I don't know how you're reading that chart because RCP has MI at Obama +4. Only one poll shows them at a tie, the other three (even Rasmussen) show Obama ahead. Nate Silver has a fantastic model, regardless of his personal bias, which he acknowledges but does not allow to affect the model.
Maybe Gore should have won his own state, thus rendering Florida and any alleged shenanigans there irrelevant. If you can't convince the voters who know you best to send you to the White House.....
Are you suggesting that if Romney loses Mass. and Michigan he SHOULD lose the White House? Because he surely will be losing those states.
I find this attitude to be unsettling. The fact that abortion and 'gay rights' happen to be polarizing issues is one of the problems with the American political system.... it angers me to see a homosexual who believes in a more libertarian form of distributive justice vote Democrat because he prioritizes gay marriage over economic issues.
Perhaps if you were that gay man, you would understand. Were economic issues also more important than civil rights for blacks?
Civil rights for blacks was a matter of distributive justice. The same civil rights protections that black enjoy today are also granted to homosexuals. It's illegal to discriminate against hiring homosexuals and it's illegal for an employer to fire someone because they find out that person is gay.
Marriage isn't a right, it's a license granted by the state. One that's already too easy to obtain. Personally, I don't think the government should legally recognize any marriage, gay or straight. Why do I need a judge or priest to officiate my love for another individual? I oppose gay marriage because I oppose marriage, not because I think that gays shouldn't be allowed to be in long term monogamous relationships. The state already sanctions that by not legally prohibiting it.
Hell, most married people don't believe in marriage, either. They just do it for the tax breaks or because of social pressure or because the whole idea's been romanticized beyond rationality. Also, claiming that if I were gay that I would understand probably isn't true because I know homosexuals who agree with everything I've written in this post. Hell, there are homosexual Republican congressmen and lobbyists who demonize gay marriage as an evil abomination - I agree with them, I just think that straight marriage is also an evil abomination. Social institutions should never be blindly accepted as just and right.
Okay, so you're anti-social. Fine. But IF an institution is accepted for straights, it also should be for gays or it's discriminatory. Oh, and some states do specifically PROHIBIT gay marriage. I'll rephrase my original statement for the special case of anti-marriage types like you, 'If you were gay and were not against marriage altogether, perhaps you'd understand why the topic is important to MANY gays.'
Limited use, really. Sure, the video makes it look great, but it has a much wider wheelbase than your typical ATV (more like one of those utility side-by-side vehicles) and looks like it doesn't have great ground clearance.
I find this attitude to be unsettling. The fact that abortion and 'gay rights' happen to be polarizing issues is one of the problems with the American political system.... it angers me to see a homosexual who believes in a more libertarian form of distributive justice vote Democrat because he prioritizes gay marriage over economic issues.
Perhaps if you were that gay man, you would understand. Were economic issues also more important than civil rights for blacks?
It makes sense in the context of civil rights for blacks, because that movement actually went somewhere. Mysteriously, though, the polarizing issues of gay rights, abortion, and gun regulation (I feel like I'm forgetting another one) never seem to get anywhere... ever. It's almost as though they're always left on the table to be used as polarizing issues.
It also took a mighty long time for civil rights for blacks, we just didn't live through those times.
Only those who think that getting to work 20 seconds sooner is important. If you are following at 60 MPH with 1 car length, you are an accident waiting to happen.
While this may be true, it doesn't really discredit the GP's point. Just because I, as the worlds best and most safest driver, do my best to keep as many car lengths as possible between me and the car in front, it doesn't mean all the other jackasses who are trying to get to work 20 seconds sooner aren't going to start doing things that impact my safety which are beyond my control!
Just the act of driving means you're an accident waiting to happen. No matter how defensively you drive you cannot predict, nor stop, other drivers from doing unsafe things, and sooner or later someone else's unsafe behavior is going to impact you. That's not to say that there isn't any point in defensive driving habits, but trying to pretend that anyone who gets in an accident wasn't driving properly is foolish.
By that logic, by living you are an accident waiting to happen. My point is that driving like an asshole INCREASES your chances of being in an accident.
I've got some sad news for you. If you burn the US flag and chant death to America within the US today, chances are pretty high that you're going to get arrested and/or abducted, possibly tortured, and charged with terrorism.
Tha pretty close to what those Westboro Baptist *ssholes have been doing, and none of them have been arrested, tortured, or charged with terrorism.
I find this attitude to be unsettling. The fact that abortion and 'gay rights' happen to be polarizing issues is one of the problems with the American political system.... it angers me to see a homosexual who believes in a more libertarian form of distributive justice vote Democrat because he prioritizes gay marriage over economic issues.
Perhaps if you were that gay man, you would understand. Were economic issues also more important than civil rights for blacks?
It is your job as a driver to know your stopping distance for the current driving conditions (car, road, weather, etc.) and maintain appropriate following distance.
In theory, yes. In reality, no.
The reason this doesn't work is because if you leave enough following distance in front of you, then another car who does not respect following distance will move into that space. So you have to slow down to get your following distance back. Then the process repeats. Following distance only works if all cars respect it. In reality, people go 60mph with 1 car length between each other.
Only those who think that getting to work 20 seconds sooner is important. If you are following at 60 MPH with 1 car length, you are an accident waiting to happen. To quote the typical parent, "If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you?"
Most of the apps for sale have almost no revenue. I had to put the $$ slider all the way down to $200/month to get ANYTHING to show up. Most show amazing amounts like $6/month.
I was mapping some obscure roads in WV the other day and could not believe that had street view for them. We're talking barely-used two lane roads between podunk little towns.
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Too many people here are working on Apple hatred.
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What about their user?
So you're comparing the concept of FRAND (where licenses are REQUIRED to make it work) with licensing of non-essential, and therefore NOT FRAND. Fail.
Please stop confusing the right-wing with facts.
You must not get out much.
I, too, have never met one. Also, you don't see them in the media, unlike the aggressive religious types which get constant media attention.
I don't know how you're reading that chart because RCP has MI at Obama +4. Only one poll shows them at a tie, the other three (even Rasmussen) show Obama ahead. Nate Silver has a fantastic model, regardless of his personal bias, which he acknowledges but does not allow to affect the model.
It is unlikely that Michigan will be competitive. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/ shows 97.3% chance of Obama win.
Maybe Gore should have won his own state, thus rendering Florida and any alleged shenanigans there irrelevant. If you can't convince the voters who know you best to send you to the White House.....
Are you suggesting that if Romney loses Mass. and Michigan he SHOULD lose the White House? Because he surely will be losing those states.
I am now awaiting your admission.
Hey! Don't let logic get in the way of a good 'Roid rage against Apple.
Tin foil vest.
Okay, how about this. One of us returns here and publicly admits to being wrong after the Oct 23 media event next week?
Oh yeah? Next week you will be eating a plateful of crow.
Finally, they enter the ballgame, just as Apple is set to debut the iPad Mini. Good luck with that, Microsoft.
I find this attitude to be unsettling. The fact that abortion and 'gay rights' happen to be polarizing issues is one of the problems with the American political system. ... it angers me to see a homosexual who believes in a more libertarian form of distributive justice vote Democrat because he prioritizes gay marriage over economic issues.
Perhaps if you were that gay man, you would understand. Were economic issues also more important than civil rights for blacks?
Civil rights for blacks was a matter of distributive justice. The same civil rights protections that black enjoy today are also granted to homosexuals. It's illegal to discriminate against hiring homosexuals and it's illegal for an employer to fire someone because they find out that person is gay.
Marriage isn't a right, it's a license granted by the state. One that's already too easy to obtain. Personally, I don't think the government should legally recognize any marriage, gay or straight. Why do I need a judge or priest to officiate my love for another individual? I oppose gay marriage because I oppose marriage, not because I think that gays shouldn't be allowed to be in long term monogamous relationships. The state already sanctions that by not legally prohibiting it.
Hell, most married people don't believe in marriage, either. They just do it for the tax breaks or because of social pressure or because the whole idea's been romanticized beyond rationality. Also, claiming that if I were gay that I would understand probably isn't true because I know homosexuals who agree with everything I've written in this post. Hell, there are homosexual Republican congressmen and lobbyists who demonize gay marriage as an evil abomination - I agree with them, I just think that straight marriage is also an evil abomination. Social institutions should never be blindly accepted as just and right.
Okay, so you're anti-social. Fine. But IF an institution is accepted for straights, it also should be for gays or it's discriminatory. Oh, and some states do specifically PROHIBIT gay marriage. I'll rephrase my original statement for the special case of anti-marriage types like you, 'If you were gay and were not against marriage altogether, perhaps you'd understand why the topic is important to MANY gays.'
Limited use, really. Sure, the video makes it look great, but it has a much wider wheelbase than your typical ATV (more like one of those utility side-by-side vehicles) and looks like it doesn't have great ground clearance.
I find this attitude to be unsettling. The fact that abortion and 'gay rights' happen to be polarizing issues is one of the problems with the American political system. ... it angers me to see a homosexual who believes in a more libertarian form of distributive justice vote Democrat because he prioritizes gay marriage over economic issues.
Perhaps if you were that gay man, you would understand. Were economic issues also more important than civil rights for blacks?
It makes sense in the context of civil rights for blacks, because that movement actually went somewhere. Mysteriously, though, the polarizing issues of gay rights, abortion, and gun regulation (I feel like I'm forgetting another one) never seem to get anywhere... ever. It's almost as though they're always left on the table to be used as polarizing issues.
It also took a mighty long time for civil rights for blacks, we just didn't live through those times.
Only those who think that getting to work 20 seconds sooner is important. If you are following at 60 MPH with 1 car length, you are an accident waiting to happen.
While this may be true, it doesn't really discredit the GP's point. Just because I, as the worlds best and most safest driver, do my best to keep as many car lengths as possible between me and the car in front, it doesn't mean all the other jackasses who are trying to get to work 20 seconds sooner aren't going to start doing things that impact my safety which are beyond my control!
Just the act of driving means you're an accident waiting to happen. No matter how defensively you drive you cannot predict, nor stop, other drivers from doing unsafe things, and sooner or later someone else's unsafe behavior is going to impact you. That's not to say that there isn't any point in defensive driving habits, but trying to pretend that anyone who gets in an accident wasn't driving properly is foolish.
By that logic, by living you are an accident waiting to happen. My point is that driving like an asshole INCREASES your chances of being in an accident.
I've got some sad news for you. If you burn the US flag and chant death to America within the US today, chances are pretty high that you're going to get arrested and/or abducted, possibly tortured, and charged with terrorism.
Tha pretty close to what those Westboro Baptist *ssholes have been doing, and none of them have been arrested, tortured, or charged with terrorism.
But the Westboro Baptist people are not brown.
I find this attitude to be unsettling. The fact that abortion and 'gay rights' happen to be polarizing issues is one of the problems with the American political system. ... it angers me to see a homosexual who believes in a more libertarian form of distributive justice vote Democrat because he prioritizes gay marriage over economic issues.
Perhaps if you were that gay man, you would understand. Were economic issues also more important than civil rights for blacks?
To be fair, that is generally because they believe that legislative and governmental solutions to heal the sick and feed the poor tend not to work.
No, I don't think so. That is just their justification for being unwilling to pay taxes to actually do what their religion says they should be doing.
It is your job as a driver to know your stopping distance for the current driving conditions (car, road, weather, etc.) and maintain appropriate following distance.
In theory, yes. In reality, no.
The reason this doesn't work is because if you leave enough following distance in front of you, then another car who does not respect following distance will move into that space. So you have to slow down to get your following distance back. Then the process repeats. Following distance only works if all cars respect it. In reality, people go 60mph with 1 car length between each other.
Only those who think that getting to work 20 seconds sooner is important. If you are following at 60 MPH with 1 car length, you are an accident waiting to happen. To quote the typical parent, "If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you?"
Most of the apps for sale have almost no revenue. I had to put the $$ slider all the way down to $200/month to get ANYTHING to show up. Most show amazing amounts like $6/month.
I was mapping some obscure roads in WV the other day and could not believe that had street view for them. We're talking barely-used two lane roads between podunk little towns.