I have to agree that if we had a runoff system, people would probably stop complaining about the elector system that they know nothing about. Having a de facto two party system is simply not working.
We probably should get rid of physical electors to streamline the process, but the idea of citizens electing their president through the states is a logical, consistent one.
Those QIC drives used to really stink. Only DDS and 8mm were usable, and those weren't really for consumers. QIC drives used to shoeshine like mad, even if on a SCSI controller like the one I had.
With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that's just not the case, because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed
OK and Texas: two states with lots of open land that is cheap.
Most of the other 48 states: not so much.
The cost calculations don't seem to include the cost of the sprawling real estate needed, plus the ongoing property taxes on that landmass. And SOMEONE is going to pay property tax: either the energy company, or all the long-suffering middle class folks with the 3 bedroom houses on 1/2 acre plots because the power plant got a nice subsidy from the crony capitalists.
The fact is that the ruling class doesn't like that. They want the middle and lower classes sequestered in the cities while they enjoy the privilege of living wherever they please. They support of high oil prices, while blocking any practical replacement for fossil fuels. They use the media to instill middle-class guilt for preferring safer, more private life in the suburbs.
I loathe government interference in intellectual property, but since we're stuck with these oppressive copyright laws the least that should be done is to prohibit copy protection measures without requiring a media-cost-only replacement policy be in place. After all, the enduring *IAA argument is that buying the media just buys a license to watch it, so they should be replacing damaged media for just the cost of the media. "Digital copy" helps, but it's no use in this scenario with the kiddies because you'd have to turn over a tablet or rather expensive smart TV with an internet connection to them.
The President himself sabotaged that possibility by accusing doctors of performing unnecessary amputations, which besides depicting surgeons as being suitable for the leading roles in either "Little Shop of Horrors" or "Sweeney Todd", is nonsensical because amputations actually are relatively inexpensive.
It's impossible to vote out the socialists once they've used wealth redistribution to provide handouts to a large voting bloc-- whether via crony capitalism or social welfare.
The problem with both of you guys is that each of you hates the programs the other guy loves. That's how we end up stuck with both of them, and liberty and prosperity go by the wayside.
I've said for years that I have no problem with a mother collecting social assistance to stay home with her kids
I do. There shouldn't be single parents in the first place. One should be caring for children and the home while the other is employed. I don't care which one. The problem is that we discourage the father from sticking around, in many ways.
Fruit and vegetable growing is not a problem. We grow a lot more food on far less land than we used to. If by "used to" you mean in the 18th century, yes.
Um... producing a document that claims another company is offering an item for sale at a certain price when none of that information is true is definitely "false" and fraudulent.
Plus PA's new governor is a leftist who convinced the idiot voters that he could raise taxes on the natural gas drillers without them passing on the costs.
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I have to agree that if we had a runoff system, people would probably stop complaining about the elector system that they know nothing about. Having a de facto two party system is simply not working. We probably should get rid of physical electors to streamline the process, but the idea of citizens electing their president through the states is a logical, consistent one.
You keep copying your archival backups from years ago? Hope it's encrypted.
Can I just load a station wagon full of LTO tapes and keep driving it around the country? Can't beat the bandwidth.
Those QIC drives used to really stink. Only DDS and 8mm were usable, and those weren't really for consumers. QIC drives used to shoeshine like mad, even if on a SCSI controller like the one I had.
They didn't, but fortunately the Julian date was a signed integer.
March 28, 2011
OK and Texas: two states with lots of open land that is cheap.
Most of the other 48 states: not so much.
The cost calculations don't seem to include the cost of the sprawling real estate needed, plus the ongoing property taxes on that landmass. And SOMEONE is going to pay property tax: either the energy company, or all the long-suffering middle class folks with the 3 bedroom houses on 1/2 acre plots because the power plant got a nice subsidy from the crony capitalists.
You just described Punkbuster.
Already more usable than the GNU Hurd.
Even hovercars have moving parts...
The fact is that the ruling class doesn't like that. They want the middle and lower classes sequestered in the cities while they enjoy the privilege of living wherever they please. They support of high oil prices, while blocking any practical replacement for fossil fuels. They use the media to instill middle-class guilt for preferring safer, more private life in the suburbs.
I loathe government interference in intellectual property, but since we're stuck with these oppressive copyright laws the least that should be done is to prohibit copy protection measures without requiring a media-cost-only replacement policy be in place. After all, the enduring *IAA argument is that buying the media just buys a license to watch it, so they should be replacing damaged media for just the cost of the media. "Digital copy" helps, but it's no use in this scenario with the kiddies because you'd have to turn over a tablet or rather expensive smart TV with an internet connection to them.
First catfish, and now cardiac arrest? WHAT CAN'T CAYENNE FIX?????
The President himself sabotaged that possibility by accusing doctors of performing unnecessary amputations, which besides depicting surgeons as being suitable for the leading roles in either "Little Shop of Horrors" or "Sweeney Todd", is nonsensical because amputations actually are relatively inexpensive.
No true Frenchman!
I was hoping for blasters and proton torpedoes.
It's impossible to vote out the socialists once they've used wealth redistribution to provide handouts to a large voting bloc-- whether via crony capitalism or social welfare.
The problem with both of you guys is that each of you hates the programs the other guy loves. That's how we end up stuck with both of them, and liberty and prosperity go by the wayside.
I do. There shouldn't be single parents in the first place. One should be caring for children and the home while the other is employed. I don't care which one. The problem is that we discourage the father from sticking around, in many ways.
Some of the people with the highest birth rates can't even be convinced to stop killing other people for having a different religion.
Fruit and vegetable growing is not a problem. We grow a lot more food on far less land than we used to. If by "used to" you mean in the 18th century, yes.
Most of the murders by police occur in the cities, where gun control is tighter.
Don't use this issue to plug your oft-discredited support of fascist gun control policies.
Is it time for Slashdot to bring back the Borg Gates icon?
Um... producing a document that claims another company is offering an item for sale at a certain price when none of that information is true is definitely "false" and fraudulent.
The turbines block the view of the ocean from their Cape Cod mansions.
Plus PA's new governor is a leftist who convinced the idiot voters that he could raise taxes on the natural gas drillers without them passing on the costs.