As one of the people who voted the other way, I congratulate President Obama, and wish him well. I don't agree with some of his agenda, but I would urge the right to not attempt to obstruct it. We've had way too much of that in Washington. If the right wishes to regain power in four years, their best bet is to let the president have his way, and if he fails, we can all say that didn't work. But to be obstructionist would only risk more of the same. Again, congrats to those who are all excited about the results...maybe we can work together this time.
there was 9/11 - sure, most people think it was the Saudis, but there are too many questions unanswered, like the lack of debris, lack of video, lack of an airplane at the Pentagon
You're a complete troll, an illiterate, or just a jackass. If I cared enough, I might refer you to my wife for psychoanalysis.
Remember when everyone was supposed to become an aerospace engineer and then the industry collapsed in the early 90s?
Yes, I do, and maybe you should have included that there was a reason for it. The collapse of the Soviet Union, and the subsequent "Peace Dividend". There was a significant reduction in military spending, and thus reduction of funding in Aerospace development.
For anyone to argue that either candidate is a complete moron is pure partisanship, dishonest, and flamebait. When you find yourself in disagreement with someone, that does not qualify them as a moron. That is the kind of mentality that has led us to the extreme positions that the parties take, and the near total lack of ability to get anything useful done in Washington. I don't believe we'll see any end to that though. Not unless we enact term limits, and get the Supreme Court to overturn their jackassed decision to allow unlimited funding of elections.
How is it that we're not already in a trade war with China? What do you think they would do differently? Are they not already taking full advantage of us, to their benefit? Do they not use government funds to support industries that are putting American businesses out of business?
China is not our friend or ally. They are financially raping us, and spying on our businesses and government. So, why do people give lip service to this crap?
I think the problem is that he actually thought that the current batch of Republicans would be more interested in fixing the country than playing party politics.
How could it possibly be that someone who was a Senator would be naive enough to think that? Please explain.
What would be your response if a liquid bomb threat was discovered and then the TSA did nothing to screen for it? Everyone would be screaming their heads off that the TSA should be checking for known threats. It is absurd to try to claim that the TSA airport checks are not security.
Wasn't the whole liquid bomb threat debunked anyway? I recall seeing a chemist on TV claiming it wasn't even feasible.
Single income earners in this area making under $100k simply can not afford to buy their own home. Not without some other source of income. That's what I meant by a living wage. Sure you can rent, and live paycheck to paycheck, but that's not what I was talking about. I was in no way trying to compare a decent standard of living to what some homeless person has to put up with, and it's completely unfair of you to bring that to the conversation.
In 2010, only ~28% of the families in this county made less than $100k...families, not individuals. Feel free to google, and tell me I don't know I'm talking about. I grew up living in rented homes in Detroit...I know poor. We've done well for ourselves, and know we have a good life. As a manager at a Fortune 500 company, I've done a lot of hiring...I know what it costs to live here. We've been doing retirement planning, looking for homes in N.C., and can easily pick up a similar home with twice the property, for under half the price it is here...and none of the hour long commute...I'm so looking forward to that.
There's a fine book called "The Millionaire Next Door" that I would recommend for you. I think you'd be amazed how many people live well below their means.
You seem to be implying that 99% of the people are unable to put aside anything since it costs them their total salary to cover their expenses. Or am I missing your meaning? If I interpreted it correctly, I'd say that you're way off base. What are you including in "cost of living"?
No, but I know they have engineers who work in the datacenter that neighbors me (Council Bluffs, IA). And the Omaha metro area to which it belongs is routinely named one of the best cities in the country for cost of living.
Cost of living is one thing, but I had the unfortunate opportunity to live near Omaha from '77 to '79. If you weren't interested in Nebraska football, cattle, country music or corn, there wasn't much else to do. The land is very flat, they had extremes of both winter and summer temperatures, and you could frequently smell manure, or the stench of a local meat processing plant, though the fresh steaks were the best I've ever come across. For a young bachelor, this place was a nightmare. Just my $.02, and I'm sure it suits some folks...mostly those who can't get out.
If you're really a Director of Development, then you realize there are many factors that go into salaries, and not just your title. You're also way on the bottom end of the scale...
And who gets to define "incitement to hatred"? Because I think the Republican Party here in the U.S. has a lot of speech like that too. Can I arrest them and still pretend to give a fuck about free speech, like you Germans?
Please turn yourself in for incitement to hatred of Republicans.
Seriously though, if you believe it's only one sided, you need your eyes and ears checked.
Remember: "Bradley broke the law" is precisely what this dude in Germany is doing.
Bradley Manning would not have had access to the information that he did if he had not agreed to the limitations put upon him regarding release of said information. He voluntarily gave up the right when he was granted access.
It's horribly inefficient at getting the same photo to 10 people, and has no controls to prevent the recipients from forwarding it. It's no better than Facebook.
If you're sending stuff to the same group of ten friends, it takes no longer to make a mailing list then it does to add those people as FB friends. That's hardly "horribly inefficient", and prevents your content from being "tagged".
As for preventing forwarding items, if they have access to the photo on FB, does FB prevent them from copying and pasting it somewhere?...I'm not certain, but don't think so.
>Liberal 'friend': "Sorry, Alexander, but I don't want to discuss about anything political with you anymore. I don't want to talk to someone who defines himself as a libertarian."
Your assertion is illogical. Really...it can be that the administration was playing fast and loose with the facts, and not caught with their pants down. Now, they want to claim that Romney is exploiting it for political gain instead of just fessing up that they fucked up. Right, it's all Romney's fault...seriously?...get a fucking clue.
Most of us in the U.S. grew up with the old line about sticks and stones, and learned at an early age that being thin skinned only lead to more offense from those shelling it out. We don't have a right to not be offended. How you deal with being offended is the difference between being mature, and being childish.
That said, we do have rights to free speech, and if some jackass wants to make a movie, or put a sign outside a synagogue, his right to do so needs to be protected. But, we have every right to disagree, and point to the jackass an laugh...and no right to physically retaliate.
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Bush was the one who got tens of thousands of Americans killed
Not to let him off the hook, but your numbers are way high.
As one of the people who voted the other way, I congratulate President Obama, and wish him well. I don't agree with some of his agenda, but I would urge the right to not attempt to obstruct it. We've had way too much of that in Washington. If the right wishes to regain power in four years, their best bet is to let the president have his way, and if he fails, we can all say that didn't work. But to be obstructionist would only risk more of the same. Again, congrats to those who are all excited about the results...maybe we can work together this time.
Yeah, yeah. We can dislike Fox for many reasons, but actually got this one right. Washington Post didn't call it until about the time Romney conceded.
there was 9/11 - sure, most people think it was the Saudis, but there are too many questions unanswered, like the lack of debris, lack of video, lack of an airplane at the Pentagon
You're a complete troll, an illiterate, or just a jackass. If I cared enough, I might refer you to my wife for psychoanalysis.
Wish we had a vote for best post of the month. You'd get mine, and for the record, I voted Romney.
Remember when everyone was supposed to become an aerospace engineer and then the industry collapsed in the early 90s?
Yes, I do, and maybe you should have included that there was a reason for it. The collapse of the Soviet Union, and the subsequent "Peace Dividend". There was a significant reduction in military spending, and thus reduction of funding in Aerospace development.
When did non-profits give up freedom of speech? I may be wrong, but would seriously be surprised if this is correct.
For anyone to argue that either candidate is a complete moron is pure partisanship, dishonest, and flamebait. When you find yourself in disagreement with someone, that does not qualify them as a moron. That is the kind of mentality that has led us to the extreme positions that the parties take, and the near total lack of ability to get anything useful done in Washington. I don't believe we'll see any end to that though. Not unless we enact term limits, and get the Supreme Court to overturn their jackassed decision to allow unlimited funding of elections.
How is it that we're not already in a trade war with China? What do you think they would do differently? Are they not already taking full advantage of us, to their benefit? Do they not use government funds to support industries that are putting American businesses out of business?
China is not our friend or ally. They are financially raping us, and spying on our businesses and government. So, why do people give lip service to this crap?
I think the problem is that he actually thought that the current batch of Republicans would be more interested in fixing the country than playing party politics.
How could it possibly be that someone who was a Senator would be naive enough to think that? Please explain.
What would be your response if a liquid bomb threat was discovered and then the TSA did nothing to screen for it? Everyone would be screaming their heads off that the TSA should be checking for known threats. It is absurd to try to claim that the TSA airport checks are not security.
Wasn't the whole liquid bomb threat debunked anyway? I recall seeing a chemist on TV claiming it wasn't even feasible.
And this has what to do with the government? Answer: Nothing.
Media is all about blowing things out of proportion in order to deliver more viewers, in order to sell more advertising, in order to make more $$$$$
Grandparent was spot on.
A true genius would have an imaginary number.
Single income earners in this area making under $100k simply can not afford to buy their own home. Not without some other source of income. That's what I meant by a living wage. Sure you can rent, and live paycheck to paycheck, but that's not what I was talking about. I was in no way trying to compare a decent standard of living to what some homeless person has to put up with, and it's completely unfair of you to bring that to the conversation.
In 2010, only ~28% of the families in this county made less than $100k...families, not individuals. Feel free to google, and tell me I don't know I'm talking about. I grew up living in rented homes in Detroit...I know poor. We've done well for ourselves, and know we have a good life. As a manager at a Fortune 500 company, I've done a lot of hiring...I know what it costs to live here. We've been doing retirement planning, looking for homes in N.C., and can easily pick up a similar home with twice the property, for under half the price it is here...and none of the hour long commute...I'm so looking forward to that.
There's a fine book called "The Millionaire Next Door" that I would recommend for you. I think you'd be amazed how many people live well below their means.
You seem to be implying that 99% of the people are unable to put aside anything since it costs them their total salary to cover their expenses. Or am I missing your meaning? If I interpreted it correctly, I'd say that you're way off base. What are you including in "cost of living"?
No, but I know they have engineers who work in the datacenter that neighbors me (Council Bluffs, IA). And the Omaha metro area to which it belongs is routinely named one of the best cities in the country for cost of living.
Cost of living is one thing, but I had the unfortunate opportunity to live near Omaha from '77 to '79. If you weren't interested in Nebraska football, cattle, country music or corn, there wasn't much else to do. The land is very flat, they had extremes of both winter and summer temperatures, and you could frequently smell manure, or the stench of a local meat processing plant, though the fresh steaks were the best I've ever come across. For a young bachelor, this place was a nightmare. Just my $.02, and I'm sure it suits some folks...mostly those who can't get out.
If you're really a Director of Development, then you realize there are many factors that go into salaries, and not just your title. You're also way on the bottom end of the scale...
http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/director-of-development-salary-SRCH_KO0,23.htm
Under $100k in my area (suburban Washington DC), is barely a living wage.
their "speach" consists of incitement to hatred.
And who gets to define "incitement to hatred"? Because I think the Republican Party here in the U.S. has a lot of speech like that too. Can I arrest them and still pretend to give a fuck about free speech, like you Germans?
Please turn yourself in for incitement to hatred of Republicans.
Seriously though, if you believe it's only one sided, you need your eyes and ears checked.
Just ask Bradley Manning how free free speech is.
Remember: "Bradley broke the law" is precisely what this dude in Germany is doing.
Bradley Manning would not have had access to the information that he did if he had not agreed to the limitations put upon him regarding release of said information. He voluntarily gave up the right when he was granted access.
At 53, I'm still a boomer. Considering that I'm still out doing 5 mile runs, I suspect I have the potential to hang on a bit longer.
It's horribly inefficient at getting the same photo to 10 people, and has no controls to prevent the recipients from forwarding it. It's no better than Facebook.
If you're sending stuff to the same group of ten friends, it takes no longer to make a mailing list then it does to add those people as FB friends. That's hardly "horribly inefficient", and prevents your content from being "tagged".
As for preventing forwarding items, if they have access to the photo on FB, does FB prevent them from copying and pasting it somewhere?...I'm not certain, but don't think so.
>Liberal 'friend': "Sorry, Alexander, but I don't want to discuss about anything political with you anymore. I don't want to talk to someone who defines himself as a libertarian."
That's just being smart and that's not bigotry.
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And this is just being smart assed. And your response indicates you're one of the bigots. Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry
Your assertion is illogical. Really...it can be that the administration was playing fast and loose with the facts, and not caught with their pants down. Now, they want to claim that Romney is exploiting it for political gain instead of just fessing up that they fucked up. Right, it's all Romney's fault...seriously?...get a fucking clue.
Most of us in the U.S. grew up with the old line about sticks and stones, and learned at an early age that being thin skinned only lead to more offense from those shelling it out. We don't have a right to not be offended. How you deal with being offended is the difference between being mature, and being childish.
That said, we do have rights to free speech, and if some jackass wants to make a movie, or put a sign outside a synagogue, his right to do so needs to be protected. But, we have every right to disagree, and point to the jackass an laugh...and no right to physically retaliate.