So settling disputes in the court is evil, but using military resources to kill peaceful citizens and imprison their families is OK? Che would love it. You leftists are a riot.
Yes it is. The frequency response of a properly functioning telephone network is perfectly good in the human vocal range. It's basically the same as critical voice communications such as those used by emergency services and aircraft (although they also implement overmodulation).
Actually, the fact that the bans are prima facie unenforceable is a fair reason to throw them out. But we live in a world where if one thing doesn't work (war, deficit spending, restrictions on speech), then I'm sure more of it will.
This is simply an awful article. Besides the stupidity of the NHTSA making a snap statement based on a single incident, it's the wrong statement: the driver was texting, not talking. Then, APPARENTLY it's not all that clear that he was texting as the claim is made that cell phone records can't tell you whether he was texting, talking, or just holding his phone--- OH YEAH THEY CAN. Finally, if that's not dumb enough, at the end of the article they go on about ONE incident with a bus, where kids had trouble exiting due to the position of the bus and design of the door. What the crap does that have to do with cell phones? I'm so proud my tax dollars pay these idiotic bureaucrats.
If you know a way of incarcerating criminals and allowing them to move freely at the same time, I'm all ears. In the words of the wise sage Eric Cartman, "you are really reaching right now."
It's California. I would expect that they just require some sort of warning tag with the relevant proposition number on it to be attached to the funeral pyre before it is lit. Oh and all the requisite bribes^W permits would have be to paid for.
I'd rather it *were* provided by government, not some money grabbing corporation whose *only* concern is making money from my misfortune.
Doesn't this assume that government is altruistic? We know that many of our elected representatives thrive on the money and power afforded to their positions, to which we stupidly reelect them out of our own self-interest (whether real or imagined).
That sounds nice and conservative, but while we all personally hate taxes, this it just government picking winners and losers and thereby encouraging certain behavior. Deductions for "green energy" and "space burial" are both overreaches of government.
This is a point that deserves to be made. If Kim was a quasi-Christian leader like David Koresh, this dangerous cult of personality would be a part of every discussion regarding NK, and rightfully so.
Oh wait, I can get that with a early '60s Ford Falcon, which gets 32-33 MPG from the factory
There's absolutely no way a 1960s Falcon could get over 30 MPG with even its stock I6 engine. NONE. Even if you put in a modern fuel-injected 4 cylinder DOHC engine, the aerodynamics would make it difficult. You would probably need to add an air dam, lower the ride height, and go to a modern manual trans to squeak it out. It would make more sense to modify the trunk of a modern compact to allow a larger gas tank.
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So settling disputes in the court is evil, but using military resources to kill peaceful citizens and imprison their families is OK? Che would love it. You leftists are a riot.
I'm pretty sure that Transunion, Experian, and Equifax are not above the law.
Only if they stay below the Stinson Hotness-Craziness line.
Stupid democracy! Anyway, your plan will also have the awesome, unintended consequence of strangling economic growth.
Yes it is. The frequency response of a properly functioning telephone network is perfectly good in the human vocal range. It's basically the same as critical voice communications such as those used by emergency services and aircraft (although they also implement overmodulation).
It is-- but 0.08 BAC is not "drunk"-- or at least it's not drunk for most of the population. That is the problem.
Actually, the fact that the bans are prima facie unenforceable is a fair reason to throw them out. But we live in a world where if one thing doesn't work (war, deficit spending, restrictions on speech), then I'm sure more of it will.
I think you just got smoking while driving banned. Oh well, it was probably going to happen soon anyway.
This is simply an awful article. Besides the stupidity of the NHTSA making a snap statement based on a single incident, it's the wrong statement: the driver was texting, not talking. Then, APPARENTLY it's not all that clear that he was texting as the claim is made that cell phone records can't tell you whether he was texting, talking, or just holding his phone--- OH YEAH THEY CAN. Finally, if that's not dumb enough, at the end of the article they go on about ONE incident with a bus, where kids had trouble exiting due to the position of the bus and design of the door. What the crap does that have to do with cell phones? I'm so proud my tax dollars pay these idiotic bureaucrats.
Why? Does Gates drive a monster truck or a tanker full of benzene? Would he wipe out the population of a small village if he ran into a light pole?
And this is why people respond so negatively to atheists.
North America and South America are two separate continents. If you're going to be pedantic, at least be consistent.
Thanks for the clarification, Eurasian.
If you know a way of incarcerating criminals and allowing them to move freely at the same time, I'm all ears. In the words of the wise sage Eric Cartman, "you are really reaching right now."
We'll all miss the heady days of "Canada: International Yenta".
I tried to download it, but NBC Universal claimed copyright and blocked me.
It's California. I would expect that they just require some sort of warning tag with the relevant proposition number on it to be attached to the funeral pyre before it is lit. Oh and all the requisite bribes^W permits would have be to paid for.
Doesn't this assume that government is altruistic? We know that many of our elected representatives thrive on the money and power afforded to their positions, to which we stupidly reelect them out of our own self-interest (whether real or imagined).
That sounds nice and conservative, but while we all personally hate taxes, this it just government picking winners and losers and thereby encouraging certain behavior. Deductions for "green energy" and "space burial" are both overreaches of government.
This is a point that deserves to be made. If Kim was a quasi-Christian leader like David Koresh, this dangerous cult of personality would be a part of every discussion regarding NK, and rightfully so.
But China is NK's big, angry fourth-grade brother with a BB-gun.
Indeed. Ask any American atheist organization why they seem to fear God-- well, only the Judeo-Christian one, apparently-- so much.
Kim Jong-Il is threatening to bomb Whoville. You can't explain that.
There's absolutely no way a 1960s Falcon could get over 30 MPG with even its stock I6 engine. NONE. Even if you put in a modern fuel-injected 4 cylinder DOHC engine, the aerodynamics would make it difficult. You would probably need to add an air dam, lower the ride height, and go to a modern manual trans to squeak it out. It would make more sense to modify the trunk of a modern compact to allow a larger gas tank.
Let them eat cake!