Yes, but the 2003 blackout did not happen while OBAMA was president. So, by Fox News standards, this is a completely different situation, because if a blackout occurs while OBAMA is president, the government will come, take away our guns, force socialism down our throats, and muslims will run wild in the streets, looting and killing and raping, because the president is black! Oh the horror! Buy Gold Now! Join the NRA! Give money to Grover Norquist!
But *you* are. And so is practically every American. Unknowingly, you have committed crimes, and you have been found guilty. Why else would the NSA be spying on you? You are a criminal sir, in the eyes of the government.
If you're going to make the distinction, then NO american can have a gun, because we are all guilty according to various state and federal laws.
I looked into doing these projects too..., but decided I was far too lazy to accomplish any of them. Instead, I'll start a ponzi scheme on kickstarter for a flying car, paid with bitcoin.
That *did* happen to me. I owed the IRS $40,000 on taxes where I hadn't even made $40k in my life thus far. It was for taxes when I was working as a freelancer right out of college and was making less than $16,000 per year, and living out of my parents house.
I could not get it settled with them until I refinanced my mortgage 10 years later and added what I owed on my mortgage to what I owed the IRS and essentially folded that debt into the mortgage. While it worked out for me in the end because I was able to sell my condo at the height of the real-estate boom, it still smarts that I owed the IRS more than I ever made during that period.
And then we wondered a few years back why that dude flew his airplane right into the IRS building after having an argument with them over taxes.
Seriously, if a lot more people were willing to do that, we might have some change for the better in this country -- except that the usual response is to clamp down even harder on the people.
Same old same old, the banksters get away with stealing billions on a daily basis, Occupy Wall Street did zero to change things, even the outrage after the financial crisis did zero to change things -- wall street is back to the same old tricks with no oversight that caused the last collapse, and we are swiftly headed for another.
Meanwhile our rights are stripped away bit by bit, and we're too sheeple to care. But hey, as long as Kim Kardashian gets in a tabloid this week, we're fine with whatever happens. Americans get what they deserve.
Just think, you could have had universal healthcare, single payer, provided by the government, like Canada and every other industrialized nation on earth, but the moment that was proposed by Obama, the GOP had a cow, the Tea Party starting bringing guns to Town Hall meetings and Fox News screamed bloody murder that Obama was denying insurance companies their god-given right to make a profit at the expense of the American people, and the democrats caved in and let the heritage foundation proposed Romney-Care become the model for Obamacare. Wow that was a long sentence.
So you can thank Republicans for the current state of Obamacare, a plan they championed as a replacement for the original proposal, and then right after it passed into law, attempted to repeal it 51 times.
Obama needed to land on an aircraft carrier to celebrate the 7 million signups, with a big banner reading "7.1 Million", but I guess the GOP wouldn't get the irony.
Wow... have we fallen that far? I thought that when I wrote "Where in the Bible does it say that Girls should code?", I thought it was *obvious* it was satire, but I guess thanks to Colbert, there are people who really do believe he's a right wing-nut.
Either that or the conversation has become so extreme that writing anything, even *UFO aliens did it*, is considered legitimate debate from a CNN contributor. Wow. Seriously Wow.
What is this "War on Boys" started by Google? Between President Obama (who has not yet proven he's even an *american*), pushing for equal pay for women and now this sort of blatent sexism that ostracizes males from even getting a decent education, our country is going downhill.
Where in the Bible does it say that girls must code? Our country was founded by Christian Males, and males are now under attack by the socialist liberal forces now prevalent in government!
And then there are those of us in the market for sex slaves, but don't know who to turn to in order to make such a purchase. I for one, would like to subscribe to his newsletter in these matters.
Although these days the hardware is System 390/Z-series, but I still login via TSO, I review COBOL code with comments going into 1980 (and yes, they all have Y2K patches)... The financial industry *never* throws anything away (especially if it's still making them money). Except programmers. Those they throw away.
The other reply you are castigating has a point, and I'm open to his suggestion that we keep our minds open. As soon as they provide CONCRETE EVIDENCE of such a "magic man in the sky", then I can be turned to their postulation.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and so far they haven't provided much. When there's proof of god published in a scientific journal, along with repeatable experiments garnering repeatable results, then I'm ready to accept that as theory.
After all, he was palling around with a known terrorist.
In fact, given the 6 degrees of separation factor, almost *every* American has an association with a terrorist, and even if not, the definition of terrorist can be widely expanded to make sure that you're an associate of a terrorist. Think about how many names are on that no-fly list...
Why does every one of these people campaign on a platform of "government is the problem, reduce the size of the government!", and then once in office, immediately create bills that INCREASE the size of government, pry into your personal life such as who you sleep with, and if you're a woman, even when you can have sex, and generally make it so that government *is* indeed the problem because *they* made it so?
Since the middle class has been decimated, this is how business of the future will run... now that they've fleeced the rest of us, big companies will sue other big companies and that's their ticket to profitability and stock price rises.
And then sue anyone who reads it without the license fee being paid. Could be worth a million dollars per letter if you follow the RIAA enough. Just to be sure though, make up some song lyrics as part of the letter and you could at least get ASCAP to sue on your behalf.
I'm surprised no one here has yet mentioned Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future -- a spectacular kids show that had a surprisingly complex plotline considering the goal of the show was mostly to sell toys.
We had only one season, which essentially ended with a cliffhanger (although it was pretty obvious "Pilot" died), but, if there had been the funds to do a second season, any thoughts about where you would have gone with the show?
Defense Lawyer: I'd like to call the prosecutor to the witness stand.
Prosecutor: Objection
Judge: This is completely out of bounds.
Defense Lawyer: Your honor, if you would just allow this for a minute...
Judge: Agreed.
(Prosecutor takes witness stand)
Defense Lawyer: Exactly which law is my client accused of breaking?
Prosecutor: The computer security and fraud act.
Defense Lawyer: And exactly how did my client break this law?
Prosecutor: He hacked into the NY Times and stole email addresses.
Defense Lawyer: You misunderstand me. I'm asking for you to describe exactly what actions were taken by my client to hack into the NY Times and steal email addresses, because I am not convinced that any so called hacking took place.
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Yes, but the 2003 blackout did not happen while OBAMA was president. So, by Fox News standards, this is a completely different situation, because if a blackout occurs while OBAMA is president, the government will come, take away our guns, force socialism down our throats, and muslims will run wild in the streets, looting and killing and raping, because the president is black! Oh the horror! Buy Gold Now! Join the NRA! Give money to Grover Norquist!
But it didn't mean there was a booming market for them.
But *you* are. And so is practically every American. Unknowingly, you have committed crimes, and you have been found guilty. Why else would the NSA be spying on you? You are a criminal sir, in the eyes of the government.
If you're going to make the distinction, then NO american can have a gun, because we are all guilty according to various state and federal laws.
I looked into doing these projects too..., but decided I was far too lazy to accomplish any of them. Instead, I'll start a ponzi scheme on kickstarter for a flying car, paid with bitcoin.
That *did* happen to me. I owed the IRS $40,000 on taxes where I hadn't even made $40k in my life thus far. It was for taxes when I was working as a freelancer right out of college and was making less than $16,000 per year, and living out of my parents house.
I could not get it settled with them until I refinanced my mortgage 10 years later and added what I owed on my mortgage to what I owed the IRS and essentially folded that debt into the mortgage. While it worked out for me in the end because I was able to sell my condo at the height of the real-estate boom, it still smarts that I owed the IRS more than I ever made during that period.
And then we wondered a few years back why that dude flew his airplane right into the IRS building after having an argument with them over taxes.
Seriously, if a lot more people were willing to do that, we might have some change for the better in this country -- except that the usual response is to clamp down even harder on the people.
Same old same old, the banksters get away with stealing billions on a daily basis, Occupy Wall Street did zero to change things, even the outrage after the financial crisis did zero to change things -- wall street is back to the same old tricks with no oversight that caused the last collapse, and we are swiftly headed for another.
Meanwhile our rights are stripped away bit by bit, and we're too sheeple to care. But hey, as long as Kim Kardashian gets in a tabloid this week, we're fine with whatever happens. Americans get what they deserve.
Just think, you could have had universal healthcare, single payer, provided by the government, like Canada and every other industrialized nation on earth, but the moment that was proposed by Obama, the GOP had a cow, the Tea Party starting bringing guns to Town Hall meetings and Fox News screamed bloody murder that Obama was denying insurance companies their god-given right to make a profit at the expense of the American people, and the democrats caved in and let the heritage foundation proposed Romney-Care become the model for Obamacare. Wow that was a long sentence.
So you can thank Republicans for the current state of Obamacare, a plan they championed as a replacement for the original proposal, and then right after it passed into law, attempted to repeal it 51 times.
Obama needed to land on an aircraft carrier to celebrate the 7 million signups, with a big banner reading "7.1 Million", but I guess the GOP wouldn't get the irony.
Wow... have we fallen that far? I thought that when I wrote "Where in the Bible does it say that Girls should code?", I thought it was *obvious* it was satire, but I guess thanks to Colbert, there are people who really do believe he's a right wing-nut.
Either that or the conversation has become so extreme that writing anything, even *UFO aliens did it*, is considered legitimate debate from a CNN contributor. Wow. Seriously Wow.
What is this "War on Boys" started by Google? Between President Obama (who has not yet proven he's even an *american*), pushing for equal pay for women and now this sort of blatent sexism that ostracizes males from even getting a decent education, our country is going downhill.
Where in the Bible does it say that girls must code? Our country was founded by Christian Males, and males are now under attack by the socialist liberal forces now prevalent in government!
I'm not sure which is funnier.
And then there are those of us in the market for sex slaves, but don't know who to turn to in order to make such a purchase. I for one, would like to subscribe to his newsletter in these matters.
All these worlds are yours
EXCEPT EUROPA.
Use them together.
Use them in peace.
Although these days the hardware is System 390/Z-series, but I still login via TSO, I review COBOL code with comments going into 1980 (and yes, they all have Y2K patches)... The financial industry *never* throws anything away (especially if it's still making them money). Except programmers. Those they throw away.
5 Million Years to Earth.
We are the Martians.
The other reply you are castigating has a point, and I'm open to his suggestion that we keep our minds open. As soon as they provide CONCRETE EVIDENCE of such a "magic man in the sky", then I can be turned to their postulation.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and so far they haven't provided much. When there's proof of god published in a scientific journal, along with repeatable experiments garnering repeatable results, then I'm ready to accept that as theory.
After all, he was palling around with a known terrorist.
In fact, given the 6 degrees of separation factor, almost *every* American has an association with a terrorist, and even if not, the definition of terrorist can be widely expanded to make sure that you're an associate of a terrorist. Think about how many names are on that no-fly list...
Why does every one of these people campaign on a platform of "government is the problem, reduce the size of the government!", and then once in office, immediately create bills that INCREASE the size of government, pry into your personal life such as who you sleep with, and if you're a woman, even when you can have sex, and generally make it so that government *is* indeed the problem because *they* made it so?
Since the middle class has been decimated, this is how business of the future will run... now that they've fleeced the rest of us, big companies will sue other big companies and that's their ticket to profitability and stock price rises.
What I'd rather know about that ad, is that him walking along the beach with the girl in the blue bikini with the really nice ass?
And then sue anyone who reads it without the license fee being paid. Could be worth a million dollars per letter if you follow the RIAA enough. Just to be sure though, make up some song lyrics as part of the letter and you could at least get ASCAP to sue on your behalf.
Come on GEOS , now's your chance to shine as a replacement for Windows!
I'm surprised no one here has yet mentioned Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future -- a spectacular kids show that had a surprisingly complex plotline considering the goal of the show was mostly to sell toys.
We had only one season, which essentially ended with a cliffhanger (although it was pretty obvious "Pilot" died), but, if there had been the funds to do a second season, any thoughts about where you would have gone with the show?
Defense Lawyer: I'd like to call the prosecutor to the witness stand.
Prosecutor: Objection
Judge: This is completely out of bounds.
Defense Lawyer: Your honor, if you would just allow this for a minute...
Judge: Agreed.
(Prosecutor takes witness stand)
Defense Lawyer: Exactly which law is my client accused of breaking?
Prosecutor: The computer security and fraud act.
Defense Lawyer: And exactly how did my client break this law?
Prosecutor: He hacked into the NY Times and stole email addresses.
Defense Lawyer: You misunderstand me. I'm asking for you to describe exactly what actions were taken by my client to hack into the NY Times and steal email addresses, because I am not convinced that any so called hacking took place.
Prosecutor: Ernmmmm. Uh...
Defense Lawyer: Move for a mistrial your honor!
This is a really good idea, I think you should start a kickstarter, or a ponzi scheme, whichever seems easier.