You know, I've been trying similar techniques fo years, with little improvement. I guess I just need to step up my strict regiment.
Hmm. It works for me, but I find I have to do it almost constantly to preserve the gains I've made. Maybe you should lay off the saltpeter while you're at it.
If the government wasn't constantly meddling in the free market, then businesses would have no interest in corrupting the government.
Maybe if companies quit whining to the government and expecting it to enforce their contracts, the gov't wouldn't be so involved in the marketplace. Just hire *private* mercenaries to enforce your contracts. Surely you and your cousin can take a couple of shotguns and persuade IBM's standing army that they need to honor a contract with you when they don't want to. Is that the way you want to see business done? If you don't want the government "meddling" in the free market (which is not and never has been free,) stop asking it for anything: loans, subsidies, credits, breaks, programs, trade missions, laws, courts, all of which taxpayers paid for.
It's interesting that you freely admit that businesses corrupt government, then justify it so breezily. The moral equivalent would be, "If you didn't keep putting your face there, I wouldn't keep punching it." That is unacceptable. Are these businesses totally unaccountable? Are the people who run them exempt from the moral and ethical concerns that keep most of the rest of us in check?
Governments exist (among other reasons) for the purpose of providing services that you just can't make money providing, but which are nonetheless necessary. When are Libertarians going to figure that out. I mean, really, it's not that hard to see.
If they are not paying enough for the "national" (meaning "publicly owned", which also means "government run" resources they use, whose fault is that? It seems to me that you should complain to the people who are undercharging them for resources that your taxes paid for.
It would be more efficient to complain to their masters (the companies who loot our public resources) if it weren't for the fact that these companies don't answer to you or I and don't give a fuck what you or I think about anything.
It seems to me that most Libertarians fall into one of two categories: either they are woefully misguided as to the true nature of the relationship between government and the private sector, or they understand it all too well and pursue Libertarianism in a cynical manner. If you don't understand how totally, thoroughly and completely big business runs the government, you don't have an appropriate frame of reference when it comes to making political decisions.
There is a/.'er whose sig is a quote from Frank Zappa that more or less says that politics is the entertainment branch of industry. Try to not dismiss the source as an iconoclast and just consider that claim on its (considerable, I think) merits.
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area code. L.A., I think.
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You get close to, if not 4x per gallon. Your calculations don't take into account how much further down the road a gallon of vegetable oil will get you.
Buy in bulk. If you insist on fueling up at the grocery store, at least buy the generic equivalent.
(Paranoid conspiracy theory: The intelligence community is pissed at FBI for intruding onto its turf and is
running this sort of article as part of a power grab;-)
Yeah, but FBI's purview includes counterintelligence and prevention of terrorism in U.S. They've done counter-intelligence operations inside CIA headquarters. I'm not saying they don't get along, but (especially) if any of this stuff is on websites in/owned by US corps, they're gonna be all over it.
linkwhorelink: Osama's Wanted poster. Does he use a cane to hide the fact he's so damn tall?
Most enviromentalists seem so focused on the negatives of
nuclear power and research, that they don't realize that it is one of the most enviromentally friendly answers
to electricity out their.
Let's try implementing things like solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal power on a large scale before we conclude nuclear fission is environmentally friendly.
I would like to know where all those whining enviornmentalists agaist nuclear power are now... IN THE
DARK!! I guess they just love the luxury of having power now do they?
They're only in the dark because they don't want to glow in the dark.
Guns are inanimate objects. They have not, can not and never will do anything on their own. More Guns !=
More Crime.
Yeah, actually I am. Obviously, we're going to disagree about this. So long as your position is logically consistent, I must respect it, even if I don't agree with it. When your position doesn't meet that standard, you do your cause (or interest, etc.) a disservice. Look at your.sig now--it's already harder to argue against it, right?
I know that.sigs are the net's equivalent of bumperstickers and not fully-formed arguments, but I guess I have a pedantic streak. Sorry. Maybe it'll help you out the next time you get into a flamewar with a raging liberal.;)
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So where can I pick this book up for less than face value?
I think the rates at your local public library will meet with your approval as long as you don't mind giving the book back when you're done. If not, please don't take it out of Mr. Cratchet's wages--he has a family and all.
It's not just a matter of "levels". Property, like speech, is not a qualified right, and nor should it be. If you are
allowed to tell me what I can't do with my own property, then tomorrow you'll be allowed to tell me what I
can't do with my own mouth which, after all, is just a property interest of mine. You, as a "technocrat"
should understand this.
OK. Let's suppose through some jag-off libertarian's wet dream that everything's been privatized. I snap up the system of roads right outside your driveway. I own property surrounding you on all other sides. I erect lethal electric fences on all those other sides and forbid you to cross from your driveway onto my roads because it's my property and I can do whatever I goddamn well please. I can also refuse to allow others (your family, that ambulance you really need) onto my roads if I feel like it. Remember, this is a libertarian wet dream--I also have airspace rights. Medevac to your house will be shot down if they attempt to reach your property; they have to cross my airspace, and I disapprove.
You can not buy from anyone but me. You can not sell to anyone but me. I decide what the prices will be. After all, you can't leave, or ship anything.
For God's sake, don't compromise. May your spine be ever as stiff as the semen-encrusted pages of your favorite novel.
And, just for the hell of it, I'd like to point out that MAPS has effectively become socialist thanks to their
discrimation by association [to a given IP network number].
Socialism? Try this. You know, just for the hell of it.
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You know, I've been trying similar techniques fo years, with little improvement. I guess I just need to step up my strict regiment.
Hmm. It works for me, but I find I have to do it almost constantly to preserve the gains I've made. Maybe you should lay off the saltpeter while you're at it.
What if I'm a terrorist who bought my own ticket legally?
If the government wasn't constantly meddling in the free market, then businesses would have no interest in corrupting the government.
Maybe if companies quit whining to the government and expecting it to enforce their contracts, the gov't wouldn't be so involved in the marketplace. Just hire *private* mercenaries to enforce your contracts. Surely you and your cousin can take a couple of shotguns and persuade IBM's standing army that they need to honor a contract with you when they don't want to. Is that the way you want to see business done? If you don't want the government "meddling" in the free market (which is not and never has been free,) stop asking it for anything: loans, subsidies, credits, breaks, programs, trade missions, laws, courts, all of which taxpayers paid for.
It's interesting that you freely admit that businesses corrupt government, then justify it so breezily. The moral equivalent would be, "If you didn't keep putting your face there, I wouldn't keep punching it." That is unacceptable. Are these businesses totally unaccountable? Are the people who run them exempt from the moral and ethical concerns that keep most of the rest of us in check?
Governments exist (among other reasons) for the purpose of providing services that you just can't make money providing, but which are nonetheless necessary. When are Libertarians going to figure that out. I mean, really, it's not that hard to see.
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Remember that warfare is "merely" the last step taken when non-violent diplomacy fails to produce the desired effects.
As opposed to violent diplomacy?
Is there any way to hinder the "science of war?"
You could bomb Sandia, Livermore, and JPL. That might hinder them a bit.
To seriously answer your question, though: No.
If they are not paying enough for the "national" (meaning "publicly owned", which also means "government run" resources they use, whose fault is that? It seems to me that you should complain to the people who are undercharging them for resources that your taxes paid for.
/.'er whose sig is a quote from Frank Zappa that more or less says that politics is the entertainment branch of industry. Try to not dismiss the source as an iconoclast and just consider that claim on its (considerable, I think) merits.
It would be more efficient to complain to their masters (the companies who loot our public resources) if it weren't for the fact that these companies don't answer to you or I and don't give a fuck what you or I think about anything.
It seems to me that most Libertarians fall into one of two categories: either they are woefully misguided as to the true nature of the relationship between government and the private sector, or they understand it all too well and pursue Libertarianism in a cynical manner. If you don't understand how totally, thoroughly and completely big business runs the government, you don't have an appropriate frame of reference when it comes to making political decisions.
There is a
area code. L.A., I think.
is here.
since I trust MS about as fart as I can throw them,
Just like to point out that won't be far at all unless you pull your shorts down first.
You Amreicans
Is that a Bushism? I couldn't find it on Slate.
Why else would they call it bluelight.com?
Oday ouyay inkthay ey'rethay usingway isthay?
(Paranoid conspiracy theory: The intelligence community is pissed at FBI for intruding onto its turf and is running this sort of article as part of a power grab ;-)
Yeah, but FBI's purview includes counterintelligence and prevention of terrorism in U.S. They've done counter-intelligence operations inside CIA headquarters. I'm not saying they don't get along, but (especially) if any of this stuff is on websites in/owned by US corps, they're gonna be all over it.
linkwhorelink: Osama's Wanted poster. Does he use a cane to hide the fact he's so damn tall?
He used a funny example though, that the invention and use of writing caused people to stop memorizing stories.
You can read about that here. It's not a new idea.
Their children need wine!
any zero-emission technology other than nuclear fission.
You mean like Chernobyl?
Let's all hear about how incompetent the Russkies and the Japs are, and how much more safely we'd run things under a regime of self-regulation.
Most enviromentalists seem so focused on the negatives of nuclear power and research, that they don't realize that it is one of the most enviromentally friendly answers to electricity out their.
Let's try implementing things like solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal power on a large scale before we conclude nuclear fission is environmentally friendly.
I would like to know where all those whining enviornmentalists agaist nuclear power are now... IN THE DARK!! I guess they just love the luxury of having power now do they?
They're only in the dark because they don't want to glow in the dark.
Are you happy now??
.sig now--it's already harder to argue against it, right?
.sigs are the net's equivalent of bumperstickers and not fully-formed arguments, but I guess I have a pedantic streak. Sorry. Maybe it'll help you out the next time you get into a flamewar with a raging liberal. ;)
Guns are inanimate objects. They have not, can not and never will do anything on their own. More Guns != More Crime.
Yeah, actually I am. Obviously, we're going to disagree about this. So long as your position is logically consistent, I must respect it, even if I don't agree with it. When your position doesn't meet that standard, you do your cause (or interest, etc.) a disservice. Look at your
I know that
So where can I pick this book up for less than face value?
I think the rates at your local public library will meet with your approval as long as you don't mind giving the book back when you're done. If not, please don't take it out of Mr. Cratchet's wages--he has a family and all.
...worst book report ever!
It's not just a matter of "levels". Property, like speech, is not a qualified right, and nor should it be. If you are allowed to tell me what I can't do with my own property, then tomorrow you'll be allowed to tell me what I can't do with my own mouth which, after all, is just a property interest of mine. You, as a "technocrat" should understand this.
OK. Let's suppose through some jag-off libertarian's wet dream that everything's been privatized. I snap up the system of roads right outside your driveway. I own property surrounding you on all other sides. I erect lethal electric fences on all those other sides and forbid you to cross from your driveway onto my roads because it's my property and I can do whatever I goddamn well please. I can also refuse to allow others (your family, that ambulance you really need) onto my roads if I feel like it. Remember, this is a libertarian wet dream--I also have airspace rights. Medevac to your house will be shot down if they attempt to reach your property; they have to cross my airspace, and I disapprove.
You can not buy from anyone but me. You can not sell to anyone but me. I decide what the prices will be. After all, you can't leave, or ship anything.
For God's sake, don't compromise. May your spine be ever as stiff as the semen-encrusted pages of your favorite novel.
And, just for the hell of it, I'd like to point out that MAPS has effectively become socialist thanks to their discrimation by association [to a given IP network number].
Socialism? Try this. You know, just for the hell of it.