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  1. Re:Unless... on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 1

    You need a password to boot into Windows safe mode, too. GP is wrong.

  2. Re:This could be flamebait or insightful, but... on US Changes How Air Travelers Are Screened · · Score: 1

    ... from real racists, who like to bring up race ("The TEA parties just hate Obama because he's black") to shut down debate.

  3. Re:Oh man on US Changes How Air Travelers Are Screened · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It probably has something to do with the fact that the islamic world doesn't consider you "the Great Satan."

  4. Re:Random? on US Changes How Air Travelers Are Screened · · Score: 1

    Was there a great need for race-baiting here? They're NOT pulling people aside because they're nonwhite. This has never been done. They've been doing a good job of pulling aside crippled grannies and infants, though.

  5. Re:Rest in peace. on Stand and Deliver Teacher Jaime Escalante Dies · · Score: 1

    All his "input" is balanced toward the unions. He's appointed THREE union bosses. It's long overdue, as Andy Stern had practically been living in the White House like a clingy girlfriend since the inauguration.

  6. Re:Rest in peace. on Stand and Deliver Teacher Jaime Escalante Dies · · Score: 1

    Obama standing up to unions? Not bloody likely.

  7. Re:Warming is not bad on House of Commons Finds No Evidence of Tampering In Climate E-mails · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unions like it that way, though-- and they're the darling of the progressives.

  8. Re:Naming Technicality on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    Independence Day 2: Electric Boogaloo

  9. Re:Well timed, actually on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    I'll assume that you're not an American and don't realize that both houses meet in the Capitol.

  10. Re:2 Sequels of a bad film? on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    The CGI looked fake and the most of American nationalism on display was awful

    It's called "patriotism"; there is a difference and BTW, didn't you notice them teaming up with IRANIANS?

  11. Re:What the Matrix sequels should have been on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    Law and Order: Virtual Crimes Unit? CSI: Zion?

  12. Re:Crap on Will Smith In For Independence Day 2 & 3 · · Score: 1

    Thank U?

  13. Re:yes, but on Decrying the Excessive Emulation of Reality In Games · · Score: 1

    I used to enjoy "Instagib" on Q3A-- rail gun only.

  14. Re:What a waste of effort. on Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone? · · Score: 1

    And a lot of new cars beep when you open the door with the keys in - SO WHAT?

    This isn't new. Old cars used to have an even more annoying buzzer instead of the bell, so many of them were removed by the owner. That could be why you don't remember them. Anyway, it's to keep you from locking your keys in the car.

  15. Re:What a waste of effort. on Will Your Car Tell You To Put Down the Phone? · · Score: 1

    In PA, safety and emissions are two different tests (although nearly every station does both for practical reasons). Cutting off the cat would be an emissions issue, while disabling a warning device would be a safety issue. That being said, I'm not aware of any laws that require seat belt alerts and the such either.

  16. Re:Doesn't matter what country you are in... on Wikileaks Receiving Gestapo Treatment? · · Score: 1

    No, it excludes those because of economic realities. But then, that's why I said "just about", Captain Straw Man.

  17. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    If the bill changed, then it wasn't the same bill. This has been tried in the courts; they have to make sure there are no differences other than trivial misspellings. Also, it's a revenue bill, because it includes a tax-- and shucks, I guess that's what their argument is for attempting reconciliation!

  18. Re:I agree on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    The constitution does not say they can collect it for that information; therefore, they cannot collect it. It says they can collect it for the House.

  19. Re:first post? on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    Who gets to pick which rights you lose, anyway? You? Congress? The President? The courts? Why is torture not OK, but disenfranchisement is?

  20. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    So I'm a racist because I don't care where you came from? Talk about Newspeak!

    I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. - MLK, Jr.

  21. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    There's a fine for misleading info, and it's bigger than the fine for not answering.

  22. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    The Constitution says that all bills must originate in the House. This bill actually originated in the Senate; therefore, it is unconstitutional. A silly technicality, I know.

  23. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    Can you point me to where it says you can't do that?

    Don't need to. See the 10th amendment.

  24. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    No, it says "in such manner", which means they can go door-to-door, send a letter, use email, ask you to visit your polling place, etc. It doesn't redefine the word "enumerate", which means "count".

  25. Re:Useful to whom? The racists who care about skin on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 1

    They asked about race and sex because, at the time, women did not have universal suffrage and slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of representation. Two amendments to the Constitution ended any possibility for argument of this, and the remaining questions (like, "Do you own or rent") have never been constitutional.