I was replying to your misinterpretation of the meaning of "regulated market."
To answer your moving target, I mean your newest question, I can give you the example of anti-monopoly regulations. There were quite a few libertarians objecting to the MS trial back in '00.
Obviously that will not be enough of an answer for you since you will point out that not all libertarians objected this.
The tax doesn't apply to bulk hard disk, or PC HD. It only applies to removable media. You have 2 ways of bypassing this nonsense: 1. Order in UK or Germany (yeah common market!) 2. Buy HD and enclosure separately
There is not a perfect dichotomy between "perfectly free eletions" and "despotism." In the middle lies "tweaking results," "voter intimidation," "caging," "Diebold" and "The Supreme Court's Bush v Gore".
In the past two elections in the US, the margin was high enough to overrule the tweaking.
An example of regulation would be: "you can not lie on your IPO advertisement" An example of regulated market would be: "copper will now have to be traded at $10 a kg"
That's where you and libertarians are ideologically out of touch. Markets can't be free without the proper regulation. Even 'bubbles' Greenspan admits it now. But there are still fanatics of the cult long after the comet has passed.
The Clinton FCC had forced phone companies and cable companies to lease their lines to competitors at fair prices. One of the first things the Bush FCC did was to undo this. (The exact opposite happened in France around the same time; the EU forced phone line unbundling to the former state monopoly. Result? Cheap, abundant broadband)
Covered by personal data protection laws; you seriously need one of those in the US. (And yeah, I know the libertardian argument against it (that it would cost zillions to business (which is obviously wrong (but that would not stop a 'tardian, would it?))))
Additionally, as I understand it, this kind of things is also considered a major breach of pharmacist/patient privilege around here. Any pharmacist who would leak this info in the first place would quickly lose his license, on top of being criminally prosecuted. I don't even think the insurance companies get detailed info about what they're reimbursing as far as prescription meds are concerned.
Deregulating Wall Street has done wonders for the US economy, unleashing the creative powers of the investor class unto the world. Deregulating the telecom industry is working just as well!
What does this have to do with that? And I'm not aware of politicianS doing this stupid comparison; only of one, who has just been convicted of corruption and lost his bid for reelection.
Yes he did; the power plant is provisioned for 1.2kW per household ON AVERAGE, not maximum, not cumulated. You can do a 3kW, 5 min session of hair drying and still fall way below 1.2kW on average.
This is a pretty minor setback. The Parliament and then the Commission have, for example, rejected the three strike BS, as well as software patents in the past, for example.
And on top of that this is just an isolated story without any context. Don't make a mountain out of it. This is probably something that needs looking into though.
This has nothing to do with the Lisbon treaty; and in fact the treaty would have made the parliament more powerful over the council, so you're just wrong.
There is plenty of wrong going on in Europe, but it is also a major factor in stopping stupidity in member countries. The European Parliament stood in the way of the Sarkonazy's three strike bullshit. The commission forced phone line unbundling which resulted in rapid broadband development. And so on and so forth, in many other areas as well.
I never said "never disrespect by booing", you moron. And saying that Bush is "not my president" is not disrespectful; it's stating one's disapproval. Considering that Bush is a war criminal, that's a pretty tame way of putting it.
You think you're not a right wing authoritarian, but you probably believe you're not entirely devoid of wit, yet it appears that there are some clues otherwise.
BTW, calling the Democratic party "far left" is hilarious. They're center right by European standards. Get a brain, moran!
I'm also aware of the horrible things that a few in the liberal media have said.
1. Cite? And no, "I don't like Bush" or "not in my name" is not "horrible."
2. What is your definition of liberal media? CNN? MSNBC? I'm litterally rolling on the floor laughing, and beating the ground so hard the neihgbours knocked on the door to complain.
"Not my president", "end of an error", that's what you're all worked up about? I'm sorry, how could that sentiment be expressed in a less civil way? I sure know I couldn't be that nice when talking about Sarkozy -- can't help but make it rhyme Kaposi. I'm really scratching my head on this one. Are you aware of the kind of bile that is spewed by Bill 'Fallafel' O'Riley or Rush Limbaugh? Or are you brain-damaged just like most right wing authoritarians and just aren't aware of it?
Look at the history of DNSsec; the specs have been done and redone several times over, there is no consensus, and it looks like it would be a bitch to admin.
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I was replying to your misinterpretation of the meaning of "regulated market."
To answer your moving target, I mean your newest question, I can give you the example of anti-monopoly regulations. There were quite a few libertarians objecting to the MS trial back in '00.
Obviously that will not be enough of an answer for you since you will point out that not all libertarians objected this.
The tax doesn't apply to bulk hard disk, or PC HD. It only applies to removable media.
You have 2 ways of bypassing this nonsense:
1. Order in UK or Germany (yeah common market!)
2. Buy HD and enclosure separately
There is not a perfect dichotomy between "perfectly free eletions" and "despotism." In the middle lies "tweaking results," "voter intimidation," "caging," "Diebold" and "The Supreme Court's Bush v Gore".
In the past two elections in the US, the margin was high enough to overrule the tweaking.
An example of regulation would be: "you can not lie on your IPO advertisement"
An example of regulated market would be: "copper will now have to be traded at $10 a kg"
The Glass-Steagal act, which was a regulation; was mostly repealed. That's a DEregulation.
That's where you and libertarians are ideologically out of touch. Markets can't be free without the proper regulation. Even 'bubbles' Greenspan admits it now. But there are still fanatics of the cult long after the comet has passed.
Sure. Then we can have police cameras in the restrooms, too.
UK != Europe
Thank FSM, too.
I am really getting sick of people propagating the myth that Wall Street was deregulated.
Wall Street WAS deregulated. You nice little straw man is that they weren't FULLY de-regulated; they were still not allowed to feed on babies.
The Clinton FCC had forced phone companies and cable companies to lease their lines to competitors at fair prices.
One of the first things the Bush FCC did was to undo this.
(The exact opposite happened in France around the same time; the EU forced phone line unbundling to the former state monopoly. Result? Cheap, abundant broadband)
Covered by personal data protection laws; you seriously need one of those in the US. (And yeah, I know the libertardian argument against it (that it would cost zillions to business (which is obviously wrong (but that would not stop a 'tardian, would it?))))
Additionally, as I understand it, this kind of things is also considered a major breach of pharmacist/patient privilege around here. Any pharmacist who would leak this info in the first place would quickly lose his license, on top of being criminally prosecuted. I don't even think the insurance companies get detailed info about what they're reimbursing as far as prescription meds are concerned.
Deregulating Wall Street has done wonders for the US economy, unleashing the creative powers of the investor class unto the world. Deregulating the telecom industry is working just as well!
What does this have to do with that?
And I'm not aware of politicianS doing this stupid comparison; only of one, who has just been convicted of corruption and lost his bid for reelection.
Yes he did; the power plant is provisioned for 1.2kW per household ON AVERAGE, not maximum, not cumulated.
You can do a 3kW, 5 min session of hair drying and still fall way below 1.2kW on average.
Do not confuse power and energy.
I understand it as "baiting with red", like a torero waving a red drape in front of a raging bull.
This is a pretty minor setback. The Parliament and then the Commission have, for example, rejected the three strike BS, as well as software patents in the past, for example.
And on top of that this is just an isolated story without any context. Don't make a mountain out of it. This is probably something that needs looking into though.
This has nothing to do with the Lisbon treaty; and in fact the treaty would have made the parliament more powerful over the council, so you're just wrong.
There is plenty of wrong going on in Europe, but it is also a major factor in stopping stupidity in member countries. The European Parliament stood in the way of the Sarkonazy's three strike bullshit. The commission forced phone line unbundling which resulted in rapid broadband development. And so on and so forth, in many other areas as well.
You appear to be slightly confused as to what RFCs are.
I never said "never disrespect by booing", you moron.
And saying that Bush is "not my president" is not disrespectful; it's stating one's disapproval. Considering that Bush is a war criminal, that's a pretty tame way of putting it.
You think you're not a right wing authoritarian, but you probably believe you're not entirely devoid of wit, yet it appears that there are some clues otherwise.
BTW, calling the Democratic party "far left" is hilarious. They're center right by European standards. Get a brain, moran!
I'm also aware of the horrible things that a few in the liberal media have said.
1. Cite? And no, "I don't like Bush" or "not in my name" is not "horrible."
2. What is your definition of liberal media? CNN? MSNBC? I'm litterally rolling on the floor laughing, and beating the ground so hard the neihgbours knocked on the door to complain.
You know, they had video recording devices back in 2004.
s/less civil/more civil/
"Not my president", "end of an error", that's what you're all worked up about? I'm sorry, how could that sentiment be expressed in a less civil way? I sure know I couldn't be that nice when talking about Sarkozy -- can't help but make it rhyme Kaposi.
I'm really scratching my head on this one. Are you aware of the kind of bile that is spewed by Bill 'Fallafel' O'Riley or Rush Limbaugh?
Or are you brain-damaged just like most right wing authoritarians and just aren't aware of it?
... something like "There is class warfare alright, and my class is winning."
Stick that red-baiting up yours.
/ (very) small biz owner
Look at the history of DNSsec; the specs have been done and redone several times over, there is no consensus, and it looks like it would be a bitch to admin.