Tell it to a liberal? Obviously you didn't bother to check out the vote totals. It passed 385-3. Two Republicans and one Democrat voted against it, and 46 representatives did not vote. And it's supported by the Republican administration. If there's anybody going crazy criminalizing new things right now, it's Bush and Ashcroft.
We're all Statists now. Republican, Democrat, even many Libertarians (e.g. Cato) worship and love the Leviathan State, especially when it flexes its war muscles. Yes, it's the Messiah, and will save the world from All Evil (can you say "Infinite Justice"?).
Once again America doesn't need MORE laws just to apply the existing ones judiciously.
You're right, but the new law isn't about anything rational or necessary. It's a law "for show". Those in congress are vain, preening, losers who couldn't hold a real job. Most of them can't govern themselves properly, but don't hesistate to try to run our lives.
Shouldn't we be working harder to fix existing [nando.net] government agencies that don't work as intended instead of making new ones?
If a gov't agency doesn't work, why should it be "fixed"? Why not eliminate it? Trying to fix it means shoveling more money into the furnace.
I remember a co-worker came by with a 6-pack of A&W Cream Soda. He said he loved the stuff, but now couldn't drink it, because it now had caffeine, which he couldn't handle well. The cans had these words on them: "Now with Caffeine!" He only noticed it after he'd brought the stuff in to work. Of course, I just chugged the stuff down.
Should we now scrap all that other studies that suggest coffee consumption can be linked to higher blood pressure, which can in turn be linked to higher risk of heart attacks?
Absolutely, because we live in the day of "The Latest Study Shows..." The Latest Study [tm] is all that counts.
It's worth remembering for some OpenBSD worshipping newbie zealots that every OS is as secure as the admin installing/maintaining the server.
Given two equally paranoid and skilled sysadmins, the one using OpenBSD has a head start over the one using Linux. Linux machines are owned so easily and often, it often occurs to admins, "gee, maybe I should study all the crackers roaming about my boxes."
and the reticence from the scientific community to question the party line.
Shocked and dismayed I am, to find that scientists are mere mortals. Murray Rothbard had a great phrase for intellectuals who were lackeys of the reigning power: "court intellectuals." In exchange for all the perks and privileges, they'd serve as apologists for the regime. Smart, but flunkies nevertheless.
Did you see that? I actually used "its" instead of "it's" for possessive! It's really not that hard people...
It really _is_ hard for our overeducated (mostly 17 years, at least) and undereducated (but unable to spell "lose" properly and use "it's" properly) government-educated mass.
The stupid laws just give us reasons to hold the whole of Law in contempt. No society of free men would put up with such stupidities. Yet our society cheers them on. God help the Europeans, who slavishly lick the boots of anybody who has a whiff of authority, we're right behind ya.
Yes, that Orwell certainly was a prophet. We're surrounded by moronic proles. It's chilling. BTW, if "Slavery = Freedom" and "Safety is Freedom", does it follow that "Safety is Slavery"?
And here was I, thinking that the U.S. was a standard bearer promoting democracy and the principles of human rights embodied in the U.S. Constitution.
You were educated by the State, right? What did you expect? And you do get your news from those Yapping Lapdogs for the State, CNN (aka "Pentagon Press Release Network")? We are all thoroughly indoctrinated into all the Correct Myths.
Considering how little money ISP's tend to make, I don't see this as at all fair, unless the government will pony up the cash.
"the government will pony up the cash" is a euphemism for "the government will extract more money from people under threat of force, and give it to the ISPs so that the ISPs will monitor us, for the children of course, with an added layer of bureaucracy, so the state can expand its power."
Any kernel hackers out there want a job?
[monster.com]
(I know, it's off-topic, mod me down, et cetera, but do you know how hard it is to find qualified Linux kernel hackers?? I'm willing to risk some karma...)
Richland, WA, eh? That fellow who tried to build his own nuclear reactor, well he'd fit right in... It's right near the US Energy Research and Development Administration site, aka "Hanford", which is the worst superfund site in the country.
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We're all Statists now. Republican, Democrat, even many Libertarians (e.g. Cato) worship and love the Leviathan State, especially when it flexes its war muscles. Yes, it's the Messiah, and will save the world from All Evil (can you say "Infinite Justice"?).
You're right, but the new law isn't about anything rational or necessary. It's a law "for show". Those in congress are vain, preening, losers who couldn't hold a real job. Most of them can't govern themselves properly, but don't hesistate to try to run our lives.
Shouldn't we be working harder to fix existing [nando.net] government agencies that don't work as intended instead of making new ones?
If a gov't agency doesn't work, why should it be "fixed"? Why not eliminate it? Trying to fix it means shoveling more money into the furnace.
I remember a co-worker came by with a 6-pack of A&W Cream Soda. He said he loved the stuff, but now couldn't drink it, because it now had caffeine, which he couldn't handle well. The cans had these words on them: "Now with Caffeine!" He only noticed it after he'd brought the stuff in to work. Of course, I just chugged the stuff down.
Absolutely, because we live in the day of "The Latest Study Shows..." The Latest Study [tm] is all that counts.
As Lenin, that hideous creature of Evil, might have said: China's Useful Idiots.
Given two equally paranoid and skilled sysadmins, the one using OpenBSD has a head start over the one using Linux. Linux machines are owned so easily and often, it often occurs to admins, "gee, maybe I should study all the crackers roaming about my boxes."
Shocked and dismayed I am, to find that scientists are mere mortals. Murray Rothbard had a great phrase for intellectuals who were lackeys of the reigning power: "court intellectuals." In exchange for all the perks and privileges, they'd serve as apologists for the regime. Smart, but flunkies nevertheless.
There is no cancelling effect--what counts is which is the _latest_ study. The latest study is The Truth for Today.
Then, later, you said: We did nothing till Hitler took over the world.
Maybe you should study some history before just proclaiming your status.
It really _is_ hard for our overeducated (mostly 17 years, at least) and undereducated (but unable to spell "lose" properly and use "it's" properly) government-educated mass.
The travesty is that the rental car company's property rights are of no account. It is their car, or don't ya know?
Shut up, mom!
The stupid laws just give us reasons to hold the whole of Law in contempt. No society of free men would put up with such stupidities. Yet our society cheers them on. God help the Europeans, who slavishly lick the boots of anybody who has a whiff of authority, we're right behind ya.
Yes, that Orwell certainly was a prophet. We're surrounded by moronic proles. It's chilling. BTW, if "Slavery = Freedom" and "Safety is Freedom", does it follow that "Safety is Slavery"?
You were educated by the State, right? What did you expect? And you do get your news from those Yapping Lapdogs for the State, CNN (aka "Pentagon Press Release Network")? We are all thoroughly indoctrinated into all the Correct Myths.
As Bismarck once said, "Nothing is confirmed until officially denied."
I wonder if Zero Knowledge, Inc., is just a front for a CIA/NSA monitoring operation?
"the government will pony up the cash" is a euphemism for "the government will extract more money from people under threat of force, and give it to the ISPs so that the ISPs will monitor us, for the children of course, with an added layer of bureaucracy, so the state can expand its power."
Here is their funding. But, being purely commercial hasn't stopped CNN et al from becoming Lapdog Toady Bootlickers for the State.
Rampant over-inflated egos?
I love shopping at Wal-mart, I feel thin there.
Penguins with giant mouse ears.
Number 9... number 9... number 9... number 9...
Richland, WA, eh? That fellow who tried to build his own nuclear reactor, well he'd fit right in... It's right near the US Energy Research and Development Administration site, aka "Hanford", which is the worst superfund site in the country.
No cause worth fighting for is ever lost.