You do know that corporations pay taxes, right? And to top that off, they are owned by people, who pay taxes. Of course, the enforcement of rights has nothing to do with paying taxes. The police will still help protect you if your stuff is stolen even if you have owed very little or no taxes. That's the way it should be. Everyone certianly does not pay for their own enforcement any more directly than corporations do.
Note to soldiers: You can stick a needle in the nozzle of a can of shaving cream, use a lighter to melt and form the nozzle around the needle, and then remove the needle to have a higher volume, much cheaper form of silly string. I think this would work just as well to detect tripwires.
I didn't say anything was sneaky about it. It is up to chance which justices retire when. The fact remains that 7 of the 9 justices were appointed by Republicans.
7 out of the 9 Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republicans. Yes, some of them were approved by Democratic Senates, but I'd say it's still indicative of Republican control. So they do have the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, at least until next year starts.
Good points. The bottom line is, if you're not informed, it doesn't take long to get informed. Look up the candidates' websites, compare platforms, go vote. It shouldn't take more than an hour, tops.
"Don't kill people, or we'll kill you." Doesn't it strike you as being hypocritical to have a death penalty when there's a law against killing people?"
Though I disagree with the death penalty for a variety of reasons, no, it doesn't strike me as hypocritical. We have prison when there's laws against kidnapping. We have taxes when there's laws against extortion. We have the lottery when there's laws against gambling. It's one of the features of government to be able to do things that are forbidden to individuals.
No explicit right to privacy? They might not use the word, but the Fourth Amendment says "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, . .." This is what privacy means.
It would slow you down pretty significantly. If you could find a retailer dumb enough to let a person run 1000 swipeless transactions of just under $25, you'd still get flagged before you could get 5 or 6 completed.
I'm definitely not an expert at this, but I thought that swipeless transactions usually can't be used for amounts greater than $25 or so. If the information used for swipeless transactions was encrypted (or just a different credit card number) a person who stole that number would only be able to use it for amounts less than $25.
Wish I had mod points for you. This is the most imporant difference that is often forgotten in the recent reporting. Wiretap the hell out of terrorists, but make it legal.
Realize also that if we adopted a profiling policy, we are effectively telling the terrorists "If you make yourselves look like X, you will not be hassled when boarding a plane."
My technology fee was less than that and supplied hundreds of brand new computers. Now, do you have a link explaining how schools are paying for this? because otherwise, nobody is going to believe you.
How much does go? Do you have any solid evidence behind this? I always figured Microsoft basically gave it away to schools to hook 'em on Microsoft when they're young. I know my college would sell students copies of Windows XP for around $15 or so.
When my college sent emails out asking who would use this, I asked the student president who sent the email how much it would cost the school. He told me it would not cost the school one cent, it would all be paid through advertising.
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They're called "airplanes."
You do know that corporations pay taxes, right? And to top that off, they are owned by people, who pay taxes. Of course, the enforcement of rights has nothing to do with paying taxes. The police will still help protect you if your stuff is stolen even if you have owed very little or no taxes. That's the way it should be. Everyone certianly does not pay for their own enforcement any more directly than corporations do.
It might not be the best name, but it's a lot easier to say "Blu-Ray" than "HD-DVD"
What did that used to go to?
Dell has been doing this for a long time.
Note to soldiers: You can stick a needle in the nozzle of a can of shaving cream, use a lighter to melt and form the nozzle around the needle, and then remove the needle to have a higher volume, much cheaper form of silly string. I think this would work just as well to detect tripwires.
Amen. Wish I had mod points. If there are legal consequences to exercising a freedom, it's surely not a freedom at all.
I didn't say anything was sneaky about it. It is up to chance which justices retire when. The fact remains that 7 of the 9 justices were appointed by Republicans.
7 out of the 9 Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republicans. Yes, some of them were approved by Democratic Senates, but I'd say it's still indicative of Republican control. So they do have the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial, at least until next year starts.
Probably neither, since the Democratic gains were expected and therefore already built into the price of every stock.
Good points. The bottom line is, if you're not informed, it doesn't take long to get informed. Look up the candidates' websites, compare platforms, go vote. It shouldn't take more than an hour, tops.
Though I disagree with the death penalty for a variety of reasons, no, it doesn't strike me as hypocritical. We have prison when there's laws against kidnapping. We have taxes when there's laws against extortion. We have the lottery when there's laws against gambling. It's one of the features of government to be able to do things that are forbidden to individuals.
No explicit right to privacy? They might not use the word, but the Fourth Amendment says "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, . . ." This is what privacy means.
It would slow you down pretty significantly. If you could find a retailer dumb enough to let a person run 1000 swipeless transactions of just under $25, you'd still get flagged before you could get 5 or 6 completed.
I'm definitely not an expert at this, but I thought that swipeless transactions usually can't be used for amounts greater than $25 or so. If the information used for swipeless transactions was encrypted (or just a different credit card number) a person who stole that number would only be able to use it for amounts less than $25.
This is going to be the most violent video game EVER!
Wish I had mod points for you. This is the most imporant difference that is often forgotten in the recent reporting. Wiretap the hell out of terrorists, but make it legal.
Realize also that if we adopted a profiling policy, we are effectively telling the terrorists "If you make yourselves look like X, you will not be hassled when boarding a plane."
There is no way to protect from a "tyranny of the majority" that does not bring about the problem of a tyranny of the minority.
Or, since your vote will never be the deciding factor in any national or state election, it won't make a difference at all.
My technology fee was less than that and supplied hundreds of brand new computers. Now, do you have a link explaining how schools are paying for this? because otherwise, nobody is going to believe you.
How much does go? Do you have any solid evidence behind this? I always figured Microsoft basically gave it away to schools to hook 'em on Microsoft when they're young. I know my college would sell students copies of Windows XP for around $15 or so.
It's not really free. It's included in your tuition, something that I would be fighting tooth and nail.
When my college sent emails out asking who would use this, I asked the student president who sent the email how much it would cost the school. He told me it would not cost the school one cent, it would all be paid through advertising.