Apparently, you believe we enjoy sending our children out to fight (and die) when in your ass is in a sling. The vast majority of us would prefer not to do so. When was the last time America actually saw any benefit from doing so? Did we steal the oil from Iraq, as many accused us of being motivated for? No, but because we screwed up with the Iraq II, nobody wanted to finish up what was started, and we've been left with the void that created ISIS.
So, you'd prefer the approach Chamberlain took with Hitler, and think Regan did it the wrong way with the U.S.S.R. Maybe you could give an example of how pacifism has successfully worked at disarming a despot?
Yes, well: The big dog in the current LANL contractor LLC is Bechtel. A construction company. Running a National Lab. No wonder everything is screwed up at LANL. A huge paradigm mismatch occurred when Bechtel took over the LANL contract in 2006.
A huge paradigm mismatch occurred when the government decided the best way to choose a contractor was by lowest price...the phrase is actually "lowest price, technically acceptable". You get what you pay for, and companies play the game of lowballing, or filling positions with people marginally qualified for the positions, so they can be paid less giving the firm more profit. And, in times of shrinking budgets, there's always pressure to reduce staffing.
FWIW, a lot of my work is on contracts, figuring out staffing models (manpower availability, calculating required staff using monte carlo), requirements analysis, etc. While we always attempt to provide the best service/product we can, you can't build a Mercedes on a Hyundai budget.
I recalled a story about some John in the Detroit area getting busted in an anti-prostitution sting, driving his wife's car, and the police seizing the vehicle. This is purely unjust enrichment of those police departments.
Well, then we would probably disagree mostly on in the business arena, though I'm very much in favor of regulating against monopolistic behavior, and "too big to fail". You can't have a free market with only one or two players.
Not if there's a fire. If the people are such sheep they have to trample each other in panic... you know what comes next
You know well that the topic assumes there's no actual fire. So skirting the question, or does the answer conflict with the farce you claimed? And, the vast majority are sheep, and I'm not sure what you believe comes next.
I understood that it wasn't the original text shown on places like Wikipedia because they talked about the changes made in '87. I checked a few more sources, but it was more of the same. I'm not trying to dispute your claim, just find out for my own edification if the choice was made for political or logical reasons.
So, you're claiming they're deprived of liberty? Well, good luck getting any court to agree with that. And, by the way, courts have given the government great leeway when it comes to public safety overriding individual rights.
Do you think it would have happened without him? Wikipedia quote....During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to abandon the Yucca Mountain project. As a result, Senator Reid moved the Nevada primary to help Obama's campaign
I, as a lily-white non-muslim EU citizen, registered on the ESTA program still have to agree that even if they accept my application and authorize me for travel to the US, I still may be denied entry without reasons given. And even if I'm allowed, I'm still subjected to the normal security screenings (oh, I even had one of those chemical analyzers swiped over my hands at San Antonio - not that it's inconvenient or intrusive, but it seemed that the agent decided to "randomly sample" me while I was asking for information).
No, but it must be because they are muslims!
And, I as a lily-white non-muslim US citizen have been put through the same. Even to the level of having been pulled aside 3 separate times at one airport before being allowed to board...I'm a very average looking middle aged white male, and wasn't doing or carrying anything out of the ordinary. Maybe they thought I was Muslim.
Solution: I don't travel to the US anymore. My life is easier that way.
I don't think most Americans care.
I now have as solid a reason not to fly to the US anymore
You'd be amazed at how many Americans don't travel to Europe either because it's too much hassle.
You'd be amazed how many Americans don't fly much anymore because of the TSA bullshit, and the fact that with the added delays, you can often drive somewhere as fast as you can fly, and cheaply with current fuel prices. For me, anything that's less than an 8 hr. drive isn't worth even looking at air fares.
For the record, I've traveled to Europe, and found it to be no more hassle than flying inside the U.S. What hassle do you speak of?
Or perhaps they're innocent (which is a reasonable start point unless you think Gitmo was a fab idea) and this is slightly ominous.
No, I don't think Gitmo was a "fab idea", but I sure as shit don't think the inmates were non-combatants (as opposed to innocent...that's for criminal action, not war).
Maybe you should call out George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, etc. for having made executive orders. They probably didn't understand the Constitution.
Driving a car on private property does not require registration......What other gems of crappy logic do you have?
Incorrect. My own vehicle was ticketed for expired registration while parked on private property. I happened to be on an extended overseas business trip, and came home to find a $25 ticket on my window.
Or to put it in a more entertaining way, it's only legal when you're attempting to overthrow the people who subverted the very document that makes it legal.
Sure, people who are trying to do "nefarious deeds" will still do so. But there's a much larger number of owners who will sign up, and do stupid shit with their drones, and many of them will get caught at it. "Perfect is the enemy of good." - Voltaire
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Apparently, you believe we enjoy sending our children out to fight (and die) when in your ass is in a sling. The vast majority of us would prefer not to do so. When was the last time America actually saw any benefit from doing so? Did we steal the oil from Iraq, as many accused us of being motivated for? No, but because we screwed up with the Iraq II, nobody wanted to finish up what was started, and we've been left with the void that created ISIS.
So, you'd prefer the approach Chamberlain took with Hitler, and think Regan did it the wrong way with the U.S.S.R. Maybe you could give an example of how pacifism has successfully worked at disarming a despot?
Yes, well: The big dog in the current LANL contractor LLC is Bechtel. A construction company. Running a National Lab. No wonder everything is screwed up at LANL. A huge paradigm mismatch occurred when Bechtel took over the LANL contract in 2006.
A huge paradigm mismatch occurred when the government decided the best way to choose a contractor was by lowest price...the phrase is actually "lowest price, technically acceptable". You get what you pay for, and companies play the game of lowballing, or filling positions with people marginally qualified for the positions, so they can be paid less giving the firm more profit. And, in times of shrinking budgets, there's always pressure to reduce staffing.
FWIW, a lot of my work is on contracts, figuring out staffing models (manpower availability, calculating required staff using monte carlo), requirements analysis, etc. While we always attempt to provide the best service/product we can, you can't build a Mercedes on a Hyundai budget.
I recalled a story about some John in the Detroit area getting busted in an anti-prostitution sting, driving his wife's car, and the police seizing the vehicle. This is purely unjust enrichment of those police departments.
Here's some more...
http://articles.latimes.com/20...
Well, then we would probably disagree mostly on in the business arena, though I'm very much in favor of regulating against monopolistic behavior, and "too big to fail". You can't have a free market with only one or two players.
And, the vast majority are sheep, and I'm not sure what you believe comes next.
is it kinder to lance a boil, or let it keep growing?
Unusual point of view considering what I thought were your very liberal leanings given prior posts.
Not if there's a fire. If the people are such sheep they have to trample each other in panic... you know what comes next
You know well that the topic assumes there's no actual fire. So skirting the question, or does the answer conflict with the farce you claimed?
And, the vast majority are sheep, and I'm not sure what you believe comes next.
And, by the way, courts have given the government great leeway when it comes to public safety overriding individual rights.
Yes. That is a farce.
So, you believe yelling FIRE in a crowded theater shouldn't be illegal then.
I understood that it wasn't the original text shown on places like Wikipedia because they talked about the changes made in '87. I checked a few more sources, but it was more of the same. I'm not trying to dispute your claim, just find out for my own edification if the choice was made for political or logical reasons.
So, you're claiming they're deprived of liberty? Well, good luck getting any court to agree with that. And, by the way, courts have given the government great leeway when it comes to public safety overriding individual rights.
Yup, another special snowflake.
Do you think it would have happened without him? Wikipedia quote....During his 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to abandon the Yucca Mountain project. As a result, Senator Reid moved the Nevada primary to help Obama's campaign
The DOE's own 1982 Nuclear Waste policy Act reported that the Yucca Mountain's geology is "inappropriate to contain nuclear waste"
Do you have any evidence of that claim? Everything I've found points to the contrary.
I, as a lily-white non-muslim EU citizen, registered on the ESTA program still have to agree that even if they accept my application and authorize me for travel to the US, I still may be denied entry without reasons given. And even if I'm allowed, I'm still subjected to the normal security screenings (oh, I even had one of those chemical analyzers swiped over my hands at San Antonio - not that it's inconvenient or intrusive, but it seemed that the agent decided to "randomly sample" me while I was asking for information).
No, but it must be because they are muslims!
And, I as a lily-white non-muslim US citizen have been put through the same. Even to the level of having been pulled aside 3 separate times at one airport before being allowed to board...I'm a very average looking middle aged white male, and wasn't doing or carrying anything out of the ordinary. Maybe they thought I was Muslim.
Couldn't have said it any better. Want less hassle? Stop trying to pretend that you're a unique snowflake instead of just a flake.
I don't think most Americans care.
You'd be amazed at how many Americans don't travel to Europe either because it's too much hassle.
You'd be amazed how many Americans don't fly much anymore because of the TSA bullshit, and the fact that with the added delays, you can often drive somewhere as fast as you can fly, and cheaply with current fuel prices. For me, anything that's less than an 8 hr. drive isn't worth even looking at air fares.
For the record, I've traveled to Europe, and found it to be no more hassle than flying inside the U.S. What hassle do you speak of?
Or perhaps they're innocent (which is a reasonable start point unless you think Gitmo was a fab idea) and this is slightly ominous.
No, I don't think Gitmo was a "fab idea", but I sure as shit don't think the inmates were non-combatants (as opposed to innocent...that's for criminal action, not war).
Wooooosh
This is about the unconstitutional DHS no-fly checks.
Based upon what article?
Maybe you should call out George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, etc. for having made executive orders. They probably didn't understand the Constitution.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/dat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Case law would seem to indicate they're stepping outside of their jurisdiction then.
Driving a car on private property does not require registration......What other gems of crappy logic do you have?
Incorrect. My own vehicle was ticketed for expired registration while parked on private property. I happened to be on an extended overseas business trip, and came home to find a $25 ticket on my window.
Or to put it in a more entertaining way, it's only legal when you're attempting to overthrow the people who subverted the very document that makes it legal.
Fixed that for you.
Wait, if I put a gun on a drone, do I still have to register it, or can I claim my second amendment rights?
Sure, people who are trying to do "nefarious deeds" will still do so. But there's a much larger number of owners who will sign up, and do stupid shit with their drones, and many of them will get caught at it. "Perfect is the enemy of good." - Voltaire