"And given the perverse effects of FEMA property insurance, I would humbly suggest that the world is a better place when the feds stay out of the insurance business."
I'm afraid that that's completely wrong - every country that has socialized health insurance has lower administrative costs, and universal coverage. The U.S. system is completely private and we rank 27th in health care. When you pay for insurance in America, you're paying for some asshole CEO's home in the Hamptons, or the Cape, or wherever. Sorry to tell you this - but there is an objective truth out there: take profit out of the system and it will be cheaper.
Then you haven't read Michael Medved's review, or watched the bashing this movie has been taking in the last 24 hours on the right-wing cable news channels. It's clear that the media is on a crusade to try to discredit the film. The sweet thing is that it doesn't seem to be working. And since you made specific references to the media outlets in question in your post, I addressed them directly. Nice try, little fella.
The reason you're seeing bad reviews from mainstream media like CNN and NYTimes is because they're being threatened - they have controlled the narrative so long with their corporatist coverage that they don't like the idea of this whole type of movie as a trend. The Times and the CNN's were duped by Moore into believing Bush's WMD scam, and Moore brings this up in the movie.
The Corporate media has their own agenda.
Nice try - they take 70% of people's income in Sweden, and they have a 4.5% unemployment rate, and Universal health coverage.
The problem is that we don't tax enough in this country - especially on the rich, whose income should be clipped at a 60% rate. The top marginal rate was 70% in the 60's, and we used the money to build infrastructure, and middle-class wages rose during this period.
The problem is not retirees - it's the greed of the f***ing rich in this country - including Andy Grove.
..."Microsoft prefers competition between software applications to be determined in the free markets rather than by government agencies."
This from the company that last week said they would have document lock-in - they were going to design the new Office so you couldn't import word docs into other applications.
You reap what you sow, baby.
Yes, I think Mplayer's dvd playing is illegal by nature - it has to decrypt the stream just to play it. On windows you have to pay for that privilege. So don't tell John Ashcroft you use MPlayer. And definitely how well it works (great!)
Thanks for the link.
The russians said that Marx was right about capitalism, wrong about communism. Technology and rule by reason should reign when capitalism fails - Look, we all knew there was always something just right about Star Trek. Technocracy. That's the way to go. We've got to integrate futuristic technological projects (mining the asteroids, space elevator, solar stations beaming microwaves to earth) into capitalism (vis subsidies, e.g.)
" Technology will make it impossible." the author brought that up in the essay, in one of those yellow boxes. He said that the evolution in robotics would enhance the security state. Makes you rethink that Patriot Act, doesn't it?
"Hundreds of years ago, you could kill a lord, and take all of his gold."
No you couldn't. And acts of historical desperation are not driven by "rational self-interest" (what was in it for Tim McVeigh?) , but some selfless (if possbily misconceived) concern for the greater culture, and the movement it will make through history. And poverty probably has something to do with it as well.
"Once economic and physical security are attained, we can move on to greater needs that benefit everyone."
Yes, I think this is close to the essence of Marx's reasoning - which I've always taken to be "man can make the material conditions of his own existence, out of his will and reason." Let the markets run their course, and create all of the things that we need, and then we'll take those things and shape the society we want. Of course, between the lines in this essay you read Class Conflict. The uber-greedy financial class in America is set on consigning the rest of us to destitution, if that's what it takes to keep share price up. The showdown will ultimately be political, since shareholders control the process, and it will have to be taken away from them. That brings up a host of other problems (rigged voting machines, e.g.).
The more I realize that Marx was right. The American economy is quickly approaching the 'tipping point' where worker productivity gains create a workforce so small that there's not enough workers with wages to buy produced goods. The fundamental contradiction of capitalism - it's greatest strength (bent towards efficiency) drives it to it's greatest point of vulnerability (over-production = under-consumption).
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"And given the perverse effects of FEMA property insurance, I would humbly suggest that the world is a better place when the feds stay out of the insurance business." I'm afraid that that's completely wrong - every country that has socialized health insurance has lower administrative costs, and universal coverage. The U.S. system is completely private and we rank 27th in health care. When you pay for insurance in America, you're paying for some asshole CEO's home in the Hamptons, or the Cape, or wherever. Sorry to tell you this - but there is an objective truth out there: take profit out of the system and it will be cheaper.
Then you haven't read Michael Medved's review, or watched the bashing this movie has been taking in the last 24 hours on the right-wing cable news channels. It's clear that the media is on a crusade to try to discredit the film. The sweet thing is that it doesn't seem to be working. And since you made specific references to the media outlets in question in your post, I addressed them directly. Nice try, little fella.
The reason you're seeing bad reviews from mainstream media like CNN and NYTimes is because they're being threatened - they have controlled the narrative so long with their corporatist coverage that they don't like the idea of this whole type of movie as a trend. The Times and the CNN's were duped by Moore into believing Bush's WMD scam, and Moore brings this up in the movie. The Corporate media has their own agenda.
I'm from SCO, and we want to know who did this right now!!!!!!! I mean it, damnit! Speak up now, or, or, or, .....
Nice try - they take 70% of people's income in Sweden, and they have a 4.5% unemployment rate, and Universal health coverage. The problem is that we don't tax enough in this country - especially on the rich, whose income should be clipped at a 60% rate. The top marginal rate was 70% in the 60's, and we used the money to build infrastructure, and middle-class wages rose during this period. The problem is not retirees - it's the greed of the f***ing rich in this country - including Andy Grove.
..."Microsoft prefers competition between software applications to be determined in the free markets rather than by government agencies." This from the company that last week said they would have document lock-in - they were going to design the new Office so you couldn't import word docs into other applications. You reap what you sow, baby.
There's a hotkey - to make the slider come up without the GUI - man mplayer
Yes, I think Mplayer's dvd playing is illegal by nature - it has to decrypt the stream just to play it. On windows you have to pay for that privilege. So don't tell John Ashcroft you use MPlayer. And definitely how well it works (great!)
So what's wrong with using it without a GUI then? Nothing - that's why I never compile it with a GUI.
Quote by Hubbert - so I know where you're coming from. One thing's for sure - we have to get on the ball NOW with advancing energy technology.
Thanks for the link. The russians said that Marx was right about capitalism, wrong about communism. Technology and rule by reason should reign when capitalism fails - Look, we all knew there was always something just right about Star Trek. Technocracy. That's the way to go. We've got to integrate futuristic technological projects (mining the asteroids, space elevator, solar stations beaming microwaves to earth) into capitalism (vis subsidies, e.g.)
" Technology will make it impossible." the author brought that up in the essay, in one of those yellow boxes. He said that the evolution in robotics would enhance the security state. Makes you rethink that Patriot Act, doesn't it?
"Hundreds of years ago, you could kill a lord, and take all of his gold." No you couldn't. And acts of historical desperation are not driven by "rational self-interest" (what was in it for Tim McVeigh?) , but some selfless (if possbily misconceived) concern for the greater culture, and the movement it will make through history. And poverty probably has something to do with it as well.
"Once economic and physical security are attained, we can move on to greater needs that benefit everyone." Yes, I think this is close to the essence of Marx's reasoning - which I've always taken to be "man can make the material conditions of his own existence, out of his will and reason." Let the markets run their course, and create all of the things that we need, and then we'll take those things and shape the society we want. Of course, between the lines in this essay you read Class Conflict. The uber-greedy financial class in America is set on consigning the rest of us to destitution, if that's what it takes to keep share price up. The showdown will ultimately be political, since shareholders control the process, and it will have to be taken away from them. That brings up a host of other problems (rigged voting machines, e.g.).
The more I realize that Marx was right. The American economy is quickly approaching the 'tipping point' where worker productivity gains create a workforce so small that there's not enough workers with wages to buy produced goods. The fundamental contradiction of capitalism - it's greatest strength (bent towards efficiency) drives it to it's greatest point of vulnerability (over-production = under-consumption).
... their capital. And it sounds a like a lot more fun than coding security features. HOld on - I've got some more Sobig.F e-mails coming in.
They're up to the f release - looks like it's evolving - they patch, they prod, the thing just gets better - I"ve gotten 30 e-mails from strangers.