This comes as no surprise to those of us who have lived in North Carolina. The state legislature is a money-grubbing sleezebag pile of shit that tries to screw over its citizens at every turn. And, they provide next to nothing in services. Basically, the tax rates of New England with the services of Alabama. I'm glad I don't live there anymore!
1. These assholes think their words are right up there with Socrates.
2. They have no actual consideration for how their decisions will affect actual Americans.
3. They're completely detached from reality.
Yeah, that pretty much describes every lawyer and law student I've ever met. Some famous words from that fascist Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, on upholding forced sterilization: "Three generations of idiots is enough."
Why would the president of the US want to give profits to MNC's? Wouldn't Bush want to give the money to a purely American company? Sorry, but your theory is stupid
No, you are the one who is stupid. George W Bush, as well as the entire Bush family, doesn't give a flying fuck in a rolling donut about America. Their best friends are the Saudi "royal" family and they only care about other "elite" people in the world. Nations don't matter to people like that.
On the back of the envelope it says something like "tampering with or changing the contents of this envelope may subject you to legal action." Oh yeah, I am so going to get a credit card from people who start off threatening to sue me (and for what?).
I doubt that statement is directed at you (the intended recipient), but at other people handling the envelope. Of course, interfering with postal delivery is already a federal crime, and I would guess that everybody knows that, so at the very least, the warning is pretty redundant.
I don't know about that. The notice is on the business reply envelope just below "Customer ID" and a barcode. So, if you put, say, a printout of a picture of cow dung on it with a caption reading "this is what I think of you" then they know who to go after. At least, that's how it looks to a non-lawyer, which would be most of the people they deal with.
Yes, apparently, constant threats of lawsuits might cause people to spend their entertainment money elsewhere. It's kind of like with those Capitol One mailers. On the back of the envelope it says something like "tampering with or changing the contents of this envelope may subject you to legal action." Oh yeah, I am so going to get a credit card from people who start off threatening to sue me (and for what?). Same thing with the RIAA. You sue your customers, we go elsewhere and tell you where you can stick those shiny, plastic discs.
Look: The fact that Somalia is covered by a mass of tribal governments rather than one big government does not make it a "place without a government." If anything, the problem with Somalia is the presence of too many governments, both their own tribal hierarchies and various outside governments seeking to establish centralized rule.
So then, I take it that you support a one world government? Your user id and IP address have been forwarded to Alex Jones. Prepare to be bullhorned soon! ^_^
On the subject of Solaris, though-- I think it is a masterpiece of psychologial terror, totally gripping-- but that the film adaptations (Tarkovsky's less so) are somewhat weak. Too bad Kubrick didn't take a stab at it.
Well, Tarkovsky wasn't trying to do a faithful interpretation of Lem's book. Tarkovsky had his own ideas about life, the universe, and everything which were often at odds with Lem's. I imagine Kubrick would also have gone out on his own way if he made a movie of Solaris. Like Tarkovsky, he was also an artist with his own style, so he wouldn't have made a "faithful" adaptation either. The George Clooney's Ass version of Solaris, however, was a little cheesy. Soderbergh emphasized the love story part way too much. It wasn't really a bad movie, it was simply a bad adaptation of the novel.
FWIW, I am a fan of Tarkovsky. I count Andrei Rublev and Offret among my favourite films. But I don't think Solaris was one of his better efforts.
FWIW, I am also an American and a fan of Tarkovksy's films. However, GP's criticism is not wholly without merit. Absolutely none of my American friends can sit through a Tarkovsky film without getting bored. I got a couple of them to watch Offret and at the end of the movie their basic reaction was "What the hell was that???" So, while GP is harsh and maybe even a little bigotted, he is not entirely off base.
If you believe that you can be in a society and not affect other members of your society (especially the young, impressionable ones, and the ones that aren't so happy with their status quo), then you've been drinking alcohol way too long.
There, fixed that for you. Seriously, whatever you do affects everyone around you. Driving a car, walking across the street, owning a house, all of these affect everyone around you. That's not the point. The proper question is: does smoking marijuana in the privacy of your own home unreasonably affect the people around you? If you drive a car today at or below the speed limit, you are not unreasonable even though your driving and even being on the highway increases everyone else's risk of an accident. You driving 100 mph in a 55 mph zone, however, is unreasonable. That's why I changed your post to alcohol. If drinking alcoholic beverages in your own home is reasonable, why is marijuana any different?
And this was coordinated by the Skull and Bones wing of the Free Masons working in conjunction with the Bavarian Illuminati. They receive their funding from the Rothchilds, you know.
*Sigh* I swear! All that, and you didn't even mention the Annunaki! I mean, we can't have a real conspiracy theory without blood drinking, shape-shifting, reptilian aliens, can we? What are they teaching kids these days?
REALTOR: We'll sell this historic land for $1.6 million dollars
CONDO BUILDER: I'll buy that
REALTOR: Do you want us to demolish this historic site also?
MUSEUM BUILDER: Oh hell no! $2 million!
Well, shit! Dr. Evil doesn't even get a say in this kind of real estate market!
I've heard the Michael Jackson album. Are you sure?
Well, that's one of those bizarre little coincidences. He named his album and song "Bad" to mean "Really good" even though it was actually "shitty". One of the few actual examples of irony. Of course, the fact that he is now a pedophile is purely a coincidence:-).
In America, how did the powerful become powerful? Have they done something you couldn't do?
Well, I for one was not really in a position of having powerful friends who could get me lucrative Civil War contracts. Of course, later it was other wars, but the beginning of the Robber Baron period was really due to the lucrative Civil War contracts which included weapons, railroads, and so on. And, of course, a compliant and semi-fascist Supreme Court makes things go over even easier.
(A) and (B) are if you can't pay your taxes. (C) is only if you knowlingly lie on your tax return (known as "fraud"). The really damnable thing about the IRS is not what you mention, but the fact that they are the one organization that does not need to get a court judgment against you. You are basically guilty until proven innocent with the IRS.
Yes it was. Look up the "Project for a New American Century." 9/11 is what gave them the political capital needed to go forward with the "regime change" they had been clamoring for since the 90s.
Yes, but Bush was directly in their pocket and working to forward their goals. Obama, on the other hand... [okay, even I couldn't keep a straight face writing that...]
This bill is about the harm done to the emotional state of the speech's subject (direct harm; the effect of the speech on the subject).
Then it would be covered under intentional, or negligent, infliction of emotional distress. Of course, this can also be gotten around by free speech arguments. You can even joke that Jerry Falwell's "first time" was with his mother in an outhouse. Of course, that goat fucker now uses trademark law to try to crush anyone who dares state anything negative about him. Did I not mention that he regulary fellates goats and loves to swallow?
Anyway, the law is a way around that, so you can sue the hell out of anyone who expresses anything negative about you. I can only hope that this will be deemed unconstitutional, since even Scalia and other conservatives don't stand against the first amendment. But, damage will already be done before it gets to the Supremes.
there's no need to make new laws to make things more complicated
You must be new here (well, to life anyway). Politicians always want new laws to make things more complicated. Imagine a term of MPs or Congressmen (depending on your country) where no laws get written or passed. You can't? Well, I can't either, at least not realistically.
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This comes as no surprise to those of us who have lived in North Carolina. The state legislature is a money-grubbing sleezebag pile of shit that tries to screw over its citizens at every turn. And, they provide next to nothing in services. Basically, the tax rates of New England with the services of Alabama. I'm glad I don't live there anymore!
Yeah, that pretty much describes every lawyer and law student I've ever met. Some famous words from that fascist Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, on upholding forced sterilization: "Three generations of idiots is enough."
No, you are the one who is stupid. George W Bush, as well as the entire Bush family, doesn't give a flying fuck in a rolling donut about America. Their best friends are the Saudi "royal" family and they only care about other "elite" people in the world. Nations don't matter to people like that.
I don't know about that. The notice is on the business reply envelope just below "Customer ID" and a barcode. So, if you put, say, a printout of a picture of cow dung on it with a caption reading "this is what I think of you" then they know who to go after. At least, that's how it looks to a non-lawyer, which would be most of the people they deal with.
Yes, apparently, constant threats of lawsuits might cause people to spend their entertainment money elsewhere. It's kind of like with those Capitol One mailers. On the back of the envelope it says something like "tampering with or changing the contents of this envelope may subject you to legal action." Oh yeah, I am so going to get a credit card from people who start off threatening to sue me (and for what?). Same thing with the RIAA. You sue your customers, we go elsewhere and tell you where you can stick those shiny, plastic discs.
This is slashdot. Nobody here gets fucked.
So then, I take it that you support a one world government? Your user id and IP address have been forwarded to Alex Jones. Prepare to be bullhorned soon! ^_^
Well, Tarkovsky wasn't trying to do a faithful interpretation of Lem's book. Tarkovsky had his own ideas about life, the universe, and everything which were often at odds with Lem's. I imagine Kubrick would also have gone out on his own way if he made a movie of Solaris. Like Tarkovsky, he was also an artist with his own style, so he wouldn't have made a "faithful" adaptation either. The George Clooney's Ass version of Solaris, however, was a little cheesy. Soderbergh emphasized the love story part way too much. It wasn't really a bad movie, it was simply a bad adaptation of the novel.
FWIW, I am also an American and a fan of Tarkovksy's films. However, GP's criticism is not wholly without merit. Absolutely none of my American friends can sit through a Tarkovsky film without getting bored. I got a couple of them to watch Offret and at the end of the movie their basic reaction was "What the hell was that???" So, while GP is harsh and maybe even a little bigotted, he is not entirely off base.
There, fixed that for you. Seriously, whatever you do affects everyone around you. Driving a car, walking across the street, owning a house, all of these affect everyone around you. That's not the point. The proper question is: does smoking marijuana in the privacy of your own home unreasonably affect the people around you? If you drive a car today at or below the speed limit, you are not unreasonable even though your driving and even being on the highway increases everyone else's risk of an accident. You driving 100 mph in a 55 mph zone, however, is unreasonable. That's why I changed your post to alcohol. If drinking alcoholic beverages in your own home is reasonable, why is marijuana any different?
Maybe he should get a few Tom Cruise missiles to fire back at them :-)
I mean, after all, we know that no real American would ever want to leave the country!
Well, when I am faced with these dilemas, I always ask: What would Buddha do?
The sad thing is, the John Birch Society really believes this.
"Don't contaminate our water with flouridation!" - Maj. Frank Burns
*Sigh* I swear! All that, and you didn't even mention the Annunaki! I mean, we can't have a real conspiracy theory without blood drinking, shape-shifting, reptilian aliens, can we? What are they teaching kids these days?
Well, shit! Dr. Evil doesn't even get a say in this kind of real estate market!
True, but then no one can compete with a good goatse. Even Ron Jeremy was shocked at seeing his first goatse.
Well, that's one of those bizarre little coincidences. He named his album and song "Bad" to mean "Really good" even though it was actually "shitty". One of the few actual examples of irony. Of course, the fact that he is now a pedophile is purely a coincidence :-).
Well, I for one was not really in a position of having powerful friends who could get me lucrative Civil War contracts. Of course, later it was other wars, but the beginning of the Robber Baron period was really due to the lucrative Civil War contracts which included weapons, railroads, and so on. And, of course, a compliant and semi-fascist Supreme Court makes things go over even easier.
In all fairness, though, you are only getting was passes through New York from New Jersey (and yes, I've lived there, so fuck off).
(A) and (B) are if you can't pay your taxes. (C) is only if you knowlingly lie on your tax return (known as "fraud"). The really damnable thing about the IRS is not what you mention, but the fact that they are the one organization that does not need to get a court judgment against you. You are basically guilty until proven innocent with the IRS.
Oh come on! It worked for these guys. Oh, wait!
Yes, but Bush was directly in their pocket and working to forward their goals. Obama, on the other hand ... [okay, even I couldn't keep a straight face writing that...]
Then it would be covered under intentional, or negligent, infliction of emotional distress. Of course, this can also be gotten around by free speech arguments. You can even joke that Jerry Falwell's "first time" was with his mother in an outhouse. Of course, that goat fucker now uses trademark law to try to crush anyone who dares state anything negative about him. Did I not mention that he regulary fellates goats and loves to swallow?
Anyway, the law is a way around that, so you can sue the hell out of anyone who expresses anything negative about you. I can only hope that this will be deemed unconstitutional, since even Scalia and other conservatives don't stand against the first amendment. But, damage will already be done before it gets to the Supremes.
You must be new here (well, to life anyway). Politicians always want new laws to make things more complicated. Imagine a term of MPs or Congressmen (depending on your country) where no laws get written or passed. You can't? Well, I can't either, at least not realistically.