Indeed. We are now at the point in the anti-science strategy where you admit some minimalistic version of what the science is saying, but spin it so that the admission isn't a big deal.
It'll only matter to people when they actually feel the pain of their choices - when the waves lap up Wall Street, not due to a storm, but on a fair day, you better believe someone will finally be paying attention.. of course, it'll be too late. But why should the 1% care? They can just move to higher ground. Probably already have houses on higher ground.
Real learning begins when the children leave off what they are fed and begin research of their own, "Why does this work/not work? Where do I find the information." Critical Thinking opens that door.
In the section titled "Educating Our Children," the document states that "corporal punishment is effective" and recommends teachers be given "more authority" to deal with disciplinary problems.
Time outs work much better.
One on one session, discussing what was done, why it was wrong and how you'd feel if it were done to you is pretty effective, too. Punishing without any real exploration of the issue doens't accomplish much, but you just might find your kids becoming cagey and trying to get away with things rather than develop as good citizens.
"We recommend that local school boards and classroom teachers be given more authority to deal with disciplinary problems. Corporal punishment is effective and legal in Texas. "
Why stop there? Let's roll out capital punishment. Build a few concentration camps and frog march those who dare to think or teach others to.
It's that ability to look beyond dogma, hyperbole, straw-man arguments, etc. and make your own decisions. Small wonder anyone in political power would rigorously fight people learning to think for themselves, they may find their beliefs change over time and switch party affiliation or (horrors) become independents - evaluating candidates based upon their ability to get things done, rather than what they like to talk about at campaign events.
He was once my boss and I thought he was a pretty level-headed guy with a pretty good vision. Perhaps it's this politics and government stuff which makes him look like a fish out of water.
Well, with Obamacare, NDAA, PATRIOT Act, DHS/TSA, etc etc etc now a fact, your first line about driving becomes:
Remember, in the New USA your continued existence as a non-imprisoned and still-living, breathing, human being is a Privilege, not a Right and can be revoked at any time without due process.
I weep for my country, for it is dead. We now have a "ruling regime", not a government of, by, and for the People. And because I know God is just, I also tremble in fear for my country.
Strat
More hysteria -- I often wonder where such thinking comes from. Now I've got a front row seat.
I look forward to the day we have spacecraft to go to places like this, by trans-light speed (and somehow feed signals back to us) just imagine watching something like this on a big screen.
You'll be subsidized if you can't afford it. Otherwise, it's pretty much like car insurance, so was the game already over decades ago?
But no one forces you, upon penalty...to buy car insurance. If you don't own a car, or if you choose not to drive on public roads (and, not all states mandate car insurance, if you can show you have money set aside for accidents).....
The difference is this: You can choose to not have a car, but you can't choose to not have a body which may become unwell of its own accord through various intereaction, enviromental or direct action by others upon it (unless there's some new whizzy way to not have a body and still function in and partake of the benefits of this world;o)
Inadvertent my ass. CJ Roberts is playing the long game. He's playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers, to bastardize a quote from Erick Erickson. This is exactly what he wanted; he keeps the Supremes out of the political arena and galvanizes people to do what they should've done in the first place; repeal the freaking thing. Don't make the Court do the dirty work.
Once it goes into effect it'll be very ugly battle to repeal it. Make the passing of it look like morris dancing.
Yes, and car insurance mandates are pretty worthless. You still have people ignoring the law. The mandated minimums are grossly inadequate while being a large financial burden for those that are high risk.
I still need to have my own coverage to insure that my own interests are looked after.
Based on the stated purpose of the mandate, it is a total failure.
That's not even getting into the basic separation of powers issue here and the fact that I can avoid cars and car insurance entirely if I so choose.
Remember, driving a car is a Privilege, not a Right. You could live closer to work or public transportation. Due to the very low price of petrol/gas in the United States people have become spoiled and complacent - believing the solution to higher prices is to increase production - never mind the fools shoveling their entire paycheck into the tank of some road behemoth, who are in competition with you for that commodity. There's also the matter of when, through no fault of your own, you are hit by an uninsured motorist - your insurance should have a clause in it protecting you against loss or preposterous litigation (It's his fault! He was sitting there in my way when I ran the STOP sign!!) A friend went through this and having insurance really saved him from ruin, because some teenage girl really had to steal her mother's car and race do the street to meet her waiting Romeo somewhere. Wrecked his car, broke his jaw and he had to be air-lifted to a hospital.
You'll be subsidized if you can't afford it. Otherwise, it's pretty much like car insurance, so was the game already over decades ago?
Biggest piece of social legislation since FDR and it survives, which means we start moving people back into healtcare. Back when I started my first full-time job, the healtcare coverage was excellent and 60%+ americans had healthcare coverage though their employers. Then we dropped to about 30%, with ever increasing premiums and deductables, further, the grantors of coverage were weeding out the expensive applicants because of Pre-Existing conditions (and we now have technology available for them to spot people higher risk of certain conditions, that's stacking the deck against people if ever it were.) Now, with the full weight of law we return to First World Status, looking after our people (even if some don't think they want it, everyone really does benefit in one or more ways here.)
While I felt it was a Frankenstein bill, when going through the House and Senate, because one party chose to hold their breath until they turned blue rather than participate (even with provisions they once championed), we at least have something.
When some potlicker tried to follow me up my driveway, at 2 AM, because "it was too dark to see my tail lights" he was tested at the scene and then tested again "downtown" Registering 0.17
Apprehending officers can also, and often do, use some video and audio at the scene. This guy, rocking back and forth on his feet, because he can hardly keep his balance, was convinced it was all the other driver's fault. Put that on video for the judge to see.
Every time I see that name I think of the Palm Tungsten... could have picked a different element. I don't think anyone has done anything meaninful with Yttrium lately.
I personally think Family Guy is completely inane. The writing has done nothing but devolve since the first season, especially after the hiatus following season 2 (I think). At least something good came out of its mass appeal.
I couldn't stand more than a few shows. A few good gags mired in a plethora of dumb ones. Makes Simpsons look downright cerebral. American Dad never worked for me, after watching it a few times. In reflection, it made Family Guy look better by comparison.
I wonder if the LoC would be interested in the Seth MacFarlane papers, when he pops his clogs.
Really. They've been working toward this goal for years. There was some doubt whether they'd achieve it after the dotcom bubble burst in 2000. It's called "Making A Profit" which only a few have flirted at for years.
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Indeed. We are now at the point in the anti-science strategy where you admit some minimalistic version of what the science is saying, but spin it so that the admission isn't a big deal.
It'll only matter to people when they actually feel the pain of their choices - when the waves lap up Wall Street, not due to a storm, but on a fair day, you better believe someone will finally be paying attention .. of course, it'll be too late. But why should the 1% care? They can just move to higher ground. Probably already have houses on higher ground.
I hear pigs can smell truffles underground, some flying pigs should do much better than the drones.
Sure, all we need is Arnold Ziffle and Zsa Zsa to translate for us.. <_<
Seriously we are using drug sniffing drones?
The drones are more dangerous than the drugs in this situation!
These are pointing them out. Not bombing them.
Real learning begins when the children leave off what they are fed and begin research of their own, "Why does this work/not work? Where do I find the information." Critical Thinking opens that door.
In the section titled "Educating Our Children," the document states that "corporal punishment is effective" and recommends teachers be given "more authority" to deal with disciplinary problems.
Time outs work much better.
One on one session, discussing what was done, why it was wrong and how you'd feel if it were done to you is pretty effective, too. Punishing without any real exploration of the issue doens't accomplish much, but you just might find your kids becoming cagey and trying to get away with things rather than develop as good citizens.
Why not? It works for North Korea!
Works for totalitarian regimes everywhere. Two world wars were waged, largely manned by people who stopped thinking and did what they were told.
"We recommend that local school boards and classroom teachers be given more authority to deal with disciplinary problems. Corporal punishment is effective and legal in Texas. "
Why stop there? Let's roll out capital punishment. Build a few concentration camps and frog march those who dare to think or teach others to.
It's that ability to look beyond dogma, hyperbole, straw-man arguments, etc. and make your own decisions. Small wonder anyone in political power would rigorously fight people learning to think for themselves, they may find their beliefs change over time and switch party affiliation or (horrors) become independents - evaluating candidates based upon their ability to get things done, rather than what they like to talk about at campaign events.
Highly sugared, caffeinated, low fibre, deep-fried breakfast cereals I see endorsed by /. posters.
The next threat after terrorists.
Too late -- we were all a lot of peaceful, sharing people, about 10,000 years ago .. then came the aliens and it's been warfare ever since.
Dr. Wossname calls them 'the instigators, wants to fly there in a space vessel and give them a super-wedgie.
He was once my boss and I thought he was a pretty level-headed guy with a pretty good vision. Perhaps it's this politics and government stuff which makes him look like a fish out of water.
Well, with Obamacare, NDAA, PATRIOT Act, DHS/TSA, etc etc etc now a fact, your first line about driving becomes:
Remember, in the New USA your continued existence as a non-imprisoned and still-living, breathing, human being is a Privilege, not a Right and can be revoked at any time without due process.
I weep for my country, for it is dead. We now have a "ruling regime", not a government of, by, and for the People. And because I know God is just, I also tremble in fear for my country.
Strat
More hysteria -- I often wonder where such thinking comes from. Now I've got a front row seat.
I look forward to the day we have spacecraft to go to places like this, by trans-light speed (and somehow feed signals back to us) just imagine watching something like this on a big screen.
Begging your pardon, but that entire post reads like FUD.
+1
But no one forces you, upon penalty...to buy car insurance. If you don't own a car, or if you choose not to drive on public roads (and, not all states mandate car insurance, if you can show you have money set aside for accidents).....
The difference is this: You can choose to not have a car, but you can't choose to not have a body which may become unwell of its own accord through various intereaction, enviromental or direct action by others upon it (unless there's some new whizzy way to not have a body and still function in and partake of the benefits of this world ;o)
Inadvertent my ass. CJ Roberts is playing the long game. He's playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers, to bastardize a quote from Erick Erickson. This is exactly what he wanted; he keeps the Supremes out of the political arena and galvanizes people to do what they should've done in the first place; repeal the freaking thing. Don't make the Court do the dirty work.
Once it goes into effect it'll be very ugly battle to repeal it. Make the passing of it look like morris dancing.
Yes, and car insurance mandates are pretty worthless. You still have people ignoring the law. The mandated minimums are grossly inadequate while being a large financial burden for those that are high risk.
I still need to have my own coverage to insure that my own interests are looked after.
Based on the stated purpose of the mandate, it is a total failure.
That's not even getting into the basic separation of powers issue here and the fact that I can avoid cars and car insurance entirely if I so choose.
Remember, driving a car is a Privilege, not a Right. You could live closer to work or public transportation. Due to the very low price of petrol/gas in the United States people have become spoiled and complacent - believing the solution to higher prices is to increase production - never mind the fools shoveling their entire paycheck into the tank of some road behemoth, who are in competition with you for that commodity. There's also the matter of when, through no fault of your own, you are hit by an uninsured motorist - your insurance should have a clause in it protecting you against loss or preposterous litigation (It's his fault! He was sitting there in my way when I ran the STOP sign!!) A friend went through this and having insurance really saved him from ruin, because some teenage girl really had to steal her mother's car and race do the street to meet her waiting Romeo somewhere. Wrecked his car, broke his jaw and he had to be air-lifted to a hospital.
You'll be subsidized if you can't afford it. Otherwise, it's pretty much like car insurance, so was the game already over decades ago?
Biggest piece of social legislation since FDR and it survives, which means we start moving people back into healtcare. Back when I started my first full-time job, the healtcare coverage was excellent and 60%+ americans had healthcare coverage though their employers. Then we dropped to about 30%, with ever increasing premiums and deductables, further, the grantors of coverage were weeding out the expensive applicants because of Pre-Existing conditions (and we now have technology available for them to spot people higher risk of certain conditions, that's stacking the deck against people if ever it were.) Now, with the full weight of law we return to First World Status, looking after our people (even if some don't think they want it, everyone really does benefit in one or more ways here.)
While I felt it was a Frankenstein bill, when going through the House and Senate, because one party chose to hold their breath until they turned blue rather than participate (even with provisions they once championed), we at least have something.
Which is counterpoint to granting tax breaks to get people to do something.
Carrot or Stick, you have your choice.
Don't like it? Blame those broad powers granted through phrases like "provide for the general welfare" in the Constitution.
When some potlicker tried to follow me up my driveway, at 2 AM, because "it was too dark to see my tail lights" he was tested at the scene and then tested again "downtown" Registering 0.17
Apprehending officers can also, and often do, use some video and audio at the scene. This guy, rocking back and forth on his feet, because he can hardly keep his balance, was convinced it was all the other driver's fault. Put that on video for the judge to see.
Every time I see that name I think of the Palm Tungsten... could have picked a different element. I don't think anyone has done anything meaninful with Yttrium lately.
I personally think Family Guy is completely inane. The writing has done nothing but devolve since the first season, especially after the hiatus following season 2 (I think). At least something good came out of its mass appeal.
I couldn't stand more than a few shows. A few good gags mired in a plethora of dumb ones. Makes Simpsons look downright cerebral. American Dad never worked for me, after watching it a few times. In reflection, it made Family Guy look better by comparison.
I wonder if the LoC would be interested in the Seth MacFarlane papers, when he pops his clogs.
No matter what you think of Seth MacFarlane's body of work (early Family Guy is good, the rest is meh at best) he should be commended.
Always nice to see someone who makes their filthy lucre on Fox doing some good karma. ;o)
come on - give me a break.
Really. They've been working toward this goal for years. There was some doubt whether they'd achieve it after the dotcom bubble burst in 2000. It's called "Making A Profit" which only a few have flirted at for years.