No, you're doing it wrong. We should not attempt to define the nature of our polity by observing it. Rather, we should go back to the original Holy books of Aristotle and Plato, distill the concept of a republic into a pure form, and then change the nature of the states to better reflect the wisdom of the ancients.
Exactly. We are a republic, not a democracy. It's high time that people realize that the purpose of the state is to ensure positive liberty, not negative liberty. Think positive!
"The rule of law means that judges decide cases 'without respect of persons,' that is, without considering the social status, attractiveness, etc. of the parties or their lawyers."
In some states, the laws are so many and, and so contradictory, and so onerous that "every citizen is guilty of something." Dissidents are selected for prosecution, and convicted according the law. But because the arrest and indictment are contingent upon the social and political status of the accused, the process does not fit within Posner's conception.
Of course, others define "rule of law" more loosely and elide over concepts of justice and fairness. These people are shallow.
Why? Why must I make you comfortable? Why is important that you leave this thread with your illusions intact, while I am left with two disturbing insights?
1. Some people lack empathy, and consequently any appreciation for human rights 2. Some people don't understand my humor.
Yes. Yes. I was joking. Is it really so hard to tell?
The Obama comment is okay, because it is not illegal. The Zimbabwe comment is out of bounds, because it is illegal. Respect the rule of law, and if you don't like the rules, work within the existing legal structure to change them.
Does he think honestly think that the country's peasants (who make a big deal out of eating steak with their rice) would save up to buy an authentic Gucci handbag?
China doesn't just have peasants. It also has nouveau riche.
The HadGEM2 simulations suggest that the SO2 injection rates considered here could defer a given amount of global- mean warming under the A1B scenario by 30–35 years. However, both models also indicate a rapid warming if geoengineering is not maintained, which raises serious issues when considering the amount of time over which geoengineering would need to be sustained. The patterns of temperature and precipitation responses to geoengineering via stratospheric SO2 injection differ from those via modification of marine stratocumulus cloud sheets in HadGEM2 (Jones et al., 2009). The stratospheric SO2 injection geoengineering simulations produce geographic re- sponses which, being more homogeneous, more closely counteract the responses due to increasing concentrations of GHGs than do the responses from stratocumulus modifica- tion. However, the results from HadGEM2 suggest that increases in GHG concentrations can still have a profound im- pact on regional climate even if geoengineering is successful in counteracting any change in global-mean temperature. Maintaining global-mean temperature near its current level might be considered a necessary goal for any geoengineering proposals, but it is by no means sufficient. It should also be borne in mind that, in common with other geoengineering proposals to modify the Earth’s radiation balance, strato- spheric SO2 injection does nothing to offset other impacts of increasing GHG concentrations, such as ocean acidification. Furthermore, neither model addresses the potential damage to the ozone layer caused by deliberate introduction of stratospheric aerosols (e.g. Crutzen, 2006).
source Plus, you'd lose the blue sky. Perhaps this will be offset by more colorful sunsets.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong"
ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Now, perhaps the current media climate has made "Immigration" into a cause celebré, but there was time when US Customs was so prestigious a sinecure that it employed famous writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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It says nothing about constitutions or individual rights.
So, where does the Philosopher-King come into all of this?
I think you should read Carl Schmitt Don't get dizzy.
Could you tell me why the Founders despised Democracy, given that they had not experienced it?
No, you're doing it wrong. We should not attempt to define the nature of our polity by observing it. Rather, we should go back to the original Holy books of Aristotle and Plato, distill the concept of a republic into a pure form, and then change the nature of the states to better reflect the wisdom of the ancients.
Define "Representative".
Exactly. We are a republic, not a democracy. It's high time that people realize that the purpose of the state is to ensure positive liberty, not negative liberty. Think positive!
According to Richard Posner
"The rule of law means that judges decide cases 'without respect of persons,' that is, without considering the social status, attractiveness, etc. of the parties or their lawyers."
In some states, the laws are so many and, and so contradictory, and so onerous that "every citizen is guilty of something." Dissidents are selected for prosecution, and convicted according the law. But because the arrest and indictment are contingent upon the social and political status of the accused, the process does not fit within Posner's conception.
Of course, others define "rule of law" more loosely and elide over concepts of justice and fairness. These people are shallow.
Why? Why must I make you comfortable? Why is important that you leave this thread with your illusions intact, while I am left with two disturbing insights?
1. Some people lack empathy, and consequently any appreciation for human rights
2. Some people don't understand my humor.
Yes. Yes. I was joking. Is it really so hard to tell?
But that's his point.
The Obama comment is okay, because it is not illegal. The Zimbabwe comment is out of bounds, because it is illegal. Respect the rule of law, and if you don't like the rules, work within the existing legal structure to change them.
Do you believe that not enough speech is illegal in your country?
Apples and oranges, there was no compelling reason for Valerie Plame's identity to be leaked
I think it went a long way towards demonstrating (or at least insinuating) that Joseph Wilson was biased. Shouldn't that count for something?
This town is like one big chicken waiting to be plucked-- Tony Montana.
I try to watch the unrated version of movies on DVD
I think that the marketing folks have you all figured out.
I've actually seen fakes that had better finishing than the originals - two friends were comparing their stuff (real vs fake) :).
Thus subverting the very purpose of a trademark.
Does he think honestly think that the country's peasants (who make a big deal out of eating steak with their rice) would save up to buy an authentic Gucci handbag?
China doesn't just have peasants. It also has nouveau riche.
Would it be fair of me to point out that OS/2 is 15--20 years old?
Did OS/2 repeatedly overwrite the "deleted" file with random data?
And what are the error bars on those reports and how global was this phenomenon?
Well, here's one scientific paper
The HadGEM2 simulations suggest that the SO2 injection rates considered here could defer a given amount of global- mean warming under the A1B scenario by 30–35 years. However, both models also indicate a rapid warming if geoengineering is not maintained, which raises serious issues when considering the amount of time over which geoengineering would need to be sustained.
The patterns of temperature and precipitation responses to geoengineering via stratospheric SO2 injection differ from those via modification of marine stratocumulus cloud sheets in HadGEM2 (Jones et al., 2009). The stratospheric SO2 injection geoengineering simulations produce geographic re- sponses which, being more homogeneous, more closely counteract the responses due to increasing concentrations of GHGs than do the responses from stratocumulus modifica- tion. However, the results from HadGEM2 suggest that increases in GHG concentrations can still have a profound im- pact on regional climate even if geoengineering is successful in counteracting any change in global-mean temperature. Maintaining global-mean temperature near its current level might be considered a necessary goal for any geoengineering proposals, but it is by no means sufficient. It should also be borne in mind that, in common with other geoengineering proposals to modify the Earth’s radiation balance, strato- spheric SO2 injection does nothing to offset other impacts of increasing GHG concentrations, such as ocean acidification. Furthermore, neither model addresses the potential damage to the ozone layer caused by deliberate introduction of stratospheric aerosols (e.g. Crutzen, 2006).
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Plus, you'd lose the blue sky. Perhaps this will be offset by more colorful sunsets.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong"
And, global warming could be stopped from a few billion dollars by pumping sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. That is a proven fact.
Pardon me while I update my dictionary.
+ (coloq) wishful thinking. It is a proven fact that you can move the moon, given a place to stand, and a long enough lever
What evidence do you have that a Medieval Warm Period even existed?
But I don't think it can be made into a PG-13 film.
Alas.
ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Now, perhaps the current media climate has made "Immigration" into a cause celebré, but there was time when US Customs was so prestigious a sinecure that it employed famous writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne.
in wartime courts routinely let Congress and the Executive Branch run all over the Constitution
Doesn't this policy implicitly encourage warmongering?