I don't post an email address because I don't care to get email from obnoxious assholes. I read your entire post, and if I understood it differently than you intended, that says more about your skill as a writer than of my skill at reading comprehension.
Feel free to reply. I'm sure you'll want to have the last word. And you'll get it.
If FDR said this, he got it exactly bass-ackwards, in my opinion.
If you look at the fascist states of his time, especially Germany, you see that Hitler was completely in control of industry.
The Nazis basically gave the corporations two choices: do what we tell you to do, or we'll nationalize your industry and replace you with someone else.
But FDR was nothing if he wasn't a master propagandist. So of course he redefined Fascism to suit his own purposes.
If their goal is to kill a bunch of civilians, there's no problem.
However, if their goal is to have a counterforce capability against the American land-based nukes, then cruise missiles don't have the reach.
I'm quite aware that a lot of people live on the coasts. However, as I am safely ensconced in The Great Flyover, I won't be spending much time worrying about Chinese cruise missiles.
Truly, I have been humbled by a superior intellect. Maybe they should attach photon torpedoes to the missiles? Those should be really tough to intercept.
I was merely trying to point out a flaw with your little plan. You apparently were trying to be rude. Congratulations. Doesn't success feel good?
The question is not whether some consumers are idiots (this is unequivocally true), but whether it is the duty of government to protect idiots from themselves. I think most people (even the dolts) can figure out whether a search engine is a POS after a few attempts.
A search engine either does a good job finding links to the information you inquire about, or it gives you a bunch of crap. I used to use AltaVista because it was a good search engine. For whatever reason, AV now returns mostly crap. So I don't use it anymore.
I'm sure Nader has enough to retire on, he should move to the f-ing Caribbean and mind his own affairs.
Nader is just doing what he's done all his life -- making sure that business in general will collapse under the weight of a ten-foot-high stack of regulations. Why he is doing this is really not something I care to speculate on.
First of all, I'll give you a big amen on what it is that Nader's doing. And I will speculate on why he does it. It's simple, it enhances his personal power, and he's become very wealthy by doing it. Isn't there a name for people like that? Oh yeah, H-Y-P-...
I would think that China would be more apt to build a sub with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. It would be a lot easier than using ballistic missiles, however you wouldn't have the ability to strike targets more than a few hundred miles inland.
The hard and expensive part is building a submarine that the U.S. can't detect. I'm not sure what China's capability is in this arena.
Are you so sure that the US would have the political will to annihilate a totalitarian nation that attacked us first? Would we think it was OK to nuke a nation where the leadership wasn't elected by the populace. (Please spare me the GW cracks.)
I find it highly unlikely that we would nuke Libya even if they nuked us first. Now, we might attack them conventionally, but I seriously doubt we could face up to the bad PR we would get in Western Europe for retaliating with nuc-u-ler weapons.
What you've (conveniently) left out is the cost of "doing something" about a problem that doesn't exist.
Are you willing to sacrifice your job to prevent global warming? How about someone else's job? Right, I thought so.
People need to understand that "environmentalism" has become the repository for socialist thought in this country. They couldn't convince the great unwashed to destroy our economy by conventional rhetoric, so they've cloaked their operations with the mantle of "saving the planet".
If you examine how most of these environmental groups propose to battle global warming, they want to do it by telling you how to live, where to work, what kind of transportation to use, how many kids you should have, how much fiber you need in your diet, ad nauseum.
The governments in Western Europe don't want the Kyoto protocol anymore than the Bush administration. They have recognized a way for the socialist-lite countries to splatter mud on the dress of the capitalists, and they are taking advantage of it.
I observe an almost complete bastardization of the title engineer in the midwest where I live. The title "Professional Engineer" has a specific meaning, but otherwise, feel free to call yourself a sanitation engineer if that strikes your fancy.
I have an engineering degree, but as I write software for a living, I refer to myself as a programmer or a developer.
It riles my ire when I overhear the wire-puller/tape monkeys in my building refer to themselves as "network engineers". Puh-leeze.
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Feel free to reply. I'm sure you'll want to have the last word. And you'll get it.
If you look at the fascist states of his time, especially Germany, you see that Hitler was completely in control of industry.
The Nazis basically gave the corporations two choices: do what we tell you to do, or we'll nationalize your industry and replace you with someone else.
But FDR was nothing if he wasn't a master propagandist. So of course he redefined Fascism to suit his own purposes.
Number 2 violates minimum wage laws. (Although, individuals from very poor countries might jump at the chance to earn $2k for two years of work.)
Personally I think you ought to be able to trade your labor for whatever you think is fair.
However, if their goal is to have a counterforce capability against the American land-based nukes, then cruise missiles don't have the reach.
I'm quite aware that a lot of people live on the coasts. However, as I am safely ensconced in The Great Flyover, I won't be spending much time worrying about Chinese cruise missiles.
I was merely trying to point out a flaw with your little plan. You apparently were trying to be rude. Congratulations. Doesn't success feel good?
A search engine either does a good job finding links to the information you inquire about, or it gives you a bunch of crap. I used to use AltaVista because it was a good search engine. For whatever reason, AV now returns mostly crap. So I don't use it anymore.
I'm sure Nader has enough to retire on, he should move to the f-ing Caribbean and mind his own affairs.
Gooogle on, Wayne.
First of all, I'll give you a big amen on what it is that Nader's doing. And I will speculate on why he does it. It's simple, it enhances his personal power, and he's become very wealthy by doing it. Isn't there a name for people like that? Oh yeah, H-Y-P-...
Fusion power will still produce radioactive waste. After all, the containment vessel will be bombarded with radiation.
Ballistic missiles do not "jink". On the downhill side they are unpowered and travelling at nearly orbital velocities.
The hard and expensive part is building a submarine that the U.S. can't detect. I'm not sure what China's capability is in this arena.
I find it highly unlikely that we would nuke Libya even if they nuked us first. Now, we might attack them conventionally, but I seriously doubt we could face up to the bad PR we would get in Western Europe for retaliating with nuc-u-ler weapons.
Are you willing to sacrifice your job to prevent global warming? How about someone else's job? Right, I thought so.
People need to understand that "environmentalism" has become the repository for socialist thought in this country. They couldn't convince the great unwashed to destroy our economy by conventional rhetoric, so they've cloaked their operations with the mantle of "saving the planet".
If you examine how most of these environmental groups propose to battle global warming, they want to do it by telling you how to live, where to work, what kind of transportation to use, how many kids you should have, how much fiber you need in your diet, ad nauseum.
The governments in Western Europe don't want the Kyoto protocol anymore than the Bush administration. They have recognized a way for the socialist-lite countries to splatter mud on the dress of the capitalists, and they are taking advantage of it.
I have an engineering degree, but as I write software for a living, I refer to myself as a programmer or a developer.
It riles my ire when I overhear the wire-puller/tape monkeys in my building refer to themselves as "network engineers". Puh-leeze.