Well, I believe the NAACP & KKK could both go right away and that would help loads. Both groups are fanatics for their racial views of the world, and both are wrong (but at least the NAACP uses good PR - sounding honorable).
Racism goes beyond simple party politics. Democrat, Republican, Communist, Socialist - all can be a mixed boat of racism. Knowing this is an election year, one has to realize no that politician is going to say anything that will offend a large group of potential voters. The Democrats will beat on the drums for affirmative action since minorities love it. Republicans will play along. Nothing will happen with racial law for the next year.
Any action that results in advancement of one race of people against another race of people is racist. Affirmative action is quite racist. However, the minority that have been oppressed in this country (USA), until (officially) the mid-1960's, love it. You can be well educated with a great personality and all the right experience, but if the place you are applying to has been told that they have too many people of your race then you are out. Discriminatory? You betcha. But not discriminatory against the races that have been traditionally discriminated against for far too long.
Want to change these discriminatory practises? Good luck. If you are not of a race that has been traditionally discriminated against, then any actions you bring to the table will be viewed as suspect. Now it is time to turn the tables around, even if it is slight.
I have come to the conclusion that changing this societys view on racism will take a huge cultural change. Education will play a huge part, so will government intervention. Schools need to be equalized so that those underperforming are brought up to standard (regardless of racial makeup). The media has to stop over-reporting race - I don't need to hear the race of a criminal or the racial makeup of an underperforming school. The government has to stop racial profiling its departments and bureaus and let them hire the most qualified persons that apply. Discard race. Teach children to love each other regardless of race. Let 'race' die out in society. Then we will be one large step closer to a civilized and equal society.
The ACLU should start a class-action suit against the federal government of the USA. The current administration is redacting far too much information under the excuse of "national security". NS used to be used only when necessary, and only very selectively (for example to redact field agents identities). Now DOJ documents showing lack of workplace diversity are being redacted - a subject not related to NS in the very least.
The citizenry are quickly losing all control of the government, and the government is actively hiding information from the citizens. We need to regain control of the government, media, and military before the USA starts looking more like the USSR...
These shopping carts might work if they will actually help you to shop. I want to be able to scan almost all purchases on the cart. The cart would then wirelessly communicate the purchase information to the register. The register would print the receipt and handle payment options. Anything else the cart does is extra.
I don't need a cart that advertises stuff that is not on sale, that is sold-out, or "goes great with" the product I am purchasing. I also don't need the cart to talk to me, so a mute button is a requirement. Leave talking on by default (for the reading impaired), but make sure that mute button works.
All evidence at this point stands to up to reason and makes clear the implications for a high level of vote taking, accounting, and tabulation fraud. The evidence presented should be enough to warrant any reasonable governments to bring the processes, in detail, into question and to suspend use of this voting platform until a grand jury can form an opinion and/or verdict on the continued use of these types of voting platforms.
OK, the above possibly being true, why haven't voters caused an uproar over this potentially corrupt system being used? Simple - apathy. Most citizens are too worried about other things to care about the government. Most people want the government out of their lives and in exchange they will stay away from government functions. This plays right into the hands of those willing to put a system, such as this, into production. What can be done about the citizenry? Very little. A possible route is to find a way into the mass media and announce this fraud to the world. But the world already knows and can't change our system so what is your point already.
The only way to attack this system and initiate change is to use the power of government against the system. Find a politician that has power and is willing accept reason. Convince him/her to find a way to present charges of vote process fraud, and hope like hell that a committee will suspend the use of the process until a full investigation by independent panels can write an opinion. This will be time-consuming, and the result may not be what is desired, but as I see it, the only way to stop this potential fraud and abuse of the voting system.
So the studios and broadcasters want to protect content against copyright infringers and this works against the 'fair-use' and 'time-shifting' rules that allow for personal recording of content. Sounds oddly familiar.
While the studios and broadcasters have rights to protect their content, these rights should not be allowed to override the rights of consumers to 'time-shift' content. As someone who records anything to be watched (on a vcr no less - tivos are still too expensive), this threat of rule change is disturbing. On one hand I can see the point of protecting content from unauthorized distribution, and protecting exclusive content, on the other hand the rule would affect the consumer by forcing the consumer to be subservient to the scheduling whims of programming directors.
I would like to see a compromise put forward. To protect exclusive content (like a sporting event) the broadcast flag would include a 'day' or 'hour' count. A recording device could record the content provided, but only play after the number of days (defined as 24 hours in the rule) or hours expired. A limit of 3 days and/or 72 hours would be enforced. As for protecting content - well we know that can't happen yet, but the studio execs are hardheaded PHBs without a clue. Throw them a bone and include a device/registration code into the file on the device and several (invisible) watermarks while content is played back. Chances are the code won't survive being converted to mpg-4/divx, but at least it was an attempt.
I want to really like iTunes, but these fake memory error messages are a real pain. If I leave AdSubtract and Norton AV active then iTunes states it has some memory error. Turn off filtering - same error. Turn off NAV - same error. Close out AdSubtract - iTunes is able to work. Reactivate AdSubtract and iTunes loses what little mind it has. I even added the addresses iTunes uses (from router logs) and it still doesn't work right. Guess its time to start sending hourly complaints to Apple....
Guess all I can do is close out Adsubract and NAV then only use iTunes. Can't surf and use iTunes at the same time = big minus.
Regardless of what has been stated in the mass media, this case should be regarding the 1954 additions to the Pledge made by McCarthy proponents and/or anti-communists and/or religious leaders. The phrase "under God" should be the item under debate and whether Congress acted unconstitutionally when it allowed the phrase to be added to the pledge. The Congress at that time could have been under similar pressures as when currently they approved the PATRIOT act. Both items are controversial and could be unconstitutional.
Whether children should be required to recite the pledge is a rather moot point - children will follow peer pressure and an instructor. Once one child starts reciting with the instructor, then the rest of the class will fall in and start.
I personally don't feel that "under God" should have been added to the pledge and that it should be removed. Children reciting the pledge should always be voluntary and it should be stressed that it is voluntary. The last thing the US needs is to be seen as a militant nationalist superpower that forces patriotism onto our young. Leave that to China, Cuba, and North Korea (amongst others).
This is the way things should have been from the begining when mobile/cell phones first started being sold to the public. Buying a new cell phone should not require you to have to get a new number and go through all the fuss of notifying family, friends and employer(s). I've got too many post-it notes in my wallet from friends/co-workers changing cell numbers. Buy a cell and keep that number for life if you want - that sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone knows what is going to happen here. MS cannot/will-not remove the infringing code from IE, and neither will they pay these fools for using the code.
Obviously it will be Billy-boy to the rescue buying-out this company for an undisclosed amount (+$500 million). Billy will sell the company to MS for tax write-offs and MS will use the patents to give Linux & Apple a good high-colonic.
The reviewer lost all my respect at that sentence. If the review didn't already sound like an advert, calling PKZIP 'special' and providing a link to the PKWare store just flipped my mind a bit. You should be able to find PKZIP at Simtel.
Ah, well, I'm keeping my copies of PKZIP (v1.1 & v2.04e) safe on many archive CDs.
My only concern is that someone (government, police) could set up a scanner elswhere to scan for "dangerous" books such as "Why people hate America."
I'm curious, why would you think that Why do people hate America? should be labeled as 'dangerous'? The book is very informative as to possible reasons into why the US government is hated by a large portion of the rest of the world. My opinion is that this book should serve as a primer for officials attempting to make foreign policy in the US government. Those in power could learn a great deal by reading this book and paying mind to foreign opinion.
The balance is to repeal the stupid laws and hold people severly accountable for their own actions. This includes holding teens accountable that take dads gun out, not the dad.
I think here is a good place to disagree. If a teen takes out daddy's gun and goes target shooting in his school then the majority of the punishment should fall on the teen with the balance falling on the owner. Any arms owner that does not secure their weapons from, at least, the untrained and the mentally/emotionally unstable/immature deserves whatever punishment can be warranted for being irresponsible.
Examples from news - four year old grabs 45-cal and shots siblings. One dead the other critical. A 4-yo can't be held responsible. The gun owner must do some time for failure to secure the weapon and ammo. The gun manufacturer might also be responsible if the gun was manufactured so that a 4-yo can pull the trigger.
Parents that have guns in the house with children are playing a very nasty game. The guns and ammo need to be kept locked-up and out of areas the children will have access to. As soon as reasonable the children should be trained on handling (or not handling) the guns and more training as the children grow and prove themselves responsible. Baring training, the guns should stay locked-up and in off-limits area for children. Gun owners must take responsibility for their weapons.
The people are SUPPOSED to defend themselves. It's not a RIGHT, it's a RESPONSIBLITY!
Actually, it is both. It is both a right and a responsibility to own and maintain arms against invaders (and possibly a hostile/corrupt government).
The only question is - too what limit? If I bought a SAM battery and stuck it on my front lawn and started targeting sheriff/coasty copters flying overhead I bet I would be locked up pretty quick. Maybe the same thing should happen to those who own assault rifles to go 'sport' hunting. A balance needs to be found...
For DRM to have any measure of success, both hardware and software must be closely joined. A software only DRM solution will fail due to the ability to take the storage media to another software (OS). A hardware DRM solution would work, but updating for new file formats would allow a back-door for hackers.
Taking over the BIOS should be just one step toward implementing a total DRM solution. The next step is securing storage media - maybe a 'smart' drive that handles file interaction for the OS and whose internals are hidden (for example - OS/user doesn't need to know/control format on drive).
Actually, if you read the constitution, there is no mention that corporations and trade groups are covered and protected by the Bill of Rights. It has been the assumption by corporate lawyers that corporations have first amendment rights.
Go read the very good book "Unequal Protection: The rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights" by Thom Hartman for more information. Link.
IANAL either, however it would appear that you could prove and/or provide reasonable doubt on the evidence that the other party supplies then what you provide would be counter and negate the evidence of the other party. Simpler terms - you could inject FUD into the jury (regarding opposition evidence) and/or counter the opposition evidence by negation (your own evidence says their evidence is BS).
disclaimer: I have far too much common sense to be a lawyer.
Another arguement for the defense - how accurate is the timestamp on the RIAA and the ISP logs? Do the subpoenas from the RIAA include a GMT timestamp in 24-hour format and are the ISP logs in the same format? Who does the translation if the log timestamps use a different format? Are the computers used by the RIAA timeset by the same server used by the ISP?
As the article makes plainly visible, your primary defense in a lawsuit with the RIAA/MPAA should be "prove that was me". The RIAA may have an IP address and know that address is reserved by an ISP, but connecting the time stamps, accesses, and logs may well be impossible. The human error component is very large - numbers maybe transposed, time stamps may be incorrect, etc. just make the process filled with potential for error. Considering the amount of money the RIAA is requesting ($150,000 per song), any amount of potential error is intolerable.
You sir, are an idiot.
And you sir, lack the intelligence for an analytic view of our political world.
On 9/11/01:
Rumsfeld (and I believe Wolfowitz as well) was in the Pentagon.
First Lady Laura Bush was on Capitol Hill, believed to be the target of the fourth plane.
Barbara Olsen, wife of federal prosecutor Ted Olsen, was on Flight 77 that hit the Pentagon.
I was not implying that anyone knew when, how, or where the attacks would occur. So naturally most people that knew or suspected would just stay off commercial airlines (like Ashcroft) and continue their lives waiting for an attack they knew was on its way. Did you see the way that Bush and his security detail reacted to the attacks? The first crash might have been an accident, so no need to do anything. But by the second crash the security detail should have had Bush moving. There was a threat, although not immediate, and the security detail failed to move to protect.
Did you SEE the Democratic primary debate? Do you read Slashdot? I think dissent is alive, well, and safe in this country. There is little threat from idle talk/discussion. When an armed mob forms on the national mall, then things will get interesting. Fortunately for this administration people are too busy trying to keep/get a job and too busy to analyze the situation to rise up against the current administration (important - not against the government; only against the administration).
Sure, I'll accept "It's OK to lie when you are a liberal left wing Demokrat." if you accept that Bush is fully responsible for every death attributable to the WTC attacks since he has hid behind executive privledge to get out of testifying during the 9/11 congressional probes.
Bush is a treasonous coward and is destroying the integrity of the executive branch of the US government.
Liberals won't disarm US citizens any more than republicans would show favor to human life over corporate profit.
In the USA they first came for the violent criminals and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a violent criminal. Then they came for those that don't hold Christian/Judea beliefs, and I didn't speak up because I am a believer. Then they came for the illegal-drug dealers and users, and I didn't speak up because I do not take or distribute illegal drugs. Then they came for the petty criminals and dissenters, and I didn't speak up because I am a good citizen and a loyalist. Then they came for me - and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Has anyone ever considered that the Patriot Act(s) might just be a defense mechanism for PNAC (Project for a New American Century)? The PNAC needed some large reason to forge the plan for Pax Americana - global leadership by the USA. The warning flags for the 9/11/01 attacks were ignored/squelched and with the attacks Bush had a reason for PNAC planning to be brought to fruition.
Now the Patriot Act(s) were developed for three purposes - Placate the press and public by showing the administration is 'getting tough on terrorists', FUD for the populace and crushing dissent/sedition. Seen any massive riots lately? Maybe it is apathy, maybe it is not wanted to be labeled a seditious terrorist. Want proof that the administration doesn't care about international terrorists getting into the US? How about Bush putting a one-year delay on the new 'secure' passport, how about the fact that anything can still enter the country covertly (drug prices gone up lately; must be the supply/distribution is safe). Bush is more worried about homegrown dissent than any international terrorist. Hell, with these closed-system voting machines he won't have any trouble winning a re-election and after that Jeb will be ready for eight years.
Welcome to the new American Century. Please check rights, freedoms, education, employment, pay, pension, food, water, air and life-as-you-knew-it at the door...
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Well, I believe the NAACP & KKK could both go right away and that would help loads. Both groups are fanatics for their racial views of the world, and both are wrong (but at least the NAACP uses good PR - sounding honorable).
Racism goes beyond simple party politics. Democrat, Republican, Communist, Socialist - all can be a mixed boat of racism. Knowing this is an election year, one has to realize no that politician is going to say anything that will offend a large group of potential voters. The Democrats will beat on the drums for affirmative action since minorities love it. Republicans will play along. Nothing will happen with racial law for the next year.
Any action that results in advancement of one race of people against another race of people is racist. Affirmative action is quite racist. However, the minority that have been oppressed in this country (USA), until (officially) the mid-1960's, love it. You can be well educated with a great personality and all the right experience, but if the place you are applying to has been told that they have too many people of your race then you are out. Discriminatory? You betcha. But not discriminatory against the races that have been traditionally discriminated against for far too long.
Want to change these discriminatory practises? Good luck. If you are not of a race that has been traditionally discriminated against, then any actions you bring to the table will be viewed as suspect. Now it is time to turn the tables around, even if it is slight.
I have come to the conclusion that changing this societys view on racism will take a huge cultural change. Education will play a huge part, so will government intervention. Schools need to be equalized so that those underperforming are brought up to standard (regardless of racial makeup). The media has to stop over-reporting race - I don't need to hear the race of a criminal or the racial makeup of an underperforming school. The government has to stop racial profiling its departments and bureaus and let them hire the most qualified persons that apply. Discard race. Teach children to love each other regardless of race. Let 'race' die out in society. Then we will be one large step closer to a civilized and equal society.
The ACLU should start a class-action suit against the federal government of the USA. The current administration is redacting far too much information under the excuse of "national security". NS used to be used only when necessary, and only very selectively (for example to redact field agents identities). Now DOJ documents showing lack of workplace diversity are being redacted - a subject not related to NS in the very least.
The citizenry are quickly losing all control of the government, and the government is actively hiding information from the citizens. We need to regain control of the government, media, and military before the USA starts looking more like the USSR...
These shopping carts might work if they will actually help you to shop. I want to be able to scan almost all purchases on the cart. The cart would then wirelessly communicate the purchase information to the register. The register would print the receipt and handle payment options. Anything else the cart does is extra.
I don't need a cart that advertises stuff that is not on sale, that is sold-out, or "goes great with" the product I am purchasing. I also don't need the cart to talk to me, so a mute button is a requirement. Leave talking on by default (for the reading impaired), but make sure that mute button works.
All evidence at this point stands to up to reason and makes clear the implications for a high level of vote taking, accounting, and tabulation fraud. The evidence presented should be enough to warrant any reasonable governments to bring the processes, in detail, into question and to suspend use of this voting platform until a grand jury can form an opinion and/or verdict on the continued use of these types of voting platforms.
OK, the above possibly being true, why haven't voters caused an uproar over this potentially corrupt system being used? Simple - apathy. Most citizens are too worried about other things to care about the government. Most people want the government out of their lives and in exchange they will stay away from government functions. This plays right into the hands of those willing to put a system, such as this, into production. What can be done about the citizenry? Very little. A possible route is to find a way into the mass media and announce this fraud to the world. But the world already knows and can't change our system so what is your point already.
The only way to attack this system and initiate change is to use the power of government against the system. Find a politician that has power and is willing accept reason. Convince him/her to find a way to present charges of vote process fraud, and hope like hell that a committee will suspend the use of the process until a full investigation by independent panels can write an opinion. This will be time-consuming, and the result may not be what is desired, but as I see it, the only way to stop this potential fraud and abuse of the voting system.
Yeah, AdSubtract also causes problems with Stamps.com. But with just stopping the filtering works for Stamps.com.
I'll report it to both companies and see what happens.
So the studios and broadcasters want to protect content against copyright infringers and this works against the 'fair-use' and 'time-shifting' rules that allow for personal recording of content. Sounds oddly familiar.
While the studios and broadcasters have rights to protect their content, these rights should not be allowed to override the rights of consumers to 'time-shift' content. As someone who records anything to be watched (on a vcr no less - tivos are still too expensive), this threat of rule change is disturbing. On one hand I can see the point of protecting content from unauthorized distribution, and protecting exclusive content, on the other hand the rule would affect the consumer by forcing the consumer to be subservient to the scheduling whims of programming directors.
I would like to see a compromise put forward. To protect exclusive content (like a sporting event) the broadcast flag would include a 'day' or 'hour' count. A recording device could record the content provided, but only play after the number of days (defined as 24 hours in the rule) or hours expired. A limit of 3 days and/or 72 hours would be enforced. As for protecting content - well we know that can't happen yet, but the studio execs are hardheaded PHBs without a clue. Throw them a bone and include a device/registration code into the file on the device and several (invisible) watermarks while content is played back. Chances are the code won't survive being converted to mpg-4/divx, but at least it was an attempt.
I want to really like iTunes, but these fake memory error messages are a real pain. If I leave AdSubtract and Norton AV active then iTunes states it has some memory error. Turn off filtering - same error. Turn off NAV - same error. Close out AdSubtract - iTunes is able to work. Reactivate AdSubtract and iTunes loses what little mind it has. I even added the addresses iTunes uses (from router logs) and it still doesn't work right. Guess its time to start sending hourly complaints to Apple....
Guess all I can do is close out Adsubract and NAV then only use iTunes. Can't surf and use iTunes at the same time = big minus.
Regardless of what has been stated in the mass media, this case should be regarding the 1954 additions to the Pledge made by McCarthy proponents and/or anti-communists and/or religious leaders. The phrase "under God" should be the item under debate and whether Congress acted unconstitutionally when it allowed the phrase to be added to the pledge. The Congress at that time could have been under similar pressures as when currently they approved the PATRIOT act. Both items are controversial and could be unconstitutional.
Whether children should be required to recite the pledge is a rather moot point - children will follow peer pressure and an instructor. Once one child starts reciting with the instructor, then the rest of the class will fall in and start.
I personally don't feel that "under God" should have been added to the pledge and that it should be removed. Children reciting the pledge should always be voluntary and it should be stressed that it is voluntary. The last thing the US needs is to be seen as a militant nationalist superpower that forces patriotism onto our young. Leave that to China, Cuba, and North Korea (amongst others).
This is the way things should have been from the begining when mobile/cell phones first started being sold to the public. Buying a new cell phone should not require you to have to get a new number and go through all the fuss of notifying family, friends and employer(s). I've got too many post-it notes in my wallet from friends/co-workers changing cell numbers. Buy a cell and keep that number for life if you want - that sounds reasonable to me.
Everyone knows what is going to happen here. MS cannot/will-not remove the infringing code from IE, and neither will they pay these fools for using the code.
Obviously it will be Billy-boy to the rescue buying-out this company for an undisclosed amount (+$500 million). Billy will sell the company to MS for tax write-offs and MS will use the patents to give Linux & Apple a good high-colonic.
The reviewer lost all my respect at that sentence. If the review didn't already sound like an advert, calling PKZIP 'special' and providing a link to the PKWare store just flipped my mind a bit. You should be able to find PKZIP at Simtel.
Ah, well, I'm keeping my copies of PKZIP (v1.1 & v2.04e) safe on many archive CDs.
Examples from news - four year old grabs 45-cal and shots siblings. One dead the other critical. A 4-yo can't be held responsible. The gun owner must do some time for failure to secure the weapon and ammo. The gun manufacturer might also be responsible if the gun was manufactured so that a 4-yo can pull the trigger.
Parents that have guns in the house with children are playing a very nasty game. The guns and ammo need to be kept locked-up and out of areas the children will have access to. As soon as reasonable the children should be trained on handling (or not handling) the guns and more training as the children grow and prove themselves responsible. Baring training, the guns should stay locked-up and in off-limits area for children. Gun owners must take responsibility for their weapons.
The only question is - too what limit? If I bought a SAM battery and stuck it on my front lawn and started targeting sheriff/coasty copters flying overhead I bet I would be locked up pretty quick. Maybe the same thing should happen to those who own assault rifles to go 'sport' hunting. A balance needs to be found...
For DRM to have any measure of success, both hardware and software must be closely joined. A software only DRM solution will fail due to the ability to take the storage media to another software (OS). A hardware DRM solution would work, but updating for new file formats would allow a back-door for hackers.
Taking over the BIOS should be just one step toward implementing a total DRM solution. The next step is securing storage media - maybe a 'smart' drive that handles file interaction for the OS and whose internals are hidden (for example - OS/user doesn't need to know/control format on drive).
Actually, if you read the constitution, there is no mention that corporations and trade groups are covered and protected by the Bill of Rights. It has been the assumption by corporate lawyers that corporations have first amendment rights.
Go read the very good book "Unequal Protection: The rise of corporate dominance and the theft of human rights" by Thom Hartman for more information. Link.
IANAL either, however it would appear that you could prove and/or provide reasonable doubt on the evidence that the other party supplies then what you provide would be counter and negate the evidence of the other party. Simpler terms - you could inject FUD into the jury (regarding opposition evidence) and/or counter the opposition evidence by negation (your own evidence says their evidence is BS).
disclaimer: I have far too much common sense to be a lawyer.
Another arguement for the defense - how accurate is the timestamp on the RIAA and the ISP logs? Do the subpoenas from the RIAA include a GMT timestamp in 24-hour format and are the ISP logs in the same format? Who does the translation if the log timestamps use a different format? Are the computers used by the RIAA timeset by the same server used by the ISP?
All these questions can lead to a defense win.
As the article makes plainly visible, your primary defense in a lawsuit with the RIAA/MPAA should be "prove that was me". The RIAA may have an IP address and know that address is reserved by an ISP, but connecting the time stamps, accesses, and logs may well be impossible. The human error component is very large - numbers maybe transposed, time stamps may be incorrect, etc. just make the process filled with potential for error. Considering the amount of money the RIAA is requesting ($150,000 per song), any amount of potential error is intolerable.
You sir, are an idiot.
And you sir, lack the intelligence for an analytic view of our political world.
On 9/11/01:
Rumsfeld (and I believe Wolfowitz as well) was in the Pentagon.
First Lady Laura Bush was on Capitol Hill, believed to be the target of the fourth plane.
Barbara Olsen, wife of federal prosecutor Ted Olsen, was on Flight 77 that hit the Pentagon.
I was not implying that anyone knew when, how, or where the attacks would occur. So naturally most people that knew or suspected would just stay off commercial airlines (like Ashcroft) and continue their lives waiting for an attack they knew was on its way. Did you see the way that Bush and his security detail reacted to the attacks? The first crash might have been an accident, so no need to do anything. But by the second crash the security detail should have had Bush moving. There was a threat, although not immediate, and the security detail failed to move to protect.
Did you SEE the Democratic primary debate? Do you read Slashdot? I think dissent is alive, well, and safe in this country.
There is little threat from idle talk/discussion. When an armed mob forms on the national mall, then things will get interesting. Fortunately for this administration people are too busy trying to keep/get a job and too busy to analyze the situation to rise up against the current administration (important - not against the government; only against the administration).
Sure, I'll accept "It's OK to lie when you are a liberal left wing Demokrat." if you accept that Bush is fully responsible for every death attributable to the WTC attacks since he has hid behind executive privledge to get out of testifying during the 9/11 congressional probes.
Bush is a treasonous coward and is destroying the integrity of the executive branch of the US government.
Liberals won't disarm US citizens any more than republicans would show favor to human life over corporate profit.
In the USA they first came for the violent criminals and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a violent criminal. Then they came for those that don't hold Christian/Judea beliefs, and I didn't speak up because I am a believer. Then they came for the illegal-drug dealers and users, and I didn't speak up because I do not take or distribute illegal drugs. Then they came for the petty criminals and dissenters, and I didn't speak up because I am a good citizen and a loyalist. Then they came for me - and by that time no one was left to speak up.
Apologies to Pastor Martin Niemoller.
Has anyone ever considered that the Patriot Act(s) might just be a defense mechanism for PNAC (Project for a New American Century)? The PNAC needed some large reason to forge the plan for Pax Americana - global leadership by the USA. The warning flags for the 9/11/01 attacks were ignored/squelched and with the attacks Bush had a reason for PNAC planning to be brought to fruition.
Now the Patriot Act(s) were developed for three purposes - Placate the press and public by showing the administration is 'getting tough on terrorists', FUD for the populace and crushing dissent/sedition. Seen any massive riots lately? Maybe it is apathy, maybe it is not wanted to be labeled a seditious terrorist. Want proof that the administration doesn't care about international terrorists getting into the US? How about Bush putting a one-year delay on the new 'secure' passport, how about the fact that anything can still enter the country covertly (drug prices gone up lately; must be the supply/distribution is safe). Bush is more worried about homegrown dissent than any international terrorist. Hell, with these closed-system voting machines he won't have any trouble winning a re-election and after that Jeb will be ready for eight years.
Welcome to the new American Century. Please check rights, freedoms, education, employment, pay, pension, food, water, air and life-as-you-knew-it at the door...
Here are some links you might want to follow...
PNAC article
PNAC homepage
The truely obvious question - when will gentoo be ported to this "platform"?