that was the point of webster's dictionary. and why we spell things stupidly here -- to attempt to give ourselves some cultrual distance from Britian. I'd say that was sucessful. However, i still think US spelling looks weird. Not that I can spell particularly well anyway, but hey, this is slashdot so it doesn't matter.
politicians are supposed to represent us, not rule us. it is better if they do "flip flop" based on the poll in order to accurately represent their constituants. Would you want a Rep. who doesn't care what his constituants write in on an issue? I certainly wouldn't.
That said, there are then the bounds of the constitution. Some things just <i>can't</i> be done, no matter how "popular."
and 'original sin,' 'firefox,' i do believe there are tits in 'hackers' (altough this is probably the roll which has made her disliked by some many slashdotters)... well.. practically all over her movies (toomrader was geared for stupid teenage boys who can't go see her other movies and so don't count).
Gia was more like a lesbian porno romp with a plot. The sad thing is, it's a true story. I rented it when i was 17 because my girlfriend who looked (and acted) like her had broken up with me (again). i ended up crying and feeling like a pussy. On the other hand, it has solidified my anti-lesbianism (the chick broke up with me for a weekend so she could go be a lesbian. then we got back together. yes, i am dumb).
In America Progressive Conservatives are called "Bull Moose" and Teddy Rosevelt was their champion. Don't for get, TR, the Republican, was the driving force behind the anti-trust laws actually being leveraged against Standard Oil, among others. TR also started the national park system. There would be no ANWR to bitch about drilling inside of if not for Teddy Rosevelt, a Republican. However, the point is that both parties have strayed so far from their origins (Democrats being pro-State, pro-individual, and pro-property; Republicans being pro-Federal intervention) that the DNC may as well change their name to the CCCP, and most Republicans should campaign for the position of Caesar rather than President and give Roman saultes and 'Ave!'s to the troops. Personally, I like the Romans. However, I am pro-States rights, pro-Property Rights, and stuff like that. I'm not a libertarian though. Zell Miller kicked ass the other night.
Bush's father was in Congress. The son of a congressman in the clutches of the NVA or worse, their Soviet allies is not something we would want them to bring to the barganing table. McCain was the son of an Admiral, and that's bad enough. That might get a prisoner exchange. Congressmen have power. The son of a congressman is leverage. Plus, at the time of Bush's TANG service, H.W. Bush was ambassador to the United Nations. Again, with the two waring superpowers sitting across from each other in the UN Security Council, not the place you want something so personal as your son's captivity in the hands of the enemy to alter your decision making.
but no one talks about that, do they. No, it's "bush used his father to get a coosh position." -- well, by the time Bush even got his flight wings, the war was almost over anyway. Kerry is 3 years older than W -- of course he had a 3-year jump on being in the war.
so, you disreguard McCain, hackers, and hippies and instead side with the party of Communist sympathizers, Soviet spies, baby killers, queers, and atheists?
hahahah yes... you actually think that they banned it because people are using the books for their intended purposes?! School Boy A says: 'COOL!!! NAKED GIRLS!!' and takes it to go do that 'wanking off' thing he learned about in the 'for boys' book. However, school girl b is far less likely to want to look at the little drawings of naked boys.
I don't see the part of the constitution were it says we can't wage war to get shit. We need oil, so why not take over a country, put in a puppet government? Conquest for the spoils of war is the basic essence of human history, and is what gave us such grand societies as Rome.
Ted Kennedy and his lot are known pro-communists. Communism is not a political ideology, it is a criminal conspiracy to commit theft, rape, and murder. These "terrorists" have their crominal conspiracy to do the same in the guise of a religious ideology. Therefor, as the Communists and Muslim terrorists have the same basic end goal (totalitarianism), Kennedy may as well be a terrorist.
as this does not constitute unreasonable search and seizure, nor is it quartering troops in time of peace, i don't see how this violates your so-called "right to privacy." Look at it this way: thousands of people every day, that'd be a lot of keys. If even a handful of people every day walked off with the keys (as i am sure would inevitably happen... i still have a hotel key my great uncle ripped off of the plaza), pretty soon they would be out of keys to the lockers. The locker system would be usless.
Also, what if someone picked your pocket, got your locker key, and stole your shit? You'd be pretty pissed off. But, they aren't going to be able to cut off your finger without you noticing. If they also run the print against known terrorists, how is this any different than when the police run prints from a crime scene against prints of previous offenders with the same m.o.? It isn't, is it?
So, in short -- no need for keys which can be lost or stolen, protect your stuff better, and maybe catch some terrorists (who deserve to be shot on the spot by the police, not recieve a "fair trial" because they aren't citizens, and the ones who are citizens are fight with these people are no better than junkyard dogs anyway and should lose their citizenship and be put on the rack).
Remember: There is no "right" to privacy, only a "reasonable expectation" in certain situations, and not only does this not constitute one, it isn't an invasion anyway.
How could you even think about selling out national sovereignty like that? The EU is CRAP. So is the USA. We are 50 different countries contractually bound to each other, but with the other parties constantly breaking contractual obligtaion (insofoar as the 10th amendment is concerned)...
any "union" is bad for the constituant parts (UN, US, EU). Norway is better off without the Eurocrats in Brussels. The EEC was bad enough. The EU was like putting Ireland on life support...the Euro was the death blow. I miss the Irish Pound, the French and Swiss Francs, Schillings, Marks, Pessetas.... they money was part of national character and identity. Euros are boring. On the other hand, it makes for easier traveling. On the other other hand, when Euros were not concrete, but could be digitally traded and used as a common medium of exchange for conversion at ATM and stuff, that was better. Euro paper money is gay. especially when they first introduced it to Italy, people were getting away with passing off monopoly money as the bills. AND the fact that the pure nickle in the coins was causing an exema epedemic.
the pagans, abortionists, feminists, queers, communists, atheists, pornographers, rock musicians, and the Jew-controlled Hollywood are the 'root cause' of Muslim hatred towards the United States that you liberal pussies are so keen to find. But as soon as you find the 'root cause' in your own back yard, in your living rooms, in your bedrooms, my how quickly you try to pass it off on other bullshit which is not the case at all. Do they do it because they are poor and we are not? Well...bin Laden is a multi-millionheir. That's certainly not his excuse. But it's the same reason they attack "moderate" arab/muslim states. The states that let the women take off the head scarves, let the the tv stations show 'will & grace,' let the teenagers fornicate, let the queers out in public, on video tape, et cetera. Yes, I would definatly say those are the root causes of terrorism and it's your fault for not seeing it, for patronizing the filth and scum which is an abomonination before God, Christ, Mary, and all the Saints -- things that were shunned since the fall of the Roman empire. Well, here this, bubba -- you start to bring the filth and perversion out of the woodworks once again and not only will the United States fall like Rome, but once the family is destroyed, the strength of the individual undermined, and our faith outlawed, we will become dependent on the State -- just what Hillary Clinton wants -- a Soviet United States. So if you want your gay porn and to lock God in the closet in their place, then go to fucking Cuba and see how well you like it because you're not welcome here as you have become an enemy of our Founding Fathers and Constitution.
in drivers' ed all those years ago (5), they said that the uninsured driver's fee is $500 per year... something tells me that my USAA Insurance that I don't pay for would be cheaper even if I were paying for it (despite the fact i'm still on my parents' so it's 4 people, 3 cars, and a harley 2000 fatboy for i think a tad over $1000)
I don't care for the following reasons:
1) it is in Greece
2) there are going to be tens of thousands of non-Greeks there, and foreigners should not expect to be treated like citizens
3) lest you forget, the PLO already target the Olympics in the 70s killing damned near the entire Israeli delegation.
this has got to be the stupidest shit i have ever seen on slashdot since john katz (i'm a serial acount-maker). i don't think i'd ever be able to work it, and i'm not sure that anyone else would (well, maybe some, but not many).
Then obviously you have never read any of the founding fathers' works. They ALL, EVERY ONE, TO A MAN, say that our Rights come from God, that we are "endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights," and that governments are instituted among men to preserve the natural rights to which all men are entitled.
The 10th Amendment is there because of course, people and governments can't really be trusted. If people were perfect we wouldn't need government. Hell, if people were perfect we'd still be in the Garden of Eden, naked, having a fun time without any worries at all! (note: the "pope notes" at the start of genesis in my bible say taht this story is not to be taken litteral, which is grand because i don't. however, it is i rather good analogy for lots of things). That is also why we have the 2nd Amendment -- "The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it away" -- Thomas Jefferson.
What is not a good platform to base government and rights on is human whim. The council on human rights from the French Revolution quickly gave way to Robspiere and the Reign of Terror. France is on their 5th Republic. We are still on our first.
As for 'natural order,' most people in the world (except communists and atheists who are all the same thing) view the natural order as behing headed up by a God or Gods. 85% of Americans are Christian. Then there are Jews (about 2%) Muslims (about 1%), and Hindus(3*number of 7-11 nation wide), and a few other weird religions. a BBC pole taken recently said that a little over 90% of Americans are in favour of 'Under God' in the pledge.
I did not say that the Government derives its legitimacy from God, merely that the People instute Government to protect the rights which are derrived from God, namely life liberty and property, and the means to protect those rights (politically with speech, assembly, et cetera, and with arms).
anyone who does not say it is unpatriotic and should not be allowed to be a citizen. This is not a troll, repeat, this is not a troll. And don't even give me crap about the "i shouldn't have to say under god" because the very first supposition of American government is that ALL rights come from God, and that Government exists as a contract between citizens in order to protect those rights -- life, liberty, persuit of happiness, speech, arms, property, et cetera. When this is not the case, say, the French Revolution, then rights can be taken away by the government that "granted" them. This is irresponsible, horrible, and heretical.
Sure, people have a "choice" to say it or not, they also have a "choice" to not live here if they won't pledge their alligence to the greatest nation on earth.
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http://www.alltheweb.com -- like Google but they censor absolutly nothing, near as I can tell.
I think that he means that voting for the libertarian is suicide, same as the others. I suspect he's some sort of anarchist.
that was the point of webster's dictionary. and why we spell things stupidly here -- to attempt to give ourselves some cultrual distance from Britian. I'd say that was sucessful. However, i still think US spelling looks weird. Not that I can spell particularly well anyway, but hey, this is slashdot so it doesn't matter.
politicians are supposed to represent us, not rule us. it is better if they do "flip flop" based on the poll in order to accurately represent their constituants. Would you want a Rep. who doesn't care what his constituants write in on an issue? I certainly wouldn't.
That said, there are then the bounds of the constitution. Some things just <i>can't</i> be done, no matter how "popular."
fuck you you fucking communist. I'd rather see nucleaer war with China than give up anything to the United Nations.
and 'original sin,' 'firefox,' i do believe there are tits in 'hackers' (altough this is probably the roll which has made her disliked by some many slashdotters)... well.. practically all over her movies (toomrader was geared for stupid teenage boys who can't go see her other movies and so don't count).
Gia was more like a lesbian porno romp with a plot. The sad thing is, it's a true story. I rented it when i was 17 because my girlfriend who looked (and acted) like her had broken up with me (again). i ended up crying and feeling like a pussy. On the other hand, it has solidified my anti-lesbianism (the chick broke up with me for a weekend so she could go be a lesbian. then we got back together. yes, i am dumb).
In America Progressive Conservatives are called "Bull Moose" and Teddy Rosevelt was their champion. Don't for get, TR, the Republican, was the driving force behind the anti-trust laws actually being leveraged against Standard Oil, among others. TR also started the national park system. There would be no ANWR to bitch about drilling inside of if not for Teddy Rosevelt, a Republican. However, the point is that both parties have strayed so far from their origins (Democrats being pro-State, pro-individual, and pro-property; Republicans being pro-Federal intervention) that the DNC may as well change their name to the CCCP, and most Republicans should campaign for the position of Caesar rather than President and give Roman saultes and 'Ave!'s to the troops.
Personally, I like the Romans. However, I am pro-States rights, pro-Property Rights, and stuff like that. I'm not a libertarian though. Zell Miller kicked ass the other night.
Bush's father was in Congress. The son of a congressman in the clutches of the NVA or worse, their Soviet allies is not something we would want them to bring to the barganing table. McCain was the son of an Admiral, and that's bad enough. That might get a prisoner exchange. Congressmen have power. The son of a congressman is leverage. Plus, at the time of Bush's TANG service, H.W. Bush was ambassador to the United Nations. Again, with the two waring superpowers sitting across from each other in the UN Security Council, not the place you want something so personal as your son's captivity in the hands of the enemy to alter your decision making.
but no one talks about that, do they. No, it's "bush used his father to get a coosh position." -- well, by the time Bush even got his flight wings, the war was almost over anyway. Kerry is 3 years older than W -- of course he had a 3-year jump on being in the war.
you're a communist. what do you know about economics, mr Soviet Union can't afford toilet paper?
you mean like subscriptions?
so, you disreguard McCain, hackers, and hippies and instead side with the party of Communist sympathizers, Soviet spies, baby killers, queers, and atheists?
hahahah yes... you actually think that they banned it because people are using the books for their intended purposes?! School Boy A says: 'COOL!!! NAKED GIRLS!!' and takes it to go do that 'wanking off' thing he learned about in the 'for boys' book. However, school girl b is far less likely to want to look at the little drawings of naked boys.
Go watch 'The String' with Paul Newman. It's the ultimate fixed betting with huge amounts of money. Plus, it's a classic.
I don't see the part of the constitution were it says we can't wage war to get shit. We need oil, so why not take over a country, put in a puppet government? Conquest for the spoils of war is the basic essence of human history, and is what gave us such grand societies as Rome.
Ted Kennedy and his lot are known pro-communists. Communism is not a political ideology, it is a criminal conspiracy to commit theft, rape, and murder. These "terrorists" have their crominal conspiracy to do the same in the guise of a religious ideology. Therefor, as the Communists and Muslim terrorists have the same basic end goal (totalitarianism), Kennedy may as well be a terrorist.
as this does not constitute unreasonable search and seizure, nor is it quartering troops in time of peace, i don't see how this violates your so-called "right to privacy." Look at it this way: thousands of people every day, that'd be a lot of keys. If even a handful of people every day walked off with the keys (as i am sure would inevitably happen... i still have a hotel key my great uncle ripped off of the plaza), pretty soon they would be out of keys to the lockers. The locker system would be usless.
Also, what if someone picked your pocket, got your locker key, and stole your shit? You'd be pretty pissed off. But, they aren't going to be able to cut off your finger without you noticing. If they also run the print against known terrorists, how is this any different than when the police run prints from a crime scene against prints of previous offenders with the same m.o.? It isn't, is it?
So, in short -- no need for keys which can be lost or stolen, protect your stuff better, and maybe catch some terrorists (who deserve to be shot on the spot by the police, not recieve a "fair trial" because they aren't citizens, and the ones who are citizens are fight with these people are no better than junkyard dogs anyway and should lose their citizenship and be put on the rack).
Remember: There is no "right" to privacy, only a "reasonable expectation" in certain situations, and not only does this not constitute one, it isn't an invasion anyway.
How could you even think about selling out national sovereignty like that? The EU is CRAP. So is the USA. We are 50 different countries contractually bound to each other, but with the other parties constantly breaking contractual obligtaion (insofoar as the 10th amendment is concerned)... any "union" is bad for the constituant parts (UN, US, EU). Norway is better off without the Eurocrats in Brussels. The EEC was bad enough. The EU was like putting Ireland on life support...the Euro was the death blow. I miss the Irish Pound, the French and Swiss Francs, Schillings, Marks, Pessetas.... they money was part of national character and identity. Euros are boring. On the other hand, it makes for easier traveling. On the other other hand, when Euros were not concrete, but could be digitally traded and used as a common medium of exchange for conversion at ATM and stuff, that was better. Euro paper money is gay. especially when they first introduced it to Italy, people were getting away with passing off monopoly money as the bills. AND the fact that the pure nickle in the coins was causing an exema epedemic.
the pagans, abortionists, feminists, queers, communists, atheists, pornographers, rock musicians, and the Jew-controlled Hollywood are the 'root cause' of Muslim hatred towards the United States that you liberal pussies are so keen to find. But as soon as you find the 'root cause' in your own back yard, in your living rooms, in your bedrooms, my how quickly you try to pass it off on other bullshit which is not the case at all. Do they do it because they are poor and we are not? Well...bin Laden is a multi-millionheir. That's certainly not his excuse. But it's the same reason they attack "moderate" arab/muslim states. The states that let the women take off the head scarves, let the the tv stations show 'will & grace,' let the teenagers fornicate, let the queers out in public, on video tape, et cetera. Yes, I would definatly say those are the root causes of terrorism and it's your fault for not seeing it, for patronizing the filth and scum which is an abomonination before God, Christ, Mary, and all the Saints -- things that were shunned since the fall of the Roman empire. Well, here this, bubba -- you start to bring the filth and perversion out of the woodworks once again and not only will the United States fall like Rome, but once the family is destroyed, the strength of the individual undermined, and our faith outlawed, we will become dependent on the State -- just what Hillary Clinton wants -- a Soviet United States. So if you want your gay porn and to lock God in the closet in their place, then go to fucking Cuba and see how well you like it because you're not welcome here as you have become an enemy of our Founding Fathers and Constitution.
in drivers' ed all those years ago (5), they said that the uninsured driver's fee is $500 per year... something tells me that my USAA Insurance that I don't pay for would be cheaper even if I were paying for it (despite the fact i'm still on my parents' so it's 4 people, 3 cars, and a harley 2000 fatboy for i think a tad over $1000)
I don't care for the following reasons: 1) it is in Greece 2) there are going to be tens of thousands of non-Greeks there, and foreigners should not expect to be treated like citizens 3) lest you forget, the PLO already target the Olympics in the 70s killing damned near the entire Israeli delegation.
this has got to be the stupidest shit i have ever seen on slashdot since john katz (i'm a serial acount-maker). i don't think i'd ever be able to work it, and i'm not sure that anyone else would (well, maybe some, but not many).
even the USA. They are called "Passports."
in soviet russia, the next aniversary is you! but i guess that aniversary is past (fall of soviet union)
Then obviously you have never read any of the founding fathers' works. They ALL, EVERY ONE, TO A MAN, say that our Rights come from God, that we are "endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights," and that governments are instituted among men to preserve the natural rights to which all men are entitled.
The 10th Amendment is there because of course, people and governments can't really be trusted. If people were perfect we wouldn't need government. Hell, if people were perfect we'd still be in the Garden of Eden, naked, having a fun time without any worries at all! (note: the "pope notes" at the start of genesis in my bible say taht this story is not to be taken litteral, which is grand because i don't. however, it is i rather good analogy for lots of things). That is also why we have the 2nd Amendment -- "The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it away" -- Thomas Jefferson.
What is not a good platform to base government and rights on is human whim. The council on human rights from the French Revolution quickly gave way to Robspiere and the Reign of Terror. France is on their 5th Republic. We are still on our first.
As for 'natural order,' most people in the world (except communists and atheists who are all the same thing) view the natural order as behing headed up by a God or Gods. 85% of Americans are Christian. Then there are Jews (about 2%) Muslims (about 1%), and Hindus(3*number of 7-11 nation wide), and a few other weird religions. a BBC pole taken recently said that a little over 90% of Americans are in favour of 'Under God' in the pledge.
I did not say that the Government derives its legitimacy from God, merely that the People instute Government to protect the rights which are derrived from God, namely life liberty and property, and the means to protect those rights (politically with speech, assembly, et cetera, and with arms).
anyone who does not say it is unpatriotic and should not be allowed to be a citizen. This is not a troll, repeat, this is not a troll. And don't even give me crap about the "i shouldn't have to say under god" because the very first supposition of American government is that ALL rights come from God, and that Government exists as a contract between citizens in order to protect those rights -- life, liberty, persuit of happiness, speech, arms, property, et cetera. When this is not the case, say, the French Revolution, then rights can be taken away by the government that "granted" them. This is irresponsible, horrible, and heretical. Sure, people have a "choice" to say it or not, they also have a "choice" to not live here if they won't pledge their alligence to the greatest nation on earth.