Say good-bye to the promising career of Lt. Col. Dave Gallop.
Speech like that weakens Windows, which weakens the economy and cuts down on campaign contributions to GOP causes. W and the "Justice" Department will be having Gallop arrested as an obvious enemy combatant any second now.
More stable. Like that's so important. It hasn't mattered to Windows for years!
"responsible" spiders from big name sites like Google.
This admin has a long history of attempting to rewrite history and expecting (and finding) that journalists are too cowed to call them on it. Extensive past behavior is a strong indicator of current motives.
And it's isn't a conspiracy every time W speaks. It's a lie. You can tell because his lips are flapping.
or even considering that previous statements might not match current statements means that the terrorists win. The WH Ministry of Truth works hard to ensure that the spin for the day gets out to the party faithful above the filters of "news" with their "facts" that don't gibe with the message we're trying to deliver.
If you persist in contemplating a world where whatever statements that the WH puts out, no matter how they might seem to contradict previous statements, are not totally true and correct, then a relocation expert from Guantanamo will be by in a few minutes. Just step away from the computer.
"We woulda won anyway, so why bother with the law" seems to be the sum total of your argument here. If W actually thought he was going to win all the recounts (in every state you keep trying to bring up as relevant), then he should have pushed for them. Instead, he was illegitimately selected by the SC and he went along with it. He's the Selected President* by his own choice.
"What was best for his country" was to ensure a legitimate Presidency. We don't have that right now.
Since I'm the one who keeps calling for the enforcement of Amendment 20, section 3 (the one that you and the SC seem to find so inconvenient), it seems rather Republican typical of you to accuse me of an extreme position that is completely removed from what I've been saying.
Do me a favor: Keep imagining that W won 2000. Keep drooling over pictures of him in a flight suit and imagine that an AWOL coke-snorting chicken hawk that has put the ecomony in the dumper, presided over the first net loss of jobs in 70 years and turned world sympathy over 9/11/01 (which happened on his watch) into world hatred can compete against people who've actually put their lives on the line (Clark, Kerry). Or is that harsh?
until Skynet is completed. Then they develop time travel technology and send a spambot back in time to eliminate Sarah Conner and take over the state of California.
posting articles to/. concerning overreaching patent applications. That will be $699 dollars from you and from everyone who reads this article (which is infringing on my IP).
THAT'S the issue at hand. The SC decided to bypass the Constitution, which clearly HAS mechanisms for dealing with elections in dispute, and selected W as the President. And all the Republican crybaby distractions aren't going to make that go away.
Put W in as seatwarmer, recount every damn state in the Union if that's what you want. Whoever came out of that would have been a legitimate President. That's clearly not the case here. He's the Selected President* and always will be. And all the professional Republican whining (Bill "Liar" O'Reilly, Rush "Hillbilly Heroin" Limbaugh, etc.) won't change that.
If you'd read the whole section 3 which I included, you'd have an answer to your question:
and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
So the recount DIDN'T have to be stopped for the continuity of our government. The writers of Amendment 20, section 3 thought ahead. The SC decided to ignore that, ignore the fact that there was all the time they needed to order a full recount if they really thought that was needed. Instead they selected W as the President. And they declared that recounts would cast doubts on their selection. That's why he's the Selected President*. And willfully ignoring the rest of section 3 won't change that.
If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
The recount DIDN'T have to be stopped. The SC chose to stop it. Since they chose to stop it without the recount and certified the suspect vote count already achieved, they selected W as President. Everything after that was proforma. He's the Selected President*. There is no getting around that.
The SC showed that they cared nothing about ensuring that Florida voters were enfranchised when the stopped the recounts. They made a decision to ignore states rights, ignore the decision of the Florida Supreme Court, ignore the statutory obligation of the State of Florida to continue with the vote recount and declare, without clear evidence supporting their case, that W was the winner and that recounting would cast doubt on their selection.
Post-election recounts by the media aren't the issue. The SC made the decision without that knowledge.
As for the actual media recount, as the NY Times admits, their standard for counting disputed ballots would not necessarily have been the legally accepted one. They were playing by their own ear. And since their final recount came out very shortly after 9/11/01, many (myself included) tend to doubt it's inferences.
"that under the election system in the US, GWB won"
No, it was NOT under the election system of the US. It was a selection by the SC. They stopped recounts mandated by the Florida Constitution and recognized by the Florida Supreme Court, declared W to be the winner and stated that any further recounts would cast doubts on their selection. While he may be in office, all I'm doing is noting that he is the Selected President*. Why does ignoring Republican spin and pointing out the reality of the situation irk some folks?
As for your second paragraph, it made a huge difference. The "Justice" Department, after winning the civil case under the previous administration and holding all the cards, suddenly decides "Let's Settle" under the current administration. And then they set the terms so lax and pathetic that calling it a slap on the wrist is an insult to slaps on the wrist everywhere.
"He argued that Microsoft was complying with the antitrust settlement by offering to license its software technology even if few companies sign such deals."
As much as I dislike having to do this, I have to agree. Microsoft is right here. After all, it's not their fault if the selected President* told his people to give a brisk slap on the wrist to Microsoft after the previously administration had won the case in court and had them bound, bent over and greased up. It's not Microsoft's fault if the lawyers left who actually wanted to try and salvage some sort of basic human dignity from this whole sordid affair didn't watch those movies where someone makes a deal with Satan and leaves out that one little clause that eventually leaves them in a pile of feces. You give an Evil Civil Judgement Decided Monopolist an inch, they HAVE to take a mile and your wallet and laugh while they're doing it.
If I was Microsoft, I'd get out the Icy Hot or Tiger Balm to deal with those sore, sore wrists.
the comparison of online music stores, does this mean that the WSJ might actually like us now? That perhaps they'll influence tech-ignorant business sorts to stop assuming that the Microsoft way is the only way. That would be helpful.
taking smack. Mainlining, that is. That's the only explanation for the numbers in his "analysis" (emphasis on the anal) of the comparative security of Windows vs. Linux.
Doesn't he realize that taking all that smack will just ruin his dancing career?
actually sold any licenses. It's called mail fraud. And if they sold a few of them, it would also open them up to RICO prosecution because it would indicate a pattern of criminality that qualified as racketeering.
Threatening end-users was baseless allegations to drive up the price of your stock is also a Federal crime, but involves securities laws that are far more difficult to prove/prosecute and even when convicted, they usually only result in small fines.
information about the growing alien anal probing threat, or if people are even conscious of the efforts of extraterrestrial rectal examiners, then the alien terrorists win.
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"how you can avoid the guy next door from sniffing your private traffic"
But I pay the young ladies extra to sniff my private tra...oh, wait. I misread. Never mind.
just how sharply Microsoft had their wrist slapped. I mean really. That wrist stung for over 15 minutes. There was a red mark that lasted at least until dinner. Microsoft had trouble typing for the rest of the evening. I personally believe that Microsoft has really learned their lesson this time. I feel comfortable going on vacation and leaving them here alone, with the keys to the Porsche and the liquor cabinet unlocked. I'm confident that they now understand to respect the rights of other companies and that they won't give them wedgies and leave them hanging from the fence. If we can't trust our own Microsoft, then who can we trust?
is not passed exactly as written, if any of the wise, necessary provision worked out by our government are in any way altered, if anybody raises any dissent on the actions that the government takes in order to protect our freedoms (or even harbors doubts in their hearts), then the terrorists win.
Boy, political discussions are so much easier now that we have that one to fall back on. I'm going back to my nap.
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Speech like that weakens Windows, which weakens the economy and cuts down on campaign contributions to GOP causes. W and the "Justice" Department will be having Gallop arrested as an obvious enemy combatant any second now.
More stable. Like that's so important. It hasn't mattered to Windows for years!
These tax cuts are to slow down the booming economy (pre-election).
These tax cuts are to pick up the sagging economy (post-election).
Carbon dioxide is a gas that needs controlling.
We don't need to control carbon dioxide.
This admin has a long history of attempting to rewrite history and expecting (and finding) that journalists are too cowed to call them on it. Extensive past behavior is a strong indicator of current motives.
And it's isn't a conspiracy every time W speaks. It's a lie. You can tell because his lips are flapping.
That's so ...90's man.
better explanation would be?
If you persist in contemplating a world where whatever statements that the WH puts out, no matter how they might seem to contradict previous statements, are not totally true and correct, then a relocation expert from Guantanamo will be by in a few minutes. Just step away from the computer.
"What was best for his country" was to ensure a legitimate Presidency. We don't have that right now.
Since I'm the one who keeps calling for the enforcement of Amendment 20, section 3 (the one that you and the SC seem to find so inconvenient), it seems rather Republican typical of you to accuse me of an extreme position that is completely removed from what I've been saying.
Do me a favor: Keep imagining that W won 2000. Keep drooling over pictures of him in a flight suit and imagine that an AWOL coke-snorting chicken hawk that has put the ecomony in the dumper, presided over the first net loss of jobs in 70 years and turned world sympathy over 9/11/01 (which happened on his watch) into world hatred can compete against people who've actually put their lives on the line (Clark, Kerry). Or is that harsh?
until Skynet is completed. Then they develop time travel technology and send a spambot back in time to eliminate Sarah Conner and take over the state of California.
posting articles to /. concerning overreaching patent applications. That will be $699 dollars from you and from everyone who reads this article (which is infringing on my IP).
Put W in as seatwarmer, recount every damn state in the Union if that's what you want. Whoever came out of that would have been a legitimate President. That's clearly not the case here. He's the Selected President* and always will be. And all the professional Republican whining (Bill "Liar" O'Reilly, Rush "Hillbilly Heroin" Limbaugh, etc.) won't change that.
and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
So the recount DIDN'T have to be stopped for the continuity of our government. The writers of Amendment 20, section 3 thought ahead. The SC decided to ignore that, ignore the fact that there was all the time they needed to order a full recount if they really thought that was needed. Instead they selected W as the President. And they declared that recounts would cast doubts on their selection. That's why he's the Selected President*. And willfully ignoring the rest of section 3 won't change that.
If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
The recount DIDN'T have to be stopped. The SC chose to stop it. Since they chose to stop it without the recount and certified the suspect vote count already achieved, they selected W as President. Everything after that was proforma. He's the Selected President*. There is no getting around that.
Post-election recounts by the media aren't the issue. The SC made the decision without that knowledge.
As for the actual media recount, as the NY Times admits, their standard for counting disputed ballots would not necessarily have been the legally accepted one. They were playing by their own ear. And since their final recount came out very shortly after 9/11/01, many (myself included) tend to doubt it's inferences.
No, it was NOT under the election system of the US. It was a selection by the SC. They stopped recounts mandated by the Florida Constitution and recognized by the Florida Supreme Court, declared W to be the winner and stated that any further recounts would cast doubts on their selection. While he may be in office, all I'm doing is noting that he is the Selected President*. Why does ignoring Republican spin and pointing out the reality of the situation irk some folks?
As for your second paragraph, it made a huge difference. The "Justice" Department, after winning the civil case under the previous administration and holding all the cards, suddenly decides "Let's Settle" under the current administration. And then they set the terms so lax and pathetic that calling it a slap on the wrist is an insult to slaps on the wrist everywhere.
As much as I dislike having to do this, I have to agree. Microsoft is right here. After all, it's not their fault if the selected President* told his people to give a brisk slap on the wrist to Microsoft after the previously administration had won the case in court and had them bound, bent over and greased up. It's not Microsoft's fault if the lawyers left who actually wanted to try and salvage some sort of basic human dignity from this whole sordid affair didn't watch those movies where someone makes a deal with Satan and leaves out that one little clause that eventually leaves them in a pile of feces. You give an Evil Civil Judgement Decided Monopolist an inch, they HAVE to take a mile and your wallet and laugh while they're doing it.
If I was Microsoft, I'd get out the Icy Hot or Tiger Balm to deal with those sore, sore wrists.
the comparison of online music stores, does this mean that the WSJ might actually like us now? That perhaps they'll influence tech-ignorant business sorts to stop assuming that the Microsoft way is the only way. That would be helpful.
Doesn't he realize that taking all that smack will just ruin his dancing career?
Threatening end-users was baseless allegations to drive up the price of your stock is also a Federal crime, but involves securities laws that are far more difficult to prove/prosecute and even when convicted, they usually only result in small fines.
I could swear I saw my Aibo mixing up plastique last week, and my Roomba ordered two trailers full of fertilizer over the net.
What were we thinking leaving out that Asimov chip?!?
information about the growing alien anal probing threat, or if people are even conscious of the efforts of extraterrestrial rectal examiners, then the alien terrorists win.
But I pay the young ladies extra to sniff my private tra ...oh, wait. I misread. Never mind.
just how sharply Microsoft had their wrist slapped. I mean really. That wrist stung for over 15 minutes. There was a red mark that lasted at least until dinner. Microsoft had trouble typing for the rest of the evening. I personally believe that Microsoft has really learned their lesson this time. I feel comfortable going on vacation and leaving them here alone, with the keys to the Porsche and the liquor cabinet unlocked. I'm confident that they now understand to respect the rights of other companies and that they won't give them wedgies and leave them hanging from the fence. If we can't trust our own Microsoft, then who can we trust?
Boy, political discussions are so much easier now that we have that one to fall back on. I'm going back to my nap.
reading it will get you billed by SCO for $699.
The fluff gets up your nose.