The "every European soul felt for the US" myth is kind of insulting to us, just so you know. I have no doubt that you and many others did, but we all read the "America had it coming" op-eds, so we know that a lot of anti-Americanism is endemic, and that "we hate your foreign policy" is mostly just an excuse.
Frankly I think the non-ratification of the treaty has a lot more to do with the unilateral go it alone against the world spirit of the current administration,
Our entire Senate, including many who hate the current administration, voted 95-0 against the treaty, before Bush was ever elected.
The people who complain most about the US are usually the ones who know the least about it.
At least in my area, bottom-of-the-line DSL is significantly less expensive that bottom-of-the-line cable, especially if you don't already have cable. (And I don't, because I'd rather spend my time on the Internet and watching movies from Netflix. Or maybe even going outside.)
For me (and many others I imagine) the situation is exactly the opposite -- since I use my cell phone exclusively, the cost of DSL isn't just the $30/month they charge, but the cost of maintaining a land line on top of it. Since I couldn't live without my sports TV packages, cable is significantly cheaper for me.
How is the above insightful? Unless the parent post said somewhere that such a profile had to be based exclusively on Middle Eastern males -- and I don't think it did -- the above post makes no sense at all. Anybody want to explain?
The problem is that there is no way to make sure that companies that oursource actually pass those savings on to customers in the form of cheaper goods, or instead just give their ceos larger bonuses [usatoday.com].
Other than the certainty that competing firms will pass the savings on to customers and reap the benefits of offering a lower-priced product, no, there is no way to "make sure." You know what will solve the problem? A federal Department of Assessing Corporate Savings To Make Sure Those Savings Are Passed On To Consumers.
Excuse me but zero jobs should be lost to overseas workers.
Ah yes, the boundless economic ignorance that leads to +5 insightful on Slashdot.
An economy where no jobs are going overseas or coming back is a lifeless, growthless economy. Acting as if even one job moved overseas is somehow a problem does nothing but illustrate your own particular ideological blinkers, which prevent from thinking in any halfway rational way about complex topics like economics and globalization.
2. I would really question the "millions of people" protesting against abortion rights. During the march supporting abortion rights in DC a few weeks ago, the numbers supporting abortion were ~1,000,000 while the numbers opposed seemed to be 1000 (this from news reports, so take that as you will).
Well, I would assume that the people who want to protest abortion are more likely to show up to the anti-abortion rallies than the pro-choice ones.
Not that the rest of your post wasn't ill-informed and puerile, but this
(which aren't really illegal anymore thanks to Bush)
stood out as exceptionally wrong. You do realize that the guest worker program Bush proposed is still only a proposal, right? And so those illegal immigrants are still illegal, right? Here's some help if you need it.
He wouldn't have been there IN THE FIRST PLACE, if it wasn't for the support that the snivelling Yanks gave him.
The US had absolutely nothing to do with the coup that brought Saddam and his Ba'ath Party to power in Iraq in 1968.
But if it helps you feel better about supporting dictatorial madmen because you hate the US so much to believe that, then by all means, don't let me intrude on your alternate reality.
Of course, it wasn't exactly a secret that there were GPS beacons on the targets. They weren't testing the radar system used to target incoming missiles, they were testing SDI's ability to hit moving targets. Saying this means the tests were 'faked' is like saying when I first try out an application by feeding it known good data to see how it responds I'm 'faking' my QA process.
But hey, if Salon says they were faked, then they must have been. They heard it from Doonesbury, don't ya know.
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Another benefit is that more than 1 in 10 Germans gets 365 days off from work every year. What a country!
Not to mention the fact that your average coal burning plant simply doesn't have the potential to cause a catastrophe on the scale of Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, etc.
Well, any coal-burning plant accident that kills even one person will have been more of a catastrophe than TMI.
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The "every European soul felt for the US" myth is kind of insulting to us, just so you know. I have no doubt that you and many others did, but we all read the "America had it coming" op-eds, so we know that a lot of anti-Americanism is endemic, and that "we hate your foreign policy" is mostly just an excuse.
It's basically the fact that ignorant comments like this get modded up that makes /. not worth visiting anymore.
The children have taken over.
We can look forward to the end of the "only 1 in 5 Americans has a passport" troll.
Similarly, you don't need a PIN or sig when you buy gas, or at most fast food places.
Well, Fahrenheit 9/11 won the Palme d'Or last year, so it's not like Cannes is some sort of bastion of quality filmmaking.
Frankly I think the non-ratification of the treaty has a lot more to do with the unilateral go it alone against the world spirit of the current administration,
Our entire Senate, including many who hate the current administration, voted 95-0 against the treaty, before Bush was ever elected.
The people who complain most about the US are usually the ones who know the least about it.
Aha, so the Free Market is only a good idea when you're the one who benefits from it. Objection noted!
At least in my area, bottom-of-the-line DSL is significantly less expensive that bottom-of-the-line cable, especially if you don't already have cable. (And I don't, because I'd rather spend my time on the Internet and watching movies from Netflix. Or maybe even going outside.)
For me (and many others I imagine) the situation is exactly the opposite -- since I use my cell phone exclusively, the cost of DSL isn't just the $30/month they charge, but the cost of maintaining a land line on top of it. Since I couldn't live without my sports TV packages, cable is significantly cheaper for me.
If having a political system skewed right in America means that we're less likely to put Peak Oil Theory fantasies in our .sigs, I'll take it.
Oddly enough coming home, we got waved through Canadian Customs in about 30 seconds.
And there, at the end of your post, is the reason the American INS is so thorough with people coming from Canada.
How is the above insightful? Unless the parent post said somewhere that such a profile had to be based exclusively on Middle Eastern males -- and I don't think it did -- the above post makes no sense at all. Anybody want to explain?
The problem is that there is no way to make sure that companies that oursource actually pass those savings on to customers in the form of cheaper goods, or instead just give their ceos larger bonuses [usatoday.com].
Other than the certainty that competing firms will pass the savings on to customers and reap the benefits of offering a lower-priced product, no, there is no way to "make sure." You know what will solve the problem? A federal Department of Assessing Corporate Savings To Make Sure Those Savings Are Passed On To Consumers.
Excuse me but zero jobs should be lost to overseas workers.
Ah yes, the boundless economic ignorance that leads to +5 insightful on Slashdot.
An economy where no jobs are going overseas or coming back is a lifeless, growthless economy. Acting as if even one job moved overseas is somehow a problem does nothing but illustrate your own particular ideological blinkers, which prevent from thinking in any halfway rational way about complex topics like economics and globalization.
Right. And if you buy this car, I will give you a free toaster!
Well, I would assume that the people who want to protest abortion are more likely to show up to the anti-abortion rallies than the pro-choice ones.
"Corporation" = "Evil Capitalism," and you can't tell a Slashbot otherwise.
This just in:
Bush-hater pretends statistics don't matter, he knows things are terrible under Bush, so there.
Actually, it wasn't. The number of people in the anti-Vietnam war movement was far greater.
stood out as exceptionally wrong. You do realize that the guest worker program Bush proposed is still only a proposal, right? And so those illegal immigrants are still illegal, right? Here's some help if you need it.
The US had absolutely nothing to do with the coup that brought Saddam and his Ba'ath Party to power in Iraq in 1968.
But if it helps you feel better about supporting dictatorial madmen because you hate the US so much to believe that, then by all means, don't let me intrude on your alternate reality.
Of course, it wasn't exactly a secret that there were GPS beacons on the targets. They weren't testing the radar system used to target incoming missiles, they were testing SDI's ability to hit moving targets. Saying this means the tests were 'faked' is like saying when I first try out an application by feeding it known good data to see how it responds I'm 'faking' my QA process.
But hey, if Salon says they were faked, then they must have been. They heard it from Doonesbury, don't ya know.
Another benefit is that more than 1 in 10 Germans gets 365 days off from work every year. What a country!
Mod parent up. Corporate head != free-market ideologue.
Well, any coal-burning plant accident that kills even one person will have been more of a catastrophe than TMI.
That bottom line will look a lot less pretty when Gateway and Dell follow them to India, then cut prices accordingly, and HP's sales plummet.