You heard wrong and obviously have never spoken to a rape victim. Rape is not a sex act, it is an act of hatred and violence. Its only purpose its to hurt, demean, and humiliate the victim. Many rapes are done with broom handles, pool sticks, toilet plungers, etc.
Rapists don't rape because they're horny, they rape because they hate women.
OMFG, where do you ignorant goofs come from? Since you're moderated "insightful" I'll probably get modded down, but screw it... maybe the mods are European and don't know that things here are unlike there. I honestly don't know if you're trying to joke, trying to troll, or if you really believe that tripe. If you do, I pity you and suggest you stay away from Fox and Limbaugh.
As long as the entitlements keep rolling in, there will be more people ready to vote themselves some more free gubment cheese.
AFDC was abolished a quarter century ago. There is no more government cheese (my grandmother always gave me hers, best cheese I ever tasted). There is no more generational welfare; you now have a two year limit on benefits.
Look at the rise in food stamps,
You didn't notice that we've been in a really, really bad recession for five years and folks are having a hard time finding work? Of course there are more on food stamps now. Jesus, how fucking dense can a person be?
healthy young people collecting social security,
Healthy young people are not eligible for SS. Either you're trolling, or you're stupid enough to believe that lie. I pity your lack of knowledge. It's even hard for a disabled young person to collect; I know a woman with a brain tumor who was turned down.
and the free cell phone program.
That's not one of my favorite programs, but I can see its utility. When's the last time you saw a pay phone?
There are teens with Link cards purchasing chips and soda
What's wrong with that? It's their parents' card, and chips and soda are, in fact, food.
there are folks you see with Cadillac escalades getting free groceries off of link
Those folks are crack dealers, who trade crack for LINK cards to junkies for fifty cents on the dollar; $50 worth of crack for $100 worth of LINK. Better than than have them break into my house and steal my shit to trade for crack.
while helping someone to try to get onto LIHEAP, they were turned away because they were not on social security, but the young couple fresh from vacation who were on social security got to stay.
You're not turned away from LIHEAP because you're not on SS, you're turned away because you earn too much money for a handout. Again, young people do NOT get Social Security unless they're disabled. And people on SS disability do NOT have enough money to go on vacations.
It's a crying shame how much the system is abused
Every system is abused. Do you know who abuses the system the most? Doctors. Quite a few of them have gone to prison for Medicaid and Medicare fraud. Any system you set up to help teh poor will be abused, but that's no more reason to not try and help the poor than the fact that people abuse oxycontin is a reason to stop making that drug.
Unfortunately, there will always be people voting as often as they can to have a life that is work free
You know, I accused you of stupidity, but I really don't think that's your problem. You believe so many outright falsehoods you must be schitzophrenic. Did the voices in your head tell you all those lies? Look, bud, I know poor people. I know people on food stamps. Because of this, I find your incredibly ignorant comment to be greatly offensive. You do NOT want to be one of them, believe me. "There but the grace of God." But of course, you don't believe in God, you believe that you are a self-made mad despite the fact that you were born priveliged.
the miniaturization of electronics was driven by the space race
No, the transistor was invented a full ten years before Sputnik was launched, the integrated circuit the same year as sputnik. Yes, miniaturization went forward and the space program did give it a boost, but you can't even give it most of the credit, let alone all of it.
I'll remember that next time I hear a family values GOP candidate tell me my liberal views are destroying America.
Actually, conservatism is against everything Jesus taught. Conservatives hate the poor, but Christ and his followers all were poor. They especially hate the homeless, Jesus was homeless. Republicans are the party of the rich (and if you believe otherwise they've pulled the wool over your eyes), look at the story of Lazarus and the rich man. "It is as hard fro a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to go through a needle's eye". Look at what Christ had to say about lawyers.
Conservatives are against taxes, but Christ said "render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's" (e.g., stop bitching about taxes and pay the damned things).
Conservatives are against free health care; Jesus provided free health care. They're against free food, Jesus provided free food to the hungry multitude.
Conservatives say "God hates fags" but the bible says God loves everyone.
Jesus was a liberal. The men who tortured him to death were strict law and order conservatives, and Judas was a narc.
And Romney and Gingrich are probably going to hell.
I'm not any kind of Professional scientist, but I yearn for the days when we were excited about any scientific progress (I was born in 1990, and '02 was pretty much the last year anyone was excited about any kind of space exploration
Wow, kid, think about it for a minute. You were twelve the last time you percieved that peope were excited about space and science.
Thought about it for a minute? Yep, you're right -- it's not reality, it's simply your perception of reality. A 22 year old doesn't see things like a 12 year old does (and wait until you're my age!).
Most people have never been excited about science and space, except between 1958 when the Soviets launched Sputnik until Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon. And even then, not everybody was excited about it.
APK makes it a point to troll JC personally, showing up in his JEs and such. Jeremiah seems to attract folks who hate him, probably because of his politics.
Congress's first job is to follow the Constitution; it's the law and it's their oath of office. (Obama's too, but he doesn't give a bloody F*** about the Constitution.)
Like anyone in Congress does?
Congress's second job is to do what's best for the country and the states the senators represent
Wrong, the Senate's job is to do what's best for the state, the Congress' job (House of Representatives) are to do what is best for their constituents (at least that's how it was originally set up) and it's both their jobs to do what's best for the country at large.
Obama has neither the ability nor the intention of doing what's best for the country
You mean like preventing an economic disaster like happened in 1929? Like ending the Iraq war? Like killing Bin Laden? Like saving General Motors?
Nowhere, nowhere is it Congress's "job to work with the President" or vice versa.
The only way Congress is going to do right by the country and its citizens is to work with the President.
In a comment further down you say "Well, the thing that turned me from "he's just another President" to "not just no, but F*** No!" was when he ordered the assassination of an American citizen. "
What about the deaths of thousands of Americans killed in the Iraq war Bush started, or died on 911 because Bush refused to listen to warnings about Bin laden? Or how he and his oil cronies went into office with a balanced budget and a booming economy and left it as the only president in history to leave office with fewer Americans employed than when he was first elected, with the largest deficit in history and teetering on another Great Depression? And you trash Obama???
Sorry, dude, but the facts don't jibe. There's got to be something more to your hatred of Obama. He's certainly not the best president we've ever had, but I've seen plenty of worse ones in my lifetime.
Why do the articles about "Stuff that Matters" get less comments than pointless crap
We can argue about the pointless crap, we can joke about the pointless crap, but what can you say about a sucessful space mission except "now, THAT'S cool!"?
The only reason I can think of (except them being in Christian Science) is that she follow the same line of thought that leads some (and I stress: SOME) protestants to have issues with contraceptions and/or ensurance: By taking such precautions you don't trust God to do what's best for you.
She must have never heard the story iof the drowning man.
There is a flood, the police come by to evacuate and the man says "no, God will save me from this flood." The water rises and he's standing at the window when a rowboat comes by for him. "No," he says, "God will save me." The water rises to the second floor and he's standing at the window when another rowboat comes by for him. "No," he says, "God will save me."
The water rises over the roof and the man drowns. In heaven he wails "God! Why didn't you save me?"
God says "You moron, I sent a cop and two rowboats!"
I was wondering the same thing; there's nothing in the bible against it that I can see. That said, I refuse to get flu shots, but I don't work in health care. The reason is once when flu shots were new in 1971 and they used live "weakened" virus, a flu shot gave me the worst case of flu I ever had before or since.
Never again (heh, I just got an email in my work inbox suggesting I get one... nah).
As to "Christian Science" I don't understand that "religion" at all. They don't worship Jesus and they don't respect science, where did that name come from? And how did a book by a bad sci-fi writer become some holy tome?
1 kw at any given time? That sure sounds low; a toaster takes 1kw, microwave 1100w, fridge? Don't know but it's a lot. Furnace blower? Especially in the summer when the AC is sucking juice 1kw sounds really low.
governments have very little, if any, incentive to improve roads, improve the safety of roads or use new innovative techniques.
The only motivation needed to want that is for the voters to want it. If the voters don't care about potholes and missing guard rails, the politicians have no reason to.
It depends on where you are. Some US stares have shitty roads, some have good roads, some EU countries have excellent roads.
People just don't realize how truly toxic many places were before the EPA started cracking down, in those old factories they found PHB and dioxin contamination and more asbestos than you would believe
Yep, those pointy haired bosses ARE toxic! (I think you were referring to polychlorobiphenyls, or PCBs).
Lawful doesn't matter much to me. I care more about ethical.
Who doesn't? One can make ethics up on the spot.
You guys both misunderstand the difference between ethics and morality. Ethics come from an exterior authority (such as a physician's code of ethics, or the law) while morality comes from within one's self. It is not immoral to smoke marijuana, but it is unethical anywhere but Washington and Colorado since it's illegal. OTOH it's immoral to have sex with another person's spouse, but it is neither illegal nor unethical (unless you're the aformentioned physician and the women is your patient, in which case it's not illegal but both immoral and unethical).
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You heard wrong and obviously have never spoken to a rape victim. Rape is not a sex act, it is an act of hatred and violence. Its only purpose its to hurt, demean, and humiliate the victim. Many rapes are done with broom handles, pool sticks, toilet plungers, etc.
Rapists don't rape because they're horny, they rape because they hate women.
OMFG, where do you ignorant goofs come from? Since you're moderated "insightful" I'll probably get modded down, but screw it... maybe the mods are European and don't know that things here are unlike there. I honestly don't know if you're trying to joke, trying to troll, or if you really believe that tripe. If you do, I pity you and suggest you stay away from Fox and Limbaugh.
As long as the entitlements keep rolling in, there will be more people ready to vote themselves some more free gubment cheese.
AFDC was abolished a quarter century ago. There is no more government cheese (my grandmother always gave me hers, best cheese I ever tasted). There is no more generational welfare; you now have a two year limit on benefits.
Look at the rise in food stamps,
You didn't notice that we've been in a really, really bad recession for five years and folks are having a hard time finding work? Of course there are more on food stamps now. Jesus, how fucking dense can a person be?
healthy young people collecting social security,
Healthy young people are not eligible for SS. Either you're trolling, or you're stupid enough to believe that lie. I pity your lack of knowledge. It's even hard for a disabled young person to collect; I know a woman with a brain tumor who was turned down.
and the free cell phone program.
That's not one of my favorite programs, but I can see its utility. When's the last time you saw a pay phone?
There are teens with Link cards purchasing chips and soda
What's wrong with that? It's their parents' card, and chips and soda are, in fact, food.
there are folks you see with Cadillac escalades getting free groceries off of link
Those folks are crack dealers, who trade crack for LINK cards to junkies for fifty cents on the dollar; $50 worth of crack for $100 worth of LINK. Better than than have them break into my house and steal my shit to trade for crack.
while helping someone to try to get onto LIHEAP, they were turned away because they were not on social security, but the young couple fresh from vacation who were on social security got to stay.
You're not turned away from LIHEAP because you're not on SS, you're turned away because you earn too much money for a handout. Again, young people do NOT get Social Security unless they're disabled. And people on SS disability do NOT have enough money to go on vacations.
It's a crying shame how much the system is abused
Every system is abused. Do you know who abuses the system the most? Doctors. Quite a few of them have gone to prison for Medicaid and Medicare fraud. Any system you set up to help teh poor will be abused, but that's no more reason to not try and help the poor than the fact that people abuse oxycontin is a reason to stop making that drug.
Unfortunately, there will always be people voting as often as they can to have a life that is work free
You know, I accused you of stupidity, but I really don't think that's your problem. You believe so many outright falsehoods you must be schitzophrenic. Did the voices in your head tell you all those lies? Look, bud, I know poor people. I know people on food stamps. Because of this, I find your incredibly ignorant comment to be greatly offensive. You do NOT want to be one of them, believe me. "There but the grace of God." But of course, you don't believe in God, you believe that you are a self-made mad despite the fact that you were born priveliged.
Turning this into a game with the hope of making money is cynical and tasteless.
You mean like Grand Theft Auto, or Wolfenstein? Sure it's tasteless, so fucking what? Everyone has a right to be a boor and a cad if they wish to be.
You know what's more offensive? Your suggesting that these folks don't have the right to be offensive. Nothing is more offensive than censorship.
the miniaturization of electronics was driven by the space race
No, the transistor was invented a full ten years before Sputnik was launched, the integrated circuit the same year as sputnik. Yes, miniaturization went forward and the space program did give it a boost, but you can't even give it most of the credit, let alone all of it.
I'll remember that next time I hear a family values GOP candidate tell me my liberal views are destroying America.
Actually, conservatism is against everything Jesus taught. Conservatives hate the poor, but Christ and his followers all were poor. They especially hate the homeless, Jesus was homeless. Republicans are the party of the rich (and if you believe otherwise they've pulled the wool over your eyes), look at the story of Lazarus and the rich man. "It is as hard fro a rich man to enter heaven than for a camel to go through a needle's eye". Look at what Christ had to say about lawyers.
Conservatives are against taxes, but Christ said "render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasar's" (e.g., stop bitching about taxes and pay the damned things).
Conservatives are against free health care; Jesus provided free health care. They're against free food, Jesus provided free food to the hungry multitude.
Conservatives say "God hates fags" but the bible says God loves everyone.
Jesus was a liberal. The men who tortured him to death were strict law and order conservatives, and Judas was a narc.
And Romney and Gingrich are probably going to hell.
Nobody is taught any lessons, other than to raise their prices to pay for even more insurance.
Nice try, kid, but insurance companies won't insure against losses from fines. The company must eat that loss.
I've been a Republican since I turned 18
Why? Is that the year you got your fifty million dollar inheritance?
Please educate me:
There are some Zynga's on the app store
What is that apostrophe for? I just don't understand, sorry I'm so illiterate...
I'm not any kind of Professional scientist, but I yearn for the days when we were excited about any scientific progress (I was born in 1990, and '02 was pretty much the last year anyone was excited about any kind of space exploration
Wow, kid, think about it for a minute. You were twelve the last time you percieved that peope were excited about space and science.
Thought about it for a minute? Yep, you're right -- it's not reality, it's simply your perception of reality. A 22 year old doesn't see things like a 12 year old does (and wait until you're my age!).
Most people have never been excited about science and space, except between 1958 when the Soviets launched Sputnik until Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon. And even then, not everybody was excited about it.
APK makes it a point to troll JC personally, showing up in his JEs and such. Jeremiah seems to attract folks who hate him, probably because of his politics.
Congress's first job is to follow the Constitution; it's the law and it's their oath of office. (Obama's too, but he doesn't give a bloody F*** about the Constitution.)
Like anyone in Congress does?
Congress's second job is to do what's best for the country and the states the senators represent
Wrong, the Senate's job is to do what's best for the state, the Congress' job (House of Representatives) are to do what is best for their constituents (at least that's how it was originally set up) and it's both their jobs to do what's best for the country at large.
Obama has neither the ability nor the intention of doing what's best for the country
You mean like preventing an economic disaster like happened in 1929? Like ending the Iraq war? Like killing Bin Laden? Like saving General Motors?
Nowhere, nowhere is it Congress's "job to work with the President" or vice versa.
The only way Congress is going to do right by the country and its citizens is to work with the President.
In a comment further down you say "Well, the thing that turned me from "he's just another President" to "not just no, but F*** No!" was when he ordered the assassination of an American citizen. "
What about the deaths of thousands of Americans killed in the Iraq war Bush started, or died on 911 because Bush refused to listen to warnings about Bin laden? Or how he and his oil cronies went into office with a balanced budget and a booming economy and left it as the only president in history to leave office with fewer Americans employed than when he was first elected, with the largest deficit in history and teetering on another Great Depression? And you trash Obama???
Sorry, dude, but the facts don't jibe. There's got to be something more to your hatred of Obama. He's certainly not the best president we've ever had, but I've seen plenty of worse ones in my lifetime.
Could it be his skin color?
Why do the articles about "Stuff that Matters" get less comments than pointless crap
We can argue about the pointless crap, we can joke about the pointless crap, but what can you say about a sucessful space mission except "now, THAT'S cool!"?
All good reasons, but they aren't excuses. If you can't follow the regulations, get out of the business.
The only reason I can think of (except them being in Christian Science) is that she follow the same line of thought that leads some (and I stress: SOME) protestants to have issues with contraceptions and/or ensurance: By taking such precautions you don't trust God to do what's best for you.
She must have never heard the story iof the drowning man.
There is a flood, the police come by to evacuate and the man says "no, God will save me from this flood." The water rises and he's standing at the window when a rowboat comes by for him. "No," he says, "God will save me." The water rises to the second floor and he's standing at the window when another rowboat comes by for him. "No," he says, "God will save me."
The water rises over the roof and the man drowns. In heaven he wails "God! Why didn't you save me?"
God says "You moron, I sent a cop and two rowboats!"
I was wondering the same thing; there's nothing in the bible against it that I can see. That said, I refuse to get flu shots, but I don't work in health care. The reason is once when flu shots were new in 1971 and they used live "weakened" virus, a flu shot gave me the worst case of flu I ever had before or since.
Never again (heh, I just got an email in my work inbox suggesting I get one... nah).
As to "Christian Science" I don't understand that "religion" at all. They don't worship Jesus and they don't respect science, where did that name come from? And how did a book by a bad sci-fi writer become some holy tome?
How 'bout that, Microsoft shills have mod points! Yep, bash the company you work for an I'm a troll. OK, gotcha.
Fuck you god damned shills, and fuck your employer Microsoft as well.
The years 2002 to 2005 were the low point here
I guess I was lucky to have missed it, I was away from /. for about that period. I don't remember, but it may have been why I started going to k5.
I collected quite a few k5 diaries into a book, "The Paxil Diaries". I reformatted it, of course. I posted it on the Pirate Bay if you want a copy.
I agree, shills and astroturfers should be modded down as well.
1 kw at any given time? That sure sounds low; a toaster takes 1kw, microwave 1100w, fridge? Don't know but it's a lot. Furnace blower? Especially in the summer when the AC is sucking juice 1kw sounds really low.
Odd, I've been doing the opposite, digitizing a century's worth of family stuff (photos, LPs, VHS tapes, cassettes).
Will your digital pictures still be as accessible to your grandchildren as your grandmother's photographs are to you?
Probably more accessible. All the old photos I have are badly degraded, that doesn't happen with a digital file.
governments have very little, if any, incentive to improve roads, improve the safety of roads or use new innovative techniques.
The only motivation needed to want that is for the voters to want it. If the voters don't care about potholes and missing guard rails, the politicians have no reason to.
It depends on where you are. Some US stares have shitty roads, some have good roads, some EU countries have excellent roads.
No, actually it's an acronym like GNU. TSA stands for "TSA Sucks Ass".
People just don't realize how truly toxic many places were before the EPA started cracking down, in those old factories they found PHB and dioxin contamination and more asbestos than you would believe
Yep, those pointy haired bosses ARE toxic! (I think you were referring to polychlorobiphenyls, or PCBs).
You guys both misunderstand the difference between ethics and morality. Ethics come from an exterior authority (such as a physician's code of ethics, or the law) while morality comes from within one's self. It is not immoral to smoke marijuana, but it is unethical anywhere but Washington and Colorado since it's illegal. OTOH it's immoral to have sex with another person's spouse, but it is neither illegal nor unethical (unless you're the aformentioned physician and the women is your patient, in which case it's not illegal but both immoral and unethical).