Japan is absolutely correct to view mass immigration with suspicion. Injecting a large mix of wildly divergent cultures will lead to more disorder and disharmony in the long-run.
You mean like the US, which was built upon the very idea of welcoming people from wildly divergent cultures into our own? Except for a criminal nutjob for a President, we seem to be doing fine.
There's nothing a superintelligence can do that enough well organized humans can't.
That's like saying there's nothing a human can do that enough well organized tadpoles can't. Superhuman intelligence, when it happens, won't just be faster than humans, it will be of a whole different order of intelligence, like we are over lower animals. It would be able to think of things, have ideas, that are simply too vast for human minds to grasp.
True, but he lied about it to a judge, which is a crime.
CLINTON LIED ABOUT A PERSONAL MATTER THAT THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO ASK HIM ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A CRIME OR ANYTHING RELATED TO HIS JOB PERFORMANCE.
They asked him it during a sexual harrassment trial...where his sexual history, particularly his on the fucking job sexual history is actually relevant to the case....in other words, they actually had a right to ask him. Hell, they had a legal obligation to ask him that question. And he lied, under oath, in court, which is a criminal offense. Quite a serious one.
nanny state? guess what? FEMA actually worked under Clinton
Worked no different and no better than it does today. FEMA is not to blame for the failures after Katrina....although it makes a politically useful scapegoat and a nice target for the media. FEMA's mandate has always required that when a disaster happen, that the request for assistance come from the State in need...and that they tell FEMA what to manage. Guess what didn't happen with Katrina, and guess where the blame actually falls?
foreign adventures? guess what? Clinton was given no flexibility in trying to stop genocide by
the far right (who attacked him relentlessly). And was generally successful.
Why is it our responsability to stop every genocide in the world?
wako? so a couple of hundred died accidently - that was a shame. but also a tiny incident.
Ah yes, an accident...where they kept changing their story as to why they went in in the first place, where they went in with tanks, machine guns, and all sorts of other military style equipment, to raid a people doing things for things they were legally entitled to do. Yes..."accident."
perjury? first off, what kind of people would have even asked that question? secondly,
it's a shame that clinton didn't just say "fuck you", third, besides Hillary and some crotch-obsessed
conservatives nobody else really gives a damn.
What kind of people would ask that question? Maybe because it was a sexual harrassment trial? Therefore sexual history, particularly in the workplace, with subordinates, is actually relevant to the fucking case?
And I've said that Bush needs to be impeached, and in my oppinion tried for treason and executed...but maybe wanting to deal with wannabe dictators (which he's made clear he thinks he can be) in that fashion is just my personal preference.
Well, considering the whiny "for the children!" reason, saying they went in because of child abuse...they only started saying that after everything went up in flames. Originally all they talked about was the "massive cache of illegal machine guns" (which is why it was ATF)...which all turned out to actually be perfectly legal. They had to come up with a cover story to...well..cover their asses. So "child abuse" which didn't have to be proven was perfect.
You mean compared to the Clinton administration, where we bombed asprin factories, taxed the economy into ruins, went on "aid missions" which turned into full scale military invasions to disarm the people....and got bloodied doing so and forced to leave, where the wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was offered to the U.S. by Sudan...and we turned them down, where the government was slowly being turned into a nanny state...where the government's permission would be required to practically take a shit, where the President commits perjury, where religious groups get assaulted and murdered by the Federal government...complete with tanks, helicopters, and jack-booted troops armed with machine guns...all for....possessing legally registered firearms and suspected child abuse (a State matter) which was never proven? Yeah, wonderful times.
Sure, Bush has shown he's capable of seriously overstepping his bounds, raping the Constitution, and being a very naughty boy who needs to be punished....but the Democrats hardly had a Utopia going.
It's not just the left that's pissed off at this you twit. Many in Bush's own party are outraged over this. And then there are those of us who are not right-wing or left-wing. We're pissed off too. Most of the People, period, are just plain angry. President Bush has very strongly violated the Constitution, and stated that he will do so again and again, that there is nothing wrong with it, and that he can basically do whatever he fucking feels like because he's the President and the country is "under threat."
That, my friend, is how dictators get started. Forget impeachment, we should try him for treason against the American People in a court of law and have him executed when found guilty. He has overstepped that much.
Acts cannot override the Constitution of the United States. The President violated the Constitution of the United States, which does not say that the limitations set forth in it may be violated whenever the President says "hey, there's an enemy out there."
Not only will they not get the loan next time...they'll lose the house this time, and it'll go to someone who can afford it. And so it all comes back to the idea that the people usually live in the houses they can afford to live in.
What a luddite thought....technology addiction. Mankind has been a technological species since it's beginnings. It's one of our key evolutionary advantages. The ability to make, use, and most importantly...improve tools. We cannot be addicted to something which we, by definition, have always depended on. Are we addicted to air, water, and food now (yes, I know there are incredibly stupid people who will claim that there is an addiction to food...ignore the morons)?
That's because the US is very fond of wasting ressources. It also wastes space with urban sprawl, huge houses that cost a fortune.
Maybe that's because we've got plenty of room to do it in. Most of the US is well....still pretty much empty. We've got plenty of room for "urban sprawl." Europe has a much higher population, in a smaller area. And Japan really has a much smaller area, and a fairly large population too. They have "urban sprawl" problems. We just have plenty of room to grow. What next, going to claim Canada has a problem with "urban sprawl"?
As for huge houses that cost a fortune....maybe we can afford them.
I see you lump me in with the bunch defending that unscientific, religious (and not only that, but bad religion too) piece of garbage they call the theory of intelligent design, which is no theory at all. I'm not. I know evolution is science. I've argued evolution as fact. I see you consider me an "unthinking sheep" for not thinking exactly as you think, believing exactly as you believe. You accuse me of being "one of the brainwashed masses" because I do not agree with you on certain points. Gee, sounds like someone with a "them vs me" complex to me, since I'm against you, I must be one of the mindless drones of the faceless, identical, retarded, brainwashed enemy.
From your science teacher. Grade F! Please start your science classes over. If everything evolves/changes over time and we came from apes; then, why are there still apes??? I received my degree in science. Did you??? True and recognized auhorities in Science still recongize that Evolution is a Theroy scince it has not been proven to be 100% factual at this time.
Sorry, but you are the one who gets the grade F. We are not descended from any of the other current apes, we are merely related to them. The reason there are still apes is that they evolved into different niches than this particular ape did. Evolution isn't about improvement, it's about adaptation and survival. In fact, because of that you can have primitive forms that have stayed in the same niche for millions or billions of years, right alongside vastly more advanced forms that grew and adapted into a niche that was an advantage for survival.
I doubt your degree. What was this alleged science degree, an associates degree in astronomy? Maybe you're counting a theology degree as some sort of scientific degree? Do you have a degree in "Christian Science" from some nutjob fundy Christian school? Clearly you've had no real study whatsoever of the biological fields.
And I'm not sure what you mean by "Natural Selection" being a theory. It's a tautology. Whatever survived -- that was fit. Whatever didn't -- that wasn't fit. Precisely nothing could falsify it. It's true by definition. And it only deals with *removal* of genes, not *changing* or *addition*.
I was speaking of Natural Selection as the mechanism of Evolution. It is, of course, the leading theory, and an extremely good, solid one, but still a theory. Even though Natural Selection itself also quite clearly happens.
However, in your assessment of Natural Selection, you are not taking into account the fact that mutations occur, both positive and harmful, and thus natural selection can ensure that positive ones spread while harmful ones are eliminated over the long term.
That's because Evolution is a fact. Long and well observed. The mechanisms themselves, such as Natural Selection, are what are classed as Theories. The fact the living things change, adapt, and develop into different living things over time...that is absolutely at the level of hard scientific fact, and that is Evolution.
Personally, I have met many Atheists who have gone out of their way, downright fanatically, to convert non-Atheists to Atheism. I've seen them degrade and abuse people who have any religious beliefs whatsoever that do not agree with them. They behave as if their way is the only way, and that everyone else is not only absolutely wrong, but inferior for their beliefs. I've seen them behave, in many ways, much like "Born Again Evangelical Atheists."
Walmart does infact kill american businesses.
They do this by pushing for consistent annual cost reductions. The end result is that American suppliers are pushed to send more and more manufacturing jobs overseas. On occasion, Walmart will bluntly tell a supplier to do this "or else".
For "new" items I rarely find Walmart is cheaper, or even really competitive to be honest. Where Walmart shines is only as a Discount Store (which is what Walmart has always been)...selling goods that are discounted because they are no longer the newest thing to hit the stores. Walmart gets the cheap prices...because they are getting discounted goods, or el cheapo generic brands to begin with.
And of course, we have the shift in the argument from "Walmart is bad for American Small Business because they drive out the Mom and Pop stores" to "Walmart is bad for American Industry because they push for the evil outsourcing of American jobs"....an old tactic, the argument couldn't be won so make it look like you can win the argument by making it into a whole new one. Won't work in this case, I can shoot down this one just like the last one.
I live in an industrial area. Here, people depend mainly on some sort of industrial job. Maybe not manufacturing itself in some cases, some are more along the lines of transportation, or support for industries. But industry related jobs are big here. Are they dying? No. If anything they're doing better than ever. New plants opening up, one large industrial machine shop just opened in town to service local industries actually. Outsourcing? Other countries outsource here. A large Canadian owned factory is sitting in a nearby town, and another smaller one in mine. Yeah, manufacturing jobs going overseas....at the same time overseas manufacturing jobs are coming right over here.
Locally....the manufacturing jobs are fine, more than fine, they are booming. There are so many jobs avaliable that we've taken in refugees in this area and gotten them new jobs, manufacturing jobs, within a few days. Walmart sending manufacturing jobs overseas....please bitch.
Ah yes, the typical "Walmart kills small businesses" whine. No it fucking doesn't. Every town around here that has a Walmart, also has lots of thriving small businesses. My home town has tons of local stores, you'll find craft stores, antique stores, specialty clothing stores, stores selling cute novelties and collectibles, flower shops, appliance shops, repair businesses of all kinds, resale shops, an art supply store, a computer store, and all sorts of other businesses that haven't been hurt one bit by the local walmart. Heck, many of them have been helped by the local walmart, rather than harmed.
People who complain about Walmart ruining their business...are people who were running their businesses into the ground anyway and would have folded as soon as any decent competition moved in.
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No, "stopping every genocide in the world" never had anything to do with the War in Iraq.
What kind of people would ask that question? Maybe because it was a sexual harrassment trial? Therefore sexual history, particularly in the workplace, with subordinates, is actually relevant to the fucking case?
And I've said that Bush needs to be impeached, and in my oppinion tried for treason and executed...but maybe wanting to deal with wannabe dictators (which he's made clear he thinks he can be) in that fashion is just my personal preference.
Well, considering the whiny "for the children!" reason, saying they went in because of child abuse...they only started saying that after everything went up in flames. Originally all they talked about was the "massive cache of illegal machine guns" (which is why it was ATF)...which all turned out to actually be perfectly legal. They had to come up with a cover story to...well..cover their asses. So "child abuse" which didn't have to be proven was perfect.
You mean compared to the Clinton administration, where we bombed asprin factories, taxed the economy into ruins, went on "aid missions" which turned into full scale military invasions to disarm the people....and got bloodied doing so and forced to leave, where the wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was offered to the U.S. by Sudan...and we turned them down, where the government was slowly being turned into a nanny state...where the government's permission would be required to practically take a shit, where the President commits perjury, where religious groups get assaulted and murdered by the Federal government...complete with tanks, helicopters, and jack-booted troops armed with machine guns...all for....possessing legally registered firearms and suspected child abuse (a State matter) which was never proven? Yeah, wonderful times.
Sure, Bush has shown he's capable of seriously overstepping his bounds, raping the Constitution, and being a very naughty boy who needs to be punished....but the Democrats hardly had a Utopia going.
You mean when you commit the crime of perjury in a court of law, on an issue very relevant to the case.
It's not just the left that's pissed off at this you twit. Many in Bush's own party are outraged over this. And then there are those of us who are not right-wing or left-wing. We're pissed off too. Most of the People, period, are just plain angry. President Bush has very strongly violated the Constitution, and stated that he will do so again and again, that there is nothing wrong with it, and that he can basically do whatever he fucking feels like because he's the President and the country is "under threat."
That, my friend, is how dictators get started. Forget impeachment, we should try him for treason against the American People in a court of law and have him executed when found guilty. He has overstepped that much.
Acts cannot override the Constitution of the United States. The President violated the Constitution of the United States, which does not say that the limitations set forth in it may be violated whenever the President says "hey, there's an enemy out there."
Not only will they not get the loan next time...they'll lose the house this time, and it'll go to someone who can afford it. And so it all comes back to the idea that the people usually live in the houses they can afford to live in.
What a luddite thought....technology addiction. Mankind has been a technological species since it's beginnings. It's one of our key evolutionary advantages. The ability to make, use, and most importantly...improve tools. We cannot be addicted to something which we, by definition, have always depended on. Are we addicted to air, water, and food now (yes, I know there are incredibly stupid people who will claim that there is an addiction to food...ignore the morons)?
Maybe that's because we've got plenty of room to do it in. Most of the US is well....still pretty much empty. We've got plenty of room for "urban sprawl." Europe has a much higher population, in a smaller area. And Japan really has a much smaller area, and a fairly large population too. They have "urban sprawl" problems. We just have plenty of room to grow. What next, going to claim Canada has a problem with "urban sprawl"?
As for huge houses that cost a fortune....maybe we can afford them.
Since when has he been right about anything?
I see you lump me in with the bunch defending that unscientific, religious (and not only that, but bad religion too) piece of garbage they call the theory of intelligent design, which is no theory at all. I'm not. I know evolution is science. I've argued evolution as fact. I see you consider me an "unthinking sheep" for not thinking exactly as you think, believing exactly as you believe. You accuse me of being "one of the brainwashed masses" because I do not agree with you on certain points. Gee, sounds like someone with a "them vs me" complex to me, since I'm against you, I must be one of the mindless drones of the faceless, identical, retarded, brainwashed enemy.
Gee...sounds like someone has issues.
Sorry, but you are the one who gets the grade F. We are not descended from any of the other current apes, we are merely related to them. The reason there are still apes is that they evolved into different niches than this particular ape did. Evolution isn't about improvement, it's about adaptation and survival. In fact, because of that you can have primitive forms that have stayed in the same niche for millions or billions of years, right alongside vastly more advanced forms that grew and adapted into a niche that was an advantage for survival.
I doubt your degree. What was this alleged science degree, an associates degree in astronomy? Maybe you're counting a theology degree as some sort of scientific degree? Do you have a degree in "Christian Science" from some nutjob fundy Christian school? Clearly you've had no real study whatsoever of the biological fields.
Thank you for demonstrating my point for me, that there are Atheists who are just as batshit insane and intolerant, as fundamentalist Christianity.
I was speaking of Natural Selection as the mechanism of Evolution. It is, of course, the leading theory, and an extremely good, solid one, but still a theory. Even though Natural Selection itself also quite clearly happens.
However, in your assessment of Natural Selection, you are not taking into account the fact that mutations occur, both positive and harmful, and thus natural selection can ensure that positive ones spread while harmful ones are eliminated over the long term.
That's because Evolution is a fact. Long and well observed. The mechanisms themselves, such as Natural Selection, are what are classed as Theories. The fact the living things change, adapt, and develop into different living things over time...that is absolutely at the level of hard scientific fact, and that is Evolution.
Personally, I have met many Atheists who have gone out of their way, downright fanatically, to convert non-Atheists to Atheism. I've seen them degrade and abuse people who have any religious beliefs whatsoever that do not agree with them. They behave as if their way is the only way, and that everyone else is not only absolutely wrong, but inferior for their beliefs. I've seen them behave, in many ways, much like "Born Again Evangelical Atheists."
For "new" items I rarely find Walmart is cheaper, or even really competitive to be honest. Where Walmart shines is only as a Discount Store (which is what Walmart has always been)...selling goods that are discounted because they are no longer the newest thing to hit the stores. Walmart gets the cheap prices...because they are getting discounted goods, or el cheapo generic brands to begin with.
And of course, we have the shift in the argument from "Walmart is bad for American Small Business because they drive out the Mom and Pop stores" to "Walmart is bad for American Industry because they push for the evil outsourcing of American jobs"....an old tactic, the argument couldn't be won so make it look like you can win the argument by making it into a whole new one. Won't work in this case, I can shoot down this one just like the last one.
I live in an industrial area. Here, people depend mainly on some sort of industrial job. Maybe not manufacturing itself in some cases, some are more along the lines of transportation, or support for industries. But industry related jobs are big here. Are they dying? No. If anything they're doing better than ever. New plants opening up, one large industrial machine shop just opened in town to service local industries actually. Outsourcing? Other countries outsource here. A large Canadian owned factory is sitting in a nearby town, and another smaller one in mine. Yeah, manufacturing jobs going overseas....at the same time overseas manufacturing jobs are coming right over here.
Locally....the manufacturing jobs are fine, more than fine, they are booming. There are so many jobs avaliable that we've taken in refugees in this area and gotten them new jobs, manufacturing jobs, within a few days. Walmart sending manufacturing jobs overseas....please bitch.
They are really landing pads for really tiny Goa'uld ships.
Ah yes, the typical "Walmart kills small businesses" whine. No it fucking doesn't. Every town around here that has a Walmart, also has lots of thriving small businesses. My home town has tons of local stores, you'll find craft stores, antique stores, specialty clothing stores, stores selling cute novelties and collectibles, flower shops, appliance shops, repair businesses of all kinds, resale shops, an art supply store, a computer store, and all sorts of other businesses that haven't been hurt one bit by the local walmart. Heck, many of them have been helped by the local walmart, rather than harmed.
People who complain about Walmart ruining their business...are people who were running their businesses into the ground anyway and would have folded as soon as any decent competition moved in.