And if you mean the industry, well think of how the icemen felt when the refrigerator was invented?
Now, if they only had a large representative organization (say, the Ice Kooler Executives of America), then they could sue all the "ice pirates" for making ice so easily available to everyone and demand compensation and punitive damages to make sure they never do that again.
And as for your statement about plundering and power grabbing and all... if that were the case, they are doing a shitty job. Enron is gone. All of Bush's "cronies and family" are having to answer subpoena after subpoena after subpoena and still never found guilty of any real crimes. Take Scooter Libbey for example. He was charged with perjury for lying about a crime he didn't commit.
Halliburton (where Cheney was CEO and where he is getting assload of "deferred compensation" [why else do you think he's not running for President?]) is still alive, well and making tons of money. The Bush family's bestest buds, the Saudi "Royal" family (not really a royal family, but put in place as one by Western powers) are making tons of money. Hell, the whole Bush family doesn't have to worry about jack squat, and neither does Cheney. Even those like Gonzales who had to fall on his rubber sword are still making a killing (and would be pardoned anyway if they were convicted of anything). Even that nutter John Bolton still has plenty of lecture engagements.
And Scooter Libby was guilty and convicted, but then pardoned by the Bush. Also, since from your other statements you clearly hate the Clintons so much, why was Clinton's perjury so horrible, but Libby's perjury okay?
And, to the democrats on the site, do you really think Bush et al. are going to have to answer for anything? I predict that they will be convicted sometime after Henry Kissenger is convicted of crimes against humanity.
I know I'm not going to convince a hopelessly deluded person like you (really, why does *anyone* support Bush anymore). But, this since this is a public forum...
According to different analyses of a possible recount (which was stopped by the Supreme Court) [see here], Gore would have won in a statewide recount. Unfortunately, he was only asking for a limited recount, in which he would have lost.
But, you are missing the point entirely. I am not discussing who may or may not have legitimately won based on a marginal difference in votes. I am talking about how Bush wound up as President.
1. In an election in which the difference is such a small percentage, a recount is perfectly legitimate thing to ask for. If Bush had simply asked for a recount, I would not have faulted him.
2. Instead, Bush had Rove and a bunch of other thugs going down to voting offices and attempt to physically intimidate the vote counters while chanting "Stop the Count! Stop the Count!" Only despotic thugs try to prevent a proper vote count.
3. The Supreme Court voted along partisan lines to stop the recount in Florida and give Bush the Presidency. It had no business getting involved in a state's electoral process.
4. You also have public people (such as Pat Robertson) threatening real violence and the violent overthrow of the government if Bush (who was chosen by Gawd, of course) were not installed as President.
5. If Al Gore did or had his underlings do (2)-(4), you're damn straight I would despise Gore. I would say that he is a vile person, a dictator, and a direct threat to freedom and democracy. As it is, Gore did none of this. He simply asked for a recount, which he had every right to do.
Finally, don't assume I am some kind of partisan. Just because people act that way in your sick little world, don't assume the rest of us are like that. I actually voted for Gore, not because I thought he would make a great president, but simply because I didn't think he would be a bad one and I was sure (and the last seven years have proven me and many others right) that Bush would be a horrible President. If your choices are a mediocrity like Gore and someone like Bush who will actively go out of his way to destroy America and loot the treasury, who do you vote for?
What kind of government are you running down there anyway? Why are these guys still in power?
CASSIUS: And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep.
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds.
Perhaps drafting Mr. Chuck Norris would do the trick.
Unfortunately, Chuck Norris likes GWB. Maybe we could get Jean-Claude van Damme. Nah, he would just keep kicking way over their heads and doing splits. Steven Seagal? No, he only knows Aikido. He would have to wait for them to attack him before he could do anything. Jet Li? Too many dramatic poses.
No, we need Kurt Russell. Put him in his Snake Plissken outfit and give him a sub-machine gun and they will come as quietly as he will let them.
Or, we could send in David Hasselhoff. Not only could he hog-tie them with a rubber band and a piece of chewing gum, but after singing to them in German, I'm sure they will be begging to testify!
So, even if Bush is as bad as you say he is, he's doing it to enrich his family and his cronies while plundering as much money as possible from the treasury and grabbing as much power as possible.
There, fixed that for you. If you think Bush is doing all that he is doing to protect the country, you are truly a deluded moron.
This is just a bunch of cry-babies that could not gain power by winning elections, so they are trying to do it through the courts
Um, in case you weren't paying attention, Bush stole the 2000 election using the Supreme Court, who had not authority to rule on how a state chooses its electors.
These are the same types of people, who in the 70s and 80s recorded their music off the radio onto cassette and dubbed them.
Yes, and if there was some way (not a perfect way, but good enough for the RIAA) to tell who was taping a radio broadcast, we would have been having these lawsuits in the 70's and 80's.
Oh, come on, stupid mods! It's actually funny (though admittedly very childish) and on topic considering this is a Disney "House of the Future". What I want to know is - does it have a holographic projection room so my kids can pretend they are in the African Veldt?
It never ceases to amaze me how civilized people lay down rules on how to take each others' lives in a 'humane' manner. We are one bizarre race.
Indeed. I believe that was the whole point to the Star Trek episode "A Taste of Armageddon". War had become so civilized and death so painless that the war would never end. Without the horrors of war, they didn't stop to think "hey, wtf are we doing?"
Really? What country do you live in that we invaded? None? So then what's your problem?
Oh... you want to take offense for shit that doesn't involve you directly... my mistake...
You know, Goebbels could have made that argument to the U.S. or Britain after Germany invaded Poland. But then, Goebbels wasn't a total idiot like you obviously are. You see, people get upset about stuff like this because you shouldn't let tyranical governments do what they like.
So if the corporations pay more, including tax, do you really think that they won't pass those costs on to the consumers by higher prices? Corporations don't pay tax, only people do, you and I. Taxes are to the national economy as overhead is to any business. To have more money in the taxpayer's own pocket it is necessary to cut down on the national overhead, all taxes collected. It makes absolutely no difference how those overhead costs are distributed, only the total matters.
You know, you're right. Only people ultimately pay taxes. In fact, I would like to test this hypothesis. Let's completely get rid of the individual income tax and only tax corporations. After all, we will wind up paying for it eventually through higher costs, right? And think of how small the IRS would become. That's a hell of a lot of overhead we'd get rid of.
There was an attempt in Missouri pass a law to let "special" (i.e. cops and politicians) people opt-out, which was fortunately defeated.
Interestingly enough, data mining companies do exempt public officials and famous people from their search results. I guess they don't want to get sued when someone stalks them. Of course, all us "little people" can get stalked and attacked by random psychos and they don't give a shit. I imagine exempting public officials also makes it more likely that selling such information to whoever has a few bucks to spare is going to remain legal for the foreseeable future.
America has one terrorist attack on its soil and most Americans go "Please save me, Mr. President, from the big, bad terrorists!" and then let him use the Constitution as toilet paper. Who's the surrender monkey?
I answer the phone and tell them "yes, just hold on a second". Then I leave the phone on the table, wondering how long will it take them to hang up this time.
I used to do that all the time as well. But now, with the political season well underway, I think it best to break into song as soon as they ask to speak to the "registered Republican/Democrat of the house". My own suggestion would be to start singing "Springtime for Hitler" from the Producers
(shown here). I wonder if enough slashdotters will do this particular song. It would make for a great "what the hell?" kind of experiment.
If he's still in office, he's one dedicated zombie
Yeah, he's certainly dedicated considering that zombies need to eat brains. How much nourishment do you think a zombie could possibly get on Capitol Hill?
To use a car metaphor, it's like that car you got from your parents on your 16th birthday. It keeps getting worse and worse, but keeps chugging along and won't actually die. You're 21 years old and in college, so you can't buy your own car and your parents won't get you another one unless the one you have dies. And it's so shitty, you can leave the keys in the ignition, the door wide open, and a sign on it that says "free car", but no one will steal it. And it *just* *won't* *die*.
My problem with McCain... is that he's talked about putting Ballmer in his cabinet.
[in the news from Feb. 9, 2009] Secretary of State Ballmer has vowed to "fucking kill" Iranian President Ahmadinejad in a chair throwing ceremony that took place earlier today in the Rose Garden.
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And Scooter Libby was guilty and convicted, but then pardoned by the Bush. Also, since from your other statements you clearly hate the Clintons so much, why was Clinton's perjury so horrible, but Libby's perjury okay?
And, to the democrats on the site, do you really think Bush et al. are going to have to answer for anything? I predict that they will be convicted sometime after Henry Kissenger is convicted of crimes against humanity.
According to different analyses of a possible recount (which was stopped by the Supreme Court) [see here], Gore would have won in a statewide recount. Unfortunately, he was only asking for a limited recount, in which he would have lost.
But, you are missing the point entirely. I am not discussing who may or may not have legitimately won based on a marginal difference in votes. I am talking about how Bush wound up as President.
1. In an election in which the difference is such a small percentage, a recount is perfectly legitimate thing to ask for. If Bush had simply asked for a recount, I would not have faulted him.
2. Instead, Bush had Rove and a bunch of other thugs going down to voting offices and attempt to physically intimidate the vote counters while chanting "Stop the Count! Stop the Count!" Only despotic thugs try to prevent a proper vote count.
3. The Supreme Court voted along partisan lines to stop the recount in Florida and give Bush the Presidency. It had no business getting involved in a state's electoral process.
4. You also have public people (such as Pat Robertson) threatening real violence and the violent overthrow of the government if Bush (who was chosen by Gawd, of course) were not installed as President.
5. If Al Gore did or had his underlings do (2)-(4), you're damn straight I would despise Gore. I would say that he is a vile person, a dictator, and a direct threat to freedom and democracy. As it is, Gore did none of this. He simply asked for a recount, which he had every right to do.
Finally, don't assume I am some kind of partisan. Just because people act that way in your sick little world, don't assume the rest of us are like that. I actually voted for Gore, not because I thought he would make a great president, but simply because I didn't think he would be a bad one and I was sure (and the last seven years have proven me and many others right) that Bush would be a horrible President. If your choices are a mediocrity like Gore and someone like Bush who will actively go out of his way to destroy America and loot the treasury, who do you vote for?
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep.
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds.
No, we need Kurt Russell. Put him in his Snake Plissken outfit and give him a sub-machine gun and they will come as quietly as he will let them.
Or, we could send in David Hasselhoff. Not only could he hog-tie them with a rubber band and a piece of chewing gum, but after singing to them in German, I'm sure they will be begging to testify!
I should probably feel very embarrassed now since the title of the story was in the subject line :-(
Oh, come on, stupid mods! It's actually funny (though admittedly very childish) and on topic considering this is a Disney "House of the Future". What I want to know is - does it have a holographic projection room so my kids can pretend they are in the African Veldt?
In other news, RIAA and MPAA lawsuits have still not stopped illegal downloading. Stayed tuned for more from the Blatantly Obvious News Network!
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That's the RIAA.