I lost family in 9/11. I have friends that lost family in 9/11. I know people who have been injured by terrorists before Bush and 9/11.
I do actually know who the enemy is. Maybe if you get your way and some of your family or friends get blown up by terrorists in a plane you'll understand. Until then it's obvious you've allowed yourself to believe enemy propaganda.
Stopping 3 decades of death caused by terrorists isn't a waste in my book. You've got to be pretty sick in the head to think that Americans dying to stop terrorism is a waste while Americans dying from terrorists is acceptable.
The warrantless wiretaps law has been in place for a long time. Haven't you wondered why all of a sudden now it's an issue when coincidentally there is a Republican in office who is trying to protect us from people who have been killing Americans and other innocent people around the world for over 3 decades? Isn't 3 decades of death enough for you?
It's amazing what people will believe and what facts they'll throw out to support their fear and hate.
The original law was written in response to investigations of Nixon "spying" on US citizens. It was written because there was a need to balance the rights of citizens and national security. It was written by people who had the best interests of the American people in mind. It seems only liberal democrats are allowed to use the law though, which was in existance well before Bush even took office.
Terrorists are also required to claim torture in every situation possible. They're trained to lie. When you know an enemy is trained to lie, then believing him is to support and protect him. If you also think what happened (I mean actually happened, not what terrorists claimed happened) then you don't understand what torture actually is.
Want to bring up waterboarding? Nancy Pelosi originally asked if it was harsh enough. Some soldiers go through it as part of training. You don't put soldiers through torture as training. You don't put them thumbs in thumbscrews. You don't yank their teeth out. You don't boil them in oil. You don't kneecap them, or brand them, or break their fingers. That's torture. Torture doesn't work anyway and the people responsible for getting information and saving lives know this. They're not amateurs.
Guess how many people have been waterboarded as part of interrogation techniques by the USA? Three people for a total of less than 5 minutes. TOTAL. Wow, that sure deserves the response it's gotten doesn't it? Oh but wait, terrorists should be believed over anyone else.
You really need to separate lies told to you by socialists trying to bring down our system of government from what's really going on, and you need to remember who it is that's actually trying to hurt you. Here's a hint, it's the same people that flew planes into buildings on 9/11.
You determine if someone is a terrorist or not by surveilling them, which is what this document is talking about. You do understand the difference between surveillance and a firing squad, right?
When I joined the military I took an oath to protect my country from enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. What makes anyone think the same doesn't apply to the Commander in Chief? I don't care if you're a citizen or not, if you're a terrorist or in communication with terrorists then you're an enemy of my country. The constitution does not guarantee you protection if you're associated with enemies of my country. It frightens me that so many people are so damned determined to help and support terrorism.
For decades now, anyone who wants can hire a P.I. to gather information about you to use against you. Watched "Cheaters" on tv lately? Nobody cares because it's a non-issue.
At what cost? The average person in a state of panic trying to rush to a hospital in an unmarked vehicle is a pretty damn big danger to the public. A nail in the head could easily be the least of their concerns.
You can't use retarded examples to make a point. If you get ticketed for having a headlight out you have a certain amount of time to show that you got it fixed without penalty. Take too long, or be a jerk to the cop, and chances are it will cost you. Either way the kid who shot your headlight out is responsible and you can press charges and/or sue for compensation. If you don't know who it was, well, shit happens. Deal with it.
If someone is having a heart attack, you'd be an idiot to pile them in your car and start driving. They'd be dead before you got to the hospital. You call for an ambulance and give CPR until they arrive. Speeding also has a pretty good chance of causing an accident and even more injuries or death so it doesn't make any sense to do so anyway. Even if you did decide to speed to the hospital, the police aren't going to ram you off the road for a while anyway so you have time to make it to the emergency room. Once there I doubt they'd ticket you knowing the situation.
The Air Force PAYS people for their suggestions. At that time they would calculate the savings your suggestion would have over one year and give you a percentage of that.
Put away the tin foil hat please. Oil prices are set by OPEC and the markets. Being paranoid is one thing, but being ignorant and paranoid at the same time is pretty bad.
Many many years ago I heard the same tin-foil hat fears. OMG! SPIEZ! There was an article about grocery store rewards cards and how evil empire corporations would track everything you bought and how that information could get out and ruin your life. It was accompanied with some story about a parent who was suing for child custody and their ex pulled out a shopping list full of alcohol and junk food. Funny how after all those warnings I haven't heard a word about it since.
Here we are again, same crap, different underwear. Using the word "Epidemic" is totally rediculous and is designed to do nothing but freak out the paranoids over what is once again an over-blown concern. People have been able to hire P.I.'s and get loads of information on you for decades so why the fuss now? Are we really this desperate to be miserable and unhappy that we have to cling to every single bullshit article that warns us about the same stupid crap over and over?
It's time to take the tin foil hats off. MIT proved they don't work anyway.
You forgot that the house is controlled by the Democrats. Every single Democrat in the house voted yes, and the 2 no votes were by Republicans. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1131.xml
Don't let the facts get in the way of your hate though.
I'm the entire I.T. Dept for a smallish office. We've got two 2k3 servers and about 20 workstations that all still run Windows 2000. I've been struggling with the Vista upgrade concept for a while now and it's really not a fun thing.
The idea of upgrading all our desktops, installing Vista, and then hoping all of our applications work just fine on it scares the hell out of me. Sure I can do testing before hand but you just can't test every scenario and there are always things that pop up.
My question now is this. Would it just be easier to throw everyone into Terminal Server sessions and let them use 2k3 as their desktop? I wouldn't have to spend money upgrading desktops, desktops that die will be replaced by cheap thin clients, and I save money from not buying Vista licenses. Does this sound feasible to do? (Assuming all applications work and everyone can do their jobs of course.)
No, it's not. This update overrides any settings in WSUS and installs itself regardless of the restrictions in place. I'm one of the many who are severely pissed about this update bypassing WSUS restrictions. Fortunately most of my network is still running W2K so I'm not having the nightmare of trying to manually remove it that others are. You should read earlier comments before posting and making yourself look silly.
I'm not a big soda drinker but my kids got me into Jones Soda made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. It tastes a bajillion times better than any corn syrup soda too. I'd love to try a Coke made with actual sugar.
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I lost family in 9/11. I have friends that lost family in 9/11. I know people who have been injured by terrorists before Bush and 9/11.
I do actually know who the enemy is. Maybe if you get your way and some of your family or friends get blown up by terrorists in a plane you'll understand. Until then it's obvious you've allowed yourself to believe enemy propaganda.
Stopping 3 decades of death caused by terrorists isn't a waste in my book. You've got to be pretty sick in the head to think that Americans dying to stop terrorism is a waste while Americans dying from terrorists is acceptable.
The warrantless wiretaps law has been in place for a long time. Haven't you wondered why all of a sudden now it's an issue when coincidentally there is a Republican in office who is trying to protect us from people who have been killing Americans and other innocent people around the world for over 3 decades? Isn't 3 decades of death enough for you?
It's amazing what people will believe and what facts they'll throw out to support their fear and hate.
The original law was written in response to investigations of Nixon "spying" on US citizens. It was written because there was a need to balance the rights of citizens and national security. It was written by people who had the best interests of the American people in mind. It seems only liberal democrats are allowed to use the law though, which was in existance well before Bush even took office.
Terrorists are also required to claim torture in every situation possible. They're trained to lie. When you know an enemy is trained to lie, then believing him is to support and protect him. If you also think what happened (I mean actually happened, not what terrorists claimed happened) then you don't understand what torture actually is.
Want to bring up waterboarding? Nancy Pelosi originally asked if it was harsh enough. Some soldiers go through it as part of training. You don't put soldiers through torture as training. You don't put them thumbs in thumbscrews. You don't yank their teeth out. You don't boil them in oil. You don't kneecap them, or brand them, or break their fingers. That's torture. Torture doesn't work anyway and the people responsible for getting information and saving lives know this. They're not amateurs.
Guess how many people have been waterboarded as part of interrogation techniques by the USA? Three people for a total of less than 5 minutes. TOTAL. Wow, that sure deserves the response it's gotten doesn't it? Oh but wait, terrorists should be believed over anyone else.
You really need to separate lies told to you by socialists trying to bring down our system of government from what's really going on, and you need to remember who it is that's actually trying to hurt you. Here's a hint, it's the same people that flew planes into buildings on 9/11.
You determine if someone is a terrorist or not by surveilling them, which is what this document is talking about. You do understand the difference between surveillance and a firing squad, right?
When I joined the military I took an oath to protect my country from enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. What makes anyone think the same doesn't apply to the Commander in Chief? I don't care if you're a citizen or not, if you're a terrorist or in communication with terrorists then you're an enemy of my country.
The constitution does not guarantee you protection if you're associated with enemies of my country. It frightens me that so many people are so damned determined to help and support terrorism.
What? An intelligently written response? Are you sure you posted on the right website?
For decades now, anyone who wants can hire a P.I. to gather information about you to use against you. Watched "Cheaters" on tv lately?
Nobody cares because it's a non-issue.
At what cost? The average person in a state of panic trying to rush to a hospital in an unmarked vehicle is a pretty damn big danger to the public. A nail in the head could easily be the least of their concerns.
You can't use retarded examples to make a point. If you get ticketed for having a headlight out you have a certain amount of time to show that you got it fixed without penalty. Take too long, or be a jerk to the cop, and chances are it will cost you. Either way the kid who shot your headlight out is responsible and you can press charges and/or sue for compensation. If you don't know who it was, well, shit happens. Deal with it.
If someone is having a heart attack, you'd be an idiot to pile them in your car and start driving. They'd be dead before you got to the hospital. You call for an ambulance and give CPR until they arrive. Speeding also has a pretty good chance of causing an accident and even more injuries or death so it doesn't make any sense to do so anyway.
Even if you did decide to speed to the hospital, the police aren't going to ram you off the road for a while anyway so you have time to make it to the emergency room. Once there I doubt they'd ticket you knowing the situation.
It's amazing how many people post even though they know absolutely nothing.
http://www.stufbangkok.net/index.php?id=1329
The Air Force PAYS people for their suggestions. At that time they would calculate the savings your suggestion would have over one year and give you a percentage of that.
This article tells about one suggestion that made it's way into the civilian sector.
http://www.techlinkcenter.org/cgi-bin/techlink/01038
Put away the tin foil hat please. Oil prices are set by OPEC and the markets. Being paranoid is one thing, but being ignorant and paranoid at the same time is pretty bad.
I'm glad it's Bezerkly doing this and not the Pentagon....oh wait...
Many many years ago I heard the same tin-foil hat fears. OMG! SPIEZ!
There was an article about grocery store rewards cards and how evil empire corporations would track everything you bought and how that information could get out and ruin your life. It was accompanied with some story about a parent who was suing for child custody and their ex pulled out a shopping list full of alcohol and junk food. Funny how after all those warnings I haven't heard a word about it since.
Here we are again, same crap, different underwear. Using the word "Epidemic" is totally rediculous and is designed to do nothing but freak out the paranoids over what is once again an over-blown concern. People have been able to hire P.I.'s and get loads of information on you for decades so why the fuss now? Are we really this desperate to be miserable and unhappy that we have to cling to every single bullshit article that warns us about the same stupid crap over and over?
It's time to take the tin foil hats off. MIT proved they don't work anyway.
Last I checked the Harry Potter vibrating broom used batteries. I don't think it came with an adaptor to plug into the wall.
Heh you just made his point. If I have to know all that just to use the damn thing then I'm not going to use it. :)
You forgot that the house is controlled by the Democrats. Every single Democrat in the house voted yes, and the 2 no votes were by Republicans.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1131.xml
Don't let the facts get in the way of your hate though.
You really should keep up with current events. Congress has been Democrat controlled for a little while now. Find some other way to blame Bush kthx.
I'm the entire I.T. Dept for a smallish office. We've got two 2k3 servers and about 20 workstations that all still run Windows 2000. I've been struggling with the Vista upgrade concept for a while now and it's really not a fun thing.
The idea of upgrading all our desktops, installing Vista, and then hoping all of our applications work just fine on it scares the hell out of me. Sure I can do testing before hand but you just can't test every scenario and there are always things that pop up.
My question now is this. Would it just be easier to throw everyone into Terminal Server sessions and let them use 2k3 as their desktop? I wouldn't have to spend money upgrading desktops, desktops that die will be replaced by cheap thin clients, and I save money from not buying Vista licenses. Does this sound feasible to do? (Assuming all applications work and everyone can do their jobs of course.)
I think your tin-foil hat is screwed on WAY too tight.
No, it's not. This update overrides any settings in WSUS and installs itself regardless of the restrictions in place. I'm one of the many who are severely pissed about this update bypassing WSUS restrictions. Fortunately most of my network is still running W2K so I'm not having the nightmare of trying to manually remove it that others are.
You should read earlier comments before posting and making yourself look silly.
I'm not a big soda drinker but my kids got me into Jones Soda made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. It tastes a bajillion times better than any corn syrup soda too. I'd love to try a Coke made with actual sugar.
Has anyone ever said RTFA to you before?
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Yer tinfoil hat is on too tight. Loosen that sucker up a bit there, and don't forget to take your meds. You obviously reeeally need them right now.
So THATS why it's so hard to find. Oh wait....