If Fox got lucky, how is it that pretty much the entire right wing came out very quickly pointing to this being a terrorist attack? Obviously, the insiders in congress, ones with access to intel, were aware. McCain came out with a statement almost immediately saying the White House was full of shit. That and it's not rocket science to figure out that when a bunch of people show up heavily armed, it's not a impromptu protest. Now Biden and others claim "we didn't know", and point to the State Department. If that's correct, then I guess Ambassador Rice is either the sacrificial lamb, or was flat out lying. Is there any other possible explanation?
If you think back to the Cold War, that's why the U.S.S.R. and U.S. would probe the other side. Send a single plane into the airspace, and sure the radars would light it up, and the alert crews would be launched. Next time, send a few, or from a different direction...always looking for gaps in coverage.
Interesting regarding the caffeine withdrawal. As a Mt. Dew addict (seriously...I go through about 6-10 a day), I was put on South Beach diet by my cardiologist several years ago (my cholesterol count had spiked over 300) , which allows no caffeine for at least the first phase. I went through severe headaches for a couple of days while going cold turkey. After dropping 28 lbs. and going on Lipitor, I'm all good now. What I didn't know was that my family had a history...everyone with high cholesterol, and nobody bothered to share that. If you haven't, be sure to discuss these things with your blood relatives.
Not sure how you can claim it to be a continuation when the the years between the cold war and 9/11 (approximately twelve years) showed steady decline in per capita defense spending.
Not so fast. The treaty hasn't gone forward, and even if the U.S. signs up, it won't be ratified. Until then, there's no such ban. Or, can you point me to something that I'm missing?
Your argument doesn't hold water, unless you contend that the quantity of people who are not busy trying to feed themselves is in decline. That simply isn't the case, and hasn't been...yet.
Where is the salt coming from? Certainly not the rain itself. Tried to google, but didn't find anything to back your assertion on "Every drop of water that irrigates the SJ desert contains a bit of salt, and when those drops evaporate, that salt is left behind, slowly increasing the toxicity of the soil. "
Wish I had mod points for ya. I'm in my 50s as well, and am right with you on those points. We're dealing with my parents, and in-laws, all in their 70s, and in bad health. I'm not looking forward to the next few years as they drop off, but we've had the discussions with each of them on what the limits should be, what their desires are, etc.
So, let's stop distributing humans where there's no food. In the words of the late, great, Sam Kinison,...
You want to help world hunger? Stop sending them food. Don't send them another bite, send them U-Hauls. Send them a guy that says, "You know, we've been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn't BE world hunger if you people would live where the FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT!! NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it's gonna be 100 years from now? IT'S GONNA BE SAND!! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them, assholes!"
Really? It's that easy to transfer corporate ownership? I'm guessing you've never been involved in actually doing any kind of corporate transaction. Even doing a simple S corporation takes work. Don't let your envy get in the way of facts.
Damn, I hate getting into a disagreement with an AC, but here goes...
Maybe in your locality speed limits are about safety, but in the United States, it is a rarity. While it's only a single example, the police chief of Falls Church, VA was quoted in the Washington Post, admitting that his officers had a quota for tickets. People are often pulled over for stupid things like HOV violations, which cause their own traffic jam as rubberneckers slow down to watch the flashing lights. Not a day goes by that I don't see commuters drifting across lanes as they play with their cell phones, do their makeup, or fiddle with papers. Where are the police for the real safety issues???
Okay, I'll grant that it may be used in regional dialects, but it's certainly not taught in any American school system as valid. But that wasn't what you argued, so point taken.
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, I would argue that one of the downfalls (prior to the internet) in news reporting was the advent of USA Today's cartoonish news, and soundbite style of reporting. Very low on details, and high on eye candy...Oooooh, shiny!!!
I'll agree that "information density" isn't the only objective of journalism. It's all about getting the most ad revenue, and extremely rarely about reporting anything actually important.
Correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but it appears that your math assumes none of the rats are seen by more than one person. And, somehow I find it difficult to believe that there are ~460 million rats that have not been seen.
Done slowly enough, I don't think so. And it goes back to your frog example.
Just like the security theater put on by TSA currently, do you think that would have been acceptable all in one step immediately after 9/11? I don't. I think they intentionally roll this shit out over time, and as people get used to the level of pain, they just crank it up another notch.
I would recommend that you discover that you can control costs and still keep people gainfully employed. And, the more you do so, the more likely that you are to do more business, and thus be able, and actually require more people to increase your ability to do more business...it's called growth, and it's something that all of Wall Street and all successful business relish. Lowering costs, and increasing employment are not mutually exclusive...far from it.
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If Fox got lucky, how is it that pretty much the entire right wing came out very quickly pointing to this being a terrorist attack? Obviously, the insiders in congress, ones with access to intel, were aware. McCain came out with a statement almost immediately saying the White House was full of shit. That and it's not rocket science to figure out that when a bunch of people show up heavily armed, it's not a impromptu protest. Now Biden and others claim "we didn't know", and point to the State Department. If that's correct, then I guess Ambassador Rice is either the sacrificial lamb, or was flat out lying. Is there any other possible explanation?
If you think back to the Cold War, that's why the U.S.S.R. and U.S. would probe the other side. Send a single plane into the airspace, and sure the radars would light it up, and the alert crews would be launched. Next time, send a few, or from a different direction...always looking for gaps in coverage.
And you can point to the applicable law? Color me doubtful.
Suicide?
Funny that half of the responses here are now about Rush instead of the original topic. And all because of one AC.
Interesting regarding the caffeine withdrawal. As a Mt. Dew addict (seriously...I go through about 6-10 a day), I was put on South Beach diet by my cardiologist several years ago (my cholesterol count had spiked over 300) , which allows no caffeine for at least the first phase. I went through severe headaches for a couple of days while going cold turkey. After dropping 28 lbs. and going on Lipitor, I'm all good now. What I didn't know was that my family had a history...everyone with high cholesterol, and nobody bothered to share that. If you haven't, be sure to discuss these things with your blood relatives.
...casted under the title "Dessert Warriors"
Yum...I'll take the chocolate pudding camel, you get the ice cream mosque.
Not sure how you can claim it to be a continuation when the the years between the cold war and 9/11 (approximately twelve years) showed steady decline in per capita defense spending.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/PerCapitaInflationAdjustedDefenseSpending.PNG
Not so fast. The treaty hasn't gone forward, and even if the U.S. signs up, it won't be ratified. Until then, there's no such ban. Or, can you point me to something that I'm missing?
Your argument doesn't hold water, unless you contend that the quantity of people who are not busy trying to feed themselves is in decline. That simply isn't the case, and hasn't been...yet.
Where is the salt coming from? Certainly not the rain itself. Tried to google, but didn't find anything to back your assertion on "Every drop of water that irrigates the SJ desert contains a bit of salt, and when those drops evaporate, that salt is left behind, slowly increasing the toxicity of the soil. "
Ethiopia wasn't the only African location. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine#Africa
Wish I had mod points for ya. I'm in my 50s as well, and am right with you on those points. We're dealing with my parents, and in-laws, all in their 70s, and in bad health. I'm not looking forward to the next few years as they drop off, but we've had the discussions with each of them on what the limits should be, what their desires are, etc.
When hasn't there been famine in Africa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine#Africa
The political unrest and Arab Spring have nothing to do with starvation. Why would you make that connection?
So, let's stop distributing humans where there's no food. In the words of the late, great, Sam Kinison,...
You want to help world hunger? Stop sending them food. Don't send them another bite, send them U-Hauls. Send them a guy that says, "You know, we've been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn't BE world hunger if you people would live where the FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT!! NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it's gonna be 100 years from now? IT'S GONNA BE SAND!! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! We have deserts in America, we just don't live in them, assholes!"
Really? It's that easy to transfer corporate ownership? I'm guessing you've never been involved in actually doing any kind of corporate transaction. Even doing a simple S corporation takes work. Don't let your envy get in the way of facts.
Damn, I hate getting into a disagreement with an AC, but here goes...
Maybe in your locality speed limits are about safety, but in the United States, it is a rarity. While it's only a single example, the police chief of Falls Church, VA was quoted in the Washington Post, admitting that his officers had a quota for tickets. People are often pulled over for stupid things like HOV violations, which cause their own traffic jam as rubberneckers slow down to watch the flashing lights. Not a day goes by that I don't see commuters drifting across lanes as they play with their cell phones, do their makeup, or fiddle with papers. Where are the police for the real safety issues???
Okay, I'll grant that it may be used in regional dialects, but it's certainly not taught in any American school system as valid. But that wasn't what you argued, so point taken.
... that is a perfectly valid construct in several regional dialects of American English.
Okay, I'll call your bluff. Where?
Next up: olafactory journalism.
I can hardly wait for the Scratch & Sniff!
I know it's difficult for you interblogging whippersnappers to comprehend, but yes, at one time it used to be.
At 53, I'm not old enough to remember quality journalism, with the exception of Cronkite. Now, get off my lawn!
While a picture may be worth a thousand words, I would argue that one of the downfalls (prior to the internet) in news reporting was the advent of USA Today's cartoonish news, and soundbite style of reporting. Very low on details, and high on eye candy...Oooooh, shiny!!!
I'll agree that "information density" isn't the only objective of journalism. It's all about getting the most ad revenue, and extremely rarely about reporting anything actually important.
Correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but it appears that your math assumes none of the rats are seen by more than one person. And, somehow I find it difficult to believe that there are ~460 million rats that have not been seen.
However there will be a breaking point,
Done slowly enough, I don't think so. And it goes back to your frog example.
Just like the security theater put on by TSA currently, do you think that would have been acceptable all in one step immediately after 9/11? I don't. I think they intentionally roll this shit out over time, and as people get used to the level of pain, they just crank it up another notch.
I would recommend that you discover that you can control costs and still keep people gainfully employed. And, the more you do so, the more likely that you are to do more business, and thus be able, and actually require more people to increase your ability to do more business...it's called growth, and it's something that all of Wall Street and all successful business relish. Lowering costs, and increasing employment are not mutually exclusive...far from it.