I propose we use lawyers and politicians as lab animals.
1. They're very nearly human. 2. There's plenty of them. 3. Nobody would care if they were harmed during the experiments. 4. They have only two parts (mouth and asshole), and they're interchangeable.
You're close. It's actually for the safety and protection of the government. Governments are really getting paranoid nowadays. They are afraid of their own citizens (or "subjects" in the country in question).
Most citizens don't mind paying taxes for police & fire departments, better schools, better public transportation, better water supplies, better sewers, better roads, better bridges, etc. Those are the reasons we pay taxes to begin with!!
What most of us taxpayers object to is our tax money being given directly to other citizens. A reasonable safety net is one thing; supporting those who simply won't support themselves is highly objectionable.
We also object to overpaid public workers who pay little or nothing towards their healthcare and retirement, and who seem to think that 25 years is a full "career".
If you feel the need to spank your 16 year old child, then you've already lost. You should have done a better job of parenting many years before that point.
Basically, you should spat a two year old's hand if he's reaching for something dangerous, but by the time a child reaches an age where they can communicate, all spanking should end. They're intelligent human beings; treat them as such.
My 30 year old son reads and posts here. Let's let him judge the way he was raised now that he has two children of his own.:)
Even when there are better or alternative detection methods, they are not always allowed or used. Take breast cancer detection by thermogram for instance. Properly used, it can detect smaller growths way before a mammogram can. Here's a link to an article on the Huffington Post about it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christiane-northrup/the-best-breast-test-the-_b_752503.html
Also, has anyone noticed how for most ailments doctors always start off with the most conservative treatments and then increase from that, but for cancer they go straight for cut, burn and poison? Must be a money thing.
I would have said it a bit differently, but you made the point pretty clear anyway.
The great teachers really care about their students, of course. They also know their subject well enough to know what part of it the students need to learn. Depending on the subject a lot of what's in the book may be outdated or just plain wrong.
I was graduated from high school in 1971, so I've seen the decline of our education system over a long period of time. It's interesting how the decline started as discipline was removed from the classroom. Some children will learn under even the worst conditions, but most need a controlled environment, especially the younger students who are learning the very basics. Without discipline you've lost the opportunity to reach the majority of the students when they need it the most.
It could be because teachers come from the low end of the academic scale. They simply don't have the intellectual horsepower for those other degrees.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, administrate. Those who can't administrate, legislate. That's life as it's always been.
If inflation is virtually nonexistent, then explain why things cost more every time I go shopping. Groceries, clothes, utilities, etc. are all up over last month and the month before . . .
I've always had the taskbar set to auto-hide. I guess it's an old habit from the days when monitors were much smaller and I wanted every square inch of space available. Now I have a 24" monitor and I still hide the taskbar.
Oh, and I rarely ever use the start button, though sometimes I wouldn't mind having something in Windows similar to fluxbox right click.
I know that without expanding their limited coverage here in Alabama, they won't be signing up any new customers by selling iphones.
Yeah, IF you're in a major city or IF you're on a major highway, you can get service. It's just that people have a habit of traveling away from home on a regular basis.
Neither will most businesses. They are just not going to put company information on a device that has to be returned to a possibly untrustworthy company to get a new battery.
You all know that they still make maps, so just learn to read one and learn your way around. Why on Earth would you need gps just to find a Walmart or Starbucks or your uncle Dan's house?
Staying in an unfamiliar city? Look in the phone book's yellow pages. Oh, and there's usually a map there, too.
You may also want to learn to use a compass just in case the gps satellites are compromised one of these days.
Without arguing the right and wrong of it, if this roller coaster method is good enough for euthanasia, is it good enough for capital punishment? Nobody could object using the "cruel and unusual" argument.
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I propose we use lawyers and politicians as lab animals.
1. They're very nearly human.
2. There's plenty of them.
3. Nobody would care if they were harmed during the experiments.
4. They have only two parts (mouth and asshole), and they're interchangeable.
No profit, only progress!
You're close. It's actually for the safety and protection of the government. Governments are really getting paranoid nowadays. They are afraid of their own citizens (or "subjects" in the country in question).
I'm undecided.
I'm ticking the . . . wait . . . where's the CowboyNeal option?
Most citizens don't mind paying taxes for police & fire departments, better schools, better public transportation, better water supplies, better sewers, better roads, better bridges, etc. Those are the reasons we pay taxes to begin with!!
What most of us taxpayers object to is our tax money being given directly to other citizens. A reasonable safety net is one thing; supporting those who simply won't support themselves is highly objectionable.
We also object to overpaid public workers who pay little or nothing towards their healthcare and retirement, and who seem to think that 25 years is a full "career".
BB's in anybody's eyes are bad.
You'll shoot your eye out kid!
If you feel the need to spank your 16 year old child, then you've already lost. You should have done a better job of parenting many years before that point.
:)
Basically, you should spat a two year old's hand if he's reaching for something dangerous, but by the time a child reaches an age where they can communicate, all spanking should end. They're intelligent human beings; treat them as such.
My 30 year old son reads and posts here. Let's let him judge the way he was raised now that he has two children of his own.
Do you feel the same way about Leo Laporte pushing it on all of his shows? Just curious.
I use my files to sharpen things - knives, mower blades, machete, hoes, spades, etc..
Simple, huh?
Even when there are better or alternative detection methods, they are not always allowed or used. Take breast cancer detection by thermogram for instance. Properly used, it can detect smaller growths way before a mammogram can. Here's a link to an article on the Huffington Post about it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christiane-northrup/the-best-breast-test-the-_b_752503.html
Also, has anyone noticed how for most ailments doctors always start off with the most conservative treatments and then increase from that, but for cancer they go straight for cut, burn and poison? Must be a money thing.
Okay, post the home addresses of the clowns responsible and I'll send a couple of da boys over there to learn 'em a lesson or two.
Seriously, I'd like to see things like this made illegal so that consumers would have some recourse to make things right.
Very good post.
I would have said it a bit differently, but you made the point pretty clear anyway.
The great teachers really care about their students, of course. They also know their subject well enough to know what part of it the students need to learn. Depending on the subject a lot of what's in the book may be outdated or just plain wrong.
I was graduated from high school in 1971, so I've seen the decline of our education system over a long period of time. It's interesting how the decline started as discipline was removed from the classroom. Some children will learn under even the worst conditions, but most need a controlled environment, especially the younger students who are learning the very basics. Without discipline you've lost the opportunity to reach the majority of the students when they need it the most.
Al Gore a hypocrite? So it ain't so!
Old Al will do or say anything for a buck. I bet he'd sell his own family members if he thought he could get away with it.
It could be because teachers come from the low end of the academic scale. They simply don't have the intellectual horsepower for those other degrees.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, administrate. Those who can't administrate, legislate. That's life as it's always been.
You should have seen it!
His name wasn't Paul.
I wonder if it's anything like "urban outdoorsman", only full time.
If inflation is virtually nonexistent, then explain why things cost more every time I go shopping. Groceries, clothes, utilities, etc. are all up over last month and the month before . . .
I've always had the taskbar set to auto-hide. I guess it's an old habit from the days when monitors were much smaller and I wanted every square inch of space available. Now I have a 24" monitor and I still hide the taskbar.
Oh, and I rarely ever use the start button, though sometimes I wouldn't mind having something in Windows similar to fluxbox right click.
I know that without expanding their limited coverage here in Alabama, they won't be signing up any new customers by selling iphones.
Yeah, IF you're in a major city or IF you're on a major highway, you can get service. It's just that people have a habit of traveling away from home on a regular basis.
AT&T is bad enough, but Sprint is worse.
Neither will most businesses. They are just not going to put company information on a device that has to be returned to a possibly untrustworthy company to get a new battery.
I was there just last month. It's a big ugly planet. Hell, they don't even have a Starbucks!
Yeah, I wish old Chuckie was as outraged about the GPS tracking as he is about this.
It's good to see somebody willing to check into it, but I doubt much will be done. After all, it is "Government Motors" doing it.
You all know that they still make maps, so just learn to read one and learn your way around. Why on Earth would you need gps just to find a Walmart or Starbucks or your uncle Dan's house?
Staying in an unfamiliar city? Look in the phone book's yellow pages. Oh, and there's usually a map there, too.
You may also want to learn to use a compass just in case the gps satellites are compromised one of these days.
Without arguing the right and wrong of it, if this roller coaster method is good enough for euthanasia, is it good enough for capital punishment? Nobody could object using the "cruel and unusual" argument.
Reminds me of metro-sexual too much. I think I'll stick with rural apps.