"there were already millions of people living in the land we now call Israel."
Actually,
1) There have always been Jews there 2) Around 1900, there were approx. 600,000 people in the land. In 1930, there were 1 million, nearly 250,000 of which were Jews and Christians. In 1947, there were 2 million people in the land, 600,000 of which were Jews. 3) There were hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Jews in neighboring Arab states that were forced out of those countries. But you don't hear about that. And in fact much of that whole region had a large Christian population until the Muslim massacred them - which is in fact what triggered the crusades. 4) Many in Palestine immigrated there from neighboring Arab countries as well. 5) The vast majority of Palestinian territory was NOT taken by Jews, but in fact by neighboring Arabs of Jordan. 6) And while there were originally only 700,000 Palestinian refugees, today there are about 6 million. Pregnancy is a bitch. The real problem is that everyone is reproducing. 7) The largest camp of refugees is in Jordan (the larger half of the Palestine territory). 8) "Palestinians are not allowed to hold or even apply for Saudi citizenship, because of Arab League instructions barring the Arab states from granting them citizenship" - you see the Arab League doesn't want Palestinians to have any home. They want them to remain refugees so they have an excuse to eradicate non-muslims from the region. And THAT is the #1 reason why Palestinians suffer. They're a tool....
New Hampshire, has always been a strongly libertarian leaning state for the northeast, especially New England area. Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire along with Oregon were often referred to as the left libertarian states. As in it tended to be "socially liberal" and "libertarian".
So basically New Hampshire, seemed to be one of those locations where it'd be most easy to say "I support your right to gay marriage, guns, and ganja". It's also a very beautiful rustic state.
Heck, when ALL their license plates exclaim "LIVE FREE OR DIE", of course it's going to be one of the top choice of people who want to live freely. http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/...
Let me tell ya something. Southern California used to be more like Texas. So was Florida. Than all ya New Yorkers and Connecticats moved to those states. Ran most of them into the ground. So now you're fleeing those states....to where?
Colorado, Idaho, etc. It's you liberal big state, stupid !@#$% who do most of the migrating and screwing up the local constituency. So apologies, if a handful of us who want you to leave us alone and quit chasing us, decided to pick one itsy bitsy tiny little place that most held our beliefs and concentrate there.
The truth is, you liberals are more akin to ISIS. Wanting to mandate your laws and morality on everyone else. And sure you deride Libertarians. But it's just how you guys deride Israel, a tiny state surrounded by tons of Arab states. Exclaim the immoral actions of Israel, ignoring the fact that it's neighboring Arab regimes kill 100x more. And also forgetting that they were chased out of pretty much every other part of the world (except the U.S.).
So you deride said Libertarians, but you're the ones that have far more in common with the pan-Islamic state that ISIS is pushing. Versus the Libertarians who simply want to be left alone, and leave alone....hmmm...
Most do not have an issue with limited taxes. It's when you're being taxed outrageous sums, and then your politicians hand half a billion dollars to a rich cat so his football team can have a new stadium.
Congratulations, your knife has a thumb widget. Guess what, not all of us can utilize those. I have rarely ever found a knife with one of those that my short Italian fingers can open. Rather, I prefer the Ken Onion Kershaw design on the back with the riser. But they have to be cautious about not making it spring loaded, so some of them don't always open as easily as I would like.
Have you really never been up a ladder while holding onto cable or rope? Single handed quick opening blades are essential to life in certain situations.
Second, multitools are extremely heavy and bulky. Many of us prefer slender simple blades. I personally am rather fond of the Ken Onion designs sold by Kershaw.
When I did some side construction with my father-in-law, I found a small quick opening blade extremely useful. And tons of working folks have as well. So frankly, I think you're far off base.
As for switchblades, imagine where we could be at if this wasn't outlawed technology. I can tell you that it would be pretty sweet if I could have a lithium powered switchblade multitool. "Siri, knife please." "Siri, philips head." *pop*
Honestly, I think switchblades are banned because of the Christian film "The Cross and the Switchblade"
Heck, why are tasers banned in some states? Shouldn't women have the right to a non-lethal form of protecting themselves from rapists?
And right to bear arms...my swords are arms. I should have a right under the Constitution to bear them. (In fact, when I thought there might be a wild beast on our porch attacking our cat. I ran out, not with my gun in hand but with one of my swords. It was right there and easy to grab. And a perfect tool for such a situation.)
They selected New Hampshire, because it is the "Live Free or Die" state. Most of New Hamsphire residents outside of Portsmouth, NH tend to just want to be left the F alone.
Since they're pretty much only pushing for laws, that leave you the F alone. What you'll find is very few are going to complain...
Sure, there is zero percent growth. But rest assured companies will argue that they still can't find any qualified workers and require H1B Visa holders to be imported and paid a meager $65K a year, rather than the $110K/year of the U.S. engineer they just let go.
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A 100 people working in 2000. Now they should all be VPs. Ya, life just doesn't work that way bro.
Considering how crappy healthcare is these days. The real difference is just the chunk of Social Security paid by one's employer.
1) Does it take into account lower tier developers who have lost their jobs recently, via mergers, layoffs, etc?
2) Does it take into account the fact that so many have seen their out-of-pocket healthcare costs go up $10K?
AOL
Prodigy
CompuServe
GEnie
Delphi
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Which of these five is still alive? Okay, AOL as some weird f'd up zombie exoskeleton.
"there were already millions of people living in the land we now call Israel."
Actually,
1) There have always been Jews there
2) Around 1900, there were approx. 600,000 people in the land. In 1930, there were 1 million, nearly 250,000 of which were Jews and Christians. In 1947, there were 2 million people in the land, 600,000 of which were Jews.
3) There were hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Jews in neighboring Arab states that were forced out of those countries. But you don't hear about that. And in fact much of that whole region had a large Christian population until the Muslim massacred them - which is in fact what triggered the crusades.
4) Many in Palestine immigrated there from neighboring Arab countries as well.
5) The vast majority of Palestinian territory was NOT taken by Jews, but in fact by neighboring Arabs of Jordan.
6) And while there were originally only 700,000 Palestinian refugees, today there are about 6 million. Pregnancy is a bitch. The real problem is that everyone is reproducing.
7) The largest camp of refugees is in Jordan (the larger half of the Palestine territory).
8) "Palestinians are not allowed to hold or even apply for Saudi citizenship, because of Arab League instructions barring the Arab states from granting them citizenship" - you see the Arab League doesn't want Palestinians to have any home. They want them to remain refugees so they have an excuse to eradicate non-muslims from the region. And THAT is the #1 reason why Palestinians suffer. They're a tool....
Let me demonstrate the logic of statists. Pot can harm our young people. We need to outlaw pot.
Deaths Caused by Pot
VS
Deaths Caused by War On Drugs Against Pot
Statist solution has been 10,000 times worse than the actual problem.
A lot shorter than his....but many people I know can not manipulate those stupid thumb knobs. Plus they interfere with cutting.
^ Agreed, that's why I said "should"
I wager the difference is above commenter probably lived in New Hampshire's one large city.
Agreed, they're asking for donations. Versus taxes at the barrel of a gun.
Well at least you admit to being a god-damned fascist.
New Hampshire, has always been a strongly libertarian leaning state for the northeast, especially New England area. Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire along with Oregon were often referred to as the left libertarian states. As in it tended to be "socially liberal" and "libertarian".
So basically New Hampshire, seemed to be one of those locations where it'd be most easy to say "I support your right to gay marriage, guns, and ganja". It's also a very beautiful rustic state.
Heck, when ALL their license plates exclaim "LIVE FREE OR DIE", of course it's going to be one of the top choice of people who want to live freely.
http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/...
Let me tell ya something. Southern California used to be more like Texas. So was Florida. Than all ya New Yorkers and Connecticats moved to those states. Ran most of them into the ground. So now you're fleeing those states....to where?
Colorado, Idaho, etc. It's you liberal big state, stupid !@#$% who do most of the migrating and screwing up the local constituency. So apologies, if a handful of us who want you to leave us alone and quit chasing us, decided to pick one itsy bitsy tiny little place that most held our beliefs and concentrate there.
The truth is, you liberals are more akin to ISIS. Wanting to mandate your laws and morality on everyone else. And sure you deride Libertarians. But it's just how you guys deride Israel, a tiny state surrounded by tons of Arab states. Exclaim the immoral actions of Israel, ignoring the fact that it's neighboring Arab regimes kill 100x more. And also forgetting that they were chased out of pretty much every other part of the world (except the U.S.).
So you deride said Libertarians, but you're the ones that have far more in common with the pan-Islamic state that ISIS is pushing. Versus the Libertarians who simply want to be left alone, and leave alone... .hmmm...
Actually, they chose New Hampshire because it's base constituency was already one of the most similar.
Most do not have an issue with limited taxes. It's when you're being taxed outrageous sums, and then your politicians hand half a billion dollars to a rich cat so his football team can have a new stadium.
Have you ever relocated? You have to a) secure gainful economic employment, b) sell your home and acquire a new one c) relocate....
These are NOT simple easy things to do. Nor is New Hampshire a hot bed economy to easily find high paying jobs..
Congratulations, your knife has a thumb widget. Guess what, not all of us can utilize those. I have rarely ever found a knife with one of those that my short Italian fingers can open. Rather, I prefer the Ken Onion Kershaw design on the back with the riser. But they have to be cautious about not making it spring loaded, so some of them don't always open as easily as I would like.
My dear sir...
Have you really never been up a ladder while holding onto cable or rope? Single handed quick opening blades are essential to life in certain situations.
Second, multitools are extremely heavy and bulky. Many of us prefer slender simple blades. I personally am rather fond of the Ken Onion designs sold by Kershaw.
When I did some side construction with my father-in-law, I found a small quick opening blade extremely useful. And tons of working folks have as well. So frankly, I think you're far off base.
As for switchblades, imagine where we could be at if this wasn't outlawed technology. I can tell you that it would be pretty sweet if I could have a lithium powered switchblade multitool. "Siri, knife please." "Siri, philips head." *pop*
Honestly, I think switchblades are banned because of the Christian film "The Cross and the Switchblade"
Heck, why are tasers banned in some states? Shouldn't women have the right to a non-lethal form of protecting themselves from rapists?
And right to bear arms...my swords are arms. I should have a right under the Constitution to bear them. (In fact, when I thought there might be a wild beast on our porch attacking our cat. I ran out, not with my gun in hand but with one of my swords. It was right there and easy to grab. And a perfect tool for such a situation.)
They selected New Hampshire, because it is the "Live Free or Die" state. Most of New Hamsphire residents outside of Portsmouth, NH tend to just want to be left the F alone.
Since they're pretty much only pushing for laws, that leave you the F alone. What you'll find is very few are going to complain...
Libertarians != Conservatives
Sure, there is zero percent growth. But rest assured companies will argue that they still can't find any qualified workers and require H1B Visa holders to be imported and paid a meager $65K a year, rather than the $110K/year of the U.S. engineer they just let go.
Of having an entire planet obliterated from your economy by a Death Star?
Most of the IT workers in Baltimore would love to make $110K. But when only 3 U.S. born per 20 developers. How can you?
Heck, half the H1B visa workers get forced to take pay de-raises every year.
But they can call for a government program to be reduced and limited in it's quantity of use. ;-)
Thing is, when H1B's were established in 1990. That $60K if adjusted for inflation would be.....you guessed it - $110K
It's a business decision that is only allowed because of bribing congress. It shouldn't be an option...that's the point.