
LINUX is like the Dork that throws a party offering "free beer" but only attracts other "dorks".
Mind you, I like beer, and don't mind being called a dork while drinking free beer. But sometimes, I want to hang out with Vista's older sister, who isn't quite as pretty, but isn't quite as dumb either.
Dirty Secret of Inkjet Printer business, they charge the same $$ for different ink cartridges. If you check the ml level of the ink carts, you'll notice that some of the ones from years past are more than twice the ink of the current versions. But it seems like Ink prices are always $30 per cartridge. Go figure.
I'm in IT, and we measure all costs per page, managed or unmanaged. Most people don't even think of cost over the life of the printer, and choose inkjets because they are 1/5 the price of laser, and spend much more over the life of the printer buying ink.
You must be new here.
Red Robin are a small chain of gourmet burgers. Only about 250 restaurants nationwide.
http://www.redrobin.com/
And I have no affiliation with them, other than I enjoy a good burger over "good enough". My favorite is the Banzai Burger. Yummm, Okay now I'm hungry.
It drives me nuts as well. It is Walmartization of products. Walmart pushes for ever cheaper pricing from suppliers, and thus, they cut quality to meet Walmart's demands. That's why a pair of nice socks can last years, but the cheap ones from Wallyworld only last a few months. But heck, I can buy three dozen pairs of from Wally, for the price of one good pair elsewhere. The net is about the same.
It sucks because it is so wasteful.
There is an invisible line between being good (as in above average) and good enough (as in gets the job done).
All things equal, people will choose good over good enough, however all things are not equal. Better products tend to cost more, better service costs more. Cheap products that do mostly marginal job wins the price war and hence wins the market.
There are always going to be niche markets that serve people who KNOW quality and service, most people don't care enough. They'll just choose whatever is cheapest at the moment from brands that they know (even if cheap), as long (and this is key) the quality is "good enough".
Which is why if I were making a product line, I'd make two different and distinct products, one "good enough" and one with better higher quality/service. I'd even go so far as to make sure by brand distinction that people would knwo "cheap, but good enough" from "good" by using strong branding.
Take McDonalds vs any higher quality hamburger shop (Red Robin, White Castle etc), which one is "good enough" vs good. Why don't more people choose the better burger?? It is because McDonalds is "good enough". And in spite of everyone complaining about McDonalds employee quality of service, it is "good enough" to keep going back.
We have it figured out, there are just too many bureaucratic rules in place, that by the time you get to "point and shoot" rule, it's too late, you're already dead.
We could have won already if the rules of restraint weren't there.
You obviously don't know the proper role of the Military, which is the KILL people and BREAK things. Quite frankly, I want them to be the most efficient in these tasks.
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On the other hand, they should be last resort
From now on, I promise to re-code "That's Nice" into FY. You've forever changed how I look at things. Thanks! That's Nice!
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See, its already spreading
New Zealand isn't really the same as America, so your comparison isn't really valid. We have very large and empty land spaces here in the USA, where the nearest police or law office can be 50 or more miles away. It is quite common in fact.
That, and we Americans (for the most part) are fairly self sufficient type, and guns are a large portion of that self sufficiency. While I realize that socialism by its nature requires less self sufficiency most of the complaints about American gun culture are from mostly socialist nations.
I actually pity them, for they don't know that freedom has costs as does the supposed security of the nanny/police state. I'm willing to pay the costs for freedom, with the occasional tragedy, rather than have my soul sucked dry by ever increasing intrusions by the state into my life.
Gravity is such a Drag.
Well armed and trained people allowed to carry concealed weapons at all times in all places, UNLESS they specifically search EVERYONE for weapons. Banning weapons doesn't stop people from killing, it only makes them less successful at killing masses. Unless you count box cutters (and now knitting needles).
We should be teaching people how to fight back against such things rather than quivering under desks.
FYI, it was a violation to carry ANY firearms onto campus. So, the law didn't protect anybody. Bad Laws rarely do.
And most of the Eurotrash socialists don't realize that large portions of the US cannot be without "firearms" being very "wild" in nature. While it seems to be useful in cities and such, banning firearms is useless in Rural Wyoming and Utah, and in the vast waste stretches of Nevada, Texas and Arizona.
So, there is not going to be any gun bans in the US for a very very long time, (if ever). And the Brady Bill probably would have done NOTHING to prevent this.
I saw that one coming a mile away. The question was just begging for such an answer.
Nanny state = Police State, requiring the Police to enforce all the Nanny laws that nobody obeys, except under penalty of law. Enjoy your police state, while I fight against it.
Because we know that a bunch of untrained people can't defeat the US Army. Oh wait, isn't that what is the problem in Iraq????
"If you need a firearm to keep people off your lawn then there is either something fundamentally wrong with society or something fundamentally wrong with you."
...
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Well, lets see, there are people trespassing, not giving a SHIT about anyone but themselves and I'm the one with the problem because 1)I don't want them on my lawn, 2)I have a gun, 3) I use 2 to accomplish 1.
"see, having your own gun will help keep the state in check"
Yes it will.
"Oh, hold on, no it wont"
2nd Ammendment wasn't for hunters, it was because of the Declaration of Independance, and I quote
" When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
The author of which also wrote the following
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.
Yeah, I'm a nut because I know history and how dictators gain power. Its always because good people 1) don't or 2) can't fight back.
"then the only way you are going to be able to deal with it is en-masse, lots of people all with the same aim, then you have a civil war, a revolution if you like."
And exactly how is that accomplished, if not by taking up arms? Arms that are outlawed by the likes of the anti-gun lobby, which is seeking more and more restrictive gun laws, inspite of the fact that they don't actually work.
"I see absolutely no benefit in an individual's right to a firearm"
Oh, because YOU don't see it, it must be TRUE! How about, it is one of the FUNDAMENTAL reasons the USA exists today, and is one of the founding principles of our Country. Of course if you are one of those elitist socialists from Europe, who think yourself better than us across the pond, I will remind you that if it wasn't for US you'd be a Nazi, or dead.
"all it does is mean that there have to be even more firearms about (Police being routinely armed), and more violent and firearm related crime, not to mention accidents and stupidity."
I just love people spouting this off, without a single fact to back it up. How about Washington DC which has the strictest gun laws in the Country, and is the murder capitol? Or how about San Fransisco, or any of the many other progressive cities which ban guns. Or how about Australia where the gun ban resulted in a SURGE of gun related violence.
Or when the counter happens and crime actually DECREASES. Of course this doesn't compute with elitists, and I wouldn't expect them to believe me. But look it up, it has been documented enough.