Yes, it's wonderful that the GP poster has summarily dismissed all the world religions as superstition, but still holds enough childish naivete to accept as scientific fact every crackpot theory on the internet.
If deism is a religion, then so is atheism. They just believe in one fewer god.
Not related to the constitutionality, but consider the impact of an atheist government, rather than a disaffected deist one. The concern is, if we don't consider our inalienable human rights to be derived from a deity, where do they come from?
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What's a "customer card"? I've never heard of being refused service because you need a "customer card" that apparently requires a credit check. What store was this? This is not a reflection of "US as a society", but of a stupid business that is probably now dead from such foolish policies.
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The flaw in your theory was that the economy actually tanked after WWI.
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TEA PARTY: Cut spending. DON'T TOUCH TAXES UNLESS YOU'RE CUTTING THEM. YOU'RE CUTTING MY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT I BENEFIT OFF OF?
This is simply NOT what Tea Party folks believe. Tea partiers are not the brain-addled retirees who say "No socialized health care! And don't cut my Medicare!"
So Microsoft's liable for the 10 year old version being hackable, too? That's even more ridiculous. You think maybe a 10 year old copy of Linux, with several vulnerable services running by default, might be vulnerable?
We have the benefits of technological solutions for most of the problems that cause a sysadmin to come in at 1 AM to restart servers. UPS and backup generators are obvious, but admittedly expensive ones. But they have to understand the concept of risk. Is it good for the databases to be dropped all the time? It takes the sysadmin time to get into the physical location, and downtime costs money, so why not invest in reliable remote access solutions (yes, they have to be on UPS too) so that a flaky server can be hard rebooted? In addition to mitigating the power issue, they have to mitigate the personnel issue. What if the same bad storm that takes out the power takes out the one poor sysadmin who's always asked to come in? Who will reboot everything? What if you're simply unreachable? What if you win the lottery, and just quit? You need a backup person, and the tools to keep the system as uncomplicated as possible so that the survival of the company does not rest on you handling these routine events.
You can't insult me, because you don't even know me, you ignorant cretin. Attacking your opponent's argument by calling them "extremist" deflects the argument. Choke on that, basement-dweller.
If we can manage to make the cars somewhat lighter
We've been DOING that for decades! That's why modern cars dent when you lean on them, and are totalled in 10 MPH accidents. However, their construction protects the passenger... so if you really want to save gas, then at this point you won't be saving lives.
The EPA standards have been updated twice. That car would rate far less than 50 MPG today. Your anecdote is not reproducible, was not performed in a scientific manner, and the "knees-under chin" method of conveyance doesn't really meet with practical standards.
Not by today's EPA standard, which has been tightened twice. Also, the VW Rabbit did not have crumple zones, air bags, good cornering, or the ability to get to highway speed in less than 20 seconds.
They would have to make MANY shitty cars, and no one will buy them... and we'll bail them out again. This time, the federal government will just take over the entire industry and tell you what to drive.
And still meet the also-federally-mandated crash requirements? And still have reasonable performance? And still have creature comforts, like sunroofs, power windows, sound systems, air conditioning, or power seats? And how about the people who need a truck to carry stuff? Or a van or SUV to carry people? This is a fleet average, isn't it? Do you insensitive clods think it's "freedom" to tell people they can't buy a truck for their business this year because Chevy has to make 10,000 more econo sedans to meet the MPG requirements?
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It got up to 100 degrees in PA for several days in the last week or so. Feel better?
Yes, it's wonderful that the GP poster has summarily dismissed all the world religions as superstition, but still holds enough childish naivete to accept as scientific fact every crackpot theory on the internet.
Oh look... it's a leftist.
Those guys all sell SSDs, you know.
I see somebody hasn't been to Lamebook.com yet.
I'm sure some of them also reviewed "Tuscan Vitamin D Milk, 128 oz."
It's a viral publicity stunt. Either that, or it's where Lucas hid the evidence that HAN SHOT FIRST!
Not related to the constitutionality, but consider the impact of an atheist government, rather than a disaffected deist one. The concern is, if we don't consider our inalienable human rights to be derived from a deity, where do they come from?
Dude, Craig is half Welsh, half English.
What's a "customer card"? I've never heard of being refused service because you need a "customer card" that apparently requires a credit check. What store was this? This is not a reflection of "US as a society", but of a stupid business that is probably now dead from such foolish policies.
The flaw in your theory was that the economy actually tanked after WWI.
This is simply NOT what Tea Party folks believe. Tea partiers are not the brain-addled retirees who say "No socialized health care! And don't cut my Medicare!"
The WTF here is thinking that the exhaust system affects smog.
So Microsoft's liable for the 10 year old version being hackable, too? That's even more ridiculous. You think maybe a 10 year old copy of Linux, with several vulnerable services running by default, might be vulnerable?
We have the benefits of technological solutions for most of the problems that cause a sysadmin to come in at 1 AM to restart servers. UPS and backup generators are obvious, but admittedly expensive ones. But they have to understand the concept of risk. Is it good for the databases to be dropped all the time? It takes the sysadmin time to get into the physical location, and downtime costs money, so why not invest in reliable remote access solutions (yes, they have to be on UPS too) so that a flaky server can be hard rebooted? In addition to mitigating the power issue, they have to mitigate the personnel issue. What if the same bad storm that takes out the power takes out the one poor sysadmin who's always asked to come in? Who will reboot everything? What if you're simply unreachable? What if you win the lottery, and just quit? You need a backup person, and the tools to keep the system as uncomplicated as possible so that the survival of the company does not rest on you handling these routine events.
I believe you'll get your ass kicked for saying something like that, man.
A wholesale switch to diesel is not practical because of the way petroleum is "cracked". You can't just switch to producing a bunch of diesel.
What if Mindcontrolled is an asshole, AND his arguments are prima facie worthless?
You can't insult me, because you don't even know me, you ignorant cretin. Attacking your opponent's argument by calling them "extremist" deflects the argument. Choke on that, basement-dweller.
We've been DOING that for decades! That's why modern cars dent when you lean on them, and are totalled in 10 MPH accidents. However, their construction protects the passenger... so if you really want to save gas, then at this point you won't be saving lives.
The EPA standards have been updated twice. That car would rate far less than 50 MPG today. Your anecdote is not reproducible, was not performed in a scientific manner, and the "knees-under chin" method of conveyance doesn't really meet with practical standards.
Not by today's EPA standard, which has been tightened twice. Also, the VW Rabbit did not have crumple zones, air bags, good cornering, or the ability to get to highway speed in less than 20 seconds.
Tell me, did people continue buying big SUVs when gas went over $3/gallon? Yes the free market works... just not in the way socialists want it to.
They would have to make MANY shitty cars, and no one will buy them... and we'll bail them out again. This time, the federal government will just take over the entire industry and tell you what to drive.
And still meet the also-federally-mandated crash requirements? And still have reasonable performance? And still have creature comforts, like sunroofs, power windows, sound systems, air conditioning, or power seats? And how about the people who need a truck to carry stuff? Or a van or SUV to carry people? This is a fleet average, isn't it? Do you insensitive clods think it's "freedom" to tell people they can't buy a truck for their business this year because Chevy has to make 10,000 more econo sedans to meet the MPG requirements?