I agree with you sort of. The batch of lying whores in office currently are as bad in their own way, or worse, than the inflexible ideologues. I'm for compromise as that's the only way to have a semi-civilized society. For instance, I'm against abortion but realize that there is no way to legislate it away. Far better, and I think more acceptable, to simply put in a plan to make it unnecessary. No way should the incredible number of unplanned pregnancies be happening like they are today. I would think even many liberals would be upset at mass use of abortion as retroactive birth control. A program of education and free birth control should be put in place to get this number reduced from holocaust levels. As much as I'd like to think abstinence should happen I know it's not going to happen. Sex as recreation for teenagers is here to stay and birth control must be available. There are many other areas where both sides can try to bring about their goals in concert with the other side. If we could just get the professional politicians out of the way.
There are plenty of people on both the left and right who believe deeply in their causes. Sadly few of these people seem to be in public office. As a conservative I believe in the least amount of government possible. The so called conservatives in office grow the fucking government at every opportunity. As a conservative I believe in individual freedom and responsibility. The so called conservatives in office believe in a police state. Hell, they're so fucked up they might as well be Democrats.
When American citizens leave the country and actively take part in what amounts to a war against their own country there is no requirement for a trial. If found in the company of enemy combatants they can be treated in the exact same manner as the enemy and treated as targets of opportunity. This has always been so. I agree that if he had returned we should have grabbed him and tried him for treason. He was, alas, in the company of Anwar al-Awlaki who was the actual target of the drone that killed Khan.
You know he went to Yemin and created Inspire to actively recruit and train individuals in the US to build bombs in their mother's kitchens and teach them how to become suicide bombers. The entire thrust of his fucking rag was to justify mass murder against American citizens. Inspire's purpose was to inspire a jihad within the United States. This piece of shit turned traitor against not just his country but his own family. I've never really been a fan of President Obama but occasionally he does do good and when he decided to wipe this putrid piece of filth from this planet he did real good.
There are plenty of other states with representatives as bad or worse than Miss Feinstein. Although California also has Pelosi and she makes Senator Feinstein look like a genius.
The majority of Congress is made up of greedy idiots. This is as it should be as the US has a representational democracy. The politicians reflect the values of the voters. They take our tax money and use it to bribe us with pork projects so they can constantly return to office in election after election.
It wouldn't matter if the Republican party nominated a Hispanic Lesbian to run against her. Feinstein is part of the machine and will return again and again.
It doesn't matter what she says or does she'll continue to get elected. Just like Nancy Pelosi who despite the fact she says and does things that make her supporters cringe will continue to return to congress. Think about it, "we've got to pass it to find out what's in it." She can utter the most moronic statements and do the most stupid things and it doesn't hurt her polling numbers at all. In US politics it's all about the bacon. If you can bring home that slab of Pork they'll send you back again and again which is why it's virtually impossible to get rid of these people. They take our money then bribe us with it to get themselves returned to office again and again and again. Although these two outstanding examples are Democrats there are plenty of Republicans in the same category.
Well give it a try then. Don't complain when all the guys that voted the tax increase are out of office next election. Well....you can complain it just wont do you any good. I'm not saying it's a bad thing as I would like to see less fuel consumption myself but I do know human nature. People get tired of someone else reaching into their pocket and helping themselves to their money.
Man what are we talking about here? Torture? Murder? Genocide? Or just spying? Because that's what the NSA does. It spies on people and analyzes the information they glean. You really want to equate that to death camps? I know there are some case where torture did occur and certainly anyone who tortured someone should know that even if ordered by higher authority that is not something you can do. Tapping someones phone without a warrant? Not so much.
The NSA aren't bad guys or good guys. They simply are. A wrench is neither bad nor good it's just a tool to remove a bolt or nut. The NSA is a tool used to spy on and analyze people and organizations that are considered a threat by the US government. If they do things that aren't legal you can bet someone very high in the US government authorized it. Probably at the very top.
I tell you that I believe there is no simple solution and anything else is not politically feasible. It's difficult to get people to even accept that there is a problem at all, given that how can you expect people to sacrifice for a solution. Better to just plan and prepare for a warmer planet as that will be challenging enough.
The problem with global warming is there's really no easy solution. By easy I mean feasible one. Barring a major technological solution it's just going to get warmer and the sea level will rise. Life will go on but it'll sure be a lot different. Maybe someone will come up with a core tap for energy or something like that.
The repercussions of burning oil and coal are long term. Taxing people until they rebel will be much shorter and the repercussions bloody. Go ahead, triple the cost of electricity. I dare you. Make gasoline 8 dollars a gallon. Global warming will be the least of your problems. You'll need all those police drones and SWAT teams. Gulags here we come.
I got the feeling he was speaking hypothetically but maybe not. In any case I just repeated what the IPCC had to say on the matter. I've seen one map showing a 300 foot rise in water level but I don't think anyone envisions that happening in the next decade or two. To rise 200-300 feet would require all of the world's ice to melt and that would certainly be a drastic change. 2.6 feet is bad enough and will cause a tremendous amount of problems. I differ with the global warming bunch in what can be done about it. I say nothing can be done to stop it. It's a result of billions of humans living on the planet and their activities and industry. Short of ridding the world of the majority of those people global warming will continue to climb. The changes required to actually do anything to stop the continued rise in warming are too much for people to accept. Too many sacrifices are required and getting most people to commit to that level of drop in lifestyle is impossible. Then we have emerging nations that want their day of prosperity as well. Perhaps technology can save us in the future but somehow I doubt that.
I'll bet we see 850ppm before 2049. Hopefully I'll be dead before that. It would suck being 90 years old with the condition the world will be in by then.
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I agree with you sort of. The batch of lying whores in office currently are as bad in their own way, or worse, than the inflexible ideologues. I'm for compromise as that's the only way to have a semi-civilized society. For instance, I'm against abortion but realize that there is no way to legislate it away. Far better, and I think more acceptable, to simply put in a plan to make it unnecessary. No way should the incredible number of unplanned pregnancies be happening like they are today. I would think even many liberals would be upset at mass use of abortion as retroactive birth control. A program of education and free birth control should be put in place to get this number reduced from holocaust levels. As much as I'd like to think abstinence should happen I know it's not going to happen. Sex as recreation for teenagers is here to stay and birth control must be available. There are many other areas where both sides can try to bring about their goals in concert with the other side. If we could just get the professional politicians out of the way.
There are plenty of people on both the left and right who believe deeply in their causes. Sadly few of these people seem to be in public office. As a conservative I believe in the least amount of government possible. The so called conservatives in office grow the fucking government at every opportunity. As a conservative I believe in individual freedom and responsibility. The so called conservatives in office believe in a police state. Hell, they're so fucked up they might as well be Democrats.
When American citizens leave the country and actively take part in what amounts to a war against their own country there is no requirement for a trial. If found in the company of enemy combatants they can be treated in the exact same manner as the enemy and treated as targets of opportunity. This has always been so. I agree that if he had returned we should have grabbed him and tried him for treason. He was, alas, in the company of Anwar al-Awlaki who was the actual target of the drone that killed Khan.
You know he went to Yemin and created Inspire to actively recruit and train individuals in the US to build bombs in their mother's kitchens and teach them how to become suicide bombers. The entire thrust of his fucking rag was to justify mass murder against American citizens. Inspire's purpose was to inspire a jihad within the United States. This piece of shit turned traitor against not just his country but his own family. I've never really been a fan of President Obama but occasionally he does do good and when he decided to wipe this putrid piece of filth from this planet he did real good.
You should be locked away for your own good.
Senator Feinstein bears an uncanny resemblance to the hound.
There are plenty of other states with representatives as bad or worse than Miss Feinstein. Although California also has Pelosi and she makes Senator Feinstein look like a genius.
The majority of Congress is made up of greedy idiots. This is as it should be as the US has a representational democracy. The politicians reflect the values of the voters. They take our tax money and use it to bribe us with pork projects so they can constantly return to office in election after election.
It wouldn't matter if the Republican party nominated a Hispanic Lesbian to run against her. Feinstein is part of the machine and will return again and again.
It doesn't matter what she says or does she'll continue to get elected. Just like Nancy Pelosi who despite the fact she says and does things that make her supporters cringe will continue to return to congress. Think about it, "we've got to pass it to find out what's in it." She can utter the most moronic statements and do the most stupid things and it doesn't hurt her polling numbers at all. In US politics it's all about the bacon. If you can bring home that slab of Pork they'll send you back again and again which is why it's virtually impossible to get rid of these people. They take our money then bribe us with it to get themselves returned to office again and again and again. Although these two outstanding examples are Democrats there are plenty of Republicans in the same category.
Well give it a try then. Don't complain when all the guys that voted the tax increase are out of office next election. Well....you can complain it just wont do you any good. I'm not saying it's a bad thing as I would like to see less fuel consumption myself but I do know human nature. People get tired of someone else reaching into their pocket and helping themselves to their money.
Man what are we talking about here? Torture? Murder? Genocide? Or just spying? Because that's what the NSA does. It spies on people and analyzes the information they glean. You really want to equate that to death camps? I know there are some case where torture did occur and certainly anyone who tortured someone should know that even if ordered by higher authority that is not something you can do. Tapping someones phone without a warrant? Not so much.
I think that would depend on exactly what you said.
The NSA aren't bad guys or good guys. They simply are. A wrench is neither bad nor good it's just a tool to remove a bolt or nut. The NSA is a tool used to spy on and analyze people and organizations that are considered a threat by the US government. If they do things that aren't legal you can bet someone very high in the US government authorized it. Probably at the very top.
More like idiots will find a way to kill themselves. Now it's suicide by gate guards.
I think I did say Gore is full of shit a few posts back. That is good for a laugh though.
I tell you that I believe there is no simple solution and anything else is not politically feasible. It's difficult to get people to even accept that there is a problem at all, given that how can you expect people to sacrifice for a solution. Better to just plan and prepare for a warmer planet as that will be challenging enough.
The problem with global warming is there's really no easy solution. By easy I mean feasible one. Barring a major technological solution it's just going to get warmer and the sea level will rise. Life will go on but it'll sure be a lot different. Maybe someone will come up with a core tap for energy or something like that.
The repercussions of burning oil and coal are long term. Taxing people until they rebel will be much shorter and the repercussions bloody. Go ahead, triple the cost of electricity. I dare you. Make gasoline 8 dollars a gallon. Global warming will be the least of your problems. You'll need all those police drones and SWAT teams. Gulags here we come.
I got the feeling he was speaking hypothetically but maybe not. In any case I just repeated what the IPCC had to say on the matter. I've seen one map showing a 300 foot rise in water level but I don't think anyone envisions that happening in the next decade or two. To rise 200-300 feet would require all of the world's ice to melt and that would certainly be a drastic change. 2.6 feet is bad enough and will cause a tremendous amount of problems. I differ with the global warming bunch in what can be done about it. I say nothing can be done to stop it. It's a result of billions of humans living on the planet and their activities and industry. Short of ridding the world of the majority of those people global warming will continue to climb. The changes required to actually do anything to stop the continued rise in warming are too much for people to accept. Too many sacrifices are required and getting most people to commit to that level of drop in lifestyle is impossible. Then we have emerging nations that want their day of prosperity as well. Perhaps technology can save us in the future but somehow I doubt that.
Come on man, don't hold back. Tell us how you "really" feel.
I'll bet we see 850ppm before 2049. Hopefully I'll be dead before that. It would suck being 90 years old with the condition the world will be in by then.
All you have to do is tax it so much no one can afford it anymore. Wonder what the repercussions of that will be?
Yep, Nuclear Winter should fix things nicely. Good fix for over population as well.
There will still be beachfront property it'll just be a little farther inland from where it is now.