I don't mind paying for that. I think everyone should pay a fair tax. Until the tax system is fixed so these loopholes are gone that will never happen. The working stiffs will continue to foot the bill for the welfare state while the Mitt Romney's of this country hide their money in the Cayman Islands.
I agree we can't undo the welfare state overnight. The problem is that we give people incentive to have children they can't afford. Stop paying for more children that will have even more children that will also end up on Welfare because it's all they ever know. I don't really blame them, if I'd grown up under that system I'd no doubt fall right in with the path of least resistance too. I blame Lyndon Johnson and his stupid "Great Society." What a load of crap. He and others created this problem and now we're going to reap the pain.
When governments control more and more aspects of your life and take more and more of your money then of course the corporations that run the government have more power than ever. I don't mind paying taxes but I make less than 100,000 dollars a year and pay more than 50,000 a year in taxes by the time the Feds, State and local governments get through bleeding me. I remember when I was young and thought that 100,000 was a lot of money but after all these fuckers get through rifling my pockets it's a lot less. I can live on what they let me keep but don't think I'm happy at getting raped. My ass is sore and bleeding and I fucking hate those cocksuckers in DC....both sets of whores, Repukes and Dumbcrats.
Dead from aids or hepatitis is just as dead as a bullet to the head. In fact I would prefer the bullet to a long lingering agonizing disease. Public health is more important than the right to privacy. Especially as there is no Constitutional right to privacy.
My tablet replaced my netbook. I mostly used my netbook for reading and surfing, nothing really productive as it was too weak. It's advantage was it was small and light. I got a 5" Samsung Media Player and haven't used the netbook since. The Samsung fits in my pocket and it's just big enough to use for light surfing and excellent for reading on. I have a laptop that I use only occasionally when I have need for more power to go mobile but mostly I use my Mac Mini for any productivity such as video editing. I still have the netbook but I think I'm going to put it up for sale after Christmas. I guess some people who must have a keyboard for typing will prefer a netbook but I don't type enough to matter when I'm on the go.
Some of us can't afford a new car every few years. Some of us who can have things we'd rather spend our money on. It's not a problem for me as I know how to do a valve job but for many others it's rather dire.
Yes it should be. It's insane that we have people spreading diseases and because of a political cause no one is allowed to know that they are in danger. I always assume people own guns anyway because most around here do. If I lived in New York and didn't own a weapon I'd worry now because the newspaper there has just given robbers and home invasion artists a map to the helpless.
Around here most gun owners have signs like "property protected by Smith&Wesson." I don't have any problem with it, people are welcome to know that I own guns. I appreciate all 10 amendments of the "Bill of Rights" including the 10th that gets totally ignored.
Human rights organizations estimate that Saddam is directly responsible for more than 800,000 dead. This does not include those killed in fighting the war against Iran. Tales of entire families tortured to death for crimes against Saddam abound. Living in terror of being tortured is hardly stability. Soviet Russia was heaven by comparison. They only tortured people who were an actual threat to the Communist Party. I don't doubt that Iraq still has problems and will for some time but they sure seemed happy to be rid of Saddam.
War is hell. It always has been and always will be. It's impossible to conduct a war without killing non-combatants. Hell, a lot of the time friendly fire gets our own troops. People should understand that when you go to war it's going to be messy and expensive and it should always be a last case, no choice scenario when you do it. It's bad for everyone. I felt like something needed to be done about Saddam and really I am glad the bastard and his sons are dead but it ended up costing a fortune and I don't think we are any safer now than before. I do feel the Iraqi people are better off but I don't know if that will last or not.
In the old days felonies were for pretty bad crimes. Murder, rape, bank robbery and such. Nowadays almost anything can be a felony which is the problem. Of course things like pedophilia or rape should actually be capital crimes with mandatory life sentences or death but instead we put them back on the street after a few years or even only a few months. I think they should be grateful just to be alive. You are far more likely to serve heavy time for diddling the stock market than rape or child molestation. I used to get pissed off but now I expect things to be fucked up and am almost never disappointed.
I don't notice normal projects doing more than giving lip service to keeping customers, or consumers as most call them nowadays, happy. It seems everyone slips deadlines and cuts projected implementations and covers it with excuses of all types. I think this is what the normal projects excel at, telling lies to make up for amended expectations. In fact I believe that is the number one function of upper management.
I agree with you as far as hardware goes. Patents are a good way to encourage invention and development of this type. It's in the software realm that patents are destroying innovation. Patents were never meant to cover software, copyright should be used there. The silliness in the software patent business does far more damage than good.
I had one biology professor who had all the test questions from his lecture. Why I bought the fucking expensive ass book I don't know but there was not one question out of the expensive fucker, everything was from the lectures. People who attended the lectures actually sold cassette tapes of it to people who didn't want to show up. (cassette was the thing back then) He never once checked attendance.
Unfortunately for some that have loads of money they don't have the self discipline to go with it. This often results in drug abuse and a lifestyle that leads to early death. Given some self control and good sense your post would be correct though.
Plenty of millionaires go to jail in the US it's just that thanks to better legal support they are far less likely to. The level of proof to put the rich in jail is far higher than for people who are poor.
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I don't mind paying for that. I think everyone should pay a fair tax. Until the tax system is fixed so these loopholes are gone that will never happen. The working stiffs will continue to foot the bill for the welfare state while the Mitt Romney's of this country hide their money in the Cayman Islands.
I agree we can't undo the welfare state overnight. The problem is that we give people incentive to have children they can't afford. Stop paying for more children that will have even more children that will also end up on Welfare because it's all they ever know. I don't really blame them, if I'd grown up under that system I'd no doubt fall right in with the path of least resistance too. I blame Lyndon Johnson and his stupid "Great Society." What a load of crap. He and others created this problem and now we're going to reap the pain.
When governments control more and more aspects of your life and take more and more of your money then of course the corporations that run the government have more power than ever. I don't mind paying taxes but I make less than 100,000 dollars a year and pay more than 50,000 a year in taxes by the time the Feds, State and local governments get through bleeding me. I remember when I was young and thought that 100,000 was a lot of money but after all these fuckers get through rifling my pockets it's a lot less. I can live on what they let me keep but don't think I'm happy at getting raped. My ass is sore and bleeding and I fucking hate those cocksuckers in DC....both sets of whores, Repukes and Dumbcrats.
Dead from aids or hepatitis is just as dead as a bullet to the head. In fact I would prefer the bullet to a long lingering agonizing disease. Public health is more important than the right to privacy. Especially as there is no Constitutional right to privacy.
I guess I need to move somewhere that has bus service. Of course, my job is here. I kind of need it.
My tablet replaced my netbook. I mostly used my netbook for reading and surfing, nothing really productive as it was too weak. It's advantage was it was small and light. I got a 5" Samsung Media Player and haven't used the netbook since. The Samsung fits in my pocket and it's just big enough to use for light surfing and excellent for reading on. I have a laptop that I use only occasionally when I have need for more power to go mobile but mostly I use my Mac Mini for any productivity such as video editing. I still have the netbook but I think I'm going to put it up for sale after Christmas. I guess some people who must have a keyboard for typing will prefer a netbook but I don't type enough to matter when I'm on the go.
Some of us can't afford a new car every few years. Some of us who can have things we'd rather spend our money on. It's not a problem for me as I know how to do a valve job but for many others it's rather dire.
Yes it should be. It's insane that we have people spreading diseases and because of a political cause no one is allowed to know that they are in danger. I always assume people own guns anyway because most around here do. If I lived in New York and didn't own a weapon I'd worry now because the newspaper there has just given robbers and home invasion artists a map to the helpless.
Around here most gun owners have signs like "property protected by Smith&Wesson." I don't have any problem with it, people are welcome to know that I own guns. I appreciate all 10 amendments of the "Bill of Rights" including the 10th that gets totally ignored.
Human rights organizations estimate that Saddam is directly responsible for more than 800,000 dead. This does not include those killed in fighting the war against Iran. Tales of entire families tortured to death for crimes against Saddam abound. Living in terror of being tortured is hardly stability. Soviet Russia was heaven by comparison. They only tortured people who were an actual threat to the Communist Party. I don't doubt that Iraq still has problems and will for some time but they sure seemed happy to be rid of Saddam.
Hard to imagine the Iraqi people would want Saddam back. Maybe I'm wrong but I think I'd rather be dead than to live under such tyranny.
I get the idea that charging small items is the main intent of this kind of cell. I doubt it's intended for peeling and sticking on large buildings.
War is hell. It always has been and always will be. It's impossible to conduct a war without killing non-combatants. Hell, a lot of the time friendly fire gets our own troops. People should understand that when you go to war it's going to be messy and expensive and it should always be a last case, no choice scenario when you do it. It's bad for everyone. I felt like something needed to be done about Saddam and really I am glad the bastard and his sons are dead but it ended up costing a fortune and I don't think we are any safer now than before. I do feel the Iraqi people are better off but I don't know if that will last or not.
I saw that show, Continuum.
In the old days felonies were for pretty bad crimes. Murder, rape, bank robbery and such. Nowadays almost anything can be a felony which is the problem. Of course things like pedophilia or rape should actually be capital crimes with mandatory life sentences or death but instead we put them back on the street after a few years or even only a few months. I think they should be grateful just to be alive. You are far more likely to serve heavy time for diddling the stock market than rape or child molestation. I used to get pissed off but now I expect things to be fucked up and am almost never disappointed.
I don't notice normal projects doing more than giving lip service to keeping customers, or consumers as most call them nowadays, happy. It seems everyone slips deadlines and cuts projected implementations and covers it with excuses of all types. I think this is what the normal projects excel at, telling lies to make up for amended expectations. In fact I believe that is the number one function of upper management.
I agree with you as far as hardware goes. Patents are a good way to encourage invention and development of this type. It's in the software realm that patents are destroying innovation. Patents were never meant to cover software, copyright should be used there. The silliness in the software patent business does far more damage than good.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
I had one biology professor who had all the test questions from his lecture. Why I bought the fucking expensive ass book I don't know but there was not one question out of the expensive fucker, everything was from the lectures. People who attended the lectures actually sold cassette tapes of it to people who didn't want to show up. (cassette was the thing back then) He never once checked attendance.
I think the idea is to have them do the menial jobs. If they get an education they'll take the good jobs.
Unfortunately for some that have loads of money they don't have the self discipline to go with it. This often results in drug abuse and a lifestyle that leads to early death. Given some self control and good sense your post would be correct though.
If he was smart he wouldn't be in this predicament.
Plenty of millionaires go to jail in the US it's just that thanks to better legal support they are far less likely to. The level of proof to put the rich in jail is far higher than for people who are poor.
I think as a last desperate attempt it makes sense. If the patient is dying then why not try it? Worst case? They die anyway.
Lets just go all the way with the silliness and call them "spokes carbon based life forms."