Not paying attention? Russia is also breaking free of the petro-dollar monopoly. You may not think much of it, but the fact has been that all oil and gas has been traded in US dollars around the globe. That has been one of the reasons US dollars have maintained any value at all. With so much of the US production and even many services going overseas, we simply aren't producing anything here. At least not the way we once did and still can.
There are nations interested in de-Americanizing the world. I can't say I blame them right now. But as things fail to turn around or get corrected, we in the US are going feel the hurt in ways which are painful to imagine.
Been saying this for years now since the earliest reports of NSA spying and the cooperation of technology companies came out. Most people kept saying it was nonsense that global trust in US technology can never be lost if only because ours is "the best" and is too expensive to replace. Seems to me that's not a deciding factor these days. The bad behaving US government is causing real harm to business now. As soon as business begins to realize how toxic that relationship is, they will stop doing it. But then again, we still have lots of companies trying to send (outsource) tech to China... China who has a long history of taking the tech and spinning it off on their own. Hoy myopic can they be?
If the user/owner controls the switch? Great. But if the carrier/government does? No.
I'd love to have a kill-switch in my phone that, when receiving a code that only I have would result in a wipe and disabling of the device. That way if the government comes along and steals my property, I can do something about it. "Tampering with evidence?" No, that was a "malfunction" and we just lost the hard drives.
How does this get -1? I think I would like to hear from people who disagree with this perspective.
I suspect the word "conspiracy" is the problem. A conspiracy has ALREADY been proven in this case. They already admitted to targeting specific people for additional scutiny and persecution. That is conspiracy. The point now is to find out how far up it goes.
Anyone even essentially familiar with email systems and technologies are coming out of the wordwork as an expert calling BS on the executive branch's lie. We've seen that lie before with the Bush administration and, if I recall, fewer people had as much to say other than "if their systems suck that bad, something should be done about it." In any case, not making a claim that either side is any different in that regard, but I am saying it's not the first time that lie was attempted.
But I see another similarity in another government lie. The 9-11 report says a lot of things about how/why the buildings fell as they did. And just like people in IT, people in architecture and engineering are still calling BS on the official story. Having worked for an AE firm, I can tell you there was no controversy on the topic. They all knew it was BS.
That's actually NOT TRUE as has been shown time and time again. And trying to turn bad areas into good ones ("gentrification") is widely fought as well. So moving the people doesn't work. Improving the neighborhood doesn't work. Please read the history of Liberia.
Actually, it's interesting you mentioned manipulations by other nations. Turns out one of the core causes of the global banking meltdown was manipulations by other nations' banks to push for reduced regulatory limits and stuff like that. Brazil actually refused any of that and didn't suffer from the collapse. Now if you are saying that "they are allowed less participation because they didn't jump on the bandwagon to hell" then okay, I concede that point. But as far as other manipulation? Not seeing it -- you'll have to cite something.
Fact: violent crime DID happen -- just less of it Fact: violent crime before the world cup is a huge problem in S.Africa Fact: violent crime after the world cup is a huge problem in S. Africa Fact: a virtual martial law had to be declared in order to have any form of peace and it wasn't because of some sort of "disaster" but rather to keep the NATURAL level of violent crime down to acceptable levels.
I would encourage you to look closer. Just because the mainstream media didn't cover the trouble doesn't mean it didn't happen. Other news sources would disagree with your assertion that horrible things didn't happen to the visitors in S.Africa. But it is certainly true that crime was reduced while the world cup was being held, so in "relative terms" it's true. But it was also extremely temporary. They almost literally declared martial law in the region where the cup was held, but surrounding areas? Not so much. Visitors who wandered outside of designated areas did so at their own peril and were informed of such.
Brazil isn't quite "first world." They may be soccer fans, but they are rabid, brutal, dismembering, beheading, soccer fans. This is something FIFA from which should stay as far away as possible.
Would anyone think selecting any African nation as a site for the world cup is a good idea? Brazil was a bad idea for similar reasons. "Bad Neighborhood."
What is a "bad neighborhood" or "bad area?" We seem to try to avoid a glaringly obvious issue by blaming the surroundings instead of the people. "Don't go into that bad area!" Is it the area that's bad? Is the the land? The flora? No. It's the people. Don't go around bad people! And this is where things become much more clear and clear why people seek to avoid the obvious. It's RACISM!
People need to give up linguistic obfuscation as a means of avoiding the truth. How many times will we change the word we use to avoid saying what we think? We went from negros all manner of other terms, which at the time were okay to say, but before long was recognized as offensive due to the meaning adaptation and then we moved on to another word meaning the same thing. Seriously -- how many words do we use to identify black people and of those which were intended to be "nice words" became bad ones? How did that happen? "Colored people?" Once good, now bad. Can't say that but the NAACP didn't change its name. This isn't really about black people, this is just an example supporting my rant on linguistic obfuscation.
Linguistic obfuscation is a way of avoiding and confusing the truth of a situation. What we're dealing with is a mass of people who do not behave well. And while no mass of people behaves well, white or otherwise, there are varying degrees which are clear to the observer -- very clear.
A problem cannot be solved, resolved, avoided or even mitigated by avoiding or denying the causes.
I would seriously love it if we could all get along and live together. I really would. I don't hate anyone because of what they look like. I hate the behavior as it is not conducive to the peace and harmony I want for all of humanity. But we can't have it without a common subscription to an understanding of what mutual respect means and how well we live our lives in accordance with that understanding. Different cultures/religions/peoples bring disparate understandings to the whole and that causes problems. If they can't be re-/solved, they must be contained. Otherwise we're inviting peaceful people in to mingle with non-peaceful people, and the obvious will occur as it has every single time in the past.
FIFA blew it. They selected a "bad area." And by that, I mean they selected the wrong people to host the event. THE WRONG PEOPLE. I'm not going to hide behind linguistic obfuscation. The Wrong People.
That's a thought for the day... the week.. keep at it.
Touche'. It is simply more convenient to remind people that it, though taken illegally, is still ours. However, receiving money from government is still receiving stolen property. Suing for stolen property? Yeah, that sounds right too.
A minor discussing things with medical staff apart from parents who is not allowed to be there during questioning? Naive? Stupid? Socialist? Which are you?
That's pure delision. There is a pretty obvious separation between police/government and 'the people.' Some ridiculously unpupolar laws are being written and passed without anyone noticing. Recently a law was passed which requires a private (no parents) discussion with every minor patient who visits a doctor. Scary sounding? What parent agreed to that law?
While I agree there should definitely be some compensation to victims of government, I like to remind people that it's OUR MONEY! They get it from taxes we pay. Instead, we simply need other punitive measures. I am more inclined to fine the police actors directly. Having a fine placed on them would quickly resolve the problem and prevent MANY police from behaving badly. Additionally, in the event that there is police department cooperation and collaboration, actual criminal charges should be filed.
I just don't believe government should have THAT much more power than the average person on the street and should only be as equally armed.
The credit crisis didn't happen because people took out loans they couldn't afford. People will do that every chance they get. The bankers wanted the rules loosened up. The government did that and before long whole new financial commodity products were created using all these new "sub-primes" everywhere.
It's like knocking down part of a dam and then blaming the water for flooding the place.
As part of the conditions of setting up the serial number of every person in the US, it was written into law that the government shall not use the magic number for anything other than social security accounting. Yes, I know they broke that law long, log ago and continue doing so. But it's still the law. (Did you know you can get a TAX ID number if you wish not to use your SSN when filing 'voluntary' taxes?)
Though it's far more poignant today than ever before, the government doesn't follow its own laws. Not the executive, not the legislative and not the judiciary. And even though there is, presently, jack-diddly we can really do about it, it's a good thing to keep that knowledge in discussion and in circulation. If people stop talking about it, it must not be happening right?
I know why, but sometimes I love to hear Microsoft people come to its defense. The short answer is THEY CAN but they have to start over to do it. For some reason, they seem terribly allergic to the idea.
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Regulation is always put in to prevent "stupid things" from happening. Remove the regulation and stupid things will resume.
1. Negotiate secret deals to deregulate
2. Watch the collapse
3. Create one-world-currency-system
4. Profit! (for them) Enslavement! (for the rest of us)
Meanwhile, the people they hire to use guns and other enforcement measures are "just doing their jobs."
Not paying attention? Russia is also breaking free of the petro-dollar monopoly. You may not think much of it, but the fact has been that all oil and gas has been traded in US dollars around the globe. That has been one of the reasons US dollars have maintained any value at all. With so much of the US production and even many services going overseas, we simply aren't producing anything here. At least not the way we once did and still can.
There are nations interested in de-Americanizing the world. I can't say I blame them right now. But as things fail to turn around or get corrected, we in the US are going feel the hurt in ways which are painful to imagine.
Been saying this for years now since the earliest reports of NSA spying and the cooperation of technology companies came out. Most people kept saying it was nonsense that global trust in US technology can never be lost if only because ours is "the best" and is too expensive to replace. Seems to me that's not a deciding factor these days. The bad behaving US government is causing real harm to business now. As soon as business begins to realize how toxic that relationship is, they will stop doing it. But then again, we still have lots of companies trying to send (outsource) tech to China... China who has a long history of taking the tech and spinning it off on their own. Hoy myopic can they be?
Well, I certainly called that one. See the latest news on FIFA security woes? More of those rabid fans.
If the user/owner controls the switch? Great. But if the carrier/government does? No.
I'd love to have a kill-switch in my phone that, when receiving a code that only I have would result in a wipe and disabling of the device. That way if the government comes along and steals my property, I can do something about it. "Tampering with evidence?" No, that was a "malfunction" and we just lost the hard drives.
How does this get -1? I think I would like to hear from people who disagree with this perspective.
I suspect the word "conspiracy" is the problem. A conspiracy has ALREADY been proven in this case. They already admitted to targeting specific people for additional scutiny and persecution. That is conspiracy. The point now is to find out how far up it goes.
Then read it. And check out http://www.ae911truth.org/ while you're at it.
Actually, what they WANT is the Lerner emails which went out on the internet. The internal ones are less likely to be interesting.
Now you know how architects and engineers feel about the 9-11 story.
Anyone even essentially familiar with email systems and technologies are coming out of the wordwork as an expert calling BS on the executive branch's lie. We've seen that lie before with the Bush administration and, if I recall, fewer people had as much to say other than "if their systems suck that bad, something should be done about it." In any case, not making a claim that either side is any different in that regard, but I am saying it's not the first time that lie was attempted.
But I see another similarity in another government lie. The 9-11 report says a lot of things about how/why the buildings fell as they did. And just like people in IT, people in architecture and engineering are still calling BS on the official story. Having worked for an AE firm, I can tell you there was no controversy on the topic. They all knew it was BS.
That's actually NOT TRUE as has been shown time and time again. And trying to turn bad areas into good ones ("gentrification") is widely fought as well. So moving the people doesn't work. Improving the neighborhood doesn't work. Please read the history of Liberia.
Actually, it's interesting you mentioned manipulations by other nations. Turns out one of the core causes of the global banking meltdown was manipulations by other nations' banks to push for reduced regulatory limits and stuff like that. Brazil actually refused any of that and didn't suffer from the collapse. Now if you are saying that "they are allowed less participation because they didn't jump on the bandwagon to hell" then okay, I concede that point. But as far as other manipulation? Not seeing it -- you'll have to cite something.
Fact: violent crime DID happen -- just less of it
Fact: violent crime before the world cup is a huge problem in S.Africa
Fact: violent crime after the world cup is a huge problem in S. Africa
Fact: a virtual martial law had to be declared in order to have any form of peace and it wasn't because of some sort of "disaster" but rather to keep the NATURAL level of violent crime down to acceptable levels.
Please feel free to dispute any of those.
I would encourage you to look closer. Just because the mainstream media didn't cover the trouble doesn't mean it didn't happen. Other news sources would disagree with your assertion that horrible things didn't happen to the visitors in S.Africa. But it is certainly true that crime was reduced while the world cup was being held, so in "relative terms" it's true. But it was also extremely temporary. They almost literally declared martial law in the region where the cup was held, but surrounding areas? Not so much. Visitors who wandered outside of designated areas did so at their own peril and were informed of such.
The word "bubble" comes to mind.
Brazil isn't quite "first world." They may be soccer fans, but they are rabid, brutal, dismembering, beheading, soccer fans. This is something FIFA from which should stay as far away as possible.
Would anyone think selecting any African nation as a site for the world cup is a good idea? Brazil was a bad idea for similar reasons. "Bad Neighborhood."
What is a "bad neighborhood" or "bad area?" We seem to try to avoid a glaringly obvious issue by blaming the surroundings instead of the people. "Don't go into that bad area!" Is it the area that's bad? Is the the land? The flora? No. It's the people. Don't go around bad people! And this is where things become much more clear and clear why people seek to avoid the obvious. It's RACISM!
People need to give up linguistic obfuscation as a means of avoiding the truth. How many times will we change the word we use to avoid saying what we think? We went from negros all manner of other terms, which at the time were okay to say, but before long was recognized as offensive due to the meaning adaptation and then we moved on to another word meaning the same thing. Seriously -- how many words do we use to identify black people and of those which were intended to be "nice words" became bad ones? How did that happen? "Colored people?" Once good, now bad. Can't say that but the NAACP didn't change its name. This isn't really about black people, this is just an example supporting my rant on linguistic obfuscation.
Linguistic obfuscation is a way of avoiding and confusing the truth of a situation. What we're dealing with is a mass of people who do not behave well. And while no mass of people behaves well, white or otherwise, there are varying degrees which are clear to the observer -- very clear.
A problem cannot be solved, resolved, avoided or even mitigated by avoiding or denying the causes.
I would seriously love it if we could all get along and live together. I really would. I don't hate anyone because of what they look like. I hate the behavior as it is not conducive to the peace and harmony I want for all of humanity. But we can't have it without a common subscription to an understanding of what mutual respect means and how well we live our lives in accordance with that understanding. Different cultures/religions/peoples bring disparate understandings to the whole and that causes problems. If they can't be re-/solved, they must be contained. Otherwise we're inviting peaceful people in to mingle with non-peaceful people, and the obvious will occur as it has every single time in the past.
FIFA blew it. They selected a "bad area." And by that, I mean they selected the wrong people to host the event. THE WRONG PEOPLE. I'm not going to hide behind linguistic obfuscation. The Wrong People.
That's a thought for the day... the week.. keep at it.
Touche'. It is simply more convenient to remind people that it, though taken illegally, is still ours. However, receiving money from government is still receiving stolen property. Suing for stolen property? Yeah, that sounds right too.
A minor discussing things with medical staff apart from parents who is not allowed to be there during questioning? Naive? Stupid? Socialist? Which are you?
That's pure delision. There is a pretty obvious separation between police/government and 'the people.' Some ridiculously unpupolar laws are being written and passed without anyone noticing. Recently a law was passed which requires a private (no parents) discussion with every minor patient who visits a doctor. Scary sounding? What parent agreed to that law?
While I agree there should definitely be some compensation to victims of government, I like to remind people that it's OUR MONEY! They get it from taxes we pay. Instead, we simply need other punitive measures. I am more inclined to fine the police actors directly. Having a fine placed on them would quickly resolve the problem and prevent MANY police from behaving badly. Additionally, in the event that there is police department cooperation and collaboration, actual criminal charges should be filed.
I just don't believe government should have THAT much more power than the average person on the street and should only be as equally armed.
I saw a bunch of famous peoples heads kept alive in jars.
The credit crisis didn't happen because people took out loans they couldn't afford. People will do that every chance they get. The bankers wanted the rules loosened up. The government did that and before long whole new financial commodity products were created using all these new "sub-primes" everywhere.
It's like knocking down part of a dam and then blaming the water for flooding the place.
As part of the conditions of setting up the serial number of every person in the US, it was written into law that the government shall not use the magic number for anything other than social security accounting. Yes, I know they broke that law long, log ago and continue doing so. But it's still the law. (Did you know you can get a TAX ID number if you wish not to use your SSN when filing 'voluntary' taxes?)
Though it's far more poignant today than ever before, the government doesn't follow its own laws. Not the executive, not the legislative and not the judiciary. And even though there is, presently, jack-diddly we can really do about it, it's a good thing to keep that knowledge in discussion and in circulation. If people stop talking about it, it must not be happening right?
I know why, but sometimes I love to hear Microsoft people come to its defense. The short answer is THEY CAN but they have to start over to do it. For some reason, they seem terribly allergic to the idea.
I'll give you a little for that, so you want to blame your wife or husband for making bad kids? Okay.