"Post Script: Any politician in Florida will tell you that a hurricane will actually benefit the incumbent. It means aid checks will be paid to thousands of people, the politicians get a nice photo op, and it gives people a sense of "This politician helped me out in a time of need!""
Yes but what if the politician is a conservative who rails against goverment spending and pork?
"For example, the Mafia used to be very influential in federal politics prior to the 70's, they since have lost a lot of their influence."
hardly. They have gone legit and are influencing with the corporations they have formed.
As for the rest I don't consider them radical changes. It's a like a tree changing it's leaves. Republicans and democrats going through the revolving doors.
"Stop scaring the people. Stop this nonsense. I'm surprised you didn't find a place for terrorists in your comment somewhere."
May be one of those thousands of employees belongs to al-quada and wants to slip in some malicious code. It would be difficult but I would not say that it's impossible.
Sounds like every other large corporation in the world.
My advice as a veteran is to stick with smaller companies. Not only will you make a bigger impact but you'll also be appreciated. You definately wait till you are married and have kids before you get your soul sucked out by a large company. Of course by then you'll have lost the will to live anyway so it won't matter so much:)
Yes thanks for transcribing the republican talking points.
Let's see how far you are under a rock.
Why did saddam need to be removed? Why did he need to be removed before any other two bit dictator? Why wasn't a no fly zone, constant bombing by the US, and a huge team of inspectors not enough to control him? Now that he is gone why are we still there? Why are we building over 10 military bases?
Is the world a safer place today then it was before we invaded. Are there more terrorists today then before the invasion?
Was the freedom if Iraiqs (people you didn't give a shit about before the invasion) really worth 200 billion and deaths of tens of thousands of people.
"I get the impression you are saying that the US and Russia have nukes so that keeps their citizens in line and pacified with fear? Doesn't seem to work that well since the past few decades have seen considerable political turnover in the US and Russia."
The tunrover has been amongst the candidates chosen by the major parties. Hardly what I'd call "considerable".
"I also feel that the federal government should not be allowed to sign contracts with companies that do this. "
This needs to be carried further. In this example if MS is setting up shop in Arizona because they want to pay less taxes and shirk more responsibility then the state of WA should not do business with them.
We have the tax system we do today because the powerful want it that way. A flat tax or a sales tax would not give the company that buys senators advanage over the company that does not. Lobbyists spend millions of dollars every year putting tax code to benefit their company or interest.
Last I heard the US tax code would a 20X20 room. It's literaly impossible for any human being to read all of it let alone understand it. Combine that with your state and city tax codes and you have a vast area in which to play with to gain competitive advantage.
It's not the tax advisors who want it that way it's the businesses.
" all sorts of companies incorporate in Nevada not just Microsoft for this same purpose"
Of course they do. It's just that if you are incorporated in Nevada and are not paying WA taxes then maybe you ought to keep your mouth shut about how WA spends the taxes it collects from other people.
I forgot. What am I dodging again? Again could we please continue your stalking on another thread. You can copy and paste your above remark in another thread it would be very helpful.
No not "saying" it. You can "say" it all you want. Anybody can "say" it anytime they want, as often as they like. Buying advertisement is not the same as "saying" it. When you buy advertising you are participating in commerce, it's commercial speech.
There is a difference between the press and political advocacy ads. Yes they are both corporatios. One is commercial speech and the other one is not.
The answer is obvious. DO like Murdoch did. Start your own press that spends all it's time praising your political allies and denigrating your opponents. The NRA is about to do that.
Better yet form a religion and get tax breaks too.
"It's real easy to claim you can fix stuff. That's one of the reasons my bullshit detector keeps going off whenever he speaks"
Agreed. Of course everybody thinks they can do a better job.
" If he makes it to office, he's going to find out real quick that money is finite and there's only so much he'll be able to do"
he will just keep borrowing like every other president has done.
"He'll also find out that diplomacy is a lot harder than he makes it sound."
Life is tough. It's tougher if you are stupid. Same with diplomacy. I think kerry will do a better job mainly because you can't do worse then belittling your long time Nato allies and changing the menu on airforce one to eliminate the word "french" as in french fries and french toast. honestly can anybody do worse?
"cnn poll tonight shows kerry won the debates 78% to 18% or so."
Kerry could have been more forceful but I agree he wiped the floor with GW. GW seemed to keep repeating the same five phrases over and over again. Plus he kept saying how hard it was. Over and over he said "it's hard work". Well DUH, you are the leader of the free world what were you expecting!
As I said I find that kind of cool and am hoping you continue to stalk me. In fact I have asked somebody else to stalk me too. It would be cool to have an army of stalkers replying semi-anonymously to all my posts. I could start a trend!
BTW I have checked wikipedia and they don't have an entry about slashdot stalkers. Maybe I'll post one using you an example. You could be famous! Of course I won't mention your homosexuality I don't believe in outing people that want to stay in the closet.
"A corporation may be a "soulless immortal being", but it is run by human beings, so I don't get your point."
There is a profound difference. The fact that you don't see a difference tells me that we will never agree on this issue.
"Should we say that the First Amendment does not apply to CBS because it is a corporation?"
Absolutely. The declaration of independence talked about inaliable right given to us by our creator. The creator of CBS is not the same creator that created me. My creator gave me the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. CBS gets whatever right it's creator gives them. If I ran the world creatues god created and infused with a soul would get more rights then creatures created by lawyers. It's demeaning to human beings when you equate them with corporations.
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"Post Script: Any politician in Florida will tell you that a hurricane will actually benefit the incumbent. It means aid checks will be paid to thousands of people, the politicians get a nice photo op, and it gives people a sense of "This politician helped me out in a time of need!""
Yes but what if the politician is a conservative who rails against goverment spending and pork?
I hate to but into this conversation but it was you who paraphrased goebbels.
"For example, the Mafia used to be very influential in federal politics prior to the 70's, they since have lost a lot of their influence."
hardly. They have gone legit and are influencing with the corporations they have formed.
As for the rest I don't consider them radical changes. It's a like a tree changing it's leaves. Republicans and democrats going through the revolving doors.
I once read an article about the CEO of harley davidson. In that he said "harley davidson is not a motorcyle company, it's a fashion company".
Apple is the same way. Apple sells products that people buy because they want to be "cool".
Now just because something is cool that does not mean it sucks. Both Harleys and Macs are great products that just also happen to be very fashionable.
AS long as apple can define "cool" it will do just fine, whether it's selling computers or earphones does not matter all that much.
Well then BMW still sells cars even though Hyundais are cheaper and hondas are more reliable.
"Stop scaring the people. Stop this nonsense. I'm surprised you didn't find a place for terrorists in your comment somewhere."
May be one of those thousands of employees belongs to al-quada and wants to slip in some malicious code. It would be difficult but I would not say that it's impossible.
Sounds like every other large corporation in the world.
:)
My advice as a veteran is to stick with smaller companies. Not only will you make a bigger impact but you'll also be appreciated. You definately wait till you are married and have kids before you get your soul sucked out by a large company. Of course by then you'll have lost the will to live anyway so it won't matter so much
good luck.
Yes thanks for transcribing the republican talking points.
Let's see how far you are under a rock.
Why did saddam need to be removed? Why did he need to be removed before any other two bit dictator? Why wasn't a no fly zone, constant bombing by the US, and a huge team of inspectors not enough to control him? Now that he is gone why are we still there? Why are we building over 10 military bases?
Is the world a safer place today then it was before we invaded. Are there more terrorists today then before the invasion?
Was the freedom if Iraiqs (people you didn't give a shit about before the invasion) really worth 200 billion and deaths of tens of thousands of people.
"I get the impression you are saying that the US and Russia have nukes so that keeps their citizens in line and pacified with fear? Doesn't seem to work that well since the past few decades have seen considerable political turnover in the US and Russia."
The tunrover has been amongst the candidates chosen by the major parties. Hardly what I'd call "considerable".
"I also feel that the federal government should not be allowed to sign contracts with companies that do this. "
This needs to be carried further. In this example if MS is setting up shop in Arizona because they want to pay less taxes and shirk more responsibility then the state of WA should not do business with them.
The same concept just one little step further.
"BTW, according to the Congressional Budget Office the top 20% of all taxpayers shoulder 82%~ of the tax burden of the country."
If this statement is correct then they are getting a great deal. The top 20% of all taxpayers control well over 95% of the wealth in this country.
We have the tax system we do today because the powerful want it that way. A flat tax or a sales tax would not give the company that buys senators advanage over the company that does not. Lobbyists spend millions of dollars every year putting tax code to benefit their company or interest.
Last I heard the US tax code would a 20X20 room. It's literaly impossible for any human being to read all of it let alone understand it. Combine that with your state and city tax codes and you have a vast area in which to play with to gain competitive advantage.
It's not the tax advisors who want it that way it's the businesses.
" all sorts of companies incorporate in Nevada not just Microsoft for this same purpose"
Of course they do. It's just that if you are incorporated in Nevada and are not paying WA taxes then maybe you ought to keep your mouth shut about how WA spends the taxes it collects from other people.
Legally abortions are limited to the first trimester unless the life of the mother is at risk.
They are selling a book. They are also contributing to the campaign of Bush. Finally they are soliciting for funds so they can make more commercials.
Sounds like commercial speech to me.
I forgot. What am I dodging again? Again could we please continue your stalking on another thread. You can copy and paste your above remark in another thread it would be very helpful.
Thanks once again for being my faithful stalker.
No not "saying" it. You can "say" it all you want. Anybody can "say" it anytime they want, as often as they like. Buying advertisement is not the same as "saying" it. When you buy advertising you are participating in commerce, it's commercial speech.
Was the preemie a first trimester birth?
There is a difference between the press and political advocacy ads. Yes they are both corporatios. One is commercial speech and the other one is not.
The answer is obvious. DO like Murdoch did. Start your own press that spends all it's time praising your political allies and denigrating your opponents. The NRA is about to do that.
Better yet form a religion and get tax breaks too.
Could you please start stalking me on another thread. This thread is getting very long and slashdot is messing up the threading.
Just pick any recent post (I am sure you have me modded way up) and start posting whatever insult you feel is clever.
Thanks for being my stalker. I hope to attract many more.
Hey I put in an entry about slashdot stalkers on to wikkipedia. check it out.
Congratulations you are the first of a brand new kind of slashdot troll. The slashdot stalker.
"It's real easy to claim you can fix stuff. That's one of the reasons my bullshit detector keeps going off whenever he speaks"
Agreed. Of course everybody thinks they can do a better job.
" If he makes it to office, he's going to find out real quick that money is finite and there's only so much he'll be able to do"
he will just keep borrowing like every other president has done.
"He'll also find out that diplomacy is a lot harder than he makes it sound."
Life is tough. It's tougher if you are stupid. Same with diplomacy. I think kerry will do a better job mainly because you can't do worse then belittling your long time Nato allies and changing the menu on airforce one to eliminate the word "french" as in french fries and french toast. honestly can anybody do worse?
"cnn poll tonight shows kerry won the debates 78% to 18% or so."
Kerry could have been more forceful but I agree he wiped the floor with GW. GW seemed to keep repeating the same five phrases over and over again. Plus he kept saying how hard it was. Over and over he said "it's hard work". Well DUH, you are the leader of the free world what were you expecting!
I am not stalking you. You are stalking me.
As I said I find that kind of cool and am hoping you continue to stalk me. In fact I have asked somebody else to stalk me too. It would be cool to have an army of stalkers replying semi-anonymously to all my posts. I could start a trend!
BTW I have checked wikipedia and they don't have an entry about slashdot stalkers. Maybe I'll post one using you an example. You could be famous! Of course I won't mention your homosexuality I don't believe in outing people that want to stay in the closet.
"A corporation may be a "soulless immortal being", but it is run by human beings, so I don't get your point."
There is a profound difference. The fact that you don't see a difference tells me that we will never agree on this issue.
"Should we say that the First Amendment does not apply to CBS because it is a corporation?"
Absolutely. The declaration of independence talked about inaliable right given to us by our creator. The creator of CBS is not the same creator that created me. My creator gave me the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. CBS gets whatever right it's creator gives them. If I ran the world creatues god created and infused with a soul would get more rights then creatures created by lawyers. It's demeaning to human beings when you equate them with corporations.