My leftist friends keep telling me George Bush is going to do something like this but, when it actually happens, it's a leftist government that is the driving force...
Federalism is a layered approach to government. Every layer of government has its responsibility. I like this approach but it does lead to problems like we saw with Katrina. If two of the poorest states get hit by a major hurricane, the local authorities will have trouble responding.
That isn't to say anything about the crappy response of the feds.. But, the locals have to be the first on the scene and as far as I can tell they basically fell apart. (At least in Louisiana) Of course, if the Feds didn't respond at all, that would be the purer form of federalism, right?
I concede that the Federal government continuously attempts to make inroads into take states rights. I think it is natural for an entity to tend to want to lump power towards itself. We have to constantly fight to limit the power of the federal government while we balance the rights of citizens not to be lynched by the local rednecks.
>As for you, anybody who'll lecture me on Federalism one minute and speak of >Republicans and Democrats the next as if there were the slightest difference between >the two, ain't even with it enough to stay in the same conversation with.
The above is your tirade in support of federalism? Or is it against it? I'm not sure. It starts to seem that you are saying that the Republicans and Democrats are anti-federalists but then ends up saying that there isn't any difference between the two and that means I know nothing of federalism?
Isn't that a little like saying that I know nothing about monkeys because I use Linux? What is your point sir? Couldn't we have one party and a federalist system?
At any rate, from your vantage point there probably isn't much difference between the politics of the Republicans and the Democrats. From a great distance, details are less discernable.
Does that mean they are identical? Not necessarily. It just means your ideas are so out of the mainstream you can't even discern or appreciate the ideas of others. The differences are there, they just aren't great enough or what you would like them to be.
>Hurricane Katrina. Can *you* name me one reason why anybody HAS to rush to the >aide of the richest, most powerful country on Earth and in all of human history? Can >YOU tell me why our own government can't handle basic human services, but never >misses a beat in it's global conquest to enslave the planet?
And as for your original post:
>Stupid fuck, "jealous of the freedoms and accomplishments of the United States." I LIVE in the United States, was probably here before you, and we HAVE HAD NO FREEDOM OR ACOMPLISHMENTS IN 50 years!
You never responded to my reply:
>What about DNS?
Isn't that what this hole chain of a waste of bytes is about?
Guys like you that make me wish I'd voted for Bush. You
are as vitriolic and disgusting as anyone I've heard
on the extreme right.
>"Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the >Americans in trouble?"
>Hurricane Katrina.
This question was asked in the 1970s.
>Can *you* name me one reason why anybody HAS to rush to the
>aide of the richest, most powerful country on Earth and in
>all of human history? Can YOU tell me why our own government
>can't handle basic human services, but never misses a beat in
>it's global conquest to enslave the planet?
We lost a chunk of the country the size of the UK.
We lost enough of our refineries that our economy is in
danger of going down and taking the rest of the world
with it.
Did you even take a civics class? Do you know what
Federalism is? I bet you can tell me why it sucks though,
huh?
You and your ilk are the bowel cancer that is slowly killing
the Democrats.
I don't think he was thinking along these lines. The organization
of a good city state government and a national government may
be similar. However, that argument is separate from who controls
a function like DNS and it's location in a hierarchy of organizations.
If a supra-national government/organization is made up of similar national
governments which are in turn made up of similar sub national entities,
it makes sense to see a function such as DNS moved to the supra-national
level.
For instance, if the UK controlled the root DNS servers it would be legitimate
to argue that based on the shared values of the UK and other member nations
of the EU, the DNS should be moved to the EU.
However, the UN is not really an organization of nation states that are equal
in temperament, national organization or capacity. As such it isn't a
completely legitimate supra national governing body. Totalitarian nations get
a vote just like nations that derive the sovereignty from a mandate by their
people.
>As for the nazi stuff, maybe it's not good to celebrate a regime that murdered millions.
I'm confused, who is celebrating the Nazis? Europe certainly has more
than its share of Neo-Nazis. The issue is do you face the past or push
it under the rug? I think Europe chose the latter approach.
If some American wants to sell on Ebay the SS emblem that his grandfather
took from the body of a dead Nazi, what's the harm? It is a piece of history.
Might it offend the grandson of said Nazi? Maybe that's why it is illegal?
That sir is an inductive fallacy due to a false analogy. A single
representative government cannot be compared to a group of nations
some of which are representative and some of which are tyrannical.
That is to say, you cannot compare the United States and the UN
as to the validity of the right of ownership based on the representative
nature of either body.
They simply aren't comparable. Not in a way that either supports or opposes
your argument.
I recently moved from a position as a coder to a team lead.
We are always busy. There is always more work than we can
possibly accomplish. However, everyone wants someting from
from us constantly. I've found some ways to deal with this
situation, here they are:
- Don't take shit Although everyone wants something from you, not everyone really
needs something. If you are suspicious that work is being pawned
off on you, don't do it. Let it smolder for a while. Let them ask
again. Often times if you don't reply, they will just do it. As
much as 20% of the crap that I get handed disappears this way.
- Escalate Conversley, if you ask someone for something and they don't respond
in some way within 24 hours and you really aren't pawning work off,
don't hesitate to escalate the situation. People try to be too nice.
Sometimes someone has 50 things on their plate and they are afraid to
go to their superior and ask what is the highest priority. If you go
to their superior first, you are.:)
- Document, Document, Document I can't tell you how important it is to
document your exchanges with other teams. Perfer email. When you do
talk, document the conversation and the action items for everyone involved.
Try to include dates. When the date comes up, call them. Review these
constantly.
- Communicate Proactively The people you work for want to know you are
doing something. Tell them what you are doing and when you expect to
be done daily. If anything slips, let them know immedietly. Don't
hesitate. Give so much information that they will not ever want to call
you and ask. It's amazing how much trouble you can save by doing this.
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My leftist friends keep telling me George Bush is going to do something like this but, when it actually happens, it's a leftist government that is the driving force...
Federalism is a layered approach to government. Every layer of government has its responsibility. I like this approach but it does lead to problems like we saw with Katrina. If two of the poorest states get hit by a major hurricane, the local authorities will have trouble responding.
That isn't to say anything about the crappy response of the feds.. But, the locals have to be the first on the scene and as far as I can tell they basically fell apart. (At least in Louisiana) Of course, if the Feds didn't respond at all, that would be the purer form of federalism, right?
I concede that the Federal government continuously attempts to make inroads into take states rights. I think it is natural for an entity to tend to want to lump power towards itself. We have to constantly fight to limit the power of the federal government while we balance the rights of citizens not to be lynched by the local rednecks.
>As for you, anybody who'll lecture me on Federalism one minute and speak of
>Republicans and Democrats the next as if there were the slightest difference between
>the two, ain't even with it enough to stay in the same conversation with.
The above is your tirade in support of federalism? Or is it against it? I'm not sure. It starts to seem that you are saying that the Republicans and Democrats are anti-federalists but then ends up saying that there isn't any difference between the two and that means I know nothing of federalism?
Isn't that a little like saying that I know nothing about monkeys because I use Linux? What is your point sir? Couldn't we have one party and a federalist system?
At any rate, from your vantage point there probably isn't much difference between the politics of the Republicans and the Democrats. From a great distance, details are less discernable.
Does that mean they are identical? Not necessarily. It just means your ideas are so out of the mainstream you can't even discern or appreciate the ideas of others. The differences are there, they just aren't great enough or what you would like them to be.
>Hurricane Katrina. Can *you* name me one reason why anybody HAS to rush to the
>aide of the richest, most powerful country on Earth and in all of human history? Can
>YOU tell me why our own government can't handle basic human services, but never
>misses a beat in it's global conquest to enslave the planet?
And as for your original post:
>Stupid fuck, "jealous of the freedoms and accomplishments of the United States." I LIVE in the United States, was probably here before you, and we HAVE HAD NO FREEDOM OR ACOMPLISHMENTS IN 50 years!
You never responded to my reply:
>What about DNS?
Isn't that what this hole chain of a waste of bytes is about?
Guys like you that make me wish I'd voted for Bush. You are as vitriolic and disgusting as anyone I've heard on the extreme right. >"Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the >Americans in trouble?" >Hurricane Katrina. This question was asked in the 1970s. >Can *you* name me one reason why anybody HAS to rush to the >aide of the richest, most powerful country on Earth and in >all of human history? Can YOU tell me why our own government >can't handle basic human services, but never misses a beat in >it's global conquest to enslave the planet? We lost a chunk of the country the size of the UK. We lost enough of our refineries that our economy is in danger of going down and taking the rest of the world with it. Did you even take a civics class? Do you know what Federalism is? I bet you can tell me why it sucks though, huh? You and your ilk are the bowel cancer that is slowly killing the Democrats.
I don't think he was thinking along these lines. The organization of a good city state government and a national government may be similar. However, that argument is separate from who controls a function like DNS and it's location in a hierarchy of organizations.
If a supra-national government/organization is made up of similar national governments which are in turn made up of similar sub national entities, it makes sense to see a function such as DNS moved to the supra-national level.
For instance, if the UK controlled the root DNS servers it would be legitimate to argue that based on the shared values of the UK and other member nations of the EU, the DNS should be moved to the EU.
However, the UN is not really an organization of nation states that are equal in temperament, national organization or capacity. As such it isn't a completely legitimate supra national governing body. Totalitarian nations get a vote just like nations that derive the sovereignty from a mandate by their people.
What about DNS?
>As for the nazi stuff, maybe it's not good to celebrate a regime that murdered millions. I'm confused, who is celebrating the Nazis? Europe certainly has more than its share of Neo-Nazis. The issue is do you face the past or push it under the rug? I think Europe chose the latter approach. If some American wants to sell on Ebay the SS emblem that his grandfather took from the body of a dead Nazi, what's the harm? It is a piece of history. Might it offend the grandson of said Nazi? Maybe that's why it is illegal?
That sir is an inductive fallacy due to a false analogy. A single representative government cannot be compared to a group of nations some of which are representative and some of which are tyrannical. That is to say, you cannot compare the United States and the UN as to the validity of the right of ownership based on the representative nature of either body. They simply aren't comparable. Not in a way that either supports or opposes your argument.
I recently moved from a position as a coder to a team lead. We are always busy. There is always more work than we can possibly accomplish. However, everyone wants someting from from us constantly. I've found some ways to deal with this situation, here they are:
:)
- Don't take shit
Although everyone wants something from you, not everyone really needs something. If you are suspicious that work is being pawned off on you, don't do it. Let it smolder for a while. Let them ask again. Often times if you don't reply, they will just do it. As much as 20% of the crap that I get handed disappears this way.
- Escalate
Conversley, if you ask someone for something and they don't respond in some way within 24 hours and you really aren't pawning work off, don't hesitate to escalate the situation. People try to be too nice. Sometimes someone has 50 things on their plate and they are afraid to go to their superior and ask what is the highest priority. If you go to their superior first, you are.
- Document, Document, Document
I can't tell you how important it is to document your exchanges with other teams. Perfer email. When you do talk, document the conversation and the action items for everyone involved. Try to include dates. When the date comes up, call them. Review these constantly.
- Communicate Proactively
The people you work for want to know you are doing something. Tell them what you are doing and when you expect to be done daily. If anything slips, let them know immedietly. Don't hesitate. Give so much information that they will not ever want to call you and ask. It's amazing how much trouble you can save by doing this.