In the US - and elsewhere - most people have no clue how to help a car accident victim and any attempt by an untrained individual to help is invariably counter-productive.
The best thing to do is to stop, observe, and call 911. Trying to do anything else in a car accident situation is almost always going to cause more harm than good.
And in the US, most states have good samaritan laws so that if you are acting in good faith, you are not liable. A few places have laws that compel you to render assistance as well, but they are normally only enforced on TV shows like Seinfeld.
That's the point- there are no other companies who could do the job. The contract in question was an extension of a contract that was open bid but made no-bid when it was first issued during the Clinton administration. Why did they make it no bid? The low bid came from a French firm that the Clinton administration had no faith in their ability to do the job.
No-bid contracts sometimes make sense and only in national defense office are contracts over 100k must be open bid.
This really doesn't have much to do with corruption. I realize you've been force fed a lot of garbage about how the government works.
A) No one cares what one nut like you thinks. B) Greens and libertarians are composed of anti-social nitwits like yourself and as parties. The reason they are in their own parties is because they smell bad, have poor personal hygeine, and can't get a long with anyone else. Many with their same views but not body oder and social ineptness are actually parts of the two major parties. As parties, they have diametrically opposed points of view. C) Very, very few politicians in the US are actually bribed. That's a typically neurotic viewpoint of nitwits like yourself: of course the only reason someone doesn't think the same way you do is because they are paid off.
Even if they didn't do that, I get the sense they still wouldn't have the kind of films that interest you. You know, the kind of stuff in the first post of this article.
Nice attempt at trying to make a hip, John Katz-like post, while ignoring or trying to obfuscate the issue that PS3/360/Wii and parent's tolerance of these console babysitters is contributing obesity in the US and elsewhere. .
Gold has industrial applications that are exceptionally unique, giving it an intrinsic value. It is the most maleable and ductile of any metal. It's also a great heat insulator. Iodized gold salts can treat arthritis.
Another, more sujective intrinsic value of gold, is its beauty.
So gold does have intrinsic value and is considered a excellent and portable store of value.
I tried to go back but they made it impossible to get my account back since I don't remember the cc number I had when I started the game at launch. I was in beta.
It was a fun game - I had a monarchy and enjoyed managing it. Apparently now it doesn't have that Decal client that did everything for me (buffing) so I'm not sure I'd want to go back.
Oh - I see. Personally, I dislike projectors of any kind (front/rear). They just don't look right. And I'm not crazy about LCDs because they look like flip books. I've seen some plasmas that look nice.
I have a 1080i capable 32' CRT. It weighs a ton, is square, and is about 6 years old - but HD looks great on it - much better than any LCD I've seen.
get money/support from lobbying groups that want to protect the children than anything else
Doesn't exist. Maybe in your imagination manifested by the typical political ignorance common to these parts.
They do it because it gets votes. The ESRB only exists because of this political pressure. No, dumbass, I know it's not a government agency but like a lot of self-regulating industries, it only came into being to prevent an actual government agency being created - like the ATF for video games.
Which does make some sense insofar as controlling what may be sold to children without a parent's permission. It's not even an issue of state interest but of parental rights.
Why is this a 'last ditch effort'and not part of a standard adoption campaign? Every MS property needs to switch over to this - hotmail, live (pretty good maps) - everything.
You need to get the user base up so that devs can be more excited about working with it - and also to serve as demos of what the tech is capable of.
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The best thing to do is to stop, observe, and call 911. Trying to do anything else in a car accident situation is almost always going to cause more harm than good.
And in the US, most states have good samaritan laws so that if you are acting in good faith, you are not liable. A few places have laws that compel you to render assistance as well, but they are normally only enforced on TV shows like Seinfeld.
No, not at all. See Adam Smith's invisible hand. Self-improvement has resulted in pretty much every advance in mankind's standard of living.
Just like Kucinich was the biggest candidate outside the building of last Tuesday's Democrat debate, right?
No-bid contracts sometimes make sense and only in national defense office are contracts over 100k must be open bid.
This really doesn't have much to do with corruption. I realize you've been force fed a lot of garbage about how the government works.
Can you please cite the 'no-bid contract' you are talking about and what firm lost out?
Bribes are not required for the government policies you would complain most about. People actually believe in this stuff.
A) No one cares what one nut like you thinks. B) Greens and libertarians are composed of anti-social nitwits like yourself and as parties. The reason they are in their own parties is because they smell bad, have poor personal hygeine, and can't get a long with anyone else. Many with their same views but not body oder and social ineptness are actually parts of the two major parties. As parties, they have diametrically opposed points of view. C) Very, very few politicians in the US are actually bribed. That's a typically neurotic viewpoint of nitwits like yourself: of course the only reason someone doesn't think the same way you do is because they are paid off.
Yes, everyone who makes a prison sex joke has severe self esteem issues around the opposite sex. Thanks for figuring that out, Sigmund.
Looking forward to watching the Pirates of the Bay become a different kind of 'pirate.'
No, dummy, it was fought over access to a warm-water port.
Even if they didn't do that, I get the sense they still wouldn't have the kind of films that interest you. You know, the kind of stuff in the first post of this article.
Nice attempt at trying to make a hip, John Katz-like post, while ignoring or trying to obfuscate the issue that PS3/360/Wii and parent's tolerance of these console babysitters is contributing obesity in the US and elsewhere. .
Another, more sujective intrinsic value of gold, is its beauty.
So gold does have intrinsic value and is considered a excellent and portable store of value.
Doonesbury is a front for Al-Qaeda. But Opus has a pretty mild political perspective as best I can tell.
So if there is going to be one, and you want to win it, you better start thinking about games that will help you win it now.
Sounds simple enough.
And I still dig Dilbert.
And we all miss Calvin and Hobbes.
It was a fun game - I had a monarchy and enjoyed managing it. Apparently now it doesn't have that Decal client that did everything for me (buffing) so I'm not sure I'd want to go back.
Bah, no time for it now.
I have a 1080i capable 32' CRT. It weighs a ton, is square, and is about 6 years old - but HD looks great on it - much better than any LCD I've seen.
I was on MT - what server were you on?
What kind of TV do you have that is 60"?
So you got burned on betamax, did you?
Doesn't exist. Maybe in your imagination manifested by the typical political ignorance common to these parts.
They do it because it gets votes. The ESRB only exists because of this political pressure. No, dumbass, I know it's not a government agency but like a lot of self-regulating industries, it only came into being to prevent an actual government agency being created - like the ATF for video games.
Which does make some sense insofar as controlling what may be sold to children without a parent's permission. It's not even an issue of state interest but of parental rights.
You need to get the user base up so that devs can be more excited about working with it - and also to serve as demos of what the tech is capable of.
what a bitch. Sorry bro.
Kinda just stopped right there.
Everything you wrote was nonesense. I'm not going to explain why what you said is a lie just so you can respond with more lies. Life is to valuable.
BTW - Kerry lost because he was a lying weasal and wrong on everything. Cheers!