Basically, they see unregulated capitalism as an unsustainable entity. Eventually, the "winners" consolodate their positions and use their market power to keep out any other players. They stifle new innovation to protect their market position. They drastically reduce the number of people who "work for themselves". Basically, unregulated capitalism quickly devolves into feudalism.
Regulation DOES NOT stifle innovation. Regulation is a set of rules that govern what is considered "fair" and "ethical" play. The rules are set up in order to guarantee that no one player dominates, nor can the existing players keep new ones out of the game.
Regulated marketism is the engine that drives the most successful economy in the world. Every time we de-regulate, the thieves and scoundrels come out of the woodwork to loot the system and steal from the little guy.
The characterization of liberals as "socialists" is a tremendous misnomer brought about by the notion that some things definitely belong in the "public" sector. That is, some things simply CANNOT be done by the private sector effectively because the definitions of "success" are not compatible with "profit". To increase profit, would make the system a "failure".
Finally, progressive taxation schemes can be justified in more than one way. First of all, the police aren't protecting the wealth of the poor. They don't have much wealth to steal (they're stolen from in OTHER ways). The cops protect those WITH wealth. Those who have it pay more.
Second, the affluent are clearly getting more benefit from society, therefore they pay more in the system that supports them so well.
Third, the notion that you have aqcuired wealth all by your lonesome is a complete fabrication. Everyone in this society is co-dependent on others. Those who take a greatly disproportionate share likely have not paid their dues to those who support them in the other areas of life.
If one eliminated all the "leaders" of society, everyone else would be fine. They'd simply elect new leaders. If one eliminated all the "working classes", the wealthy would largely starve to death.
This is the fundamental fact of society. The queen bee is almost completely dependent on the workers. Everything that the more affluent classes of society do would be COMPLETELY impossible without those who provide basic services. The notion that they don't deserve a decent living is outrageous. Without them, you would STARVE!!!!
Of course, there ARE those who are lazy and have no interest in contributing to the system. These people WILL take undo advantage of social welfare systems. But I would argue that while there are little piggies feeding of welfare, there are GIANT SOWS that feed off of Wall St and our financial systems. I am far more worried about the GIANT SOWS than the little piggies.
Finally, if you want to identify the greatest recipients of the welfare state, look no farther than corporate America. You see, everyone is a liberal when it comes to themselves. And corporations are no exception. They leach and suck off the taxpayer tit by insisting that we subsidize THEIR investment costs while they PRIVATIZE all the profits. It exists on the local, state AND federal level: men in $2000 suits with their hands held out DEMANDING subsidies while they pocket the profits.
No one wants their money stolen by those who refuse to contribute. But the real problem is not the little piggies, it's the BIG HOGS. And the VERY WORST offenders are the conservative lawmakers who whore off all their political connections and feed the BIG HOGS.
... you would suspect that liberals would be VERY happy with it. In fact, liberals HATE the corporate controlled media.
Did you know that most media in this country are controlled by about 7 companies??? This means it's pretty easy to control the content.
The media has one DEFINITE bias, they are biased towards making money. And they frequently express that bias whenever they can. But the bias means that media sources tend to cow-tow to people who have power and influence.
In case you haven't noticed, the people who run corporate America are largely influential Republicans. These are the people who EDIT the news sources. It doesn't matter who actually writes or reads the news. It has to get passed the people who CONTROL it!!!!!
But it's always easy to construct a straw man out of anybody or anything. You can take a single poll saying that more journalists voted for Clinton and a few incidents that you think are "biased" and make yourself a real good scarecrow man. And then you'll have the ultimate fun knocking your strawman down.
Swing over to www.democraticunderground.com and check out what LIVE liberals have to say. You've been dancing with your straw men for WAY too long.
Swing over to www.democraticunderground.com and see what REAL liberals (not straw men) say about NPR. They accuse it of being dominated by right wingers.
Personally, I think NPR is about as fair and balanced as media gets. NPR covers stories in detail and seeks out a LOT of different viewpoints. The news stories are typically 3-5 minutes long. To the extent that NPR is detailed, intelligent, accurate and fair, than I guess NPR DOES have a liberal bias. Being liberal means being detailed, intelligent, accurate and fair.
... there is LOTS of that. Oh and the mean spiritedness as well.
For instance, he recently characterized the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison as harmless frat pranks.
He is a shilling machine. He will defend WHATEVER the Republicans do. ANYTHING that Dubaya does will be great.
A reasonable person will find SOMETHING about a leader they do not agree with. And this is where the liberals differ GREATLY from the conservative broadcasters. They will actually criticize Clinton for not being liberal enough;-)
But she's not the type that will repeat a lie or rumor OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again well after it has been discredited. There is no doubt that she is partisan. But she is VERY accurate.
She IS incendiary. And that is VERY deliberate. It's a formula that works and keeps the people who hate her listening!!!!!
Clies were definitely pushing the envelope EVERY time they released a device. They didn't do such a good job with releasing devices that "just worked".
Beyond this, I think they alienated a LOT of users because ALL their batteries were internal and non-upgradeable. A LOT of Clie users ended up switching to PocketPC.
It all depends on physique and disposition. Though I'd rather ANYBODY fight back. If you give over your money, they might want EVEN MORE after that. This is especially relevant for women.
The fundamental quality of ALL predators is that they're all effectively cowards. They are seeking the person LEAST likely to fight back. Most will stop their hunt if you show that you're not easy prey.
So you must show that your not CONCERNED about your personal health. This is their edge. They will hurt you. Crazy people don't care about their health and will do anything. This doesn't fit their idea of a nice clean robbery.
A wasp will not kill you, but you don't go out of your way to handle wasps. The STING is enough.
The exception to this is real professional criminals. But these folks will do WHATEVER they are paid to do irregardless of wether you fight back.
So, you might as well fight back and lower the chances of not becoming a statistic. If you're injured... wonderful. You have a battle scar.
I can tell you, if someone tries to rob me, one of us is going to leave severely injured. I walk with that intention. And it's likely people see that in my face.
Finally, I'll leave you with the illusion from the Book of Five Rings. The man literally woke up every morning EXPECTING that he was going to die. That is how he freed himself. He had already let go of the Earth. He could commit himself to combat fully without fearing to lose his life.
On a long enough timeline EVERYONE's survival rate drops to ZERO!!! We are all going to die. The question is... how we live and whether you can be proud of the way you did.
You don't have to DEFEAT the attacker. You only have to sting him.
A wasp will not kill you. But most people AVOID wasps. Why... THEY STING!!!!!
Predators don't like to target people who FIGHT BACK!!!! If you FIGHT BACK most of them will go away. The ones who don't were probably going to hurt you ANYWAY.
Finally, lots of people die because the DON'T FIGHT BACK. They lay down like lambs to the slaughter. I'd rather go out fighting then die like a punk. I'd rather go out fighting than live life like a lamb.
New Yorks finest also gunned down a completely unarmed man in the foyer of his apartment building. Is THIS a crime deterent.
There is no excuse for sodomizing a detainee. A little rough stuff is probably in order if they get out of control. Otherwise, a man in custody is a man out of "play".
There is a really nice keychain defense tool. Basially, it is a pointed cylinder with two prods coming out of the side. You can bob with the end or poke with the point. Or you can slash with your keys that hang off the end.
Our society is WAY too tolerant of bad guys. We are taught to lay down everything in the face of thugs for insurance purposes. Just think if more people on th 9/11 flights were willing to fight instead of laying down like lambs to the slaughter.
The fact that people are EASY to rob encourages more people to become robbers. When robbers expect to be beat up half the time, they'll stop robbing.
I have to agree with the other posters. Whats the point if you're just going to hand over your wallet. At the very least, you can scream and act out of your mind. Demand THEIR WALLET!!!!!
Anyone willing to stab you was likely to do it anyway.
Isn't that the MOST likely thing to get sucked out of the plane??????
Geesh, do the artillery guys sit down and do their firing tables by hand as well including wind speed. Then if the wind dies down, they have to redo their calculations.
OR...
Do they simply look the stuff up in tables. OR... do they have a system like the Abrahm tanks that "target and shoot". The computer inputs all the figures and delivers the shell with pinpoint accuracy.
All these modern titles are run through focus groups. They're chosen based on marketing.
Basically, the hamsters in the focus rooms hit the pedal more times when "Birth of an Empire" was read.
I have one BIG reservation about the title. I think they should have done a focus group against the NAACP to see what they thought. "Birth of a Nation" is cited as the most racist, provocative film in American history. The titles are eerily similiar.
I would have chosen something like "Fall of the Jedi", to mirror "Return of the Jedi".
Others I am thinking up now. "Empire Rising" "Rebel Dawn" "The Lost Hope" "Fall of Darkness" "Sith Ascension" "The Path Chosen" "Lost Futures" "Tyrrany" "Deception" "The Dark Appretice" "The Black Dawn" "Vader" "Darth Ascension"
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Basically, they see unregulated capitalism as an unsustainable entity. Eventually, the "winners" consolodate their positions and use their market power to keep out any other players. They stifle new innovation to protect their market position. They drastically reduce the number of people who "work for themselves". Basically, unregulated capitalism quickly devolves into feudalism.
Regulation DOES NOT stifle innovation. Regulation is a set of rules that govern what is considered "fair" and "ethical" play. The rules are set up in order to guarantee that no one player dominates, nor can the existing players keep new ones out of the game.
Regulated marketism is the engine that drives the most successful economy in the world. Every time we de-regulate, the thieves and scoundrels come out of the woodwork to loot the system and steal from the little guy.
The characterization of liberals as "socialists" is a tremendous misnomer brought about by the notion that some things definitely belong in the "public" sector. That is, some things simply CANNOT be done by the private sector effectively because the definitions of "success" are not compatible with "profit". To increase profit, would make the system a "failure".
Finally, progressive taxation schemes can be justified in more than one way. First of all, the police aren't protecting the wealth of the poor. They don't have much wealth to steal (they're stolen from in OTHER ways). The cops protect those WITH wealth. Those who have it pay more.
Second, the affluent are clearly getting more benefit from society, therefore they pay more in the system that supports them so well.
Third, the notion that you have aqcuired wealth all by your lonesome is a complete fabrication. Everyone in this society is co-dependent on others. Those who take a greatly disproportionate share likely have not paid their dues to those who support them in the other areas of life.
If one eliminated all the "leaders" of society, everyone else would be fine. They'd simply elect new leaders. If one eliminated all the "working classes", the wealthy would largely starve to death.
This is the fundamental fact of society. The queen bee is almost completely dependent on the workers. Everything that the more affluent classes of society do would be COMPLETELY impossible without those who provide basic services. The notion that they don't deserve a decent living is outrageous. Without them, you would STARVE!!!!
Of course, there ARE those who are lazy and have no interest in contributing to the system. These people WILL take undo advantage of social welfare systems. But I would argue that while there are little piggies feeding of welfare, there are GIANT SOWS that feed off of Wall St and our financial systems. I am far more worried about the GIANT SOWS than the little piggies.
Finally, if you want to identify the greatest recipients of the welfare state, look no farther than corporate America. You see, everyone is a liberal when it comes to themselves. And corporations are no exception. They leach and suck off the taxpayer tit by insisting that we subsidize THEIR investment costs while they PRIVATIZE all the profits. It exists on the local, state AND federal level: men in $2000 suits with their hands held out DEMANDING subsidies while they pocket the profits.
No one wants their money stolen by those who refuse to contribute. But the real problem is not the little piggies, it's the BIG HOGS. And the VERY WORST offenders are the conservative lawmakers who whore off all their political connections and feed the BIG HOGS.
Did you know that most media in this country are controlled by about 7 companies??? This means it's pretty easy to control the content.
The media has one DEFINITE bias, they are biased towards making money. And they frequently express that bias whenever they can. But the bias means that media sources tend to cow-tow to people who have power and influence.
In case you haven't noticed, the people who run corporate America are largely influential Republicans. These are the people who EDIT the news sources. It doesn't matter who actually writes or reads the news. It has to get passed the people who CONTROL it!!!!!
But it's always easy to construct a straw man out of anybody or anything. You can take a single poll saying that more journalists voted for Clinton and a few incidents that you think are "biased" and make yourself a real good scarecrow man. And then you'll have the ultimate fun knocking your strawman down.
Swing over to www.democraticunderground.com and check out what LIVE liberals have to say. You've been dancing with your straw men for WAY too long.
Swing over to www.democraticunderground.com and see what REAL liberals (not straw men) say about NPR. They accuse it of being dominated by right wingers.
Personally, I think NPR is about as fair and balanced as media gets. NPR covers stories in detail and seeks out a LOT of different viewpoints. The news stories are typically 3-5 minutes long. To the extent that NPR is detailed, intelligent, accurate and fair, than I guess NPR DOES have a liberal bias. Being liberal means being detailed, intelligent, accurate and fair.
For instance, he recently characterized the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison as harmless frat pranks.
He is a shilling machine. He will defend WHATEVER the Republicans do. ANYTHING that Dubaya does will be great.
A reasonable person will find SOMETHING about a leader they do not agree with. And this is where the liberals differ GREATLY from the conservative broadcasters. They will actually criticize Clinton for not being liberal enough
But she's not the type that will repeat a lie or rumor OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again well after it has been discredited. There is no doubt that she is partisan. But she is VERY accurate.
She IS incendiary. And that is VERY deliberate. It's a formula that works and keeps the people who hate her listening!!!!!
Clies were definitely pushing the envelope EVERY time they released a device. They didn't do such a good job with releasing devices that "just worked".
Beyond this, I think they alienated a LOT of users because ALL their batteries were internal and non-upgradeable. A LOT of Clie users ended up switching to PocketPC.
Can you fake the confidence of KNOWING you are going to fight back. If you can't convince yourself, how can you convince someone else?
It all depends on physique and disposition. Though I'd rather ANYBODY fight back. If you give over your money, they might want EVEN MORE after that. This is especially relevant for women.
The fundamental quality of ALL predators is that they're all effectively cowards. They are seeking the person LEAST likely to fight back. Most will stop their hunt if you show that you're not easy prey.
So you must show that your not CONCERNED about your personal health. This is their edge. They will hurt you. Crazy people don't care about their health and will do anything. This doesn't fit their idea of a nice clean robbery.
A wasp will not kill you, but you don't go out of your way to handle wasps. The STING is enough.
The exception to this is real professional criminals. But these folks will do WHATEVER they are paid to do irregardless of wether you fight back.
So, you might as well fight back and lower the chances of not becoming a statistic. If you're injured
I can tell you, if someone tries to rob me, one of us is going to leave severely injured. I walk with that intention. And it's likely people see that in my face.
Finally, I'll leave you with the illusion from the Book of Five Rings. The man literally woke up every morning EXPECTING that he was going to die. That is how he freed himself. He had already let go of the Earth. He could commit himself to combat fully without fearing to lose his life.
On a long enough timeline EVERYONE's survival rate drops to ZERO!!! We are all going to die. The question is
You don't have to DEFEAT the attacker. You only have to sting him.
A wasp will not kill you. But most people AVOID wasps. Why
Predators don't like to target people who FIGHT BACK!!!! If you FIGHT BACK most of them will go away. The ones who don't were probably going to hurt you ANYWAY.
Finally, lots of people die because the DON'T FIGHT BACK. They lay down like lambs to the slaughter. I'd rather go out fighting then die like a punk. I'd rather go out fighting than live life like a lamb.
They're perfect. You can easily defeat a person weilding a knife.
New Yorks finest also gunned down a completely unarmed man in the foyer of his apartment building. Is THIS a crime deterent.
There is no excuse for sodomizing a detainee. A little rough stuff is probably in order if they get out of control. Otherwise, a man in custody is a man out of "play".
The law should incourage the VICTIM removing the mugger from the street. If he happens to be removed completely from the earth
Keep a dummy wallet in the "obvious" place with old credit cards and a few bucks. Keep the "real" wallet safely hidden.
If someone asks, give them your dummy.
There is a really nice keychain defense tool. Basially, it is a pointed cylinder with two prods coming out of the side. You can bob with the end or poke with the point. Or you can slash with your keys that hang off the end.
Your pack will make an EXCELLENT shield in case of a knife attack
Well done. No one wants to mess with a crazy person. Bark like a dog. Meow like a kitten. Do ANYTHING the Mel Gibson does!!!! You'll scare them.
Then kick out his knees while he's making the catch.
Bettter yet, carry a dummy wallet with old credit cards so you don't have to worry about losing the "real" one.
Our society is WAY too tolerant of bad guys. We are taught to lay down everything in the face of thugs for insurance purposes. Just think if more people on th 9/11 flights were willing to fight instead of laying down like lambs to the slaughter.
The fact that people are EASY to rob encourages more people to become robbers. When robbers expect to be beat up half the time, they'll stop robbing.
In most cases, being a cop killer means the police are more likely to wack you and get away with it. You simply do NOT kill a cop.
I have to agree with the other posters. Whats the point if you're just going to hand over your wallet. At the very least, you can scream and act out of your mind. Demand THEIR WALLET!!!!!
Anyone willing to stab you was likely to do it anyway.
Pick one. Walk confident. No one wants to mess with someone that will kick their ass. Acting a little crazy will help.
Remember, predators always seek easy prey. Don't be target.
Isn't that the MOST likely thing to get sucked out of the plane??????
Geesh, do the artillery guys sit down and do their firing tables by hand as well including wind speed. Then if the wind dies down, they have to redo their calculations.
OR
Do they simply look the stuff up in tables. OR
I dunno, you choose.
Couldn't that fall out of the plane as well?????
All these modern titles are run through focus groups. They're chosen based on marketing.
Basically, the hamsters in the focus rooms hit the pedal more times when "Birth of an Empire" was read.
I have one BIG reservation about the title. I think they should have done a focus group against the NAACP to see what they thought. "Birth of a Nation" is cited as the most racist, provocative film in American history. The titles are eerily similiar.
I would have chosen something like "Fall of the Jedi", to mirror "Return of the Jedi".
Others I am thinking up now.
"Empire Rising"
"Rebel Dawn"
"The Lost Hope"
"Fall of Darkness"
"Sith Ascension"
"The Path Chosen"
"Lost Futures"
"Tyrrany"
"Deception"
"The Dark Appretice"
"The Black Dawn"
"Vader"
"Darth Ascension"
It's not SCO that's dying. It's UNIX!!!!!
The father passes his life onto the Son. Unix is dead, long live Linux.