Sorry you're "in a bad situation". But, I have to ask, is this the wonderful Canadian healthcare that I see others rave about? I know it didn't work so well for my dead aunt from Ontario.
Personally, I could give a shit if my doctor is an arrogant asshole, as long as he's a top notch surgeon, he can autograph is work of art for all I care. I'm not paying to have my him kiss my ass, I'm paying for as close to perfection as I can get, and there are a lot of arrogant perfectionists out there.
So, I suppose we shouldn't have moved out of Detroit after the '67 riots. It being the murder capital of the world back in the day kinda influenced my mom to GTFO. That and the public schools in the burbs were much better. Yup, we lived the high life. The house my grandparents lived in is still standing, next door to what at one point became a brothel...guess we should have hung with the rabble.
Well, no. Economic success is predicated first and foremost on who your parents are.
Sure, that happens, but it in now way prevents you from climbing the ladder. I was raised by a 19 year old single mom in Detroit, who could barely afford to pay rent in the places we stayed. I got a public education, and couldn't afford college until during and after serving a military enlistment. And forty plus years later, I'm pretty damn comfortable, on the verge of retirement. I got there by doing shit others wouldn't, and working nights, weekends and holidays, and by learning in demand skills. Yeah, this is anecdotal, but I've know many others like myself who made it without a silver spoon.
Which we all paid for, so who owes who, and for what exactly? Oh, and could you try not to pick on the most extremist possible view of Libertarians when you stereotype us all. TYVM.
Are you seriously insinuating that we currently have Laissez-faire capitalism in effect? Try to start up your own business, get some real sales, and then come back and tell us how Laissez-faire it was.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm all for capitalism, but it will always need regulations for safety, and anti-monopolistic behavior.
I relied on my memory of a Nat Geo tour I took last year to Machu Picchu last year, and double checked here before posting above...
The Incas never developed a written language. However, their system of record keeping called Quipu is unique in human history.... The Inca did not invent Quipu; it was used by earlier Andean cultures. Quipus have been found all over the Andes, and the earliest examples are over 5,000 years old.
I'm not the AC, but having lived through half of the last century, I'd tend to agree with him. Can you provide any evidence to the contrary? My google searches didn't.
Most of us, myself included, who think so, probably are not. But then, it also obviously depends upon your viewpoint regarding what that means. From a mostly worldview, the vast majority of America is right wing, and I'd certainly fall into that category. But solely from a typical American POV, I'm pretty centrist, except in fiscal matters.
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Sorry you're "in a bad situation". But, I have to ask, is this the wonderful Canadian healthcare that I see others rave about? I know it didn't work so well for my dead aunt from Ontario.
Personally, I could give a shit if my doctor is an arrogant asshole, as long as he's a top notch surgeon, he can autograph is work of art for all I care. I'm not paying to have my him kiss my ass, I'm paying for as close to perfection as I can get, and there are a lot of arrogant perfectionists out there.
Nice, so you don't actually have a logical argument.
#notallibertarians is not going to cut it, sonny.
You clearly have not idea wtf you're talking about. Oh, and "sonny", unless you're over sixty, come back when you've grown up.
So, I suppose we shouldn't have moved out of Detroit after the '67 riots. It being the murder capital of the world back in the day kinda influenced my mom to GTFO. That and the public schools in the burbs were much better. Yup, we lived the high life. The house my grandparents lived in is still standing, next door to what at one point became a brothel...guess we should have hung with the rabble.
Well, no. Economic success is predicated first and foremost on who your parents are.
Sure, that happens, but it in now way prevents you from climbing the ladder. I was raised by a 19 year old single mom in Detroit, who could barely afford to pay rent in the places we stayed. I got a public education, and couldn't afford college until during and after serving a military enlistment. And forty plus years later, I'm pretty damn comfortable, on the verge of retirement. I got there by doing shit others wouldn't, and working nights, weekends and holidays, and by learning in demand skills. Yeah, this is anecdotal, but I've know many others like myself who made it without a silver spoon.
If homelessness is caused by federal policy, you'd expect it to be generally uniform across the nation. It's not.
https://www.usich.gov/tools-fo...
Can't we just show up and claim asylum?
Which we all paid for, so who owes who, and for what exactly? Oh, and could you try not to pick on the most extremist possible view of Libertarians when you stereotype us all. TYVM.
Don't you think they'd be able to have maintenance bots, or simply make new bots?
Are you seriously insinuating that we currently have Laissez-faire capitalism in effect? Try to start up your own business, get some real sales, and then come back and tell us how Laissez-faire it was.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm all for capitalism, but it will always need regulations for safety, and anti-monopolistic behavior.
I relied on my memory of a Nat Geo tour I took last year to Machu Picchu last year, and double checked here before posting above...
The Incas never developed a written language. However, their system of record keeping called Quipu is unique in human history. ... The Inca did not invent Quipu; it was used by earlier Andean cultures. Quipus have been found all over the Andes, and the earliest examples are over 5,000 years old.
Possibly, though I doubt anyone got your references (I didn't, even after reading the links previously) until you just explained them.
Billionaires some times forget what happens to Kings in America.
Steven, Martin Luther, Billie Jean, B.B, Larry or Benny? They all seemed to do well, except for the one who got shot.
were sorry about 1776 & 1812,...
Sorry, not sorry.
I'm not the AC, but having lived through half of the last century, I'd tend to agree with him. Can you provide any evidence to the contrary? My google searches didn't.
My memories of living there in the 80s would indicate that "a few years ago" = more than three decades.
They all did have a spoken language (obviously) but only the southern empires (Mayan, Aztec and Incas) had a written form of language.
No, the Incas didn't have written language, only the others.
"It's almost as if "Native Americans" isn't actually a single homogeneous group."
Kinda like the white settlers, huh?
Tell that to all the American women who drool over Brit accents.
Funny maybe, but not factual...
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/d...
On the other hand, they could just be a support group for https://www.theonion.com/
I'm certainly to the right of you, but also couldn't bring myself to vote for Trump. On many issues though, I find myself at odds with the right,
" I'm a centrist..."
Most of us, myself included, who think so, probably are not. But then, it also obviously depends upon your viewpoint regarding what that means. From a mostly worldview, the vast majority of America is right wing, and I'd certainly fall into that category. But solely from a typical American POV, I'm pretty centrist, except in fiscal matters.
I did almost exactly the same, not being a fan/viewer of the show, I thought it was just a typo, or some quack with an odd fetish.
...and make a lot of publicity...
ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. Vote parent up. The show is getting free publicity from this, and will certainly grab more viewers.