"he executive can order the non-enforcement of that law."
Are you sure about that one? I mean, saying this means, the president could issue an executive order saying not to enforce rape laws, and this would have the force of law around the country???
I thought one of the few things the president was charged with doing, what enforcing the laws of the land....but, he can't make or remove laws...only congress (and state and local levels) can.
Just curious on that one...I agree with your other points!
Why not get your act together and do what it takes to become a super power over there in Europe...do what it takes to become more of an impact financially in the world...COMPETE with us...
But don't just sit there, and complain how the US or who is in charge effects you over there.
Frankly, I think the Federal AND State govt should get out of the business of marriage. If everything is a civil contract between 2 adults, then go with that. I don't think there should be any special tax breaks or special privs just because two people are living together and have legal papers between each other.
Marriage is a religious institution, and if someone wants that label on their relationship, ok, get a church to do it, but the govt. shouldn't even BE in the "marriage" business.
"The plan finally passed by the Democrats was based on the reforms implemented under Mitt Romney in Massachusetts,"
Yeah..and we can see what a wonderful success it has proved to be in MA.
[rolls eyes]
It is bankrupting them.
And as for polls on healthcare, well...depends on the polls you look at as to how many people actually want the govt. to be in charge of it.
I think the last election had a LOT to do with the representatives passing the healthcare bill despite what their constituency kept trying to tell their elected officials they did and did NOT want.
However, in the context of this discussion, we are ONLY concerned about how he is in the US context...doesn't matter a whack what the rest of the world thinks. We really don't care how the other parts of the world govern or spend or whatever on their citizens....that's their business.
But we are NOT Europe or other places in the world. We (at least originally in most of our history) believe that the govt is NOT the answer to most questions, but the independent actions and thoughts of the citizen are the place to start with most things. Do I feel I am responsible (aside from the elderly and truly infirmed) for keeping someone healthy, pay for someones food, etc...when they are able bodied, but are either lazy or made poor choices in their lives?
Simply put...NO.
But that aside...this is a US discussion of how we feel Obama and other candidates are, their philosophies and method of governance, and in the US sense...Obama and his crew are EXTREMELY leftist, with respect to what the majority of US citizens want to see in government.
I consider myself to be mostly (US version) centrist. I'm slightly right fiscally and want smaller, less intrusive govt to leave me mostly alone.....and socially, slightly to the left...what adults want to do with their lives or their naughty parts is their business.
"At least the people currently in office know what they're doing..."
To be fair...I've not exactly seen any evidence that this statement is anywhere NEAR being true. They're not even good of doing things right politically, much less successful national policy, or foreign policy.
Honestly...I think much of her appeal is, she's a woman that is fairly easy on the eyes.
With the media and the mindset today, that is about all it takes!!
I mean, aside from a couple of recent chicks running for office, there just isn't much in the way of eye candy in the Federal spotlight. Palin, in the race for a national office *IS* about the only decently looker ever...and the media and the public do tend to eat that up, even though she doesn't have the speaking/mental chops for it. At least...she doesn't seem to have them...
"Obama's only real problem was overcoming racism. He was a barely left of center (for the US at least) charasmatic politician running against that party that America was fed up with. In the 2008 election, his race and his name were really the only things that anyone focused on when attacking him."
Well, for the most part he ran as just left of center, but in practice, he has proven to be WAY to the left (as the US is concerned).
However, I've gone back and looked at his campaign speeches, etc...if you listen closely, he wasn't saying stuff that was really centrist, even though he was perceived in that manner.
Even back then, he was supporting many extreme leftist ideas and policies on the campaign trail...but, the majority of US citizens must have been missing it. I know I was.
Geez...for the many of us who hope that Obama is a one term president...
Man, if the Republicans have her as the presidential candidate, well, so much for THAT dream.
Not that on this issue the current administration is any better than Palin on calling for the halt to wikileaks, and that it at least borders on criminal...
But, sheesh...every time I hear her name as being the lead in the race for opposition candidate for US President in a couple years, I have to shake my head.
"Really, why is that? Most SMBs I know are running Windows desktop and AD and Exchange servers along with MS Office, so if they can tie into that seamlessly there really isn't a reason why they can't grab serious share."
Not sure what SMB stands for?
But, for the past couple decades, any server room I've dealt with, for any major data throughput (mostly Oracle stuff, and application servers like Web Logic) all are running back in the day on Sun...and these days, most of them are all RHEL.
Sure worker bees use Windows for desktop, and often the email is exchange, but where any real heavy work is done, that requires 24/7 uptime, you couldn't find a windows server with a bloodhound.
24/7 uptimes, and heavy data movement is what I'm talking about when I speak about 'servers'...and no one in their right mind that I've ever known that has heavy duty requirements would recommend a MS solution to that.
"It'll probably be at least as effective as gun licensing has been at reducing gun violence."
What gun license...you mean a carry conceal license? I've only had one of those in one state, but other than that, I've never had to register or license any firearm I've purchased over the years.
"so if you tear down a house, you aren't allowed to sell the scrap? so what, you're only allowed to "donate" it to a licensed "seller"? is the "seller" allowed to give "gifts" in appreciation of the "donation"? "
No..not at all.
I mean, to demo a house and all, you have to pull permits, etc for that....then paperwork for the scrap (copper specifically) would be included for that, but a one time thing I'd guess...something only for that property.
I hate more govt. involvement as anyone else, and surprised myself to suggest such, but it did come to me that it might be one of the few things good to have the local govt. do to help prevent wholesale looting of our copper infrastructure.
Hmm..how about some type of official licensing required to sell scrap copper and/or other metals.
I'd have to guess paying an annual fee, and having to go "on record" would deter some of the average thieves?
I'm generally against any extra govt. intervention, rules or licensing...but this actually seems like it might server an appropriate function. I mean, the do monitor pawn shops, why not have some type of system that is somewhat analogous to what they do to pawn shops to help prevent stolen goods from being fenced through them.
"I have not used the mail service from netflix in 2 years, and I just expanded my account to 3 dvds at a time (because it also allows me 3 devices streaming at a time). Most everyone I know is the same way, and Netflix corroborates my story, because they just now started offering a streaming only service."
Interesting...I'm the opposite tho. I've been doing the DVD's since they were about a year into business. I didn't really even notice the streaming thing until recently, when I read about being able to do it over my iPHone...and I've played with that a bit.
I'm curious tho...isn't the streamed content really compressed...and less quality than even a regular DVD, not to mention Blu-Ray?
I'd think if you had even a decent LCD LED HDTV setup..that this would show through? Or, do you only watch things on a small computer screen?
Just curious?
I've wondered the same type thing when reading about all these people on Slashdot, that get all their TV content from Hulu, or YouTube. I'm thinking geez, I spent all this money on a good Audio / Visual system...and I should use it to view extremely inferior mediums?
"You wash your hands because, unlike your chin or forehead, your genitals are normally covered by several layers of cloth (hopefully) and you sweat quite a lot more there. "
Only one layer of clothing....I go commando.
Don't really sweat all that much during the day...I work in a well air-conditioned place in front of a computer.
"Linda Norgrove was recently killed during a hostage situation in Afghanistan where US soldiers allegedly killed her with grenades in a botched rescue attempt."
Not to sound insensitive to your friends death, but to me the larger question is...WHAT in the world was she doing in Afghanistan??
Geez, there's no way you'd catch me in that part of the world, unless I was forced to be there by being in the military or something, which I'm not.
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Sort of. It's a bacon and cheese sandwich made with fried chicken instead of a bun."
Interesting.
Where do they serve this type thing? Is this inside or outside the US?
Are you sure about that one? I mean, saying this means, the president could issue an executive order saying not to enforce rape laws, and this would have the force of law around the country???
I thought one of the few things the president was charged with doing, what enforcing the laws of the land....but, he can't make or remove laws...only congress (and state and local levels) can.
Just curious on that one...I agree with your other points!
I'm pretty sure they read him his Miranda rights upon arrest...
What?
NASA is just now discovering Nancy Pelosi???
What is a "double down"?
From context, I'm guessing something to eat that has meat on/in it?
Why not get your act together and do what it takes to become a super power over there in Europe...do what it takes to become more of an impact financially in the world...COMPETE with us...
But don't just sit there, and complain how the US or who is in charge effects you over there.
Rather than complain...DO something about it.
Marriage is a religious institution, and if someone wants that label on their relationship, ok, get a church to do it, but the govt. shouldn't even BE in the "marriage" business.
Just my humble opinion.
Yeah..and we can see what a wonderful success it has proved to be in MA.
[rolls eyes]
It is bankrupting them.
And as for polls on healthcare, well...depends on the polls you look at as to how many people actually want the govt. to be in charge of it.
I think the last election had a LOT to do with the representatives passing the healthcare bill despite what their constituency kept trying to tell their elected officials they did and did NOT want.
However, in the context of this discussion, we are ONLY concerned about how he is in the US context...doesn't matter a whack what the rest of the world thinks. We really don't care how the other parts of the world govern or spend or whatever on their citizens....that's their business.
But we are NOT Europe or other places in the world. We (at least originally in most of our history) believe that the govt is NOT the answer to most questions, but the independent actions and thoughts of the citizen are the place to start with most things. Do I feel I am responsible (aside from the elderly and truly infirmed) for keeping someone healthy, pay for someones food, etc...when they are able bodied, but are either lazy or made poor choices in their lives?
Simply put...NO.
But that aside...this is a US discussion of how we feel Obama and other candidates are, their philosophies and method of governance, and in the US sense...Obama and his crew are EXTREMELY leftist, with respect to what the majority of US citizens want to see in government.
I consider myself to be mostly (US version) centrist. I'm slightly right fiscally and want smaller, less intrusive govt to leave me mostly alone.....and socially, slightly to the left...what adults want to do with their lives or their naughty parts is their business.
Sure, why not?
He's spent us halfway to hell in a handbasket.
Why not give him 4 more years to finish the job, eh?
To be fair...I've not exactly seen any evidence that this statement is anywhere NEAR being true. They're not even good of doing things right politically, much less successful national policy, or foreign policy.
Don't stop...believing....
With the media and the mindset today, that is about all it takes!!
I mean, aside from a couple of recent chicks running for office, there just isn't much in the way of eye candy in the Federal spotlight. Palin, in the race for a national office *IS* about the only decently looker ever...and the media and the public do tend to eat that up, even though she doesn't have the speaking/mental chops for it. At least...she doesn't seem to have them...
Well, for the most part he ran as just left of center, but in practice, he has proven to be WAY to the left (as the US is concerned).
However, I've gone back and looked at his campaign speeches, etc...if you listen closely, he wasn't saying stuff that was really centrist, even though he was perceived in that manner.
Even back then, he was supporting many extreme leftist ideas and policies on the campaign trail...but, the majority of US citizens must have been missing it. I know I was.
Man, if the Republicans have her as the presidential candidate, well, so much for THAT dream.
Not that on this issue the current administration is any better than Palin on calling for the halt to wikileaks, and that it at least borders on criminal...
But, sheesh...every time I hear her name as being the lead in the race for opposition candidate for US President in a couple years, I have to shake my head.
Not sure what SMB stands for?
But, for the past couple decades, any server room I've dealt with, for any major data throughput (mostly Oracle stuff, and application servers like Web Logic) all are running back in the day on Sun...and these days, most of them are all RHEL.
Sure worker bees use Windows for desktop, and often the email is exchange, but where any real heavy work is done, that requires 24/7 uptime, you couldn't find a windows server with a bloodhound.
24/7 uptimes, and heavy data movement is what I'm talking about when I speak about 'servers'...and no one in their right mind that I've ever known that has heavy duty requirements would recommend a MS solution to that.
I think we ALL would be surprised to see Microsoft have momentum into the enterprise cloud sector, or any other server related sector...
What gun license...you mean a carry conceal license? I've only had one of those in one state, but other than that, I've never had to register or license any firearm I've purchased over the years.
No..not at all.
I mean, to demo a house and all, you have to pull permits, etc for that....then paperwork for the scrap (copper specifically) would be included for that, but a one time thing I'd guess...something only for that property.
I hate more govt. involvement as anyone else, and surprised myself to suggest such, but it did come to me that it might be one of the few things good to have the local govt. do to help prevent wholesale looting of our copper infrastructure.
We ALL know that after a nuclear holocaust there will only be two things left....
Cockroaches and Keith Richards...
I'd have to guess paying an annual fee, and having to go "on record" would deter some of the average thieves?
I'm generally against any extra govt. intervention, rules or licensing...but this actually seems like it might server an appropriate function. I mean, the do monitor pawn shops, why not have some type of system that is somewhat analogous to what they do to pawn shops to help prevent stolen goods from being fenced through them.
Interesting...I'm the opposite tho. I've been doing the DVD's since they were about a year into business. I didn't really even notice the streaming thing until recently, when I read about being able to do it over my iPHone...and I've played with that a bit.
I'm curious tho...isn't the streamed content really compressed...and less quality than even a regular DVD, not to mention Blu-Ray?
I'd think if you had even a decent LCD LED HDTV setup..that this would show through? Or, do you only watch things on a small computer screen?
Just curious?
I've wondered the same type thing when reading about all these people on Slashdot, that get all their TV content from Hulu, or YouTube. I'm thinking geez, I spent all this money on a good Audio / Visual system...and I should use it to view extremely inferior mediums?
Only one layer of clothing....I go commando.
Don't really sweat all that much during the day...I work in a well air-conditioned place in front of a computer.
Not to sound insensitive to your friends death, but to me the larger question is...WHAT in the world was she doing in Afghanistan??
Geez, there's no way you'd catch me in that part of the world, unless I was forced to be there by being in the military or something, which I'm not.
A great summary of a lot of the problems the USA is facing."
Hmm....why do you say that?
I'd think if everyone had a mini-gun, it would sure mean a MORE polite society...