Is the rosesforalgermon some subtle joke having to do with Alzheimer's disease preventing them remembering that it's actually called 'Flowers for Algernon?' If so, brilliant.
Read closely. "He" in your excerpt refers to the President, not the President-elect. The oath is something the President must make after his term begins.
Also, check out section 1 of the 20th Amendment. "The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January...; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."
President Obama's term started at noon, before he took the oath of office, as it should be.
If you feel like your representative didn't serve your interests, you know what to do.
I get really tired of people complaining that their representatives exercise the mandate of their electorate on every single vote. The whole point of having a representative congress is so that they can get the details we aren't getting.
We live in a representative democracy. We can't expect to have a functioning society with all 300 million of us participating in governance. Vote for competent people that can make good decisions in your stead. Don't run to the nearest forum of discontent every time they don't vote your way.
If you feel like overthrowing the government, please do it somewhere else. I like it here, and unlike pretty much everyone else on Slashdot, believe that this bill was a good idea, and hold to the theory that Bush and his cronies are far too stupid to be as evil as everyone gives them credit for.
Representative democracy means something other than what you take it to mean. If you get elected, you've been given a mandate by the people to do what you feel is necessary to represent them properly. You can question their decisions all you like, and you can replace them if they're not serving your interests, but perhaps you should consider once in a while that that's exactly what they're trying to do. Try talking to them once in a while if you're that concerned, face to face. They have offices in your district. Make an appointment and hash it all out. You may learn something.
Why would he do that when it's perfectly simple to jailbreak the phone? Then you can run your custom apps for free. It doesn't sound like the submitter is interested in distributing the apps he writes.
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Just to emphasize the "it's not that simple" angle, read up on the Community Reinvestment Act.
Well then, call me Deacon Blues.
Well, considering that the database process dies as soon as you type it, you only have to type it once.
In the age of Youtube, how hard can it be to share a movie? Why do I have to download a program first?
You mean like when you downloaded Flash to use YouTube?
Is the rosesforalgermon some subtle joke having to do with Alzheimer's disease preventing them remembering that it's actually called 'Flowers for Algernon?' If so, brilliant.
Something tells me it wasn't though ;)
Obama voted for the bailout. He's got the opportunity to demonstrate how a competent administration deals with such a powerful piece of legislation.
Read closely. "He" in your excerpt refers to the President, not the President-elect. The oath is something the President must make after his term begins.
Also, check out section 1 of the 20th Amendment. "The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January...; and the terms of their successors shall then begin."
President Obama's term started at noon, before he took the oath of office, as it should be.
YouTube. The BBC. Hulu. You're welcome.
That's because nobody's asked for them.
Don't look now, but I think someone just did.
For example, if we could bribe our public officials as much as you have to in, say, India, we'd get so much done!
Seconded.
I'll try this on and see who bites.
Daylight saving time affects me in zero negative ways. Zero.
Better than Bush's /dev/null approach to a suggestion box. Maybe we should actually try it before we dismiss it? Just a fucking thought.
For those curious, the references to 'herd' refer to GNU Hurd, http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html.
Your song is faster as a for loop.
If you feel like your representative didn't serve your interests, you know what to do.
I get really tired of people complaining that their representatives exercise the mandate of their electorate on every single vote. The whole point of having a representative congress is so that they can get the details we aren't getting.
We live in a representative democracy. We can't expect to have a functioning society with all 300 million of us participating in governance. Vote for competent people that can make good decisions in your stead. Don't run to the nearest forum of discontent every time they don't vote your way.
If you feel like overthrowing the government, please do it somewhere else. I like it here, and unlike pretty much everyone else on Slashdot, believe that this bill was a good idea, and hold to the theory that Bush and his cronies are far too stupid to be as evil as everyone gives them credit for.
Representative democracy means something other than what you take it to mean. If you get elected, you've been given a mandate by the people to do what you feel is necessary to represent them properly. You can question their decisions all you like, and you can replace them if they're not serving your interests, but perhaps you should consider once in a while that that's exactly what they're trying to do. Try talking to them once in a while if you're that concerned, face to face. They have offices in your district. Make an appointment and hash it all out. You may learn something.
The gist of my statement was that Cheney clearly does not want to be president.
Makes me glad he once said, "If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve." *shiver*
Um, why does it matter if WoW is DRM-free? What are you going to do, steal it and then not play?
Yep, it's a free license. You could do it too.
Skin color and ethnicity should matter in an election
What?
Why would he do that when it's perfectly simple to jailbreak the phone? Then you can run your custom apps for free. It doesn't sound like the submitter is interested in distributing the apps he writes.
Yes. Definitely a good idea on my part.
Shit.
Wesley Snipes?!
imbibe it in fuel
That word: I do not think it means what you think it means.