Because the government doesn't have the right to forcibly dictate medical decisions. It's called liberty. Whether you believe vaccinations are good or not is not the point. The point is that each person has a right to their own medical decisions. Now proceed to mod me down.
Yeah, in fact most people have their religion, political affitiation, etc in their profiles, so shouldnt it be illegal for employeers to log in and view that?
Sigh. As I said diamonds are not ideal for money because they cannot be divided into denominations easily, not easily measured, etc. Its all good though dude...I'll keep saving gold, and you can save your "dollars". Hey let me know youre doing after we hit hyperinflation.
But part of the reason why gold has value is that it is a scarce resource, unlike beer cans for example. And yes, I agree if we found some huge pile of gold then yes that would cause inflation. But thats a straw man argument cause that not going to happen. The amount of gold mined per year roughly keeps up with the population growth (about 3%/year).
Ok, fair enough. The agreed value is what counts. But my point stands. Gold (and to a lesser extent silver) is simply the best materials to use as commodity money. Using beer cans would not make sense. Gold as a medium of exchange works out very well. History shows this. Are you arguing that something else would be better used as commodity money?
Now, all this has nothing to do with fiat money. If we are talking gold -vs- fiat money, then gold still wins. Receipt money is fine. This is where you keep gold at a bank, and they issue a receipt to reclaim your gold. Assuming there is no fractional lending, this is ok. Fractional money always leads to fiat money. Fiat money however has no backing whatsoever. The main problem with fiat money is the ease of devaluing it via inflation. At least fractional money inflation backed by some gold would put some realistic limit on printing money. But a total fiat money (what we have) leads to total devaluation. A 1913 dollar today is worth about 4 cents or so.
Money is a medium of exchange. There are certain attributes that good commodity money must have. People have used food or livestock, or other items like seashells or stones. Metals became widely used in trading. They had intrinsic value (could be used for other thigns than money), they are not perishable, by melting they can be divided into smaller units (would be hard with diamonds fo rexample), and are not able to be counterfeited.
One metal was selected by centuries of trial and error. Gold was commonly used as currency. There seems to be just the right amount to keep its value high enough for useful coinage. It is less plentiful than silver (which is used as a close second as money). Its weight can be precisely measured.
Gold has shown to be very stable. For example, at the Savoy Hotel in London, one gold sovereign will buy dinner for three exactly as it did in 1913. In ancient Rome, 1 ounce of gold would buy a fine made toga, belt, and sandals. Today, 1 ounce of gold will buy a hand crafted suit.
That's not true. Gold has intrinsic value. It can be used in industry or for ornaments. Commodity money has intrinsic value. Tobacco was actually used early in this country as money. It had intrinsic value (you could smoke it). But gold has proven to be the most stable form of money. Gold has intrinsic value, is not perishable, can be divided into smaller units, and can be precicsely measured in purity and weight. However fiat dollars only have value because the government decreed by law that it has value. It has absolutely no intrinsic value. And you cannot redeem anything for it since it went off the gold standard.
Ah yes, the first (and somehow last) virus I ever had on computers. I had a 486 with I think dos 6.22, and was fairly new to computers. If I remember correctly, didnt it add like 666 bytes to every executable? I actually manually went in with a hex editor and cleaned all my files. Its amazing that there were that few executables on the system that I could do that manually. Did anti-virus software even exist then?
My friends a cop too. He's an ok guy but he always had that cop dicktitude about him. Last week he was arrested for taking bribes. I never thought in a million years that he would be a crooked cop. Are there any good cops?
What changed your ways? I drive a 335i, and she just wants to go...I cant help it. Perhaps going to a drastically lower power car is what did it? In other words, if you have the power, use it.
A client of mine wanted the pittsburgh skyline in his website design. So I went up to mt washington where thousands of other photographers have snapped this photograph overlooking the city so that I could have my own copyrighted photo to use royalty free. So according to this ruling, I would be in violation of copyright since other "artists" have snapped the same photo from the same angle? Ridiculus.
People do have a choice. I already alerted my g+ friends I will be deleting my account, using bing, and keeping facebook (for now). Its just too invasive to have one company track me across everything.
see thats where youre wrong. that baby is a person. it doesnt start becoming a person once it leaves the womb. And roe v wade is unconstitutional......ah but so is the ndaa, and there it is
Another poster already posted what you said, and as I just told them, civil liberties apply to everyone. Mother AND child. That child has liberties too. They should be protected.
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No, FUCK YOU. You DO NOT have the right to tell me what to do with myself or my kids. FUCK YOU.
Because the government doesn't have the right to forcibly dictate medical decisions. It's called liberty. Whether you believe vaccinations are good or not is not the point. The point is that each person has a right to their own medical decisions. Now proceed to mod me down.
Yeah, in fact most people have their religion, political affitiation, etc in their profiles, so shouldnt it be illegal for employeers to log in and view that?
Sigh. As I said diamonds are not ideal for money because they cannot be divided into denominations easily, not easily measured, etc. Its all good though dude...I'll keep saving gold, and you can save your "dollars". Hey let me know youre doing after we hit hyperinflation.
But part of the reason why gold has value is that it is a scarce resource, unlike beer cans for example. And yes, I agree if we found some huge pile of gold then yes that would cause inflation. But thats a straw man argument cause that not going to happen. The amount of gold mined per year roughly keeps up with the population growth (about 3%/year).
Ok, fair enough. The agreed value is what counts. But my point stands. Gold (and to a lesser extent silver) is simply the best materials to use as commodity money. Using beer cans would not make sense. Gold as a medium of exchange works out very well. History shows this. Are you arguing that something else would be better used as commodity money?
Now, all this has nothing to do with fiat money. If we are talking gold -vs- fiat money, then gold still wins. Receipt money is fine. This is where you keep gold at a bank, and they issue a receipt to reclaim your gold. Assuming there is no fractional lending, this is ok. Fractional money always leads to fiat money. Fiat money however has no backing whatsoever. The main problem with fiat money is the ease of devaluing it via inflation. At least fractional money inflation backed by some gold would put some realistic limit on printing money. But a total fiat money (what we have) leads to total devaluation. A 1913 dollar today is worth about 4 cents or so.
Money is a medium of exchange. There are certain attributes that good commodity money must have. People have used food or livestock, or other items like seashells or stones. Metals became widely used in trading. They had intrinsic value (could be used for other thigns than money), they are not perishable, by melting they can be divided into smaller units (would be hard with diamonds fo rexample), and are not able to be counterfeited.
One metal was selected by centuries of trial and error. Gold was commonly used as currency. There seems to be just the right amount to keep its value high enough for useful coinage. It is less plentiful than silver (which is used as a close second as money). Its weight can be precisely measured.
Gold has shown to be very stable. For example, at the Savoy Hotel in London, one gold sovereign will buy dinner for three exactly as it did in 1913. In ancient Rome, 1 ounce of gold would buy a fine made toga, belt, and sandals. Today, 1 ounce of gold will buy a hand crafted suit.
That's not true. Gold has intrinsic value. It can be used in industry or for ornaments. Commodity money has intrinsic value. Tobacco was actually used early in this country as money. It had intrinsic value (you could smoke it). But gold has proven to be the most stable form of money. Gold has intrinsic value, is not perishable, can be divided into smaller units, and can be precicsely measured in purity and weight. However fiat dollars only have value because the government decreed by law that it has value. It has absolutely no intrinsic value. And you cannot redeem anything for it since it went off the gold standard.
great post
+1. too bad im outta mod points
Ah yes, the first (and somehow last) virus I ever had on computers. I had a 486 with I think dos 6.22, and was fairly new to computers. If I remember correctly, didnt it add like 666 bytes to every executable? I actually manually went in with a hex editor and cleaned all my files. Its amazing that there were that few executables on the system that I could do that manually. Did anti-virus software even exist then?
My friends a cop too. He's an ok guy but he always had that cop dicktitude about him. Last week he was arrested for taking bribes. I never thought in a million years that he would be a crooked cop. Are there any good cops?
Not to mention the organ failure, intestinal damage, and a host of other health issues with GMO foods.
What changed your ways? I drive a 335i, and she just wants to go...I cant help it. Perhaps going to a drastically lower power car is what did it? In other words, if you have the power, use it.
I say fine. Let them declare a no fly zone. Let's see how well that actually works out.
Why the F does it tell me "This service is unavailable for *mydomain.com*" when I try to delete all my history???? F you google.
Not true. Its a $10,000 fin if you refuse the patdown and want to leave.
wrong. watch the video with him talking about it
Bill Gates already said he is for reducing world population via vaccines. Why am I to think this is to help "save" lives? http://www.naturalnews.com/029911_vaccines_Bill_Gates.html
I'm required to at work. And yes it brings the system to a crawl.
A client of mine wanted the pittsburgh skyline in his website design. So I went up to mt washington where thousands of other photographers have snapped this photograph overlooking the city so that I could have my own copyrighted photo to use royalty free. So according to this ruling, I would be in violation of copyright since other "artists" have snapped the same photo from the same angle? Ridiculus.
People do have a choice. I already alerted my g+ friends I will be deleting my account, using bing, and keeping facebook (for now). Its just too invasive to have one company track me across everything.
see thats where youre wrong. that baby is a person. it doesnt start becoming a person once it leaves the womb. And roe v wade is unconstitutional......ah but so is the ndaa, and there it is
Another poster already posted what you said, and as I just told them, civil liberties apply to everyone. Mother AND child. That child has liberties too. They should be protected.
Right. That life inside another life (the baby) has just as much civil liberties. They should be protected.