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  1. Re:consistent standard chump on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 1

    anything less than what you describe is "unAmerican"

    so if we apply your standard consistently, no war or US military action has EVER been up to your standards!

    am I wrong?

    Yes you are quite wrong.

    then tell me what war/military action WAS up to your standards!

    World War II.

    if you give an example it will either be a "declared" war or not...either way, you have to explain why US governmnet killing in warfare is different for declared and non-declared 'war'

    so let's hear it you know it all...let's apply your standard...it will fail b/c you are either a pacifist or it's a question of *when* to use lethal force...that's it

    Read the US Constitution, it's quite obvious you never have.

  2. Re:Race on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 1

    Can't really do that since we don't target civilians (sic).

  3. Re:drones = piloted craft...you = dishonest argume on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 1

    Sorry chump, there is nothing in the US Constitution that authorizes the US Government or any agency of it to play God by taking someone's life without first putting any person anywhere on trial for a crime in front of a jury and once declared guilty, they can then be executed by whatever means allowed by the law. Anything less than that is unAmerican and basically the antithesis of what America is supposed to stand for and a primary reason for what the American Revolution was fought for.

  4. Re:citizenship is irrelevant on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 0

    Nice try. The Barbary Pirates (actually city states) didn't kill anyone, they did hold people for ransom. The US government has killed more people in the past 70 years than any other group on the planet.

  5. Re:citizenship is irrelevant on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 0

    Americans are by and large idiots. It's up to you to prove (or not) otherwise.

  6. Re:Militia, then vs now on Retired SCOTUS Justice Wants To 'Fix' the Second Amendment · · Score: 1

    You are absolutely correct. But don't try to use reality based arguments with guns nuts.

  7. Re:Militia, then vs now on Retired SCOTUS Justice Wants To 'Fix' the Second Amendment · · Score: 1, Informative

    uh no. the point of the US Constitution is to define the US Federal government.

  8. Re:Has anyone pointed out... on Snowden: NSA Spied On Human Rights Workers · · Score: 1

    By the same token, the CIA has been lying for 60 years and those lies have killed millions and cost taxpayers trillions. Why do they still exist and better yet, why does the government still give them creedence?

  9. Re:NSA spies on EVERYBODY on Snowden: NSA Spied On Human Rights Workers · · Score: 1

    No, actually it's not their job.

  10. Re:Ha1 on Snowden: NSA Spied On Human Rights Workers · · Score: 1

    Like the Russians didn't know we were spying on them? Sure.

  11. It might be easier.... on Snowden: NSA Spied On Human Rights Workers · · Score: 1

    Just to list whom the NSA hasn't spied on, the list would be much shorter.

  12. Why not you ask? on Why No Executive Order To Stop NSA Metadata Collection? · · Score: 1

    A. It's Congress' job B. EO's can be changed with the next administration.

  13. Re:Regulate last mile on Why There Are So Few ISP Start-Ups In the U.S. · · Score: 1

    The government? Are you sure it's not shareholder demand who put brakes on innovation?

  14. America has become a nation of idiots on The Problem With Congress's Scientific Illiterates · · Score: 1

    The political body reflects that fact.

  15. Re: Shortage my arse on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    The outsourcing of jobs is a direct result of policies which make that advantageous to profitability. It doesn't have squat to do with onerous mandates or your political views. Oh, and all those mandates are typically a direct reaction to those same business activity. Obamacare is the best thing to happen to US business in a 100 years since they'll be dumping those costs on the taxpayer as time goes on. Deal with reality.

  16. The fact of the matter is.. on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    That if there actually were a shortage, the price for those jobs would be going up, not down or level. The only shortage of labor in this country is that where people are willing to work cheap.

  17. Re:anonymous coward on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    Nice try, those jobs were sold out way before Obama took office.

  18. GM made lowering costs it's priority, on Back To the Moon — In Four Years · · Score: 1

    look where it got them.

  19. Apparently some of us have never seen and ostrich on 'Chicken From Hell' Unearthed In American Midwest · · Score: 1

    which can tip the scales at over 300 pounds. They also lay eggs that make omelets big enough to feed 10 people.

  20. Yet another alternative on How Do You Backup 20TB of Data? · · Score: 1

    Is to simply call the NSA or subpoena them since they probably have a copy or two of your data somewhere.

  21. Re:Hmmm... on How Do You Backup 20TB of Data? · · Score: 1

    I'd recommend paper tape, but most people likely don't know what it is.

  22. Re:Energy policy is laughable on BP Finds Way To Bypass US Crude Export Ban · · Score: 1

    Less than 2% of electricity in this country is generated by oil. Electrical producers cut over to NG in the 70's. The world doesn't run on oil, but big oil does run the world.

  23. Can you spell Restraint Of Trade? on FCC Planning Rule Changes To Restore US Net Neutrality · · Score: 2

    That's what NetFlix, Hula, and anyone else should be suing ComCast and Verizon for.

  24. Re:Pretty Much. on Ohio Attempting To Stop Tesla From Selling Cars, Again · · Score: 1

    Yes, but they always want Santa Claus to come.