He did violate his oath. And perhaps he should face the death penalty.
But his defiance of criminal acts suppressed through secrecy in spite of the risk also makes him an American patriot and hero.
And the illegal treatment he has received, that as circumvented the lawful process of justice is also a reprehensible failure of the system and an act of treason against the United States of America.
It makes it true in my specific case. It isn't a generalization or a stereotype. It is what actually happened to me and everyone else in that particular circle of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches that cropped up around USAF bases around the world.
Those were not atheists. They worshiped the god of the communist ideal and soviet mastery of the world as handed down by their saints Lenin and Stalin with irrational faith. They could appeal to that higher power and take their reward from the act of service itself.
Atheists have no motive for apocalyptic warfare because they know that they will not survive and there is no god to reward them on the other side. Most of the so called atheists in the old USSR were anything but.
I think you fail to realize that I was a part of that faction. One where prayer for the apocalypse and extinction of the human race is common. Where service in the USAF:SAC was strongly encouraged. Where it was a blessing to be a soldier fighting in armageddon. Where a not insignificant portion of those my father worked with in the SAC also shared those same beliefs.
The lightest Aerogel when evacuated has a density of ~1mg/cm^3
It is porous, and when air is allowed into its structure to goes up to 1.9mg/cm^3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel
It doesn't have the strength to resist 1 atmosphere of pressure when sealed. But helium can be used to equalize the pressure and the material will float in air.
One problem with the US is that we have a fundamentalist christian faction that is OK with, and even eager to receive a bit of thermonuclear holocaust. For some reason, many of them are drawn to careers in the USAF, particularly the Strategic Air Command. My father was one.
Corporate corruption is infecting government already. The idea is to restrict evil and corruption, render it impotent and with enough effort, purge it regardless of its source.
You presume that government by its very nature is inherently corrupt and it is the sole source of corruption.
Government and corporations are both corrupt. The free market ideal is flawed because it assumes rational actors with perfect knowledge and honesty. The free market can not correct the corruption of corporations in the current system. Government can. So what we want is to purge the corruption from government and realign its powers and goals to represent the well being of people of the US instead of crony malfeasance. More or less government is a moot point if the corruption in it isn't purged first.
As for voting republican? I would, if there was a republican candidate who I didn't find morally reprehensible, corrupt and economically idiotic. John Huntsman may have qualified, but he won't make it through the primary. I don't exactly like Obama either, but he is slightly less repugnant than any of the Republican front runners. I can't vote Reform any more either since they were Pat Buchananized.
No. What I am saying is that when you are rich you can afford to steal bread from the poor because the police work for you.
When you are rich, you can get a windfall by laying off 20 thousand workers to improve the numbers for a quarter and then dumping your stock options at the high point before pawning off the damage on someone else and moving on to the next company to shred.
When you are rich, it is cheaper to bribe politicians to let you pay no taxes than it is to pay your taxes and support the society that enabled you to become rich.
When you are rich, it is easier to bribe politicians for fat government contracts, bailouts, and anti competitive laws than it is to work within the system and compete in a fair and externally regulated market.
There is a shiftless immoral criminal leaching class in America that siphon wealth from the system and weaken America as a whole. And the ones that do us all the most harm are the ones at the top.
As for the mods: its been that way for a while. It isn't just individuals suppressing comments they do not like, there are also groups actively using mod points for social engineering. It varies by topic but there are groups that purposely use moderation to silence and promote ideas that they do not like. I have seen in in action by Zionists, Iranian regime supporters, Microsofties, Apple Fanatics, Liberals and Conservatives alike. And probably a few more I have not seen specifically.
Part of that is that the guy with the ball has orchestrated a trick play, and intentionally made it hard to figure out where the ball is. Plus they already have the score on the board and the clock is running down and you are out of time outs. So when you finally find the guy to tackle he steps out of bounds rather than risk a fumble and turnover and they take their time setting up the next play.
I agree that A and B are bad ideas. My dumbass hippy brother supports them as well.
C is very very much legitimate.
I also submit E: Government reform intended to stamp out corruption and graft both in government as well as corporate entities. Effectively to take back the government that has been auctioned off to the highest bidder and no longer provides for the common good.
The specifics on E are very hard to nail down, in no small part because the people in power over government and business are intentionally obfuscating and hiding their own corruption and collusion. There are many local Occupy movements that have nailed down their demands for local government. But on a national scale it is going to take organization. Occupy is only a few months old, in the long run it is going to take years to effect serious positive change.
GAH! You are willfully ignorant if you don't know what their agenda is at this point.
They are NOT! pissed off about people making money. Communists are the extreme minority of the protesters.
They are pissed about corruption in the system that disenfranchises the vast majority of people for the personal gain of a handful of plutocrats.
The vast majority of them don't give a damn about rich people being rich. The problem is that being rich means you can make other people poor.
What do we want done about it? Campaign finance reform for one. Balancing the budget by eliminating tax breaks and raising taxes on those most capable of providing the burden. Cutting graft and corrupt influences from the government.
Being occasionally correct in criticizing Obama in no way validates the rest of the shit they spew. Being open minded is different that graciously accepting any bullshit someone throws in your direction.
The entire democratic party sucks. But they suck less than the republicans. You should note that the Republican party has also been weakened by the Tea Parties brinkmanship, just as much as the democratic party has been weakened by its own failures.
I think the disillusionment with Obama's false hope and change is part of what is feeding into the Occupy movement. Occupy has a higher approval rating than the Democratic party, and the Republican party and the Tea Party. Its going to take more than a year to organize, but I am not entirely pessimistic that a true populist liberal movement is taking shape and could threaten both parties as they exist now.
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I have seen it at the tea party rallies I was at, the majority of the people there were spouting racist hate.
Loose lips also reveal war crimes.
He did violate his oath. And perhaps he should face the death penalty.
But his defiance of criminal acts suppressed through secrecy in spite of the risk also makes him an American patriot and hero.
And the illegal treatment he has received, that as circumvented the lawful process of justice is also a reprehensible failure of the system and an act of treason against the United States of America.
Bradley Manning is a true American patriot and hero for exposing the malignant corruption infesting and perverting the great American ideal.
Some things do not care about evolutionary pressure.
Humanity can not evolve a biological defense against a bullet to the brain.
A cell can not evolve a biological defense against having its cell wall shredded by an oxidizing agent.
It makes it true in my specific case. It isn't a generalization or a stereotype. It is what actually happened to me and everyone else in that particular circle of Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches that cropped up around USAF bases around the world.
Those were not atheists. They worshiped the god of the communist ideal and soviet mastery of the world as handed down by their saints Lenin and Stalin with irrational faith. They could appeal to that higher power and take their reward from the act of service itself.
Atheists have no motive for apocalyptic warfare because they know that they will not survive and there is no god to reward them on the other side. Most of the so called atheists in the old USSR were anything but.
I think you fail to realize that I was a part of that faction. One where prayer for the apocalypse and extinction of the human race is common. Where service in the USAF:SAC was strongly encouraged. Where it was a blessing to be a soldier fighting in armageddon. Where a not insignificant portion of those my father worked with in the SAC also shared those same beliefs.
The lightest Aerogel when evacuated has a density of ~1mg/cm^3
It is porous, and when air is allowed into its structure to goes up to 1.9mg/cm^3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel
It doesn't have the strength to resist 1 atmosphere of pressure when sealed. But helium can be used to equalize the pressure and the material will float in air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoCAxS4vqwQ
Some Aerogels can already float in air, but most of those are incredibly fragile.
One problem with the US is that we have a fundamentalist christian faction that is OK with, and even eager to receive a bit of thermonuclear holocaust. For some reason, many of them are drawn to careers in the USAF, particularly the Strategic Air Command. My father was one.
Corporate corruption is infecting government already. The idea is to restrict evil and corruption, render it impotent and with enough effort, purge it regardless of its source.
You forgot to place similar restrictions on religious organizations. I don't want religious corruption and evil influencing politics either.
Actually a lot of people want us and ask us to police the world.
The Kuwaiti and Saudi leadership did when Saddam rolled in. NATO does when we fund the bulk of their military capabilities.
The US has a shitload of problems and flaws, but you are off base there.
You presume that government by its very nature is inherently corrupt and it is the sole source of corruption.
Government and corporations are both corrupt. The free market ideal is flawed because it assumes rational actors with perfect knowledge and honesty. The free market can not correct the corruption of corporations in the current system. Government can. So what we want is to purge the corruption from government and realign its powers and goals to represent the well being of people of the US instead of crony malfeasance. More or less government is a moot point if the corruption in it isn't purged first.
As for voting republican? I would, if there was a republican candidate who I didn't find morally reprehensible, corrupt and economically idiotic. John Huntsman may have qualified, but he won't make it through the primary. I don't exactly like Obama either, but he is slightly less repugnant than any of the Republican front runners. I can't vote Reform any more either since they were Pat Buchananized.
No. What I am saying is that when you are rich you can afford to steal bread from the poor because the police work for you.
When you are rich, you can get a windfall by laying off 20 thousand workers to improve the numbers for a quarter and then dumping your stock options at the high point before pawning off the damage on someone else and moving on to the next company to shred.
When you are rich, it is cheaper to bribe politicians to let you pay no taxes than it is to pay your taxes and support the society that enabled you to become rich.
When you are rich, it is easier to bribe politicians for fat government contracts, bailouts, and anti competitive laws than it is to work within the system and compete in a fair and externally regulated market.
There is a shiftless immoral criminal leaching class in America that siphon wealth from the system and weaken America as a whole. And the ones that do us all the most harm are the ones at the top.
As for the mods: its been that way for a while. It isn't just individuals suppressing comments they do not like, there are also groups actively using mod points for social engineering. It varies by topic but there are groups that purposely use moderation to silence and promote ideas that they do not like. I have seen in in action by Zionists, Iranian regime supporters, Microsofties, Apple Fanatics, Liberals and Conservatives alike. And probably a few more I have not seen specifically.
Part of that is that the guy with the ball has orchestrated a trick play, and intentionally made it hard to figure out where the ball is. Plus they already have the score on the board and the clock is running down and you are out of time outs. So when you finally find the guy to tackle he steps out of bounds rather than risk a fumble and turnover and they take their time setting up the next play.
I agree that A and B are bad ideas. My dumbass hippy brother supports them as well.
C is very very much legitimate.
I also submit E:
Government reform intended to stamp out corruption and graft both in government as well as corporate entities. Effectively to take back the government that has been auctioned off to the highest bidder and no longer provides for the common good.
The specifics on E are very hard to nail down, in no small part because the people in power over government and business are intentionally obfuscating and hiding their own corruption and collusion. There are many local Occupy movements that have nailed down their demands for local government. But on a national scale it is going to take organization. Occupy is only a few months old, in the long run it is going to take years to effect serious positive change.
Exactly. Why should the record companies be allowed to steal art from the public domain by eternally extending copyright?
Ayn Rand fucktard, not Ann Rand. I've read her shit. And guess what? It is worthless shit.
GAH! You are willfully ignorant if you don't know what their agenda is at this point.
They are NOT! pissed off about people making money. Communists are the extreme minority of the protesters.
They are pissed about corruption in the system that disenfranchises the vast majority of people for the personal gain of a handful of plutocrats.
The vast majority of them don't give a damn about rich people being rich. The problem is that being rich means you can make other people poor.
What do we want done about it? Campaign finance reform for one. Balancing the budget by eliminating tax breaks and raising taxes on those most capable of providing the burden. Cutting graft and corrupt influences from the government.
There are people protesting in Washington. OWS is not limited to wall street.
2 is a a propaganda lie.
Being occasionally correct in criticizing Obama in no way validates the rest of the shit they spew. Being open minded is different that graciously accepting any bullshit someone throws in your direction.
The entire democratic party sucks. But they suck less than the republicans. You should note that the Republican party has also been weakened by the Tea Parties brinkmanship, just as much as the democratic party has been weakened by its own failures.
I think the disillusionment with Obama's false hope and change is part of what is feeding into the Occupy movement. Occupy has a higher approval rating than the Democratic party, and the Republican party and the Tea Party. Its going to take more than a year to organize, but I am not entirely pessimistic that a true populist liberal movement is taking shape and could threaten both parties as they exist now.