Set a monetary limit According to the candidate of my choice, the limit is $2300 per person per election cycle. If you look at the list, most of them received no more than $2000. One well-paid geek per congresscritter can outspend the RIAA. Let's get to work.
Lobbyin is the weakest part of US democracy. [snip]... but I don't understand what place lobbying has in a democracy. The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. That's lobbying. We've had it the other way and we didn't like it. What we have now is less than stellar. Hopefully we can work out something in the middle ground.
Dont forget the entire UN agreed with what was going on No they didn't, that's why we had to go with the Coalition of the Willing (some of whom weren't willing to be named). The UN said we didn't have enough to justify action, or maybe they just didn't believe us.
"Hotels, at least here in Toronto, seem to be the universal exception to this. Pay cash and no ID. Use a CC - ID required."
Down here in the US, it seems to be the opposite. If you pay cash at a hotel, they photocopy your ID. No ID required with credit card. Of course, this is at above-average hotels.
Sure. Complain about some missing emails. Do you keep all you emails? How many email accounts do you have? And ask the next question. How many times have you gone through training that told you about the requirement to archive those emails because they are Public Records? And the follow-up question, didn't you read the White House Handbook that says, "Federal law requires the preservation of electronic communications sent or received by White House staff," like White House spokesman Stanzel said you were required to obey?
I recently bought lightbulbs with cash at Lowe's and was asked for my telephone number. I responded with "You're not getting that." I was able to purchase my lightbulbs without providing it.
I'm not so sure that the thing that stops her will be her "extreme left" views. She comes with too much baggage in the form of her husband. As Americans we're going to have a bit of trouble dealing with the "First Husband" concept, but having one who was president is too much for us to deal with. Add on that he was Bill Clinton, and you get too much to accept, at least in my opinion.
That would be Jim "My name is not George" Ryan. He was spending too much time explaining that he was no relation to the Governor with the same last name (and party) who was being indicted for corruption.
Carol Mosley Braun was a mistake. I seem to recall that she leased an apartment for more than her annual salary.
Obama has a chance because he doesn't look like a lunatic.
I had three guys who I had reason to believe knew what they were talking about (one did depot maintenance) who corrected me when I said it was a quick swap. They insisted this was not something where a truck pulled up and you did it in the field. Maybe they meant changing weapon types (MG to ATM) or installing a weapon mount on a bare truck rather than replacing the same weapon, or maybe the system has been fixed since they told me. I used to make AFV fire control systems at Astronautics; I'm not making this up. My info is probably out of date.
Yes, the Humvee (HMMWV) is designed as a truck, but we're using them as wheeled APCs (Armored personel carriers). The suspension is pretty strained by the extra armor that has been added. Sticking a real turret on there puts us over the limit, or forces us into unacceptable tradeoffs, like decreasing underbody armor.
Keep in mind, "quickly" mounting the guns (or antitank missiles) means you don't have to ship it back to the states. It's not a 5-minute job; you usually spend a bit of time in a machine shop.
Science has become the new "TRUTH" engine. "Recent studies show" "Science now says" "research shows" these are all arbiters of truth - people have come to trust in the results from science to "prove" things about their lives. When people manipulate data or cherry pick information to bolster their point of view, it's wrong, and the public is manipulated.
When scientists produce false results, other people line up to demonstrate that they are wrong while the world watches, and the truth comes out. In religious disagreements, it comes down to two people yelling, "Is not!" "Is too!" "Is not!" "Is too!".
I can't understand why religion has any bearing on the debate over global warming.
They could always arrest the people who programmed You Tube when they have the chance, just like the US arrested Dmitri Sklyarov for violated the DMCA when he was living in Russia. Does the USA have an extradition treaty with Brazil?
He had it easy. Back when I was a musician/physicist/adventurer/crime-fighter, we built our own instruments and our cars were crank starters. We didn't have any of this automatic transmission nonsense, and we reloaded our own bullets, too! This guy would have to struggle to make his own vacuum tubes.
When our guys die in uniform, they are heroes and patriots.
When their guys die they are crazy and irrational.
When our guys die, they're wearing uniforms and following (usually, and hopefully) an international code of agreed-upon behavior concerning how soldiers act. When their guys die, they're dressed as civilians, targeting civilians.
If their guys are attacking an occupying force, they aren't terrorists.
I suggest that you research the propellant used for the (so-called) V-2 rocket used by the Germans in WWII. It used 2 liquids and no ignition source. The right liquids can blow a hole in your aircraft when mixed, but are non-explosive beforehand. Here's a link on the V2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket/, do a search for "self-igniting".
if some country was dumb enough to go to war with America, you can bet that our European friends would join the fight, for no other reason than being our allies - because they'd expect us to do the same for them.
It would be because we have a treaty that created an organization called NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the treaty says that an attack against one member is an attack against all members.
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Heavens, no. hitomi's remake of Bananarama's remake of "Venus" is far more pop and current.
And how about the Confederate States of America?
Set a monetary limit
According to the candidate of my choice, the limit is $2300 per person per election cycle. If you look at the list, most of them received no more than $2000. One well-paid geek per congresscritter can outspend the RIAA. Let's get to work.
Lobbyin is the weakest part of US democracy. [snip]... but I don't understand what place lobbying has in a democracy.
The First Amendment to the US Constitution protects the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. That's lobbying. We've had it the other way and we didn't like it. What we have now is less than stellar. Hopefully we can work out something in the middle ground.
Dont forget the entire UN agreed with what was going on
No they didn't, that's why we had to go with the Coalition of the Willing (some of whom weren't willing to be named). The UN said we didn't have enough to justify action, or maybe they just didn't believe us.
"Hotels, at least here in Toronto, seem to be the universal exception to this. Pay cash and no ID. Use a CC - ID required."
Down here in the US, it seems to be the opposite. If you pay cash at a hotel, they photocopy your ID. No ID required with credit card. Of course, this is at above-average hotels.
Maybe someone will design an earthquake-proof brick.
Sure. Complain about some missing emails. Do you keep all you emails? How many email accounts do you have?
And ask the next question. How many times have you gone through training that told you about the requirement to archive those emails because they are Public Records? And the follow-up question, didn't you read the White House Handbook that says, "Federal law requires the preservation of electronic communications sent or received by White House staff," like White House spokesman Stanzel said you were required to obey?
I recently bought lightbulbs with cash at Lowe's and was asked for my telephone number. I responded with "You're not getting that." I was able to purchase my lightbulbs without providing it.
I'm not so sure that the thing that stops her will be her "extreme left" views. She comes with too much baggage in the form of her husband. As Americans we're going to have a bit of trouble dealing with the "First Husband" concept, but having one who was president is too much for us to deal with. Add on that he was Bill Clinton, and you get too much to accept, at least in my opinion.
That would be Jim "My name is not George" Ryan. He was spending too much time explaining that he was no relation to the Governor with the same last name (and party) who was being indicted for corruption.
Carol Mosley Braun was a mistake. I seem to recall that she leased an apartment for more than her annual salary.
Obama has a chance because he doesn't look like a lunatic.
I seem to recall that North Korea likes to put vital facilities underneath mountains, making them hard to bomb.
I had three guys who I had reason to believe knew what they were talking about (one did depot maintenance) who corrected me when I said it was a quick swap. They insisted this was not something where a truck pulled up and you did it in the field. Maybe they meant changing weapon types (MG to ATM) or installing a weapon mount on a bare truck rather than replacing the same weapon, or maybe the system has been fixed since they told me. I used to make AFV fire control systems at Astronautics; I'm not making this up. My info is probably out of date.
If his code has any flaws, would he need a warrant for the bugs?
Yes, the Humvee (HMMWV) is designed as a truck, but we're using them as wheeled APCs (Armored personel carriers). The suspension is pretty strained by the extra armor that has been added. Sticking a real turret on there puts us over the limit, or forces us into unacceptable tradeoffs, like decreasing underbody armor.
Keep in mind, "quickly" mounting the guns (or antitank missiles) means you don't have to ship it back to the states. It's not a 5-minute job; you usually spend a bit of time in a machine shop.
When scientists produce false results, other people line up to demonstrate that they are wrong while the world watches, and the truth comes out. In religious disagreements, it comes down to two people yelling, "Is not!" "Is too!" "Is not!" "Is too!".
I can't understand why religion has any bearing on the debate over global warming.
They could always arrest the people who programmed You Tube when they have the chance, just like the US arrested Dmitri Sklyarov for violated the DMCA when he was living in Russia. Does the USA have an extradition treaty with Brazil?
They can even approve them if they want, it's just that their approval doesn't count for anything.
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He had it easy. Back when I was a musician/physicist/adventurer/crime-fighter, we built our own instruments and our cars were crank starters. We didn't have any of this automatic transmission nonsense, and we reloaded our own bullets, too! This guy would have to struggle to make his own vacuum tubes.
When our guys die in uniform, they are heroes and patriots. When their guys die they are crazy and irrational.
When our guys die, they're wearing uniforms and following (usually, and hopefully) an international code of agreed-upon behavior concerning how soldiers act.
When their guys die, they're dressed as civilians, targeting civilians.
If their guys are attacking an occupying force, they aren't terrorists.
I suggest that you research the propellant used for the (so-called) V-2 rocket used by the Germans in WWII. It used 2 liquids and no ignition source. The right liquids can blow a hole in your aircraft when mixed, but are non-explosive beforehand. Here's a link on the V2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket/, do a search for "self-igniting".
What if you're a known celebrity, and you're paid to use your commercial television program to promote something?
What if it's the government paying you to promote something, such as an executive plan?
What if you're Anderson Cooper?
if some country was dumb enough to go to war with America, you can bet that our European friends would join the fight, for no other reason than being our allies - because they'd expect us to do the same for them.
It would be because we have a treaty that created an organization called NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the treaty says that an attack against one member is an attack against all members.
Would the committee be willing to revote on this issue using one of those trainless electronic voting machines after we've had our way with it?