It's simply a tactic to make resistant seem more frightening. Most people don't understand the situation they're in, and the thought of another $5000 plus lawyer fees may be enough to make them shell out $3000.
Of course, if they go to court, and win, they have no reason to settle. If they go to court and lose, then they probably have to pay an excessively larger amount.
So who is this for anyways? People who go halfway through and quit? They're (obviously) just trying to discourage people from fighting it.
Yes, after my quote he goes on to imply that Habeas Corpus is not "a time-honored legal principle vital to our constitutional Republic." Is that supposed to be a rebuttal?
They left off that in Scalia's dissenting opinion he said things like:
"The game of bait-and-switch that todayâ(TM)s opinion plays upon the Nationâ(TM)s Commander in Chief will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed."
"Today the Court warps our Constitution."
"The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today."
I NEVER NEVER NEVER thought I would see a man who was a torture victim and POW stand up and support that very torture by HIS OWN COUNTRY. To add insult to injury, there is a group claiming that McCain was really cooperating with the enemy instead of being a prisoner.
McCain was a loose cannon in the republican party; there were a number of times that he refused to toe the party line. He received major media and political backlash as a result. I think a nomination is exactly the bait they used to get him to do a 180.
Actually, if you read the US Constitution you'll see that people already have the inalienable right to be antisocial retards. I almost made this my.sig.
I think that was the green equivalent of the "RTFM" attitude.
Not that you're wrong; this is precisely why I started composting. It takes barely any time for something to break down in my backyard, to the extent that I've been unable to fill up my cubic meter bin even halfway in four years. It makes a hell of a difference though - I've gone from around 2 bags of trash a week to 1 a month.
I suddenly had an image of Japanese-style paper walls made of this stuff. I wonder how much this would cost after it becomes commonplace? Would it be a viable replacement for drywall or wood? Would it be a good insulator?
Now, I don't know about you, but personally, I know the difference between being beaten up and stuffed in a trashcan and being called names by some moron online. One is something where "grow a pair" is a suitable answer, one isn't. I leave it to the reader to decide which is which. I would submit to you that "grow a pair" is the answer to both problems.
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I should have made that more clear: a correlation between higher IQ and bad driving.
Actually I seem to recall a study in the late 80s that found a correlation between IQ and bad driving in general. (Tickets, accidents, etc.)
I'll try to find it, but it was in a journal that I think requires a subscription.
Sure I'll file critical patents for you; then I'll jack up the licensing fee and retire :)
We wear black and white cowboys hats. And you think Americans are ignorant of other cultures!
Those are my hills yer running to, boy!
I'm glad that I was able to make you recognize my genius, so few people are capable of that. :D
It's simply a tactic to make resistant seem more frightening. Most people don't understand the situation they're in, and the thought of another $5000 plus lawyer fees may be enough to make them shell out $3000.
Of course, if they go to court, and win, they have no reason to settle. If they go to court and lose, then they probably have to pay an excessively larger amount.
So who is this for anyways? People who go halfway through and quit? They're (obviously) just trying to discourage people from fighting it.
Step by step:
"The game of bait-and-switch that today's opinion plays upon the Nation's Commander in Chief will make the war harder on us.
We aren't continuing to play by Bush's rules, and that make his plans more difficult.
It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed."
More people will die.
"That consequence would be tolerable if
necessary to preserve a time-honored legal principle vital
to our constitutional Republic."
That would be OK if we were upholding something important.
"But it is this Court's blatant
abandonment of such a principle that produces the
decision today."
But we're doing the opposite. Also, cocks.
He's defending his dissenting opinion; do you think his argument here is for Habeas Corpus?
Yes, after my quote he goes on to imply that Habeas Corpus is not "a time-honored legal principle vital
to our constitutional Republic." Is that supposed to be a rebuttal?
Oh, well there you go: the context completely reverses the meaning of that quote, rather than reinforcing it.
*cough*
It's happened already. (I don't know if this is the specific case I'm thinking of, but this article is related.)
They left off that in Scalia's dissenting opinion he said things like:
"The game of bait-and-switch that todayâ(TM)s opinion plays upon the Nationâ(TM)s Commander in Chief will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed."
"Today the Court warps our Constitution."
"The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today."
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Dirty pool.
McCain was a loose cannon in the republican party; there were a number of times that he refused to toe the party line. He received major media and political backlash as a result. I think a nomination is exactly the bait they used to get him to do a 180.
Even four years ago, I could have backed McCain, but who's this man I see now? This is astroturfing at its finest.
That adds hurdles, it doesn't replace them.
I think that was the green equivalent of the "RTFM" attitude.
Not that you're wrong; this is precisely why I started composting. It takes barely any time for something to break down in my backyard, to the extent that I've been unable to fill up my cubic meter bin even halfway in four years. It makes a hell of a difference though - I've gone from around 2 bags of trash a week to 1 a month.
I suddenly had an image of Japanese-style paper walls made of this stuff. I wonder how much this would cost after it becomes commonplace? Would it be a viable replacement for drywall or wood? Would it be a good insulator?
Interesting indeed.
Read the comments in any article with the word "outsourcing" in it.
Don't forget India and the "dey took our jawbs" sentiment.
Unlikely. However, our climate could end up like Venus's with a big enough push.
Did you mean: studio