Why is everything all or nothing? To me a "public" school is organized to educate the area's children. The public (property tax paying citizens) has their elected school board hire teachers and develop a curriculum.
Somehow the teachers have gained control of the property and unless their demands are met class can not be held and the children and new hires are barred from the classrooms.
Throw in state and federal rules and regulations and a race to the bottom is guaranteed.
My wife was a teacher's aide at an elementary school. A teacher nearing retirement got herself appointed as head librarian. She hated children and soon took to locking herself in her office all day. It was several years before she was old enough to retire and all she did was mark time (and collect a good salary). The principal was powerless to fire her.
Of course it's turned on. If I glance into the side-view mirror I get a quick widescreen view. If I focus on a road sign a mile away it zooms for a second so I can read it. Augmented gps, with a lane guide and route highlighted. If networked with preceding cars I can be alerted to trouble ahead. You're also recording your driving so that might be a problem
How do you feel about tariffs to force companies to also build their products in America? How much more would that iDevice cost? Hopefully you don't drive a foreign car. Nothing but Fords and Chevys in my driveway.
In 1960 Nixon, like Gore, actually won. While Joe Kennedy's effort to steal the election worked Nixon refused to challenge the results because the count was so close he believed the damage to the political process would hurt the country more than having war hero Jack Kennedy as president. Imagine the US without Vietnam (yes, I was drafted) or Johnson's "Great Society".
I live in Florida and believe Gore lost because the butterfly ballot used in Palm Beach county caused confused elderly Democrat voters to select Buchanan by mistake. As a Republican I sincerely believe having 9/11 on Gore's watch would have resulted in a Carter like four year failure and twelve years of competent Republican presidents.
Your right, Ebay, Craigslist, Yahoo, and those fools who thought Google would amount to anything. Good thing I never put any of my money in of those failures.
First this from a previous coment:
"I don't know what pre-curated means, but if it's in a library, it's because some librarian or someone decided that book was high enough quality to put into a library. That's worth something right there, the librarian is filtering a lot of the drivel."
And how is this NOT censorship? So if it's not in the library it hasn't been censored, it's just drivel.
Geniuses can do things other people can't. I worked with a genius. Born to a poor family he spent his teen years playing with cars and motorcycles and went to work at a junkyard instead of college. Some how (he never told me) he was recruited by the DoD and spent ten years working at secret weapons sites. While in the Navy I was recruited for the nuclear propulsion program but didn't accept because I wanted to farm with my dad. We lost the farm so I needed a job that utilized my skills. He "burnt out" and wound up at a produce facility three miles from his house. Anything mechanical, architectural, electrical or electronic he could do. On top of that he was 6' 2", 300 lbs of muscle. Hated his wife and didn't want to go home. We worked 80 hour weeks for 10 years. Often doing construction or using heavy equipment on side jobs. I ended up broken and disabled, but we did have some good times with lots of deep philosophical discussions.
You read the entire book? John Galt worked in a factory. He was happy getting what he thought was a fair wage. Then the factory went communist, you know, from each his ability. Galt was smart and worked hard. The guy who basically just showed up but had a sickly wife and ten kids got much more pay because he "needed" it. So, should John have continued working his butt off so others could get what they needed or should he just take it easy because he would get what he needed. Of course, who decides "need"?
Yes, with a few $trillion more research dollars we can develop a perfect battery, cold fusion, cure AIDS and the common cold. Dream on. Even a WW2 total war, everyone sacrifices, kill everyone who opposes approach will not work. But you're itching to try, right? The only thing that will come close to working is the kill (almost) everyone part.
It was a few years before my time but there was a previous "depression". From what I learned in school banks were just allowed to fail. People who couldn't pay their mortgages still lost their homes.
My nephew graduated in June with an EE degree. With no immediate job offers he spent the summer helping refit the engines in an ocean going tug. He was tasked with installing the electronics and sensors needed for modern diesel engines. He was flown from Florida to Oklahoma to interview for a position with a pipe line company. They considered installing the sensors good job training.
Well, I see you paid attention in Sunday school. Even if you don't believe the book at least you understand what's in it. It's God's world, those are the rules.
A laptop is not a phone but a smartphone is also a computer in an easily transported size. Older, non tech adapt people like smartphones because even an Android phone "just works". My 47 year old wife hates her six year old windows laptop but loves the Samsung S2 I got her. $200 from Virgin Mobile, $35 a month for unlimited text and data. She can Facebook and text our kids to her hearts content without bothering me, and it's a good phone.
I was in fourth grade when Kennedy was assassinated so it didn't leave a big impression on me. I live 90 miles north of Cape Canaveral and was standing in the cold watching the shuttle go up when I noticed the boosters spiraling away from a stationary cloud. That was disturbing but my blood boils anytime I watch video of the 9/11 Twin Towers attack.
Whenever I was touring on my motorcycle I would occasionally tuck in behind a semi. I would be riding in dead calm air with half the throttle needed to maintain speed. Of course, anything in the road that the semi straddled I would slam into so after a few minutes respite from the wind buffeting I would drop back so I could see the road.
You answered your own question. The US automakers did almost go out of business converting to metric, and all those Toyotas and Hondas people bought didn't help either.
I worked with a guy who in his younger days had a job maintaining those missiles. One day he told his supervisor he knew what the entry code to the bunker was going to be the next day (he was good with numbers) and wrote it down for him. The next morning my friend was escorted off the base and was not allowed to work on nuclear systems again.
One of the best examples were steam engine patents. One man patented using a crank and flywheel (on a steam engine) and used lawsuits to prevent anyone else from using one. Steam propulsion innovation was hamstrung for decades because of this and a few other critical patents.
That is what "affirmative action" was supposed to do. More black kids would have an upper-middle class upbringing because mommy and daddy were able to attend a good college and were given a good paying job. Maybe it takes more than that?
Your would think a physical air courier service would be secure. I once found a large mailing envelope from "Emery" air freight in the middle of a potato field miles from any paved road. It contained contracts for a land development in Orlando, Fl. I am 90 miles north of Orlando. How they managed to lose a package out of an aircraft is beyond me. I resealed it and dropped in one of their collection boxes in a nearby town.
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Why is everything all or nothing? To me a "public" school is organized to educate the area's children. The public (property tax paying citizens) has their elected school board hire teachers and develop a curriculum.
Somehow the teachers have gained control of the property and unless their demands are met class can not be held and the children and new hires are barred from the classrooms.
Throw in state and federal rules and regulations and a race to the bottom is guaranteed.
My wife was a teacher's aide at an elementary school. A teacher nearing retirement got herself appointed as head librarian. She hated children and soon took to locking herself in her office all day. It was several years before she was old enough to retire and all she did was mark time (and collect a good salary). The principal was powerless to fire her.
Of course it's turned on. If I glance into the side-view mirror I get a quick widescreen view. If I focus on a road sign a mile away it zooms for a second so I can read it. Augmented gps, with a lane guide and route highlighted. If networked with preceding cars I can be alerted to trouble ahead. You're also recording your driving so that might be a problem
How do you feel about tariffs to force companies to also build their products in America? How much more would that iDevice cost? Hopefully you don't drive a foreign car. Nothing but Fords and Chevys in my driveway.
In 1960 Nixon, like Gore, actually won. While Joe Kennedy's effort to steal the election worked Nixon refused to challenge the results because the count was so close he believed the damage to the political process would hurt the country more than having war hero Jack Kennedy as president. Imagine the US without Vietnam (yes, I was drafted) or Johnson's "Great Society".
I live in Florida and believe Gore lost because the butterfly ballot used in Palm Beach county caused confused elderly Democrat voters to select Buchanan by mistake. As a Republican I sincerely believe having 9/11 on Gore's watch would have resulted in a Carter like four year failure and twelve years of competent Republican presidents.
Made me laugh. In my town the Pick & Save was just a 100 yard dash across the railroad tracks into the "hood". We called it the Pick & Steal.
Your right, Ebay, Craigslist, Yahoo, and those fools who thought Google would amount to anything. Good thing I never put any of my money in of those failures.
First this from a previous coment: "I don't know what pre-curated means, but if it's in a library, it's because some librarian or someone decided that book was high enough quality to put into a library. That's worth something right there, the librarian is filtering a lot of the drivel."
And how is this NOT censorship? So if it's not in the library it hasn't been censored, it's just drivel.
Geniuses can do things other people can't. I worked with a genius. Born to a poor family he spent his teen years playing with cars and motorcycles and went to work at a junkyard instead of college. Some how (he never told me) he was recruited by the DoD and spent ten years working at secret weapons sites. While in the Navy I was recruited for the nuclear propulsion program but didn't accept because I wanted to farm with my dad. We lost the farm so I needed a job that utilized my skills. He "burnt out" and wound up at a produce facility three miles from his house. Anything mechanical, architectural, electrical or electronic he could do. On top of that he was 6' 2", 300 lbs of muscle. Hated his wife and didn't want to go home. We worked 80 hour weeks for 10 years. Often doing construction or using heavy equipment on side jobs. I ended up broken and disabled, but we did have some good times with lots of deep philosophical discussions.
You read the entire book? John Galt worked in a factory. He was happy getting what he thought was a fair wage. Then the factory went communist, you know, from each his ability. Galt was smart and worked hard. The guy who basically just showed up but had a sickly wife and ten kids got much more pay because he "needed" it. So, should John have continued working his butt off so others could get what they needed or should he just take it easy because he would get what he needed. Of course, who decides "need"?
Yes, with a few $trillion more research dollars we can develop a perfect battery, cold fusion, cure AIDS and the common cold. Dream on. Even a WW2 total war, everyone sacrifices, kill everyone who opposes approach will not work. But you're itching to try, right? The only thing that will come close to working is the kill (almost) everyone part.
It was a few years before my time but there was a previous "depression". From what I learned in school banks were just allowed to fail. People who couldn't pay their mortgages still lost their homes.
My nephew graduated in June with an EE degree. With no immediate job offers he spent the summer helping refit the engines in an ocean going tug. He was tasked with installing the electronics and sensors needed for modern diesel engines. He was flown from Florida to Oklahoma to interview for a position with a pipe line company. They considered installing the sensors good job training.
Well, I see you paid attention in Sunday school. Even if you don't believe the book at least you understand what's in it. It's God's world, those are the rules.
A laptop is not a phone but a smartphone is also a computer in an easily transported size. Older, non tech adapt people like smartphones because even an Android phone "just works". My 47 year old wife hates her six year old windows laptop but loves the Samsung S2 I got her. $200 from Virgin Mobile, $35 a month for unlimited text and data. She can Facebook and text our kids to her hearts content without bothering me, and it's a good phone.
I was in fourth grade when Kennedy was assassinated so it didn't leave a big impression on me. I live 90 miles north of Cape Canaveral and was standing in the cold watching the shuttle go up when I noticed the boosters spiraling away from a stationary cloud. That was disturbing but my blood boils anytime I watch video of the 9/11 Twin Towers attack.
Whenever I was touring on my motorcycle I would occasionally tuck in behind a semi. I would be riding in dead calm air with half the throttle needed to maintain speed. Of course, anything in the road that the semi straddled I would slam into so after a few minutes respite from the wind buffeting I would drop back so I could see the road.
You answered your own question. The US automakers did almost go out of business converting to metric, and all those Toyotas and Hondas people bought didn't help either.
I worked with a guy who in his younger days had a job maintaining those missiles. One day he told his supervisor he knew what the entry code to the bunker was going to be the next day (he was good with numbers) and wrote it down for him. The next morning my friend was escorted off the base and was not allowed to work on nuclear systems again.
One of the best examples were steam engine patents. One man patented using a crank and flywheel (on a steam engine) and used lawsuits to prevent anyone else from using one. Steam propulsion innovation was hamstrung for decades because of this and a few other critical patents.
To bad they can't focus it on West Virgina chemical storage tanks to check for leaks.
Mary Moon, She don't eat meat...
That is what "affirmative action" was supposed to do. More black kids would have an upper-middle class upbringing because mommy and daddy were able to attend a good college and were given a good paying job. Maybe it takes more than that?
And all old, energy inefficient houses and appliances should be replaced also. Think of the shot in the arm that would give the construction business.
Your would think a physical air courier service would be secure. I once found a large mailing envelope from "Emery" air freight in the middle of a potato field miles from any paved road. It contained contracts for a land development in Orlando, Fl. I am 90 miles north of Orlando. How they managed to lose a package out of an aircraft is beyond me. I resealed it and dropped in one of their collection boxes in a nearby town.