Actually, it is... And as you just did, doesn't portray it in a very good light. Hopefully it will wake enough people up to make sure this sort of thing doesn't stand anymore.
Amen... It would still work though if the constitution wasn't constantly used to wipe the collective asses of congress and the executive (and the court, to a degree). I think that's the root of the problem.
Unlikely. What many people seem to forget is that the President isn't supposed to have that much real power. State legislatures, and city legislatures, still do quite a lot on their own.
Insightful post, but that part there is rapidly becoming untrue. The federal government is taking over pretty much everything nowadays, especially though executive decisions.
The US *would* have the best system in the world if it still actually acknowledged its constitution as the supreme law of the land.
I realize VA is far from the federal government, but this "OMG EVERY1 IZ TERRORIZT!" stuff is getting really scary.
When you describe terrorism as a way to coerce a population through fear... Makes you wonder who's doing it.
Communism couldn't be maintained, they tried during the cold war so as to keep having an enemy but ultimately it failed. All you need to keep 'terrorism' going indefinitely is a bomb going off here and there any time the paranoia level goes too low to let you do whatever you want in the name of protecting people from the big bad enemy.
The only way to make sense of this mess is to view it from a different angle.
Try to trade 'war on terror' for 'war on individual liberty'. It'll make a heck of a lot more sense then.
I'm so glad Obama is here to put an end to all this nonsense like domestic spying and the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq. Of course the troops have to make a little detour through Afghanistan and maybe a bit in Pakistan first, but they're coming home right away, just as promised.
Phosphorus bombs are not a violation of any weapons treaty. And besides, we had no treaty with the insurgency, so screw them.
I think you forget that they're human beings. Maybe human beings that don't like you, apparently human beings you have absolutely no respect for... Which might incidentally have something to do with them not liking you.
If you believe you're right to the point of thinking others should die because of it, at least have the courage to go there and shoot them yourself. Then maybe you only shoot the ones who disagree with you strongly enough to shoot back.
It's rather funny to watch people oppose Democrats and Republicans. Where it actually matters, they're exactly the same. Tell me, which one of these two camps has followed the Constitution (you know, that thing they swear to uphold) lately?
Obama isn't pulling out any troops, he's made a great big deal of a plan to maybe consider pulling out any troops. But his main focus is on shuffling them around the middle east.
So anyway, bicker all you want about who's good and who's bad, they're both shoving trillions out the windows and promoting fascism - the real Mussolini type where government provides muscle for corporate interests. And I don't think the US is going to be a great leader when it's entirely broke.
Republicans justified Bush pumping money into Haliburton to save their freedom. Democrats justify Obama shoving trillions into Wall Street to save their jobs/mortgages... Guess what guys, unless you work for the government, your jobs are going away, just as your freedom did.
I don't think terrorists are smart enough. Apparently, when interrogated, one of the mastermind of 9-11 stated that they did consider targeting a nuke powerplant but decided against it because they figured that those are probably guarded.
So yeah, instead they hit the pentagon, which obviously is nowhere near as well protected...
The switch from vxWorks to QT was a pretty heated debate. And I think our side lost...
They had fairly good reasons for it, but it still makes me unhappy. I'm not complaining though, it made me switch to mplayer which is a lot nicer to me after some tweaking.
Are you trying to say that performing artists should *perform* to earn a living? Like singers singing for people, and musicians actually getting on stage and making music? Your novel ideas are bordering heresy, my friend...
I think the point being made here is that since "whoever can sqwauk the loudest" isn't a very good basis for law, it should be ignored completely when making laws.
Depends, in Canada, being critical of Israel will most likely be classified as inciting hatred towards Jews.
Their lobby is extremely strong here and I frankly think it isn't serving the decent people of our Jewish community very well.
It publicly (they make the news every so often) portrays Jews as a completely unreasonable and bull-headed people which I find rather side because most Jews are quite the opposite.
They may not plant the seeds of hatred but they most certainly are generous watering them down.
Women's rights Black rights Gay rights Jewish rights Christian rights
Until you accept that the only kind of right is *human* rights, you're not going to solve *anything*. The best you'll manage is sociological tensions and a bunch of divided groups trying to lobby their points.
I doubt the UN's 'intentions' are evil. But the so-called new world order is really just an empire where nobility is replaced by bureaucracy.
The masses might get to keep their semblance of democracy while the laws themselves are established by appointed officials above their democratically elected structure.
Which 'congressman' do you call to oppose a UN resolution that tramples on your rights? I'm not entirely sure of how the EU works, but I think it's a similar problem.
Add this to the fact that the layer of governance this happens on is so far removed from the population that the only time they hear about it is when someone goofs up and gets their resolution/law noticed by the press.
In my opinion, Agnosticism makes the most sense. I think what exists outside the bounds of our physical universe, and before (and after?) 'time', is unknown and unknowable. God, Zues, the Matrix, or a spontaneous generation, it's all the same to me.
Heck, considering how little we know (yeah, we think we're pretty smart, but that's because we narrow most of the stuff down to our five senses). There may even be 'physical' (matter/energy/time/space/whatever) basis for a soul, god and everything inbetween that we just haven't began to come up with yet. The point here that 'what exists outside the bounds of our physical universe' may actually be within its bounds as well. There is already plenty of stuff (though not necessarily of that nature) which makes perfect mathematical sense that we can hardly make sense of outside of the equations.
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You make me regret posting earlier. Smartest comment in this thread so far.
Actually, it is... And as you just did, doesn't portray it in a very good light. Hopefully it will wake enough people up to make sure this sort of thing doesn't stand anymore.
Amen... It would still work though if the constitution wasn't constantly used to wipe the collective asses of congress and the executive (and the court, to a degree). I think that's the root of the problem.
Unlikely. What many people seem to forget is that the President isn't supposed to have that much real power. State legislatures, and city legislatures, still do quite a lot on their own.
Insightful post, but that part there is rapidly becoming untrue. The federal government is taking over pretty much everything nowadays, especially though executive decisions.
The US *would* have the best system in the world if it still actually acknowledged its constitution as the supreme law of the land.
I realize VA is far from the federal government, but this "OMG EVERY1 IZ TERRORIZT!" stuff is getting really scary.
When you describe terrorism as a way to coerce a population through fear... Makes you wonder who's doing it.
Communism couldn't be maintained, they tried during the cold war so as to keep having an enemy but ultimately it failed. All you need to keep 'terrorism' going indefinitely is a bomb going off here and there any time the paranoia level goes too low to let you do whatever you want in the name of protecting people from the big bad enemy.
I don't know about you, but I find the government's actions these days quite fearsome and intimidating.
The only way to make sense of this mess is to view it from a different angle.
Try to trade 'war on terror' for 'war on individual liberty'. It'll make a heck of a lot more sense then.
I'm so glad Obama is here to put an end to all this nonsense like domestic spying and the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq. Of course the troops have to make a little detour through Afghanistan and maybe a bit in Pakistan first, but they're coming home right away, just as promised.
Yeah, they got me last year...
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The US gave ample time and warning for the population to leave safely before hand though.
Leave safely where? With your five kids in the desert with no water? How many of these people even had a car?
Phosphorus bombs are not a violation of any weapons treaty. And besides, we had no treaty with the insurgency, so screw them.
I think you forget that they're human beings. Maybe human beings that don't like you, apparently human beings you have absolutely no respect for... Which might incidentally have something to do with them not liking you.
If you believe you're right to the point of thinking others should die because of it, at least have the courage to go there and shoot them yourself. Then maybe you only shoot the ones who disagree with you strongly enough to shoot back.
Yeah, that's what I meant... And to think I got modded informative...
It's rather funny to watch people oppose Democrats and Republicans. Where it actually matters, they're exactly the same. Tell me, which one of these two camps has followed the Constitution (you know, that thing they swear to uphold) lately?
Obama isn't pulling out any troops, he's made a great big deal of a plan to maybe consider pulling out any troops. But his main focus is on shuffling them around the middle east.
So anyway, bicker all you want about who's good and who's bad, they're both shoving trillions out the windows and promoting fascism - the real Mussolini type where government provides muscle for corporate interests. And I don't think the US is going to be a great leader when it's entirely broke.
Republicans justified Bush pumping money into Haliburton to save their freedom. Democrats justify Obama shoving trillions into Wall Street to save their jobs/mortgages... Guess what guys, unless you work for the government, your jobs are going away, just as your freedom did.
The word you are looking for here is fascism, not capitalism.
Fascism is when you have merger of big business interests with government (usually military) muscle.
I don't think terrorists are smart enough. Apparently, when interrogated, one of the mastermind of 9-11 stated that they did consider targeting a nuke powerplant but decided against it because they figured that those are probably guarded.
So yeah, instead they hit the pentagon, which obviously is nowhere near as well protected...
The switch from vxWorks to QT was a pretty heated debate. And I think our side lost...
They had fairly good reasons for it, but it still makes me unhappy. I'm not complaining though, it made me switch to mplayer which is a lot nicer to me after some tweaking.
Are you trying to say that performing artists should *perform* to earn a living? Like singers singing for people, and musicians actually getting on stage and making music? Your novel ideas are bordering heresy, my friend...
Yeah, he should ask Maddox.
I think the point being made here is that since "whoever can sqwauk the loudest" isn't a very good basis for law, it should be ignored completely when making laws.
Depends, in Canada, being critical of Israel will most likely be classified as inciting hatred towards Jews.
Their lobby is extremely strong here and I frankly think it isn't serving the decent people of our Jewish community very well.
It publicly (they make the news every so often) portrays Jews as a completely unreasonable and bull-headed people which I find rather side because most Jews are quite the opposite.
They may not plant the seeds of hatred but they most certainly are generous watering them down.
Women's rights
Black rights
Gay rights
Jewish rights
Christian rights
Until you accept that the only kind of right is *human* rights, you're not going to solve *anything*. The best you'll manage is sociological tensions and a bunch of divided groups trying to lobby their points.
I doubt the UN's 'intentions' are evil. But the so-called new world order is really just an empire where nobility is replaced by bureaucracy.
The masses might get to keep their semblance of democracy while the laws themselves are established by appointed officials above their democratically elected structure.
Which 'congressman' do you call to oppose a UN resolution that tramples on your rights? I'm not entirely sure of how the EU works, but I think it's a similar problem.
Add this to the fact that the layer of governance this happens on is so far removed from the population that the only time they hear about it is when someone goofs up and gets their resolution/law noticed by the press.
For being on the receiving end of *AA complaints (Local ISP), I can tell you that they don't care how old the movie is.
I hope they ban those ridiculous make-my-civic-go-faster spoilers too then.
In my opinion, Agnosticism makes the most sense. I think what exists outside the bounds of our physical universe, and before (and after?) 'time', is unknown and unknowable. God, Zues, the Matrix, or a spontaneous generation, it's all the same to me.
Heck, considering how little we know (yeah, we think we're pretty smart, but that's because we narrow most of the stuff down to our five senses). There may even be 'physical' (matter/energy/time/space/whatever) basis for a soul, god and everything inbetween that we just haven't began to come up with yet. The point here that 'what exists outside the bounds of our physical universe' may actually be within its bounds as well. There is already plenty of stuff (though not necessarily of that nature) which makes perfect mathematical sense that we can hardly make sense of outside of the equations.