If you'd worked with them, you wouldn't be asking the question.
These kids do have problems and the drugs, including pot, feed the problem in a vicious cycle of self-destruction. You don't break that cycle by giving moral approval to one of the primary agents feeding it.
People call Republicans harsh and callous, but to my mind the libertarian ideology that calls for the legalization of a substance that rots away the dignity, self-worth, "human-ness," potential, and future of those who use it are the true heartless monsters of our society.
Being able to criticize your government, priceless. The $379 billion that helps insure that doesn't seem like so much, now, does it? Your freedom to be an ass is preserved at the point of a gun. It's a shame that too many people are unwilling to face that reality.
This is simply factually incorrect. Multiple reasons were listed for the war against Iraq. WMD was one reason. Saddam's brutal tyranny was another. Eliminating Iraq as a terrorist-sponsoring state was a third. Providing stability to the Middle-East by putting a democratic Muslim nation there was a fourth. Eliminating a homicidal megalomaniac who tried once before to obtain nuclear weapons (the Israelis bombed that reactor in the 80s) and who would try again given half a chance was a fifth reason.
Another lie is that no WMD were found. We have found WMD, just not as much as we thought. We've discovered caches of Sarin in warheads (I guess since it was only enough to kill 40,000 people, it wasn't really WMD). We've found chemical suits and chemical warfare gear in large amounts. We've discovered a complete WMD program in place that could have ramped to full production in as little as six months.
What we did not find were large stockpiles of existing chemical weapons. That does not mean they aren't there. With Iran actively funding and working with the remnants of the old Iraqi regime and terrorist groups to destablisize the new Iraqi government, many people who would know where these things are may simply still be too afraid to talk.
Yep, because we all know that Saddam was just this nice, lovable Teddy Bear who, with his selfless sons Uday and Qusay brought peace, love and enlightenment to the paradise of Iraq. That is until the evil Bush cowboy came out of nowhere with Haliburton snorting on his back to rain death and destruction on this little oasis of propserity in the middle east.
Shed a tear for poor Saddam and the ruins of the beautiful Iraq under the iron-booted heel of the U.S. GI.
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*sigh* Proof that even rocket scientists can be idiots. Funding comes from Congress.
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Because we all know that other countries around the world have only the best interests of the U.S. at heart and would vote for the man who would make America even more powerful and prosperous.
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Because we all know that CBS is the absolute pinnacle of journalistic integrity and that they would never, ever use questionable sources for a story.
Because, of course, all those 50% would have voted for Gore. And, of course, the approximately 10,000 votes Bush lost because the press called Florida for Gore when the polls were still open in the conservative panhandle don't count at all.
Sheesh, man, get over it and start living life again. Gore lost Florida. He lost in every recount done, even the one by the NYT. Gore LOST Bush WON. You need to get past your denial so you can get on with your life.
Only Democrats can break the law and get away with it. The guy found racist comments and secret meetings and conspiracies with union bosses and PACs to coordinate the blocking of judicial nominees, and he's the one being investigated.
Only Democrat Deep Throats need apply, just ask Monica.
It is, isn't it? Quite a commentary on the un-thinking idiots who have been given a voice way out of proportion to their intellect or ability by the internet.
Apple has a history of making stupid agreements. Microsoft won their GUI lawsuit with Apple because of a similar stupid agreement Apple made with MS a few years previously.
No, the premise of the Foundation books was that with a large enough sampling of humans and an understanding of human psychology, you could make predictions of human behavior similar to the predictions you can make on the behavior of a gas.
Chaos theory does not apply to all statistical systems.
And there is precedent for something like psychohistory. Insurance companies, today, can predict exactly how many people will die in automobile accidents this year. They can't tell you WHO will die, but they can tell with an eerie level of accuracy how MANY will die.
No, it isn't. Sorry to pop your bubble. First, get you definitions straight so you know what the heck you're talking about. Fascism is an economic system whereby the state nationalizes all industry. Your wishes vis a vis Microsoft notwithstanding we are nowhere near this and are not heading in this direction. We're heading more in a socialist direction.
Technological decline: Show me where technology is getting harder and harder to obtain. That's technological decline. North Korea is in technological decline (they can't even provide consistent electricity to the capital). The U.S. is not in technological decline.
Cultural irrelevance? Good grief. American culture is everywhere around the world. Movies, fashion, foods, etc.
Because we all know that American foreign policy in the middle-east is the moral equivalent of Japan's undeclared attack on Pearl Harbor, their invasaion and occupation of the Philipines and their campaigns in China, and that it is worse than the German blitzkriegs against Poland, Checklosovakia and France. Therefore any attack against America is fully justified.
I am sitting here laughing myself to tears. This is the best you can do? Personally, I think the picture of Kerry throwing his...I mean someone else's medals, or was it just the ribbons over the wall is much better.
But then again, it's really hard to compete with the POWs in the Hanoi Hilton testifying that the North Vietnamese played Kerry's senate testimony over the loudspeakers to break their spirits.
Yeah, this guy is a real prize. Just lovely. Admit it, the only reason you support this loser at all is because you are irrational with hatred toward Bush.
Because we all know that Iraq was a peaceful utopia under the kind, gentle and wise leadership of Saddam (I love flowers and bunny rabbits) Hussein and his two selfless sons Uday and Qusay.
Now I know how things like Jonestown happen. The human capacity for self-delusion is near-infinite.
The desperation here is pathetic. Kerry himself admitted that he was mistaken in saying he was in Cambodia in Christmas. I guess the memory wasn't as seared in as he claimed in the 70s.
Because of course it is much more desirable to have the state decree salaries. Why not go all the way and institute fascism. Then the state can tell everyone what they can earn.
Oh, wait. You mean the state should only tell people who make MORE than you how much they can earn.
You're right. You haven't been paying much attention. Only one of the candidates is focused on a 30-year old war record. The other candidate is busy focusing on the current war the U.S. is fighting.
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Slaves counting as 3/5ths of a person was a deliberate move by anti-slavery advocates. It reduced southern representation in the federal government (remember, representatives are assigned by state population), and was one of the reasons Lincoln and the Radical Republicans were able to gain so much power in the house and senate.
Ugh. I get so tired of this old falsehood. It had nothing to do with not trusting the populace. It had to do with the type of government they wanted to set up.
Democracy is nothing more than mob rule. The founding fathers wanted a REPUBLIC. A nation of semi-autonomous united states. Within the states, direct popular votes were expected. It was on the FEDERAL level that power was to be limited. Everything the founders did from the bill of rights to the electoral college, to the appointing of senators by state legislatures was all done to make sure states stayed strong and the federal government stayed relatively weak.
The founding fathers were highly educated men who had seen how throughout european history strong central governments had created nothing but tyranny for the people.
States elect the president, not the people. That's what the Electoral College has to do with state's rights.
If you read the Constitution, you'll find that state legislatures are responsible for determing which slate of electors goes to the electoral college. They have traditionally done it by a popular vote, but they can do it any way they like.
This is yet another reason why Bush won Florida in 2000. The FL legislature declared its intention to set aside the popular vote results because of the controversy and to simply declare the state for Bush.
The other reason, of course is that Bush won the popular vote in Florida. Even the recount by the NY Times came to that conclusion.
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If you'd worked with them, you wouldn't be asking the question.
These kids do have problems and the drugs, including pot, feed the problem in a vicious cycle of self-destruction. You don't break that cycle by giving moral approval to one of the primary agents feeding it.
People call Republicans harsh and callous, but to my mind the libertarian ideology that calls for the legalization of a substance that rots away the dignity, self-worth, "human-ness," potential, and future of those who use it are the true heartless monsters of our society.
Being able to criticize your government, priceless. The $379 billion that helps insure that doesn't seem like so much, now, does it? Your freedom to be an ass is preserved at the point of a gun. It's a shame that too many people are unwilling to face that reality.
This is simply factually incorrect. Multiple reasons were listed for the war against Iraq. WMD was one reason. Saddam's brutal tyranny was another. Eliminating Iraq as a terrorist-sponsoring state was a third. Providing stability to the Middle-East by putting a democratic Muslim nation there was a fourth. Eliminating a homicidal megalomaniac who tried once before to obtain nuclear weapons (the Israelis bombed that reactor in the 80s) and who would try again given half a chance was a fifth reason.
Another lie is that no WMD were found. We have found WMD, just not as much as we thought. We've discovered caches of Sarin in warheads (I guess since it was only enough to kill 40,000 people, it wasn't really WMD). We've found chemical suits and chemical warfare gear in large amounts. We've discovered a complete WMD program in place that could have ramped to full production in as little as six months.
What we did not find were large stockpiles of existing chemical weapons. That does not mean they aren't there. With Iran actively funding and working with the remnants of the old Iraqi regime and terrorist groups to destablisize the new Iraqi government, many people who would know where these things are may simply still be too afraid to talk.
Yep, because we all know that Saddam was just this nice, lovable Teddy Bear who, with his selfless sons Uday and Qusay brought peace, love and enlightenment to the paradise of Iraq. That is until the evil Bush cowboy came out of nowhere with Haliburton snorting on his back to rain death and destruction on this little oasis of propserity in the middle east.
Shed a tear for poor Saddam and the ruins of the beautiful Iraq under the iron-booted heel of the U.S. GI.
Excuse me know while I go throw up.
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*sigh* Proof that even rocket scientists can be idiots. Funding comes from Congress.
Because we all know that other countries around the world have only the best interests of the U.S. at heart and would vote for the man who would make America even more powerful and prosperous.
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How do you feel about the fact that Bush's education improvements in Texas were at least partly Fraud?
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Because we all know that CBS is the absolute pinnacle of journalistic integrity and that they would never, ever use questionable sources for a story.
Spoken like someone who has never worked with drug addicted kids.
Because, of course, all those 50% would have voted for Gore. And, of course, the approximately 10,000 votes Bush lost because the press called Florida for Gore when the polls were still open in the conservative panhandle don't count at all.
Sheesh, man, get over it and start living life again. Gore lost Florida. He lost in every recount done, even the one by the NYT. Gore LOST Bush WON. You need to get past your denial so you can get on with your life.
You may be mad at Bush right now. You seem to be in the minority judging by the latest tracking polls.
Only Democrats can break the law and get away with it. The guy found racist comments and secret meetings and conspiracies with union bosses and PACs to coordinate the blocking of judicial nominees, and he's the one being investigated.
Only Democrat Deep Throats need apply, just ask Monica.
It is, isn't it? Quite a commentary on the un-thinking idiots who have been given a voice way out of proportion to their intellect or ability by the internet.
Apple has a history of making stupid agreements. Microsoft won their GUI lawsuit with Apple because of a similar stupid agreement Apple made with MS a few years previously.
No, the premise of the Foundation books was that with a large enough sampling of humans and an understanding of human psychology, you could make predictions of human behavior similar to the predictions you can make on the behavior of a gas.
Chaos theory does not apply to all statistical systems.
And there is precedent for something like psychohistory. Insurance companies, today, can predict exactly how many people will die in automobile accidents this year. They can't tell you WHO will die, but they can tell with an eerie level of accuracy how MANY will die.
No, it isn't. Sorry to pop your bubble. First, get you definitions straight so you know what the heck you're talking about. Fascism is an economic system whereby the state nationalizes all industry. Your wishes vis a vis Microsoft notwithstanding we are nowhere near this and are not heading in this direction. We're heading more in a socialist direction.
Technological decline: Show me where technology is getting harder and harder to obtain. That's technological decline. North Korea is in technological decline (they can't even provide consistent electricity to the capital). The U.S. is not in technological decline.
Cultural irrelevance? Good grief. American culture is everywhere around the world. Movies, fashion, foods, etc.
Because we all know that American foreign policy in the middle-east is the moral equivalent of Japan's undeclared attack on Pearl Harbor, their invasaion and occupation of the Philipines and their campaigns in China, and that it is worse than the German blitzkriegs against Poland, Checklosovakia and France. Therefore any attack against America is fully justified.
Suppressing kiddie porn violates the first amendment. Banning political ads 60 days before an election protects American liberty.
It's gotta be something in the water.
I am sitting here laughing myself to tears. This is the best you can do? Personally, I think the picture of Kerry throwing his...I mean someone else's medals, or was it just the ribbons over the wall is much better.
But then again, it's really hard to compete with the POWs in the Hanoi Hilton testifying that the North Vietnamese played Kerry's senate testimony over the loudspeakers to break their spirits.
Yeah, this guy is a real prize. Just lovely. Admit it, the only reason you support this loser at all is because you are irrational with hatred toward Bush.
Because we all know that Iraq was a peaceful utopia under the kind, gentle and wise leadership of Saddam (I love flowers and bunny rabbits) Hussein and his two selfless sons Uday and Qusay.
Now I know how things like Jonestown happen. The human capacity for self-delusion is near-infinite.
The desperation here is pathetic. Kerry himself admitted that he was mistaken in saying he was in Cambodia in Christmas. I guess the memory wasn't as seared in as he claimed in the 70s.
Because of course it is much more desirable to have the state decree salaries. Why not go all the way and institute fascism. Then the state can tell everyone what they can earn.
Oh, wait. You mean the state should only tell people who make MORE than you how much they can earn.
You're right. You haven't been paying much attention. Only one of the candidates is focused on a 30-year old war record. The other candidate is busy focusing on the current war the U.S. is fighting.
Slaves counting as 3/5ths of a person was a deliberate move by anti-slavery advocates. It reduced southern representation in the federal government (remember, representatives are assigned by state population), and was one of the reasons Lincoln and the Radical Republicans were able to gain so much power in the house and senate.
Ugh. I get so tired of this old falsehood. It had nothing to do with not trusting the populace. It had to do with the type of government they wanted to set up.
Democracy is nothing more than mob rule. The founding fathers wanted a REPUBLIC. A nation of semi-autonomous united states. Within the states, direct popular votes were expected. It was on the FEDERAL level that power was to be limited. Everything the founders did from the bill of rights to the electoral college, to the appointing of senators by state legislatures was all done to make sure states stayed strong and the federal government stayed relatively weak.
The founding fathers were highly educated men who had seen how throughout european history strong central governments had created nothing but tyranny for the people.
States elect the president, not the people. That's what the Electoral College has to do with state's rights.
If you read the Constitution, you'll find that state legislatures are responsible for determing which slate of electors goes to the electoral college. They have traditionally done it by a popular vote, but they can do it any way they like.
This is yet another reason why Bush won Florida in 2000. The FL legislature declared its intention to set aside the popular vote results because of the controversy and to simply declare the state for Bush.
The other reason, of course is that Bush won the popular vote in Florida. Even the recount by the NY Times came to that conclusion.