You should pay more attention to avoiding typos. This one:
a vulture capitalists real motivation [missing the apostrophe]
is merely incorrect, but this one:
a line in the sane [not "sand"] must be drawn
completely changes the meaning of your argument. It's a pretty good pun, though! "The enemy may go this far, and no farther! For if they cross the line in the sane, then we'll strip down naked and charge at them like demented Celts!"
And if that's too big a car for you, then you're going to be waiting a long time because the smaller the car is, the larger percentage of its weight the batteries consume (and the Leaf is probably at the point of diminishing returns).
Is that why the US state dept has been closing consulates left and right?
Defending a consulate, which is located in a foreign country, doesn't even slightly begin to give any kind of excuse whatsoever for any intelligence actions within the United States itself. Spy on the locals near the consulate all you want; that was never a problem. But that's all you need to do.
Is that why the rebels in Syria have been as supplied as they have?
Who the fuck cares? Nothing that happens in Syria poses any kind of threat to us within the United States itself.
Both of your red herring arguments completely fail to be any sort of justification for the NSA's (and other TLAs', I'm sure) domestic totalitarianism.
The difference between you and a rational person is you're a sniveling coward who doesn't deserve the freedom you're apparently so willing to throw away.
al Qaida are a worthless pile of insane sociopaths who managed to get lucky once. They're not a credible threat to the United States on any significant scale, and they sure as Hell aren't worth allowing our civil rights to be fucked over by the NSA in order to combat!
And even if they were a credible threat, IT'S GODDAMN WORTH IT to be killed rather than subjugated by our own fear. I would rather get blown up than live in the police state that treasonous, cowardly assholes like you are trying so fucking hard to create!
Now, go fuck off and hide under a rock or something if you're so damn scared. But leave my rights and freedoms alone!
If people can acknowledge that al Qaida poses a threat, and are trying to do everything they can to harm us...
The far greatest threat that al Qaida poses is that the government is using them as an excuse to trample civil liberties. Otherwise, those impotent, pissant losers aren't even worth worrying about.
No. It's like a toll road trying to pick and choose between whether Pepsi or Coca Cola is allowed to deliver their product using that route. Except the toll road in question is the entire road network, so whichever beverage company isn't willing to pony up the most is shit out of luck.
The proper response to that is, of course, "fuck you, we (the public) don't give a shit about your business plan and have absolutely no interest in allowing you to screw us over using the wires that we've so graciously allowed you to lay across our property and the airwaves that we (collectively) own. You are at our mercy, not the other way around!"
Huh. I'd buy it for $50, then -- my parents are looking for a TV like that (to fit in their obsolete built-in entertainment unit that I advised them against 20 years ago because I saw big TVs coming even though I was only a little kid at the time).
Have you noticed the deafening silence from the Republicans (including even Tea Partiers) who were crowing about impeaching Obama over Obamacare? You should think about why they choose to clam up now that they have an actual legitimate reason to want him impeached.
The answer, of course, is that the Republicans are just as complicit in the totalitarianism as the Democrats are.
In my opinion, it's reasonable for the court to be able to compel witnesses to testify.
However, remember that the First Amendment affirms freedom of the press separately from free speech in general. Since having anonymous sources is an important part of investigative journalism, I think that journalists have a right not to be forced to identify their source.
No, the first piece of hardware to break a key in a few hours costs a billion dollars. The next million of them off the assembly line cost two bucks each.
Because knowledge is power, and people with power use it.
Because the anointed Ruling Class will keep their privacy, and have an advantage... or they'll just apply the laws unequally (because what are you going to do about it, you little piss-ant plebe?)
There's also an Ayn Rand quote about turning everyone into criminals that applies, but I hesitate to mention it because of all the objectivist baggage that comes with bringing her up...
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You should pay more attention to avoiding typos. This one:
is merely incorrect, but this one:
completely changes the meaning of your argument. It's a pretty good pun, though! "The enemy may go this far, and no farther! For if they cross the line in the sane, then we'll strip down naked and charge at them like demented Celts!"
They have that; it's called the Nissan Leaf.
And if that's too big a car for you, then you're going to be waiting a long time because the smaller the car is, the larger percentage of its weight the batteries consume (and the Leaf is probably at the point of diminishing returns).
Well, DARPA is funded via the Federal budget... so China, mostly.
Defending a consulate, which is located in a foreign country, doesn't even slightly begin to give any kind of excuse whatsoever for any intelligence actions within the United States itself. Spy on the locals near the consulate all you want; that was never a problem. But that's all you need to do.
Who the fuck cares? Nothing that happens in Syria poses any kind of threat to us within the United States itself.
Both of your red herring arguments completely fail to be any sort of justification for the NSA's (and other TLAs', I'm sure) domestic totalitarianism.
In Soviet Russia, windmills tilt at you?
Oh god, there's another one?!!
Austrian, not Australian (but I suspect you knew that).
Of course it's not common now, it's fucking patented!
The difference between you and a rational person is you're a sniveling coward who doesn't deserve the freedom you're apparently so willing to throw away.
al Qaida are a worthless pile of insane sociopaths who managed to get lucky once. They're not a credible threat to the United States on any significant scale, and they sure as Hell aren't worth allowing our civil rights to be fucked over by the NSA in order to combat!
And even if they were a credible threat, IT'S GODDAMN WORTH IT to be killed rather than subjugated by our own fear. I would rather get blown up than live in the police state that treasonous, cowardly assholes like you are trying so fucking hard to create!
Now, go fuck off and hide under a rock or something if you're so damn scared. But leave my rights and freedoms alone!
The far greatest threat that al Qaida poses is that the government is using them as an excuse to trample civil liberties. Otherwise, those impotent, pissant losers aren't even worth worrying about.
Maybe the same thing he'd expect from a consumer-grade laptop (but with a smaller screen and less power)? Is that so unreasonable?
How about capital capitol punishment?
No. It's like a toll road trying to pick and choose between whether Pepsi or Coca Cola is allowed to deliver their product using that route. Except the toll road in question is the entire road network, so whichever beverage company isn't willing to pony up the most is shit out of luck.
The proper response to that is, of course, "fuck you, we (the public) don't give a shit about your business plan and have absolutely no interest in allowing you to screw us over using the wires that we've so graciously allowed you to lay across our property and the airwaves that we (collectively) own. You are at our mercy, not the other way around!"
Huh. I'd buy it for $50, then -- my parents are looking for a TV like that (to fit in their obsolete built-in entertainment unit that I advised them against 20 years ago because I saw big TVs coming even though I was only a little kid at the time).
Bah, any respectable 10-year-old hacker would have at least also wanted to play Solitaire or something!
I bet it's a CRT.
DisplayPort?
It's a lot cheaper to hire somebody to help carry the TV once in a while than it is to buy a whole new TV.
Have you noticed the deafening silence from the Republicans (including even Tea Partiers) who were crowing about impeaching Obama over Obamacare? You should think about why they choose to clam up now that they have an actual legitimate reason to want him impeached.
The answer, of course, is that the Republicans are just as complicit in the totalitarianism as the Democrats are.
In my opinion, it's reasonable for the court to be able to compel witnesses to testify.
However, remember that the First Amendment affirms freedom of the press separately from free speech in general. Since having anonymous sources is an important part of investigative journalism, I think that journalists have a right not to be forced to identify their source.
No, the first piece of hardware to break a key in a few hours costs a billion dollars. The next million of them off the assembly line cost two bucks each.
"Microcide" would be the opposite: Nokia killing Microsoft (oh, if that could only have happened!). This was "suicide by Microsoft."
Because knowledge is power, and people with power use it.
Because the anointed Ruling Class will keep their privacy, and have an advantage... or they'll just apply the laws unequally (because what are you going to do about it, you little piss-ant plebe?)
There's also an Ayn Rand quote about turning everyone into criminals that applies, but I hesitate to mention it because of all the objectivist baggage that comes with bringing her up...
Not if you want your life insurance to pay out.