Doesn't that depend on which revolutions he's inciting? There's nothing that says one government can't try to overthrow another and thereby gain advantage. So someone could incite revolutions in one country and that could be evidence of their collusion with a government in another country.
I'm not saying Beck is right on this, it seems like a pretty far-fetched notion/conspiracy theory. But the way you summarized his argument isn't as nonsensical as you might think.
Religion, in general, is at best foolish and at worst dangerous (and I say this as a formerly-religious person). Cults are different, in that their beliefs are hidden. So the cut off would be, if someone hides their beliefs from non-practitioners, except in those cases where other authorities have outlawed the religion, it's a cult.
Bullshit. In 1940, Federal revenue was only 6.9% of GDP. It shot up to as high as 23.85% at the tail end of WWII, then dropped down again. In the 50s, it averaged around 18.12% of GDP, then went down again until the 90s. The first decade of this century was about the same as the 60s, and higher than the 70s. The last few years it's gone down again, but not by much.
No, the only problem we face is our addiction to spending. It's what's going to destroy this country, if it hasn't already.
I don't know about you, but I couldn't learn calculus by just picking up a book or watching a video. I needed interaction with a teacher to hammer out the fine points.
Also, there's nothing more boring in the world than watching a canned lecture. There are students out there who need the interaction with a teacher just to stay engaged in the class in the first place.
Not to mention, if there isn't a teacher present, who's going to stop all the spit balls from flying?
At its root, though, Gandhi's fight was a fight over ideas (Indian sovereignty and all that that encompasses vs. British imperialism). He also was not the only leader of the Indian revolution, there were others and not always with fully-compatible goals in mind (which, in some cases, eventually led to the creations of Burma and Pakistan). So his quote may be more on the mark regarding Anonymous and Wikileaks vs. the established powers than you might be giving credit for.
*I don't think GE's a member anymore, but it's impossible to know for certain how much of their revenue came just from NBC-Universal since I'm incredibly lazy
So what's to stop any business owner from incorporating their business? NOTHING. Only a fool would not do so, in the first place. So if you're arguing that fools are at a competitive disadvantage, then yeah, I can't disagree with you there.
Google had revenues of about $29 billion last year. Sounds impressive, until you realize that just one of the MPAA members (GE*) made over $40 billion in one quarter. Sony also made more than $26 billion in one quarter. There are some pretty big hitters in that group, and if Google went toe-to-toe with them there's no guarantee they would win.
*I don't think GE's a member anymore, but it's impossible to know for certain how much of their revenue came just from NBC-Universal so it's hard to say what amount Comcast would now have in their coffers thanks to the buy out.
Hell, using existing laws the government could say that ISP X is engaged in money laundering for drug lords, then seize their equipment under civil asset forfeiture. Now the company has to sue and prove in court that they had nothing to do with any money laundering, which could take months. In the meantime, all of their equipment and money are tied up in court.
With the laws allowing this kind of thing on the books, it's only a matter of time before they're used this way.
Once you find out that's what's in play, do you not see value in being able to direct the carrier to shut down the tower they're using?
No, because once you do that you've alerted the bad guys to the fact that you know who and where they are. Better to let them keep talking, but monitor it and use triangulation to pick them out for targeted strikes. That would result in dead terrorists much, much more quickly than impeding their ability to communicate, which would just result in them scattering and disappearing into the woodwork. Exactly what happened in Mumbai (one of the attackers was arrested, nine were killed, and an unknown number, at least 10, disappeared).
This is the problem with approaching any kind of battle from the perspective of the police: police seek to control a situation, warriors seek to turn it to their advantage. Who cares if the enemy is talking if you can listen in to the conversation? Make use of it, then kill them with their own weapons.
Have you not been paying attention? The DHS just seized dozens, if not hundreds, of domain names. Do you honestly think they won't seize the OpenNIC domain name if they see them as a threat? Which eventually, they will?
And if that doesn't work, they'll seize their actual hardware using asset forfeiture laws. It's only a matter of time.
You (and whatever idiot modded me down) don't get it.
Calling the Soviet system a "stern nanny" is about the most idiotic thing I've ever seen. It was a police state far, far worse than the US (though we're heading in that direction). You could be arrested and sent to Siberia for not turning in your family member who said something negative about the Politburo. If you crossed the wrong politician, they could (and would) take you away and no one would ever see you again. That's not a stern nanny, that's a fucking psychotic nanny.
Reading comprehension FAIL on your part. Corporations simply pass the cost of taxes on to their customers. You could set the tax rate on corporations at 100%, all it would do is push the costs for goods and services up by a comparable amount, forcing consumers to spend more.
OpenNIC is a great idea. Enjoy it while we still have it (it's only a matter of time before the FCC or some other regulatory body decides that OpenNIC has to go away, and then it will).
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I can see you're not a true Scotsman.
Doesn't that depend on which revolutions he's inciting? There's nothing that says one government can't try to overthrow another and thereby gain advantage. So someone could incite revolutions in one country and that could be evidence of their collusion with a government in another country.
I'm not saying Beck is right on this, it seems like a pretty far-fetched notion/conspiracy theory. But the way you summarized his argument isn't as nonsensical as you might think.
Religion, in general, is at best foolish and at worst dangerous (and I say this as a formerly-religious person). Cults are different, in that their beliefs are hidden. So the cut off would be, if someone hides their beliefs from non-practitioners, except in those cases where other authorities have outlawed the religion, it's a cult.
Bullshit. In 1940, Federal revenue was only 6.9% of GDP. It shot up to as high as 23.85% at the tail end of WWII, then dropped down again. In the 50s, it averaged around 18.12% of GDP, then went down again until the 90s. The first decade of this century was about the same as the 60s, and higher than the 70s. The last few years it's gone down again, but not by much.
No, the only problem we face is our addiction to spending. It's what's going to destroy this country, if it hasn't already.
Source: http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/downchart_gr.php?year=1920_2013&view=1&expand=&units=b&fy=fy11&chart=F0-fed&bar=1&stack=1&size=m&title=&state=US&color=c&local=s
Did you say the same thing when Bush was office? Somehow I think not.
This is why our country is bankrupt. Everyone has their little pet programs that simply shouldn't be touched, ever.
Fuck that. Cut hard, cut deep.
Any department or line item with a budget under $10 million = cut completely. Gone, eliminated.
Any department without a Constitutional authorization (Energy, Education, HHS, HUD, and so forth) = cut completely. Gone, eliminated.
Everything else: 35% across the board, no exceptions.
Even then, we'd still be running a huge deficit. But this would at least be a start.
People have to understand that the US is bankrupt, there is no more money. We have to tighten our belts or the Chinese will tighten them for us.
So am I.
I don't know about you, but I couldn't learn calculus by just picking up a book or watching a video. I needed interaction with a teacher to hammer out the fine points.
Also, there's nothing more boring in the world than watching a canned lecture. There are students out there who need the interaction with a teacher just to stay engaged in the class in the first place.
Not to mention, if there isn't a teacher present, who's going to stop all the spit balls from flying?
Last I checked, that makes Amazon tax evaders.
Last I checked, you didn't know what the hell you were talking about.
Not to mention that one state trying to force a retailer in a different state to do ANYTHING is a pretty blatant violation of the Commerce Clause.
Oh, well, in that case, I'm sure the criminals will just forgo using encryption. After all, you know how much they respect the law.
At its root, though, Gandhi's fight was a fight over ideas (Indian sovereignty and all that that encompasses vs. British imperialism). He also was not the only leader of the Indian revolution, there were others and not always with fully-compatible goals in mind (which, in some cases, eventually led to the creations of Burma and Pakistan). So his quote may be more on the mark regarding Anonymous and Wikileaks vs. the established powers than you might be giving credit for.
*I don't think GE's a member anymore, but it's impossible to know for certain how much of their revenue came just from NBC-Universal since I'm incredibly lazy
Really?
Fine, I fixed my original statement.
Terrestar? Hey, I interviewed with those guys four years ago. Guess it's a good thing I didn't get that job, after all.
Only in places that already have them. Otherwise they use microwave to connect together.
Oh, and connecting a single tower with a line is a lot more efficient than connection thousands of homes.
So what's to stop any business owner from incorporating their business? NOTHING. Only a fool would not do so, in the first place. So if you're arguing that fools are at a competitive disadvantage, then yeah, I can't disagree with you there.
Google had revenues of about $29 billion last year. Sounds impressive, until you realize that just one of the MPAA members (GE*) made over $40 billion in one quarter. Sony also made more than $26 billion in one quarter. There are some pretty big hitters in that group, and if Google went toe-to-toe with them there's no guarantee they would win.
*I don't think GE's a member anymore, but it's impossible to know for certain how much of their revenue came just from NBC-Universal so it's hard to say what amount Comcast would now have in their coffers thanks to the buy out.
I don't always agree with you, but this time I'm 100% with you.
Oh, and you need to update your sig. Slashdot 3.0 sucks even worse.
Hell, using existing laws the government could say that ISP X is engaged in money laundering for drug lords, then seize their equipment under civil asset forfeiture. Now the company has to sue and prove in court that they had nothing to do with any money laundering, which could take months. In the meantime, all of their equipment and money are tied up in court.
With the laws allowing this kind of thing on the books, it's only a matter of time before they're used this way.
Once you find out that's what's in play, do you not see value in being able to direct the carrier to shut down the tower they're using?
No, because once you do that you've alerted the bad guys to the fact that you know who and where they are. Better to let them keep talking, but monitor it and use triangulation to pick them out for targeted strikes. That would result in dead terrorists much, much more quickly than impeding their ability to communicate, which would just result in them scattering and disappearing into the woodwork. Exactly what happened in Mumbai (one of the attackers was arrested, nine were killed, and an unknown number, at least 10, disappeared).
This is the problem with approaching any kind of battle from the perspective of the police: police seek to control a situation, warriors seek to turn it to their advantage. Who cares if the enemy is talking if you can listen in to the conversation? Make use of it, then kill them with their own weapons.
One of the sites seized by DHS recently was a Spanish site. You guys are just as screwed by our government as we are.
Have you not been paying attention? The DHS just seized dozens, if not hundreds, of domain names. Do you honestly think they won't seize the OpenNIC domain name if they see them as a threat? Which eventually, they will?
And if that doesn't work, they'll seize their actual hardware using asset forfeiture laws. It's only a matter of time.
You (and whatever idiot modded me down) don't get it.
Calling the Soviet system a "stern nanny" is about the most idiotic thing I've ever seen. It was a police state far, far worse than the US (though we're heading in that direction). You could be arrested and sent to Siberia for not turning in your family member who said something negative about the Politburo. If you crossed the wrong politician, they could (and would) take you away and no one would ever see you again. That's not a stern nanny, that's a fucking psychotic nanny.
Reading comprehension FAIL on your part. Corporations simply pass the cost of taxes on to their customers. You could set the tax rate on corporations at 100%, all it would do is push the costs for goods and services up by a comparable amount, forcing consumers to spend more.
OpenNIC is a great idea. Enjoy it while we still have it (it's only a matter of time before the FCC or some other regulatory body decides that OpenNIC has to go away, and then it will).