Most aborted babies would have ended up in prison? Nice assumption which, even if it's true, so what?
I agree with you on the tax stuff...but for the abortion/prison thing....watch the documentary "Freakonomics"...it has a section on this which really surprised me and was interesting.
I know exactly what it means, and I'm stating that EVERYONE working in the US, should also pay some amount of federal INCOME tax...even if it is only $10...
No one should get back more than they paid in...nor should they get off paying nothing at all.
Because it has to be! They were just peace-loving innocents until the big bad United States came along. Never mind that they've been fighting amongst themselves and with those same groups you mentioned for hundreds of years before the US ever existed.
You know..if we could just become energy independent....we could just then pull out of the whole middle east and let those fuckers blow themselves up and be done with them.
I'd love to quit giving them so much money....
I think we need to drill our asses off locally, build more refineries to keep us going while we explore all other forms of energy.
The US needs to make energy independence our new "going to the Moon" quest.....
He took a statistic from a WSJ article that said 47% of the population was getting a check from the gov't
I believe it was more along the lines of 47% of the people in the US that pay no federal tax...many of which are also on the dole...
Frankly, anyone working (or able to work) should be working AND...have to pay SOME federal tax..I don't care if it is $10 or so....just as long as everyone has some skin in the game, eh?
I don't like it that a large block of people are just voting themselves more money out of the general tax fund.
Then again...people might be finally starting to wake up, and realize that voting a small soap dish into office would be better than voting obama in again....
I shudder to think about a new 4 years of a BHO administration...unbridled by the fear of re-election hanging over their heads.
The thing is, Romney has been on every side of every issue. So there's something to like about him for everyone!
Sounds like Obama over the years that you're describing....hell, he changes based on the audience he happens to have attending in front of him at the time....imagine.....
Looking at the histories of US, Chinese, and Russian military and intellgence agencies, I would not call the 'west' and easy target in the last. There might be some differences in how the US treats its own citizens, they have a history of doing some pretty cold stuff to forign nationals, esp when there is a buisness interest involved.
Examples? Citations?
Who exactly have we "offed" for business interests?
How about a quick and safe food additive or supplement that will address the obesity levels in the US.....
So we won't be stuck with so many fat chicks....
I believe we could address this...if we changed the way we subsidize the very food sources that make us fat, but with the corp hold over congress, I, sadly, don't see that happening realistically.
When living your life often requires internet access, then it becomes a right. If everyone had provided the non-internet equivalent of the daily services, then maybe it would be a luxury
Seriously???
I mean, the internet is fantastically convenient...but there's nothing I couldn't do to live (eat, buy stuff, pay bills) without having an internet connection, and doing things the "old fashioned" way of like 8-10 years ago....
If Apple has images of it....you know the other side already had even higher resolution images of it long ago.....(likely with previously stolen US technology).
LOL..you know..there really DO need to examine him thouroughly to find out how that guy has survived as much as he has.
I read his autobiography, "Life"..and all I can say is "wow". I don't know how that guy is still moving and breathing O2....we need to know what is in his DNA to allow him to survive what would have killed most normal people....
I've yet to run into any KKK activity in any of the southern states I have lived in.
They may be around, but it isn't like they present themselves in public really.....if they every had a public rally anywhere down here in the sheets (or even without really, but with signs, etc), I'm sure it would make the news.....and you just don't see it.
Now, look at the genetic social and family profiles of those who had to start out with less than nothing after being imported as property (but only the young and healthy, not the elders) and treated as sub-human even after being ruled no longer property.
I guess you're alluding to the black slaves in the US.
Really man...been over 100 years, I think we should quit allowing people to blame that and use it as a crutch or excuse for social and cultural problems, don't you?
And yes...one CAN still succeed in the US. It is harder for some that others, depending on where life places you at on the starting gate. I've seen plenty of folks fail that started with the proverbial silver spoon in their mouths...and I've seen successes from those that started with less than nothing.
The US is about equal opportunity for all...not equal outcomes....it is harder for some than others, but still...it is up to you.
Everyone is given 24 hours in a day...it is up to you to do with them as you please..waste them, or work them...have kids too early, or have some sense and keep it in your trousers a few years.....study and value and work to become educated, or hang out, drinking smoking weed or selling crack.
Everyone under the sun has the same days, depends on what you do with them.
And to think...we were seriously considering giving the Chinese control of a large part of our telecommunications systems and other infrastructure.....more than they already have.
I can think of some doozies:
1: Our sciences educations wouldn't be slipping as far into the toilet as they are now.
2: we would have an easier time inter-operating with other countries scientists during research and that leads to...
2: we wouldn't be unintentionally slamming multimillion / billion dollar space research stuff into planets due to a piss poor metric > imperial conversions after working with other countries on the machinery.
1. Well, I've not been in a science class lab yet, that didn't already do things in metric...chemistry, etc, was all metric (ml, etc).
2. I've not seen much in the science field where metric isn't used...chemistry, biochem...etc. So, that conversions already pretty much there.
I'm talking about the common day people doing every day things...watching the weather forecast, setting the thermostat in their home, figuring how their car gas mileage is doing...etc.
There's no real benefit in every day living for the majority of the people in the US for changing to the new system.
That's because everything that you post online is on someone else's private server. Corporations, ISPs etc... don't give a flying fuck about freedom of speech.
Well, still, you are free to set up your own computers as peers on the internet today...your own servers with your own rules.
Create your own email servers, ssh servers, news servers, chatrooms, irc, hell...create your own private social network with your rules.
You might have to pay a bit more and get a business connection so the ports aren't blocked, but hell, I have one of those for only $69/mo....no caps, all ports open, all the servers I want to run...all from home.
If the UN gets control of things...I'd have to guess one of the basic tenets of the internet about every computer on it being a peer...would likely be done away with. You'd likely have to register and get a license.
Hell, if you want..create and run a freenet node or the likes....nym servers, or be a tor node....if you want to keep private and prevent snooping of everything.
The educated adults realized that it is cost prohibitive to switch with no real benefit other than "everyone else is doing it".
Thank you!!
That is the single best argument against it. Aside from being 'fashionable' or going along with the rest of the world...what would really be the benefit of the avg. US citizens life, by switching to metric?
Seriously?
It isn't like most in the US interact with the rest of the world that is on metric, we're pretty isolated and here amongst ourselves for most of our lives.
Changing everything over..would cause a great deal of turmoil....take a lot of time, cause years of confusion for many....and exactly, what would be the perceived benefit for this cost?
I can't think of much....
And just way of life....most everyone here knows inately how to dress if the temperature outside is 45F.
I'd never get used to trying to figure out how to dress if it was 20C out.....
Now show me the papers that correlate genetics with government policy.
Check out the genetic profiles of those living:
1. In govt run "projects" housing
2. In govt funded Welfare
3. In govt funded food stamp programs
4. In govt funded Medicaid
Adjust for % of each race in the the nation...and see what you come out with?
Regardless of your findings...which if done soundly with regard to the science of numbers...you'd get roasted over a public open fire and branded a racist.
While there is a huge cultural component to this...perhaps the culture also is somewhat genetics based?
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He also reminds us that they took a bad situation, and have made it much worse...
I agree with you on the tax stuff...but for the abortion/prison thing....watch the documentary "Freakonomics"...it has a section on this which really surprised me and was interesting.
No one should get back more than they paid in...nor should they get off paying nothing at all.
You know..if we could just become energy independent....we could just then pull out of the whole middle east and let those fuckers blow themselves up and be done with them.
I'd love to quit giving them so much money....
I think we need to drill our asses off locally, build more refineries to keep us going while we explore all other forms of energy.
The US needs to make energy independence our new "going to the Moon" quest.....
I'm reg, as independent too.
And, while I largely agree with you....realistically, I realize that I only have 2 choices facing me....one is a given, the other is not.
I'll pick the unknown of the two as my 'soap dish'...since I KNOW how bad the incumbent choice is....had 4x years to see that.
I believe it was more along the lines of 47% of the people in the US that pay no federal tax...many of which are also on the dole...
Frankly, anyone working (or able to work) should be working AND...have to pay SOME federal tax..I don't care if it is $10 or so....just as long as everyone has some skin in the game, eh?
I don't like it that a large block of people are just voting themselves more money out of the general tax fund.
I don't see what all the brew-haha is about on that one. I mean, he actually hit that one smack on the head.
I guess the truth hurts....
I shudder to think about a new 4 years of a BHO administration...unbridled by the fear of re-election hanging over their heads.
Sounds like Obama over the years that you're describing....hell, he changes based on the audience he happens to have attending in front of him at the time....imagine.....
Examples? Citations?
Who exactly have we "offed" for business interests?
So we won't be stuck with so many fat chicks....
I believe we could address this...if we changed the way we subsidize the very food sources that make us fat, but with the corp hold over congress, I, sadly, don't see that happening realistically.
Funny...I never mentioned anything associated with any particular race in my OP....it was a generalization.
Where do you live? Not in the states....?
Seriously???
I mean, the internet is fantastically convenient...but there's nothing I couldn't do to live (eat, buy stuff, pay bills) without having an internet connection, and doing things the "old fashioned" way of like 8-10 years ago....
A right? Give me a break.....
If Apple has images of it....you know the other side already had even higher resolution images of it long ago.....(likely with previously stolen US technology).
I read his autobiography, "Life"..and all I can say is "wow". I don't know how that guy is still moving and breathing O2....we need to know what is in his DNA to allow him to survive what would have killed most normal people....
Oh well...keep on truckin' Keef.
I've yet to run into any KKK activity in any of the southern states I have lived in.
They may be around, but it isn't like they present themselves in public really.....if they every had a public rally anywhere down here in the sheets (or even without really, but with signs, etc), I'm sure it would make the news.....and you just don't see it.
I guess you're alluding to the black slaves in the US.
Really man...been over 100 years, I think we should quit allowing people to blame that and use it as a crutch or excuse for social and cultural problems, don't you?
And yes...one CAN still succeed in the US. It is harder for some that others, depending on where life places you at on the starting gate. I've seen plenty of folks fail that started with the proverbial silver spoon in their mouths...and I've seen successes from those that started with less than nothing.
The US is about equal opportunity for all...not equal outcomes....it is harder for some than others, but still...it is up to you.
Everyone is given 24 hours in a day...it is up to you to do with them as you please..waste them, or work them...have kids too early, or have some sense and keep it in your trousers a few years.....study and value and work to become educated, or hang out, drinking smoking weed or selling crack.
Everyone under the sun has the same days, depends on what you do with them.
What are our officials thinking!?!?
1. Well, I've not been in a science class lab yet, that didn't already do things in metric...chemistry, etc, was all metric (ml, etc).
2. I've not seen much in the science field where metric isn't used...chemistry, biochem...etc. So, that conversions already pretty much there.
I'm talking about the common day people doing every day things...watching the weather forecast, setting the thermostat in their home, figuring how their car gas mileage is doing...etc.
There's no real benefit in every day living for the majority of the people in the US for changing to the new system.
...for God's sake, lets get samples and clone Keith Richards before its too late!?!?!?
Well, still, you are free to set up your own computers as peers on the internet today...your own servers with your own rules.
Create your own email servers, ssh servers, news servers, chatrooms, irc, hell...create your own private social network with your rules.
You might have to pay a bit more and get a business connection so the ports aren't blocked, but hell, I have one of those for only $69/mo....no caps, all ports open, all the servers I want to run...all from home.
If the UN gets control of things...I'd have to guess one of the basic tenets of the internet about every computer on it being a peer...would likely be done away with. You'd likely have to register and get a license.
Hell, if you want..create and run a freenet node or the likes....nym servers, or be a tor node....if you want to keep private and prevent snooping of everything.
Yeah...but most of them had it coming.
And not that they will be missed all that badly....
Thank you!!
That is the single best argument against it. Aside from being 'fashionable' or going along with the rest of the world...what would really be the benefit of the avg. US citizens life, by switching to metric?
Seriously?
It isn't like most in the US interact with the rest of the world that is on metric, we're pretty isolated and here amongst ourselves for most of our lives.
Changing everything over..would cause a great deal of turmoil....take a lot of time, cause years of confusion for many....and exactly, what would be the perceived benefit for this cost?
I can't think of much....
And just way of life....most everyone here knows inately how to dress if the temperature outside is 45F.
I'd never get used to trying to figure out how to dress if it was 20C out.....
Check out the genetic profiles of those living:
1. In govt run "projects" housing
2. In govt funded Welfare
3. In govt funded food stamp programs
4. In govt funded Medicaid
Adjust for % of each race in the the nation...and see what you come out with?
Regardless of your findings...which if done soundly with regard to the science of numbers...you'd get roasted over a public open fire and branded a racist.
While there is a huge cultural component to this...perhaps the culture also is somewhat genetics based?