Let me restate my first point: Over 30 countries currently have troops in Iraq, working with the US and UK commands, mainly as 'peacekeeping' forces in Baghdad and other cities. These other countries didn't have forces there at the start of the war, but they are there now. So, perhaps only four countries participated in the 'invasion of Iraq', but now many more want to help Iraq get through this situation, and have sent their soldiers.
Well, when I did it, I slammed into the guard rail. Crumpled my front end a bit, but the car still ran. I had to use the "emergency brake", because my normal brakes failed at the wrong moment. I could have eased off the emergency brake, but I never would have slowed down enough to not hit the car that stopped in front of me, as we had been doing about 50mph. I figured that I would rather slam the guard rail, since my car was a pile of junk anyway, rather than have to pay someone else's repair costs as well. As it was, I drove the car for another couple months using only the hand-brake, before that broke too. Thankfully, the shoulder of the road was covered in a foot of crunchy snow, and I safely stopped.
Oh, the joys of being a teenager with a shitty car.
"1 country (or 2 if you wanna count England) out of god knows how "
First, there are over 30 countries with troops in Iraq, assisting the US and UK forces. Second, anyone can Google for the 'number of countries', and find out there are 189 countries officially in the UN, plus the Vatican (Holy See), Switzerland (neutral), and East Timor (newly independant country), for a total of 192 independant states in the world. It doesn't take a vision from God to figure this out.
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What meters are you talking about. NASA cares about their fuel meters, and their thermo-meters, and their baro-meters. Hell, they probably have a light meter on the Mars explorers for beter photos. And I'm sure there are meters to measure voltage, current, weight/mass, and acceleration, among other items they keep track of. Sounds like NASA cares about all the meters that are important.
Oh, wait, you probably meant 'metres', as in the distance measurment that is slightly longer than a standard yard. Sorry about that, but you really should learn to spell correctly if you are going to publicly feel superior to someone like that.
And that is how a bill becomes a law. I think there was a saturday morning cartoon short that described all of this.
And not only do we own the videotape with that cartoon short, we own the DVD with all of them, and we also own the bobble-head doll of Bill. It's in the living room, on the end-table by the couch.
in response to a comment of a nipple being pulled by pliers, jhylkema wrote: I just hope it wasn't depicting grasping/pulling on something more sensitive.
Spoken like a true teenage viginal boy.
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I'm glad someone brought up the crybabyish attitude that write-up displayed. Why is it so hard to understand that Bush only limited stem-cell research that the government funds? Private research institutes can research any new stem-cell line they want to. As long as they don't live off tax money, they are in no way restricted in the source of their research.
Stop whining, and find some rich Democrat who hates Bush, and ask for a grant. They should be more than happy to give their personal money, just to spite him. In fact it should be far easier to get private funding, as long as you ask the right people, like Barbara Streisand and Alec Baldwin. They ought to give you any money you ask for, since they hate Bush so much.
That's what I've been saying for 10 years. Same with car seatbelts. It's not the government's place to make me "care for my own safety", and the only real reason they can give is because of medical costs. I pay for health insurance, and I have car insurance, so one way or the other I will be covered. Saying that peopleh have to wear helmets or seatbelts because the government has to pick up the tab is a copout. Just don't have socialized health care. Let the people deal with their insurance companies. And if my rates go up, fine, that's my decision, not yours.
By the way, I don't ride motorcycles, but still think it should be the motorcyclists' choice, not Big Brother's.
"Now, what do you not see? Iraqis greeting americans as altruistic liberators. "
That's because those scenes don't make great headlines or sound bites on the media shows. One of my family members recently returned from Iraq, and said that the common people were certainly glad that the US was there. From little children, to grown men, to old ladies, they are happy we 'liberated' them. But showing the few that don't want to lose their power makes more profit.
Of course a civilian Internet would have evolved. And headed by Steve Wozniak. So of course, it would use AppleTalk. Wouldn't that be better than relying on the military?;^)
So what you're saying is that the police shouldn't go after child pornagraphers because they will then be able to prevent you from posting to Slashdot?
Not that you'll care, but basing an opinion of an organization on the actions of the head of a local chapter is a good idea. If the organization has megalomaniac assholes for chapter heads, what does that say for the Regional and National leaders? If the Regional and National leadership doesn't keep their local leaders in line, then it seems they condone the activity.
Does Amnesty International believe that giving lower college marks to people who hold differing viewpoints is a fair system? If not, then they should replace the officer of their organization that is violating people's right of free speech. Since they most likely haven't, they should be judged accordingly.
As for judging men by the actions of the executed murder/rapist -- did we elect him or appoint him to the position of Representative Of All Males? No. Rather than give him a position of honor, he was punished for his actions.
I never have understood that line of thought. We had guns when I was a kid. They were never locked up. We were just taught not to touch them, execpt for when dad told us to get one of them. Then two or three of us would go upstairs, get one or the other, and the ammo, and bring it to him.
What is this 'responsibility to keep them locked up'?
"Let's just say anything "Star Trek" after 1970 is bunk."
Hey, I really liked some of the movies. Especially #2, Wrath of Khan. And #7.34, Galaxy Quest. That is the funniest one by far. Most of the rest I never saw.
Esperanto?? Oh, come on. That's not really a language. Now you're just making stuff up.
The sad thing is that you are right about the English Grammar Nazis. I took three years of Spanish in high school, but only remember a small bit. I'm actually jealous of the people that do grow up in an area with multiple languages. Being able to talk about an apple in 4 languages, without first having to remember what the word for 'apple' is in those languages, must be nice. And some of the people in this country think it's a bad thing. They want to pass a federal law that mandates English as the National Language. Imbecils.
"1) If I shoot sillystring at the hot blonde across the room, will she sleep with me, or slap me?"
Reminds me of a day at Hooters a few years back. Two kids were running around the restaurant, having a fun time. I think they were a boy about 10, and his sister who was 8, give or take a year each. They ran up to one of the waitresses, and the sister wanted to have her picture taken with her. So the two get next to each other, and the brother has the camera. When he pushes the button, silly string shoots out, all over the waitress' cleavage. The waitress never stopped smiling, but I'm sure she wanted to strangle him. I thought it was hilarious, myself.
Here's a topic I've written on before. You ask "why not just kill every one that ever gets sent to prison?" I say, kill almost everyone that gets sent to prison.
First, I don't think the government has the right to make drugs, prostitution or gambling illegal. Also, jailing someone for not paying taxes on their 'illegal' income is absurd. If it's taxed, it's legal, in my opinion. So, these few changes would keep many people out of prison to start with.
Second, capitol punishment should apply to every serious crime, including murder, rape, grand theft, grand theft auto, extortion, child molestation, and armed or unarmed robbery. No more of this rehabilitation scheme for these people, just take them out of society forever. And I don't even care if they have a lame excuse like "a chemical imbalance in the brain", "childhood abuse", "I was stoned", or whatnot. If they are not safe for society, and have proven so, kill them. Make society safe for a change.
Third, every defendant should then have a much better defense than is generally available now. Not a sleazier lawyer, but a smarter lawyer. If a camera shows the defendant killing someone, it's hard to disprove. But if the crime happened at night in a dark alley, and the videotape was filmed in the daytime with noon-time shadows, the lawyer should be able to figure out it's a fake. All evidense that can show DNA should be tested by a independant lab, and if the defense doesn't believe the results, the government pays for a lab the defense chooses.
Fourth, anyone who lies in sworn testimony in these cases is helping to kill a possibly innocent person. That is at least attempted murder, to be punishable by a couple decades in jail. If the defendant is convicted and executed, the person who lied on the stand is guilty of murder, and should be tried, convicted, and executed. You think Mark Furman would have made such stupid lies in the OJ case if that was the rule? This part would have to be strictly enforced, even if it's a cop who lied, and has to face the punishment.
Fifth, all appeals based on courtroom activity have to be written as one appeal, and submitted within one month of conviction. Appeals based on further research by the defense team or others have to be filed within one year of the conviction date. The court of appeal will decide within one month on whether the appeal has merit. If the appeals court denies the appeal, and the defense sends it up to the state or federal supreme court, it must do so with one month. The execution will of course be postponed until the appeals are resolved, but in no case will be within one year of conviction. If that doesn't give enough time to find more evidense of innocence, too bad.
Sixth, the argument of "It's better for 10 guilty men to go free, than for 1 innocent man to go to jail," is out-dated. I say it's better that 10 guilty men go to jail, than for 20 innocent children to be raped and murdered. It's not a place for compassion anymore, not when I can't let my daughter out of my sight at the mall without wondering if I will ever see her alive again. And someone asked me lately, what if I was falsely convicted for murder and faced execution, would I still feel the same way. I told her that I would of course still feel the same way. If this system was in place, 99% of the murders and rapes that happen each year would not happen. If my death meant that my daughter was allowed to grow up without facing those two threats, I would gladly pay that price. What parent wouldn't?
Finally, for those who still think 50% of people on death row are actually innocent, I ask "Innocent of what?" Some of them may be innocent of the crime they are actually convicted of, but there was a reason the cops looked at them to start with. Most people on death row have a long history of crime, from petty theft like purse-snatching, to rape, and other murders. That's not innocent in my book. Do you remember the "petty" purse-snatching a few years ago of a German tourist in Florida? The lady was drug under the crooks' car by her purse strap, and she died. That's what those 'innocent' people on death row are being punished for, their older crimes have caught up to them.
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Let me restate my first point: Over 30 countries currently have troops in Iraq, working with the US and UK commands, mainly as 'peacekeeping' forces in Baghdad and other cities. These other countries didn't have forces there at the start of the war, but they are there now. So, perhaps only four countries participated in the 'invasion of Iraq', but now many more want to help Iraq get through this situation, and have sent their soldiers.
Well, when I did it, I slammed into the guard rail. Crumpled my front end a bit, but the car still ran. I had to use the "emergency brake", because my normal brakes failed at the wrong moment. I could have eased off the emergency brake, but I never would have slowed down enough to not hit the car that stopped in front of me, as we had been doing about 50mph. I figured that I would rather slam the guard rail, since my car was a pile of junk anyway, rather than have to pay someone else's repair costs as well. As it was, I drove the car for another couple months using only the hand-brake, before that broke too. Thankfully, the shoulder of the road was covered in a foot of crunchy snow, and I safely stopped.
Oh, the joys of being a teenager with a shitty car.
Yes, you would fall over three quarters of the way to your destination. ;^)
"1 country (or 2 if you wanna count England) out of god knows how "
First, there are over 30 countries with troops in Iraq, assisting the US and UK forces. Second, anyone can Google for the 'number of countries', and find out there are 189 countries officially in the UN, plus the Vatican (Holy See), Switzerland (neutral), and East Timor (newly independant country), for a total of 192 independant states in the world. It doesn't take a vision from God to figure this out.
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I checked the wrong damn box.
I hate Mondays.
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Whenever someone thinks that they can replace SSL/SSH with something much better that they designed this morning over coffee, their computer speakers should generate some sort of penis-shaped sound wave and plunge it repeatedly into their skulls until they achieve enlightenment."
--Peter Gutmann
What meters are you talking about. NASA cares about their fuel meters, and their thermo-meters, and their baro-meters. Hell, they probably have a light meter on the Mars explorers for beter photos. And I'm sure there are meters to measure voltage, current, weight/mass, and acceleration, among other items they keep track of. Sounds like NASA cares about all the meters that are important.
Oh, wait, you probably meant 'metres', as in the distance measurment that is slightly longer than a standard yard. Sorry about that, but you really should learn to spell correctly if you are going to publicly feel superior to someone like that.
And that is how a bill becomes a law. I think there was a saturday morning cartoon short that described all of this.
And not only do we own the videotape with that cartoon short, we own the DVD with all of them, and we also own the bobble-head doll of Bill. It's in the living room, on the end-table by the couch.
in response to a comment of a nipple being pulled by pliers, jhylkema wrote:
I just hope it wasn't depicting grasping/pulling on something more sensitive.
Spoken like a true teenage viginal boy.
I'm glad someone brought up the crybabyish attitude that write-up displayed. Why is it so hard to understand that Bush only limited stem-cell research that the government funds? Private research institutes can research any new stem-cell line they want to. As long as they don't live off tax money, they are in no way restricted in the source of their research.
Stop whining, and find some rich Democrat who hates Bush, and ask for a grant. They should be more than happy to give their personal money, just to spite him. In fact it should be far easier to get private funding, as long as you ask the right people, like Barbara Streisand and Alec Baldwin. They ought to give you any money you ask for, since they hate Bush so much.
I'll get off my soapbox now. Thank you.
Hell yeah!! Frodo, Sam and their friends walked all over their shire. Can't be that big of a place. ;^)
That's what I've been saying for 10 years. Same with car seatbelts. It's not the government's place to make me "care for my own safety", and the only real reason they can give is because of medical costs. I pay for health insurance, and I have car insurance, so one way or the other I will be covered. Saying that peopleh have to wear helmets or seatbelts because the government has to pick up the tab is a copout. Just don't have socialized health care. Let the people deal with their insurance companies. And if my rates go up, fine, that's my decision, not yours.
By the way, I don't ride motorcycles, but still think it should be the motorcyclists' choice, not Big Brother's.
"Now, what do you not see? Iraqis greeting americans as altruistic liberators. "
That's because those scenes don't make great headlines or sound bites on the media shows. One of my family members recently returned from Iraq, and said that the common people were certainly glad that the US was there. From little children, to grown men, to old ladies, they are happy we 'liberated' them. But showing the few that don't want to lose their power makes more profit.
Of course a civilian Internet would have evolved. And headed by Steve Wozniak. So of course, it would use AppleTalk. Wouldn't that be better than relying on the military? ;^)
So what you're saying is that the police shouldn't go after child pornagraphers because they will then be able to prevent you from posting to Slashdot?
Please tell me if this is what you meant to say.
Not that you'll care, but basing an opinion of an organization on the actions of the head of a local chapter is a good idea. If the organization has megalomaniac assholes for chapter heads, what does that say for the Regional and National leaders? If the Regional and National leadership doesn't keep their local leaders in line, then it seems they condone the activity.
Does Amnesty International believe that giving lower college marks to people who hold differing viewpoints is a fair system? If not, then they should replace the officer of their organization that is violating people's right of free speech. Since they most likely haven't, they should be judged accordingly.
As for judging men by the actions of the executed murder/rapist -- did we elect him or appoint him to the position of Representative Of All Males? No. Rather than give him a position of honor, he was punished for his actions.
I never have understood that line of thought. We had guns when I was a kid. They were never locked up. We were just taught not to touch them, execpt for when dad told us to get one of them. Then two or three of us would go upstairs, get one or the other, and the ammo, and bring it to him.
What is this 'responsibility to keep them locked up'?
"Let's just say anything "Star Trek" after 1970 is bunk."
Hey, I really liked some of the movies. Especially #2, Wrath of Khan. And #7.34, Galaxy Quest. That is the funniest one by far. Most of the rest I never saw.
Wait a sec. I thought One was the lonliest number. Now you're saying One is a klutz too.
Esperanto?? Oh, come on. That's not really a language. Now you're just making stuff up.
The sad thing is that you are right about the English Grammar Nazis. I took three years of Spanish in high school, but only remember a small bit. I'm actually jealous of the people that do grow up in an area with multiple languages. Being able to talk about an apple in 4 languages, without first having to remember what the word for 'apple' is in those languages, must be nice. And some of the people in this country think it's a bad thing. They want to pass a federal law that mandates English as the National Language. Imbecils.
"1) If I shoot sillystring at the hot blonde across the room, will she sleep with me, or slap me?"
Reminds me of a day at Hooters a few years back. Two kids were running around the restaurant, having a fun time. I think they were a boy about 10, and his sister who was 8, give or take a year each. They ran up to one of the waitresses, and the sister wanted to have her picture taken with her. So the two get next to each other, and the brother has the camera. When he pushes the button, silly string shoots out, all over the waitress' cleavage. The waitress never stopped smiling, but I'm sure she wanted to strangle him. I thought it was hilarious, myself.
You're lucky English isn't your first language.
:^)
Otherwise I would have to go nazi on your ass.
At the least Spelling Nazi and Grammer Nazi. And don't even get me started on the whole decimals-in-place-of-commas thing.
Here's a topic I've written on before. You ask "why not just kill every one that ever gets sent to prison?" I say, kill almost everyone that gets sent to prison.
First, I don't think the government has the right to make drugs, prostitution or gambling illegal. Also, jailing someone for not paying taxes on their 'illegal' income is absurd. If it's taxed, it's legal, in my opinion. So, these few changes would keep many people out of prison to start with.
Second, capitol punishment should apply to every serious crime, including murder, rape, grand theft, grand theft auto, extortion, child molestation, and armed or unarmed robbery. No more of this rehabilitation scheme for these people, just take them out of society forever. And I don't even care if they have a lame excuse like "a chemical imbalance in the brain", "childhood abuse", "I was stoned", or whatnot. If they are not safe for society, and have proven so, kill them. Make society safe for a change.
Third, every defendant should then have a much better defense than is generally available now. Not a sleazier lawyer, but a smarter lawyer. If a camera shows the defendant killing someone, it's hard to disprove. But if the crime happened at night in a dark alley, and the videotape was filmed in the daytime with noon-time shadows, the lawyer should be able to figure out it's a fake. All evidense that can show DNA should be tested by a independant lab, and if the defense doesn't believe the results, the government pays for a lab the defense chooses.
Fourth, anyone who lies in sworn testimony in these cases is helping to kill a possibly innocent person. That is at least attempted murder, to be punishable by a couple decades in jail. If the defendant is convicted and executed, the person who lied on the stand is guilty of murder, and should be tried, convicted, and executed. You think Mark Furman would have made such stupid lies in the OJ case if that was the rule? This part would have to be strictly enforced, even if it's a cop who lied, and has to face the punishment.
Fifth, all appeals based on courtroom activity have to be written as one appeal, and submitted within one month of conviction. Appeals based on further research by the defense team or others have to be filed within one year of the conviction date. The court of appeal will decide within one month on whether the appeal has merit. If the appeals court denies the appeal, and the defense sends it up to the state or federal supreme court, it must do so with one month. The execution will of course be postponed until the appeals are resolved, but in no case will be within one year of conviction. If that doesn't give enough time to find more evidense of innocence, too bad.
Sixth, the argument of "It's better for 10 guilty men to go free, than for 1 innocent man to go to jail," is out-dated. I say it's better that 10 guilty men go to jail, than for 20 innocent children to be raped and murdered. It's not a place for compassion anymore, not when I can't let my daughter out of my sight at the mall without wondering if I will ever see her alive again. And someone asked me lately, what if I was falsely convicted for murder and faced execution, would I still feel the same way. I told her that I would of course still feel the same way. If this system was in place, 99% of the murders and rapes that happen each year would not happen. If my death meant that my daughter was allowed to grow up without facing those two threats, I would gladly pay that price. What parent wouldn't?
Finally, for those who still think 50% of people on death row are actually innocent, I ask "Innocent of what?" Some of them may be innocent of the crime they are actually convicted of, but there was a reason the cops looked at them to start with. Most people on death row have a long history of crime, from petty theft like purse-snatching, to rape, and other murders. That's not innocent in my book. Do you remember the "petty" purse-snatching a few years ago of a German tourist in Florida? The lady was drug under the crooks' car by her purse strap, and she died. That's what those 'innocent' people on death row are being punished for, their older crimes have caught up to them.
Only in states where pi=3.