Fry - "Maybe the secret ingredient is... People"
Leela - "Oh they already have that, it's called soylent cola"
Fry - "Really, how is it?"
Leela - "It varies from person to person"
The only problem with this is that obedience is not heroism. Doing what you know to be right in the face of opposition and without regard to personal risk or loss is heroism. A hero would risk court-martial rather than kill an unarmed civilian in fact a hero would risk death. A coward would obey. Like wise a hero would risk their life to save a fallen comrade a coward would call in a bomb strike on a civilian area.
You're right, the problem of politics in America is that the American people do not grasp the importance of politics for them. They don't know what they have to loose, they don't know what could be gained. They have their petty prejudices their sense of superiority, however unfounded both of those are, what they lack is a sense of what they don't have and what has been slowly taken from them. The psychology overtaken the United States is that of hate and fear no reason is going to reverse that.
The number of people affected is too small and/or doesn't provide politicians a giant govt program that can be used to con the voters into becoming dependant on.
Spoken as a true Anonymous Republican. By the way you forgot to bash France for being socially egalitarian. Of course you did manage to imply that minorities were unimportant and that social programs are a racket so I guess your doing what you're played for.
It is sad that to be patriotic in America, you can't want your country to set a great standard for peace. Apparently, the new "American Patriot" is ruled by fear, greed, intolerance, propaganda, denial and hate. Patriots spit on the constitution, thwart peace treaties, ignore alliances, and trod on any who would stand in their way. The most disturbing bit? No one even knows what's being fought for.
It took more than 50 years for the legislation that preserved the independence of broadcast media to be significantly undermined. Before that it didn't matter if you wanted to broadcast something that would make you look bad or not because someone would.
Copyright by the way had a limit of 14 years with a possible additional 14 year extension and was only created to further innovation by allowing artists and authors to profit for a time from their work before it entered into the public domain, which is where any released work went prior to these laws. It had a limited scope in order to foster creativity and the advancement of science.
If the original laws stood unaltered we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. the volumes of information that should be rolling into the public domain and the value that information holds for the advancement of American culture and for the advancement both culturally and technologically of the entire world is immeasurable. That information is ours and it's been stolen for no other reason than to protect Mickey Mouse from imitators.
Do you think a clear channel station will report anything that will make people aware of the changes in FCC regulations that let them buy up more broadcast rights or that Fox would do so?
Do you think ABC would report anything other than what Disney wants people to hear?
Do you think NBC is unbiased on the subject of Copyright law even though it's owned by GE\RCA or how about CBS that's owned by Viacom\Paramount or CNN owned by Time Warner? I think anything that undermines the prevailing situation of corporate media hegemony is although illegal infect Moral.
Any discussion of American freedom must first address the problem of the litigious abuses of American corporate media.
Now what's Java again??? I know I've heard the term kicked around here and there. Could have been in some sort of advertisement. Can't recall where I saw it though.
IP is not a "human right" any regard for the government imposed monopoly on certain forms of information, as being equal to something like the right to not be tortured and killed or disappeared from your home in the middle of the night is incredibly ignorant of the real issues of Human Rights.
After what bush has done to the Geneva convention (you know we signed that to protect our soldiers right?), his FAILURE in Iraq, and his inability to hold together an alliance with any force more powerful than Lithuania I wouldn't be surprised if every general in the armed forces vote Democrat to get him out. Plus I doubt they have any respect for his military record.
The Dixie Chicks are actually a good example when you look at the motives of clear channel communications, the company that smacked them down. The primary political statement they made was I'll silence descanting voices for you if you remove those pesky media ownership laws something that got rammed through the FCC by the bush administration Rupert Murdock can be seen to be similarly motivated. Those few people boycotting a clear channel station would likely be listening to another clear channel station anyway since local radio is a thing quickly disappearing from US airwaves.
"does he really think the Atkins diet fad is going to last a whole decade?"
Yes that's why
"nanotechnological probes will be working their way through your bloodstream, clearing plaque out of your arteries, and getting rid of dangerous chemicals"
I have a little hobby project I'm working on in python. Could this be done in that language using existing libraries without coding in C and wrapping it for use in Python?
What he said was he helped create the Internet. In other words he and a few others lead the fight in Congress for funding to expand and open what was previously a small network running between a few universities doing military research that went by the name of ARPA net.
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Fry - "Maybe the secret ingredient is... People"
Leela - "Oh they already have that, it's called soylent cola"
Fry - "Really, how is it?"
Leela - "It varies from person to person"
You're right, the problem of politics in America is that the American people do not grasp the importance of politics for them. They don't know what they have to loose, they don't know what could be gained. They have their petty prejudices their sense of superiority, however unfounded both of those are, what they lack is a sense of what they don't have and what has been slowly taken from them. The psychology overtaken the United States is that of hate and fear no reason is going to reverse that.
So am i the only one who thinks the term limits are going to be changed before election '08?
It is sad that to be patriotic in America, you can't want your country to set a great standard for peace. Apparently, the new "American Patriot" is ruled by fear, greed, intolerance, propaganda, denial and hate. Patriots spit on the constitution, thwart peace treaties, ignore alliances, and trod on any who would stand in their way. The most disturbing bit? No one even knows what's being fought for.
Copyright by the way had a limit of 14 years with a possible additional 14 year extension and was only created to further innovation by allowing artists and authors to profit for a time from their work before it entered into the public domain, which is where any released work went prior to these laws. It had a limited scope in order to foster creativity and the advancement of science.
If the original laws stood unaltered we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. the volumes of information that should be rolling into the public domain and the value that information holds for the advancement of American culture and for the advancement both culturally and technologically of the entire world is immeasurable. That information is ours and it's been stolen for no other reason than to protect Mickey Mouse from imitators.
Do you think NBC is unbiased on the subject of Copyright law even though it's owned by GE\RCA or how about CBS that's owned by Viacom\Paramount or CNN owned by Time Warner? I think anything that undermines the prevailing situation of corporate media hegemony is although illegal infect Moral.
Any discussion of American freedom must first address the problem of the litigious abuses of American corporate media.
Are you caling Windows an intentional act?
The Dixie Chicks are actually a good example when you look at the motives of clear channel communications, the company that smacked them down. The primary political statement they made was I'll silence descanting voices for you if you remove those pesky media ownership laws something that got rammed through the FCC by the bush administration Rupert Murdock can be seen to be similarly motivated. Those few people boycotting a clear channel station would likely be listening to another clear channel station anyway since local radio is a thing quickly disappearing from US airwaves.
Sorry that was a small stroke originateing near my amygdala speaking.
those are bold words from an Anonymous Coward. Of course if the mods on my post are any indication it's a clan rally and the sheets are traditional.
My sig was never more appropriate
it's too bad this got modded down.
The facts don't lie but Rush Limbaugh does.
use a gun as a hammer... just planting seeds aren't you.