; makes you wonder where these 'errors' come from - it ain't just laziness (although come to think of it, that explains some of it)
An interesting part of it was the positioning of Harvard (which started out as the bible-thumper academy of its day) as the alleged top university in the country. Before the war, the most prestigious university would have been a toss up between the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. After the war, the Republicans wouldn't tolerate a southern institution holding such high esteem.
It's always annoying when people categorize the early America experience based solely on the one colony.
That was largely a result of post-civil war propaganda. The north had to be painted as morally pristine, so they promoted the pilgrims and whitewashed their failures.
No, I mean "progressive" era propaganda. If you look into who the so-called progressives were, starting around the end of the civil war, they were the people who thought that it was the government's job to make us into "better" people. They were behind prohibition, eugenics, forcing American Indians into government schools to try to wipe out their culture, and many other rotten things.
Bullshit. One colony out of fifteen was founded by Puritans. Virginia was already doing quite well by the time those idiots landed in Massachusetts and damn near starved themselves to death with their idiotic collective farming scheme.
This mythology of the Puritans "founding the country" is progressive-era propaganda.
No, he was a ba'athist, which differs from communism in a few ways. It's basically a home-grown version of despotism that co-opts local tribalism to build the apparatus of repression.
I guess I better get on exerting my union power and demanding wages that come somewhere within 10k of what someone with a comparable education and skill set has in industry. I won't even talk about hours.
Union power has nothing to do with benefiting the members. The rank and file are victims of the thugs, too.
Those ads are the best sketch comedy Microsoft's ever paid for. I can just imagine the agents talking to these actors about this gig: "Ok, you're up for that microsoft gig. Can you nod?"
I would much rather the government got income through 'sin' taxes than through the income tax.
I would much rather see the government's power to tax limited to raising revenues for the government's legitimate operations, not for social engineering. We are not the government's property, we are not the government's children, and it's not the government's job to try to influence our personal choices.
There was a time when "it's a free country" was a very common saying in the USA.
Well, there is a big difference between our situation and that of the people in the soviet union, which is that we have a tradition of freedom to restore. Before the Soviets, there was a despotic monarchy. When the people withdrew their consent to being ruled by the communists, they had to figure out how to be free people from scratch, pretty much.
You think that what's "right" or "acceptable" for an individual defines right and acceptable behaviour for a government?
Go read The Law by Frederic Bastiat. The only legitimate powers of a government are delegations of the rights of individuals. You have no right to forcibly prevent someone from ingesting whatever he chooses into his own body. You don't gain such a right if you get a bunch of goons to help you.
We are already screwed. Congress and friends have already got control of a disturbing amount of power in the US and no one really did anything about it as it is.
Well, the soviets had a disturbing amount of power, and they collapsed. There's an event rapidly approaching, which will drastically reduce the amount of power the federal government wields, and that is the collapse of the dollar. If nobody will take your bad checks, it's kind of hard to hire goons.
The President of the United States does, in fact, NOT have the power to issue a royal decree which suspends the Constitution of the United States of American whenever he fucking feels like it
He doesn't have the legal power to do that, but he does have the de facto power to do so, and he has that power because the people have been tolerating usurpations of this kind for a very long time.
Requiring warrants for all of those searches would not only take up a huge amount of time, it would shut down international commerce, especially of perishable items.
That being the case, searches should only be conducted when there's probable cause to believe that a law is being violated, and the officer applying for the warrant is willing to swear to it.
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; makes you wonder where these 'errors' come from - it ain't just laziness (although come to think of it, that explains some of it)
An interesting part of it was the positioning of Harvard (which started out as the bible-thumper academy of its day) as the alleged top university in the country. Before the war, the most prestigious university would have been a toss up between the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary. After the war, the Republicans wouldn't tolerate a southern institution holding such high esteem.
-jcr
You're talking about a much later period, around the 1950s on. I'm talking about the time between the civil war and world war one.
-jcr
It's always annoying when people categorize the early America experience based solely on the one colony.
That was largely a result of post-civil war propaganda. The north had to be painted as morally pristine, so they promoted the pilgrims and whitewashed their failures.
-jcr
No, I mean "progressive" era propaganda. If you look into who the so-called progressives were, starting around the end of the civil war, they were the people who thought that it was the government's job to make us into "better" people. They were behind prohibition, eugenics, forcing American Indians into government schools to try to wipe out their culture, and many other rotten things.
-jcr
a country founded by the Puritans
Bullshit. One colony out of fifteen was founded by Puritans. Virginia was already doing quite well by the time those idiots landed in Massachusetts and damn near starved themselves to death with their idiotic collective farming scheme.
This mythology of the Puritans "founding the country" is progressive-era propaganda.
-jcr
Hussein was a communist
No, he was a ba'athist, which differs from communism in a few ways. It's basically a home-grown version of despotism that co-opts local tribalism to build the apparatus of repression.
-jcr
I guess those newcomers you listed pushed the picts and the celts out long ago.
-jcr
Never let anyone over the age of 40 use Windows.
Why should younger people suffer?
-jcr
I guess I better get on exerting my union power and demanding wages that come somewhere within 10k of what someone with a comparable education and skill set has in industry. I won't even talk about hours.
Union power has nothing to do with benefiting the members. The rank and file are victims of the thugs, too.
-jcr
Step one: install Linux
Step two: install your favorite virtualization product
Step three: run Windows in the VM. NEVER let it run the hardware.
-jcr
The AC is right.
-jcr
That's the first thing I thought when I saw it, too.
-jcr
Those ads are the best sketch comedy Microsoft's ever paid for. I can just imagine the agents talking to these actors about this gig: "Ok, you're up for that microsoft gig. Can you nod?"
-jcr
I would much rather the government got income through 'sin' taxes than through the income tax.
I would much rather see the government's power to tax limited to raising revenues for the government's legitimate operations, not for social engineering. We are not the government's property, we are not the government's children, and it's not the government's job to try to influence our personal choices.
There was a time when "it's a free country" was a very common saying in the USA.
-jcr
As much as I like savings (I've been running positive deposits into my savings for the last 6 years), they're not especially good for the country.
This is utter nonsense. Unfortunately, it's what far too many idiots who purport to be economists believe.
-jcr
Well, there is a big difference between our situation and that of the people in the soviet union, which is that we have a tradition of freedom to restore. Before the Soviets, there was a despotic monarchy. When the people withdrew their consent to being ruled by the communists, they had to figure out how to be free people from scratch, pretty much.
-jcr
Do you mean the Doomsday, or the Rapture?
No, I'm not superstitious.
-jcr
You think that what's "right" or "acceptable" for an individual defines right and acceptable behaviour for a government?
Go read The Law by Frederic Bastiat. The only legitimate powers of a government are delegations of the rights of individuals. You have no right to forcibly prevent someone from ingesting whatever he chooses into his own body. You don't gain such a right if you get a bunch of goons to help you.
-jcr
We are already screwed. Congress and friends have already got control of a disturbing amount of power in the US and no one really did anything about it as it is.
Well, the soviets had a disturbing amount of power, and they collapsed. There's an event rapidly approaching, which will drastically reduce the amount of power the federal government wields, and that is the collapse of the dollar. If nobody will take your bad checks, it's kind of hard to hire goons.
-jcr
Would a singe round of buckshot at the emitters do the trick?
-jcr
As many people have said, the US constitution isn't perfect, but it's better than what we have now.
-jcr
You're arguing that ICE should not have the ability to scan and/or open that container?
Gosh, why should anyone object to Officer Friendly invading their privacy? I mean, if you have nothing to hide, why should you care, right?
No reasonable suspicion, no warrant. No warrant, no search. We shouldn't abandon the rule of law for the convenience of officials.
-jcr
The President of the United States does, in fact, NOT have the power to issue a royal decree which suspends the Constitution of the United States of American whenever he fucking feels like it
He doesn't have the legal power to do that, but he does have the de facto power to do so, and he has that power because the people have been tolerating usurpations of this kind for a very long time.
-jcr
Requiring warrants for all of those searches would not only take up a huge amount of time, it would shut down international commerce, especially of perishable items.
That being the case, searches should only be conducted when there's probable cause to believe that a law is being violated, and the officer applying for the warrant is willing to swear to it.
-jcr
Great to be able to boot as fast as possible, but in normal usage I only put my Mac to sleep. It wakes up in the time it takes me to open the lid.
-jcr