If you want information for the love of information you needn't go to college for that. Nor should taxpayers subsidize your partying and making friends.
I have a degree in Art and a MA in history and I'm a programmer so I understand what you're saying.
Nonetheless college is for getting a J.O.B. Else just go to a bar and hang out there for 4 years.
It's an interesting question - but part of the problem is that universities expecting everyone to subsidize all their pet projects and programs. You can't learn everything in college. It's interesting that people who have contempt for a subject while in school (say art or history) can fall in love with it 20 years later. Furthermore there are plenty of places to learn just about any subject. You needn't learn in it a University and you certainly don't need to go into debt for it.
Universities are no longer places where those will money get well-grounded in the humanities. It's a place where you learn skills to get you ahead in the world. Universities are getting less and less relevant and getting 250,000 dollars in debt to go to a top ranked school does not make any sense. Sociology course should be taught on line and cost minimal dollars for proctored exams.
We shouldn't be promoting this option and we certainly shouldn't be subsidizing it.
No.
1. Stop forcing people to take courses that they don't want.
2. Stop subsidizing degrees that won't get you anywhere. A Women's Studies degree will not get you a job. Why should anyone subsidize another for taking those courses? If you're curious about a subject then take it on your own dime. (I have a MA in history - not very useful in the job market.)
Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for courses for your enlightenment. You want to spend time learn in depth about the rise of the concept of individual sovereignty; or the development of the market economy in the post-antebellum south - go ahead (but with your own money).
and? That's true but and that shows that Islam does not equal the salafist bullsh*t being promoted by ISIS et al.
Now that we no that Islam is not necessarily equal to ISIS then what? (if ISIS wins and converts all muslims to their viewpoint and / or kills the rest) then ISIS = Islam).
Provoked in what way?
By saying - you don't want to eat pork? Fine. But f*** you for prohibiting it for me.
You want to say praise muhammad go ahead. But if I want to say f*** muhammad then no laws or violence or threats of violence should be issued against me. If they do - they you (the oh-so-offended-defender-of muhammad) are the aggressor.
What part of the Article I Section VIII gives Congress such overreaching powers. You want to live in a country where a minister can say "It's 11:00 every 9 year old is learning penmanship." Good for you. I, for one, like that Congress has limited (less so every year) powers.
OJ wasn't double jeopardy. In one case he was accused of killing someone. In another case he was accused of (not exactly sure of the details) roughing up and holding someone prisoner for a period of time. (OJ thought this person stole from him.)
Our liberties have been further and further eroded as we've stopped calling them Individual Rights. Calling them civil liberties takes away the power, the self-awareness that comes from knowing that the right of speech (as for example) comes from YOU and can only be abridged by governments. Rights do not come from governments. Governments can either acknowledge and respect individual rights or abrogate them.
This is one of the many reasons SS is a stupid concept. There shouldn't "age of retirement" that's set in stone. If we were a rational society we would have raised the "age of retirement" to 68 in the 1970s and 70 in the 1990s and we would now be talking about when to bring it to 72.
You can have hard boiled eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese (I like it with chipotle) or hard cheese and apples for lunch. Very simple to bring or to buy near work if you forget or are lazy. (I bring the chipotle to work.)
So you don't think there is any hyperbole re global warming. You don't think something is wrong when you hear "The Ice Caps will be gone in 2014"? You accept that bullsh*t as normal, acceptable hyperbole. And when I call it for the bullsh*t it is I'm an idiot?
It is degrading if you it results in you not feeling good about yourself. If you don't spend your time learning skills. If you expect others to provide for you. I will help someone who is helping himself (example: pushing a cart up a ramp) but resent being asked to do it myself while he is sitting by the side drinking a beer and chatting with friends and complaining that it isn't being done quickly enough.)
http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/c...
2012 was above / even to 2008. And let's not forget that there was supposed to be NO ICE CAP by the summer of 2014. Ooops.
I'm not saying that we shouldn't be reducing pollution; that we shouldn't be taking actions such as no encroaching into the few wild areas left - but that we're seeing hysteria regarding global warming.
That's interesting. I will have to look at this more carefully. I know people from the Caribbean - Grenada and other places. There was a murder in Grenada the other year and EVERYONE (the expats here in NYC) were talking about it because it was so unusual. The whole island is like a series of small towns. Homes aren't locked. It's described as "old-fashioned" small-town country life.
It's true that there are concerns that the drug-trade is coming to with its violence.
When the Antarctic ice pack shrinks it's all over the news. "The sky is falling." But funny, now that the Arctic ice pack has increased over the last 5 years and the prediction that there would be no Arctic ice pack by 2014 we don't hear a fu**ing peep.
In a few years when the Antarctic ice pack increases that will no longer be in the news - but since the Arctic will start shrinking. "OMG. The sky is falling."
Did you know that coastlines have risen and fallen? that the period between ice ages are periods of... gasp... global warming; that ice ages are a recent phenomenon (last 2.5 million years) - probably due to continental drift and change of ocean/wind currents.
Here's the thing - people living in deltas have a very short time frame (geologically) before they have to start building dykes. Maybe, just maybe, people should not build mega cities in flood plains and then be surprised that sh*t happens. Islands will disappear under rising oceans as they have numerous times before; and in a short amount of time (geologically speaking) new land bridges will arise.
But no - lets not be concerned about dioxins, dumping nuclear waste on the ocean floor - let's take our eye off the pollution and spend our time, energy and money on global warming. YEAH!!!! Makes so much sense.
I don't like the racism of the poster above but your point is incorrect. Factoring for population differences still result in blacks disproportionately being the aggressor. Now why is that?
Unlike the poster above I don't think it is due to something innate in being black. There are plenty of majority places in the Caribbean, Africa and the Americas in which the crime rate is low and normal.
There are other factors involved - oh, maybe, single-parent homes; a society which hits people with a triple-whammy: expect nothing; provide a subsistence and degrading handout; and provide incentives to not have two-parent households.
So knowing how to live off the land is simply foolish? Knowing how to track, kill and prepare game is simply foolishness? The only people that should have this knowledge are ranchers, butchers and cooks? I don't think so. I think it's useful to know how to use a compass; how to make fires; etc...
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If you want information for the love of information you needn't go to college for that. Nor should taxpayers subsidize your partying and making friends.
I have a degree in Art and a MA in history and I'm a programmer so I understand what you're saying.
Nonetheless college is for getting a J.O.B. Else just go to a bar and hang out there for 4 years.
It's an interesting question - but part of the problem is that universities expecting everyone to subsidize all their pet projects and programs. You can't learn everything in college. It's interesting that people who have contempt for a subject while in school (say art or history) can fall in love with it 20 years later. Furthermore there are plenty of places to learn just about any subject. You needn't learn in it a University and you certainly don't need to go into debt for it.
Universities are no longer places where those will money get well-grounded in the humanities. It's a place where you learn skills to get you ahead in the world. Universities are getting less and less relevant and getting 250,000 dollars in debt to go to a top ranked school does not make any sense. Sociology course should be taught on line and cost minimal dollars for proctored exams.
We shouldn't be promoting this option and we certainly shouldn't be subsidizing it.
No. 1. Stop forcing people to take courses that they don't want.
2. Stop subsidizing degrees that won't get you anywhere. A Women's Studies degree will not get you a job. Why should anyone subsidize another for taking those courses? If you're curious about a subject then take it on your own dime. (I have a MA in history - not very useful in the job market.)
Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for courses for your enlightenment. You want to spend time learn in depth about the rise of the concept of individual sovereignty; or the development of the market economy in the post-antebellum south - go ahead (but with your own money).
and? That's true but and that shows that Islam does not equal the salafist bullsh*t being promoted by ISIS et al.
Now that we no that Islam is not necessarily equal to ISIS then what? (if ISIS wins and converts all muslims to their viewpoint and / or kills the rest) then ISIS = Islam).
Provoked in what way? By saying - you don't want to eat pork? Fine. But f*** you for prohibiting it for me. You want to say praise muhammad go ahead. But if I want to say f*** muhammad then no laws or violence or threats of violence should be issued against me. If they do - they you (the oh-so-offended-defender-of muhammad) are the aggressor.
What part of the Article I Section VIII gives Congress such overreaching powers. You want to live in a country where a minister can say "It's 11:00 every 9 year old is learning penmanship." Good for you. I, for one, like that Congress has limited (less so every year) powers.
OJ wasn't double jeopardy. In one case he was accused of killing someone. In another case he was accused of (not exactly sure of the details) roughing up and holding someone prisoner for a period of time. (OJ thought this person stole from him.)
These were two different incidents.
Our liberties have been further and further eroded as we've stopped calling them Individual Rights. Calling them civil liberties takes away the power, the self-awareness that comes from knowing that the right of speech (as for example) comes from YOU and can only be abridged by governments. Rights do not come from governments. Governments can either acknowledge and respect individual rights or abrogate them.
I choose Global Nuclear War
This is one of the many reasons SS is a stupid concept. There shouldn't "age of retirement" that's set in stone. If we were a rational society we would have raised the "age of retirement" to 68 in the 1970s and 70 in the 1990s and we would now be talking about when to bring it to 72.
You can have hard boiled eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese (I like it with chipotle) or hard cheese and apples for lunch. Very simple to bring or to buy near work if you forget or are lazy. (I bring the chipotle to work.)
If you're living in the US (or another first world country) and are making more that $50,000 / year then you are already in the 1%.
I think you missed the invisible /sarc tag at the end of his post.
I don't think it's a false choice at all. Everything is prioritized. When we focus on global warming we lose site of pollution.
So you don't think there is any hyperbole re global warming. You don't think something is wrong when you hear "The Ice Caps will be gone in 2014"? You accept that bullsh*t as normal, acceptable hyperbole. And when I call it for the bullsh*t it is I'm an idiot?
It is degrading if you it results in you not feeling good about yourself. If you don't spend your time learning skills. If you expect others to provide for you. I will help someone who is helping himself (example: pushing a cart up a ramp) but resent being asked to do it myself while he is sitting by the side drinking a beer and chatting with friends and complaining that it isn't being done quickly enough.)
http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/c... 2012 was above / even to 2008. And let's not forget that there was supposed to be NO ICE CAP by the summer of 2014. Ooops.
I'm not saying that we shouldn't be reducing pollution; that we shouldn't be taking actions such as no encroaching into the few wild areas left - but that we're seeing hysteria regarding global warming.
That's interesting. I will have to look at this more carefully. I know people from the Caribbean - Grenada and other places. There was a murder in Grenada the other year and EVERYONE (the expats here in NYC) were talking about it because it was so unusual. The whole island is like a series of small towns. Homes aren't locked. It's described as "old-fashioned" small-town country life.
It's true that there are concerns that the drug-trade is coming to with its violence.
When the Antarctic ice pack shrinks it's all over the news. "The sky is falling." But funny, now that the Arctic ice pack has increased over the last 5 years and the prediction that there would be no Arctic ice pack by 2014 we don't hear a fu**ing peep.
... gasp ... global warming; that ice ages are a recent phenomenon (last 2.5 million years) - probably due to continental drift and change of ocean/wind currents.
In a few years when the Antarctic ice pack increases that will no longer be in the news - but since the Arctic will start shrinking. "OMG. The sky is falling."
Did you know that coastlines have risen and fallen? that the period between ice ages are periods of
Here's the thing - people living in deltas have a very short time frame (geologically) before they have to start building dykes. Maybe, just maybe, people should not build mega cities in flood plains and then be surprised that sh*t happens. Islands will disappear under rising oceans as they have numerous times before; and in a short amount of time (geologically speaking) new land bridges will arise.
But no - lets not be concerned about dioxins, dumping nuclear waste on the ocean floor - let's take our eye off the pollution and spend our time, energy and money on global warming. YEAH!!!! Makes so much sense.
I don't like the racism of the poster above but your point is incorrect. Factoring for population differences still result in blacks disproportionately being the aggressor. Now why is that?
Unlike the poster above I don't think it is due to something innate in being black. There are plenty of majority places in the Caribbean, Africa and the Americas in which the crime rate is low and normal.
There are other factors involved - oh, maybe, single-parent homes; a society which hits people with a triple-whammy: expect nothing; provide a subsistence and degrading handout; and provide incentives to not have two-parent households.
But my mac can connect to alien command ship and give it a cold (um virus, I mean virus).
You feel guilt for something somebody else did?
I don't know. Why don't you ask John Hancock?
So knowing how to live off the land is simply foolish? Knowing how to track, kill and prepare game is simply foolishness? The only people that should have this knowledge are ranchers, butchers and cooks? I don't think so. I think it's useful to know how to use a compass; how to make fires; etc...
No one thing is "salvation." But space exploration is important for a whole slew of reasons.