Would someone please explain to me why, in 2004, the color of your skin matter?
That's a good question.
Let's ask the disproportionately large population of black men on death row. Or perhaps the disproportionately large portion of the Latino-American population that lives in houses and apartments with at least twice as many occupants than prescribed.
Maybe the question should be why skin color matters, but rather, do large groups of our population suffer from socioeconomic injustices that our government should have a vested interest in removing?
Look, debates are risky monsters. If Bush or Kerry thought that they were a shoo-in (say, 60-40 in the polls), there wouldn't be any debates. Why? If you're that far ahead, then why risk it. That's politics. It has nothing to do with democracy. If Nader is running at 1%, and the other 150 clowns trying to run for President at at 0.001 to 0.5 percent, why would Kerry or Bush even deign to do a debate? Obviously, the American public couldn't care less about these fringe groups.
I've said it before, and let me say it again - these fringe parties should spend the next 50 years trying to build up support from the city/county level on up to Congress and governorships. When they can accomplish that, then they have the organizaion, message, and support to run for President and qualify for these debates.
Putting a strong third party runner in there with them with unscripted questions is exactly what we need to see what they really are
You hit it right on the head. Unfortunately, Ross Perot and John Anderson are what has passed for a strong third party candidate over the last 25 or so years.
So how does one determine the strength of a third-party candidate?
What's the difference between you two? I mean, seriously, should I vote for the rich Yaley who was in Skull & Bones and went to Vietnam, or the rich Yaley who was in Skull & Bones who didn't go to Vietnam?
When you put it that way, maybe they should just arm wrestle or something.
Why haven't weapons of mass destruction been found? If we have the technology to detect them, shouldn't we have the technology to find where they went after the invasion? Or can we now admit that Iraq likely did not have weapons of mass destruction?
It was claimed that Iraq could launch a near immediate attack on American interests with these weapons of mass destruction. Please name five "rogue" countries who actually do have weapons of mass destruction that could readily be launched on American interests.
Finally, it has been stated that even if no WMD have been found, it was worth it to liberate the Iraqi people. Plenty of other areas of the world have suffered under the ruthless leadership of corrupt men. When can we expect that the United States military will invade the following countries with the intent of liberating their people: China, Russia, North Korea, the littany of countries in Africa where genocide has become commonplace?
To do something the president has to go through congress. (ie declare war, get a budget).
Pretty easy for the president to veto every bill coming across his desk. Hopefully third party candidates such as this can get more political debate going, rather than the 2 party system you guys have going on down there.
You pretty much ignored the main point of my post and latched onto the least significant part, but I'll indulge you.
It takes a fairly powerful President with some significant political skills to get away with the veto-until-you-see-it-my-way gambit. Bill Clinton pulled it off successfully with the Gingrich lead Congress wrt the budget. The Federal government shut down and it backfired in Gingrich's face. That marked the beginning of the end of Newt's career.
I'll leave to you to find an example of where this gambit didn't work for the sitting President. But, I'll reiterate my larger point... if the Libertarian Party would work from the ground up, starting with local governments up to it's way to Congress.
... But first, teach him that to start with a fish smaller than a great white shark.
I could buy into a lot of what the Libertarian Party has to say. I realize that a lot of it only borderline practical for the real world, but I *could* buy into it to see what it's realization would look like.
Unfortunately, the Libertarian Party (and other third parties) consistently go about their goals the wrong way. If America truly is ripe for change, then the Libertarian Party should be working from the ground up. Start with the local/state governments. The worse consequence of Ross Perot and Jesse Ventura's quasi-success is that the Libertarian Party still hasn't figured out that once it controls mayors, county councils, and governors, it'll always be a fringe movement.
I mean, let's say we do end with a Libertarian President in 2004, somehow... he'll still have to get his proposals through Congress.
The Bush campaign hasn't suffered at all from this attack on Bush's intelligence. It didn't suffer in 2000 either. However, Al Gore's campaign did latch onto it in an attempt to put down Bush and gain more support for the Dem's. It didn't work, in fact, it played to Bush's advantage. Instead of focusing on real issues, Gore was busy telling us all what a moron W was. You'll notice Kerry hasn't taken that strategy. There's a reason.
You and your generation can have your new-fangled Mozilla Foundation website! Mark my words, though. The sooner you become slave to all their fancy-shmancy websitery, the sooner they'll be charging you for it.
Oprah stopped eating long enough to finish a marathon - Google it.
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But then again, is that surprising.
The problem is that *all* of the ratings rely on someone else telling parents what's appropriate for their children. I know, but let's pretend that parents in this country actually parent.
A better system of rating would be to rate them for launguage, violence, sexuality, etc., very similar to what many pay-cable networks use.
Google for yourself - there's plenty of outraged people out there who think that some PG-13 movies are unacceptable for 13-year-olds, but if a movies was rated for brief nudity and sexual content, we could all make that decision based on personal morals, as opposed to the nebulus PG-13.
What I think is acceptable for me and my children is wildly different from many puritanical types in America. In plus, the aforementioned movie with nudity and sexual content is called Mooseport (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60033 308&trkid=73), rated PG-13. If it scared off people for having brief nudity (a 70-year-old man's bare ass) and sexual content (discussions about panties and what they mean on a date), then maybe Hollywood wouldn't have made such a shitty movie.
They had their chance 20 years ago for reform, and now we'll never see it.
Protection doesn't work.... we must preach abstinence to our children...
Just stay off the internet until you're 18, kids... (and you have your own damn computer/network to infect):)
Until 18? Don't listen to him, kids. Listen to the clergy. You must wait until marriage, kids. Stay off the Internet until you have a wife to tell you when and how you can use it.
But a helicopter? I wonder what they're trying to accomplish here. I mean, obviously the students are trying to win $27,000, but I have to wonder what the American Helicopter Society is thinking.
I can't do the math - I spent my days as a nuclear engineer, then mechanical engineer, before switching to computer science. Maybe an actual aerospace engineer could help out. It would seem to me, though, that one could figure out how much power it would take to lift an object 3 meters into the air, then compare it to the amount of power the humans could generate. At that point, you know if you should even try, right?
This is kind of a nitpick, but buoyant force has nothing to do with how helicopters work, blimps and boats use buoyancy, helicopters and planes use aerodynamic lift.
Oh, sure, spoil the party with cold hard facts and science!
If he owns the Sun, he's liable when the next solar flare knocks out communications satellites. He could only allow flares of a certain magnitude, to comply with zoning laws.
But on the other hand, could he charge licensing fees for providing sunlight?
Generally one would name the book with a title that has something to do with the book itself. So, why Katie.com? Does the appending of.com make one think of sexual predators? I mean, at one time, dumbasses thought appending.com would make your business successful, but that's another story.
I don't see why they couldn't just name the book and propped up a website, independently. Then the book could reference the website as a resource.
I'm glad that Katie Jones took the high road. If I were her, there'd be some of the nastiest porno I could find sitting on katie.com right now.
The likelihood to directly proportional to the likelihood that a game distributor has made money by releasing Linux versions simultaneously. In other words, not bloody likely.
1. Send out daily emails about the latest Microsoft IE virus. People don't delete those without reading them. 2. Recommend installing a Mozilla browser. Why would they need you to do it for them. 3. If they fuck it up, make sure to make them feel small and stupid. That's what you're here for. 4. When a manager tells you he can't log into his email, assume that he had neglected to skip every step required to log in to email before checking the email system. Managers often enjoy having their intelligence insulted. 5. Warn users that the network will be down no more than 15 minutes before scheduled maintenance. 6. Before disallowing users to use P2P software, make sure you have found a workaround for your workstation. This is your SysAdmin perk. 7. When the printer won't print, and you've had the user reset his machine at least 3 times, you may then diagnose the printer. Not before. 8. How did these people make their way out of their respective mother's womb? 9. It's okay to spend your spare time bothering the receptionist. She's there to entertain you. 10. When a project manager tells you he needed something yesterday, that means you can wait 364 days before getting it done. 11. Even though there are commercials on the radio training idiots to do your job, you are an irreplaceable resource. 12. Since you are in charge of the IT infrastructure, it's okay for you to bitch incessantly about Windows. That's the only things will ever change, anyway. 13. Surf porn on your computer. After all, if you're worth your salt, it's not being logged or firewalled. It's also not at all creepy. 14. New computers don't require a UPS. 15. When making out the budget for new equipment, make sure that your computer has a 256MB video card. You want to make sure that you get the clearest picture possible for your shells. It's only money, right? 16. Speaking of which, make sure that computer need to be upgraded or replaced on a semiannual basis. This is what we call "job security". 17. If you see someone printing out a large document. Cancel it. they should have knwon better. 18. Make sure that when the entire development network goes down, you're out back smoking a cigarette with the receptionist. She'll never go out on a date with out if you don't put in the time. 19. When users are doing the death march and you get paged at home on the weekend, it's no hurry. Nothing that can't wait until you get done playing Unreal. 20. Users will never learn unless you adequately convey to them how truly ignorant they are. You are their god, and they should recognize this by now. But make sure to use dirty looks and exasperated sighs to convery this, not actual word. 21. Yes, the receptionist did just wink at you as you walked by. How can she resist your ponytail and questionably groomed facial hair? 21. Finally, your job will be easier if you set up an easy way for users to submit problems online. However, make the location of said online help as difficult as possible to locate when it's needed.
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Would someone please explain to me why, in 2004, the color of your skin matter?
That's a good question.
Let's ask the disproportionately large population of black men on death row. Or perhaps the disproportionately large portion of the Latino-American population that lives in houses and apartments with at least twice as many occupants than prescribed.
Maybe the question should be why skin color matters, but rather, do large groups of our population suffer from socioeconomic injustices that our government should have a vested interest in removing?
A War Fighter is one who searches for unsecure WiFi connections while trying to fend off bullies who think it's entertaining to beat up nerds.
... funny is in the ear of the beholder.
I know
Look, debates are risky monsters. If Bush or Kerry thought that they were a shoo-in (say, 60-40 in the polls), there wouldn't be any debates. Why? If you're that far ahead, then why risk it. That's politics. It has nothing to do with democracy. If Nader is running at 1%, and the other 150 clowns trying to run for President at at 0.001 to 0.5 percent, why would Kerry or Bush even deign to do a debate? Obviously, the American public couldn't care less about these fringe groups.
I've said it before, and let me say it again - these fringe parties should spend the next 50 years trying to build up support from the city/county level on up to Congress and governorships. When they can accomplish that, then they have the organizaion, message, and support to run for President and qualify for these debates.
Putting a strong third party runner in there with them with unscripted questions is exactly what we need to see what they really are
You hit it right on the head. Unfortunately, Ross Perot and John Anderson are what has passed for a strong third party candidate over the last 25 or so years.
So how does one determine the strength of a third-party candidate?
Kerry don't need Bush at the debate because he can debate against himself for 90 minutes front of the audience.
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That's cute. Way to reguritate a sound bite from our Retard-in-Chief. At least put some critical thought in before being brainwashed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
http://www.google.com/search?so
What's the difference between you two? I mean, seriously, should I vote for the rich Yaley who was in Skull & Bones and went to Vietnam, or the rich Yaley who was in Skull & Bones who didn't go to Vietnam?
When you put it that way, maybe they should just arm wrestle or something.
AyeRoxor!: Mr. President, do you think the word 'whom' has all but died completely? Should it die? Would you pardon it?
Bush: Son, there's no such word as hoom.
For both candidates ...
Why haven't weapons of mass destruction been found? If we have the technology to detect them, shouldn't we have the technology to find where they went after the invasion? Or can we now admit that Iraq likely did not have weapons of mass destruction?
It was claimed that Iraq could launch a near immediate attack on American interests with these weapons of mass destruction. Please name five "rogue" countries who actually do have weapons of mass destruction that could readily be launched on American interests.
Finally, it has been stated that even if no WMD have been found, it was worth it to liberate the Iraqi people. Plenty of other areas of the world have suffered under the ruthless leadership of corrupt men. When can we expect that the United States military will invade the following countries with the intent of liberating their people: China, Russia, North Korea, the littany of countries in Africa where genocide has become commonplace?
To do something the president has to go through congress. (ie declare war, get a budget).
... if the Libertarian Party would work from the ground up, starting with local governments up to it's way to Congress.
Pretty easy for the president to veto every bill coming across his desk.
Hopefully third party candidates such as this can get more political debate going, rather than the 2 party system you guys have going on down there.
You pretty much ignored the main point of my post and latched onto the least significant part, but I'll indulge you.
It takes a fairly powerful President with some significant political skills to get away with the veto-until-you-see-it-my-way gambit. Bill Clinton pulled it off successfully with the Gingrich lead Congress wrt the budget. The Federal government shut down and it backfired in Gingrich's face. That marked the beginning of the end of Newt's career.
I'll leave to you to find an example of where this gambit didn't work for the sitting President. But, I'll reiterate my larger point
... But first, teach him that to start with a fish smaller than a great white shark.
... he'll still have to get his proposals through Congress.
I could buy into a lot of what the Libertarian Party has to say. I realize that a lot of it only borderline practical for the real world, but I *could* buy into it to see what it's realization would look like.
Unfortunately, the Libertarian Party (and other third parties) consistently go about their goals the wrong way. If America truly is ripe for change, then the Libertarian Party should be working from the ground up. Start with the local/state governments. The worse consequence of Ross Perot and Jesse Ventura's quasi-success is that the Libertarian Party still hasn't figured out that once it controls mayors, county councils, and governors, it'll always be a fringe movement.
I mean, let's say we do end with a Libertarian President in 2004, somehow
The Bush campaign hasn't suffered at all from this attack on Bush's intelligence. It didn't suffer in 2000 either. However, Al Gore's campaign did latch onto it in an attempt to put down Bush and gain more support for the Dem's. It didn't work, in fact, it played to Bush's advantage. Instead of focusing on real issues, Gore was busy telling us all what a moron W was. You'll notice Kerry hasn't taken that strategy. There's a reason.
It doesn't change the fact that he's a moron.
You and your generation can have your new-fangled Mozilla Foundation website! Mark my words, though. The sooner you become slave to all their fancy-shmancy websitery, the sooner they'll be charging you for it.
Kids today!
because frankly, I know how much of a pain in the ass it is to get DDoSed
Sounds like some packet monkeys are going to experience a wholly different, significantly more painful and shameful pain in the ass in prison.
Oprah stopped eating long enough to finish a marathon - Google it.
But then again, is that surprising.
3 308&trkid=73), rated PG-13. If it scared off people for having brief nudity (a 70-year-old man's bare ass) and sexual content (discussions about panties and what they mean on a date), then maybe Hollywood wouldn't have made such a shitty movie.
The problem is that *all* of the ratings rely on someone else telling parents what's appropriate for their children. I know, but let's pretend that parents in this country actually parent.
A better system of rating would be to rate them for launguage, violence, sexuality, etc., very similar to what many pay-cable networks use.
Google for yourself - there's plenty of outraged people out there who think that some PG-13 movies are unacceptable for 13-year-olds, but if a movies was rated for brief nudity and sexual content, we could all make that decision based on personal morals, as opposed to the nebulus PG-13.
What I think is acceptable for me and my children is wildly different from many puritanical types in America. In plus, the aforementioned movie with nudity and sexual content is called Mooseport (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=6003
They had their chance 20 years ago for reform, and now we'll never see it.
Protection doesn't work.... we must preach abstinence to our children...
:)
Just stay off the internet until you're 18, kids... (and you have your own damn computer/network to infect)
Until 18? Don't listen to him, kids. Listen to the clergy. You must wait until marriage, kids. Stay off the Internet until you have a wife to tell you when and how you can use it.
But a helicopter? I wonder what they're trying to accomplish here. I mean, obviously the students are trying to win $27,000, but I have to wonder what the American Helicopter Society is thinking.
I can't do the math - I spent my days as a nuclear engineer, then mechanical engineer, before switching to computer science. Maybe an actual aerospace engineer could help out. It would seem to me, though, that one could figure out how much power it would take to lift an object 3 meters into the air, then compare it to the amount of power the humans could generate. At that point, you know if you should even try, right?
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm not.
This is kind of a nitpick, but buoyant force has nothing to do with how helicopters work, blimps and boats use buoyancy, helicopters and planes use aerodynamic lift.
Oh, sure, spoil the party with cold hard facts and science!
If he owns the Sun, he's liable when the next solar flare knocks out communications satellites. He could only allow flares of a certain magnitude, to comply with zoning laws.
But on the other hand, could he charge licensing fees for providing sunlight?
Generally one would name the book with a title that has something to do with the book itself. So, why Katie.com? Does the appending of .com make one think of sexual predators? I mean, at one time, dumbasses thought appending .com would make your business successful, but that's another story.
I don't see why they couldn't just name the book and propped up a website, independently. Then the book could reference the website as a resource.
I'm glad that Katie Jones took the high road. If I were her, there'd be some of the nastiest porno I could find sitting on katie.com right now.
The likelihood to directly proportional to the likelihood that a game distributor has made money by releasing Linux versions simultaneously. In other words, not bloody likely.
Canonical Guide to System Adminstration
1. Send out daily emails about the latest Microsoft IE virus. People don't delete those without reading them.
2. Recommend installing a Mozilla browser. Why would they need you to do it for them.
3. If they fuck it up, make sure to make them feel small and stupid. That's what you're here for.
4. When a manager tells you he can't log into his email, assume that he had neglected to skip every step required to log in to email before checking the email system. Managers often enjoy having their intelligence insulted.
5. Warn users that the network will be down no more than 15 minutes before scheduled maintenance.
6. Before disallowing users to use P2P software, make sure you have found a workaround for your workstation. This is your SysAdmin perk.
7. When the printer won't print, and you've had the user reset his machine at least 3 times, you may then diagnose the printer. Not before.
8. How did these people make their way out of their respective mother's womb?
9. It's okay to spend your spare time bothering the receptionist. She's there to entertain you.
10. When a project manager tells you he needed something yesterday, that means you can wait 364 days before getting it done.
11. Even though there are commercials on the radio training idiots to do your job, you are an irreplaceable resource.
12. Since you are in charge of the IT infrastructure, it's okay for you to bitch incessantly about Windows. That's the only things will ever change, anyway.
13. Surf porn on your computer. After all, if you're worth your salt, it's not being logged or firewalled. It's also not at all creepy.
14. New computers don't require a UPS.
15. When making out the budget for new equipment, make sure that your computer has a 256MB video card. You want to make sure that you get the clearest picture possible for your shells. It's only money, right?
16. Speaking of which, make sure that computer need to be upgraded or replaced on a semiannual basis. This is what we call "job security".
17. If you see someone printing out a large document. Cancel it. they should have knwon better.
18. Make sure that when the entire development network goes down, you're out back smoking a cigarette with the receptionist. She'll never go out on a date with out if you don't put in the time.
19. When users are doing the death march and you get paged at home on the weekend, it's no hurry. Nothing that can't wait until you get done playing Unreal.
20. Users will never learn unless you adequately convey to them how truly ignorant they are. You are their god, and they should recognize this by now. But make sure to use dirty looks and exasperated sighs to convery this, not actual word.
21. Yes, the receptionist did just wink at you as you walked by. How can she resist your ponytail and questionably groomed facial hair?
21. Finally, your job will be easier if you set up an easy way for users to submit problems online. However, make the location of said online help as difficult as possible to locate when it's needed.
Remind anyone of that scene in the movie 'Wild Wild West' where they extract the last thing the dead guy saw?
Someone else saw this movie? I thought I was the only one.
It's relatively low because that list is in alphabetical order!
Additonally, pasting into message submission boxes doesn't work ... otherwise, I would have done son here.