However, one should interpret "Not Voting" as letting the majority vote for you. Since the majority is Republican, the fact that Kerry often did not vote means that he is effectively the most central of all Democrats, based on all the votes cast in 2003.
Yea I caught that but I thought they had to be joking. Kerry missed votes for two reasons:
1) Too Busy Snowboarding / Wind surfingbr
2) Did not want to be painted liberal in the presidental election, and wanted not to appear too far to the right in the democratic primaries..
Then we have to take up the very term, "legislate from the bench." Strange how when the justices agree with you, they're being "strict constructionists" or "preserving the intent of the framers of the Constitution," but when they disagree with you, they're "legislating from the bench."
Really? can you find an example of *me* doing this? Im serious where has a judge done something and *I* have said yea I agree so its ok they made up a new law.
Again, a Bush Presidency with our Congress will likely produce more Conservative justices, and they will "legislate from the bench," just as surely as more Liberal justices would. It'd just be different legislation.
I myself am Calvinist and Your point about Evangelicals is way off, I know many many evengelicals and not a single one of them wants war. We all know it iwll happen, just as I will dies some day. But I am no more going to encourage, or be indifferent to war because it will happen than I am to let a tumor grow or jump off a building because at most I have 60 years left..
Your attitude is one of someone who has memorized (or at the very least read) enough scripture to get everything totally wrong..
Forget for the moment how much you may dislike Kerry, even pretend that he is the WORST person in the entire world. For the purposes of this election, he is STILL a more Libertarian choice than Bush.
Disclaimer: I am not voting for Bush or Kerry
You ignore in your post (like everyone always does) the third branch of Gevernment. Kerry is far more likely to appoint people who will legislate from the bench than Bush is..
And one could point at the DNC paying a woman caught voting for dead people in southd Dakota where Dashill (sp?) is fighting for his life.
But to do this (and to do what you are doing) proves the OP's point. People are much quicker to point out how the other guys is worse / your guy is better, than address the actual structural problems with the system..
Serious poser: I dont know about that he did a great job making NY one of the safest and best cities in the world to live in. As I said My wife lived in NY pre and post Rudy and she said I (upstate NY) could not imagine the difference. If you mean he is not a conservative, no he is not.
media whore: Who in politics is not?
law n order loony: maybe, I only know what people who actually lived in NY had to say about him a Republican twice elected (and would still be there if not for term limits)
I also think he knows what's up with some of the finer details of 9-11 and is part of the coverup going down.: Its possible he knows more than you or I but he also had greater duties than you or I. I would like to know what you think is being covered up?
1, No netowrking - there is no resons anyone from the outside world (and that includes 'secure' internal networks) should either have access to, or be a dependancy of the system. Putting on a network both increases the chances of a non working system and fraud from the outside.
Printing should be the primary method for counting and verified with the data on the SD cards. This will require a better printer and will help to assure that tampering would be more difficult (each vote should have an ID which corrosponds to its record on the card).
Obvious other things include strong encryption on the card with only those responsable for counting votes aware of the password. And instead of even using an SD card an optical platter might be a better idea.
Most conservatives I've met consider the idea of a female President reprehensible. Not sure if that's a vestige of the bible belt mentality, or what.
I call Bull$hit, I have never seen a conservative on slashdot, freerepublic, or libertypost say they have a problem with a female president. I as a conservative would have no problem voting for Condelisa Rice for any office in a cold second. Conservatives have a problem with *Hillary*.
Mrs. Clinton is putting on an ass-kicking show as a NY State Senator.
Umm how exaclty? In NY Gore beat Bush by 2 Million votes in 2000, Hillary beat Lazio (an unknown in most of the state) by only 500K votes. That means Hundreds of thousands of Gore voters did not vote for Hillary *and thats in NY*. I hope to God that Hillary runs in 2k8 she will get NY, Hawaii, Illonois, maybe California, Washington, DC, and thats about it. To boot the republicans could actually run a conservative for once without fear of losing any significant states.
If Kerry loses this round, then she will practically be a shoo-in going against Mr. Cheney in 2008.
I dont really think Cheney will run in 2k8 health issues aside I think he knows his limitations. I think the republicans are grooming Rudy for the job. My wife used to live in NY under denkins and spent time with her family there under Rudy and she would vote for him in a second. Hes a bit slack on social issue but I might just vote for him myself..
Iptables is nice and I alway use it but I would never rely on it. The major problem with doing that is you are running all your security on the box you are securing this, IMHO, is never a good idea.
its always better to have multiple layers of protection. The layers should always be a different type of protection (two of the sme boxes back to back will have the exact same vulnerability)..
And how did Japan and England and Germany afford that rebuilding? As I remember, it was entirely with GRANTS from the US Government- that is, the 95% tax money.
What did them rebounding have to do with Americas prosperity during that time period?
Ours grew at an astounding rate because the government had the money to invest in buying up the output- which we gave away free to the countries we were trying to rebuild.
No it grew because during the war we were the only party whos factories went unbombed. As inductrial sites in England were destroyed we built to meet their capacity. After the war no nation had our capacity and that had everything to do with geography. Japan started doning major damage to the US auto industry long before the regan taxcuts.
Europe and Japan were devistated- but they were devistated economically as well (and what is this about the whole world? Southern Africa, Australia, and South America were barely touched- and thier industrial systems were quite robust- yet they didn't see the expansion we did).
And which of those regions was heavily industrialized before the war?
Having read it I dont see that, but I can be very thick at times. I would appreciate it if you could elaborate. If you cant elaborate its only slashdot so I guess I cant fault you.
The real boom time for the middle class, in all of the history of the United States, was from 1947-1965.
And do you think this boom had more to do with the tax structure? or the fact the rest of the worlds manufacturing capacity was devistated in ww2 while ours grew at an astounding rate?
The manufacturing (and not IT) base leaving has nothing to do with tax structure it has to do with lower prices and increasing capacity overseas.
1) When the government gets its hands into something the states (and thus the people) lose a freedom. Do you know why the drinking age is 21 and not 18 in every state? Its because the federal Government threatened to withdraw highway funds if the state left it at 18. The 10th was put into place so that the government would not become what it has become. The fed has way too much influence on education at a state level, too much on drug policy, and too much on healthcare and its all because we did something 'for the children'.
2) In prosperous times we can affor allot of things, in the 90's the stock market boom put all the states and the fed way into the black. Now when a bubble burst or the economy slows do you think the states cut away these programs?
how our forefathers paid a larger top rate income tax and built the middle class.
Umm there was no federal income tax until the last century. So if by forfathers you mean the past 90 years then yes they paid a higher rate but government became too addicted to spending where it should not and thus rates for the lower and middle class raised. But the nation ran just fine for more than 100 years w/out a federal income tax..
"Ask not what your country can do for you" to complaining "We don't even ask what we, as a nation, can do for our kids."
Kennedy was talking about sacrifice in that speech. Sacrifice, it seems, few Americans can stomach. more than 8k per kid is not enough for school? what people might have to save for retirement? what unemployemnt only lasted a year? bulderdash! we need free health care, double the spending on education, unlimited terms on welfare, and G*d help us if we dont start giving money away on $cause, after all its for the children.
Here's the deal, man: I start off with the assumption, based on hard experience, that all conservatives are liars, especially when it comes to the GOP.
And yet htis gets modded interesting? yea this is not a troll/flamebait. I love it when Democtrats and Republican knee padders point to eachother and cry *liar* voting for a 3rd party this time around its great to see.
You point out something with a little more substance, we'll talk.
Ok put your knee pads back on cause I have something for you and I know your going to have to find a way to ignore/spin it.
South Dakota, Dems Paid $12,000 to South Dakota Vote Fraud Figure
The South Dakota Democratic Party reportedly paid the person at the center of a growing voter fraud investigation more than $12,000 in the last three months, according to the Rapid City (S.Dak.) Journal which revealed that the figure is shown in Federal Election Commission (FEC) records from July, August and September.
The FEC records revealed that Becky Red Earth-Villeda got 18 paychecks totaling $12,867 allegedly for administrative costs or voter drives. One of the checks in the amount of $3,500 was racked up as travel expenses.
Sarah Feinberg, indented by the Journal as a Democratic Party spokeswoman explained that contractors are paid by the number of voter registration cards and absentee ballots they collect.
See, I AM a Democrat, an active one
No fsck? really? I never would have guessed by the wear mark on the floor where you, ummm, assume the position for your party.
and I have NEVER heard a fellow Democrat encourage vote fraude by either word or deed. I HAVE heard Republicans defend it.
Oh well if a democratic partison says so who am I to argue..
Every election year Republicans start pointing to counties where there are more registered voters than eligible ones. Okay, very slowly people. This happens. People die, and rarely call their local election board to inform them of that fact
And more people turn 18, and more are born, and yes new people move in who are just as unlikely to nor register as the people who moved out..
Face it both parties are ripping up registrations and registering dead people (like in SD where someone paid 13K by the democrats registered a dead person and had many more suspicious cards turned in.
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Makes me glad I am not voting for either..
Yea I caught that but I thought they had to be joking. Kerry missed votes for two reasons:
1) Too Busy Snowboarding / Wind surfingbr 2) Did not want to be painted liberal in the presidental election, and wanted not to appear too far to the right in the democratic primaries..
Dont you actually have to show up and vote for this to work??
Really? can you find an example of *me* doing this? Im serious where has a judge done something and *I* have said yea I agree so its ok they made up a new law.
Again, a Bush Presidency with our Congress will likely produce more Conservative justices, and they will "legislate from the bench," just as surely as more Liberal justices would. It'd just be different legislation.
On issues such as?
And yet when carter was the president he did nothing to fix it..
Your attitude is one of someone who has memorized (or at the very least read) enough scripture to get everything totally wrong..
Disclaimer: I am not voting for Bush or Kerry
You ignore in your post (like everyone always does) the third branch of Gevernment. Kerry is far more likely to appoint people who will legislate from the bench than Bush is..
But to do this (and to do what you are doing) proves the OP's point. People are much quicker to point out how the other guys is worse / your guy is better, than address the actual structural problems with the system..
How many senators does it take to keep a bill from passing?
How many does it take to stop the constitution from being changed..
Im sorry but I dont take websites from george sorros as being non partisan..
media whore: Who in politics is not?
law n order loony: maybe, I only know what people who actually lived in NY had to say about him a Republican twice elected (and would still be there if not for term limits)
I also think he knows what's up with some of the finer details of 9-11 and is part of the coverup going down.: Its possible he knows more than you or I but he also had greater duties than you or I. I would like to know what you think is being covered up?
1, No netowrking - there is no resons anyone from the outside world (and that includes 'secure' internal networks) should either have access to, or be a dependancy of the system. Putting on a network both increases the chances of a non working system and fraud from the outside.
Printing should be the primary method for counting and verified with the data on the SD cards. This will require a better printer and will help to assure that tampering would be more difficult (each vote should have an ID which corrosponds to its record on the card).
Obvious other things include strong encryption on the card with only those responsable for counting votes aware of the password. And instead of even using an SD card an optical platter might be a better idea.
I call Bull$hit, I have never seen a conservative on slashdot, freerepublic, or libertypost say they have a problem with a female president. I as a conservative would have no problem voting for Condelisa Rice for any office in a cold second. Conservatives have a problem with *Hillary*.
Mrs. Clinton is putting on an ass-kicking show as a NY State Senator.
Umm how exaclty? In NY Gore beat Bush by 2 Million votes in 2000, Hillary beat Lazio (an unknown in most of the state) by only 500K votes. That means Hundreds of thousands of Gore voters did not vote for Hillary *and thats in NY*. I hope to God that Hillary runs in 2k8 she will get NY, Hawaii, Illonois, maybe California, Washington, DC, and thats about it. To boot the republicans could actually run a conservative for once without fear of losing any significant states.
If Kerry loses this round, then she will practically be a shoo-in going against Mr. Cheney in 2008.
I dont really think Cheney will run in 2k8 health issues aside I think he knows his limitations. I think the republicans are grooming Rudy for the job. My wife used to live in NY under denkins and spent time with her family there under Rudy and she would vote for him in a second. Hes a bit slack on social issue but I might just vote for him myself..
its always better to have multiple layers of protection. The layers should always be a different type of protection (two of the sme boxes back to back will have the exact same vulnerability)..
What did them rebounding have to do with Americas prosperity during that time period?
No it grew because during the war we were the only party whos factories went unbombed. As inductrial sites in England were destroyed we built to meet their capacity. After the war no nation had our capacity and that had everything to do with geography. Japan started doning major damage to the US auto industry long before the regan taxcuts.
Europe and Japan were devistated- but they were devistated economically as well (and what is this about the whole world? Southern Africa, Australia, and South America were barely touched- and thier industrial systems were quite robust- yet they didn't see the expansion we did).
And which of those regions was heavily industrialized before the war?
Having read it I dont see that, but I can be very thick at times. I would appreciate it if you could elaborate. If you cant elaborate its only slashdot so I guess I cant fault you.
Because during that 20 years Europe and Japan had nearly no manufacturing capacity. They had to rebuild from the ground up.
And do you think this boom had more to do with the tax structure? or the fact the rest of the worlds manufacturing capacity was devistated in ww2 while ours grew at an astounding rate?
The manufacturing (and not IT) base leaving has nothing to do with tax structure it has to do with lower prices and increasing capacity overseas.
1) When the government gets its hands into something the states (and thus the people) lose a freedom. Do you know why the drinking age is 21 and not 18 in every state? Its because the federal Government threatened to withdraw highway funds if the state left it at 18. The 10th was put into place so that the government would not become what it has become. The fed has way too much influence on education at a state level, too much on drug policy, and too much on healthcare and its all because we did something 'for the children'.
2) In prosperous times we can affor allot of things, in the 90's the stock market boom put all the states and the fed way into the black. Now when a bubble burst or the economy slows do you think the states cut away these programs?
Umm there was no federal income tax until the last century. So if by forfathers you mean the past 90 years then yes they paid a higher rate but government became too addicted to spending where it should not and thus rates for the lower and middle class raised. But the nation ran just fine for more than 100 years w/out a federal income tax..
Kennedy was talking about sacrifice in that speech. Sacrifice, it seems, few Americans can stomach. more than 8k per kid is not enough for school? what people might have to save for retirement? what unemployemnt only lasted a year? bulderdash! we need free health care, double the spending on education, unlimited terms on welfare, and G*d help us if we dont start giving money away on $cause, after all its for the children.
And yet htis gets modded interesting? yea this is not a troll/flamebait. I love it when Democtrats and Republican knee padders point to eachother and cry *liar* voting for a 3rd party this time around its great to see.
You point out something with a little more substance, we'll talk.
Ok put your knee pads back on cause I have something for you and I know your going to have to find a way to ignore/spin it.
South Dakota, Dems Paid $12,000 to South Dakota Vote Fraud Figure
The South Dakota Democratic Party reportedly paid the person at the center of a growing voter fraud investigation more than $12,000 in the last three months, according to the Rapid City (S.Dak.) Journal which revealed that the figure is shown in Federal Election Commission (FEC) records from July, August and September.
The FEC records revealed that Becky Red Earth-Villeda got 18 paychecks totaling $12,867 allegedly for administrative costs or voter drives. One of the checks in the amount of $3,500 was racked up as travel expenses.
Sarah Feinberg, indented by the Journal as a Democratic Party spokeswoman explained that contractors are paid by the number of voter registration cards and absentee ballots they collect.
See, I AM a Democrat, an active one
No fsck? really? I never would have guessed by the wear mark on the floor where you, ummm, assume the position for your party.
and I have NEVER heard a fellow Democrat encourage vote fraude by either word or deed. I HAVE heard Republicans defend it.
Oh well if a democratic partison says so who am I to argue..
And more people turn 18, and more are born, and yes new people move in who are just as unlikely to nor register as the people who moved out..
But I guess if you want to even things out how about the DNC fraud in Ohio:
http://hundredpercenter.blogspot.com/2004/09/autho rities-investigating-voter-fraud.html
Face it both parties are ripping up registrations and registering dead people (like in SD where someone paid 13K by the democrats registered a dead person and had many more suspicious cards turned in.