If we abandon our principals when the boogyman says "boo", then we deserve the police-state we will create. (s/will/are)
Why is it never mentioned that a better solution to the "terrorist menance" is to stop stiring the pot in the middle east and just ignore it? Stop funding them, stop pissing them off. Of course, since a large amount of our national debt is held by people/governments in the middle east, I doubt that will ever happen.
I thought I remember reading that LEGO was having financial problems *because* they were not providing the "scripted" play. Times had changed and kids now had their imaginations lobotomized and weren't interested in toys where they had to think.
What did you expect? Taxpayers to pay your oil company friends billions of dollars to expand their businesses? Oh wait...
If you're going to bitch about tax credits, make sure you include the ones going to companies that really don't need them, but donated/bribed the campaign.
I think we will always have stratification as humans, some people simply have a larger desire achive than others.
I agree, removing person-hood from corperations would be a good step in returning government control to "the people". Though how to do so is the question. Current politicans profit too much from the system as it currently is and would fight to prevent it from changing.
Agreed. We should determine a number (say 2million) that a person can make a year. Any income over that is taxed 100%. Any income under a number (say 30k) is tax free. And a progressive tax range in between the 2 numbers.
Also: I fail to prove I'm human I guess. Stuipd script thing.
Oh whatever. If we followed your logic of "you shouldn't post anything on the internet that might be illegal in other countries" nothing would be on the internet.
Probably not... I think that the FCC, like most overly anal tightwads who want to limit what you see/hear put out the message that "beer and pr0n" are bad for "you". Then behind closed doors they get to enjoy all the beer and pr0n they want.
Witness every televanglist who is secretly a drug/sex/gamboling/etc addict.
I would have to spend sigificantly more as an individual to get that sort of broadband vs my share of the costs if everyone was helping. In fact, if it wasn't for large tax-funded investments in technology like the internet, we wouldn't have the technology we have today.
I'm more than happy to pay taxes to support that (and other such endovers). I'm not happy paying taxes to support a war to help oil barons have easier access to some oil so they can get richer.
I live in a pretty urban area, but grew up in a rural area. I knew more of my neighbors in the rural area than I do now. People live very close to each other tend to put up a shell and ignore all the other bodies in their space.
I thought it was their submarine patent trick that was the evil bit there. Making a profit isn't bad, but tricking people into building for a standard you have hidden patents on is.
The American system is really well designed to stop dictatorship. The Republicans can pass and enforce any law which has a genuine majority of the people at most levels in support of it. That's not really that terrifying.
What is terrifying to me is that a genuine majority of the people in America seem to be happy/not care about the looming social conservative legislation and loss of civil rights.
Me thinks that perhaps America has grown too fat and lazy on the backs of the rest of the world, and is heading for an implosion. I only wonder where in the world will be safe while the storm passes.
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The metaphore might still apply...
If humanity manages to wipe itself out, are you sure we are worth trying to bring back?
If we abandon our principals when the boogyman says "boo", then we deserve the police-state we will create. (s/will/are)
Why is it never mentioned that a better solution to the "terrorist menance" is to stop stiring the pot in the middle east and just ignore it? Stop funding them, stop pissing them off. Of course, since a large amount of our national debt is held by people/governments in the middle east, I doubt that will ever happen.
Not to do the whole "reply to myself" thing, but what idiot of a moderator mods down offtopic replys to an offtopic post?
If you had a non-profanity laced version of this, I'd love to send it to my religious relatives.
I thought I remember reading that LEGO was having financial problems *because* they were not providing the "scripted" play. Times had changed and kids now had their imaginations lobotomized and weren't interested in toys where they had to think.
Or something.
Btw, it is actually "closing the barn door after the cows have escaped" not "closing the barn door after the cows have come home".
What did you expect? Taxpayers to pay your oil company friends billions of dollars to expand their businesses? Oh wait...
If you're going to bitch about tax credits, make sure you include the ones going to companies that really don't need them, but donated/bribed the campaign.
I like the unnatural arguement, I'll have to use that myself.
Good points, good post.
I think we will always have stratification as humans, some people simply have a larger desire achive than others.
I agree, removing person-hood from corperations would be a good step in returning government control to "the people". Though how to do so is the question. Current politicans profit too much from the system as it currently is and would fight to prevent it from changing.
Perhaps. I'm not an economist, merely an idealist.
The other idea I've heard of is to make it so that the highest paid employee of a company makes no more than 10x more than the lowest paid.
It all depends on whether you believe we need a class of poor people to keep the capitalistic engine going. (I suspect we do).
However, I think we need to do something to put a limit on the huge gap between the rich and the not rich.
Agreed. We should determine a number (say 2million) that a person can make a year. Any income over that is taxed 100%. Any income under a number (say 30k) is tax free. And a progressive tax range in between the 2 numbers.
Also: I fail to prove I'm human I guess. Stuipd script thing.
Agreed. Tiny controller = hurt hands in an hour. Xbox controller = I can play all day.
Not to mention, reinstalling the OS might save the end user $, as it's probably faster than hunting down all the spyware.
Oh whatever. If we followed your logic of "you shouldn't post anything on the internet that might be illegal in other countries" nothing would be on the internet.
Probably not... I think that the FCC, like most overly anal tightwads who want to limit what you see/hear put out the message that "beer and pr0n" are bad for "you". Then behind closed doors they get to enjoy all the beer and pr0n they want.
Witness every televanglist who is secretly a drug/sex/gamboling/etc addict.
People are stupid. I don't think we should cater to the stupid.
When the government is run by the corperations is there a difference?
I find them both pretty funny.
I would have to spend sigificantly more as an individual to get that sort of broadband vs my share of the costs if everyone was helping. In fact, if it wasn't for large tax-funded investments in technology like the internet, we wouldn't have the technology we have today.
I'm more than happy to pay taxes to support that (and other such endovers). I'm not happy paying taxes to support a war to help oil barons have easier access to some oil so they can get richer.
I live in a pretty urban area, but grew up in a rural area. I knew more of my neighbors in the rural area than I do now. People live very close to each other tend to put up a shell and ignore all the other bodies in their space.
lol. :)
I thought it was their submarine patent trick that was the evil bit there. Making a profit isn't bad, but tricking people into building for a standard you have hidden patents on is.
Assuming they did that.
What is terrifying to me is that a genuine majority of the people in America seem to be happy/not care about the looming social conservative legislation and loss of civil rights.
Me thinks that perhaps America has grown too fat and lazy on the backs of the rest of the world, and is heading for an implosion. I only wonder where in the world will be safe while the storm passes.
214357 is a low UID?