According to the folks who wrote the second amendment, the "militia" is all able-bodied men, not the national guard.
OK... you want to take over the country. Who do you worry about?
The people with pistols and rifles... or the poeple with tanks, helicopters and jet aircraft?
All this "everybody is the militia" is meaningless when compared to modern weaponry.
Citizens with guns fall into the terrorist/insurgent/resistance fighter category... depending upon your point of view.
Since we (every day citizens) aren't allowed to have weapons sufficient to repel a modern army... the second ammendment has been effectively gutted, IMHO. At least as far as the *purpose* of the second ammendment goes...
You don't think anyone would notice if the army was being brought back from Iraq and the reservists weren't?
A question, because I don't really know.
When the guard (and reserve) units are rotated stateside... are they shipping back their tanks and aircraft?
Or leaving them there for others to use?
In all honesty, I was not being too terribly serious with my post. But, if I were... I wouldn't give a damn about people with rifles and pistols... I'd want the heavy armament where it wouldn't cause "problems".
the previous administration had spy planes flying directly over the camps where Bin Ladin was at. And didn't kill him then.
That would be an example of following the law. Remember, that isn't America... and the rest of the world has laws also. And, there was no war... and the congress was decidedly not in favor of backing any move made by the president. (A fact that few point out when pointing out what the last president didn't do...)
Expect a flood of left-wing crybabies using Nazi imagery and disinformation to attack Bush and Republicans about the Patriot Act (House passed it 357-66, Senate 98 to 1). Why, even Teddy Kennedy and John Kerry voted for it.
I don't care if god voted for it. I'd like to see every one of them replaced... to a person.
It is a bad law.
Instead, you should expect to see a lot of people try to fashion the argument into a "Bush hater" proposition instead of a serious discussion of the facts.
Because a republican would rather slit his own wrist then vote for a democrat no matter how shitty the republican candidate is or how much they disagree with him.
At its absolute worst, Bush will only be in office for 8 years. Max, can't run again.
Why?
Have you not noticed the part about tearing up the constitution?
So... lacking a constitution... why can he only be in office 8 years?
I'm sure that when it does come... they'll "promise" to restore free elections "as soon as possible" and this will all be "temporary".
Step #1 - Make sure any of those pesky "militias" authorized by the constitution won't get in the way... check. (They've been sent over seas.)
Step #2 - Control information channels... check. (New law allows for more ownership of media outlets in major metropolitan areas.)
Step #3 - Make people feel "lucky" to have a job and be able to support their family. This keeps them too damn busy to pay attention to you... check. (Unemployment rates drop because people don't even apply any more, or have been unemployeed so long they drop off the rolls.)
Step #4 - Have your "friends" count the votes... check. (Less than one percent change can throw the election. Get electronic voting put in place and make sure there is not a paper trail.)
Step #5 - Remember that after the election you are still commander in chief for a few months and that "anything" could happen requiring you to call for martial law. Especially if the really bad thing kills the president elect and vice-president elect.
If he is reelected, the only thing he has to fear is retribution from the laws of the land. However, with the introduction of things like PATRIOT, and talk of amending the constitution on a whim, he's suggested that maybe even that can't stop him.
Two words: Second Ammendment
Why do you think he doesn't want to go anywhere near a demonstration?
He may be an idiot, but his handlers aren't. Finding someone that "manageable" isn't easy and they aren't about to risk him needlessly.
Air is only free if you consider your time worthless.
Just... doesn't... make... sense.
The aquisition of the product has negligible cost... it is the use of the product that consumes resources.
Yet, nowhere in our society do we consider the "price" to be more than the cost of aquisition. You don't pay for your cost of cooking a meal when you buy the ingredients of the meal.
Yet, surely... this is part of the "cost" of the food?
Nonsense!!
Stop playing semantic games and go some place where people don't think so much...
If you want to refer to TCO... then do so. Otherwise... well... just admit it.
You do not have to give anyone any money for Linux.
Or... are you one of the people that would complain if grocery stores gave away food... and called it "free"... because you would still have to pay for transportation to and from the store?
That surely affects the "cost" that *you* pay... but it would not be the same for each person, and is therefor not properly assigned to the cost of the food.
It's good to have a simple method like that available, but when I talk about maintainability of a system, installing non-packaged software is one of the biggest ways to hurt that maintainability.
What good is having the source code to software if you aren't going to use it until it gets packaged?
Oh yeah, I know... instead of installing it... make a f*cking package... and then install it!
Give me a breake. If the system is that fragile... it deserves to die.
Which it won't... because it isn't that fragile. But I sense that there may be more than a few admins that are that fragile.
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According to the folks who wrote the second amendment, the "militia" is all able-bodied men, not the national guard.
OK... you want to take over the country. Who do you worry about?
The people with pistols and rifles... or the poeple with tanks, helicopters and jet aircraft?
All this "everybody is the militia" is meaningless when compared to modern weaponry.
Citizens with guns fall into the terrorist/insurgent/resistance fighter category... depending upon your point of view.
Since we (every day citizens) aren't allowed to have weapons sufficient to repel a modern army... the second ammendment has been effectively gutted, IMHO. At least as far as the *purpose* of the second ammendment goes...
You don't think anyone would notice if the army was being brought back from Iraq and the reservists weren't?
A question, because I don't really know.
When the guard (and reserve) units are rotated stateside... are they shipping back their tanks and aircraft?
Or leaving them there for others to use?
In all honesty, I was not being too terribly serious with my post. But, if I were... I wouldn't give a damn about people with rifles and pistols... I'd want the heavy armament where it wouldn't cause "problems".
Yeah, I'm actually surprised at how many people took it seriously.
Even after the reference to "fiction" and the smirky smiley face...
Hm... maybe I'm on to something!?
If you look a few posts upward...
the previous administration had spy planes flying directly over the camps where Bin Ladin was at. And didn't kill him then.
That would be an example of following the law. Remember, that isn't America... and the rest of the world has laws also. And, there was no war... and the congress was decidedly not in favor of backing any move made by the president. (A fact that few point out when pointing out what the last president didn't do...)
Randomly shooting at vehicles hoping to find someone that was guilty of something.
Well... let's just say that there is no justice there.
Um... not just shooting the guy from your surveillance plane?
Prefering instead that, you know... a court of law be involved?
Expect a flood of left-wing crybabies using Nazi imagery and disinformation to attack Bush and Republicans about the Patriot Act (House passed it 357-66, Senate 98 to 1). Why, even Teddy Kennedy and John Kerry voted for it.
I don't care if god voted for it. I'd like to see every one of them replaced... to a person.
It is a bad law.
Instead, you should expect to see a lot of people try to fashion the argument into a "Bush hater" proposition instead of a serious discussion of the facts.
Ironically, the previous administration seemed to care a bit more about obeying the law.
Funny, that.
It's all about God when it comes to republicans.
Yeah... reminds me of something... what was that?
Oh yeah, Salem... 1600's... that's it.
Because a republican would rather slit his own wrist then vote for a democrat no matter how shitty the republican candidate is or how much they disagree with him.
;-)
Deal.
Do we have to wait for November?
(Sorry, couldn't resist...)
Yet... many people will still vote for Bush again in the next election.
At its absolute worst, Bush will only be in office for 8 years. Max, can't run again.
;-)
Why?
Have you not noticed the part about tearing up the constitution?
So... lacking a constitution... why can he only be in office 8 years?
I'm sure that when it does come... they'll "promise" to restore free elections "as soon as possible" and this will all be "temporary".
Step #1 - Make sure any of those pesky "militias" authorized by the constitution won't get in the way... check. (They've been sent over seas.)
Step #2 - Control information channels... check. (New law allows for more ownership of media outlets in major metropolitan areas.)
Step #3 - Make people feel "lucky" to have a job and be able to support their family. This keeps them too damn busy to pay attention to you... check. (Unemployment rates drop because people don't even apply any more, or have been unemployeed so long they drop off the rolls.)
Step #4 - Have your "friends" count the votes... check. (Less than one percent change can throw the election. Get electronic voting put in place and make sure there is not a paper trail.)
Step #5 - Remember that after the election you are still commander in chief for a few months and that "anything" could happen requiring you to call for martial law. Especially if the really bad thing kills the president elect and vice-president elect.
(Whoa... what happens then?)
Just a few items for a fiction novel.
If he is reelected, the only thing he has to fear is retribution from the laws of the land. However, with the introduction of things like PATRIOT, and talk of amending the constitution on a whim, he's suggested that maybe even that can't stop him.
Two words: Second Ammendment
Why do you think he doesn't want to go anywhere near a demonstration?
He may be an idiot, but his handlers aren't. Finding someone that "manageable" isn't easy and they aren't about to risk him needlessly.
If you want something that doesn't change very fast... use Debian.
;-)
They take forever to update stuff.
(Stable branch.)
Oh... and if they don't have something you want... well... they take forever to update stuff.
And... there was an article in the print version of my local paper about it this morning. (Under "More Headlines")
If you can't get the news to me faster than my newspaper...
Air is only free if you consider your time worthless.
Just... doesn't... make... sense.
The aquisition of the product has negligible cost... it is the use of the product that consumes resources.
Yet, nowhere in our society do we consider the "price" to be more than the cost of aquisition. You don't pay for your cost of cooking a meal when you buy the ingredients of the meal.
Yet, surely... this is part of the "cost" of the food?
Nonsense!!
Stop playing semantic games and go some place where people don't think so much...
If you want to refer to TCO... then do so. Otherwise... well... just admit it.
You do not have to give anyone any money for Linux.
Or... are you one of the people that would complain if grocery stores gave away food... and called it "free"... because you would still have to pay for transportation to and from the store?
That surely affects the "cost" that *you* pay... but it would not be the same for each person, and is therefor not properly assigned to the cost of the food.
Starts in about (wall clock) one second on my machine.
Version 1.5 on Debian.
I have SATA drives... if it matters.
So?
... and then remove... a hard drive for backups.)
I only have to start it once a week.
(I shut the computer down on the weekend to slide in
You are right... they should be worried.
Remember, in ten years... hardware will be free.
Just ask MicroSoft.
Hm... I wonder what will happen when someone tries to read a Bible on one of these things?
Perhaps if we stir that nest a bit...
It's good to have a simple method like that available, but when I talk about maintainability of a system, installing non-packaged software is one of the biggest ways to hurt that maintainability.
What good is having the source code to software if you aren't going to use it until it gets packaged?
Oh yeah, I know... instead of installing it... make a f*cking package... and then install it!
Give me a breake. If the system is that fragile... it deserves to die.
Which it won't... because it isn't that fragile. But I sense that there may be more than a few admins that are that fragile.
If you don't like the US and you live there feel free to move out.
It really irks me when people can't understand... You can be the best, and still not be good enough.
Just like Windows. (For those that believe it is the best OS. I don't.) You can still suck.
So, where would you suggest moving to? Keeping in mind that the purpose would be to live somewhere better...
Change it to "die hard radio" and tell them to get smarter customers.
Or... change it to "hard radio sucks" and claim first ammendment rights to expressing an opinion.
In short, the sky is the limit to the number of ways to screw with them.
What about these guys?
Maybe you can sic them on each other...
;-)
Ashcroft is one of the "puppet masters"... it isn't "association"... he is one of the people telling Bush what to do.
Of course he has.
You don't think all of the Afganistan and Iraqi casualties have been adults, do you?
You don't think he hasn't had some role in this do you?
And... let's not forget the "prisoners of war" that the Justice Dept. is "taking care of". Not all of them are adults either...