And it doesn't take deep knowledge of one abstruse topic to solve these kinds of problems - it takes lots of very intelligent people working together and sharing their collective knowledge.
Or sometimes it takes some knucklehead to come in and dig a well.
Also, I have no idea how to dig a well. It's more than just some hole in the ground, the sides will collapse if you don't set it up right.
Actually, if you stopped ranting and actually read what I wrote, you'd see I was agreeing with you on Monopolies.
So let's try this again. You have NO IDEA what the Tea Party is about. You just picked some imaginary thing you could get mad about and ran with it. Your rant is against a strawman!
You DO NOT NEED a federal government the size we have now to do anything you've said. It could (and has been) 1/10 its current size and do those things.
This is what the Tea Party is about. The Federal government has grown far far too large in size and power. This is not an argument to abolish the Federal government!
Why do you need a huge oppressive government to do any of the things you just said?
Breaking up monopolies is needed for a free market to function. Notice how many of those were broken up when the government was smaller vs now.
You're living with a huge destructive force that extends into all areas of your life. And you assume it must be necessary for you to live and for things to keep working the way they are.
There are plenty of places on Earth that operate the way you think US should. Go there. Tea Partiers have no where else to go. We've been backed into a corner on this planet.
They're not getting fed up with it. The reason they bought dollars (besides oil) was to keep the value of their money.
Once the US started printing money like some Banana Republic to cover it's debts, the value of the dollar starts going down. Then it becomes less attractive as a vehicle for keeping value.
For example: âoeThe University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. academic endowment, took delivery of almost $1 billion in gold bullion and is storing the bars in a New York vault, according to the fundâ(TM)s board.â
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"Hey, people are bitching about high gas prices, bang out a paper showing them that it's not a bad thing."
If anything, ivory tower credentials would work against you in such an endeavor.
For the same reason states get federal highway funds.
Control.
What makes you think they're not collecting enough to pay for the roads?
What if, they're been dipping into the road tax money to pay for other bad financial decisions.
How do you think they'd react when those tax revenues are going down?
Interesting. People I know of that have that call it "Golden Handcuffs"
No matter how effective a medication might be in theory, if sick people can't afford it, it is useless.
Wouldn't it also be worthless?
It's the same as someone walking across your property to do something illegal.
We have to train the law that your router != you.
If you're in Denver, we have http://www.clubworkshop.com/
Moderates are the problem. Say for instance, I want the death penalty for people who drive over the speed limit.
You say that's ridiculous, you don't want anyone to die for driving over the speed limit.
Moderates push through a bill that calls for the death penalty of everyone going 25 over the speed limit.
And thus, the state grows and extends into all facets of our lives.
What sites are on the top of your RSS feed?
And it doesn't take deep knowledge of one abstruse topic to solve these kinds of problems - it takes lots of very intelligent people working together and sharing their collective knowledge.
Or sometimes it takes some knucklehead to come in and dig a well.
Also, I have no idea how to dig a well. It's more than just some hole in the ground, the sides will collapse if you don't set it up right.
Many researchers struggle to talk to colleagues in the same department, and communication across departments and disciplines can be impossible.
Chinese is a tough language to learn.
Oh yeah, I went there!
What was that? You had something important to say?
Couldn't have been that important, if you posted it under AC.
Clue #1 on why people aren't listening to you, you're not willing to stand behind your words.
My advice would be "No one password protect your router"
Then all your concerns about the federal government snooping in on your internet traffic become moot.
Having everyone password protect their router gives the state more power over you.
How much would you pay to be the first man on Mars?
Actually, if you stopped ranting and actually read what I wrote, you'd see I was agreeing with you on Monopolies.
So let's try this again. You have NO IDEA what the Tea Party is about. You just picked some imaginary thing you could get mad about and ran with it. Your rant is against a strawman!
You DO NOT NEED a federal government the size we have now to do anything you've said. It could (and has been) 1/10 its current size and do those things.
This is what the Tea Party is about. The Federal government has grown far far too large in size and power. This is not an argument to abolish the Federal government!
Why do you need a huge oppressive government to do any of the things you just said?
Breaking up monopolies is needed for a free market to function. Notice how many of those were broken up when the government was smaller vs now.
You're living with a huge destructive force that extends into all areas of your life. And you assume it must be necessary for you to live and for things to keep working the way they are.
There are plenty of places on Earth that operate the way you think US should. Go there. Tea Partiers have no where else to go. We've been backed into a corner on this planet.
If that's the case, why didn't Red Hat's lawyers take care of it?
"Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else!"
Maybe...if you drive it directly into your skull?
But the whole reason all those new laws, regulations, and taxes were passed was because of the Catastrophic climate change.
Do you think THOSE will be adjusted?
Christ Slashdot, you can't handle smartquotes?
They're not getting fed up with it. The reason they bought dollars (besides oil) was to keep the value of their money.
Once the US started printing money like some Banana Republic to cover it's debts, the value of the dollar starts going down. Then it becomes less attractive as a vehicle for keeping value.
For example: âoeThe University of Texas Investment Management Co., the second-largest U.S. academic endowment, took delivery of almost $1 billion in gold bullion and is storing the bars in a New York vault, according to the fundâ(TM)s board.â
Wait til the same happens to bookstores.
Will water become magnetic when you run current through it?
Yep. I've only bought 1 paper book since I've bought my kindle several years ago.
After reading all the responses to this article, I'm going to turn it into an e-book. Apparently, it's easy.