"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington.
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation." James Madison
So it seems very likely that one of their objectives was to keep the balance of power of arms in the hands of the people, not the government, just in case.
Why talk about "likelihood"? Why don't you just ask the Founders themselves?
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation." James Madison
If you really think the second amendment COULD protect you from the government, you're insane. The US has by far the biggest and most sophisticated war machine in the world.
You've clearly never been harassed by a rent-a-cop on a power trip. That you think a reasonable manner will make things easy-peasy amuses me enormously. Just because they're wrong doesn't mean they won't do it. Sorry to break it to you but rent-a-cops who are on a power trip will abuse any hint of power that they have and they don't give a damn what tone of voice you use.
You're projecting. If you look like a victim, of course you will be harassed. No rent-a-cop will ever give me a hassle. That's because I'm the type of guy who looks like he wouldn't put up with some bullshit. If a mother fucker gets up in my face and starts trying to give me lip I will stand up to him and put him in his place. Do you?.... No? Being meek and timid is how people get stepped on. Grow a pair of balls.
You ask them "have I committed a crime by taking these photos?" They again ask you to delete them.
Alternate scenario: Punch the mother fucker in the face and run away. Don't know about you but he ain't gonna catch MY ass. Maybe next time he will think twice about being a fascist shithead.
Education? Do you think the Chinese chemists and American pharmacists didn't have enough education?
I'm not talking about the doctors. I'm talking about the public.
Do you want to send every medical consumer to medical school? That's how much knowledge they'd need to be informed purchasers in the free marketplace.
Mother fucking bullshit. If you can't make a simple decision about your health without spending four years in college then you are a dumb ass.
You'd need at least the knowledge of a nurse to make informed decisions in the health care marketplace.
Again: you're a moron.
One critical assumption of the free market is that people can make informed decisions. Most patients can't make informed decisions.
Because all they know is lies, and all everyone around them knows is lies. Give people information and teach them how to think, and yes, they are quite capable of making intelligent decisions.
Whatever problems government regulations has, without it people would (and used to) get ripped off.
Again I point out: the problem has historically been information flow....which has now been cured. Ever heard of the Internet?
Sure I can. It's called having principles. Anyone who sucks at society's teat and "milks it for all its worth" "gettin mine" "while the gettin's good" is a piece of shit, and deserves for the force of history to come down on them like a ton of bricks when their jig is up. Can't wait for it.
If the government stayed "the hell out" of healthcare, then only the richest of the rich seniors would be able to afford care for the inevitable problems that come with aging. What insurance company would accept someone who is likely to have a $30k+ hospital stay in the next 20 years EVEN IF they are completely healthy otherwise?
What entitles each and every person on the planet to a $30k hospital stay, at taxpayer expense?
The free market doesn't fix everything. In fact, the basis of the current regulatory regime regarding new drugs was originally put in place because a bunch of consumers were killed by a bad drug... with especially painful-sounding deaths... the company never performed any testing with the formulation... and should have known there was a problem in the first place. The story is: Massengil used diethylene glycol as a solvent for dissolving sulfanilamide into an elixir format. Diethylene glycol was a known poison, but the company's chemist wasn't aware of that. Even very simple animal testing would have found the problem.
So, mountains of paperwork and regulations later, have things improved any since then?
Do you really think government is the solution to your problems?
Foreign doctors generally need to improve on English, familiarize themselves with American culture (actually rather difficult for most), and learn about the diseases common in America (i.e. very different than China).
I imagine "fat-assedness" and everything related to it (heart problems, diabetes, etc) tops the list.
Unintended consequences? What the fuck do you think we're dealing with now? Any time a country full of dumb asses thinks they can regulate away their problems through government, there are always unintended consequences. What, do you think the healthcare system problems we are experiencing now are from a free market?
But please note, the poster above me calls for total removal of government regulation from healthcare
Which is exactly what should happen. I don't need the fucking government to protect me from myself. What the fuck the point of a trademark, if not to give me (a supposedly free citizen) the information I need to decide whose services I choose to patronize?
I DONT NEED THE MOTHER FUCKING GOVERNMENT TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN OR CANT BUY, OR WHO CAN AND CAN'T DO BUSINESS.
IMHO the government should pay for new hearing aids for me, once every 4 years. Before you pass out, let me explain: If I do not have hearing aids, I am deaf enough I cannot hear voices at all, and thus cannot work. I can collect about $2800/mo in SSDI right now if I cannot work. So balance that cost against the cost of new hearing ids every 4 years. AND as an added bonus, you bet your ass the Government would not be paying $3000/aid.
Win, win, win.
Here's an even better idea: you don't get your "free" hearing aid, and you don't get your "free" government charity, and you die slowly by starvation in a gutter. I truly hope you do. Look in the mirror: it's parasites that you who are destroying this country.
Today, the War of 1812 page has many more readers than it did in 2008 — 623,000 compared with 434,000 — but the number who make a change has dropped precipitously, from 256 to just 28. Of those original 256, just one remains active. The reason, Jensen believes, is that the article already has had so many edits, there is just not that much to do.
Or maybe people have by and large given up on Wikipedia edits because they're tired of the bureaucracy and politics.
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"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington.
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation." James Madison
So it seems very likely that one of their objectives was to keep the balance of power of arms in the hands of the people, not the government, just in case.
Why talk about "likelihood"? Why don't you just ask the Founders themselves?
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence... From the hour the Pilgrims landed, to the present day, events, occurrences, and tendencies prove that to ensure peace, security, and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable...The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference--they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson.
"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation." James Madison
etc
If you really think the second amendment COULD protect you from the government, you're insane. The US has by far the biggest and most sophisticated war machine in the world.
Tell that to the Iraqis, or the Afghans.
You've clearly never been harassed by a rent-a-cop on a power trip. That you think a reasonable manner will make things easy-peasy amuses me enormously. Just because they're wrong doesn't mean they won't do it. Sorry to break it to you but rent-a-cops who are on a power trip will abuse any hint of power that they have and they don't give a damn what tone of voice you use.
You're projecting. If you look like a victim, of course you will be harassed. No rent-a-cop will ever give me a hassle. That's because I'm the type of guy who looks like he wouldn't put up with some bullshit. If a mother fucker gets up in my face and starts trying to give me lip I will stand up to him and put him in his place. Do you? .... No? Being meek and timid is how people get stepped on. Grow a pair of balls.
Alternative scenario:
You ask them "have I committed a crime by taking these photos?" They again ask you to delete them.
Alternate scenario: Punch the mother fucker in the face and run away. Don't know about you but he ain't gonna catch MY ass. Maybe next time he will think twice about being a fascist shithead.
Long story short, the problem was not too little government intervention, but ineffective regulation and improper enforcement of regulation
Let's just pass more laws! That will fix it right?
If we let the banks go bankrupt, we'd currently be in the Great Depression II
Are you saying we're not now?
Have you ever actually met anyone who grew up in the First Depression?
Well at least they are honest about the "state" of their country. They don't hide the fact they are a police state.
Really? You know they had elections in the Soviet Union right? The same party always won. Reminds me of the USA.
Try living in an *actual* police state sometime - the old Soviet Union
Would you mind explaining to me the difference between today's USA and the old Soviet Union?
Education? Do you think the Chinese chemists and American pharmacists didn't have enough education?
I'm not talking about the doctors. I'm talking about the public.
Do you want to send every medical consumer to medical school? That's how much knowledge they'd need to be informed purchasers in the free marketplace.
Mother fucking bullshit. If you can't make a simple decision about your health without spending four years in college then you are a dumb ass.
You'd need at least the knowledge of a nurse to make informed decisions in the health care marketplace.
Again: you're a moron.
One critical assumption of the free market is that people can make informed decisions. Most patients can't make informed decisions.
Because all they know is lies, and all everyone around them knows is lies. Give people information and teach them how to think, and yes, they are quite capable of making intelligent decisions.
Whatever problems government regulations has, without it people would (and used to) get ripped off.
Again I point out: the problem has historically been information flow....which has now been cured. Ever heard of the Internet?
Be glad for the welfare safety net under you.
You mean my family?
Sure I can. It's called having principles. Anyone who sucks at society's teat and "milks it for all its worth" "gettin mine" "while the gettin's good" is a piece of shit, and deserves for the force of history to come down on them like a ton of bricks when their jig is up. Can't wait for it.
If the government stayed "the hell out" of healthcare, then only the richest of the rich seniors would be able to afford care for the inevitable problems that come with aging. What insurance company would accept someone who is likely to have a $30k+ hospital stay in the next 20 years EVEN IF they are completely healthy otherwise?
What entitles each and every person on the planet to a $30k hospital stay, at taxpayer expense?
All the problems you listed are due to ignorance. Regulation is a bandaid; the cure is education.
The free market doesn't fix everything. In fact, the basis of the current regulatory regime regarding new drugs was originally put in place because a bunch of consumers were killed by a bad drug... with especially painful-sounding deaths... the company never performed any testing with the formulation... and should have known there was a problem in the first place. The story is: Massengil used diethylene glycol as a solvent for dissolving sulfanilamide into an elixir format. Diethylene glycol was a known poison, but the company's chemist wasn't aware of that. Even very simple animal testing would have found the problem.
So, mountains of paperwork and regulations later, have things improved any since then?
Do you really think government is the solution to your problems?
Foreign doctors generally need to improve on English, familiarize themselves with American culture (actually rather difficult for most), and learn about the diseases common in America (i.e. very different than China).
I imagine "fat-assedness" and everything related to it (heart problems, diabetes, etc) tops the list.
Unintended consequences? What the fuck do you think we're dealing with now? Any time a country full of dumb asses thinks they can regulate away their problems through government, there are always unintended consequences. What, do you think the healthcare system problems we are experiencing now are from a free market?
But please note, the poster above me calls for total removal of government regulation from healthcare
Which is exactly what should happen. I don't need the fucking government to protect me from myself. What the fuck the point of a trademark, if not to give me (a supposedly free citizen) the information I need to decide whose services I choose to patronize?
I DONT NEED THE MOTHER FUCKING GOVERNMENT TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN OR CANT BUY, OR WHO CAN AND CAN'T DO BUSINESS.
IMHO the government should pay for new hearing aids for me, once every 4 years. Before you pass out, let me explain: If I do not have hearing aids, I am deaf enough I cannot hear voices at all, and thus cannot work. I can collect about $2800/mo in SSDI right now if I cannot work. So balance that cost against the cost of new hearing ids every 4 years. AND as an added bonus, you bet your ass the Government would not be paying $3000/aid.
Win, win, win.
Here's an even better idea: you don't get your "free" hearing aid, and you don't get your "free" government charity, and you die slowly by starvation in a gutter. I truly hope you do. Look in the mirror: it's parasites that you who are destroying this country.
Government
Today, the War of 1812 page has many more readers than it did in 2008 — 623,000 compared with 434,000 — but the number who make a change has dropped precipitously, from 256 to just 28. Of those original 256, just one remains active. The reason, Jensen believes, is that the article already has had so many edits, there is just not that much to do.
Or maybe people have by and large given up on Wikipedia edits because they're tired of the bureaucracy and politics.
Yeah, and in Africa they think the nigger is innocent. So what's your point?
Maybe if you operate a dictatorship. I find your manner of doing business disgusting. Go back to the Soviet Union, comrade.
No, I wasn't stating my opinion. I was merely stating the lowest agreed upon cutoff by the experts in the area.
Define "expert". LOL
What you "merely" stated is that you are a pedantic twit. And I agree.
b) it is supported by at least one good, secure Web browser (hint: not MSIE),
... Lynx?