Yes, you're right... Vermont is an EXCELLENT option for New Yorkers who want to move someplace with the level of "government services" to which they are accustomed (aka taxes and bureaucracy).
New Hampshire is not really a good choice unless you want SMALLER government.
Crap like this is just one more reason for people to get the hell out of that totalitarian state while they still can. Join the freedom-fighters in New Hampshire!
... and I am an Anarcocapitalist. I believe that there's no government you can design, that authoritarians of either the Communist-type or the Fascist-type won't eventually turn into their own tools of oppression (always, of course, "for everyone's benefit")
I know it sounds extreme, but if you're a fan of the work of Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman, I suggest you have a look at the work of his son, David Friedman, which extended his father's work to its natural conclusion.
And in any case... whether you want a return to the limits of the Constitution, less government overall, or no government whatsoever, I suggest you check the link in my signature.
I would think the burden of proof is on the group that is willing to throw people in jail "for the common good", rather than the group that prefers to allow people to trade in goods and services freely.
Anyway, if you'd like a good writeup of the concept, I would recommend David Friedman's book The Machinery of Freedom. David is the son of the late-great Nobel-prizewinning economist Milton. He simply takes his father's ideas to their logical conclusion.
Quoth MrNaz: The reason NASA didn't bother with AV is because there's no pressure on their IT department.
BINGO!! In a government bureaucracy, there is no market competition... so we should not be surprised at the Soviet level of performance at NASA, the DMV, or the USPS.
That's why, as an avid fan of space exploration, I oppose the very existence of NASA. I'd like private companies to compete for my donated dollar, for advertiser dollars, and for talented employees.
I'm not a stereo buff but I know there are standards for plugging in car stereo equipment, and you can buy dash-mounted "stereos" that are basically just bays for an iPod connector.
Fuller was my hero when I was a kid/young adult.
Now... I don't think so much of him. Some nifty ideas, but the problem is not that he was "egotistical", it's that he had zero grasp of the scientific method, and so could not separate wild conjecture from testable fact.
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Yes, you're right... Vermont is an EXCELLENT option for New Yorkers who want to move someplace with the level of "government services" to which they are accustomed (aka taxes and bureaucracy).
New Hampshire is not really a good choice unless you want SMALLER government.
Crap like this is just one more reason for people to get the hell out of that totalitarian state while they still can. Join the freedom-fighters in New Hampshire!
... and I am an Anarcocapitalist. I believe that there's no government you can design, that authoritarians of either the Communist-type or the Fascist-type won't eventually turn into their own tools of oppression (always, of course, "for everyone's benefit")
I know it sounds extreme, but if you're a fan of the work of Nobel-prize winning economist Milton Friedman, I suggest you have a look at the work of his son, David Friedman, which extended his father's work to its natural conclusion.
And in any case... whether you want a return to the limits of the Constitution, less government overall, or no government whatsoever, I suggest you check the link in my signature.
I regularly listen to a podcast that calls for the end of the United States Federal government. Am I a terrorist? Or is the host of the show a terrorist? Were the anti-federalists terrorists?
I was trying to vote for the Communist, but it kept flipping to the Fascist!
Maybe someone will finally fix the apparent glaring security hole in New Hampshire's .gov website.
"Here's to our wives and our mistresses. May they never meet."
-Russell Crowe's character in _Master & Commander_ (an otherwise sucky film)
Quoth rickb928: I'm a little surprised that SF hasn't worked this out.
I'm not.
What part of "close enough for government work" do you not grok?
I would think the burden of proof is on the group that is willing to throw people in jail "for the common good", rather than the group that prefers to allow people to trade in goods and services freely.
Anyway, if you'd like a good writeup of the concept, I would recommend David Friedman's book The Machinery of Freedom. David is the son of the late-great Nobel-prizewinning economist Milton. He simply takes his father's ideas to their logical conclusion.
I am an NH resident, and I wish I could foce the jackasses you elect to follow the state Constitution. Most of 'em have never even read it. Have you?
Exactly. Ever notice how crappy the Soviet-style public schools perform?
If NASA is so great, why is it that the only way you can get funding is to threaten to throw my ass in jail if I don't feel like paying for it?!?!
I don't want to live in either a "Red" state or a "Blue" state.
What color would a FREE state be?
Quoth MrNaz:
The reason NASA didn't bother with AV is because there's no pressure on their IT department.
BINGO!! In a government bureaucracy, there is no market competition... so we should not be surprised at the Soviet level of performance at NASA, the DMV, or the USPS.
That's why, as an avid fan of space exploration, I oppose the very existence of NASA. I'd like private companies to compete for my donated dollar, for advertiser dollars, and for talented employees.
Just one more reason I moved to New Hampshire.
I predict the "ziggurat" will be carbon-neutral in the same way "Biosphere 2" is a "closed environment".
You've been neaten to the punch; the project is already underway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEO
Now perhaps a few more people will understand why we fought so hard to ensure that New Hampshire will not participate in the Real-ID system, or any de facto national ID card that may follow.
Quoth Lolith's:
Arioch! Arioch! Hookers and blow for my lord Arioch!
Thanks for your .sig
Now I have a new mantra in life.
Game Gear? Pffft. Youngsters. On long family car trips, I used to play with Merlin
I'm not a stereo buff but I know there are standards for plugging in car stereo equipment, and you can buy dash-mounted "stereos" that are basically just bays for an iPod connector.
My username.
it's a bit like measuring the brightness of a lightbulb, near the Sun. At the very least, the measurement would be pretty darn anisotropic
You mean, "..would be pretty darn isotropic"
Damn, I miss the time when slashdot was actually for geeks!
Fuck you. Leave these people's data alone. Then crawl under a rock and die.
Love,
An American Taxpayer whose had enough of you basterds.
Fuller was my hero when I was a kid/young adult. Now... I don't think so much of him. Some nifty ideas, but the problem is not that he was "egotistical", it's that he had zero grasp of the scientific method, and so could not separate wild conjecture from testable fact.