As usual, a blowhard hypocrite will be along presently to tell you what to think.
That's funny.... because that's what the religious right specializes in doing [telling other people what to think and attempting to legislate their beliefs into law]
toddbuAnd what I meant by my original comment is that I believe that market forces should for the most part be allowed to operate unimpeded.
So you do recognize that monpolies and cartels interfere with market forces operating unimpeded?
I heard a story on NPR about VoIP just this week and they talked to a guy from a company that specializes in tech investments - specifical in figuring out what is a good investment.
He said they refer to technologies like VoIP as "TechCom" and fully expect it to replace Telecom as time goes on - and the market of incompatable technologies is just because the technology is in it's infancy [VHS vs Beta, Laserdisk, VCD, DVD, Blu-ray vs HD-DVD would make a string of good examples] and that overtime they'll eventually all become cross-compatable.
He pointed out previous advances in communications technology anymore - specifical AT&T - anyone remember what the second T is? American Telephone and Telegraph - who uses a Telegraph anymore? Exactly: NOBODY.
VoIP is the infancy of the next generation of communications technology - not a bubble.
To Representative Hiestand the discrepancy between the Arabic and English texts of Article XI invalidates the authenticity of this Article and what it says about the United States not being founded on the Christian religion. But it should be remembered that it was the Barlow version which was read by President Adams and the Senate and ratified by them. The American government, if not the Tripolitan, agreed that the government of the United States is not founded on the Christian religion.
the version ratified by Congress and signed by the President was the version WITH Article XI
I just undid all my moderations in this thread to reply to you.
The port of Tripoli was blockaded by American ships and bombarded, but not taken. When the bey saw the Americans were too much for him a new treaty with Tripoli was drawn up and signed on June 4, 1805, which called for no further tribute. The treaty of 1796-97 had been annulled by the war. The treaty of 1805 does not have the passage: "the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion," but its Article XIV is practically the same as the previous treaty's Article XI with that omission. Like the treaty of 1796-97 however, this later treaty also showed the government of the United States to be impartial in matters of religion--that it had no established religion, and that the question of religion and religious opinions was not to be considered in national affairs. It showed that it was not the policy of the government to compel those within its jurisdiction who are not Christians to act as though they were.
For most products mentioning your competetor is a Bad Thing(TM) because it also puts their brandname into the customers brain when it should just be yours
Hanging I want to shake your hand bro. It is rare to meet a real republican anymore these days - between your comments and your sig I'm convinced you are one.
Listen Mr Godwinner - I hate people who insist on thumping their religion-text-of-choice as often as they can.
I don't mind the quiet unassuming religion person who leaves other people the first ago.
Furthermore "a book written 1990 years ago" is NOT capable of predicting what is about to happen, and it HAS not predicted it.
Feel free to believe what you want, but no matter how convinced you are of your own beliefs superiority keep them to yourself, out of government and away from places of learning you antiknowledge son of a jackal.
Oh i'll agree that all religious texts have a few gems of wisdom buried in them here and there - that was not one of them though: it was just a pasting of dogma
I HATE people who thump a bible every chance they get
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT RELIGION YOU WORSHIP. Just stop trying to push it on other people by thumping your bible every five minutes, and for the love of humanity DON'T try to push it into government.
polluting and making species extinct are not your right.. as for the other someone else pointed out that the insurance industry pushed through seatbelt laws
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As usual, a blowhard hypocrite will be along presently to tell you what to think.
That's funny.... because that's what the religious right specializes in doing [telling other people what to think and attempting to legislate their beliefs into law]
toddbu And what I meant by my original comment is that I believe that market forces should for the most part be allowed to operate unimpeded. So you do recognize that monpolies and cartels interfere with market forces operating unimpeded?
I heard a story on NPR about VoIP just this week and they talked to a guy from a company that specializes in tech investments - specifical in figuring out what is a good investment.
He said they refer to technologies like VoIP as "TechCom" and fully expect it to replace Telecom as time goes on - and the market of incompatable technologies is just because the technology is in it's infancy [VHS vs Beta, Laserdisk, VCD, DVD, Blu-ray vs HD-DVD would make a string of good examples] and that overtime they'll eventually all become cross-compatable.
He pointed out previous advances in communications technology anymore - specifical AT&T - anyone remember what the second T is? American Telephone and Telegraph - who uses a Telegraph anymore? Exactly: NOBODY.
VoIP is the infancy of the next generation of communications technology - not a bubble.
To Representative Hiestand the discrepancy between the Arabic and English texts of Article XI invalidates the authenticity of this Article and what it says about the United States not being founded on the Christian religion. But it should be remembered that it was the Barlow version which was read by President Adams and the Senate and ratified by them. The American government, if not the Tripolitan, agreed that the government of the United States is not founded on the Christian religion.
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the version ratified by Congress and signed by the President was the version WITH Article XI
and the link
http://www.ffrf.org/fttoday/1997/june_july97/trip
sorry
I just undid all my moderations in this thread to reply to you.
The port of Tripoli was blockaded by American ships and bombarded, but not taken. When the bey saw the Americans were too much for him a new treaty with Tripoli was drawn up and signed on June 4, 1805, which called for no further tribute. The treaty of 1796-97 had been annulled by the war. The treaty of 1805 does not have the passage: "the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion," but its Article XIV is practically the same as the previous treaty's Article XI with that omission. Like the treaty of 1796-97 however, this later treaty also showed the government of the United States to be impartial in matters of religion--that it had no established religion, and that the question of religion and religious opinions was not to be considered in national affairs. It showed that it was not the policy of the government to compel those within its jurisdiction who are not Christians to act as though they were.
they could just to Fiber To The Premisis for rural - current FTTP prices in test markets are $40/month for phone, cable and data on one FTTP line
If you have to ask you cannot afford it :D
that's a quote of me making up a quote from them
"Anything we don't have total control over is a threat to our business model" - RIAA
For most products mentioning your competetor is a Bad Thing(TM) because it also puts their brandname into the customers brain when it should just be yours
Bingo! Unless these genetic tests become unbelievably cheap then they'll never catch on in the insurance industry, and maybe not even then
Wrong - You have several problems with your statement
First you're numerically incorrect:
24% of the entire US population is non-christian
17% of the entire US population is atheist/agnostic
Second:
You assume they specify that they are not compatable with individuals of other religions - most would say they are.
yes, and microsoft says it's not a monopoly
Yes they do - i have demonstrated this to multiple people.
Go fill out an free profile and fill in that you're christian [of any type] - watch the results flood in.
Now go back and edit that profile and choose to be any non-christian religion.
Exactly - mod parent up
Hanging I want to shake your hand bro. It is rare to meet a real republican anymore these days - between your comments and your sig I'm convinced you are one.
/I vote democrat, but all politicians are wankers
Kudos to you
Before someone accuses him of godwinning
Germans didn't care either as long as it was only they Jews that were being persecuted because they weren't Jewish.
Is not a godwin - because it's a valid analogy
If i was intolerant i would be trying to outlaw their existance. The fact of the matter is I'm not.
Clue meet Doctor Jest, Doctor Jest meet Clue.
Listen Mr Godwinner - I hate people who insist on thumping their religion-text-of-choice as often as they can. I don't mind the quiet unassuming religion person who leaves other people the first ago. Furthermore "a book written 1990 years ago" is NOT capable of predicting what is about to happen, and it HAS not predicted it. Feel free to believe what you want, but no matter how convinced you are of your own beliefs superiority keep them to yourself, out of government and away from places of learning you antiknowledge son of a jackal.
Oh i'll agree that all religious texts have a few gems of wisdom buried in them here and there - that was not one of them though: it was just a pasting of dogma
I HATE people who thump a bible every chance they get
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT RELIGION YOU WORSHIP. Just stop trying to push it on other people by thumping your bible every five minutes, and for the love of humanity DON'T try to push it into government.
Seriously - KEEP YOUR RELIGION TO YOURSELF!
Atheism is NOT a religion - it is the LACK thereof
It is the negative-assertion position in a debate. No BOP rests upon.
polluting and making species extinct are not your right.. as for the other someone else pointed out that the insurance industry pushed through seatbelt laws
Anyone else see a contradiction in that statement, or is it just me?
Source: NOHARMM, which is citing medical studies http://www.noharmm.org/advantage.htm