Well, there's always room to change your mind and/or amend your ways. Gore was anti-abortion once as well, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's his personal belief.
I do agree that Bush mostly pays lip service to the abortion issue, but he will pick judges that will base their decisions on the Constitution and not just pull rights out of their nether regions with vaguely-worded justifications that barely conceal the fact that they are merely establishing these so-called rights by fiat.
Speaking of hypocritical politicians, we could probably find stories of a year where Clinton didn't cheat on his wife or Nixon took someone at his word.
OK, before (or while) I get modded into oblivion I realized that was the Corvair, not the Audis that he was on about, but not until I clicked "Submit". I was too busy trying to be a smart-ass.
See, now this is the kind of detail I'd love to hear from our leaders and candidates. You've brought up some excellent points that I'd neither heard of nor thought of.
At the end of the day, SS is screwed and those of us who aren't retiring in next decade or two are screwed. It would just be nice to somehow modify (or get out of) a system we didn't agree to, won't benefit from and don't want to be in.
Well, that's kind of the point. People get so mindlessly incensed over politics. Ironically, I've already received a number of highly entertaining comments from livid liberals.
Neither candidate is proposing something to prevent the collapse of Social Secuirty, but at least Bush is talking about investing some of the Social Security payroll tax (i.e., the additional 15% income tax you and I will never see back) to help prolong it. All the Democrats want to do is back out on the original SS promise by means-testing payouts. Forcing me to invest a sixth of my salary for my retirement for an expected cumulative interest rate of 1-2% per annum sucks*. Knowing that if I invest wisely I won't even get that doubly sucks.
If your SS funds were invested in an indexed fund, there is no 40-year period since SS was created that the fund would not have paid better than SS. Citizens go to jail for Ponzi scheme, but like many things, what's illegal for us is S.O.P. for the government.
* Yes, I know, it's about half of 15%, but if you think the matching amount your employer takes out doesn't come out of your potential salary, you're dreaming
The NYT has given up any pretense of being policially impartial. When a real news source runs the story then I'll consider it.
It's been a long time since I've accepted anything from the NYT or CBS. Other sources can be questionable, but those those two can't even pretend to be unbiased.
Compared to the NYT even the Washington Post looks centrist and unslanted.
I mean, hey, excuse me if I don't want to see some bloody disgusting mess of human flesh being sloshed out of a fat, flabby, stretch-marked, screaming angry woman.
Even if that woman is someone to whom you've pledged to love and honor your whole life and she begs you not to leave. Her own body is all but attacking itself to get that child out. The biggest reason I stayed with my wife, besides the fact that I wanted to be there with her, was because she was terrified. After the fact she told me the best help she got during delivery was the fact that I was there and the support I offered... and as a bonus, I got to be the first one to hold our second child until she was ready to take him.
You might want to realize that as an expectant father, it's not all about you. If you ever do marry and have children, I suspect you will understand better.
So are you willing to fork over the millions it will cost to get the patent invalidated in court (if such a thing is even possible?)
I know I'm not.
I guess the only way to fix the system is pre-emptively patent everything you can and use it to hold the U.S. economy hostage until Congress gets off its ass and actually does something about it.
I'd love to hear one of our presidential candidates address this issue. BUt seeing as how Bush (whom I support by the way) gave MS a pass on the antitrust trial, I wouldn't expect much. Kerry can't take a stand until he finds out what Bush's is so he can take the opposite stand, so there's no help there.
Apparently the ballot wasn't tested with random people... but wait! Someone else mentioned that they've been using the same thing in California for 20 years. I don't know if that's true, but I have to think that this style of ballot is not unique to that location in Florida by virtue of the fact that the counting machinery that uses the ballots is probably used in a lot of places.
Here's my theory: If the super-tight election had happened in almost every other state, the same kinds of problems would have shown up.
I don't understand why we can't use the type of ballot we have here in Virginia. It's a letter-sized piece of paper with all the different votes clearly written out and nice little circles for each candidate or choice. You use a black marker to fill them out and then stick them face down into the machine. Simple, easy to read, mechanical counting and a paper trail. What could be easier?
It bothers me that we have to design voting ballots for people who are figuratively, if not literally, retarded. I have a hard time believing there's any kind of intelligent decision-making going on there. Still, this is America and you have a God-given right to be an idiot.
the voters didn't expect to need to read the directions in order to punch in the correct hole
Yet these are the same people that will cause another 12 warning stickers (and $500,000,000 in payouts) to be placed on every day items so they don't try to use the snow-blower on the roof or use their crotch to hold boiling coffee or play catch with Jarts.
I don't have a lot of sympathy for people that stupid. How can we even be sure they knew who they were voting for?
Without security, you are more likely to get hit by malicious code than _not_ win the lottery.
A friend of mine is consulting for AOL and he was unable to install Windows 2000 without getting attacked from within their internal network. And from what I've heard the wild Internet is just as bad or worse.
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Well, there's always room to change your mind and/or amend your ways. Gore was anti-abortion once as well, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's his personal belief.
I do agree that Bush mostly pays lip service to the abortion issue, but he will pick judges that will base their decisions on the Constitution and not just pull rights out of their nether regions with vaguely-worded justifications that barely conceal the fact that they are merely establishing these so-called rights by fiat.
Speaking of hypocritical politicians, we could probably find stories of a year where Clinton didn't cheat on his wife or Nixon took someone at his word.
No, I was implying that Nader is full of it. Or at least himself.
OK, before (or while) I get modded into oblivion I realized that was the Corvair, not the Audis that he was on about, but not until I clicked "Submit". I was too busy trying to be a smart-ass.
Ralph Nader: Wrong at any speed.
See, now this is the kind of detail I'd love to hear from our leaders and candidates. You've brought up some excellent points that I'd neither heard of nor thought of.
At the end of the day, SS is screwed and those of us who aren't retiring in next decade or two are screwed. It would just be nice to somehow modify (or get out of) a system we didn't agree to, won't benefit from and don't want to be in.
Well, that's kind of the point. People get so mindlessly incensed over politics. Ironically, I've already received a number of highly entertaining comments from livid liberals.
Yeah, like she'll believe some random nerd on the Internet... ;-)
Yeah, well he graduated from the Harvard Business School with higher grades than Al "invented the Internet" Gore.
I knew this kind of immature ad hominem attack would be made by someone. Too bad you didn't at least try to make it funny.
Ok, I really suck at links.
But I like your code.
I thought those guys were supposed to be the "tolerant" ones.
And you just proved my sig again. Who among us is acting like a braindead fanatic? I'll give you a hint, it's not N3WBI3.
...the Right of Free Speech does not mean the right to force yourself to be heard.
By their logic, I should be able to go cap a few telemarketers, and it would be legal because of my right to Bear Arms.
By their logic...
Don't blame me, I'm voting for Bush.
Neither candidate is proposing something to prevent the collapse of Social Secuirty, but at least Bush is talking about investing some of the Social Security payroll tax (i.e., the additional 15% income tax you and I will never see back) to help prolong it. All the Democrats want to do is back out on the original SS promise by means-testing payouts. Forcing me to invest a sixth of my salary for my retirement for an expected cumulative interest rate of 1-2% per annum sucks*. Knowing that if I invest wisely I won't even get that doubly sucks.
If your SS funds were invested in an indexed fund, there is no 40-year period since SS was created that the fund would not have paid better than SS. Citizens go to jail for Ponzi scheme, but like many things, what's illegal for us is S.O.P. for the government.
* Yes, I know, it's about half of 15%, but if you think the matching amount your employer takes out doesn't come out of your potential salary, you're dreaming
Yeah, but these applicants can read the questions.
The NYT has given up any pretense of being policially impartial. When a real news source runs the story then I'll consider it.
It's been a long time since I've accepted anything from the NYT or CBS. Other sources can be questionable, but those those two can't even pretend to be unbiased.
Compared to the NYT even the Washington Post looks centrist and unslanted.
I mean, hey, excuse me if I don't want to see some bloody disgusting mess of human flesh being sloshed out of a fat, flabby, stretch-marked, screaming angry woman.
Even if that woman is someone to whom you've pledged to love and honor your whole life and she begs you not to leave. Her own body is all but attacking itself to get that child out. The biggest reason I stayed with my wife, besides the fact that I wanted to be there with her, was because she was terrified. After the fact she told me the best help she got during delivery was the fact that I was there and the support I offered... and as a bonus, I got to be the first one to hold our second child until she was ready to take him.
You might want to realize that as an expectant father, it's not all about you. If you ever do marry and have children, I suspect you will understand better.
So are you willing to fork over the millions it will cost to get the patent invalidated in court (if such a thing is even possible?)
I know I'm not.
I guess the only way to fix the system is pre-emptively patent everything you can and use it to hold the U.S. economy hostage until Congress gets off its ass and actually does something about it.
I'd love to hear one of our presidential candidates address this issue. BUt seeing as how Bush (whom I support by the way) gave MS a pass on the antitrust trial, I wouldn't expect much. Kerry can't take a stand until he finds out what Bush's is so he can take the opposite stand, so there's no help there.
Apparently the ballot wasn't tested with random people... but wait! Someone else mentioned that they've been using the same thing in California for 20 years. I don't know if that's true, but I have to think that this style of ballot is not unique to that location in Florida by virtue of the fact that the counting machinery that uses the ballots is probably used in a lot of places.
Here's my theory: If the super-tight election had happened in almost every other state, the same kinds of problems would have shown up.
I don't understand why we can't use the type of ballot we have here in Virginia. It's a letter-sized piece of paper with all the different votes clearly written out and nice little circles for each candidate or choice. You use a black marker to fill them out and then stick them face down into the machine. Simple, easy to read, mechanical counting and a paper trail. What could be easier?
It bothers me that we have to design voting ballots for people who are figuratively, if not literally, retarded. I have a hard time believing there's any kind of intelligent decision-making going on there. Still, this is America and you have a God-given right to be an idiot.
No, it's how you describe where your teeth went when your mouth is wedged on the restraining bar.
the voters didn't expect to need to read the directions in order to punch in the correct hole
Yet these are the same people that will cause another 12 warning stickers (and $500,000,000 in payouts) to be placed on every day items so they don't try to use the snow-blower on the roof or use their crotch to hold boiling coffee or play catch with Jarts.
I don't have a lot of sympathy for people that stupid. How can we even be sure they knew who they were voting for?
Actually the data might eb encrypted, but I bet the password was "KerrySuX0r5".
I've been reading "Silent Coup" and I know exactly what you mean. It's really frightening because I'm sure we never hear about 99% of this stuff.
This is only funny because the Democrats all use Macs.
Bob Dole accidently set loose an e-mail virus while looking at V1@gr@ spam.
You know, I grew up in that town... and I'm not suprised.
Without security, you are more likely to get hit by malicious code than _not_ win the lottery.
A friend of mine is consulting for AOL and he was unable to install Windows 2000 without getting attacked from within their internal network. And from what I've heard the wild Internet is just as bad or worse.
ObSimpsons reference:
Well we all know that the Beatles were subliminally recruiting for the U.S. military.