Drupal has no introspection.
Everything is global in scope.
The APIs change radically in point releases, and there's no backwards compatibility.
Suckage.
"legislation" never solves any social problem -- except problems government created in the first place (cases in point: segregation, slavery)
The proper solution -- and the only one that actually works in the long run without perverse, unintended consequences -- is for employees to refuse to work under such conditions.
Same reason I won't work for any employer that mandates a drug test. Period.
The point is whether you want to force people at gunpoint to pay for things they would not choose to, "because they don't know what's best for them". That line of thinking leads down a very dark path
I'm all for a lunar base and for a manned Mars expedition.
I just don't want government to attempt to manage either one -- it'll be insanely overbudget and everyone will have to pay for it in taxes. Far better to let those of us who WANT to contribute to such efforts, make such contribution as we see fit, and with the organization we feel is most likely to do the job properly.
Government just sucks. At everything.
I'll throw my $0.02 in here: IMO, Ron Paul is probably not going to be the next POTUS, but I have worked damn hard and donated a fair bit of cash to get him there anyway. If he does not win the Republican nomination, I'm writing him in.
The key point here is that the Paul candidacy has raised the Constitution, and the notion that government should be limited as a serious issue to hundreds of thousands of Americans who otherwise may never have considered these things.
There are only two differences between Government and any other armed gang of thugs: 1. Every few years, you get an insignificantly small fraction of a say as to which of the gang members assumes control of the organization 2. The "Government" gang is believed to be perfectly legitimate by most of the populace
It's true. The whole state of NY is one of the first to happily give all of its citizens a National ID card. NYC in particular led the way in banning trans fats, personal ownership of guns, and anything else that the Enlightened Representatives decide is "bad".
... is not that schools don't use hip technology, or that teachers are old-skewl.
Those are secondary problems to the primary one: Education in most Western countries is almost fully socialized: Soviet-style, centrally-planned and bureaucratized.
John Stossel's recent video stupid in America did a good job of relating this fact.
Imagine if the Government made cars, how much innovation would there be?
Quoth the poster: I fear however with this administration that information gathered may find its way into some metadatabase where ID'ing people is standard.
Fears about this administration means you haven't studied US history too much.
As Thomas Jefferson said, "It is the natural progress of things for Government to grow, and Liberty to yield"
Guess what? Republicans will sell your freedoms up the river "to keep you safe". Democrats will sell your freedoms up the river "to help the disadvantaged". Libertarians will do jack-freakin'-nothing, because they comprise a tiny and ineffectual voting block.
If you are concerned about the Government growing out of all bounds, creating databases to track you, and stealing your property, you might want to check out the Free State Project. Guess what -- with a few hundred freedom activists concentrated in the smallish state of New Hampshire, we've already opted out of the Federal "Real-ID" program, put in a Constitutional prohibition on Eminent Domain for private businesses, and elected libertarians to State office.
Imagine what we'll do with a few thousand activists...
Quoth AC: you may see a bit of an influx in the coming years
One thousand activists have pledged to move by the end of 2008; over 400 of us are already here.
We have Free-Staters elected to the State House, Free-Staters are delegates to both the Republican and Democrat parties (and thus help determine the party platforms), and of course Free-Staters are taking positions in the NH Libertarian Party. We'll be putting up bills to opt out of a slew of Federal mandates in 2008, some of which have a damn good chance of passing.
In 2006 we enacted a Constitutional prohibition against Eminent Domain takings for private business, slashed regulations for home-schooling,... I could go on...
Enjoy wherever you are, but when you're ready to come to a state where the number of people fighting for freedom is growing fast, come pay us a visit.
...is all about rewarding politicians' friends, and punishing their enemies.
Remember this when you ask for a Law, or a Commission, or "Guidelines" to solve whatever problem you perceive in the world. Might I suggest that you focus instead on building a product that people want to buy, and letting it compete in the marketplace?
Just a suggestion.
If you take this idea to its logical extreme, you wind up with this
Which do you prefer? A state that's warm year round and has no realistic chance of being made libertarian, or a state with 4 seasons (yes, including winter) that already has a solid block of basically-libertarian legislators?
http://www.nhliberty.org/2007_liberty_rating
Of the libertarians who have joined me in moving to the designated 'Free State' of New Hampshire, a high percentage are geeks, IT people, programmers, you know... people who still watch Firefly and pine for a sequel.
I think it's in part because tech workers generally are more mobile, partly because NH has a pretty active tech industry (Oracle, BAE systems, Autocad, DynDNS, KBase, yadda, yadda), partly because techies are money-savvy enough to realize that NH's no state income tax and no state sales tax means you recoup your investment of moving costs pretty quickly.
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Drupal has no introspection. Everything is global in scope. The APIs change radically in point releases, and there's no backwards compatibility. Suckage.
"legislation" never solves any social problem -- except problems government created in the first place (cases in point: segregation, slavery)
The proper solution -- and the only one that actually works in the long run without perverse, unintended consequences -- is for employees to refuse to work under such conditions.
Same reason I won't work for any employer that mandates a drug test. Period.
The total budget is about 150 Million. This can not be sustained.
Sure it can. That's the beauty of a Soviet-style, nationalized education system. Such as the one the U.S. has.
As a person who's been using Drupal for the past 2 years, I can honestly say, I'd prefer to be beaten up in the face than have to use Drupal any more.
The point is whether you want to force people at gunpoint to pay for things they would not choose to, "because they don't know what's best for them". That line of thinking leads down a very dark path
I'm all for a lunar base and for a manned Mars expedition. I just don't want government to attempt to manage either one -- it'll be insanely overbudget and everyone will have to pay for it in taxes. Far better to let those of us who WANT to contribute to such efforts, make such contribution as we see fit, and with the organization we feel is most likely to do the job properly. Government just sucks. At everything.
I'll throw my $0.02 in here: IMO, Ron Paul is probably not going to be the next POTUS, but I have worked damn hard and donated a fair bit of cash to get him there anyway. If he does not win the Republican nomination, I'm writing him in.
The key point here is that the Paul candidacy has raised the Constitution, and the notion that government should be limited as a serious issue to hundreds of thousands of Americans who otherwise may never have considered these things.
I hope that, win or lose, these people continue the fight.
That's what Ron said when my wife spoke to him, anyway...
Stories like this make me real glad I live in New Hampshire, one of only 6 US States that actually opted out of "Real-ID".
Videos of the protests we had against Real-ID are pretty cool.
There are only two differences between Government and any other armed gang of thugs:
1. Every few years, you get an insignificantly small fraction of a say as to which of the gang members assumes control of the organization
2. The "Government" gang is believed to be perfectly legitimate by most of the populace
It's true. The whole state of NY is one of the first to happily give all of its citizens a National ID card. NYC in particular led the way in banning trans fats, personal ownership of guns, and anything else that the Enlightened Representatives decide is "bad".
Crap like that is why people are fleeing New York for political asylum in the Free State of New Hampshire.
Quoth the parent: Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor!
Maybe, but in the run-up to the NH Primary he was campaigning for Ron Paul
In the slashdot I used to know, the parent would have been rated +5, Informative
New Hampshire, the target of the Free State Project, has outright rejected and will not comply with the "Real-ID" program.
Details, including links to the specific legislation and videos of the protests, are here.
Those are secondary problems to the primary one:
Education in most Western countries is almost fully socialized: Soviet-style, centrally-planned and bureaucratized.
John Stossel's recent video stupid in America did a good job of relating this fact.
Imagine if the Government made cars, how much innovation would there be?
I fear however with this administration that information gathered may find its way into some metadatabase where ID'ing people is standard.
Fears about this administration means you haven't studied US history too much.
As Thomas Jefferson said, "It is the natural progress of things for Government to grow, and Liberty to yield"
Guess what? Republicans will sell your freedoms up the river "to keep you safe". Democrats will sell your freedoms up the river "to help the disadvantaged". Libertarians will do jack-freakin'-nothing, because they comprise a tiny and ineffectual voting block.
If you are concerned about the Government growing out of all bounds, creating databases to track you, and stealing your property, you might want to check out the Free State Project. Guess what -- with a few hundred freedom activists concentrated in the smallish state of New Hampshire, we've already opted out of the Federal "Real-ID" program, put in a Constitutional prohibition on Eminent Domain for private businesses, and elected libertarians to State office.
Imagine what we'll do with a few thousand activists...
you may see a bit of an influx in the coming years
One thousand activists have pledged to move by the end of 2008; over 400 of us are already here.
We have Free-Staters elected to the State House, Free-Staters are delegates to both the Republican and Democrat parties (and thus help determine the party platforms), and of course Free-Staters are taking positions in the NH Libertarian Party. We'll be putting up bills to opt out of a slew of Federal mandates in 2008, some of which have a damn good chance of passing.
In 2006 we enacted a Constitutional prohibition against Eminent Domain takings for private business, slashed regulations for home-schooling, ... I could go on...
Enjoy wherever you are, but when you're ready to come to a state where the number of people fighting for freedom is growing fast, come pay us a visit.
We opted out of Real-ID, we forgo Federal money because we refuse to pass a mandatory seat-belt law, we have no mandatory insurance.
What are you waiting for?
Good. then Government gets involved in 'fixing' a problem, it ALWAYS makes bigger problems.
Remember this when you ask for a Law, or a Commission, or "Guidelines" to solve whatever problem you perceive in the world. Might I suggest that you focus instead on building a product that people want to buy, and letting it compete in the marketplace?
Just a suggestion.
If you take this idea to its logical extreme, you wind up with this
Which do you prefer? A state that's warm year round and has no realistic chance of being made libertarian, or a state with 4 seasons (yes, including winter) that already has a solid block of basically-libertarian legislators? http://www.nhliberty.org/2007_liberty_rating
I think it's in part because tech workers generally are more mobile, partly because NH has a pretty active tech industry (Oracle, BAE systems, Autocad, DynDNS, KBase, yadda, yadda), partly because techies are money-savvy enough to realize that NH's no state income tax and no state sales tax means you recoup your investment of moving costs pretty quickly.
Oh yeah, and because NH opted out of the Federal Real-ID. F--- you, Feds!
The RICO laws are themselves unconstitutional, not that that matters in the US anymore.
They Might Be Giants are so way ahead of the curve on that one!
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Damn, I shoulda checked the link. Here's the newsbrief, "New Hampshire Supreme Court Says Garbage is Protected Property":g e1.shtml
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/305/garba
Not in New Hampshire
Just one more reason to consider the Free State Project