Or, it could be argued that increased taxes on the wealthy are just slowing wealth redistribution from the poor to the rich.
If you look at the dwindling middle class in America and how the income of the wealthiest continues to grow while the poor and middle class see almost no increase, it should be obvious which way the wealth is being redistributed in this country.
It was obvious that the Bush Administration was wrong about the war in Iraq by 2002. Many people were able to figure it out before it even started. To say that the facts weren't known as late as 2004, I have to assume you weren't paying close enough attention.
Also, for the record Afghanistan was the war that (mostly) everyone wanted us in because of 9/11, not Iraq.
For the record, I tend to think that anyone that votes straight-ticket anything qualifies as an "unreasoning moron."
In theory I'd like to agree with you, but in practice when the only options are a Republican (in the party's current incarnation) and a Democrat, I'd have to consider anyone voting for the Republican an unreasoning moron. People love to claim that both parties are equally bad, but that's simply not the case and hasn't been for decades.
None of these men owned slaves.... Washington freed his.... Jefferson tried to free his slaves...
If they never owned slaves as you say, then how can you follow that assertion with references to the slaves that they possessed? What slaves would those be that they were freeing?
As Douglas Adams correctly observed, "anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job". It applies to other high offices as well and the corollary of that is that anyone who should be allowed to serve in office will be incapable of winning the election.
Agreed. This is a social problem, not a technical problem. As long as you can back up your home directory and restore it to your new computer without having to reconfigure your browser then any installer will be able to do the same. It is good that this can be done, companies just need to stop abusing it.
Maybe in his configured UI the Checkboxes were actually X's - and he thought an X beside the item means "Do Not Want" - a common mistake when using X-indicative checkboxes.
Really? I find that a bit surprising. In all my years I've never encountered a single person who was confused by what an X in a box means, not in computers or in the real world where the practice is just as common.
The iPad's a bit awkward to walk around with in your pocket, isn't it? I can't see something that big ever being as universally accessable as a smart phone.
Unless you are saying that the toiletries, water bottles, and coke cans that people regularly have to bin at security checkpoints are found hidden in body cavities, then no your response has nothing to do with my post. I don't give the TSA much credit, but I expect that if they somehow found a liquid hidden in someones body cavity then they would treat it differently then the liquids they typically find in people's carry-ons.
They are all young Arab men because young Arab men are the easiest to recruit, not because they are the only ones who could be recruited. If you start profiling young Arab men, they can and will change the profile of their recruits.
While the ban of liquids is stupid and pointless, the fact that you Coke can isn't treated like a bomb is a very poor argument against it. The idea is that if the TSA is consistent about not allowing any liquids through the checkpoints then the liquids people have with them won't be explosives because no one will bother trying to sneak liquid explosives onto the planes.
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That was the old theory. Years ago it was discovered that new brain cells are in fact produced throughout your lifetime.
Well obviously. Did you not catch that I was joking?
Maybe out of respect for those who would mind.
Exactly. When my dear kitty passes on I'm sure she'll want me to give another shelter cat the same chance at a happy life that she had.
Plus, why would I disturb her from her eternal nap? Surely that's any cat's idea of heaven.
Alright, you got me. I think I voted for a Republican or two in local races recently.
Or, it could be argued that increased taxes on the wealthy are just slowing wealth redistribution from the poor to the rich.
If you look at the dwindling middle class in America and how the income of the wealthiest continues to grow while the poor and middle class see almost no increase, it should be obvious which way the wealth is being redistributed in this country.
It was obvious that the Bush Administration was wrong about the war in Iraq by 2002. Many people were able to figure it out before it even started. To say that the facts weren't known as late as 2004, I have to assume you weren't paying close enough attention.
Also, for the record Afghanistan was the war that (mostly) everyone wanted us in because of 9/11, not Iraq.
In theory I'd like to agree with you, but in practice when the only options are a Republican (in the party's current incarnation) and a Democrat, I'd have to consider anyone voting for the Republican an unreasoning moron. People love to claim that both parties are equally bad, but that's simply not the case and hasn't been for decades.
Oh, now I follow. I thought you meant they were entering the similar names on their ballots.
If they never owned slaves as you say, then how can you follow that assertion with references to the slaves that they possessed? What slaves would those be that they were freeing?
Yeah actually, I'm pretty sure that the unemployed and underemployed would feel better knowing they still had access to some form of health care.
You mean like this?
Whoops, that's actually an example of him voting for money for his district, and unabashedly defending the practice. My bad.
As Douglas Adams correctly observed, "anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job". It applies to other high offices as well and the corollary of that is that anyone who should be allowed to serve in office will be incapable of winning the election.
How exactly does that work? It seems like voting for an invalid write-in candidate would only take a vote away from the write-in candidates opponent.
Agreed. This is a social problem, not a technical problem. As long as you can back up your home directory and restore it to your new computer without having to reconfigure your browser then any installer will be able to do the same. It is good that this can be done, companies just need to stop abusing it.
Really? I find that a bit surprising. In all my years I've never encountered a single person who was confused by what an X in a box means, not in computers or in the real world where the practice is just as common.
The iPad's a bit awkward to walk around with in your pocket, isn't it? I can't see something that big ever being as universally accessable as a smart phone.
Unless you are saying that the toiletries, water bottles, and coke cans that people regularly have to bin at security checkpoints are found hidden in body cavities, then no your response has nothing to do with my post. I don't give the TSA much credit, but I expect that if they somehow found a liquid hidden in someones body cavity then they would treat it differently then the liquids they typically find in people's carry-ons.
You don't have to be an ass, did you even read my first sentence? Your response has nothing at all to do with my post.
Clearly that's not how the TSA works or we wouldn't be doing any of what they make us do.
In the US spreading terror without killing people isn't called treason, it's called campaigning.
They are all young Arab men because young Arab men are the easiest to recruit, not because they are the only ones who could be recruited. If you start profiling young Arab men, they can and will change the profile of their recruits.
While the ban of liquids is stupid and pointless, the fact that you Coke can isn't treated like a bomb is a very poor argument against it. The idea is that if the TSA is consistent about not allowing any liquids through the checkpoints then the liquids people have with them won't be explosives because no one will bother trying to sneak liquid explosives onto the planes.
No.
Yeah... so?