I'm in WA and I really miss going to the polling place. Doing it by mail feels like I'm mailing off a bill and I'm really bothered that I have no idea whether it arrives. I've been dropping my ballots off at the courthouse but that just isn't the same.
I used to think that way, but I'm just tired of "least worst". I don't even care if my vote is "wasted" on a 3d party because it's totally wasted on the majors. Maybe I'm just getting old, but as my opinion hasn't counted to those whom I supported in the last two decades, I'm just done with them. I hope I live long enough to see the day when enough people like me add up to something.
You could hold a gun to my head and I still wouldn't vote for her. I'm 39 and I've voted since I was able. Aside from voting libertarian on some local races, I've never voted outside the Democratic party. The Democrats are lost -- what happened two years ago? I had such hope with a new congress -- instead, more of the same. The Democratic party needs to wake up -- it's bleeding former loyalists.
Well, if you can't vote for Ron Paul, at least don't vote for a warhawk who is either as big a liar as Bush, or so gullible she believes all the neo-con propaganda about Iran and Iraq. Doesn't really matter which she is, because neither liars nor idiots ought to be presidents, though history would suggest that having either quality actually enhances one's electability.
I didn't RTFA but it's worse than I could imagine. $1000 fine? For a stupid video game? FTC investigations? Great to know my tax dollars are at work on important issues, you know, like bombing the shit out of innocent people around the world -- oh wait, I don't like that either. FUCK GOVERNMENT.
I mean seriously... she won't be cool Aunt Hilary, she's going to be "Mom."
Or Chief Nanny of the Nanny States of America. What I wonder though, how can she get so lubed up over the threat of video games and yet be a direct cause of hundreds of thousands, if not more than a million, deaths? What kind of twisted compassion is that?
Yeah -- after I posted I went looking and saw quite a few. A year and half ago though, I had rough time -- looks like it's time to ebay that USB shell and replace it though.
I don't think firewire has been "DOA", at least from a useablity perspective. It is true that USB is more ubiquitous.
I have two shells for some laptop drives. The older Firewire shell, with an ATA drive, is very reliable, feels as fast as the internal drive, and requires only one cord to run. My newer one is a USB sata shell -- two wires, the drive seems to get bogged down during large transfers, and it can be finicky about mounting. Sadly, when I went looking for a shell to put that sata drive in, I couldn't find a firewire sata shell. USB is great for small devices -- thumb drives, mice, webcams and such -- but after using both firewire and usb for harddrives, in my mind, firewire is a winner and USB is relegated to the "if I have to use it I will" category.
It shouldn't matter whether or not you live in a state with laws with which you disagree. The only important question is whether the woman carrying the fetus is pro-life or pro-choice. Do you really want to live in a country where a young woman in Arkansas has to cross the border to Missouri to get an abortion? Or worse, would you want to live in a state where a doctor would be charged with murder if he were to perform an abortion?
It has taken some time, but the more I listen to RP, the more I like him. Personally, I'm pro-choice, but you have to look at what has been happening to the Supreme Court and realize that the chances of a nationwide abortion ban loom larger every day. Taking that question out of the Fed's hands would mean such a nationwide ban would be impossible. Yes -- it will be banned in the Bible Belt, but it won't be banned everywhere and thus, choice would remain an option. Yes -- it will require some people to travel, but it's a lot easier to travel to California than it is to Sweden. One could even imagine volunteer groups who could assist low income people in making the requisite journey. It would also help to concentrate the religious right into a smaller number of states thereby leaving the rest of the nation free to advance scientifically and socially. Anyway, the more I think about things, the more I see RP as good choice for president.
Oh not at all. At least the terrorists are being kept at bay. On a side note, I was surprised to hear from someone today that the PATRIOT act has resulted in 13,000 arrests of terrorists.
The officer in that video deserves to be sued into bankruptcy, fired from the force, jailed for six months, and forced to live the rest of his life as a line cook for $7/hr. Really -- why was it a "lawful order"? Is there some law in UT that says you have to sign the ticket? And what was to preclude the officer from 5 minutes' worth of conversation, perhaps explaining that signing is not an admission of guilt. Rather than deal with another human on a person to person level, he took the "I'm the State, do as I say or die" attitude. That cop has a personality better suited for Nicaragua or Pakistan. He is definitely a traitor to everything that defines what America is supposed to be, but sure to be front and center in our march toward a police state.
so what your saying is instead of the easy way out of hostile situations, we should take the hard and long way out and let the situation drag on... fuck i'm glad you aren't a cop.
Man -- I hope you aren't a cop because with attitudes like that, you'd be a danger to your brothers. See, if everyone starts to think that cops are macho egomaniac shoot first types, well, real criminals will take the same attitude and get a bit pre-emptive.
Write back when the cops are gunning you down for utterly stupid reasons. "Annoying" is not a tasing offense, but with your complacency and logic, it soon will be. How many people do you annoy?
It is not the only example of high technology being used as a substitute for quality police work.
And this will ultimately make cops less safe. When the public begins to understand that cops "will shoot first and ask questions later" rather than try to be reasonable -- well, the cops might find that the real criminals take up the same philosophy. Violence does not make people safer. Quite the opposite in fact. Of course, all the regular citizens getting abused will just have to suck it up.
I saw the same video. I completely and whole heartedly disagree with you. It was completely unnecessary instance of "because I got the gun" going to small minded idiots' heads.
There will be no statistics (except perhaps those made up by the manufacturer and/or others bent on extracting the last portions of liberty from this nation).
You can't possibly be asserting that cops/security only taser violent dangerous people. Peruse youtube a little and you will see a bunch of thugs making copious over-use of their authority.
Why is failure to obey a cop a good reason to get tasered? Cops are NOT the arbiters of the law. Cops are wrong a lot. Hell, even the president of the united states and his FBI goons or whoever are felons (illegal wiretaps are a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and nobody but the president and Gonzales interprets congress' authorization to fight the idiots' (plural possessive on purpose: Bush and all who voted to allow it) war in Iraq as overturning the original FISA requirements).
So, aside from the gun and the attitude, I don't really see much reason to listen to cops. Following the law, that's something different, but it would be awfully nice to live in a country where the cops, congress, and the executive branch respected the law. And if they don't have to, why should anyone?
The issue seems to be that current "American Conservatism" is neither. True conservatives and true liberals have cause for concern with both the neo-con and neo-liberal positions as neither advocates personal liberty or responsibility.
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I'm in WA and I really miss going to the polling place. Doing it by mail feels like I'm mailing off a bill and I'm really bothered that I have no idea whether it arrives. I've been dropping my ballots off at the courthouse but that just isn't the same.
Sony must be tickled pink.
Aside from that, they could just post it to usenet and forget about it. 100 years from now, copies would still be floating around.
I used to think that way, but I'm just tired of "least worst". I don't even care if my vote is "wasted" on a 3d party because it's totally wasted on the majors. Maybe I'm just getting old, but as my opinion hasn't counted to those whom I supported in the last two decades, I'm just done with them. I hope I live long enough to see the day when enough people like me add up to something.
You could hold a gun to my head and I still wouldn't vote for her. I'm 39 and I've voted since I was able. Aside from voting libertarian on some local races, I've never voted outside the Democratic party. The Democrats are lost -- what happened two years ago? I had such hope with a new congress -- instead, more of the same. The Democratic party needs to wake up -- it's bleeding former loyalists.
Mod up. This guy took an unfair mod for speaking the truth.
Well, if you can't vote for Ron Paul, at least don't vote for a warhawk who is either as big a liar as Bush, or so gullible she believes all the neo-con propaganda about Iran and Iraq. Doesn't really matter which she is, because neither liars nor idiots ought to be presidents, though history would suggest that having either quality actually enhances one's electability.
I didn't RTFA but it's worse than I could imagine. $1000 fine? For a stupid video game? FTC investigations? Great to know my tax dollars are at work on important issues, you know, like bombing the shit out of innocent people around the world -- oh wait, I don't like that either. FUCK GOVERNMENT.
Well, if personal freedom and privacy are important to you, Hillary "voted for the PATRIOT act" Clinton is perhaps not your best choice.
Or Chief Nanny of the Nanny States of America. What I wonder though, how can she get so lubed up over the threat of video games and yet be a direct cause of hundreds of thousands, if not more than a million, deaths? What kind of twisted compassion is that?
Yeah -- after I posted I went looking and saw quite a few. A year and half ago though, I had rough time -- looks like it's time to ebay that USB shell and replace it though.
I don't think firewire has been "DOA", at least from a useablity perspective. It is true that USB is more ubiquitous.
I have two shells for some laptop drives. The older Firewire shell, with an ATA drive, is very reliable, feels as fast as the internal drive, and requires only one cord to run. My newer one is a USB sata shell -- two wires, the drive seems to get bogged down during large transfers, and it can be finicky about mounting. Sadly, when I went looking for a shell to put that sata drive in, I couldn't find a firewire sata shell. USB is great for small devices -- thumb drives, mice, webcams and such -- but after using both firewire and usb for harddrives, in my mind, firewire is a winner and USB is relegated to the "if I have to use it I will" category.
It has taken some time, but the more I listen to RP, the more I like him. Personally, I'm pro-choice, but you have to look at what has been happening to the Supreme Court and realize that the chances of a nationwide abortion ban loom larger every day. Taking that question out of the Fed's hands would mean such a nationwide ban would be impossible. Yes -- it will be banned in the Bible Belt, but it won't be banned everywhere and thus, choice would remain an option. Yes -- it will require some people to travel, but it's a lot easier to travel to California than it is to Sweden. One could even imagine volunteer groups who could assist low income people in making the requisite journey. It would also help to concentrate the religious right into a smaller number of states thereby leaving the rest of the nation free to advance scientifically and socially. Anyway, the more I think about things, the more I see RP as good choice for president.
Oh not at all. At least the terrorists are being kept at bay. On a side note, I was surprised to hear from someone today that the PATRIOT act has resulted in 13,000 arrests of terrorists.
The officer in that video deserves to be sued into bankruptcy, fired from the force, jailed for six months, and forced to live the rest of his life as a line cook for $7/hr. Really -- why was it a "lawful order"? Is there some law in UT that says you have to sign the ticket? And what was to preclude the officer from 5 minutes' worth of conversation, perhaps explaining that signing is not an admission of guilt. Rather than deal with another human on a person to person level, he took the "I'm the State, do as I say or die" attitude. That cop has a personality better suited for Nicaragua or Pakistan. He is definitely a traitor to everything that defines what America is supposed to be, but sure to be front and center in our march toward a police state.
Man -- I hope you aren't a cop because with attitudes like that, you'd be a danger to your brothers. See, if everyone starts to think that cops are macho egomaniac shoot first types, well, real criminals will take the same attitude and get a bit pre-emptive.
Write back when the cops are gunning you down for utterly stupid reasons. "Annoying" is not a tasing offense, but with your complacency and logic, it soon will be. How many people do you annoy?
Well said!
And this will ultimately make cops less safe. When the public begins to understand that cops "will shoot first and ask questions later" rather than try to be reasonable -- well, the cops might find that the real criminals take up the same philosophy. Violence does not make people safer. Quite the opposite in fact. Of course, all the regular citizens getting abused will just have to suck it up.
I saw the same video. I completely and whole heartedly disagree with you. It was completely unnecessary instance of "because I got the gun" going to small minded idiots' heads.
There will be no statistics (except perhaps those made up by the manufacturer and/or others bent on extracting the last portions of liberty from this nation).
You can't possibly be asserting that cops/security only taser violent dangerous people. Peruse youtube a little and you will see a bunch of thugs making copious over-use of their authority.
Whoever modded me troll doesn't understand what America is supposed to be about. Hint. America is not supposed to be a police state.
Why is failure to obey a cop a good reason to get tasered? Cops are NOT the arbiters of the law. Cops are wrong a lot. Hell, even the president of the united states and his FBI goons or whoever are felons (illegal wiretaps are a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and nobody but the president and Gonzales interprets congress' authorization to fight the idiots' (plural possessive on purpose: Bush and all who voted to allow it) war in Iraq as overturning the original FISA requirements).
So, aside from the gun and the attitude, I don't really see much reason to listen to cops. Following the law, that's something different, but it would be awfully nice to live in a country where the cops, congress, and the executive branch respected the law. And if they don't have to, why should anyone?
The issue seems to be that current "American Conservatism" is neither. True conservatives and true liberals have cause for concern with both the neo-con and neo-liberal positions as neither advocates personal liberty or responsibility.