Well, I'm hoping to retire early, and there are some city level issues I feel strongly about, so there's a decent chance I could start at city council level.
But do we find so few because we don't give the basic education? Would we have more entrepreneurship if we introduced kids to it at early age in a more formal matter? That's I'm sayin'.
You demonstrate the problem right there. You assume what I did was "mistakes." They are only "skeletons" because of the Puritanical attitude a lot of people suddenly get at election times.
Well, actually, yes, I can be a bit arrogant when faced with blithering submorons like you. Your original response was so diametrically opposed to what I meant, it's obvious you misunderstood. I mean, *still* with the whole royalty thing? It's also obvious that your brain is utterly ossified by ideology- that's why you read so much in there that didn't exist. Oh, and nice homophobic attempt at an insult, bigot. The whole "hurr hurr me imply he am gay" really doesn't fly in this century.
OK, I'm done with you. Cheer up. Christmas is approaching.:-D
*shrug* Not everyone can do math or science or become literary experts or, hell, home economics, but we teach all those. It's just a fundamental part of a market economy that goes shockingly untaught. The real engine of job growth is small to medium business. You convince investors by developing a solid business model, bubbles aside. Actually, a general foundation in business sense mixed into general education might prevent bubbles.
One thing to do is give a good grounding, starting in middle school, on how to take and idea and develop it into something that becomes real. Teach them how to start a business and create jobs and run a company in a responsible manner. There was nothing even close to that when I was in school.
Youd almost think that those retarded Republicans thought the founding principle of the country was a small, limited federal government, or something...
I agree with your other points, but when is this version of the Republican Party going to appear? Are we to expect some sort of emergent phenomena from the current chaos?;-)
Their lip service to limited governmental power, along with the endless Jesus bullshit, is why they lost me two decades ago.
Many Americans live in conditions that are worse than those of even the shittiest third-world nations.
Not that I disagree we have many problems, but I can't fathom where you got this from. Did you watch a report on the Hurricane Katrina aftermath and just project that outward or something?
Ah, the old "run for office yourself" gambit. It makes you look all, like, cool and worldly and stuff, and liberates you from actual thought.
I did work on two state campaigns here in California, for people I initially liked. Learned they were just sociopaths in it for themselves like all the others.
OK, I'll run. Do you have a great big pile of money I can use? Or donors who will give to a nobody like me? Oh, and when I am beaten because some union, Party or corporation backed scumbag pwns me in the culpable media, can you make sure my job is there to go back to?
Oh, wait, I have a rather interesting personal past. Nothing criminal, just interesting and experimental. The media will go after *that* to the exclusion of all else, including actual issues.
Give me or point me to a workable strategy for a real citizen politician, who hasn't exactly lived the life of a monk, to pull it off, and I'll seriously consider it.
Wow, you just have no clue, do you? You were 180 degrees off target in what thought I meant in my original post, you dumb miseryshit. Go toss your empty, ideological garbage at someone else.
I worked extensively on two state political campaigns. That's where I saw much of this first hand. Also have close friends still working for a major party, trying hopelessly to make change for the better.
That's how California got into such a state. Heh heh... state...
We have the worst government in the history of the multiverse, and those not termed out *still* got re-elected due to two things.
[1] The blithering idiot voters not paying attention [2] Gerrymandering
[2] feeds off [1]. People don't know what the fuck is going on, so they just vote for their party as a default setting.
If you are a regular, hard working, private sector, tax paying Californian, you are literally locked out of the system. It's just the public employees and the politicians giving each other hand jobs over and over again, only turning to the rest of us for ever more taxes when they need to finance their next round of corrupt horseshit.
If this guy wants to be able to recoup his expenses and make a little profit, maybe he should start finding audiences who don't need ridiculous budgets for crazy special effects with shitty stories.
What if I'm going 85 in a 65 zone. Do I still need to move out of the way of the guy wanting to go 90? What's the upper limit here? Am I still a holier than thou slowpoke if I'm at 100 mph and you are behind me wanting to go 105?
...Just hearing her stories was enough to make me want to gouge her eyes out with a hot poker......Trident to the heart may have not have been a bad idea....
Do you guys get angry enough to wish death upon others while out driving? Seriously, you people sound like mental cases.
I built a 10x10 LED grid back in high school electronics class, and made a crude oscilloscope out of it.:-) You could switch the x axis from a sweep to another signal input and get Lissajous patterns. Splurged on the greed LEDs instead of the cheaper reds. Got an "A".:)
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Well, I'm hoping to retire early, and there are some city level issues I feel strongly about, so there's a decent chance I could start at city council level.
The trick is to prevent the bubbles from starting. Good trick, I know, but one to pursue somehow.
But do we find so few because we don't give the basic education? Would we have more entrepreneurship if we introduced kids to it at early age in a more formal matter? That's I'm sayin'.
I get the idea that you are making up excuses.
No, I'm voicing pretty clear and real caveat. Nothing you said addresses that.
No magic pill? Wow. Thanks for that wisdom, Mr. Guru, sir.
There's also another problem: I no longer give a shit. I *want* California to go bankrupt.
You demonstrate the problem right there. You assume what I did was "mistakes." They are only "skeletons" because of the Puritanical attitude a lot of people suddenly get at election times.
Absolutely LOL!
Well, actually, yes, I can be a bit arrogant when faced with blithering submorons like you. Your original response was so diametrically opposed to what I meant, it's obvious you misunderstood. I mean, *still* with the whole royalty thing? It's also obvious that your brain is utterly ossified by ideology- that's why you read so much in there that didn't exist. Oh, and nice homophobic attempt at an insult, bigot. The whole "hurr hurr me imply he am gay" really doesn't fly in this century.
OK, I'm done with you. Cheer up. Christmas is approaching. :-D
*shrug* Not everyone can do math or science or become literary experts or, hell, home economics, but we teach all those. It's just a fundamental part of a market economy that goes shockingly untaught. The real engine of job growth is small to medium business. You convince investors by developing a solid business model, bubbles aside. Actually, a general foundation in business sense mixed into general education might prevent bubbles.
One thing to do is give a good grounding, starting in middle school, on how to take and idea and develop it into something that becomes real. Teach them how to start a business and create jobs and run a company in a responsible manner. There was nothing even close to that when I was in school.
Are you including benefits and other extras? Raw salary is a surprisingly smaller part of the whole picture than many people realize.
Here in California the average teacher salary is >$60K, and they golden health care plans, pensions and other perks.
Youd almost think that those retarded Republicans thought the founding principle of the country was a small, limited federal government, or something...
I agree with your other points, but when is this version of the Republican Party going to appear? Are we to expect some sort of emergent phenomena from the current chaos? ;-)
Their lip service to limited governmental power, along with the endless Jesus bullshit, is why they lost me two decades ago.
Many Americans live in conditions that are worse than those of even the shittiest third-world nations.
Not that I disagree we have many problems, but I can't fathom where you got this from. Did you watch a report on the Hurricane Katrina aftermath and just project that outward or something?
Ah, the old "run for office yourself" gambit. It makes you look all, like, cool and worldly and stuff, and liberates you from actual thought.
I did work on two state campaigns here in California, for people I initially liked. Learned they were just sociopaths in it for themselves like all the others.
OK, I'll run. Do you have a great big pile of money I can use? Or donors who will give to a nobody like me? Oh, and when I am beaten because some union, Party or corporation backed scumbag pwns me in the culpable media, can you make sure my job is there to go back to?
Oh, wait, I have a rather interesting personal past. Nothing criminal, just interesting and experimental. The media will go after *that* to the exclusion of all else, including actual issues.
Give me or point me to a workable strategy for a real citizen politician, who hasn't exactly lived the life of a monk, to pull it off, and I'll seriously consider it.
I didn't vote for the creature last time and it still got in. Oh well. This voting thing is great.
Wow, you just have no clue, do you? You were 180 degrees off target in what thought I meant in my original post, you dumb miseryshit. Go toss your empty, ideological garbage at someone else.
WTF are you on about?
Well, maybe in your limited universe. Try again, little one.
I worked extensively on two state political campaigns. That's where I saw much of this first hand. Also have close friends still working for a major party, trying hopelessly to make change for the better.
So, you know, blow me.
I found this: http://archive.fairvote.org/redistricting/reports/remanual/ia.htm
Looks fairly griddy. ;-)
That's how California got into such a state. Heh heh... state...
We have the worst government in the history of the multiverse, and those not termed out *still* got re-elected due to two things.
[1] The blithering idiot voters not paying attention
[2] Gerrymandering
[2] feeds off [1]. People don't know what the fuck is going on, so they just vote for their party as a default setting.
If you are a regular, hard working, private sector, tax paying Californian, you are literally locked out of the system. It's just the public employees and the politicians giving each other hand jobs over and over again, only turning to the rest of us for ever more taxes when they need to finance their next round of corrupt horseshit.
Bankruptcy can't happen too soon.
If this guy wants to be able to recoup his expenses and make a little profit, maybe he should start finding audiences who don't need ridiculous budgets for crazy special effects with shitty stories.
FTFY.
Yet again a demonstration of how it's dumb voting on people rather than being allowed to vote more directly on issues/policies.
Yeah, that'll go well.
Ballot - Select One
[ ] Rationality and responsibility
[X] Give me more stuff
So that's a "yes" on the whole mental patient thing. OK.
Forget oil and uranium. The world needs more lithium.
What if I'm going 85 in a 65 zone. Do I still need to move out of the way of the guy wanting to go 90? What's the upper limit here? Am I still a holier than thou slowpoke if I'm at 100 mph and you are behind me wanting to go 105?
...Just hearing her stories was enough to make me want to gouge her eyes out with a hot poker... ...Trident to the heart may have not have been a bad idea....
Do you guys get angry enough to wish death upon others while out driving? Seriously, you people sound like mental cases.
I built a 10x10 LED grid back in high school electronics class, and made a crude oscilloscope out of it. :-) You could switch the x axis from a sweep to another signal input and get Lissajous patterns. Splurged on the greed LEDs instead of the cheaper reds. Got an "A". :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissajous_curve
I have no point here. Just reminiscing and feeling old. :-(
Stop being a consumer. Manufacture what you need.
I tried that, but the yields from my homespun integrated circuit foundry are not what I had hoped.
When I think about the degree to which I am a consumer despite my best efforts not to be, I'm ashamed of myself.
Getting over yourself might be a better course of action.