Yes, because it's ALL his fault, right? The previous guy didn't do ANYTHING wrong and was a perfect saint, a champion of personal freedoms and rights. Voting the other guy isn't going to help, as they end up serving the same masters. You want change, you need to neutralize the power of those masters, and find a way to convince people to vote for someone who won't simply bow to them.
Well, at least for the immediate future....just keep voting out the incumbents that are not working for us....maybe eventually we'll get someone in there who'll be for the people again.
Not just the president....but congress...vote out all incumbents, regardless of party.
But current administration has failed us on so many issues, and broken SO many promises....they definitely need to be top of the list to go. I can't think of anyone right now that would be much worse, especially if current admin got 4 more years with NO fear of re-election.
YES, there is drinking in college. YES, most colleges do have bars near them. NO, no one is going to pour it down your throat. Make good choices, and that 'party school' just becomes 'school'.
Wait..why would anyone go to college and only study and not enjoy some of the extra-curricular activities out there?
I mean, you are at that last age where society gives you a license to party and act like an idiot.
No, don't let it interfere with your studies, you can make time for both....but sheesh...don't blow off having some of the best times of your life man.
Hell, get out there and get boozed up, and get laid by young girls before society starts trying to tell you you shouldn't be doing that....
I watch is all available via OTA, so bought an OTA network receiver for my DVR services
Can you elaborate on what receiver you got...and what kinds of programming you can get on it? Is this strictly for local...or are you grabbing stuff off satellites too?
Enough to stream hulu and youtube. 1000k. Also downloads movies/shows faster than I watch them (my HDD is full).
I'm guessing that pretty much none of that is good HD content? Not 1080p or 1080i
That's my problem with only internet and streaming....I didn't layout a decent bit of cash for a 59" plasma last year...to watch content that wouldn't use the clarity and fidelity of the instrument itself....
Kinda why I don't buy mp3's of music online....I have too good a stereo at home not to buy in best format I can (generally CD)....and then, rip to lower lossy files for environments that are poor ones (iPod at gym, ipod on bike...etc).
Do that many people just now watch tv/movies on little computer monitors, rather than have a nice, large TV or two in the house?
Because that wouldn't lead to anything satisfactory in the least, other than those on top getting more money. It would NOT increase employment here, and it wouldn't make anyone's life who isn't part of the 1% any better.
How do you figure?
For my argument that it would bring more work to the US....small example is in LA (New Orleans in particular), with all the huge tax breaks they give to the movie and entertainment industry.
This city is crawling with that kind of business now...there are often as many as 4 major movies and any given time during the year being shot down here. They have built sound stages here....I think I heard they just opened a special effects/animation studio in the Baton Rouge area.
And this is not just for shooting things set in NOLA....example that remake of 21 Jump Street was shot down here...and it doesn't take place in New Orleans.
If we had a 0% tax rate, I would predict not only would it stop US companies from moving out...we'd have foreign companies falling over themselves to set up shop over here. Businesses go where they'll get the best deal...that's part of their nature.
I have to have proof of insurance when I go to the DMV to put register my car and get plates for it. How is insurance not mandatory?
That is set by your state, not the feds.
And not all states have the same insurance requirements. I think some don't require it...and I believe a couple will let you prove you have a bond or money in escrow in lieu of insurance.
So, that is a state thing my friend.
Hmm...that reminds me...where in the Constitutions does it authorize the Federal govt to put a data recording and tracking device on my car?
No GPS position. Speed, throttle, steering, seatbelt use, airbag deployment, etc. etc. are there
Well, once you get all this in the car....not a problem next year, adding a rider to the "We love children and have to protect them act"..which requires GPS, and also transmittable to authorities information.
I mean...it *is* already on the car...we're just adding a new safety feature.
I don't understand corporate tax to begin with....I mean, it isn't something that a 'company' pays really, it just eventually falls through to the consumer of that company's product....
If that is the case, why doesn't the US just cut corporate tax to 0%....for companies IN the US doing work with US workers?
That would attract businesses by the droves I'd think...so, no loopholes, no corporate taxes...
Wouldn't that mean more companies wanting to come to the US to do their work? The US would make up the money on more people working...and for sales of more products/services.
I've heard that some states do a sniff test on emissions on inspection, but not anywhere I've ever lived.
All my inspection consisted of last time was to basically letting the guy turn on the ignition enough to get my mileage.....and that was it.
But in the past, the most I'd had to go through usually was to turn on headlights, honk horn, and maybe turn on the windshield wipers....but I've never had any inspection hook to car computer, or check emissions.
I hope I never have to bother with that...as that I plan to change out the air intake before and the exhaust after my turbo....later, I'll do the ECU upgrades...but that's a bit more $$ than I have convenient to spend right now.
Glad I don't live in CA....no one looks here to see if you've put anything on aftermarket.
The Nissan GT-R has a limiter that disengages when the GPS registers it's at a race track. How about the same technology controls whether or not the car can run only manufacturer-signed code?
Hmm...I wonder if they've come up with a way to disable that safety 'feature' yet?
I know I sure would want to if I owned a car like that....
Letting any douchebag with a computer plug in and play with any aspect of his car's functions is a little more scaring than a grease monkey putting in new headers on his 66 Mustang.
I don't mind immigrants to the US, it has what has made the country so great.....however, I want them to at least sign the guest book on the way in, do it legally, and try to become a citizen.
Immigrants that do it the right way...DO try to learn the language and become part of the melting pot that is (or at least was) the USA.
We need to halt this immediately...and turn those dollars around to be spent on US citizens.....there's plenty of US citizens that can't seem to speak proper English.
I can't tell you how often I hear someone want to "ax" me a question.
I won't even get into the conversation that more and more these days, you have to almost speak fucking Spanish in the US.....just to get anything done.
When the bulb will last 20 years, quite possibly "more than one", because I'd say the likelihood is fairly high that a renter in 20 years will have never had to change a light bulb?
What?
At $60/pop....I kinda doubt any renters are going to be leaving any of their bulbs behind when they move!!!
Like many places where when you rent, you have to provide your own appliances (used to be very prevalent in New Orleans)...you will likely have to start providing your own $60 lightbulbs too!!
It's also important for getting content from sources other than the store on there.
Yes, but that is still a tiny minority of people.
Really?
I mean, I know I'm a bit unusual in that I've never bought music, app or any other content off iTunes (or other retailers)...but do you really think the majority of their people buy their content from the iTunes store? That they don't just rip from their own CD's? Or buy from somewhere else like Amazon, or download or get it from friends?
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Well, at least for the immediate future....just keep voting out the incumbents that are not working for us....maybe eventually we'll get someone in there who'll be for the people again.
Not just the president....but congress...vote out all incumbents, regardless of party.
But current administration has failed us on so many issues, and broken SO many promises....they definitely need to be top of the list to go. I can't think of anyone right now that would be much worse, especially if current admin got 4 more years with NO fear of re-election.
Well.....this is another one of those things, that if you even have to ask, then no one can explain it to you...
Guess it depends on where you live....where I live, you can go into bars underage, they just can't serve you.
Wait..why would anyone go to college and only study and not enjoy some of the extra-curricular activities out there?
I mean, you are at that last age where society gives you a license to party and act like an idiot.
No, don't let it interfere with your studies, you can make time for both....but sheesh...don't blow off having some of the best times of your life man.
Hell, get out there and get boozed up, and get laid by young girls before society starts trying to tell you you shouldn't be doing that....
Can you elaborate on what receiver you got...and what kinds of programming you can get on it? Is this strictly for local...or are you grabbing stuff off satellites too?
I'm guessing that pretty much none of that is good HD content? Not 1080p or 1080i
That's my problem with only internet and streaming....I didn't layout a decent bit of cash for a 59" plasma last year...to watch content that wouldn't use the clarity and fidelity of the instrument itself....
Kinda why I don't buy mp3's of music online....I have too good a stereo at home not to buy in best format I can (generally CD)....and then, rip to lower lossy files for environments that are poor ones (iPod at gym, ipod on bike...etc).
Do that many people just now watch tv/movies on little computer monitors, rather than have a nice, large TV or two in the house?
Hello!?!?!
That's what bars are for....!!
Go have a few....yell at the tv with friends, and maybe meet a cute girl while out there!!
Are you kidding?
That's not even enough to cover a whole weekend's bar tab.....
Who, these days...needs a land line?
My first question after reading the synopsis was, "Does anyone really fucking CARE about this?"
I mean..this is minutiae.....
How do you figure?
For my argument that it would bring more work to the US....small example is in LA (New Orleans in particular), with all the huge tax breaks they give to the movie and entertainment industry.
This city is crawling with that kind of business now...there are often as many as 4 major movies and any given time during the year being shot down here. They have built sound stages here....I think I heard they just opened a special effects/animation studio in the Baton Rouge area.
And this is not just for shooting things set in NOLA....example that remake of 21 Jump Street was shot down here...and it doesn't take place in New Orleans.
If we had a 0% tax rate, I would predict not only would it stop US companies from moving out...we'd have foreign companies falling over themselves to set up shop over here. Businesses go where they'll get the best deal...that's part of their nature.
I'm always speeding.
I don't bother to look at the speedometer, until the radar detector starts to go off....and then look to see how fast I have to decelerate...
That is set by your state, not the feds.
And not all states have the same insurance requirements. I think some don't require it...and I believe a couple will let you prove you have a bond or money in escrow in lieu of insurance.
So, that is a state thing my friend.
Hmm...that reminds me...where in the Constitutions does it authorize the Federal govt to put a data recording and tracking device on my car?
Seriously...how is THAT interstate commerce?!?!
Well, once you get all this in the car....not a problem next year, adding a rider to the "We love children and have to protect them act"..which requires GPS, and also transmittable to authorities information.
I mean...it *is* already on the car...we're just adding a new safety feature.
If that is the case, why doesn't the US just cut corporate tax to 0%....for companies IN the US doing work with US workers?
That would attract businesses by the droves I'd think...so, no loopholes, no corporate taxes...
Wouldn't that mean more companies wanting to come to the US to do their work? The US would make up the money on more people working...and for sales of more products/services.
All my inspection consisted of last time was to basically letting the guy turn on the ignition enough to get my mileage.....and that was it.
But in the past, the most I'd had to go through usually was to turn on headlights, honk horn, and maybe turn on the windshield wipers....but I've never had any inspection hook to car computer, or check emissions.
I hope I never have to bother with that...as that I plan to change out the air intake before and the exhaust after my turbo....later, I'll do the ECU upgrades...but that's a bit more $$ than I have convenient to spend right now.
Glad I don't live in CA....no one looks here to see if you've put anything on aftermarket.
Hmm...I wonder if they've come up with a way to disable that safety 'feature' yet?
I know I sure would want to if I owned a car like that....
People already can alter their car computers to mess with engine performance and other things.
Hell, there are apps out right now for Android and Apple tablets that let you monitor your ECU in real time....for tuning purposes.
You want to make that illegal now?
Why not?
It is perfectly legal today to 'tinker' with the software running your car today. You can mess with engine management, fuel/air ratios...etc.
Why would you want it illegal just when changing from internal combustion engine, to battery powered electric engine?
Immigrants that do it the right way...DO try to learn the language and become part of the melting pot that is (or at least was) the USA.
We need to halt this immediately...and turn those dollars around to be spent on US citizens.....there's plenty of US citizens that can't seem to speak proper English.
I can't tell you how often I hear someone want to "ax" me a question.
I won't even get into the conversation that more and more these days, you have to almost speak fucking Spanish in the US.....just to get anything done.
Hey...you gotta do what it takes to get laid.
What?
At $60/pop....I kinda doubt any renters are going to be leaving any of their bulbs behind when they move!!!
Like many places where when you rent, you have to provide your own appliances (used to be very prevalent in New Orleans)...you will likely have to start providing your own $60 lightbulbs too!!
Really?
I mean, I know I'm a bit unusual in that I've never bought music, app or any other content off iTunes (or other retailers)...but do you really think the majority of their people buy their content from the iTunes store? That they don't just rip from their own CD's? Or buy from somewhere else like Amazon, or download or get it from friends?