I can't picture McCain poolside. He'd melt from the sun.
I can, however, see him glowering in a large chair in front of a fire in a dimly lit den, claw curled around a rocks glass, a scowl on his face as he sips the whiskey.
I don't remember what Gore's global warming policies were precisely, but what we need in this country to fix our economy - and not let it steep in ruin! - is:
- increased manufacturing (hyperefficient cars, green tech like turbines and solar cells, "cradle to cradle" ideals which actually save money in the long term) - increased exports (even if there isn't a demand for solar cells here, there probably is elsewhere. Even if there isn't a demand yet for hyperefficient cars, there is elsewhere - like europe, where gas is twice as expensive. Even if there isn't a demand yet for turbines - but oh wait, there is. And there isn't enough supply to sate it)
Both of these would: - increase the wealth of the country as a whole - decrease our reliance on foreign oil - and thus increase our national security by - letting us deshackle ourselves from the saudis and the middle east
Since our exports have become an insignificant portion of our GDP, our economy has been a deck of cards. That deck is collapsing. The only way to prop it back up again is to stimulate manufacturing and exports again. We've been sitting on our artificial laurels too long - we need to step up to the plate.
You're right. Gallup has Obama at +2 for traditional "likely" voters (factors in current intention and previous action).
Then again, it also has Obama at +7 on their other "likely" voters poll, which only takes into account current intentions.
However, with Nov 4 closing in, what's more important is that people are registered. Amongst registered voters, Obama is at +7.
You also have to take into account that people without landlines do not get polled. A large portion of 20-somethings have eschewed having a personal land line, and carry only a cell phone instead. This demographic tends to lean left, so adjust your sights for wind accordingly.
Exactly. According to estimates and research, off-shore drilling is expected to produce.2 million barrels of oil a year by 2030. Due to international markets, and the Saudis vowing to drill more to offset, and the fact that the price gouging happens not from the oil companies but from the refineries (refineries used to be owned by the oil companies, but now they're not. We also have less of them today than we did 20 years ago), it will have a negligable effect on the price of oil.
What we need to do is build efficiently. Efficient gas and non-gas cars, efficient wind turbines (mostly produced offshore currently), and so on and so forth. It's the only thing we can do for future economic stability: increase USA's manufacturing and exports while building a more environmentally friendly industry.
You've got to be half-way competent at something in order to understand that you're not on expert. He's not good at much else besides charming people out of their life safings, flushing investors' money down the toilet, and shoveling snow into his nose like a dirt devil.
The two keys to being truly intelligent: Knowing when you do not know something, and genuine curiosity. To know that you do not know something, you must first understand that there are things you will never know. Smart people surround themselves with other smart people, who compliment their skill-set. This is how team-building is done.
Obama builds his team (cabinet) by looking for people who compliment his skill-set, and compliment each others. He does not want yes-men, he wants "what about this"-men. That on its own puts him strides before McCain.
On a serious note, there wasn't a surplus under Clinton. Whatever extra our government had that didn't go directly into spending was put into paying off its debt. Paying off debt should be factored into the budget.
We may have had a budget surplus, but only because said budget did not factor in paying off our debt.
Because we had a "budget surplus," we were on the road to actually paying off our national debt. Unfortunately, the policies which lead to said "surplus" were immediately rescinded upon Bush Jr. gaining the presidency.
Ayers blew up a few buildings 40 years ago, and is now a respected professor. A lot changes in 40 years. 40 years ago, Osama bin Laden was our friend.
Palin's husband is an active member of the Alaskan Separatist movement, and before accepting her candidacy she spoke at their functions and supported them.
Of course, that's not what's important. What's important is electoral votes, and the most recent polling shows: Obama: 348.2 McCain: 189.9 With the most likely winning Obama electoral vote of 375.
According to 538's predictive model, the Nov. 4 projection has Obama at +5.7 on the popular.
So, "about 3 points or so between them" is equal to 5.6 points between them? Can you do maths?
Without the DMCA, those (media) companies would have had to file lawsuits against the (new) web 2.0 companies, which would have quickly bankrupted new companies that had yet to establish a solid business plan. It would not have carved out what fair use was, because the companies would not have fought it at all.
I can't tell which way was better. Also, hindsight is 20-20... I don't think anyone 10 years ago would have been able to predict torrents, the availability of bandwidth coupled with the availability of low-cost a/v equipment, and everything else that has ensued since. Except maybe Neal Stephenson.
And the politically manufactured New Testament says that once all on earth have had a chance to hear the Good News, the end of days will come, and those who have accepted will live with God for eternity, while the rest will be cast into the burning pits where there will be gnashing of teeth.
Heck, in the USA [sic] the witch trials were in 1692 to 1693. We're talking _almost_ 1700's, FFS.
The early settlers of the Americas were the backwards religious fundamentalists that couldn't stand their "secular" european cultures (like, science). They went to start a new, ignorant life. That culture dominates in much of the country.
I'm utterly convinced that the Jesus as referenced in the new testament was a traveler from the East. There are records of such a person, and such a person being executed with the cross. So I believe that there was such a person.
However, I think he came from the east with buddhist ideals, and integrated and preached these ideas as best he could to the people in the Mideast. There is a large section of his life which is not known at all - we have stories of him going to temple, and then we skip right to his baptism (I'm a little rusty, so there might have been more before that). He could very well have traveled to the far east or even the near-east and learned of buddhist teachings.
Unfortunately, much of his teachings were politically corrupted over time, and by the time the New Testament was actually written down and codified, it had become splintered into many different parishes across the Mediterranean. The Romans convened a committee to codify and unify the disparate teachings, and thus we have the dogma we have today.
At the very heart of his teachings, if you ignore the embellished and likely fabricated miracles, Jesus was very Buddhist!
Also, while two wrongs don't make a right, two lefts DO.
While they have a large percentage of the market, this move is actually bolstering their competition by preventing the bottom from falling out of their business. Google knows that competition is what keeps markets strong.
Don't know why you're getting modded down... TDD is a great way to know you have a huge amount of code coverage with your unit tests. At the two major corps I've worked for, having unit tests for your code review was the only way you were going to be able to check in code.
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He can also introduce legislation, though he may not vote on it.
Maybe if I hit the bees nest long enough, they'll stop stinging me!
I can't picture McCain poolside. He'd melt from the sun.
I can, however, see him glowering in a large chair in front of a fire in a dimly lit den, claw curled around a rocks glass, a scowl on his face as he sips the whiskey.
I don't remember what Gore's global warming policies were precisely, but what we need in this country to fix our economy - and not let it steep in ruin! - is:
- increased manufacturing (hyperefficient cars, green tech like turbines and solar cells, "cradle to cradle" ideals which actually save money in the long term)
- increased exports (even if there isn't a demand for solar cells here, there probably is elsewhere. Even if there isn't a demand yet for hyperefficient cars, there is elsewhere - like europe, where gas is twice as expensive. Even if there isn't a demand yet for turbines - but oh wait, there is. And there isn't enough supply to sate it)
Both of these would:
- increase the wealth of the country as a whole
- decrease our reliance on foreign oil
- and thus increase our national security by
- letting us deshackle ourselves from the saudis and the middle east
Since our exports have become an insignificant portion of our GDP, our economy has been a deck of cards. That deck is collapsing. The only way to prop it back up again is to stimulate manufacturing and exports again. We've been sitting on our artificial laurels too long - we need to step up to the plate.
You're right. Gallup has Obama at +2 for traditional "likely" voters (factors in current intention and previous action).
Then again, it also has Obama at +7 on their other "likely" voters poll, which only takes into account current intentions.
However, with Nov 4 closing in, what's more important is that people are registered. Amongst registered voters, Obama is at +7.
You also have to take into account that people without landlines do not get polled. A large portion of 20-somethings have eschewed having a personal land line, and carry only a cell phone instead. This demographic tends to lean left, so adjust your sights for wind accordingly.
Exactly. According to estimates and research, off-shore drilling is expected to produce .2 million barrels of oil a year by 2030. Due to international markets, and the Saudis vowing to drill more to offset, and the fact that the price gouging happens not from the oil companies but from the refineries (refineries used to be owned by the oil companies, but now they're not. We also have less of them today than we did 20 years ago), it will have a negligable effect on the price of oil.
What we need to do is build efficiently. Efficient gas and non-gas cars, efficient wind turbines (mostly produced offshore currently), and so on and so forth. It's the only thing we can do for future economic stability: increase USA's manufacturing and exports while building a more environmentally friendly industry.
You've got to be half-way competent at something in order to understand that you're not on expert. He's not good at much else besides charming people out of their life safings, flushing investors' money down the toilet, and shoveling snow into his nose like a dirt devil.
The two keys to being truly intelligent: Knowing when you do not know something, and genuine curiosity. To know that you do not know something, you must first understand that there are things you will never know. Smart people surround themselves with other smart people, who compliment their skill-set. This is how team-building is done.
Obama builds his team (cabinet) by looking for people who compliment his skill-set, and compliment each others. He does not want yes-men, he wants "what about this"-men. That on its own puts him strides before McCain.
On a serious note, there wasn't a surplus under Clinton. Whatever extra our government had that didn't go directly into spending was put into paying off its debt. Paying off debt should be factored into the budget.
We may have had a budget surplus, but only because said budget did not factor in paying off our debt.
Because we had a "budget surplus," we were on the road to actually paying off our national debt. Unfortunately, the policies which lead to said "surplus" were immediately rescinded upon Bush Jr. gaining the presidency.
Stop messin' with mah head with yer fancy edumacation and graphs and stamistics and stuff! Sheesh! </devils advocate>
Ayers blew up a few buildings 40 years ago, and is now a respected professor. A lot changes in 40 years. 40 years ago, Osama bin Laden was our friend.
Palin's husband is an active member of the Alaskan Separatist movement, and before accepting her candidacy she spoke at their functions and supported them.
Most recent polls: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
Popular vote:
Obama: 52.1%
McCain: 46.5%
Of course, that's not what's important. What's important is electoral votes, and the most recent polling shows:
Obama: 348.2
McCain: 189.9
With the most likely winning Obama electoral vote of 375.
According to 538's predictive model, the Nov. 4 projection has Obama at +5.7 on the popular.
So, "about 3 points or so between them" is equal to 5.6 points between them? Can you do maths?
You mean elfwood? Ughhhh....
Nationalize the media? Wow.
Really?
Without the DMCA, those (media) companies would have had to file lawsuits against the (new) web 2.0 companies, which would have quickly bankrupted new companies that had yet to establish a solid business plan. It would not have carved out what fair use was, because the companies would not have fought it at all.
I can't tell which way was better. Also, hindsight is 20-20... I don't think anyone 10 years ago would have been able to predict torrents, the availability of bandwidth coupled with the availability of low-cost a/v equipment, and everything else that has ensued since. Except maybe Neal Stephenson.
That package whatsisface was thinking of in the Cryptonomicon?
This was an interesting topic broached in Jericho.
Too bad the show was canceled...
Small number of Catholics have shown themselves to be terrorists. (See: northern ireland)
And the politically manufactured New Testament says that once all on earth have had a chance to hear the Good News, the end of days will come, and those who have accepted will live with God for eternity, while the rest will be cast into the burning pits where there will be gnashing of teeth.
(what the hell is gnashing of teeth, anyway?)
The early settlers of the Americas were the backwards religious fundamentalists that couldn't stand their "secular" european cultures (like, science). They went to start a new, ignorant life. That culture dominates in much of the country.
I'm utterly convinced that the Jesus as referenced in the new testament was a traveler from the East. There are records of such a person, and such a person being executed with the cross. So I believe that there was such a person.
However, I think he came from the east with buddhist ideals, and integrated and preached these ideas as best he could to the people in the Mideast. There is a large section of his life which is not known at all - we have stories of him going to temple, and then we skip right to his baptism (I'm a little rusty, so there might have been more before that). He could very well have traveled to the far east or even the near-east and learned of buddhist teachings.
Unfortunately, much of his teachings were politically corrupted over time, and by the time the New Testament was actually written down and codified, it had become splintered into many different parishes across the Mediterranean. The Romans convened a committee to codify and unify the disparate teachings, and thus we have the dogma we have today.
At the very heart of his teachings, if you ignore the embellished and likely fabricated miracles, Jesus was very Buddhist!
Also, while two wrongs don't make a right, two lefts DO.
While they have a large percentage of the market, this move is actually bolstering their competition by preventing the bottom from falling out of their business. Google knows that competition is what keeps markets strong.
Don't know why you're getting modded down... TDD is a great way to know you have a huge amount of code coverage with your unit tests. At the two major corps I've worked for, having unit tests for your code review was the only way you were going to be able to check in code.
I hear they have hobbits, though!