Likely one of the nicest presidents (Carter), but also pretty much the most ineffective...and in his later years, has turned kinda batshit-crazy....
But nice guy tho...years back, I actually ran into him and his wife on Bourbon St....shook his hand, etc. I think that was back in the late 80s.
Anyway, good luck to the new Libyan guy. I doubt he can hold those promises...if he does, I forsee some crazed eyed guy yelling 'Allah Ackbar' (or whatever the fuck they yell) and tries to blow him up.
Well, the conditions in MX aren't my problem. In fact, maybe if we forced them to STAY in their own country, then they might have real incentive to fix their own fucking country.
So we have it better here....we worked for it as a country...why the fuck didn't they do the same, I mean, MX was there before the US really was for the most part, eh?
The catch and send home, just isn't working. I have no problem making and clearly marking a "no man's zone" on the border. And using real snipers (good training to keep them sharp as the wars wind down in other parts of the world) as well as armed drones...and anybody crossing over in that zone, they get whacked. If a large enough pile of dead bodies accumulates, I would have to think anyone in MX thinking of crossing over, illegal worker, cartel member, terrorist...etc...would think twice about trying to cross over on land.
We have rules for coming in to this country...I agree we need to streamline them, but still....we have rules, so get in line and do the right way. But I have no problem with wasting an 'invader' coming across our border illegally.
This site, obviously isn't about 'change' or truly addressing topics the people want addressed. It is theater....and all you're gonna get is mild responses, basically telling you what the law/policy is now and why they want to keep it that way.
They're never gonna do shit....we the people are far too unwashed, and ignorant to know what we want and need for ourselves.
The control firmware can be integrated with a sophisticated integrated GPS system or obstacle detection. As such, automated flight for predetermined points on a 3D map is possible."
Good luck trying to get the legislature to impeach the president over this, although there are a bunch with Rs after their names (possibly some Ds as well but they would be very few) who are looking for an excuse to impeach Obama. They even made a stink about this when Obama said he wouldn't be enforcing parts of DOMA.
Well, hopefully, Mr. Obama will be a one termer...and we can hope for the next guy in to do better.
We REALLY need to do something about the abuse of the Executive Order. The presidents previous to the current administration, abused it sure...but it appears that if Obama doesn't get what he wants through congress, he just now bypasses Congress with an executive order.
I'm no fan of the TSA; my opinion is that their usefulness has passed, and they know it. But as to what OTHER sovereign states do to their citizens, it's a rare day when I find myself thinking, "we should do that here in the U.S."
As for using the term
commie bastards
, the current term is "Pathetic Commie Bastards.", or one can use the acronym PCB. Update databases, if required.
Interesting anecdote about the lines, and that mistake may make sense if you aren't from the US, but if you've been in the US for a while, and can't figure out when to go to the License Bureau to get short lines, that's your problem, not the systems.
I dunno where you live...but pretty much any where I've lived where I have to deal with the DMV (license renewal, new tags, etc)...I pretty much plan for most of the day to be shot, certainly half of it easily.
I've tried going early, midday, afternoon...I've gone various times of the month and various days of the week...and I've never found that I didn't have to wait a significant amount of time.
It is my interaction with the DMV, that really makes me cringe when people around me say they want govt. in charge of doling out their health care and services....I imagine going into cardiac arrest....and them denying me entrance because I didn't have a number or filled out the wrong form.....
And they deserve not to have people like you spit on them every time they drive past.
Who said I spit on them or even looked down on them. Whether through nature, lifes roulette wheel or as is often the choice, their own bad decisions, people end up on that rung of life. I'm just saying, it isn't my problem, but I don't hold anything against them. I also don't feel it is my duty to support or subsidize them either.
No, you're a jackass because you think someone who is just barely scraping by should have to pay income taxes, because you don't think they're paying enough.
Well, in the past...everyone DID pay, and when federal income tax started...most people were in poverty.
That being said...I don't think people on or just above the poverty level should get gouged....but, anyone above that working, should pay some.
And I also think it would help, if all govt. benefits/handouts/welfare/food stamps all required the person to work and show proof of working, or trying to get a job.
Heck...how about all the public works projects be tied to govt aid?
The mythbusters thing wasn't for the IR LED license plate thing...they just did the plastic 'lens' covers over there that were supposed to distort them enough so that cameras couldn't read them.
I have to wonder, if MB would actually show anything that DID work to help evade photo radar?
I've read that people making upwards of $40K a year...with all the exemptions....pay 0% federal tax.
While $40K isn't that much...it is hardly "NO FUCKING MONEY"....and yes, they should pay.
I have to pay all those taxes too....no one should be exempt for paying some taxes. If I have to pay them, so should anyone else that earns any money whatsoever. If you're making over $15K/yr...you can pony up at least a little bit.
Interesting- the list of recently listened to artists could just as easily be a list of artists I recently listened to.
Warmed my heart to see the Stones' Exile on Main St. listed....
That was such a landmark album, so many influences, etc. I think time has really proven that album to be a true genius record of its time.
I hope more and more new musicians take pause and give serious listen to some of the classics of rock like this....take some ideas and move them forward.
Now...if you'll excuse me, "I need a shot of salvation..."
Obviously that isn't the case. Where do you get the idea that the contracts ever end?
One of my first gigs was one that I was on was a contract that went for approx 6 years....research and development part. I went to another legacy gig (same working campus), and when the development on the first one kicked in...went on that for years.
Sure, the contract might switch prime contractors every 2-4 years...but another prime steps in, many people just re-badge and carry on like nothing has changed.
Contracts 'ending' really doesn't mean what it sounds like usually....
Which is fine, except that in real life there are other factors, like genetically stupid people, or people who didn't have proper nutrition as children, or whose mothers drank, smoked, or did drugs during pregnancy. Or teenage mothers, or many other factors that automatically get you out of the American Dream elegibility.
And this is my problem how?
I mean, no one said the world was fair, nor that everyone starts out on the same level, some have it harder than others.
Exempt food and medical. That would reduce the percentage impact on the poor. Put a flat tax on everything else including services. Then at least everyone would have confidence that "the others" weren't able to lawyer their way out of their fair share.
That and also...frankly, I have NO problem with having everyone, start paying at least some Federal tax.
When I hear about people paying 0% federal tax and it seems to be almost half the populace of the US adults...I get furious.
I don't care if it is a reduced amount if you are poverty...but everyone should have 'some' skin in the game. I don't believe in deductions that allow you to pay nothing. If you have kids, they cost us..so, be prepared to pay for them. A single person should not be forced to basically subsidize your reproductive choices by having to pay more tax and you getting a deduction.
To keep things from being too regressive, sure, exempt basics in life for everyone...food, etc. But other than that...everyone should pay some share of it...no free loaders.
So the answer is outlawing unions and having all workers negotiate their own contract terms?
Actually...that works for me....
That's the thing with govt/DoD contracting. Yes, at first you likely will not make a ton of money on that first gig. But you get your foot in the door...meet people, network. From there on, you can negotiate your bill rate much better. Especially if the govt people know you on a project, they will pressure the contractor to hire you, and you can therefore negotiate your rate better. Eventually, the best thing..is to incorporate yourself (I enjoy the "S" corp route for tax benefits aplenty)..and try to get on as a sub or sub to a sub...
You do have to know what they are billing you at. But once you do, if you're pretty good..not that hard if subb'ing to get $65/hr or more, which is decent money....especially with all the tax breaks, and I found that paying my own medical (high deductible ins) combined with socking the max $$ away into a HSA (Health Savings Account, not a use it or lose it thing like FSA) pre-tax, and everything I could write off...and save money not having to pay 100% of my bill rate for SS and medicare would set me pretty far ahead on true earned money.
The trouble is....the govt and the big contracting houses have really bastardized the whole set up. It is more and more difficult to get in as a 1099 contractor or sub....the govt more and more only wants to deal with a few big boys...which then hire people as W2 employees....and there you get the worst of both worlds....you lose the perks of being an indie contractor (tax breaks, not having to 'earn' hours for vacation time), all the while also losing job stability that an employee usually has.
It is difficult, but like I said..not impossible to get out of that trap.
I do with the govt would take the effort to work more with the contractors on an individual basis...and they would save a good bit of $$ that way.
However, even with how it is today...once you know the ropes, it isn't a bad deal. And you can get in on some LONG term contracts that give as much stability as a W2 job out in the private sector...you just have to know what your doing, and having people skills to network doesn't hurt at all either.
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Likely one of the nicest presidents (Carter), but also pretty much the most ineffective...and in his later years, has turned kinda batshit-crazy....
But nice guy tho...years back, I actually ran into him and his wife on Bourbon St....shook his hand, etc. I think that was back in the late 80s.
Anyway, good luck to the new Libyan guy. I doubt he can hold those promises...if he does, I forsee some crazed eyed guy yelling 'Allah Ackbar' (or whatever the fuck they yell) and tries to blow him up.
Even so....the senate couldn't get ALL the democrats to support it....
So we have it better here....we worked for it as a country...why the fuck didn't they do the same, I mean, MX was there before the US really was for the most part, eh?
The catch and send home, just isn't working. I have no problem making and clearly marking a "no man's zone" on the border. And using real snipers (good training to keep them sharp as the wars wind down in other parts of the world) as well as armed drones...and anybody crossing over in that zone, they get whacked. If a large enough pile of dead bodies accumulates, I would have to think anyone in MX thinking of crossing over, illegal worker, cartel member, terrorist...etc...would think twice about trying to cross over on land.
We have rules for coming in to this country...I agree we need to streamline them, but still....we have rules, so get in line and do the right way. But I have no problem with wasting an 'invader' coming across our border illegally.
I mean, if you're crossing illegallly....you're an invader...*BOOM*.
Might that not cut down traffic a bit?
And heck...good target practice for picking off terrorists in other parts of the world.
From what I've read of it...while it does have a very few provisions that actually concern jobs...it is mostly a spending bill, labeled a jobs bill.
And hell, Obama can't even generate Democratic support enough in congress to pass it in the Senate, where they do still have a majority by the way.
So, it isn't all GOP as you ranted....the bill stinks to everyone in DC for the most part.
Right now...I'd vote for a small soap dish with no personality over Obama.
This site, obviously isn't about 'change' or truly addressing topics the people want addressed. It is theater....and all you're gonna get is mild responses, basically telling you what the law/policy is now and why they want to keep it that way.
They're never gonna do shit....we the people are far too unwashed, and ignorant to know what we want and need for ourselves.
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I've never ever SEEN a DMV that was open on a Saturday....only week days where I have lived.
And again, per my earlier post..I have tried it on most all of the various combinations of weekdays, during a month at various times of day.
I usually just take a vacation day, get there early, and hope if things go right, I'll be out in time for a late late afternoon lunch.
Well, hopefully, Mr. Obama will be a one termer...and we can hope for the next guy in to do better.
We REALLY need to do something about the abuse of the Executive Order. The presidents previous to the current administration, abused it sure...but it appears that if Obama doesn't get what he wants through congress, he just now bypasses Congress with an executive order.
there...FTFY....
I dunno where you live...but pretty much any where I've lived where I have to deal with the DMV (license renewal, new tags, etc)...I pretty much plan for most of the day to be shot, certainly half of it easily.
I've tried going early, midday, afternoon...I've gone various times of the month and various days of the week...and I've never found that I didn't have to wait a significant amount of time.
It is my interaction with the DMV, that really makes me cringe when people around me say they want govt. in charge of doling out their health care and services....I imagine going into cardiac arrest....and them denying me entrance because I didn't have a number or filled out the wrong form.....
Who said I spit on them or even looked down on them. Whether through nature, lifes roulette wheel or as is often the choice, their own bad decisions, people end up on that rung of life. I'm just saying, it isn't my problem, but I don't hold anything against them. I also don't feel it is my duty to support or subsidize them either.
Well, in the past...everyone DID pay, and when federal income tax started...most people were in poverty.
That being said...I don't think people on or just above the poverty level should get gouged....but, anyone above that working, should pay some.
And I also think it would help, if all govt. benefits/handouts/welfare/food stamps all required the person to work and show proof of working, or trying to get a job.
Heck...how about all the public works projects be tied to govt aid?
I have to wonder, if MB would actually show anything that DID work to help evade photo radar?
Yes...I tend to go 55-60mph on almost any street I'm on in the city.
I'm still wondering if putting a bunch of high intensity IR LEDs around my license plate, will 'blind' the CCD cameras these things are likely using?
I'm a jackass because I don't think anyone should get a free ride?
Wow...just....wow....
Yep....if you can get a security clearance...you're golden.
Another good reason to stay off things like FB....
I've read that people making upwards of $40K a year...with all the exemptions....pay 0% federal tax.
While $40K isn't that much...it is hardly "NO FUCKING MONEY"....and yes, they should pay.
I have to pay all those taxes too....no one should be exempt for paying some taxes. If I have to pay them, so should anyone else that earns any money whatsoever. If you're making over $15K/yr...you can pony up at least a little bit.
Warmed my heart to see the Stones' Exile on Main St. listed....
That was such a landmark album, so many influences, etc. I think time has really proven that album to be a true genius record of its time.
I hope more and more new musicians take pause and give serious listen to some of the classics of rock like this....take some ideas and move them forward.
Now...if you'll excuse me, "I need a shot of salvation..."
One of my first gigs was one that I was on was a contract that went for approx 6 years....research and development part. I went to another legacy gig (same working campus), and when the development on the first one kicked in...went on that for years.
Sure, the contract might switch prime contractors every 2-4 years...but another prime steps in, many people just re-badge and carry on like nothing has changed.
Contracts 'ending' really doesn't mean what it sounds like usually....
And this is my problem how?
I mean, no one said the world was fair, nor that everyone starts out on the same level, some have it harder than others.
Hey...the world needs ditch diggers too!!
That and also...frankly, I have NO problem with having everyone, start paying at least some Federal tax.
When I hear about people paying 0% federal tax and it seems to be almost half the populace of the US adults...I get furious.
I don't care if it is a reduced amount if you are poverty...but everyone should have 'some' skin in the game. I don't believe in deductions that allow you to pay nothing. If you have kids, they cost us..so, be prepared to pay for them. A single person should not be forced to basically subsidize your reproductive choices by having to pay more tax and you getting a deduction.
To keep things from being too regressive, sure, exempt basics in life for everyone...food, etc. But other than that...everyone should pay some share of it...no free loaders.
Actually...that works for me....
That's the thing with govt/DoD contracting. Yes, at first you likely will not make a ton of money on that first gig. But you get your foot in the door...meet people, network. From there on, you can negotiate your bill rate much better. Especially if the govt people know you on a project, they will pressure the contractor to hire you, and you can therefore negotiate your rate better. Eventually, the best thing..is to incorporate yourself (I enjoy the "S" corp route for tax benefits aplenty)..and try to get on as a sub or sub to a sub...
You do have to know what they are billing you at. But once you do, if you're pretty good..not that hard if subb'ing to get $65/hr or more, which is decent money....especially with all the tax breaks, and I found that paying my own medical (high deductible ins) combined with socking the max $$ away into a HSA (Health Savings Account, not a use it or lose it thing like FSA) pre-tax, and everything I could write off...and save money not having to pay 100% of my bill rate for SS and medicare would set me pretty far ahead on true earned money.
The trouble is....the govt and the big contracting houses have really bastardized the whole set up. It is more and more difficult to get in as a 1099 contractor or sub....the govt more and more only wants to deal with a few big boys...which then hire people as W2 employees....and there you get the worst of both worlds....you lose the perks of being an indie contractor (tax breaks, not having to 'earn' hours for vacation time), all the while also losing job stability that an employee usually has.
It is difficult, but like I said..not impossible to get out of that trap.
I do with the govt would take the effort to work more with the contractors on an individual basis...and they would save a good bit of $$ that way.
However, even with how it is today...once you know the ropes, it isn't a bad deal. And you can get in on some LONG term contracts that give as much stability as a W2 job out in the private sector...you just have to know what your doing, and having people skills to network doesn't hurt at all either.