You can cram at least as much up your ass as you can hide in your shoe and we were told that the shoe bomber could have brought down his flight, so......
Most people are empoyees-at-will, which means if you don't like the job assignment, they are free to fire you
Yes, but unless they can prove that the firing was "for cause", they'll be paying you unemployment. Most for-profit enterprises do not want to pay you money to not work.....
I'm not even sure it would be legal for the government to ask you questions about race and culture in this country
Yeah, except when you apply for a firearms license, drivers license, respond to the census, blah, blah, blah. The US Government and it's political subdivisions ask about race and culture all the time......
(US workers are still the most productive in the world - it's not their fault they are leaderless)
This really is it in a nutshell, isn't it? Our leadership on every conceivable level (be it Governmental or Corporate) has utterly failed us. There is no planning for anything beyond the next quarter or election. Investors and the electorate are told what they want to hear rather than what they need to hear.
I keep waiting for the Chinese to do something that we've never done before. Maybe that will kick us out of our complacency. We need to see a Chinese Sputnik. Then maybe we'll pull our collective heads out of our collective ass.
you really mean "make it cheaper than you can". And if someone else is better than you *at your own game*, you have to ask yourself why.
Well, not having to comply with decades worth of environmental and labor regulations probably helps to keep costs down, though I'm not sure if it's something we want to emulate.
Referral to the police station is of very quesitonable legality.
Uhh, referral to the police is foolish and a waste of time but it's not of "questionable legality". I can refer anything I want to the police. Doesn't mean they will investigate it or do anything but it's not a crime to tell the police about a civil affair.....
It makes sense, for the simple reason that most phones can not handle a 1080p stream. They just don't have the horsepower for it.
Even if they did have the horsepower I rather doubt that the current cellular networks are up to the task. I can't even stream South Park Studios on my cell phone without buffering pauses on 3G. Works just fine on wi-fi, so I can't blame the phone....
Civil lawsuits can be dragged on longer than criminal ones. I invoked my right to a speedy trial and all that jazz -- there were a handful of court appearances and the Grand Jury testimony. That was it. No discovery, no depositions, no battle of motions. All of those can run up the legal bill pretty fast in a civil trial but aren't as relevant in a criminal trial.
What the hell were you charged with that your legal bills totaled up to six figures? I got charged with a felony in two different jurisdictions and had to deal with two different cases and my legal bills only came to around $8,000. Granted, we beat it BEFORE trial (thank god for the Grand Jury....) but it would not have accumulated to >$100,000 even if it had gone that far.
BTW, my lawyer saved my ass. I would not have walked away from my situation without a criminal record if I had tried to do it on my own. Don't trash the whole profession just because you hired a lousy legal team.
Try not to play into the stereotype of the clueless American next time, the rest of your countryman don't appreciate being lumped in with folks like you.
But that's not what this guy did. He didn't break into Sarah Palin's account, discover evidence of a crime and run down to the US Attorney's office to cut a deal. He broke into her account and tried to cover his tracks. I'm not very likely to receive an immunity deal for breaking into a house, discovering evidence of a serial killer then keeping my mouth shut until the cops find my fingerprints on the doorknob.
Even if she were an actual vice president, there's no national security element unless she was breaking the law in precisely the manner she was as governor,
Sure there is. Presumably the VP uses his or her personal e-mail to confirm and arrange appointments with friends. You don't think the day to day location of the VP is something that foreign governments/agents would be interested in knowing?
The messenger broke the law. If I break into your house and discover that you are the next incarnation of Jeffrey Dahmer should I get a pass on the B&E charges that would otherwise be coming my way?
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On the whole, it just doesn't seem like the bad guys have their shit together, and thank $deity for that.
I guess it's hard for the Al Quada HR department to find good human capital when one of the job requirements is "blow yourself up."
In any case, your ideas would probably lead to our expulsion from NATO and the UN
So what's the downside? We can stop subsidizing Europe's national security and clear up traffic congestion in Manhattan. I'm not seeing the problem ;)
BTW, he wasn't seriously suggesting any of those things, he was trying to make a point that was apparently lost on you.
You can cram at least as much up your ass as you can hide in your shoe and we were told that the shoe bomber could have brought down his flight, so......
(answer: there probably isn't anyone in the Federal Government with a brain)
FTFY
Most people are empoyees-at-will, which means if you don't like the job assignment, they are free to fire you
Yes, but unless they can prove that the firing was "for cause", they'll be paying you unemployment. Most for-profit enterprises do not want to pay you money to not work.....
I'm not even sure it would be legal for the government to ask you questions about race and culture in this country
Yeah, except when you apply for a firearms license, drivers license, respond to the census, blah, blah, blah. The US Government and it's political subdivisions ask about race and culture all the time......
They don't go for low-profile targets in the US - or at least they haven't yet.
People pumping gas aren't low-profile enough targets for you?
What better way for them to one-up the West than to lay claim to Mars.
Nobody can "lay claim" to Mars....
(US workers are still the most productive in the world - it's not their fault they are leaderless)
This really is it in a nutshell, isn't it? Our leadership on every conceivable level (be it Governmental or Corporate) has utterly failed us. There is no planning for anything beyond the next quarter or election. Investors and the electorate are told what they want to hear rather than what they need to hear.
I keep waiting for the Chinese to do something that we've never done before. Maybe that will kick us out of our complacency. We need to see a Chinese Sputnik. Then maybe we'll pull our collective heads out of our collective ass.
you really mean "make it cheaper than you can". And if someone else is better than you *at your own game*, you have to ask yourself why.
Well, not having to comply with decades worth of environmental and labor regulations probably helps to keep costs down, though I'm not sure if it's something we want to emulate.
I'm unaware of any 4th amendment legal precedent that the government is not allowed to monitor the traffic on its own network.
I'm going to refer to your post the next time somebody suggests that we need a municipal owned last mile to "fix" our broken broadband market.....
Referral to the police station is of very quesitonable legality.
Uhh, referral to the police is foolish and a waste of time but it's not of "questionable legality". I can refer anything I want to the police. Doesn't mean they will investigate it or do anything but it's not a crime to tell the police about a civil affair.....
It makes sense, for the simple reason that most phones can not handle a 1080p stream. They just don't have the horsepower for it.
Even if they did have the horsepower I rather doubt that the current cellular networks are up to the task. I can't even stream South Park Studios on my cell phone without buffering pauses on 3G. Works just fine on wi-fi, so I can't blame the phone....
Civil lawsuits can be dragged on longer than criminal ones. I invoked my right to a speedy trial and all that jazz -- there were a handful of court appearances and the Grand Jury testimony. That was it. No discovery, no depositions, no battle of motions. All of those can run up the legal bill pretty fast in a civil trial but aren't as relevant in a criminal trial.
What the hell were you charged with that your legal bills totaled up to six figures? I got charged with a felony in two different jurisdictions and had to deal with two different cases and my legal bills only came to around $8,000. Granted, we beat it BEFORE trial (thank god for the Grand Jury....) but it would not have accumulated to >$100,000 even if it had gone that far.
BTW, my lawyer saved my ass. I would not have walked away from my situation without a criminal record if I had tried to do it on my own. Don't trash the whole profession just because you hired a lousy legal team.
You see, the Dems take money orders, and the Reps take cashier's checks.
Libertarians take gold bullion ;)
it would be more likely that regardless of opinions there will be no bill in congress that will have support from both democrats and republicans.
I bet the bill that names shit back home after the currently sitting Congressman who brings home the bacon will pass nearly unanimously.
Stephen Harper.
Try not to play into the stereotype of the clueless American next time, the rest of your countryman don't appreciate being lumped in with folks like you.
Why don't you try answering the question I asked before asking one of your own?
But that's not what this guy did. He didn't break into Sarah Palin's account, discover evidence of a crime and run down to the US Attorney's office to cut a deal. He broke into her account and tried to cover his tracks. I'm not very likely to receive an immunity deal for breaking into a house, discovering evidence of a serial killer then keeping my mouth shut until the cops find my fingerprints on the doorknob.
Even if she were an actual vice president, there's no national security element unless she was breaking the law in precisely the manner she was as governor,
Sure there is. Presumably the VP uses his or her personal e-mail to confirm and arrange appointments with friends. You don't think the day to day location of the VP is something that foreign governments/agents would be interested in knowing?
I haven't followed O'Keefe closely at all -- what did he do that warrants a felony?
Gaining access to the communications infrastructure of a Federal building under false pretenses?
I think the money spent on jails could be thrown at education
What makes you think the problem with our educational system is a lack of money?
Don't do the crime if you can't afford to do the time.
Sounds more like "shoot the messenger" to me.
The messenger broke the law. If I break into your house and discover that you are the next incarnation of Jeffrey Dahmer should I get a pass on the B&E charges that would otherwise be coming my way?