It isn't hard to carry more ammo. Projectiles raining down from a large ship into an open boat can have a major psychological effect (not to mention the physical effects).
Hey, remember that time the US government purposely gave 400 of its black citizens, hell, 400 of its MILITARY men, syphillis, then watched them die?
Nobody was purposely infected with syphilis.
The Tuskegee Study did not involve purposely infecting anyone. The study started on black men who were infected with untreated syphilis. Not to minimize what did happen which was still pretty bad. There was no effective treatment for syphilis when the study started in the early 1030s and the treatments that did exist were not effective and quite dangerous. Years later penicillin was developed that could have helped but were never used.
What happened was bad enough, there is no need to make it worse than it was.
I wonder what most people would choose if given the choice between performing an anti-christian stand up routine in Texas or doing an anti-Islam stand up routine in Saudi Arabia?
Our parents didn't have those things so they had no choice.
On the other hand, kids in cars used to not have to sit in car seats either so there were more ways to keep them occupied. I remember 3 hour trips packed in the back of the station wagon. I had about half of the back area to myself so I could play with cars, legos or whatever. Now kids are strapped down and can not move.
It would be a big undertaking to compare US taxation with other countries. Not just in terms of rates and (State, local, FICA, whatever)taxes but there is a large number of tax breaks that people may be eligible to claim.
Common examples: Mortgage Interest deductions Childcare tax credits (I know this is slashdot but..) Earned Income Tax Credit (Refundable credit for low income so many people end up paying negative tax)
Comparing benefits received is complicated too. Elderly have medicare, poor have medicaid, food stamps, etc.
The government is paying a good chunk of your tuition in exchange for 100 hours of community service. Sounds like a fair exchange for me.
I thought that was what I paid taxes for.
OK so if you take federal government handouts you are subject to this requirement. All people who take welfare, unemployment, food stamps, free and reduced lunch in schools, Earned Income Tax Credit, Childcare Tax Credit, Adoption Credit, Retirement Savings Tax Credit, Efficient car tax credit, nonbusiness energy tax credit, etc. would be required to perform voluntary community service.
Maybe for each handout you take you owe the government 100 hours of your life!!!
How, exactly, is Carter to blame for either of those? The gas lines were due to OPEC's manipulation of the market, and the hostages were out of his control. He sent special forces in, but they failed to accomplish their objective. Unless he was there on the ground with them, I fail to see how the blame for that can be laid on him.
Carter didn't inherit a good situation(Nixon was the modern day Hoover style economic interventionist) but he didn't do anything to make things better. Windfall profits taxes just made the oil companies import more oil.
The Iranians made sure to release the hostages before Reagen got the chance to bomb em to the stone age. They bought into the hype that he was a warmonger.
As I recall, there was never a majority for Bush in any of the elections. They were all under 50%.
Point of fact. Bush won over 50% in 2004 (First one to do so since 1988)but he did loose the popular vote in 2000 even though he won the Electoral College (which is what really matters).
I've thought about this, but it would never work. Each congress would just vote on an omnibus bill at the beginning of their session extending everything that was sunset.
Another limitation that is worked around is the requirement that all Tax bills originate in the house. The recent 700Billion bailout (included tax provisions) bill failed in the house but the Senate simply took another bill the house had passed (A mental health bill of some sort) then simply stripped all the prior language out and put in the language for the bailout so it technically originated in the House.
It's the way of things. And let's be honest here: things really just don't change all that much, and there's nothing this President and Congress can do that can't be undone by the next ones.
You are so wrong. While it would be easy to eliminate higher taxes on achievement, it would be nearly impossible to eliminate new entitlements and social programs. I sometimes happens but never in a really meaningful way.
As far as getting rid of the Filibuster, it would be incredibly stupid and I don't think they would do it. Once it's gone, it's gone forever and there would be no mercy on them once they eventually loose control.
The downside is that the Illinois ballots are *bleep*ing insane! First, there's no simple checkbox. Instead, you have these bizarre arrows you have to fill in. i.e.:
In NC (At least where I live)we used to have the arrows, now we have the bubbles you fill in. I didn't mind the arrows so much, it wasn't that hard to figure out.
Which is then complicated by a list of about a bazillion judges to vote in or out of office. No judge runs against another judge, so you simply fill out the arrow or you don't. Incumbent judges have a "Yes/No" option to possibly vote them out of office.
I can imagine where this would be confusing. NC elects all judges without any of the retention elections.
Well he's run an amazing campaign that even the (liberal?) media didn't see coming at first, he beat the Clinton machine, and oh, is likely on his way to winning the big office today. So... yeah... nothing important...
So his greatest achievement comes from his gift of self promotion.
But do you not think it's a bit long in the tooth at this stage? It's been pretty much going for two years and when you think about it, all you are doing is selecting one individual from a list of 30 or so - surely you don't need 2 years to make that decision.
This is partly because of the primary system. Two states have become the sacred starters (Iowa and New Hampshire) so their caucus and primary are held first which brings them the most attention from the candidates. Other states saw this attention and wanted in on the action so they started moving their primary dates up as close as possible (This led to the Michigan and Florida fiasco)which is why Iowa and New Hampshire are now voting in January (Because they loose too much if they are not first).
If all the primaries were moved back to late spring, perhaps the candidates wouldn't feel the need to start running until the previous fall. Personally, I think the time has come for a national primary day but it seems that this whole thing will continue to be a total cluster fuck again next time so look for the candidates to start running right after the 2010 midterms.
Should we trust the numbers gathered in a country run by a dictatorship which routinely jails librarians, reporters and anyone else that says what the government doesn't want to hear?
That said, is Cuba, or any other country for that matter, reporting every live birth no matter how sick or underweight? I think several countries do not count babies that die shortly after birth when considering infant mortality.
I doubt Obama's plan will ever see light of day since the democrats already have a version of Clinton's plan on the table and (given the votes) will pass it and Obama is unlikely to veto. The real question is if there is a republican president with veto power and if the democrats get their 60 votes to override it. Obama's plan is unlikely to ever see light of day no matter what happens.
It takes 67 votes to override a Veto in the US Senate. 60 Votes is what is needed to break a filibuster in the US Senate.
Here's a serious question. Why did the US dollar suddenly shoot up against all the other currencies when this global financial crisis started? The USA is where the gigantic financial crisis happened. So why is the US dollar suddenly so much higher than it was before? Any economists out there?
The US may be looking like it has a sounder economy than some other countries. People are putting money into US Dollars now. Sure there was a contraction in the last quarter and the US but it wasn't as bad as predicted and the US is likely in a recession but the US banks are starting to figure out where everyone stands so they may be loosening up on capitol.
There could be other factors at play too but that's one guess.
The Acorn thing isnt that big of a deal, because "Mickey Mouse" is not actually going to show up to vote. Having your vote manipulated in some blackbox voting machine IS a big deal.
Acorn is just paying people to go register voters and apparently a few of their people are just being lazy and filling their quota with whatever and Acorn isn't bothering to check.
The bigger concern is that they are getting caught mainly because the registrations they are turning in are so obviously fraudulent. It makes me think that a person with a little more sophistication could turn in many voter registrations without being noticed then vote many times.
Why can't they display the dang article on one page rather than making me hit "next page" over and over. I know it's off topic but it's annoying in such a short article.
So? None of his links justify his claim that Barney Frank "stopped many legislation attempts to regulate Fannie Mae." That's an baseless argument he got from god-knows-where. Barney Frank did institute legislation. Here's your link
Your link seems to say the opposite of what you say.
The article you link says:
The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago....
Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing....
'These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''
"For example, SUVs are made with body-on-frame construction, not unibody"
The "body on frame" method is better suited for heavy duty applications such as towing or hauling. That Scion will not move very far with a 5000lb. camper attached but the Hummer will hardly be bothered.
The other big carbon cost is of course the production of the hydrogen, which is generally AFAIK done using electrolysis, powered by whatever power plants happen to be around, most of them high emission plants. Changing this is not so directly tied to producing the fuel cell cars, but once this issue is fixed, fuel cell (or whatever) cars will approach much more closely to zero emissions.
Right now, Hydrogen is mostly produced by cracking the Hydrogen out of Natural Gas which for those concerned about emissions might not like to hear. It takes too much electricity to crack with electrolysis to be economically viable at this time.
"is this seen as a scandal the world over, or just in America?"
I have no doubt that if the opposite had happened and the US was cheating with 14 year old gymnasts, an enterprising US reporter would have gotten their hands on a certified copy of the original (if not the original) and ran a story within a day of the competition if not beforehand.
Slashdot Mirror
It isn't hard to carry more ammo. Projectiles raining down from a large ship into an open boat can have a major psychological effect (not to mention the physical effects).
Yeah, on I-95 you really take a chance when you try to go less than 80.
Nobody was purposely infected with syphilis.
The Tuskegee Study did not involve purposely infecting anyone. The study started on black men who were infected with untreated syphilis. Not to minimize what did happen which was still pretty bad. There was no effective treatment for syphilis when the study started in the early 1030s and the treatments that did exist were not effective and quite dangerous. Years later penicillin was developed that could have helped but were never used.
What happened was bad enough, there is no need to make it worse than it was.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_study
I wonder what most people would choose if given the choice between performing an anti-christian stand up routine in Texas or doing an anti-Islam stand up routine in Saudi Arabia?
Our parents didn't have those things so they had no choice.
On the other hand, kids in cars used to not have to sit in car seats either so there were more ways to keep them occupied. I remember 3 hour trips packed in the back of the station wagon. I had about half of the back area to myself so I could play with cars, legos or whatever. Now kids are strapped down and can not move.
It would be a big undertaking to compare US taxation with other countries. Not just in terms of rates and (State, local, FICA, whatever)taxes but there is a large number of tax breaks that people may be eligible to claim.
Common examples:
Mortgage Interest deductions
Childcare tax credits (I know this is slashdot but..)
Earned Income Tax Credit (Refundable credit for low income so many people end up paying negative tax)
Comparing benefits received is complicated too. Elderly have medicare, poor have medicaid, food stamps, etc.
I thought that was what I paid taxes for.
OK so if you take federal government handouts you are subject to this requirement. All people who take welfare, unemployment, food stamps, free and reduced lunch in schools, Earned Income Tax Credit, Childcare Tax Credit, Adoption Credit, Retirement Savings Tax Credit, Efficient car tax credit, nonbusiness energy tax credit, etc. would be required to perform voluntary community service.
Maybe for each handout you take you owe the government 100 hours of your life!!!
Carter didn't inherit a good situation(Nixon was the modern day Hoover style economic interventionist) but he didn't do anything to make things better. Windfall profits taxes just made the oil companies import more oil.
The Iranians made sure to release the hostages before Reagen got the chance to bomb em to the stone age. They bought into the hype that he was a warmonger.
Point of fact. Bush won over 50% in 2004 (First one to do so since 1988)but he did loose the popular vote in 2000 even though he won the Electoral College (which is what really matters).
Another limitation that is worked around is the requirement that all Tax bills originate in the house. The recent 700Billion bailout (included tax provisions) bill failed in the house but the Senate simply took another bill the house had passed (A mental health bill of some sort) then simply stripped all the prior language out and put in the language for the bailout so it technically originated in the House.
You are so wrong. While it would be easy to eliminate higher taxes on achievement, it would be nearly impossible to eliminate new entitlements and social programs. I sometimes happens but never in a really meaningful way.
As far as getting rid of the Filibuster, it would be incredibly stupid and I don't think they would do it. Once it's gone, it's gone forever and there would be no mercy on them once they eventually loose control.
I am a surly state employee and I am been on "break" since I got to work.
I call it leaning in the virtual shovel.
In NC (At least where I live)we used to have the arrows, now we have the bubbles you fill in. I didn't mind the arrows so much, it wasn't that hard to figure out.
I can imagine where this would be confusing. NC elects all judges without any of the retention elections.
So his greatest achievement comes from his gift of self promotion.
This is partly because of the primary system. Two states have become the sacred starters (Iowa and New Hampshire) so their caucus and primary are held first which brings them the most attention from the candidates. Other states saw this attention and wanted in on the action so they started moving their primary dates up as close as possible (This led to the Michigan and Florida fiasco)which is why Iowa and New Hampshire are now voting in January (Because they loose too much if they are not first).
If all the primaries were moved back to late spring, perhaps the candidates wouldn't feel the need to start running until the previous fall. Personally, I think the time has come for a national primary day but it seems that this whole thing will continue to be a total cluster fuck again next time so look for the candidates to start running right after the 2010 midterms.
Should we trust the numbers gathered in a country run by a dictatorship which routinely jails librarians, reporters and anyone else that says what the government doesn't want to hear?
That said, is Cuba, or any other country for that matter, reporting every live birth no matter how sick or underweight? I think several countries do not count babies that die shortly after birth when considering infant mortality.
It takes 67 votes to override a Veto in the US Senate. 60 Votes is what is needed to break a filibuster in the US Senate.
The US may be looking like it has a sounder economy than some other countries. People are putting money into US Dollars now. Sure there was a contraction in the last quarter and the US but it wasn't as bad as predicted and the US is likely in a recession but the US banks are starting to figure out where everyone stands so they may be loosening up on capitol.
There could be other factors at play too but that's one guess.
Acorn is just paying people to go register voters and apparently a few of their people are just being lazy and filling their quota with whatever and Acorn isn't bothering to check.
The bigger concern is that they are getting caught mainly because the registrations they are turning in are so obviously fraudulent. It makes me think that a person with a little more sophistication could turn in many voter registrations without being noticed then vote many times.
Why can't they display the dang article on one page rather than making me hit "next page" over and over. I know it's off topic but it's annoying in such a short article.
Your link seems to say the opposite of what you say.
The article you link says:
"For example, SUVs are made with body-on-frame construction, not unibody"
The "body on frame" method is better suited for heavy duty applications such as towing or hauling. That Scion will not move very far with a 5000lb. camper attached but the Hummer will hardly be bothered.
Right now, Hydrogen is mostly produced by cracking the Hydrogen out of Natural Gas which for those concerned about emissions might not like to hear. It takes too much electricity to crack with electrolysis to be economically viable at this time.
If you simply play copyrighted material while on hold and they record it can they be sued but the Record Industry?
"is this seen as a scandal the world over, or just in America?"
I have no doubt that if the opposite had happened and the US was cheating with 14 year old gymnasts, an enterprising US reporter would have gotten their hands on a certified copy of the original (if not the original) and ran a story within a day of the competition if not beforehand.
The golds would have been stripped already.