Just because there is an R next to his name, doesn't make him a Republican.
On a side note, government corruption sucks and the only way I know how to get rid of it is to let it get so common that people revolte with violence, unless there is an easier way.
[1] Make no mistake. Those pushing for "private accounts" are the same ones who have a history of arguing that Social Security is socialist, and should not exist. Now they're arguing for "reform". Yeah. They have SS's best interest at heart.
It is pretty Socialist, it is actually being defended by Socialist party. Here is an Idea, you for people to put ~15% of their income into an IRA type fund, the default is Federal Governemnt Treasure Bonds as a perchase. Seriously, SS is a government entitlement and in its current form is a load of bloaded shit and miss understandings of its purpose, oh and socialist. There is already several other welfare plans for truley poor people, but when someone works and ~15% of their income is taken as a tax (Not an IOU it is a tax) that sounds pretty socialist to me.
[2] People's homes aren't even protected anymore, yet if you're rich enough, you can place your assets in an out of state "protection trust", and make them untouchable
Did you notice who is in congress? Did you notice that americans spent and estimated 6.6 Billlion hours on income taxes. There is something horribly wrong with our tax system as a whole. There are huge businesses in exsistence because our tax code is complex and has lots of loopholes to place money in and take deductions. There is an entire department dedicated to writing and understanding our complex tax code. How about all income is taxed 15% or something like that (I haven't researched a suitble number) no deductions, no federal wire tax, energy tax, H&R Block, housing trust fund shelters, "Protection trusts" or better yet, national sales taxes paid for by the states (though sales taxes just like payroll taxes are very regressive but totally fair and hard to dodge)
To sum up: Social Securit is very Socialist, and wasn't ever ment to be in its current form. There is too much tax law, remove it, make it simple, spend less money figuring it out and more money making money and everyone is better off.
I think we both fall on the same side of the argument. Technology doesn't directly mean you can't track students. It certainly makes it easier but testing and student behavior study yields results when done with the student in mind.
I'm not too sure about other countries, but the US has a silly school system setup. People are divided up by age, place in a school from 7ish AM to 3ish PM, K-12. If someone way too slow at learning, they are placed in retarded courses with little goals, if they aren't too slow they are placed in the same course as the ultra majority of everyone else the same age, and if they are advanced they are either retarded by the ultra majority coursework, or sent to advanced courses while still maintaining their "grade" because of age.
Some students learn visually, or visually with sound, others like myself learn by a good lecture, notes and a test, others require relatively beating a concept into their skull and the current system isn't setup, nor capable of such flexibility.
The US needs more specialized and probably private schools, not more technology. Yay! The school just got a grant for 500,000 to put a computer in every class room...now they can play Oregon Trail (A game from my days in school) when they learn to say no to drugs.
Just to clarify you believe the purpose of school directly is to make people employable with technical skills? I thought that is what technical schools were for?
Word processors aren't the issue, language syntax and spelling are the problem. Knowing funamentals of somethings has more benefit than having specific technical knowledge. Have people use computers is all fine and dandy, but it can have a way of become TV in the classroom. Great tools for learning, but pretty much used as a crutch to not really teach anything.
Seriously, I'm all about technology (I read slashdot) but most technology in elementary and middle school levels is just all flash and no bang. Sure there are programs that help students (Word, Number Munchers) but having all the technology in the world isn't going to help if reading comprehention and memorized math skills are none.
Yes. Our infrastructure is falling apart quite literally at the seams.
It is old, and needs repairing, but really, there is no way it is going to even be thought about until it is nearly broken, why fix it (there is no incentive and no need)
Yes. Education spending and educational standards are falling.
Huh? What? What country are you living in? Federally the Department of Education manages a budget of 71.5 billion. That doesn't include billions in congressional discretionary spending, State, County and local tax revenues. Truly spending can't be the issue.
No. Not enough are willing to do anything about it because they're distracted by gay marriage.
You forgot Guns in the "Guns and Gays" tactics. Though Democrats are planning on bringing up Shivo in the next round of federal elections, just as a heads up for social issues.
Yes. America is moving full tilt to dismantle every socioeconomic safety net in the country, and effectively repeal the 20th century.
GDP = C + I + G + NX, G=3.1+Trillion Dollars, NX isn't that big of a deal if C and I are large. I don't think the government is going to spend any less in my life time, unless it implodes.
America's best days are behind it.
Congrats, you are a pessimist. You know that studies have shown that people who are pessimistic have a higher probability of becoming senile when they grow old?
I'll go farther: This is an incredibly stupid idea. It will only convince businesses that the Linux/free software folks really are the communist, business-hating zealots that they're painted as.
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It makes sence, if you also agree with phone tapping in general. Eventually the VoIP phone call will be routed to the telephone network, and when that happens it is in the hands of a regulatory agency and can be tapped. I'm not sure this can even be enforcable on VoIP to VoIP calls made on entirely private networks and if it is VPNs are the way to go.
The FEC isn't an unconstitutional Entity. Most of the legislation dealing with the FEC is making sure people can be and are allowed on ballots and making sure voting rights are upheld (to the extent of their empowering statues) Requiring full discolure of campain contributions to a political campain isn't a violation of free speech. Telling people and possible corporations, how much they can contributed and when they can talk about the elections is a violation of free speech.
There is no inherent privacy involved in free speech, even if you use your mouth or your pocket book.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Just because the speech is assosiated with politics or money doesn't make it unfree speech. It could be argued that the intent was to specificlly make politcal speech entirley untouchable. Any atempt to abrige these rights is congress stepping beyond its bounds.
The signatures aren't really their to verify Identinity. They are their to help prove fraud. Walking around and entering contracts to pay money using someone elses name was illegal last time I checked. It also helps cushion the consumers liability.
It was a good stroke, until it became a crutch for episodes long after they were introduced, there is an entire episode block of TNG and a lot of Voyager I can't watch because of it.
The Borg should have continued to be, "Oh Shit the Borg we better figure out a way to get the hell out of here" rather than the constant, "Oh look, the Borg. We better modify our phase variance with the main deflector dish with Nanobot technology and avoid all conflict."
US Post Office and now Walmart have policies that do not allow this. It volates the agreement with the credit card companies for both the Business and you. Every card I have ever had says, "Authorized Signature - Not Valid unless Signed"
Interesting story. However, last I knew the IRS says if you draw income you have to have a SSN. I can understand not having one, but there are so many things that do require it, like filing taxes and registering with Selective Services. In Iowa it used to be proof of birth could be a family bible (Used it when my grandfather lost his license)
Not problem with the codec, only the application. I haven't used it since version 6. I just downloaded version 10 for OS X and it wasn't crappy. Needless to say, now I do use real audio.
"The list of alleged beneficiaries includes a senior UN official and top French, Indonesian and Russian politicians."
The point is a lot of people have their hands dirty over this. A French owned business owned by a French person or even a French politian allowing such actions to go one benifits from such things. The investigation is still underway by a lot of organizations. So, lets just wait for all the facts to come in.
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I can't speak to the rest, but I know all but ELCA believe the entire Bible is the word of god.
Just because there is an R next to his name, doesn't make him a Republican.
On a side note, government corruption sucks and the only way I know how to get rid of it is to let it get so common that people revolte with violence, unless there is an easier way.
I think finding the "Gay Gene" would make interesting bed mates in the fight against abortion.
It is pretty Socialist, it is actually being defended by Socialist party. Here is an Idea, you for people to put ~15% of their income into an IRA type fund, the default is Federal Governemnt Treasure Bonds as a perchase. Seriously, SS is a government entitlement and in its current form is a load of bloaded shit and miss understandings of its purpose, oh and socialist. There is already several other welfare plans for truley poor people, but when someone works and ~15% of their income is taken as a tax (Not an IOU it is a tax) that sounds pretty socialist to me.
[2] People's homes aren't even protected anymore, yet if you're rich enough, you can place your assets in an out of state "protection trust", and make them untouchable
Did you notice who is in congress? Did you notice that americans spent and estimated 6.6 Billlion hours on income taxes. There is something horribly wrong with our tax system as a whole. There are huge businesses in exsistence because our tax code is complex and has lots of loopholes to place money in and take deductions. There is an entire department dedicated to writing and understanding our complex tax code. How about all income is taxed 15% or something like that (I haven't researched a suitble number) no deductions, no federal wire tax, energy tax, H&R Block, housing trust fund shelters, "Protection trusts" or better yet, national sales taxes paid for by the states (though sales taxes just like payroll taxes are very regressive but totally fair and hard to dodge)
To sum up: Social Securit is very Socialist, and wasn't ever ment to be in its current form. There is too much tax law, remove it, make it simple, spend less money figuring it out and more money making money and everyone is better off.
I think we both fall on the same side of the argument. Technology doesn't directly mean you can't track students. It certainly makes it easier but testing and student behavior study yields results when done with the student in mind.
I'm not too sure about other countries, but the US has a silly school system setup. People are divided up by age, place in a school from 7ish AM to 3ish PM, K-12. If someone way too slow at learning, they are placed in retarded courses with little goals, if they aren't too slow they are placed in the same course as the ultra majority of everyone else the same age, and if they are advanced they are either retarded by the ultra majority coursework, or sent to advanced courses while still maintaining their "grade" because of age.
Some students learn visually, or visually with sound, others like myself learn by a good lecture, notes and a test, others require relatively beating a concept into their skull and the current system isn't setup, nor capable of such flexibility.
The US needs more specialized and probably private schools, not more technology. Yay! The school just got a grant for 500,000 to put a computer in every class room...now they can play Oregon Trail (A game from my days in school) when they learn to say no to drugs.
Really?
Just to clarify you believe the purpose of school directly is to make people employable with technical skills? I thought that is what technical schools were for?
Word processors aren't the issue, language syntax and spelling are the problem. Knowing funamentals of somethings has more benefit than having specific technical knowledge. Have people use computers is all fine and dandy, but it can have a way of become TV in the classroom. Great tools for learning, but pretty much used as a crutch to not really teach anything.
Seriously, I'm all about technology (I read slashdot) but most technology in elementary and middle school levels is just all flash and no bang. Sure there are programs that help students (Word, Number Munchers) but having all the technology in the world isn't going to help if reading comprehention and memorized math skills are none.
It is old, and needs repairing, but really, there is no way it is going to even be thought about until it is nearly broken, why fix it (there is no incentive and no need)
Yes. Education spending and educational standards are falling.
Huh? What? What country are you living in? Federally the Department of Education manages a budget of 71.5 billion. That doesn't include billions in congressional discretionary spending, State, County and local tax revenues. Truly spending can't be the issue.
No. Not enough are willing to do anything about it because they're distracted by gay marriage.
You forgot Guns in the "Guns and Gays" tactics. Though Democrats are planning on bringing up Shivo in the next round of federal elections, just as a heads up for social issues.
Yes. America is moving full tilt to dismantle every socioeconomic safety net in the country, and effectively repeal the 20th century.
GDP = C + I + G + NX, G=3.1+Trillion Dollars, NX isn't that big of a deal if C and I are large. I don't think the government is going to spend any less in my life time, unless it implodes.
America's best days are behind it.
Congrats, you are a pessimist. You know that studies have shown that people who are pessimistic have a higher probability of becoming senile when they grow old?
In the first Jurrassic Park between the advertisments for Thinking Machines(TM) Supercomputers and Silicon Graphics(TM).
Stallman isn't?
Sounds like an employee issue.
It makes sence, if you also agree with phone tapping in general. Eventually the VoIP phone call will be routed to the telephone network, and when that happens it is in the hands of a regulatory agency and can be tapped. I'm not sure this can even be enforcable on VoIP to VoIP calls made on entirely private networks and if it is VPNs are the way to go.
The FEC isn't an unconstitutional Entity. Most of the legislation dealing with the FEC is making sure people can be and are allowed on ballots and making sure voting rights are upheld (to the extent of their empowering statues)
Requiring full discolure of campain contributions to a political campain isn't a violation of free speech. Telling people and possible corporations, how much they can contributed and when they can talk about the elections is a violation of free speech.
There is no inherent privacy involved in free speech, even if you use your mouth or your pocket book.
The Law States:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Just because the speech is assosiated with politics or money doesn't make it unfree speech. It could be argued that the intent was to specificlly make politcal speech entirley untouchable. Any atempt to abrige these rights is congress stepping beyond its bounds.
The signatures aren't really their to verify Identinity. They are their to help prove fraud. Walking around and entering contracts to pay money using someone elses name was illegal last time I checked. It also helps cushion the consumers liability.
It was a good stroke, until it became a crutch for episodes long after they were introduced, there is an entire episode block of TNG and a lot of Voyager I can't watch because of it.
The Borg should have continued to be, "Oh Shit the Borg we better figure out a way to get the hell out of here" rather than the constant, "Oh look, the Borg. We better modify our phase variance with the main deflector dish with Nanobot technology and avoid all conflict."
He saw the end of Men in Black....Then again, those were Galaxys.
US Post Office and now Walmart have policies that do not allow this. It volates the agreement with the credit card companies for both the Business and you. Every card I have ever had says, "Authorized Signature - Not Valid unless Signed"
In Canada we call those Beavers
He could always increase the luxury tax on Gambling Profits....oh wait, he locked those gaming pacts in place.
Interesting story. However, last I knew the IRS says if you draw income you have to have a SSN. I can understand not having one, but there are so many things that do require it, like filing taxes and registering with Selective Services. In Iowa it used to be proof of birth could be a family bible (Used it when my grandfather lost his license)
Not problem with the codec, only the application. I haven't used it since version 6. I just downloaded version 10 for OS X and it wasn't crappy. Needless to say, now I do use real audio.
Sadly, I don't use Real Audio.
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"The list of alleged beneficiaries includes a senior UN official and top French, Indonesian and Russian politicians."
The point is a lot of people have their hands dirty over this. A French owned business owned by a French person or even a French politian allowing such actions to go one benifits from such things. The investigation is still underway by a lot of organizations. So, lets just wait for all the facts to come in.