Wants and preferences wont matter when the people's bank is broke and some rich and/or powerful person comes along and buys/takes the whole farm from us.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.
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Though the only thing I regularly buy there is blank optical media as the shipping costs offset the frugality of buying it online, unlike many other things.
But are they violating the modifications to those amendments that have been codified since?
I fully stand against this action, however my hope is that people don't forget that when trying to act against these affronts to liberty, that the current state of codified law must be considered so as to mount a reasoned counter-offensive.
Why do people forget that there have been laws written since the U.S. Constitution was written, and that many of those laws have modified, abridged, amended, or just outright nullified parts of the U.S. Constitution?
Enforcement of the the regular posters doesn't matter, this bill just sets precedent for future bills that will require more severe and intrusive inroads into our private lives for the purpose of minute by minute control and recording of what we do and say. Don't think this has anything to do with the here and now.
Bit by bit and law by law, building for the ?future?
it must have been polished with a used sanitary napkin and some diarrhea
There is nothing clean about those words.
I couldn't hardly mod it down and participate in the thread at the same time, now could I?
On another matter, you keep calling it the Windows Mobile Facebook app, which OS have you been referring to here? Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0/6.1/6.5? or Windows Phone 7?
The name Mobile is not applicable to Windows Phone 7.
Too be fair, maybe the 'anon mod' was reacting not to your dislike of the something, but rather your colorful potty mouth. It's your right to use it, and I would never say you couldn't, but I also recognize that nothing is without consequences.
Do you have the latest version? I've got it and it's not bad at all. The interface is great. The only complaint is the confusing lack of any kind of push notifications...
Agreed, the latest update brought the app to point where you can do all you would want to from a mobile setting. I don't have any problem with the push notifications, the toast and tile counts work for me.
It's made by Apple, and has iOS on it. Are people not allowed to dislike these things for the aesthetic reasons, while other people like it for aesthetic reasons?
Why would I divide a quantity of barrels by the amount of gallons contained in a barrel to find the quantity of gallons?
I would not, I would multiply.
500M barrels * 42 = 21,000M gallons or 21B gallons.
I have no idea how you equate a reduction of petroleum imports with a direct reduction in the price of gas.
Wishful thinking, which is about all we have here in the realm of an online bulletin board with no direct influence on any market variable.
Nevermind that the ratio of refined products that come from crude.
Nevermind???? If you are going to throw out pertinent points that are germane to the discussion, this will be very fun for you, but nobody else.
You did it again with the mixed units of measurement. Yes, both numbers you mention here are in barrels, but they are different products. You don't get to rightfully do that.
If I buy 1 gallon at $4 with a $1 dollar profit or I buy 2 gallons at $3.50 each with a $0.50 profit, both would net a $1 profit for the company.
I don't think anyone has any illusions of oil independence here.
Also, you switched your usage of units mid-stream-> 500M barrels of refined petroleum mentioned after 9000M barrels of crude oil.
1 barrel of crude oil = 42 US gallons, which produces about 21 percent to 35 percent of gasoline or petrol.
500M barrels of refined petroleum = 21B gallons of refined petroleum.
9000M barrels of crude oil * 42 gallons * 21-35% = 79.38-132.3B gallons of refined petroleum.
As we see 21B gallons is 16-26%, not 5% as you stated.
Who here would thinks a 16-26% reduction in the cost of a gallon of gas would be a welcome start?
Good point on the usage of terminology for 'mcgrew' to follow.
Besides that though, that is a brilliant and well formulated article, thanks for sharing mcgrew.
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Wants and preferences wont matter when the people's bank is broke and some rich and/or powerful person comes along and buys/takes the whole farm from us.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy. unreliable attributions
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” Alexis de Tocqueville
Micro Center Though the only thing I regularly buy there is blank optical media as the shipping costs offset the frugality of buying it online, unlike many other things.
They had sent it to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton to be housed at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Mirrors Zionist Israel for its attitude towards critics.
But are they violating the modifications to those amendments that have been codified since?
I fully stand against this action, however my hope is that people don't forget that when trying to act against these affronts to liberty, that the current state of codified law must be considered so as to mount a reasoned counter-offensive.
Why do people forget that there have been laws written since the U.S. Constitution was written, and that many of those laws have modified, abridged, amended, or just outright nullified parts of the U.S. Constitution?
The ?future? was talked about just moments before right here on /.
chipped
Enforcement of the the regular posters doesn't matter, this bill just sets precedent for future bills that will require more severe and intrusive inroads into our private lives for the purpose of minute by minute control and recording of what we do and say. Don't think this has anything to do with the here and now. Bit by bit and law by law, building for the ?future?
*Bing
Bin Maps correctly labels it.
Being done by Jews. After the pseudo-science perpetrated on their ancestors by the Nazis.
Yes, because only the death squads that come for you after curfew when martial law is enacted will have the totally silent cars.
Can't be laid at the feet of Microsoft.
We learned from the best.
it must have been polished with a used sanitary napkin and some diarrhea
There is nothing clean about those words. I couldn't hardly mod it down and participate in the thread at the same time, now could I? On another matter, you keep calling it the Windows Mobile Facebook app, which OS have you been referring to here? Windows Mobile 5.0/6.0/6.1/6.5? or Windows Phone 7? The name Mobile is not applicable to Windows Phone 7.
Too be fair, maybe the 'anon mod' was reacting not to your dislike of the something, but rather your colorful potty mouth. It's your right to use it, and I would never say you couldn't, but I also recognize that nothing is without consequences.
Do you have the latest version? I've got it and it's not bad at all. The interface is great. The only complaint is the confusing lack of any kind of push notifications...
Agreed, the latest update brought the app to point where you can do all you would want to from a mobile setting. I don't have any problem with the push notifications, the toast and tile counts work for me.
It's made by Apple, and has iOS on it. Are people not allowed to dislike these things for the aesthetic reasons, while other people like it for aesthetic reasons?
I recently saw a map of proposed pipelines in my state(Ohio), and I was surprised by how many there were.
I have no idea how you equate a reduction of petroleum imports with a direct reduction in the price of gas.
I stick by my wishful thinking standpoint, but I just noticed that you said imports there! The OP was about EXPORTS
I wish I had never conversed with you at all now.
1 barrel = 42 gallons
Why would I divide a quantity of barrels by the amount of gallons contained in a barrel to find the quantity of gallons?
I would not, I would multiply.
500M barrels * 42 = 21,000M gallons or 21B gallons.
I have no idea how you equate a reduction of petroleum imports with a direct reduction in the price of gas.
Wishful thinking, which is about all we have here in the realm of an online bulletin board with no direct influence on any market variable.
Nevermind that the ratio of refined products that come from crude.
Nevermind???? If you are going to throw out pertinent points that are germane to the discussion, this will be very fun for you, but nobody else.
You did it again with the mixed units of measurement. Yes, both numbers you mention here are in barrels, but they are different products. You don't get to rightfully do that.
If I buy 1 gallon at $4 with a $1 dollar profit or I buy 2 gallons at $3.50 each with a $0.50 profit, both would net a $1 profit for the company. I don't think anyone has any illusions of oil independence here. Also, you switched your usage of units mid-stream-> 500M barrels of refined petroleum mentioned after 9000M barrels of crude oil. 1 barrel of crude oil = 42 US gallons, which produces about 21 percent to 35 percent of gasoline or petrol. 500M barrels of refined petroleum = 21B gallons of refined petroleum. 9000M barrels of crude oil * 42 gallons * 21-35% = 79.38-132.3B gallons of refined petroleum. As we see 21B gallons is 16-26%, not 5% as you stated. Who here would thinks a 16-26% reduction in the cost of a gallon of gas would be a welcome start?
Good point on the usage of terminology for 'mcgrew' to follow. Besides that though, that is a brilliant and well formulated article, thanks for sharing mcgrew.