You're mis-reading it. What he's saying is that he has successfully taken the safety of Americans out of the hands of foreign terrorists and placed it squarely into the hands of the US government.
"What else would you think he meant by saying he wanted to open himself up for new challenging areas?"
The same thing every politician means when he or she says that: private enterprise. As members of Congress keep grousing about every time they (unconstitutionally, IMO) pass yet another "cost of living" adjustment to their own paychecks, the private sector pays better.
"I'm pretty sure that if you talked to someone from the 1860's, and tried to explain to them that there was an industry that was based on people paying for a music recording they would laugh at you."
You'd be surprised. There was quite a bit of legal wrangling over the rights to the "recordings" at the time as well.
"I'd be more than happy to conduct research into... photon torpedos"
That's easy. So long as Somebody Else is paying for it, all you need is the antimatter. As for its ability to maintain its own warp field when fired while in warp, how the heck are they going to proove that your photono torpedo won't do it?:)
Everybody seems to be doing by-county maps. What I'd rather see at this point is a per-Congressional district display. You know, something that would divide the country in to areas of (roughly) equal population?
I also see Hawaii didn't make it onto the map, and from what little of Alaska I can see I suspect they didn't bother with borough lines there.
"Reagan, on the other hand, smacked them around a few times."
Yeah, by shooting down a civillian airliner. But I guess he made it all better by selling them weapons.
At any rate, this "endorsement" still makes my head hurt. They endorsed a US president that has invaded and overthrown the government of two of their neighbors and who has occasionally rattled a saber in their own direction as well. Either there's some bizarre realpolitik angle I'm missing here or this is a sign of the continuing power struggle in the country between hard-liners and moderates.
Cheap, plentiful electricity from nuke plants makes cracking water easier, bringing us to that "hydrogen economy" we've been hearing about for 50 years.
"What are the chances of 2 Texas oilmen (financially supported by many more oilmen) giving us a coherent national energy policy which frees us from dependency on oil and the Middle East?"
The fact that they're Texas oilmen and would rather sell you Texas oil (or at least domestic oil) rather than deal with state-owned monopolies in OPEC members. Domestic oil companies would love to drill off of Florida's gulf coast, but Floridians (like most Americans, really) would rather fund despotic regimes abroad than have an oil rig in their back yard.
Texas oilmen would also like to see a raise in the price in domestic oil, and what better way to do that than to make it difficult or impossible to import foreign oil (thereby requiring us to use less oil to begin with)? Domestic oil doesn't require the companies to split their profits with a state-own foreign oil company
"Err, I would think it was an advantage if your job is in _politics_"
Because politics is viewed negatively by most people out there, usually rating up there with trial lawyers, used car salesmen and telemarketers.
"His presidency does hold several records that it would rather not, such having lost the most jobs of any president."
There you go again, forgetting in this instance about Herbert Hoover (among others).
"both because of his poor international policies, and his failure to grasp the concept of national security before it was thrust in his face."
What exactly are you complaining about? Should the Bush administration actually apologize about the EP-3 collision instead of merely expressing regret? Was having Vicente Fox address both chambers of Congress the trigger that caused 9/11? I do realize he did manage to snub the Canadians several times, but I didn't realize they were involved in the attacks.
No, "anybody but Bush" lost. As far as I could see, that is how Kerry was sold. Perhaps I've spent too much time on Slashdot lately, but I've seen far more statements that equated to "Bush is bad" than I did see "Kerry is good."
For example, the Daily Show last night. I suppose by this point I shouldn't be surprised that Sharpton didn't have an off switch (I think William Weld did better with the crowd), but in all the "Bush is bad" and the "Republicans are bad" statements he made, there was not one comment to the effect of "Kerry is good" or "Democrats are good."
"ask yourself why the Democrats couldn't come up with a better candidate than Kerry."
Because they weren't catering to their own likes. Kerry won the primaries because the Democrats felt he was the most Republican of all the candidates, therefore the most likely to beat Bush.
"why would someone buy the PSP with a statement like that?"
Look at all the things Sony fixed on the PS2 with "future revisions of the hardware." Oh, you want a progressive-scan DVD player? Want to be able to turn off the PS2 with a remote? Go buy yourself a second PS2.
Whether or not someone would report a violation can be an indicator of how just a law is. If you don't report it, you imply a measure of consent for the activity.
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You're mis-reading it. What he's saying is that he has successfully taken the safety of Americans out of the hands of foreign terrorists and placed it squarely into the hands of the US government.
"After the besmirching that my state, Massachusetts, got from nutjob Shrub,"
As opposed to the besmirching you give yourselves every six years when your senior senator comes up for reelection?
"There were literally hundreds of pathetic attempts to seperate government agencies for a no good reason."
It's called "federalism." Part of it is the belief that centralization of power is a Bad Thing in and of its own right.
If you want a single, centralized, monolithic republic, move to France.
It's something for the Electoral College to ponder next month, I imagine.
"What else would you think he meant by saying he wanted to open himself up for new challenging areas?"
The same thing every politician means when he or she says that: private enterprise. As members of Congress keep grousing about every time they (unconstitutionally, IMO) pass yet another "cost of living" adjustment to their own paychecks, the private sector pays better.
Don't forget the rights of folks on federal death row to be executed in Puerto Rico, where it's against their constitution.
"firing fast rotating 30-day trial discs."
As opposed to firing employees?
"an BSD-licensed implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol, BGP"
So I guess this now means Longhorn will support BGP.
"I'm pretty sure that if you talked to someone from the 1860's, and tried to explain to them that there was an industry that was based on people paying for a music recording they would laugh at you."
You'd be surprised. There was quite a bit of legal wrangling over the rights to the "recordings" at the time as well.
"Whether it's against the will of the copyright holder is irrelevant, so long as it's not against the law."
There's a difference? I thought the DMCA changed that.
"And Taiwan is America's ally."
Because Taiwan is part of China and China is America's ally.
<JEDI HAND WAVE>
There is only One China.
</JEDI HAND WAVE>
Besides, the Taiwan military would seriously give the People's Liberation Army a run for their money.
"I'd be more than happy to conduct research into... photon torpedos"
:)
That's easy. So long as Somebody Else is paying for it, all you need is the antimatter. As for its ability to maintain its own warp field when fired while in warp, how the heck are they going to proove that your photono torpedo won't do it?
I can think of at least one...
Everybody seems to be doing by-county maps. What I'd rather see at this point is a per-Congressional district display. You know, something that would divide the country in to areas of (roughly) equal population?
I also see Hawaii didn't make it onto the map, and from what little of Alaska I can see I suspect they didn't bother with borough lines there.
"Their pitch to him is that the best way for him to see the woman of his dreams again is to stage an amazing performance for her."
Oh, he's about to learn himself a bitter, bitter lesson. Do gaming geeks really want to play this game?
"Reagan, on the other hand, smacked them around a few times."
Yeah, by shooting down a civillian airliner. But I guess he made it all better by selling them weapons.
At any rate, this "endorsement" still makes my head hurt. They endorsed a US president that has invaded and overthrown the government of two of their neighbors and who has occasionally rattled a saber in their own direction as well. Either there's some bizarre realpolitik angle I'm missing here or this is a sign of the continuing power struggle in the country between hard-liners and moderates.
"I work for a game retailer and wrote down the current pre-order list"
That's an awfully long list for you to "write down." Why do I not believe you?
I'm envisioning a "battery on a dongle," basicly a second unit with a cable coming out to plug into the PSP's power jack.
Unless I'm wrong, it will be ugly as hell...
Cheap, plentiful electricity from nuke plants makes cracking water easier, bringing us to that "hydrogen economy" we've been hearing about for 50 years.
"The only thing standing in solar's way is the large up-front cost."
And here I thought it was clouds...
"What are the chances of 2 Texas oilmen (financially supported by many more oilmen) giving us a coherent national energy policy which frees us from dependency on oil and the Middle East?"
The fact that they're Texas oilmen and would rather sell you Texas oil (or at least domestic oil) rather than deal with state-owned monopolies in OPEC members. Domestic oil companies would love to drill off of Florida's gulf coast, but Floridians (like most Americans, really) would rather fund despotic regimes abroad than have an oil rig in their back yard.
Texas oilmen would also like to see a raise in the price in domestic oil, and what better way to do that than to make it difficult or impossible to import foreign oil (thereby requiring us to use less oil to begin with)? Domestic oil doesn't require the companies to split their profits with a state-own foreign oil company
"Err, I would think it was an advantage if your job is in _politics_"
Because politics is viewed negatively by most people out there, usually rating up there with trial lawyers, used car salesmen and telemarketers.
"His presidency does hold several records that it would rather not, such having lost the most jobs of any president."
There you go again, forgetting in this instance about Herbert Hoover (among others).
"both because of his poor international policies, and his failure to grasp the concept of national security before it was thrust in his face."
What exactly are you complaining about? Should the Bush administration actually apologize about the EP-3 collision instead of merely expressing regret? Was having Vicente Fox address both chambers of Congress the trigger that caused 9/11? I do realize he did manage to snub the Canadians several times, but I didn't realize they were involved in the attacks.
"Bush didn't win, Kerry lost."
No, "anybody but Bush" lost. As far as I could see, that is how Kerry was sold. Perhaps I've spent too much time on Slashdot lately, but I've seen far more statements that equated to "Bush is bad" than I did see "Kerry is good."
For example, the Daily Show last night. I suppose by this point I shouldn't be surprised that Sharpton didn't have an off switch (I think William Weld did better with the crowd), but in all the "Bush is bad" and the "Republicans are bad" statements he made, there was not one comment to the effect of "Kerry is good" or "Democrats are good."
"ask yourself why the Democrats couldn't come up with a better candidate than Kerry."
Because they weren't catering to their own likes. Kerry won the primaries because the Democrats felt he was the most Republican of all the candidates, therefore the most likely to beat Bush.
"why would someone buy the PSP with a statement like that?"
Look at all the things Sony fixed on the PS2 with "future revisions of the hardware." Oh, you want a progressive-scan DVD player? Want to be able to turn off the PS2 with a remote? Go buy yourself a second PS2.
Whether or not someone would report a violation can be an indicator of how just a law is. If you don't report it, you imply a measure of consent for the activity.