There's nothing moderate about Islam. There's only small, and relatively unsuccessful attempts to wrest it from the deep pit of literalism. Laws like this set the moderate movement back by decades.
I'd say more than half, and that would be because there would be violence, there would be shots fired. When no shots are fired, when no opposition is presented, that's when the government's power is easy and complete. With no guns, we have next to zero chance of enacting a takeover. It's only anti-American and anti-Military folks who argue with a straight face that the guns won't help and the army would just employ bigger guns and armor.
The military is our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters, our fathers and mothers -- they do not want to shoot a single US citizen. Most will follow orders so long as they do not include shooting and harming US citizens, and that's exactly why we need the guns; more than likely only a few minor incidents would be needed, because the aftermath would further ignite public outcry and also dampen military resolve to use weaponry on its own citizens.
And then I had to uninstall and go find FF2 because AdBlock, AutoCopy, and AllInOne Gestures don't have updates. Unfortunately I chose to "find updates for extensions" during install. So I had to go find the old versions of the four extensions that did update and are not forward compatible. You think I would've learned: same thing happened with the 1.5>2.0 switch. For FireFox 4 I will try to remember to backup my profile folder first...I really need a place for long-term notes.
I call them the New Duranty Times. Also, I'm not aware of the cases where people have spoken out against the government only to then be prosecuted under the Patriot Act. Perhaps you could enlighten me here?
with you, then I certainly would be in a tight spot. Not only do I not disagree with your position, but I was inspired by it and chose to take a rhetorical stroll, as it were, down Satire Lane. I think someone just asked me to get off their lawn...
because success by any other standard is just capitalism. Really, I think the next comment down says that, if seen in the context of the last 500 years, China has never been more pro-science than under under communism. See, another success!
You, my lady, are bringing in some very Anglican and provincial ideas. Why, didn't you read yesterday's New York Times: it appears that we need to update our sense of freedom of speech to be more in line with the rest of the world.
According to all links I can read, IPCC 1990 temperature predictions were overforcasted. That isn't the kind of math that any sane person budgets billions$$ around.
Thank you tjstork, for you've managed to underscore what is for me the most troubling aspect of this debate: the extent to which AGW proponents seem willing to ignore and negate the economic reality of what they propose.
You can't be SURE that an asteroid won't hit your home tomorrow night. Yet somehow, I imagine you're NOT busy building a deep asteroid-proof bunker, right?
Just because predictions have uncertainty does not mean that they are bad math and science. If you're going to make a claim that bold, please be prepared to back it up.
Bad science is when you start accepting the accuracy of predictions as greater than what the data warrants. Link.
Cutting CO2 emissions is not a sensible decision if you don't have a lot of certainty about future climate: namely, that it's going to get much warmer.
Do I really need to drag out temperature predictions from just 10 years ago? Forward good math and science, not predictions that are suspect.
"Not cutting CO2 emissions" is only a sensible decision if you have a lot of certainty about future climate: namely, that it's not going to get much warmer.
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Power has a strong tendency to corrupt, regardless of one's tag line.
Energy savings apparently wasn't the only factor that should have been evaluated when deciding to change lights.
here I thought I was the only one that thought of Bible verses when getting high!
Yes, warmer. Not everywhere, but certainly not where we've been led to believe.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/05/13/arctic-non-warming-since-1958/
http://joannenova.com.au/2009/02/13/the-skeptic-that-wasnt/
There's nothing moderate about Islam. There's only small, and relatively unsuccessful attempts to wrest it from the deep pit of literalism. Laws like this set the moderate movement back by decades.
high-priest position in this new religion...
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it's that the FF extensions I find most useful are still not 3.0 friendly. Soon, hopefully.
letting some criminals off easy due to their "usefulness", then yes, it's a step backwards for justice.
The military is our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters, our fathers and mothers -- they do not want to shoot a single US citizen. Most will follow orders so long as they do not include shooting and harming US citizens, and that's exactly why we need the guns; more than likely only a few minor incidents would be needed, because the aftermath would further ignite public outcry and also dampen military resolve to use weaponry on its own citizens.
the defense of personal safety, the order is just about the opposite.
That's the higher end of the punishment-scale for committing obscenity laws in other countries: so everything evens out, no worries there mate.
And then I had to uninstall and go find FF2 because AdBlock, AutoCopy, and AllInOne Gestures don't have updates. Unfortunately I chose to "find updates for extensions" during install. So I had to go find the old versions of the four extensions that did update and are not forward compatible. You think I would've learned: same thing happened with the 1.5>2.0 switch. For FireFox 4 I will try to remember to backup my profile folder first...I really need a place for long-term notes.
I call them the New Duranty Times. Also, I'm not aware of the cases where people have spoken out against the government only to then be prosecuted under the Patriot Act. Perhaps you could enlighten me here?
with you, then I certainly would be in a tight spot. Not only do I not disagree with your position, but I was inspired by it and chose to take a rhetorical stroll, as it were, down Satire Lane. I think someone just asked me to get off their lawn...
And sometimes you have to be willing to burn karma to say it. Well said, roster, well said.
You, my lady, are bringing in some very Anglican and provincial ideas. Why, didn't you read yesterday's New York Times: it appears that we need to update our sense of freedom of speech to be more in line with the rest of the world.
According to all links I can read, IPCC 1990 temperature predictions were overforcasted. That isn't the kind of math that any sane person budgets billions$$ around.
Straw man, indeed!
Bad science is when you start accepting the accuracy of predictions as greater than what the data warrants. Link.
Do I really need to drag out temperature predictions from just 10 years ago? Forward good math and science, not predictions that are suspect.
Of course, the reverse is true as well.
much. The theocratic cesspools that spawn mass murders (hence, the whole reason for this thread) aren't f'd up, no, the US is. Go figure...