she has to defend the administration position on this whether she wants to or not,
Bullshit. Imagine for a moment that instead of a soulless political whore, she was a decent human being with a functioning moral sense. She could have refused to protect the guilty, and it's not likely that the empty-suit-in-chief would dare to fire her for taking a stand on a principle.
Solicitor General Elena Kagan argues in a friend of the court brief that local, state, and federal prosecutors must enjoy absolute immunity from citizen lawsuits - even when they sent innocent men to prison for life by fabricating incriminating evidence and hiding exculpatory evidence.
She has argued before the supreme court that if a prosecutor manufactures evidence, causing the conviction of an innocent person, that the prosecutor should not be subject to a lawsuit from the person they fucked over.
Here's the point you're missing: there is no action that is wrong for an individual to do, that becomes right when a group does it. Inflating the currency is theft, and it's a particularly insidious theft, hurting the poorest the most.
Counterfeiting is a crime, because it's theft by deception. It would still be a crime whether or not the government was the issuer of the currency being counterfeited.
Keep your rants (And yes, you manage one line rants) about fiat currency to yourself.
Heh.. Whatever gave you the idea that other people have to obey you?
Shut up and let people with a clue about economics have a discussion.
I obviously know a great deal more about economics than you do. If you knew what you were talking about, you wouldn't be defending institutional counterfeiting.
Blackwater makes their money from the taxpayers, and they're protected by the government from liability for their crimes. If they had to depend on revenues from clients who paid them voluntarily, they'd have to behave like Brinks or other responsible private security firms do.
If you're worried about that kind of collapse, then yes, gold would go to zero, too.
The recent hyperinflation in Zimbabwe indicates otherwise. At the end, just before Mugabe threw in the towel and repealed the currency laws, people were conducting transactions with gold dust.
The dollar has lost about 94% of its value since the Federal Reserve was chartered in 1913.
As it happens, the reason we have the gold and silver clause in the constitution is because of the havoc wrought by the collapse of the continental dollar.
Little hint for you, if you're trying to upset me: sexual orientation is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. I suggest you seek counseling about your own issues with it, of course.
A swimming pool is a big bathtub. Are you starting to get some idea of how silly that complaint is?
A 1024x768 display, a ten hour battery life, and multi-touch UI, make it an excellent tool for a lot of applications. There are a whole lot of iPhone apps that make much more sense on an iPad.
I'd thought that Netbooks had a rather limited appeal, but that they'd continue to sell to the customers who fit that niche. I was expecting the iPad to sell to a much wider group of users, though.
I remember reading about cheap solar cells being printed on plastic a short while ago, and their efficiency was better than this. Why would we want to use paper instead?
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Thanks, Marshall. That brief you linked to should make anyone's blood run cold.
-jcr
It's the defense that has to do everything in it's power to avoid conviction
Actually, the defense has limits, too. A lawyer's not allowed to suborn perjury, for example.
-jcr
There are certainly actions that are wrong for an individual to do that become acceptable or even right when a group does it.
From that statement alone, I conclude that you are devoid of morality.
-jcr
she has to defend the administration position on this whether she wants to or not,
Bullshit. Imagine for a moment that instead of a soulless political whore, she was a decent human being with a functioning moral sense. She could have refused to protect the guilty, and it's not likely that the empty-suit-in-chief would dare to fire her for taking a stand on a principle.
This woman is Alberto Gonzalez in drag.
-jcr
Here you go
Solicitor General Elena Kagan argues in a friend of the court brief that local, state, and federal prosecutors must enjoy absolute immunity from citizen lawsuits - even when they sent innocent men to prison for life by fabricating incriminating evidence and hiding exculpatory evidence.
As I said before, she's evil.
-jcr
She has argued before the supreme court that if a prosecutor manufactures evidence, causing the conviction of an innocent person, that the prosecutor should not be subject to a lawsuit from the person they fucked over.
She has no interest in justice, only in power.
-jcr
the government does it without deception
What's your next guess?
Here's the point you're missing: there is no action that is wrong for an individual to do, that becomes right when a group does it. Inflating the currency is theft, and it's a particularly insidious theft, hurting the poorest the most.
-jcr
Apples website is generally a shambles. I'm trying to develop iPhone applications and it's useless and difficult to navigate.
If you're trying to write iPhone apps, why aren't you just using Xcode's documentation window?
-jcr
Counterfeiting is a crime, because it's theft by deception. It would still be a crime whether or not the government was the issuer of the currency being counterfeited.
-jcr
12-bit color should be enough for anybody!
-jcr
because it undermines the Sovereign's exclusive prerogative to control the currency
Wrong, try again.
-jcr
Keep your rants (And yes, you manage one line rants) about fiat currency to yourself.
Heh.. Whatever gave you the idea that other people have to obey you?
Shut up and let people with a clue about economics have a discussion.
I obviously know a great deal more about economics than you do. If you knew what you were talking about, you wouldn't be defending institutional counterfeiting.
grumpy when people challenge your religion
Project much?
-jcr
Seems to me I hear far more about police breaking the law than private security guards.
-jcr
Do you understand why counterfeiting is a crime?
-jcr
Blackwater makes their money from the taxpayers, and they're protected by the government from liability for their crimes. If they had to depend on revenues from clients who paid them voluntarily, they'd have to behave like Brinks or other responsible private security firms do.
-jcr
If you're worried about that kind of collapse, then yes, gold would go to zero, too.
The recent hyperinflation in Zimbabwe indicates otherwise. At the end, just before Mugabe threw in the towel and repealed the currency laws, people were conducting transactions with gold dust.
-jcr
> The inflation-adjusted value of the dollar
As soon as you say "inflation adjusted", you're conceding my point.
-jcr
the dollar has also never gone to zero.
The dollar has lost about 94% of its value since the Federal Reserve was chartered in 1913.
As it happens, the reason we have the gold and silver clause in the constitution is because of the havoc wrought by the collapse of the continental dollar.
-jcr
Why are you so pissed off about a simple statement of the obvious?
tin foil hat wearing
Fuck you too, sport.
-jcr
If you put anything under the mattress, it shouldn't be US dollars or any other fiat currency. Gold has never gone to zero.
-jcr
Little hint for you, if you're trying to upset me: sexual orientation is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. I suggest you seek counseling about your own issues with it, of course.
-jcr
An iPad is a big iPod Touch.
A swimming pool is a big bathtub. Are you starting to get some idea of how silly that complaint is?
A 1024x768 display, a ten hour battery life, and multi-touch UI, make it an excellent tool for a lot of applications. There are a whole lot of iPhone apps that make much more sense on an iPad.
-jcr
I'd thought that Netbooks had a rather limited appeal, but that they'd continue to sell to the customers who fit that niche. I was expecting the iPad to sell to a much wider group of users, though.
-jcr
I remember reading about cheap solar cells being printed on plastic a short while ago, and their efficiency was better than this. Why would we want to use paper instead?
-jcr
Kid, I'm not going to quit initialing my posts no matter how many times you newbs bitch about it. Get over it.
-jcr