I don't terribly mind not seeing taxes in the shopkeepers' windows. They're easy enough to figure out.
Telecom taxes are a whole 'nother story. I kind of understand why ATT won't reveal them. Too complicated. What would make sense to me is eliminating all the special taxes for phone lines, or as least combining them into a calculable number.
A dirty little secret is that municipalities love to tax phones and utilities in order to pad the city coffers. I'd bet they're opposed to transparency.
I would argue that merely that solar options haven't been explored because coal, oil, and natural gas fired electricity has been so damned reliable and cheap. Remember it has to be practical and relatively cheap for it to be exploited.
Let's put the blame where blame belongs. The United States has made some poor foreign policy decisions in the past. Certain factions in the middle east are responsible for using America/Jew-hating to empower themselves and for creating their own underclasses of hopeless young men/women with nothing but the hate. These men/women are personally guilty for carrying out acts of terror on civilians.
So let's all take responsibility for the things we've actually done wrong instead of trying to pile all the blame in one place. And move forward, with contrition and candor.
I actually think America's main problem is not Americans but the rise of the rest of the world, which necessarily means waning influence of the Old Empire. Pollution, global warming, scarcity of natural resources; these pose problems for all Americans. The world simply can't support 9 billion people living the way Americans have in the past 100 years. I believe solutions will be found where life 100 years from now is actually better than today, bu the transition could be very painful, and odds are I'll be living through it.
Unfortunately home lacks some pretty basic features like "Use a secondary screen on your mobile PC" and "Automagically back up your files." I'd argue home premium is equivalent to XP home, and I wouldn't recommend that anybody get Basic.
That is dumb. Optiplexes have kick ass reliability and make hardly any noise. I had one where the heat sink fell off. The user reported it "ran slow" and made a lot of noise. When he replaced the heat sink, the machine continued to function as normal.
I have a good TV. It has 3 HDMI, but only one of the component inputs has sound analog sound. Unfortunately for me, the Xbox only supports optical digital and the Wii has no digital out at all. What I really need is a decent sound system.
Worst straw man ever. I didn't say homogeneity was a good thing. I am in no way envious of the Danes form of government, which is probably good because it won't work here. Calling me a racist just makes you a troll.
I should say, though, I agree 250k is a lot of money. Don't forget, however, that the kids all have to go to private school (up to 24k/yr) while your tax money goes to educate illegal immigrants and babysit future criminals. I mean you want them to make 120k a year some day right?
I think you have the principle right, but the government certainly has a role in equalizing information. So as long as there's a big red tag on the leaded toys, I think it is fine to sell them. If they were provided to children, someone might need to step in for the child's sake, as they do require state protection.
A better example of libertarianism is allowing farmers to sell unpasteurized milk, which is currently illegal in some states, liquor in >3oz bottles. Situations where the risks are understood.
Liberalism is about individual freedom and opposes state run institutions
Liberalism is a difficult thing to define. I was just taking the ideologies of the left and extrapolating, stretching the philosophy of the right to the extreme right.
This is because the parent of my first post claimed that libertarianism, taken to the extreme, could lead to something tantamount to slavery, which is of course the opposite of liberty.
I've heard this argument before (from Obama himself first), but it doesn't address my concerns. He should have voted no. That's what upset me. I'll say it again: trust is a big deal right now.
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If it's an electric car that runs off carbon neutral fuel then yes you can. That's not naive it's just some years off.
Wow you got useful information out of the Sprint store? Lucky.
I don't terribly mind not seeing taxes in the shopkeepers' windows. They're easy enough to figure out.
Telecom taxes are a whole 'nother story. I kind of understand why ATT won't reveal them. Too complicated. What would make sense to me is eliminating all the special taxes for phone lines, or as least combining them into a calculable number.
A dirty little secret is that municipalities love to tax phones and utilities in order to pad the city coffers. I'd bet they're opposed to transparency.
I ain't pass the bar but I know a little bit. Enough that you won't illegally search my shit.
Need more rhymes like that one.
Oh and that's 99 problems by Jay Z in case you haven't heard it.
see what a deregulated energy market combined with smart energy traders can come up with.
Enron. The smartest guys in the room.
I would argue that merely that solar options haven't been explored because coal, oil, and natural gas fired electricity has been so damned reliable and cheap. Remember it has to be practical and relatively cheap for it to be exploited.
Let's put the blame where blame belongs. The United States has made some poor foreign policy decisions in the past. Certain factions in the middle east are responsible for using America/Jew-hating to empower themselves and for creating their own underclasses of hopeless young men/women with nothing but the hate. These men/women are personally guilty for carrying out acts of terror on civilians.
So let's all take responsibility for the things we've actually done wrong instead of trying to pile all the blame in one place. And move forward, with contrition and candor.
I actually think America's main problem is not Americans but the rise of the rest of the world, which necessarily means waning influence of the Old Empire. Pollution, global warming, scarcity of natural resources; these pose problems for all Americans. The world simply can't support 9 billion people living the way Americans have in the past 100 years. I believe solutions will be found where life 100 years from now is actually better than today, bu the transition could be very painful, and odds are I'll be living through it.
Thinking anyone would try to replace his he-man muscle car with anything called the probe is bafflingly stupid.
Is it cheaper without hormones?
Yeah but they're Ferrari laptops. Winnar.
Unfortunately home lacks some pretty basic features like "Use a secondary screen on your mobile PC" and "Automagically back up your files." I'd argue home premium is equivalent to XP home, and I wouldn't recommend that anybody get Basic.
That is dumb. Optiplexes have kick ass reliability and make hardly any noise. I had one where the heat sink fell off. The user reported it "ran slow" and made a lot of noise. When he replaced the heat sink, the machine continued to function as normal.
Could always use an upgrade though :)
I have a good TV. It has 3 HDMI, but only one of the component inputs has sound analog sound. Unfortunately for me, the Xbox only supports optical digital and the Wii has no digital out at all. What I really need is a decent sound system.
Worst straw man ever. I didn't say homogeneity was a good thing. I am in no way envious of the Danes form of government, which is probably good because it won't work here. Calling me a racist just makes you a troll.
They took all the gold people had paid for, rendering their tender useless. Whether the tender was legal or not, the gold belonged to the depositors.
Gawd I hate having to swap my Xbox and Wii out all the time. At least the PS3 has HDMI.
So would this spinning interfere with the ability to play DVDs using homebrew software?
I should say, though, I agree 250k is a lot of money. Don't forget, however, that the kids all have to go to private school (up to 24k/yr) while your tax money goes to educate illegal immigrants and babysit future criminals. I mean you want them to make 120k a year some day right?
A household making $250K gross at a 35% tax
Not in this California. Maybe in Southern Southern California. You know, Mexico.
I think you have the principle right, but the government certainly has a role in equalizing information. So as long as there's a big red tag on the leaded toys, I think it is fine to sell them. If they were provided to children, someone might need to step in for the child's sake, as they do require state protection.
A better example of libertarianism is allowing farmers to sell unpasteurized milk, which is currently illegal in some states, liquor in >3oz bottles. Situations where the risks are understood.
Liberalism is about individual freedom and opposes state run institutions
Liberalism is a difficult thing to define. I was just taking the ideologies of the left and extrapolating, stretching the philosophy of the right to the extreme right.
This is because the parent of my first post claimed that libertarianism, taken to the extreme, could lead to something tantamount to slavery, which is of course the opposite of liberty.
I've heard this argument before (from Obama himself first), but it doesn't address my concerns. He should have voted no. That's what upset me. I'll say it again: trust is a big deal right now.
And the correly should be made explicit: the reason for telco immunity isn't to shelter the telcos. It's to hide the facts about government spying.