C Northcote Parkinson (of Parkinson's Law fame) suggested that top leaders, like Presidents or Prime Ministers, be attracted by very precise advertising that would ideally attract only one applicant. One of the properties of the advertised office would be that the officeholder would be put to death after his term in office.
Your view of politics is warped beyond intelligibility. Obama is far left, a communist limited only by the necessity of not appearing to be one, a racist hidden by the American belief that a negro cannot be a racist. Universal government healthcare is the biggest plank of the Communist Manifesto not already in practice in the USA, 1/6th of the economy arrogated to the feds. He is naked evil, a role that a weakling like Robert Dole could never fill.
Quibbling over the particular detailed nature of Obamacare does not change its essential slavery.
If you think that "in our public school[s...] we're primarily fed propaganda about how the Founders were these wise and altruistic creatures that were concerned about freedom for all" you haven't been in public schools for a while. The founders are denigrated when not ignored, while lightweight actors like Harriet Tubman are held as the major heroes. The public schools have become breeding grounds for America-hating leftist morons.
The "1000 times faster than" current technology is blatantly false. They're claiming 1 ps. I couldn't find propagation delay data for the best current silicon processes, but 3 ps is a reasonable estimate, at room temperature.
They may have made a nice discovery, and it may be amenable to significant improvement, but so far they haven't demonstrated that they're going to replace silicon.
The same argument can be made for any change whatsoever, or no change at all. Unless you have some specific, detailed mechanism to support your fearmongering, you should be ignored.
Although the Gros Michel was been exterminated in many areas, it's still being produced in Malaysia and Thailand. Why didn't you read your wikipedia citation?
In 60 years I have failed to get expected delivery from the USPS twice. In both cases it was a credit card bill from Bank of America, which I suspect was trying to generate late fees by failing to send bills. UPS, in my experience, does nowhere near as well.
The elderly and disabled do not have a right to eat out the substance of the productive and healthy. If they are needy, they exist by my charity, their demands are worthless.
Those who attempt to flaunt their self-proclaimed moral superiority at me are jackasses.
You should read the Constitution more carefully. Congress has the power to establish post offices and post roads, it is not required to do so; a postal service IS NOT a mandatory function of the government.
Until you understand enough of economics to realize that "universal healthcare" must be a disaster, you will be incapable of understanding the other problems you ask about.
It's not at all clear that junk mail is profitable for the USPS. It brings in only half the revenue of 1st class mail. Lobbyists keep the rates low; typically 1/3 of 1st class.
There aren't any sidewalks in rural areas. People walk on the road.
It isn't just a question of having the mailman walk up your driveway, it's paying him to do that every day. It's not cheap, and it can't be made cheap (yet).
Things were very different in Spooner's time; a detailed analysis is needed to show how much better a private carrier would be providing the same service the USPS does now.
The USPS has to go to each address each day, to see if there's any mail to be picked up. Customers could conceivably go to a cluster only once every one or two weeks.Until you account for this asymmetry, your accounting is defective.
Were humans bred to live in sprawling 2000 square foot houses on 2 acre lots that are so far away from town that the only way to run errands is to drive a 3000 lb car (or 6000 lb SUV)?
That you are jealous of those who have earned a better life than you, is neither a good argument nor an indication of good character.
By this time, however, Barry was openly suffering from the effects of longstanding addictions to cocaine and alcohol; he would later admit that he lost control of his drug habit soon after being sworn in for a third term.[3] His public appearances were marked by glassy eyes and slurred speech.
This was 1986, well before his arrest. Whether he was entrapped is moot, he was clearly guilty of egregious illegal drug use.
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C Northcote Parkinson (of Parkinson's Law fame) suggested that top leaders, like Presidents or Prime Ministers, be attracted by very precise advertising that would ideally attract only one applicant. One of the properties of the advertised office would be that the officeholder would be put to death after his term in office.
There is no excuse for your ignorance of economics, nor for your belief that taxation is not theft.
Your view of politics is warped beyond intelligibility. Obama is far left, a communist limited only by the necessity of not appearing to be one, a racist hidden by the American belief that a negro cannot be a racist. Universal government healthcare is the biggest plank of the Communist Manifesto not already in practice in the USA, 1/6th of the economy arrogated to the feds. He is naked evil, a role that a weakling like Robert Dole could never fill.
Quibbling over the particular detailed nature of Obamacare does not change its essential slavery.
Try that statement on a survivor of Pearl Harbor.
One seldom gets the opportunity to meet a true idiot.
If you think that "in our public school[s ...] we're primarily fed propaganda about how the Founders were these wise and altruistic creatures that were concerned about freedom for all" you haven't been in public schools for a while. The founders are denigrated when not ignored, while lightweight actors like Harriet Tubman are held as the major heroes. The public schools have become breeding grounds for America-hating leftist morons.
The "1000 times faster than" current technology is blatantly false. They're claiming 1 ps. I couldn't find propagation delay data for the best current silicon processes, but 3 ps is a reasonable estimate, at room temperature.
They may have made a nice discovery, and it may be amenable to significant improvement, but so far they haven't demonstrated that they're going to replace silicon.
The same argument can be made for any change whatsoever, or no change at all. Unless you have some specific, detailed mechanism to support your fearmongering, you should be ignored.
Apple trees can easily last 50 years in an abandoned orchard; it happens all the time. Blueberries need no help whatsoever.
The roma tomato is not representative of modern tomatoes in general, because it is optimized to be used in sauces: it's meaty and somewhat rugged.
That said, my favorite tomato is the Amish heirloom "brandywine", large and fairly tasty, but somewhat less disease resistant than modern varieties.
It's very tiring to read this lie repeatedly.
Although the Gros Michel was been exterminated in many areas, it's still being produced in Malaysia and Thailand. Why didn't you read your wikipedia citation?
They don't charge more because they need the permission of Congress.
Many firms use UPS or Federal Express by default. I don't know why.
In 60 years I have failed to get expected delivery from the USPS twice. In both cases it was a credit card bill from Bank of America, which I suspect was trying to generate late fees by failing to send bills. UPS, in my experience, does nowhere near as well.
The elderly and disabled do not have a right to eat out the substance of the productive and healthy. If they are needy, they exist by my charity, their demands are worthless.
Those who attempt to flaunt their self-proclaimed moral superiority at me are jackasses.
You should read the Constitution more carefully. Congress has the power to establish post offices and post roads, it is not required to do so; a postal service IS NOT a mandatory function of the government.
Until you understand enough of economics to realize that "universal healthcare" must be a disaster, you will be incapable of understanding the other problems you ask about.
Military spending is dwarfed by "transfer payments": money stolen (taxed) from one group of people and given to others, who haven't earned it.
You take the key, make a copy, have free access to other people's packages until you're caught.
It's not at all clear that junk mail is profitable for the USPS. It brings in only half the revenue of 1st class mail. Lobbyists keep the rates low; typically 1/3 of 1st class.
There aren't any sidewalks in rural areas. People walk on the road.
It isn't just a question of having the mailman walk up your driveway, it's paying him to do that every day. It's not cheap, and it can't be made cheap (yet).
What's your point? They get "shafted" now if the path to the mailbox isn't clear. They have a hard time now if they don't have nice neighbors.
Things were very different in Spooner's time; a detailed analysis is needed to show how much better a private carrier would be providing the same service the USPS does now.
You don't have to get the mail every damn day. Wait until you're going out for some other reason, grab the mail when you pass the box.
That you are jealous of those who have earned a better life than you, is neither a good argument nor an indication of good character.
This was 1986, well before his arrest. Whether he was entrapped is moot, he was clearly guilty of egregious illegal drug use.