Conservatism and libertarianism are political view points. I don't support Bush's rubber stamping of spending. However I did agree with the US enforcing UN mandates and putting teeth to empty threats made over 15 years to the Iraq government. In that sense I supported him. I'm not happy about many other liberal aspects of his presidency. He was not a conservative president. That is my point. Having an extremely liberal ruling class shows how bad it can get however. I long for the Bush spending over the Obama bankrupting. Neither is idea and should a viable libertarian third option exist I'll vote that way.
Bush didn't fight an unpopular war he fought an unjust war for the sake of $ and that made it unpopular.
Proof please.
Ignoring of the rules of engagement and the Geneva convention made it and the US even more unpopular with the rest of the world
I don't believe I've read anything anywhere suggesting our troops ignored the Geneva convention. How many Iraq citizens are or were in Gitmo? How do you classify a terrorist fighting in a country he isn't a citizen of?
we went in on a false premise to protect our interests. Granted Saddam was an evil mad man that needed to be removed from the earth but come on
this is now very apparent since Bush has left office the us and other middle eastern countries have come together to in a joint efforts to put this snake down pre Obama they would not work with the US
Please cite one success outside of Iraq? Iran is enriching Uranium. Bombs still blow up in Israel. The Taliban is still in power in some places. Hell a terrorist group was elected into power in Palestine. How has Obama made one difference to any of this? Oh right he failed to get the Summer games in Chicago and delayed a surge of troops to Afghanistan despite the requests of his general. I'm sure those helped.
Really he won the war? Because last time I checked we were still there in IRAN and engaged in
Afghanistan where we should have been all along
Yes I feel we were successful in regime change in Iraq. The war on terror in Afghanistan and "IRAN" ( I don't know of any US troops in Iran ), I think we are better off engaging the Taliban and Al-Qaeda than to ignore the problem but it is really a maintenance issue and not quickly resolved. If you know of the US doing anything except letting Iran enrich Uranium and a delayed troop surge please post it here.
I'd like to point out as a conservative and a Bush supporter that he was far from conservative. He fought an unpopular war and won. For that he was attacked daily. When it came to spending he never once vetoed a bill and signed into law some very expensive measures. I supported Iraq. I saw the details. Never felt lied to. Its a shame he was wrong but really I don't have one moment of doubt that the right thing was done in regards to Sadam.
I never agreed with the spending and never will. Bush was bad. Obama is terrible.
We "conservatives" and libertarians didn't agree with expansion of government when forming the TSA and we don't agree with its continued funding and existence now. It has more to do with expansion of government and lack of common sense.
Bottom line is please don't associate "conservatism" with Republican support. Republicans were anything but conservative when they were in control of the house and the senate with a republican president. It is what made John McCain so unpalatable in the election. He really just appeared to be Obama light.
As for what is in place now I don't know the history but before Bush left office the Dems took full control of the house and senate. The use has a separation of power for a reason. Bush can not sign something into law without the house and senate voting yes. The Dems even without Obama had plenty of time to correct the problems with the TSA. Its still a laughing stock. Blame bush if you want but the republicans haven't controlled congress in 3 years and the Dems had a year of a super majority and really showed their purpose in that time. Bush was bad Obama / Pelosi / Reid is terrible. Freedom is an afterthought.
Why aren't more people talking about this issue? The irony is I think hulu desktop is using flash but I'm not sure of that. It works ok but really its a bit confusing to navigate and dog slow.
You aren't allowed to listen to Beck and comment on this post. If you read above he is a hate filled idealist republican who picks mercilessly on Obama and gets his jollies off by lying to a group of idiots who hang on his every word. If you listen to the show and point out that isn't who he is well you will be ridiculed for being small minded and the forum won't understand at all how you can tie your shoes much less walk and talk at the same time.
I believe in people's right to free speech. That doesn't mean I believe in their right to be free from Consequences. Glenn Beck says things he knows are lies and deliberately uses logical fallacies in order to whip idiots up into a froth, with predictable negative consequences, solely in a [largely successful] bid for relevance and thus profit. You have a right to say what you like, not to be free from repercussions.
At what point was he free from consequences? If anything I think he is much more exposed to consequences than any network news organization. I'd describe them exactly as you describe Beck. I've never said they must be destroyed. But I guess when the Bill of Rights gets in the way we'll lets just ignore it.
Yes when I listen to someone who brings in different ideas and viewpoints I'm willing to consider them against my own philosophies and put them into perspective. I'm not closed minded but I know myself and don't fear the words and ideas of others.
I've been listening to beck for 8 years now. Not religiously just when I get a chance. He is inflammatory on purpose. He does things to make his audience uncomfortable. It really is a brilliant mix and highly entertaining. He is a flawed human and happy to tell you so. He doesn't hold himself up as a model of perfection or anything else just an entertainer who likes to comment on politics with a "conservative" slant. He isn't a Republican booster despite others claiming such. But really you'd have to listen to understand any of that. I enjoy his show even when I disagree with his views.
I've never drank coffee so I have no idea what affect it would have.
What? Someone modded you INSIGHTFUL? Ok its slashdot but still. Glenn Beck is evil? He must be destroyed? I think your post highlights an absolute fear of free speech. And for that you are modded insightful. Yes I'm in the wrong forum when talking about freedom and yes slashdot users have a bias which ruins its credibility. I don't fault the poster as much as the modders. Just a joke.
Oh and on topic glad that freedoms were up-held and I love Beck's stuff. He cracks me up and makes me think.
Figures no one will mod you up. It sucks to get hit with facts when discussing politics. I have yet to hear a convincing argument about how the democratic platform is even slightly constitutional. But why worry about that when you control the courts? I'm always hit with a cruel sense of irony when I hear the term liberty. I feel as though we have completely given up liberty and forgone a large number of individual, much less state rights granted in the constitution. When I discuss this with anyone who is in favour of restricted property rights or laws that seem obviously in conflict with the bill of rights or a health care plan that takes away individual rights to choose how we live our life I find the basic consensus is the constitution has no value any more. It is very disturbing yet both parties march to this drum too much of the time. I often wonder if anyone anywhere in the US could actually run on a platform of individual liberty and get elected. How sad is it that a basic tenant of the constitution like liberty, an inalienable human right, would not be able to win an election? I'm shocked that the promise of health care reform can only be done by taxing the very system they want to make more affordable. Where is the sense in that? Oh well we will get what we vote for.
we'd probably save billions on tech support costs just a few short years down the line. I dread to think how much money is wasted on trivial calls to the Tech support line that could have been avoided with some simple, basic knowledge such as this.
Isn't it bad enough that our economy is struggling? Just think of all the phone engineers who won't have jobs if no one calls! Oh uh I guess most of them live in India so never mind.
I'm slowly losing the battle with the bulge as well but I've had some success over the last couple of years. Last year I trained for and ran the Chicago Half Marathon. I used the Smart Coach from runnersworld.com New city, some excitement and a goal really made it all worth it. I ran it alone and didn't get the greatest time in the world but I finished. I'm glad I did it.
This year I got some workout videos and am now doing a very rigorous program called P90X in the mornings every day. It is making a big difference. If you don't want to go out you don't have to. I'm a big fan of the workout routine at this point and would recommend it to anyone who is relatively in shape and wants something more. It's a 90 day program which is nice for the goal setting as well. And it changes up once in a while so it doesn't get too stale.
I had much the opposite feelings about the two books. I enjoyed every minute of 'American Gods'. The side stories and the overall plot kept me questioning everything and the story really made me care for the characters he created. I was a bit sad when I finished the book and didn't have some strange adventure to read about each evening.
Afterwards I read 'Neverwhere'. 'Neverwhere' always felt a little hollow to me. It was a much quicker read but it never really got my attention like American Gods did.
When I picked up 'Anansi Boys' I really wasn't sure what to expect but it ended up being my favorite of his books that I've read so far. I've loved all of his novels I've read so far.
The bird in Ninja Gaiden one one of the last levels. You had to some how swing your sword at a perfect time to kill it and actually make the jump. Fortunately it didn't force me to start the game over just had to go back a couple of levels when you were out of guys.
I am not sure why Half Life is getting the rap so badly. While the story might not be the strongest in the world as it leaves plenty for you to fill in. Like why the man in black is walking around and why he is at the end of the game. If you take your time going through the game there were some truly classic moments. One of my favorites was crawling through and air duct and listening to some of the soldiers complain about Freeman and why they wanted him dead. The game worked really well for me and made me feel like it was all about me and my actions had consequences. Obviously they were scripted but the game really pulled me in and made me care about trying to live to the next fight. The scripted sequences and the way that characters interacted with Freeman was exception in my opinion. Anyway just thought I'd lend some support to my favorite game of all time.
Uhm all of them. The flag was ruled out of the jurisdiction of the FCC.
from cnet.com http://news.com.com/Court+yanks+down+FCCs+broadcas t+flag/2100-1030_3-5697719.html/
update In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July 1.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware that doesn't have copy protection technology known as the "broadcast flag." The regulations, which the FCC created in November 2003, had been intended to limit unauthorized Internet redistribution of over-the-air TV broadcasts.
As far as I know the broadcast flag was never even turned on.
Speaking ill of a legend like Miyamoto is not something I would do, and I think the guy at Bungie comes off a little arrogant for doing so. Here is his job title.
I lead a small writing department that does game script, combat dialog, some of the Marvel graphic novel, the comic book series, the books, the marketing, whatever. Anything that involves writing. So who cares if a writer from Bungie pokes fun at making a side scrolling game involving unknown ethnicity plumbers? I think it is freek'n hilarious and I only buy Nintendo systems so I'm a fan boy.
Nintendo did an excellent job marketing the Wii. That being said those I work with bought the Wii as their first Nintendo console since well the first NES in some cases. Since I'm a fanboy it is easy for me to be happy with the system and games. My co-workers however are finding that they aren't sure what games to pick up and are starting to look at the 360 with a lot more intrest. Nintendo has created a market. Their sales of systems will continue for a while yet. If they truely want to dominate however they need to release some solid games and market them to the console owners. Seriously GH coming to the Wii is huge. It is a simple game that could run on anything but having it on the Wii will improve it's image. Along those lines Nintendo, I think, Should be pushing quilty GameCube games. I know there isn't a lot of money in selling 10.00 games but it could introduce a lot of players to Nintendo franchises before the Wii releases later this year. Games like Smash Brothers / Sunshine / Batallion Wars and Prime should be in the Wii cabinets and visible to gamers. All good titles with Wii sequals on the way. Maybe they could sell them with a pack in GC controller. Ok just giving my thoughts on the subject of game releases.
I would think the RIAA might be a little nervous about paying legal fees to all the wrongfully accused however. It might make their selection of random file sharers a little more difficult. The way it should be handled I think.
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Conservatism and libertarianism are political view points. I don't support Bush's rubber stamping of spending. However I did agree with the US enforcing UN mandates and putting teeth to empty threats made over 15 years to the Iraq government. In that sense I supported him. I'm not happy about many other liberal aspects of his presidency. He was not a conservative president. That is my point. Having an extremely liberal ruling class shows how bad it can get however. I long for the Bush spending over the Obama bankrupting. Neither is idea and should a viable libertarian third option exist I'll vote that way.
Bush didn't fight an unpopular war he fought an unjust war for the sake of $ and that made it unpopular.
Proof please.
Ignoring of the rules of engagement and the Geneva convention made it and the US even more unpopular with the rest of the world
I don't believe I've read anything anywhere suggesting our troops ignored the Geneva convention. How many Iraq citizens are or were in Gitmo? How do you classify a terrorist fighting in a country he isn't a citizen of?
we went in on a false premise to protect our interests. Granted Saddam was an evil mad man that needed to be removed from the earth but come on this is now very apparent since Bush has left office the us and other middle eastern countries have come together to in a joint efforts to put this snake down pre Obama they would not work with the US
Please cite one success outside of Iraq? Iran is enriching Uranium. Bombs still blow up in Israel. The Taliban is still in power in some places. Hell a terrorist group was elected into power in Palestine. How has Obama made one difference to any of this? Oh right he failed to get the Summer games in Chicago and delayed a surge of troops to Afghanistan despite the requests of his general. I'm sure those helped.
Really he won the war? Because last time I checked we were still there in IRAN and engaged in Afghanistan where we should have been all along
Yes I feel we were successful in regime change in Iraq. The war on terror in Afghanistan and "IRAN" ( I don't know of any US troops in Iran ), I think we are better off engaging the Taliban and Al-Qaeda than to ignore the problem but it is really a maintenance issue and not quickly resolved. If you know of the US doing anything except letting Iran enrich Uranium and a delayed troop surge please post it here.
Well thank you kindly for replying then.
I'd like to point out as a conservative and a Bush supporter that he was far from conservative. He fought an unpopular war and won. For that he was attacked daily. When it came to spending he never once vetoed a bill and signed into law some very expensive measures. I supported Iraq. I saw the details. Never felt lied to. Its a shame he was wrong but really I don't have one moment of doubt that the right thing was done in regards to Sadam.
I never agreed with the spending and never will. Bush was bad. Obama is terrible.
We "conservatives" and libertarians didn't agree with expansion of government when forming the TSA and we don't agree with its continued funding and existence now. It has more to do with expansion of government and lack of common sense.
Bottom line is please don't associate "conservatism" with Republican support. Republicans were anything but conservative when they were in control of the house and the senate with a republican president. It is what made John McCain so unpalatable in the election. He really just appeared to be Obama light.
As for what is in place now I don't know the history but before Bush left office the Dems took full control of the house and senate. The use has a separation of power for a reason. Bush can not sign something into law without the house and senate voting yes. The Dems even without Obama had plenty of time to correct the problems with the TSA. Its still a laughing stock. Blame bush if you want but the republicans haven't controlled congress in 3 years and the Dems had a year of a super majority and really showed their purpose in that time. Bush was bad Obama / Pelosi / Reid is terrible. Freedom is an afterthought.
Why aren't more people talking about this issue? The irony is I think hulu desktop is using flash but I'm not sure of that. It works ok but really its a bit confusing to navigate and dog slow.
You aren't allowed to listen to Beck and comment on this post. If you read above he is a hate filled idealist republican who picks mercilessly on Obama and gets his jollies off by lying to a group of idiots who hang on his every word. If you listen to the show and point out that isn't who he is well you will be ridiculed for being small minded and the forum won't understand at all how you can tie your shoes much less walk and talk at the same time.
I believe in people's right to free speech. That doesn't mean I believe in their right to be free from Consequences. Glenn Beck says things he knows are lies and deliberately uses logical fallacies in order to whip idiots up into a froth, with predictable negative consequences, solely in a [largely successful] bid for relevance and thus profit. You have a right to say what you like, not to be free from repercussions.
At what point was he free from consequences? If anything I think he is much more exposed to consequences than any network news organization. I'd describe them exactly as you describe Beck. I've never said they must be destroyed. But I guess when the Bill of Rights gets in the way we'll lets just ignore it.
Yes when I listen to someone who brings in different ideas and viewpoints I'm willing to consider them against my own philosophies and put them into perspective. I'm not closed minded but I know myself and don't fear the words and ideas of others.
I've been listening to beck for 8 years now. Not religiously just when I get a chance. He is inflammatory on purpose. He does things to make his audience uncomfortable. It really is a brilliant mix and highly entertaining. He is a flawed human and happy to tell you so. He doesn't hold himself up as a model of perfection or anything else just an entertainer who likes to comment on politics with a "conservative" slant. He isn't a Republican booster despite others claiming such. But really you'd have to listen to understand any of that. I enjoy his show even when I disagree with his views.
I've never drank coffee so I have no idea what affect it would have.
What? Someone modded you INSIGHTFUL? Ok its slashdot but still. Glenn Beck is evil? He must be destroyed? I think your post highlights an absolute fear of free speech. And for that you are modded insightful. Yes I'm in the wrong forum when talking about freedom and yes slashdot users have a bias which ruins its credibility. I don't fault the poster as much as the modders. Just a joke. Oh and on topic glad that freedoms were up-held and I love Beck's stuff. He cracks me up and makes me think.
Not to mention the second amendment. Its kind of part of the bill of rights.
The same international community that can now operate with out any fear of retribution? So how did Iraq turn out anyway?
Figures no one will mod you up. It sucks to get hit with facts when discussing politics. I have yet to hear a convincing argument about how the democratic platform is even slightly constitutional. But why worry about that when you control the courts? I'm always hit with a cruel sense of irony when I hear the term liberty. I feel as though we have completely given up liberty and forgone a large number of individual, much less state rights granted in the constitution. When I discuss this with anyone who is in favour of restricted property rights or laws that seem obviously in conflict with the bill of rights or a health care plan that takes away individual rights to choose how we live our life I find the basic consensus is the constitution has no value any more. It is very disturbing yet both parties march to this drum too much of the time. I often wonder if anyone anywhere in the US could actually run on a platform of individual liberty and get elected. How sad is it that a basic tenant of the constitution like liberty, an inalienable human right, would not be able to win an election? I'm shocked that the promise of health care reform can only be done by taxing the very system they want to make more affordable. Where is the sense in that? Oh well we will get what we vote for.
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we'd probably save billions on tech support costs just a few short years down the line. I dread to think how much money is wasted on trivial calls to the Tech support line that could have been avoided with some simple, basic knowledge such as this.
Isn't it bad enough that our economy is struggling? Just think of all the phone engineers who won't have jobs if no one calls! Oh uh I guess most of them live in India so never mind.
I'm slowly losing the battle with the bulge as well but I've had some success over the last couple of years. Last year I trained for and ran the Chicago Half Marathon. I used the Smart Coach from runnersworld.com New city, some excitement and a goal really made it all worth it. I ran it alone and didn't get the greatest time in the world but I finished. I'm glad I did it.
This year I got some workout videos and am now doing a very rigorous program called P90X in the mornings every day. It is making a big difference. If you don't want to go out you don't have to. I'm a big fan of the workout routine at this point and would recommend it to anyone who is relatively in shape and wants something more. It's a 90 day program which is nice for the goal setting as well. And it changes up once in a while so it doesn't get too stale.
But he enjoyed it.
I had much the opposite feelings about the two books. I enjoyed every minute of 'American Gods'. The side stories and the overall plot kept me questioning everything and the story really made me care for the characters he created. I was a bit sad when I finished the book and didn't have some strange adventure to read about each evening. Afterwards I read 'Neverwhere'. 'Neverwhere' always felt a little hollow to me. It was a much quicker read but it never really got my attention like American Gods did. When I picked up 'Anansi Boys' I really wasn't sure what to expect but it ended up being my favorite of his books that I've read so far. I've loved all of his novels I've read so far.
I'll check him out Thanks for the suggestion.
But AT&T offers voip services. http://www.corp.att.com/voip/ Why would the enter a market they don't like?
The bird in Ninja Gaiden one one of the last levels. You had to some how swing your sword at a perfect time to kill it and actually make the jump. Fortunately it didn't force me to start the game over just had to go back a couple of levels when you were out of guys.
I am not sure why Half Life is getting the rap so badly. While the story might not be the strongest in the world as it leaves plenty for you to fill in. Like why the man in black is walking around and why he is at the end of the game. If you take your time going through the game there were some truly classic moments. One of my favorites was crawling through and air duct and listening to some of the soldiers complain about Freeman and why they wanted him dead. The game worked really well for me and made me feel like it was all about me and my actions had consequences. Obviously they were scripted but the game really pulled me in and made me care about trying to live to the next fight. The scripted sequences and the way that characters interacted with Freeman was exception in my opinion. Anyway just thought I'd lend some support to my favorite game of all time.
Uhm all of them. The flag was ruled out of the jurisdiction of the FCC.s t+flag/2100-1030_3-5697719.html/
from cnet.com http://news.com.com/Court+yanks+down+FCCs+broadca
update In a stunning victory for hardware makers and television buffs, a federal appeals court has tossed out government rules that would have outlawed many digital TV receivers and tuner cards starting July 1.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to prohibit the manufacture of computer and video hardware that doesn't have copy protection technology known as the "broadcast flag." The regulations, which the FCC created in November 2003, had been intended to limit unauthorized Internet redistribution of over-the-air TV broadcasts.
As far as I know the broadcast flag was never even turned on.
Nintendo did an excellent job marketing the Wii. That being said those I work with bought the Wii as their first Nintendo console since well the first NES in some cases. Since I'm a fanboy it is easy for me to be happy with the system and games. My co-workers however are finding that they aren't sure what games to pick up and are starting to look at the 360 with a lot more intrest. Nintendo has created a market. Their sales of systems will continue for a while yet. If they truely want to dominate however they need to release some solid games and market them to the console owners. Seriously GH coming to the Wii is huge. It is a simple game that could run on anything but having it on the Wii will improve it's image. Along those lines Nintendo, I think, Should be pushing quilty GameCube games. I know there isn't a lot of money in selling 10.00 games but it could introduce a lot of players to Nintendo franchises before the Wii releases later this year. Games like Smash Brothers / Sunshine / Batallion Wars and Prime should be in the Wii cabinets and visible to gamers. All good titles with Wii sequals on the way. Maybe they could sell them with a pack in GC controller. Ok just giving my thoughts on the subject of game releases.
I would think the RIAA might be a little nervous about paying legal fees to all the wrongfully accused however. It might make their selection of random file sharers a little more difficult. The way it should be handled I think.