Yeah, good luck getting funding for NASA after you tell people they're not going to ever see their social security money, because they make too much--or after you tell them that grandma's medicare funding is going to be cut off. The voters will be breaking out the pitchforks and torches long before you ever get to the NASA part.
The problem is that the U.S. federal government doesn't just do deficit spending during recessions. They do it during recessions, booms, middling periods, and every year in between. Deficit spending during a recession may indeed make sense, but turning it into the *norm* is the sure road to government bankruptcy and debtor nation status. And when the day comes when the U.S. can no longer get credit for the great national credit card and can no longer afford those growing interest payments, the collapse that will follow will make the current crisis look like a financial paradise.
Just because someone *enjoys* doing something stupid doesn't make the act any less stupid. God bless the morons of the world though. They've given me much laughter on Youtube. They help pay for college scholarships with their foolish lottery spending. And they help move my furniture, pump my gas, etc. My only problem with them is that they're allowed to vote in elections, unfairly equating them with the non-morons.
You probably wouldn't feel that way if you had worked your ass off on something, only to have some little prick come along at the last minute and give away all of your hard-won tricks and secrets to everyone with an internet account.
Actually, here in South Carolina, they do in a way. All lottery money goes to funding college scholarships. It's a much-needed boon to our universities (especially in a state with a long anti-intellectual tradition when it comes to funding higher ed). So people who go to college are funded, in part, by people who clearly don't belong in college. Kind of funny that way, no?
Classmates could have been the first myspace/facebook (they had a jump on the market). Instead they went the "pay us" subscription route, forever ensuring that they would be a fringe player at best (rendering them worthless in a field where mass participation is so essential). Their advertising scams are just a sign of their continued cluelessness and a reminder of their lack of foresight and failure.
Is this REALLY necessary? These monstrosities are going to structurally damage buildings just for that one or two times a year when someone might not here and ambulance coming?
Star Trek 2 was most definitely NOT a "fan flick." Nicholas Meyer admitted that he wasn't a Star Trek fan when he got the job and it was that lack of fanboy corruption that let him take such a refreshingly clever approach to the dying franchise. When he went back and watched the cheesy original series, he basically decided to mock it by making the central story an attack on every cliche that plagued the old series (disposable characters who were promptly forgotten by the next episode, main characters who never died, ridiculously arrogant moves by the captain that never really cost him anything, etc.).
Actually, we're all aliens now. You're the last human left who we've not infected. And, until you posted this message and we got your IP address, we had no idea where you were. Just stay there and wait. It will be easier that way, trust us.
Did you really expect them to keep the silly original design or even the squatty-looking 70's/80's film retooling? I'm just surprised they didn't make it look even MORE different. Aside from the nacelles, it looks pretty similar to the old film version.
Are you mad that the new uniforms don't have the awful looking gold lamé piping on the cuffs too?
The Democratic Party should BE that lucky. She was the poster-child for Republican extremism and anti-intellectualism. Running her would be about as brilliant as sobering up another Bush to run.
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Don't be a bigot. They all ride snowmobiles now. The horses are only used by the French Canadians, for sexual purposes.
Yeah, good luck getting funding for NASA after you tell people they're not going to ever see their social security money, because they make too much--or after you tell them that grandma's medicare funding is going to be cut off. The voters will be breaking out the pitchforks and torches long before you ever get to the NASA part.
The problem is that the U.S. federal government doesn't just do deficit spending during recessions. They do it during recessions, booms, middling periods, and every year in between. Deficit spending during a recession may indeed make sense, but turning it into the *norm* is the sure road to government bankruptcy and debtor nation status. And when the day comes when the U.S. can no longer get credit for the great national credit card and can no longer afford those growing interest payments, the collapse that will follow will make the current crisis look like a financial paradise.
You're the state that elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor, right?
Just because someone *enjoys* doing something stupid doesn't make the act any less stupid. God bless the morons of the world though. They've given me much laughter on Youtube. They help pay for college scholarships with their foolish lottery spending. And they help move my furniture, pump my gas, etc. My only problem with them is that they're allowed to vote in elections, unfairly equating them with the non-morons.
You probably wouldn't feel that way if you had worked your ass off on something, only to have some little prick come along at the last minute and give away all of your hard-won tricks and secrets to everyone with an internet account.
Actually, here in South Carolina, they do in a way. All lottery money goes to funding college scholarships. It's a much-needed boon to our universities (especially in a state with a long anti-intellectual tradition when it comes to funding higher ed). So people who go to college are funded, in part, by people who clearly don't belong in college. Kind of funny that way, no?
Greed and hope are incredibly powerful human motivators. Why do you think millions of suckers throw away money on lottery tickets every day?
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Ha! *My* wife is WAY more bossy and bitchy than my mom ever was.
Classmates could have been the first myspace/facebook (they had a jump on the market). Instead they went the "pay us" subscription route, forever ensuring that they would be a fringe player at best (rendering them worthless in a field where mass participation is so essential). Their advertising scams are just a sign of their continued cluelessness and a reminder of their lack of foresight and failure.
Is this REALLY necessary? These monstrosities are going to structurally damage buildings just for that one or two times a year when someone might not here and ambulance coming?
If you're going to post these silly lists, at least point out the glaring omission of Skynet.
Proving once again that if you're going to build a superweapon, at least put in enough security to keep your class-4 security guards from stealing it.
I half-expected to see a "Digg this" button in the summary.
Star Trek 2 was most definitely NOT a "fan flick." Nicholas Meyer admitted that he wasn't a Star Trek fan when he got the job and it was that lack of fanboy corruption that let him take such a refreshingly clever approach to the dying franchise. When he went back and watched the cheesy original series, he basically decided to mock it by making the central story an attack on every cliche that plagued the old series (disposable characters who were promptly forgotten by the next episode, main characters who never died, ridiculously arrogant moves by the captain that never really cost him anything, etc.).
Actually, we're all aliens now. You're the last human left who we've not infected. And, until you posted this message and we got your IP address, we had no idea where you were. Just stay there and wait. It will be easier that way, trust us.
Did you really expect them to keep the silly original design or even the squatty-looking 70's/80's film retooling? I'm just surprised they didn't make it look even MORE different. Aside from the nacelles, it looks pretty similar to the old film version.
Are you mad that the new uniforms don't have the awful looking gold lamé piping on the cuffs too?
Not only that, but we also have a smug, pedantic douchebag too!
Seemed to work out okay for Andrew Ryan.
Well, I guess now my Nigerian prince will never come.
I'm bidding on a Boomer model Cylon. I figure if I marry an Asian chick, my kids won't be so pale.
The Democratic Party should BE that lucky. She was the poster-child for Republican extremism and anti-intellectualism. Running her would be about as brilliant as sobering up another Bush to run.
"Group responsibility" is part of a military tradition that goes WAY back before modern communism.