Do these "greatful 3rd world workers" sit there all day because they want to, or because they can't afford not to?
Have you been to a sweat shop? I saw where Wilson makes baseballs in Haiti, all hand sewn. Try doing that for 10 hours a day 7 days a week for minimal pay. Even if it is the going rate for that country. Can't Wilson/Nike/any company afford to pay their employees? Sure they can, but why, when they "need" a new Beemer to fill the 4th garage?
Why are we Americans so sure that everyone else would be so greatful to be like us, isn't that a bit presumptuous? Why don't we climb down off our high horse and actually do something, instead of make excuses for the way things are.
How greatful would you be if you were begging and recived a "gift"?
Would you be greatful?
Or would you be ashamed to be in the position you were in?
so if shoe costs maybe 10$ to make after labor and materials, where do the other 60$ go? Is shipping that expensive or is that to pad the pockets of the folks who are supposed to looking out for the poor folks inhaling toxic "new shoe" fumes? What a sick world we live in!
After seeing "Oktober skies" I had a few days where I really wanted to Launch a rocket of some sort. There is just something about building something and having it go that is amazing!
And then somebody comes along and calls your trip to the moon a hoax!
CONSPIRACY THEORY
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NASA put a man on the moon for the first time in 1969 -- or did it? Could the entire moon program have been an elaborate deception staged to fool the public? The conspiracy theories are investigated in the all-new one-hour special
CONSPIRACY THEORY:DID WE LAND ON THE MOON Thursday, Feb. 15 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). (SP-0139) (TV-PG)
I don't give a damn about what I consider an inferior species if it has no effect on me.
The air you breath has no effect on you? What pray tell takes the Co2 from the air combines it with H2o to give O2? um, yeah, that would be plants, algae (which give coral their color), and um, not your living and enjoying yourself. You cant live too long in a Co2 rich environment. The Co2 displaces the O2 ya need to "live."
Plants have been doing this for millenia. Algae in the sea have been doing this for eons. Personally I dont think we need any "new" species doing what can be done already. If we focus on using what we already have wisely, we should have no reason to "create" new/better ones.
I think it is very haughty of us to presume that we know what is better for the world. Why don't we develop ways to better take advantage of those species already present? Estuaries and coral reefs are some of the most productive biological systems on the planet, and also two of the most fragile. The amount of carbon fixed by those sytems rivals the other sytems combined (including rainforests). But we as humans don't care much for them. We instead try to come up with systems suited to our needs when we should be figuring out how to protect the systems we already have.
now kill me if im wrong, but wasnt the bush campaign running with the motto "vote freedom first" or something along that line? I was under the impression that elections were a state's buisness. Shouldnt it stop at the state level? I guess florida should succeed from the Union and take it all the way if they want all their votes counted. Another thing this election has shown us is how elected officials in lower offices (secretary of state, county prosecutors, circut court judges) will follow their party lines. Some of them are not supposed to be biased in their decisions, but their party favors (pun intended) show what side of the bed they sleep on. for a good time call http://www.megatokyo.com/
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i installed sesame street speak and spell on my computer. now this big blue monster won't leave me alone.
COOKIES!! Mgrorph grumph argrumph yum yum yum
"Aren't all cameras disposable?"
You would pay for a cat? I know some farms where you can take home as many as you want FOR FREE!
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OZONE. Makes winamp sound like older and better analog media (ie warmer and deeper).
GROOVY Now my PC thinks its an 8Track player.
more like half naked man. I followed that link for no reason!
And here I left my hand in my other pants. I really have to get those files to the Boss!
How do you get her out of the kitchen to work the TV. Or do you have it installed over the Stove and Dishwasher.
Have you been to a sweat shop? I saw where Wilson makes baseballs in Haiti, all hand sewn. Try doing that for 10 hours a day 7 days a week for minimal pay. Even if it is the going rate for that country. Can't Wilson/Nike/any company afford to pay their employees? Sure they can, but why, when they "need" a new Beemer to fill the 4th garage?
Why are we Americans so sure that everyone else would be so greatful to be like us, isn't that a bit presumptuous? Why don't we climb down off our high horse and actually do something, instead of make excuses for the way things are.
How greatful would you be if you were begging and recived a "gift"?
Would you be greatful?
Or would you be ashamed to be in the position you were in?
Hmmm, think about that for a bit.
so if shoe costs maybe 10$ to make after labor and materials, where do the other 60$ go? Is shipping that expensive or is that to pad the pockets of the folks who are supposed to looking out for the poor folks inhaling toxic "new shoe" fumes? What a sick world we live in!
2001-05-20 23:32:45
After seeing "Oktober skies" I had a few days where I really wanted to Launch a rocket of some sort. There is just something about building something and having it go that is amazing!
And then somebody comes along and calls your trip to the moon a hoax!
So don't go knocking the kingdom Plantae buddy!
Plants have been doing this for millenia. Algae in the sea have been doing this for eons. Personally I dont think we need any "new" species doing what can be done already. If we focus on using what we already have wisely, we should have no reason to "create" new/better ones.
I think it is very haughty of us to presume that we know what is better for the world. Why don't we develop ways to better take advantage of those species already present? Estuaries and coral reefs are some of the most productive biological systems on the planet, and also two of the most fragile. The amount of carbon fixed by those sytems rivals the other sytems combined (including rainforests). But we as humans don't care much for them. We instead try to come up with systems suited to our needs when we should be figuring out how to protect the systems we already have.
now kill me if im wrong, but wasnt the bush campaign running with the motto "vote freedom first" or something along that line? I was under the impression that elections were a state's buisness. Shouldnt it stop at the state level? I guess florida should succeed from the Union and take it all the way if they want all their votes counted. Another thing this election has shown us is how elected officials in lower offices (secretary of state, county prosecutors, circut court judges) will follow their party lines. Some of them are not supposed to be biased in their decisions, but their party favors (pun intended) show what side of the bed they sleep on. for a good time call http://www.megatokyo.com/