Nobody gets it. After all it's the government's money. The bad thing is that this goes on all through the government. Every agency, it's probably about 30 percent or more waste all the way around. You can't stop it either because everyone has a political axe to grind and rise up to protect their territory.
What got me was the money for lobbying. WTF! Taxpayers paying for a government agency to lobby the government? WTF!!! Someone should be placed against a wall and shot.
Really. I would have wondered what in hell the Egyptians were going to do with them. Of all the shit for the Egyptians to purchase I'd figure the last thing they'd blow money on would be a frigging CAD drawing of a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. It always amazes me how stupid engineers are when it comes to anything at all outside their own little world. Egyptians buying plans for a carrier? Hell no.
I'd make the case that much of that if not all can be explained by cultural differences. Besides, IQ tests don't measure everything. Many with high IQ's flounder while those with marginal ones manage to excel. There are many different types of smart.
In today's political climate I'd say it's absolutely impossible to have an honest and open discussion about such a subject. There is just too much bad history and bad blood involved and the flame war will immediately erupt.
You can say or question anything you like. The problem is that if what you ask or say is unpopular or perceived to be evil then other people feel free to say anything they like in response. Freedom of speech cuts both ways. If the majority doesn't like what you have to say then either buck up and stand your ground or cut and run. Don't say it isn't fair. Nobody likes a whiner.
I never, ever use a card for anything under 20 dollars. I know people who buy cokes from the machine with their debit card and they are the ones that always get their card compromised. Dozens and dozens of small purchases and you look at your bank statement and it's 48 fucking pages. It makes no sense. Sure, to pay for larger purchases I use a card so I don't have to carry 500 dollars around. For a dollar here and a buck and a half there? No.
I've seen them do the same thing drunk as a skunk. So what? It's not the same thing at all. You can shut your eyes and play too. Try that behind the wheel.
Really? Fortunately for me your opinion doesn't matter. I grew up in a working class household and I live in one now. I drive a 15 year old car and go to work every day. It's dicks like me that make this country prosper. I also donate to charities a portion of that money I make because I like to help those "in need." Not those the government decides are a special class of people that don't have to work. Yes I'm a dick alright. A tax paying working man is classified a dick nowadays and deadbeats are heroic. That's why the US debt is out of sight and getting bigger by the second. When we run out of money just what are all the deadbeats going to do then?
I wondered about why we still had so many troops in Germany so long after WW2 and I remember one of my commanders telling me it was because if we pulled out entirely the Germans would take over and we'd have to come back and bail the French out again.
Yes, I'm sure they'd all be happier if we just left them alone. I'm feeling kind of isolationist lately anyway. We should just leave them all alone. I think if we cut military spending to about a quarter of what it is now we could maybe stop going in a hole financially. Let Europe deal with Putin and the Caliphate. I'm kind of curious to see how that would all turn out.
I'm not really pleased by a lot of what goes on here. A trip over to Europe back when I was in the Air Force made me a lot happier with my country though. I'll take our culture with all it's problems over those of the European Union. If France hates me, well I guess I'll just have to bear it.
Funny but the Germans aren't tactful either but we generally respect them while we have nothing but contempt for the French. The reason is that most of the German arrogance is actually warranted. The French arrogance isn't.
Really? I've seen French culture firsthand. It has some good things, and a lot of bad. So they'd rather talk politics instead of watch cats do stupid crap? That only means they like to argue about bullshit. Plenty of that here on slashdot.
I can't imagine the tutorial needed for something like this. To do something like this takes a lot of skill and knowledge. If you managed it you would have learned a lot and it'd take more than a weekend.
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Nobody gets it. After all it's the government's money. The bad thing is that this goes on all through the government. Every agency, it's probably about 30 percent or more waste all the way around. You can't stop it either because everyone has a political axe to grind and rise up to protect their territory.
What got me was the money for lobbying. WTF! Taxpayers paying for a government agency to lobby the government? WTF!!! Someone should be placed against a wall and shot.
Really. I would have wondered what in hell the Egyptians were going to do with them. Of all the shit for the Egyptians to purchase I'd figure the last thing they'd blow money on would be a frigging CAD drawing of a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. It always amazes me how stupid engineers are when it comes to anything at all outside their own little world. Egyptians buying plans for a carrier? Hell no.
I'd make the case that much of that if not all can be explained by cultural differences. Besides, IQ tests don't measure everything. Many with high IQ's flounder while those with marginal ones manage to excel. There are many different types of smart.
In today's political climate I'd say it's absolutely impossible to have an honest and open discussion about such a subject. There is just too much bad history and bad blood involved and the flame war will immediately erupt.
You can say or question anything you like. The problem is that if what you ask or say is unpopular or perceived to be evil then other people feel free to say anything they like in response. Freedom of speech cuts both ways. If the majority doesn't like what you have to say then either buck up and stand your ground or cut and run. Don't say it isn't fair. Nobody likes a whiner.
I never, ever use a card for anything under 20 dollars. I know people who buy cokes from the machine with their debit card and they are the ones that always get their card compromised. Dozens and dozens of small purchases and you look at your bank statement and it's 48 fucking pages. It makes no sense. Sure, to pay for larger purchases I use a card so I don't have to carry 500 dollars around. For a dollar here and a buck and a half there? No.
Maybe driverless cars will solve the problem.
I guess this means that 75 percent of them were just shitty drivers and didn't have the excuse of being stoned.
Maybe people could just not be stoned or drunk while they drive? Is it that much to ask?
I disagree. I think they were stupid therefore they smoked pot.
I've seen them do the same thing drunk as a skunk. So what? It's not the same thing at all. You can shut your eyes and play too. Try that behind the wheel.
It's not 100 percent fatal. The human race can survive it. The present society will of course perish.
Go ahead, stick your dick in the hole without knowing what's on the other side. What could possibly go wrong?
Really? Fortunately for me your opinion doesn't matter. I grew up in a working class household and I live in one now. I drive a 15 year old car and go to work every day. It's dicks like me that make this country prosper. I also donate to charities a portion of that money I make because I like to help those "in need." Not those the government decides are a special class of people that don't have to work. Yes I'm a dick alright. A tax paying working man is classified a dick nowadays and deadbeats are heroic. That's why the US debt is out of sight and getting bigger by the second. When we run out of money just what are all the deadbeats going to do then?
Nope, we'll go back over there. We just can't help it, we love a lost cause.
We've repaid the favor, twice. In fact, as much as I dislike the French, I know we'd go save them again if we had to.
Welfare keeps people in poverty. Why struggle to escape when you can subsist with no effort at all.
I wondered about why we still had so many troops in Germany so long after WW2 and I remember one of my commanders telling me it was because if we pulled out entirely the Germans would take over and we'd have to come back and bail the French out again.
I've been waiting for the guillotine to make a comeback.
Yes, I'm sure they'd all be happier if we just left them alone. I'm feeling kind of isolationist lately anyway. We should just leave them all alone. I think if we cut military spending to about a quarter of what it is now we could maybe stop going in a hole financially. Let Europe deal with Putin and the Caliphate. I'm kind of curious to see how that would all turn out.
I'm not really pleased by a lot of what goes on here. A trip over to Europe back when I was in the Air Force made me a lot happier with my country though. I'll take our culture with all it's problems over those of the European Union. If France hates me, well I guess I'll just have to bear it.
Funny but the Germans aren't tactful either but we generally respect them while we have nothing but contempt for the French. The reason is that most of the German arrogance is actually warranted. The French arrogance isn't.
Really? I've seen French culture firsthand. It has some good things, and a lot of bad. So they'd rather talk politics instead of watch cats do stupid crap? That only means they like to argue about bullshit. Plenty of that here on slashdot.
I can't imagine the tutorial needed for something like this. To do something like this takes a lot of skill and knowledge. If you managed it you would have learned a lot and it'd take more than a weekend.