"Fundamental" indicates a conservative, sola scriptura-based view. Fortunately, the Bible doesn't prohibit the use of alcohol, just the abuse of it. There are many proof-texts, if you are interested. Also, "even muslims" kinda ignores the fact that Muslims prohibit drinking altogether, across the board. It's not remarkable at all.
Now you're being a little silly. Slavery would never have been viable in the 20th century, and while the southern landowners favoring slavery held a lot of land and money, they were smaller in number and would have been overruled eventually through the republican process.
Besides, you don't seem to understand that the members of congress are supposed to represent the interests of their state, NOT the federal government. No one really represents the federal government, per se, unless you count the chief executive. Washington, D.C. doesn't even have representation in Congress.
Your comparison is unfair because you compare drinking and driving with voting, instead of just comparing the dangers of drunkenness or irresponsible driving, alone, with voting. A drunk 18 year old is no more dangerous than a drunk 21 year old when not operating a motor vehicle. An 18 year old is also a legal adult and responsible for his own actions.
MADD is a dangerous organization because they are truly a temperance society, as evidenced by their support of unreasonably low BAC limits under 0.10 that have not been scientifically proven to result in safer driving. They also support sobriety checkpoints, random searches, and other infringements of the fourth amendment.
I believe carbon credits to be a good thing. First, it shows a sense of responsibility. I don't buy carbon credits to show them off, I buy carbon credits out of a desire to neutralize my carbon.
No, you buy them so that you do not have to reduce carbon output.
If I buy enough credits to cover the carbon I emit this year, then I've done more to protect the environtment than you. Period. It's not a license to pollute, think about it- It's a license to clean up after yourself.
It's a license only available to those with means. People who scrape by, without even the ability to to replace their carbon emitting vehicles and heating systems, are not going to be able to buy credits.
Imagine if I decided to throw all my trash on the ground, but I paid someone to pick up after me. It would be a weird habbit, and it wouldn't say much good about me, but at the same time, it would certainly be better than not getting somebody to pick it up- so it shows a sense of responsibility. In the end, my habbits affect nobody at all. My habbits have zero impact on anybody. And that's better than just not doing anything at all.
Clearly, it's a lot easier and cheaper to hold onto one's trash until a public receptacle is found than to replace one's inefficient fossil-fuel burning devices, which would be required of those who can't buy the indulgences.
But another angle people don't look at is this: I just plainly don't make enough money to make major changes in my life. I've switched my lightbulbs and switched to energy efficient heat. In the end, I could afford that because it made my bills go down, so it paid for itself.
But at the job I have, I just can't afford to much else. I HAVE to get to work, and there's no public transportation where I live. I can't afford a more energy efficient car (although I dream about some day getting one). I can't afford solar panels (although I drool at the idea of ridding myself of an electric bill). I can't afford to make the major changes in my life that would really impact my footprint on this earth.
Maybe some day I'll be able to afford it. But now I cannot.
You can't afford to make major changes; how are you going to afford the carbon credits?
That's true, considering him comments on there being too many functions on the c64 keyboard. Those were the graphics characters and if you didn't want to use them (pressing the CTRL and C= keys), you could just ignore them. They were on the front of the keys, not on top like some other machines. VT users were used to seeing extra functions on the front of keycaps.
It's a good thing, too, because getting a 2-stroke to pass American emissions requirements is near impossible. It's ironic that Europeans criticize Americans for not supporting the Kyoto protocol. We have been far ahead of them in reducing emissions in our vehicles for decades while they spewed pollutants like CO and NO.
What makes you think this car has any speed over 80 kph to begin with? Or that the suspension of a $2,500 car is capable of keeping any speed up in a corner?
The femur's a really big bone! I bet if we divert the energy of the crash up that, we should be set! Drawback: it really hurts when you break your femur. Must look into that.
I'm not an SUV cheerleader by any means, but to suggest that all SUVs have poor crash ratings is mere conjecture. I found some crash ratings that contradict your assertion in 30 seconds.
Consider this: one house with the door unlocked, another with deadbolts and a security system. They are both in the same affluent neighborhood.
Which one do you think a thief will try first? It won't be the second, unless he likes a good sport.
I'd tell this to anyone on the bus, anyone looking to avoid a car breakin and even the US government; don't look like a victim and keep everything wide open..
Leaving your car unlocked will keep it from being broken into? You're right: obviously, since it's open, they don't have to break the window to reach in and take everything or steal the car.
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So you're saying that Jews invented drinking games? Awesome!
Now you're being a little silly. Slavery would never have been viable in the 20th century, and while the southern landowners favoring slavery held a lot of land and money, they were smaller in number and would have been overruled eventually through the republican process.
Besides, you don't seem to understand that the members of congress are supposed to represent the interests of their state, NOT the federal government. No one really represents the federal government, per se, unless you count the chief executive. Washington, D.C. doesn't even have representation in Congress.
This requires a simple solution akin to the 27th amendment. No redistricting may take effect until after the next election.
Thanks for the insight, Captain Hyperbole.
Your comparison is unfair because you compare drinking and driving with voting, instead of just comparing the dangers of drunkenness or irresponsible driving, alone, with voting. A drunk 18 year old is no more dangerous than a drunk 21 year old when not operating a motor vehicle. An 18 year old is also a legal adult and responsible for his own actions.
MADD is a dangerous organization because they are truly a temperance society, as evidenced by their support of unreasonably low BAC limits under 0.10 that have not been scientifically proven to result in safer driving. They also support sobriety checkpoints, random searches, and other infringements of the fourth amendment.
That's true, considering him comments on there being too many functions on the c64 keyboard. Those were the graphics characters and if you didn't want to use them (pressing the CTRL and C= keys), you could just ignore them. They were on the front of the keys, not on top like some other machines. VT users were used to seeing extra functions on the front of keycaps.
I'm pretty sure that every Apple ][ except the IIc had a full-sized keyboard.
It's a good thing, too, because getting a 2-stroke to pass American emissions requirements is near impossible. It's ironic that Europeans criticize Americans for not supporting the Kyoto protocol. We have been far ahead of them in reducing emissions in our vehicles for decades while they spewed pollutants like CO and NO.
What makes you think this car has any speed over 80 kph to begin with? Or that the suspension of a $2,500 car is capable of keeping any speed up in a corner?
The femur's a really big bone! I bet if we divert the energy of the crash up that, we should be set! Drawback: it really hurts when you break your femur. Must look into that.
I'm not an SUV cheerleader by any means, but to suggest that all SUVs have poor crash ratings is mere conjecture. I found some crash ratings that contradict your assertion in 30 seconds.
97% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Consider this: one house with the door unlocked, another with deadbolts and a security system. They are both in the same affluent neighborhood.
Which one do you think a thief will try first? It won't be the second, unless he likes a good sport.
Leaving your car unlocked will keep it from being broken into? You're right: obviously, since it's open, they don't have to break the window to reach in and take everything or steal the car.Why not?
I hear the LG Vulva is in the works...
Makes the laser pointers seem pretty lame.
I'm curious: what "crap that didn't happen" was aired on O'Reilly's show? Just wondering.
And thank you for your totally useless comment that adds no insights or information to this discussion.
Thanks for the heads-up, Captain Hyperbole.
If you RTFA, the issue involves non-citizens of the US.
No, Opus is far too left-wing now. Political humor is fine, but we don't need another Doonesbury.