I hear the french are planning to demonstrate for the first time at this event that they can build military vehicles that don't just travel in reverse. According to Phillip Chirac, "We believe the unmanned nature of these vehicles will make this possible."
But the aclu is against the death penalty for those that are appropriately convicted.
I'm not after more punishment or a deterrent -- I just want to be rid of these hard criminals.
Moreover, the death penalty is the law of the land. If you are working against it, you are pursuing an agenda that goes beyond the protection of rights. It might even be a good agenda, but it has nothing to do with my rights and everything to do with your ideology -- an ideology that most Americans disagree with.
I never called them evil. But it's all about setting the agenda. Time is limited, and the aclu is biased -- enormously so -- towards ultraleft leaning agendas. They actively rail against the death penalty too -- whose rights does that protect? Their favorite technique is to be agressively litigious (you don't have to have a good case to sue someone).
Ah yes, the aclu-ers. Hypocrisy at its finest. If the aclu is so concerned about my rights, how come they don't protect my right to bear arms? Simple -- the aclu is simply a mouthpiece for the ultraleft -- and totally out of touch with American values.
Since the President can unclassify anything he wants, it's impossible for him to "leak" anything. But nice try on the shortest tangent to an unsubstantiated accusation against the President. And no, the nyt does not count. Niether does the Enquirer.
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Google is just another dot-com flash in the pan. There is nothing about Google's business model that provides any more sustainable competitive advantage than any other firm. Is Google a success? Is it an admirable company? Yes -- in many ways. Will that change? Count on it.
Treat Google like any other company: sprinkle its stock in a nice diversified layer over your other holdings.
It's always been easier to be a terrorist than to be a civilization. It's always been easier to tear down rather than to build. So what is your point? Yes, what we are trying to do -- rid the world of terrorism -- is harder to do than to kill someone with an IED.
That's just an amazing insight you've stumbled on.
Your gov. has taken away more liberties and freedoms than terrorists could have hoped to.
What liberties have been taken away? What freedoms? You are full of shit! You are obviously observing American society from afar -- probably assuming what you are watching on TV in Smellistan is an accurate depiction of life in the States.
All of the "metrics" you provide are completely flawed. Much like most macro-measures they all leave critical factors -- leaving the amateurs to blindly apply them.
Meanwhile, our ememies all run to Iraq like moths to the flame. Much better to fight over there than in my backyard.
But I'm sure you have all the answers sitting somplace that benefits from my country's protecction.
Poorer logic. Your analogy is contrived. You have no proof that our $272 investment and larger sacrifice hasn't been a deterrent. In fact, you have significantly less evidence than I do since, well, there hasn't been any attacks on US soil since 9/11.
Please explain your point. The complexities involved with manned spaceflight vastly surpass those faced by the rovers. Don't get me wrong, the rovers are fantastic, but the consequences of failure are on a completely different scale. The payoffs of human presence, both long term and short term, are totally different too. And let's not even mention the string of unmanned failures at Mars either...
Both are needed. Both are doing their best. Lead, follow, or get out of the way and stop bitching.
Ah yes, the "blame it all on the US" meme. I don't know what abused country you are from, but I am sure it is someplace that refuses to take its own future as its responsibility and insists on its sense of entitlement due to some unrecognized (i.e. nonexistant) past wrong.
You have misunderstood me. I never said that there wasn't bad or even corrupt defense contractors. Nonetheless, it is still an honor to be one. I relish the chance to serve my country. A very few have used that chance to do bad things. Such is the human condition unfortunately.
If you think the vast majority of defense contractors somehow sow instability in the world I think you have been reading too may conspiracy novels. Most of us simply would like to see the fruits of our labors put on display to discourage others from action -- without being used. But don't misunderstand me again -- I hope our leaders don't hesitate to use the tools we have provided themm when required.
Iran is just another tin-pot dictatorship. The question is not if, but when the country will implode. Will it require effort to contain that implosion? Probably. That part of the world seems to have cornered the market on self-destructive behavior and intolerance.
I never required American culture. I never said American foreign policy was perfect -- or that it hasn't made some mistakes. Show me one country that has done better. And then tell me how this all makes defense contractors evil.
Chances are that the guy at the point of the gun is the dictator anyway. He probably needs some convincing.
As far as Iran goes, well, I guess I should care...
It's pretty simple. Engineering is a valuable occupation. But Computer Science is not Engineering. Get over it. I'm amazed by the "comp-sci" crowd that thinks they have done anything remotely related to engineering. You want to be an engineer? Get an Electrical Engineering degree -- or a Mechanical Engineering degree -- or an Aerospace Engineering degree.
I am neither young nor do I believe I am simple minded.
I do believe that before a country can do great things it must guarantee its absolute security -- and there is no doubt that the American military is second to none (hoo-rah). Beyond that, I believe you speak in hyperbole. To call America a "fundamentalist religious power" is simply flamebait. I guess I have bitten. I also believe that there is nothing wrong with spreading American culture and commerce across the planet. Show me someone that doesn't want peace and prosperity for their children.
You don't even know me -- so don't question my patriotism.
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I hear the french are planning to demonstrate for the first time at this event that they can build military vehicles that don't just travel in reverse. According to Phillip Chirac, "We believe the unmanned nature of these vehicles will make this possible."
Exactly. Why should the aclu take a stand on the DMCA? It's a law -- participate in the legislative process if you disagree with it.
I actually agree with most of what you say.
But the aclu is against the death penalty for those that are appropriately convicted.
I'm not after more punishment or a deterrent -- I just want to be rid of these hard criminals.
Moreover, the death penalty is the law of the land. If you are working against it, you are pursuing an agenda that goes beyond the protection of rights. It might even be a good agenda, but it has nothing to do with my rights and everything to do with your ideology -- an ideology that most Americans disagree with.
I never called them evil. But it's all about setting the agenda. Time is limited, and the aclu is biased -- enormously so -- towards ultraleft leaning agendas. They actively rail against the death penalty too -- whose rights does that protect? Their favorite technique is to be agressively litigious (you don't have to have a good case to sue someone).
Ah yes, the aclu-ers. Hypocrisy at its finest. If the aclu is so concerned about my rights, how come they don't protect my right to bear arms? Simple -- the aclu is simply a mouthpiece for the ultraleft -- and totally out of touch with American values.
Since the President can unclassify anything he wants, it's impossible for him to "leak" anything. But nice try on the shortest tangent to an unsubstantiated accusation against the President. And no, the nyt does not count. Niether does the Enquirer.
Someone complaining about someone else plagiarizing something off of wikipedia, the definition of plagiarism, is just too funny. Thus, pot, kettle....
snuck through the border
As a resident of a southern border state, I can confidently state that everyone that sneaks across the border smells like a terrorist.
Pot, kettle, you know the rest.
Google is just another dot-com flash in the pan. There is nothing about Google's business model that provides any more sustainable competitive advantage than any other firm. Is Google a success? Is it an admirable company? Yes -- in many ways. Will that change? Count on it.
Treat Google like any other company: sprinkle its stock in a nice diversified layer over your other holdings.
It's always been easier to be a terrorist than to be a civilization. It's always been easier to tear down rather than to build. So what is your point? Yes, what we are trying to do -- rid the world of terrorism -- is harder to do than to kill someone with an IED.
That's just an amazing insight you've stumbled on.
What liberties have been taken away? What freedoms? You are full of shit! You are obviously observing American society from afar -- probably assuming what you are watching on TV in Smellistan is an accurate depiction of life in the States.
All of the "metrics" you provide are completely flawed. Much like most macro-measures they all leave critical factors -- leaving the amateurs to blindly apply them.
Meanwhile, our ememies all run to Iraq like moths to the flame. Much better to fight over there than in my backyard.
But I'm sure you have all the answers sitting somplace that benefits from my country's protecction.
Poorer logic. Your analogy is contrived. You have no proof that our $272 investment and larger sacrifice hasn't been a deterrent. In fact, you have significantly less evidence than I do since, well, there hasn't been any attacks on US soil since 9/11.
Face it: our efforts and policies are working.
The $272 seems to be working so far. Look ma! No planes hitting buildings!
Please explain your point. The complexities involved with manned spaceflight vastly surpass those faced by the rovers. Don't get me wrong, the rovers are fantastic, but the consequences of failure are on a completely different scale. The payoffs of human presence, both long term and short term, are totally different too. And let's not even mention the string of unmanned failures at Mars either...
Both are needed. Both are doing their best. Lead, follow, or get out of the way and stop bitching.
This comment is here just because you will be annoyed if you don't have the last comment in the thread. Time for some self-reflection.
Yes -- and you are completely deluded. But thanks for playing! Please tell me where to send your winnings in Deludistan.
Ah yes, the "blame it all on the US" meme. I don't know what abused country you are from, but I am sure it is someplace that refuses to take its own future as its responsibility and insists on its sense of entitlement due to some unrecognized (i.e. nonexistant) past wrong.
You have misunderstood me. I never said that there wasn't bad or even corrupt defense contractors. Nonetheless, it is still an honor to be one. I relish the chance to serve my country. A very few have used that chance to do bad things. Such is the human condition unfortunately.
If you think the vast majority of defense contractors somehow sow instability in the world I think you have been reading too may conspiracy novels. Most of us simply would like to see the fruits of our labors put on display to discourage others from action -- without being used. But don't misunderstand me again -- I hope our leaders don't hesitate to use the tools we have provided themm when required.
Iran is just another tin-pot dictatorship. The question is not if, but when the country will implode. Will it require effort to contain that implosion? Probably. That part of the world seems to have cornered the market on self-destructive behavior and intolerance.
I never required American culture. I never said American foreign policy was perfect -- or that it hasn't made some mistakes. Show me one country that has done better. And then tell me how this all makes defense contractors evil.
Chances are that the guy at the point of the gun is the dictator anyway. He probably needs some convincing.
As far as Iran goes, well, I guess I should care...
This is true -- I saw the guy at stop'n go using ubuntu!
Did you submit this using your ITT student account?
Yes, those evil capitalists. Screw them for providing us this prosperity.
It's pretty simple. Engineering is a valuable occupation. But Computer Science is not Engineering. Get over it. I'm amazed by the "comp-sci" crowd that thinks they have done anything remotely related to engineering. You want to be an engineer? Get an Electrical Engineering degree -- or a Mechanical Engineering degree -- or an Aerospace Engineering degree.
I am neither young nor do I believe I am simple minded.
I do believe that before a country can do great things it must guarantee its absolute security -- and there is no doubt that the American military is second to none (hoo-rah). Beyond that, I believe you speak in hyperbole. To call America a "fundamentalist religious power" is simply flamebait. I guess I have bitten. I also believe that there is nothing wrong with spreading American culture and commerce across the planet. Show me someone that doesn't want peace and prosperity for their children.
You don't even know me -- so don't question my patriotism.