Americans may be appear to be united in their disdain for the Federal Government but they are completely split about what should be done about it or with it. We're clearly split down the middle over whether it is too big or too little, what its role should or shouldn't be in our daily lives or even what it's there for in the first place.
One thing voters aren't split over is that government isn't doing enough for them, whether it's crop subsidies, tax cuts or breaks, pork projects and other ways their representatives "bring home the bacon". Because of this, they also aren't split over the opinion their representative is one of the "good ones" and that the problem comes from the other ones. Otherwise, why would they be continuously reelected?
yes, it wasn't difficult to copy an LP to tape, if you had an hour to spare. It could only be done in real time - and you still only had one copy. You screw up or if the tape gets munched in your player, you do it again. If you didn't want to listen to 25 minutes of silence on your C90, someone had to be there to flip the record over. And, unless you were one of those folks who played their record once to record it and never again so didn't have to worry about scratches or warps, you had to clean the record first - yes, I still have my Discwasher...
Not even close. Not any more. Hollywood loves special-effects-heavy extravaganzas because they require little to no translation to be sold in foreign markets.
Oh, yes. I have. And they are even more disfunctional than the Federal Government.
I'm a Californian. California, like Congress, has two factions that are completely unwilling to let the other do anything that would be viewed in a positive light. As for local government, San Francisco, where I live, is only governable when the various factions within city and county are equally balanced against each other.
Wonderful. I'm going to get to pay every picayune city and township to use their roads because roads don't fix themselves and the locals don't feel like giving their services away for free...
A good thought, but the elections that place people in position to make decisions on local affairs aren't run completely locally now. If you think so, look at the last "local" election and see how much money or staff came from districts outside of yours. There are groups of all political and social stripes with axes to grind and money to spend.
They've been doing this for years. When it was fashionable to disinvest in South Africa, CalPers was there. There has been debate off and on about disinvesting in tobacco firms and other forms of social ills. What they're asking for here is new.
The structural problems have been ignored because, like the remainder California budget, nobody in the Legislature wants to take on a problem that can't easily be expressed in a sound bite. Every new year sees new smoke and mirror schemes pushing problems into the future in the vain hope the economy will get better. Then everybody can go back to ignoring deep structural problems in how pensions are funded in favor of short term things that will annoy no one and help them stay in office.
Game blackouts exist because the teams would rather have locals sitting in the seats and buying stuff from the concession stands at twice normal price at the stadium than have them staying home watching the game on TV.
In my experience, doctors don't look up anything. They write down what they did or what is needed for a referral and leave it up to their secretaries/receptionists to figure how to map it to the codes that the insurance companies use.
So if I were in Congress and I was asked to spend money on something that would bring no obvious benefit to the folks that elected me and would almost certain to be used against me in the next election, how do you think I would vote?
Lucky you. First, last and only time I had a package delivered to work, the mailroom refused delivery of the package and I got called into my boss's office to discuss why it was a bad idea to use company resources for personal business.
FedEx won't deliver to the condo that I live in unless there are at least two packages to deliver or the package was sent using the most expensive class of service.
Blackhawks on ice? That'd be interesting - but they're awfully hard to find and I don't think that anybody's gonna resurrect the Stutz company again...
You mean bloatware in network management? HP used to virtually own this space when SunNet Manager disappeared, but there are now many alternatives that are cheaper and a hell of a lot easier to manage. My company used to use it but has mostly dropped it because just takes too many people to set up and keep up to date.
In California, not only are your winnings taxed, they may also be reduced for State taxes owed, child support unpaid or an entire range of items (Student loans, DMV fees, etc) that you may owe to the State.
Never had one of the first LED digital watches, did you? Yeah, I get the Hitchhiker's Guide reference, but anybody who had one (I got a Hamilton for graduation - still have it) knows why it seemed so stupid to create a watch that you needed both hands to see what time it was.
Nope, the lion's share of the money that was made in the Gold Rush was made by the merchants. Here's an example of the prices for some staples along with how much the average gold panner/miner brought in per day.
No, if there's no match with iTunes, it will upload your music. If there is a match, music from Apple's library is used. Apple doesn't have to waste a bunch of space on duplicates and you don't have worry about data caps uploading music that they've already got.
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Americans may be appear to be united in their disdain for the Federal Government but they are completely split about what should be done about it or with it. We're clearly split down the middle over whether it is too big or too little, what its role should or shouldn't be in our daily lives or even what it's there for in the first place.
One thing voters aren't split over is that government isn't doing enough for them, whether it's crop subsidies, tax cuts or breaks, pork projects and other ways their representatives "bring home the bacon". Because of this, they also aren't split over the opinion their representative is one of the "good ones" and that the problem comes from the other ones. Otherwise, why would they be continuously reelected?
yes, it wasn't difficult to copy an LP to tape, if you had an hour to spare. It could only be done in real time - and you still only had one copy. You screw up or if the tape gets munched in your player, you do it again. If you didn't want to listen to 25 minutes of silence on your C90, someone had to be there to flip the record over. And, unless you were one of those folks who played their record once to record it and never again so didn't have to worry about scratches or warps, you had to clean the record first - yes, I still have my Discwasher...
Not even close. Not any more. Hollywood loves special-effects-heavy extravaganzas because they require little to no translation to be sold in foreign markets.
Lonely satellite making copies of Nazca.
The only way I can get bread at anywhere near that price is to make it myself.
Yeah, because the ability to drive has everything to do with knowing how to use a clutch.
Oh, yes. I have. And they are even more disfunctional than the Federal Government.
I'm a Californian. California, like Congress, has two factions that are completely unwilling to let the other do anything that would be viewed in a positive light. As for local government, San Francisco, where I live, is only governable when the various factions within city and county are equally balanced against each other.
Wonderful. I'm going to get to pay every picayune city and township to use their roads because roads don't fix themselves and the locals don't feel like giving their services away for free...
A good thought, but the elections that place people in position to make decisions on local affairs aren't run completely locally now. If you think so, look at the last "local" election and see how much money or staff came from districts outside of yours. There are groups of all political and social stripes with axes to grind and money to spend.
They've been doing this for years. When it was fashionable to disinvest in South Africa, CalPers was there. There has been debate off and on about disinvesting in tobacco firms and other forms of social ills. What they're asking for here is new.
The structural problems have been ignored because, like the remainder California budget, nobody in the Legislature wants to take on a problem that can't easily be expressed in a sound bite. Every new year sees new smoke and mirror schemes pushing problems into the future in the vain hope the economy will get better. Then everybody can go back to ignoring deep structural problems in how pensions are funded in favor of short term things that will annoy no one and help them stay in office.
Game blackouts exist because the teams would rather have locals sitting in the seats and buying stuff from the concession stands at twice normal price at the stadium than have them staying home watching the game on TV.
In my experience, doctors don't look up anything. They write down what they did or what is needed for a referral and leave it up to their secretaries/receptionists to figure how to map it to the codes that the insurance companies use.
So if I were in Congress and I was asked to spend money on something that would bring no obvious benefit to the folks that elected me and would almost certain to be used against me in the next election, how do you think I would vote?
The moon's a bit farther away...
Lucky you. First, last and only time I had a package delivered to work, the mailroom refused delivery of the package and I got called into my boss's office to discuss why it was a bad idea to use company resources for personal business.
FedEx won't deliver to the condo that I live in unless there are at least two packages to deliver or the package was sent using the most expensive class of service.
Panda Express sells its toxic waste in malls throughout America...
Blackhawks on ice? That'd be interesting - but they're awfully hard to find and I don't think that anybody's gonna resurrect the Stutz company again...
You mean bloatware in network management? HP used to virtually own this space when SunNet Manager disappeared, but there are now many alternatives that are cheaper and a hell of a lot easier to manage. My company used to use it but has mostly dropped it because just takes too many people to set up and keep up to date.
In California, not only are your winnings taxed, they may also be reduced for State taxes owed, child support unpaid or an entire range of items (Student loans, DMV fees, etc) that you may owe to the State.
The materials were readily available. What do you think happened to the tons of raw sewage generated by the crew daily?
The cash grab is coming from the content providers. Netflix has become a major player so they want a bigger share of the pie.
Never had one of the first LED digital watches, did you?
Yeah, I get the Hitchhiker's Guide reference, but anybody who had one (I got a Hamilton for graduation - still have it) knows why it seemed so stupid to create a watch that you needed both hands to see what time it was.
Nope, the lion's share of the money that was made in the Gold Rush was made by the merchants. Here's an example of the prices for some staples along with how much the average gold panner/miner brought in per day.
No, if there's no match with iTunes, it will upload your music. If there is a match, music from Apple's library is used. Apple doesn't have to waste a bunch of space on duplicates and you don't have worry about data caps uploading music that they've already got.