we'll see if Obama gets any credit for actually trying to save money.
He is not trying to save money. He will take the money that would have been used for this project and spend it on so-called health care reform.
And, it is a reform that is doomed to failure because instead of forcing health insurance companies to compete with each other, it merely forces everyone to buy insurance. Even the falsely-labeled "public option" would have been the government competing, illegally and unfairly, with private business and would not have driven health insurance costs down.
Please explain what the "almost trillion dollar military stimulus" is. If you say "the Iraq and Afghanistan wars", we will know you have not done your research as the cost of the wars is less than $1 trillion total as of 2009.
In order to buy this "work of art", one must agree that part of the concept of the work is that it will try to sell itself on EBay and one will agree to allow it to sell itself. Otherwise, one can not purchase the work. By not allowing the work to sell itself, one destroys the work.
Basically, the work comes with a contract, displayed as a part of the auction stating that one waves one's first sale doctrine rights when one purchases the work of "art". It is only for sale to someone who will allow it to sell itself.
Because this is a precondition of sale and is made known before sale, there is nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical about it.
Once again NYCL gets yet another copyright troll post on Slashdot.
Here is a news flash NYCDS: Just because you don't like a certain law and you are a lawyer, it does not follow that said law is wrong or invalid and your preaching to the choir about how wrong it is doesn't make you right about it either.
What part of "intended for use as" do you not understand?
Liberty dollars are minted with the intended use as current money.
Since it has been awhile since silver and gold coins have been considered "current money" it would be reasonable to assume that is no longer against the law to mint, utter or pass your own
Actually, no it would not be reasonable to anything of the sort. The reason it is not reasonable is because the liberty dollars are intended for use as current money, regardless of whether or not the federal government uses silver and/or gold coins as current money.
for private use.
But, liberty dollars are not for private use. If they were for private use, then the minters of the liberty dollars would not encourage people to try to pay for things with liberty dollars.
Whoever, except as authorized by law, makes or utters or passes, or attempts to utter or pass, any coins of gold or silver or other metal, or alloys of metals, intended for use as current money, whether in the resemblance of coins of the United States or of foreign countries, or of original design, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Liberty Dollars were not authorized by law, and therefore the minting of same is illegal.
In the real world, people actually do things like blowing up airplanes and buildings. To say you are going to do so in a very public and disseminated manner is, at best, stupid and definitely invites such actions by the authorities because you have left them no choice.
These are their choices:
If the authorities ignore the threat and the person posting the threat follows through, people die and the authorities get raked over the coals for not following up on it.
If the authorities treat the threat as serious, one person is inconvenienced and embarrassed.
They are going to error on the side of "no one dies" and not "a dumbass is inconvenienced and embarrassed".
Really. I am not joking. It really depends on where you live, work and play and what your budget and credit is like.
Sprint service is non-existent where my family lives, but several other providers have good service there. I use T-mobile because I don't have a contract, so any phone I buy I can get unlocked and I am not paying extra money for not having a contract. And, they have decent service where my family is.
Let the people of the other countries fix their own POS infrastructures. Neither I nor the U.S. government owe them anything.
Here is an idea for you: If you care so much about it, spend the rest of your life and any money you don't need to spend to keep yourself alive on it. Just don't involve the rest of us against our will.
The government/culture of The People's Republic of China has only been in existence for about 70 years. Before that, it was the nationalistic Republic of China for about 35 years. And before that, it was an hereditary monarchy or thousands of year.
Maybe you should pick up a history book some time.
But, they hold the vast majority of the U.S. federal debt obligations. The federal government is reliant on China to finance it's operations because of the massive deficit in the budget. If China were to stop buying the federal debt instruments, interest rates in the U.S. would soar and the value of the dollar would drop.
If China dumped all the U.S. federal debt instruments it owns on to the open market, it would take a hit in the wallet, but the United States would experience hyperinflation on par with Zimbabwe. The U.S. would be bankrupt and it will take thousands to millions of dollars to buy a cup of coffee.
It is not the circulating dollars they hold that is the problem. It is all the paper they hold that says we owe them trillions of dollars.
As the government relies on foreign entities, mainly China, to finance the massive federal deficit, that would result in America becoming bankrupt over night.
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He is not trying to save money. He will take the money that would have been used for this project and spend it on so-called health care reform.
And, it is a reform that is doomed to failure because instead of forcing health insurance companies to compete with each other, it merely forces everyone to buy insurance. Even the falsely-labeled "public option" would have been the government competing, illegally and unfairly, with private business and would not have driven health insurance costs down.
Please explain what the "almost trillion dollar military stimulus" is. If you say "the Iraq and Afghanistan wars", we will know you have not done your research as the cost of the wars is less than $1 trillion total as of 2009.
As opposed to the numerous civilian spy drones? Why don't they just go buy a bunch of Parrot drones and use their iPhones?
This is just a money grab by the EFF. Somehow, I am not surprised.
Did any FLOSS companies make the list?
In order to buy this "work of art", one must agree that part of the concept of the work is that it will try to sell itself on EBay and one will agree to allow it to sell itself. Otherwise, one can not purchase the work. By not allowing the work to sell itself, one destroys the work.
Basically, the work comes with a contract, displayed as a part of the auction stating that one waves one's first sale doctrine rights when one purchases the work of "art". It is only for sale to someone who will allow it to sell itself.
Because this is a precondition of sale and is made known before sale, there is nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical about it.
Here is a neat idea: Do something new and innovative instead of copying MicroSoft.
Film at 11! /sarcasm
Really, is this actually news?
Once again NYCL gets yet another copyright troll post on Slashdot.
Here is a news flash NYCDS: Just because you don't like a certain law and you are a lawyer, it does not follow that said law is wrong or invalid and your preaching to the choir about how wrong it is doesn't make you right about it either.
What part of "intended for use as" do you not understand?
Liberty dollars are minted with the intended use as current money.
Actually, no it would not be reasonable to anything of the sort. The reason it is not reasonable is because the liberty dollars are intended for use as current money, regardless of whether or not the federal government uses silver and/or gold coins as current money.
But, liberty dollars are not for private use. If they were for private use, then the minters of the liberty dollars would not encourage people to try to pay for things with liberty dollars.
Yes, it is illegal. See 18 USC Chapter 25 486:
Liberty Dollars were not authorized by law, and therefore the minting of same is illegal.
I have to ask: Why does it pain you to side with the authorities?
In the real world, people actually do things like blowing up airplanes and buildings. To say you are going to do so in a very public and disseminated manner is, at best, stupid and definitely invites such actions by the authorities because you have left them no choice.
These are their choices:
They are going to error on the side of "no one dies" and not "a dumbass is inconvenienced and embarrassed".
Really. I am not joking. It really depends on where you live, work and play and what your budget and credit is like.
Sprint service is non-existent where my family lives, but several other providers have good service there. I use T-mobile because I don't have a contract, so any phone I buy I can get unlocked and I am not paying extra money for not having a contract. And, they have decent service where my family is.
Awww, look, the stoners don't like the truth.
Let the people of the other countries fix their own POS infrastructures. Neither I nor the U.S. government owe them anything.
Here is an idea for you: If you care so much about it, spend the rest of your life and any money you don't need to spend to keep yourself alive on it. Just don't involve the rest of us against our will.
Yeah, that is what all the closet stoners say. "Dude, like, I am prodick...prodact...produckive. I went to my job at the BK lounge just last week."
Yeah, but that is only because stoners who are home all day getting high are the only ones who care about and have the time to bother to vote on it.
Marijuana could be legal if they were willing to stop toking long enough to have a political voice and vote.
The government/culture of The People's Republic of China has only been in existence for about 70 years. Before that, it was the nationalistic Republic of China for about 35 years. And before that, it was an hereditary monarchy or thousands of year.
Maybe you should pick up a history book some time.
The only problem is that Google was operating in China, not the U.S. China compromised servers in China, not the U.S.
In circulation, maybe.
But, they hold the vast majority of the U.S. federal debt obligations. The federal government is reliant on China to finance it's operations because of the massive deficit in the budget. If China were to stop buying the federal debt instruments, interest rates in the U.S. would soar and the value of the dollar would drop.
If China dumped all the U.S. federal debt instruments it owns on to the open market, it would take a hit in the wallet, but the United States would experience hyperinflation on par with Zimbabwe. The U.S. would be bankrupt and it will take thousands to millions of dollars to buy a cup of coffee.
It is not the circulating dollars they hold that is the problem. It is all the paper they hold that says we owe them trillions of dollars.
As the government relies on foreign entities, mainly China, to finance the massive federal deficit, that would result in America becoming bankrupt over night.
Is this actual, observed evolution?
Is this the proof creationists are always demanding?
Hawaii is for adults. Everyone knows you drive to Disney. That is why they have one on each coast.
I am sorry, but you seem to be lost. I asked for an explanation of the following:
Basically, I agree with you and wanted the GPP to explain why it is necessary for children to cross the ocean in a timely manner.