According to the article (you did RTFA, right?) this "individual" is hardly alone. The fact that only those who come off as crackpots see the light of day, IMHO, supports that view.
"But between this and the fact that they regularly hire sexual predators to defend us,"
Would you be so quick to damn any organization as a whole if one of their execs turned out to be a pedophile?
The sad thing is it probably happens more often than we think. That fact, however, shouldn't reflect upon the companies/organizations for whom they happen to work.
"With all of the government-sponsored selling out of The People that has been going on in the past, say, 6 or so years, one has to wonder when or even if it is going to stop."
"But for a poor person, all the sudden being able to use a cheap wifi connector and some knowhow to get internet for free instead of 45 a month will be a great boon.
If only the poor's problems stemmed from not having Internet access.
This is California. Initiatives like this are more about gaining status among the entitlement demographic than any genuine desire to address poverty.
"keeping fuel prices artifically low isn't helping anyone in the long run."
Artificially inflating them with taxes isn't going to help the poor either.
I know it's nice to have enough disposable income that you can worry about things like the environment. But there are a lot of people out there who have more immediate concerns that are further complicated by well-meaning but shortsighted idealists.
While all of it was deployed during Bush's term, that alone should tell you the the planning (such that it was) began long before that.
I know; I worked for the Navy and spent many a frustrating hour on NMCI systems. Your post was a frankly pathetic attack on Bush. Especially since there are far more egregious messes you could have pinned on him.
FTA: "In that story, the resident of Calgary, Alberta, said the U.S.-led war against Iraq "sickens" him. De Raadt also said he was uncomfortable taking money from the U.S. military, but 'I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise missile doesn't get built.'"
He should have thanked the U.S. Military for solving his moral dilemma for him.
My parents didn't want me to see certain kinds of movies until I was old enough, and so I was forbidden from watching them. I didn't go behind their backs; I simply respected their decision.
You're under some idea that most kids are asshats who just rebel against their parents for its own sake. Don't raise asshats and they'll respect your role as a parent.
In freedom of the press perhaps, but what about freedom involving personal choice? In socialist countries, many such choices are made by the government.
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"Over 300 people reported that they had tried sending AOL subscribers messages that contained a link to www.DearAOL.com"
Sounds like a good candidate for a SPAM filter if you ask me.
I bet you could go to another ISP if you suspect that they are filtering your e-mail. Just a hunch.
"Increasing the efficency of your economy hardly equates to destroying it."
And reducing emissions hardly equates to increased efficiency. Just look at deisel engines; efficient but hardly clean.
So you automatically dismiss any scientist whose research doesn't support the prevailing GW theory as a crackpot. That's not very open-minded of you.
According to the article (you did RTFA, right?) this "individual" is hardly alone. The fact that only those who come off as crackpots see the light of day, IMHO, supports that view.
"You can't seriously believe that."
You can if you're a blinded zealot.
"But between this and the fact that they regularly hire sexual predators to defend us,"
Would you be so quick to damn any organization as a whole if one of their execs turned out to be a pedophile?
The sad thing is it probably happens more often than we think. That fact, however, shouldn't reflect upon the companies/organizations for whom they happen to work.
"While I don't expect my actions to bring your corporation to its knees, I am the "geek" of my family, and"
I'd cut that part out.
Calling someone out for being intellectually dishonest isn't "hate".
"With all of the government-sponsored selling out of The People that has been going on in the past, say, 6 or so years, one has to wonder when or even if it is going to stop."
Isn't that just assumed now?
"But for a poor person, all the sudden being able to use a cheap wifi connector and some knowhow to get internet for free instead of 45 a month will be a great boon.
If only the poor's problems stemmed from not having Internet access.
This is California. Initiatives like this are more about gaining status among the entitlement demographic than any genuine desire to address poverty.
Imagine that; someone from Berkely calling a tax-funded government service "free".
You don't need the government's help to make minor lifestyle changes and conserve, if you really want to do so.
"keeping fuel prices artifically low isn't helping anyone in the long run."
Artificially inflating them with taxes isn't going to help the poor either.
I know it's nice to have enough disposable income that you can worry about things like the environment. But there are a lot of people out there who have more immediate concerns that are further complicated by well-meaning but shortsighted idealists.
"One is an honest disagreement about an issue."
Most anti-nuke rhetoric nothing but FUD. I'd hardly call their disagreements "honest", especially since most of them are smart enough to know better.
And yet the environmentalist Left is still doggedly opposed to replacing our coal-based energy production with safe, clean nuclear power.
In other words, the political Right aren't the only ones letting politics get in the way of meaningful reform.
"is there little doubt that new technologies and practices would be exported to places such as India and China?"
Given their current rate of industrialization, increasing demand for energy, and pollution output, I'd say there's plenty of doubt.
What else can I say?
NMCI was underway LONG before Bush took office.
While all of it was deployed during Bush's term, that alone should tell you the the planning (such that it was) began long before that.
I know; I worked for the Navy and spent many a frustrating hour on NMCI systems. Your post was a frankly pathetic attack on Bush. Especially since there are far more egregious messes you could have pinned on him.
When is this quote going to start being properly modded Redundant?
We get the idea. Stop modding it up as if it's something new and revealing.
And any subsequent discussion of said posts will be summarily downmodded as well.
That joke never gets old.
And by "old" I mean "funny".
FTA: "In that story, the resident of Calgary, Alberta, said the U.S.-led war against Iraq "sickens" him. De Raadt also said he was uncomfortable taking money from the U.S. military, but 'I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise missile doesn't get built.'"
He should have thanked the U.S. Military for solving his moral dilemma for him.
My parents didn't want me to see certain kinds of movies until I was old enough, and so I was forbidden from watching them. I didn't go behind their backs; I simply respected their decision.
You're under some idea that most kids are asshats who just rebel against their parents for its own sake. Don't raise asshats and they'll respect your role as a parent.
In freedom of the press perhaps, but what about freedom involving personal choice? In socialist countries, many such choices are made by the government.