You might be surprised at the effectiveness of a peashooter against a grenade in close quarters.
The day the government actually uses nuclear weapons, on US soil, against US citizens is the day that half of all of this country's troops pull of their insignia and pick up their guns.
Considering the number of governments that have fallen to uprisings in human history, it's foolish to say the least to believe that any governments currently in existence won't (unless it's first conquered from without).
On another note, look at the difficulty that the Soviet Union had in Afghanistan. They had tanks, planes, artillery, etc. and for the most part the Afghanis had outdated muskets. Of course, they were also supplied with modern weapons by the US gov't, but then American citizens could just as easily be supplied by other governments in such a case.
Note that I'm not advocating the overthrow of the government, just saying that given this country's history I think it likely that that's how it will end, be it 50 or 500 years from now. Then a new government will be installed. Rinse, lather, repeat.
By the sound of your post I guess that the fiasco has settled down by this point, but if not I'd suggest getting those town trustees or whoever sets the speed limit to simply raise the speed limit downtown to, say, 25 mph (standard in my area). That'd show the cops to impose new measures on people.
Nuclear is the only way, and we really need fusion. We should have spent $400 billion on a crash fusion program, not on the Iraq folly.
I agree. The whole problem with Bush's "Hydrogen Economy" is that to get hydrogen on a large scale we have to perform electrolysis on water. That takes a lot of electricity. Most of our electricity is generated by coal plants.
So we're basically replacing oil with coal, except less efficient. If we were to get fusion off the ground, we could replace the coal plants and use the fusion plants to get the hydrogen to replace the oil. Only problem then is the radioactive waste, but unlike that produced by fission, this stuff would only be dangerous for a few decades, not millenia.
Keep in mind that when someone breaks the rules, they don't generally act with the expectation that they will be caught. They tend to bank on the hope that they will get away with it. This time they got screwed, but that doesn't change the reasoning behind their intentions.
I don't know what schools you went to, but in my high school the best, most experienced teachers were paid little more than $50,000. The others, far less. This wasn't an inner-city school in an underfunded system, either. I think those wages are pretty standard.
I don't in general disagree with your comment, but the overstatement of a teacher's salary started by the GP had to be addressed.
Also the fact that things like the Spanish Inquisition are used so infrequently these days that when one actually is used it's that much more effective.
Last time I said "supposing two carried it together" it got quite a few laughs.
For those who are mechanically inclined, http://www.starrotor.com/ might be an interesting read. I've been hearing about this engine for a few years now, and it looks pretty promising. Personally, I'd love to have one under my hood.
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Please god, let that not be true. As someone who plans to have kids some day, I hope that I can continue to be intelligent and rational.
Unfortunately, my experience thus far leaves me with little hope...
Ah, were that I had mod points. Well, +1 in spirit.
You might be surprised at the effectiveness of a peashooter against a grenade in close quarters. The day the government actually uses nuclear weapons, on US soil, against US citizens is the day that half of all of this country's troops pull of their insignia and pick up their guns. Considering the number of governments that have fallen to uprisings in human history, it's foolish to say the least to believe that any governments currently in existence won't (unless it's first conquered from without). On another note, look at the difficulty that the Soviet Union had in Afghanistan. They had tanks, planes, artillery, etc. and for the most part the Afghanis had outdated muskets. Of course, they were also supplied with modern weapons by the US gov't, but then American citizens could just as easily be supplied by other governments in such a case. Note that I'm not advocating the overthrow of the government, just saying that given this country's history I think it likely that that's how it will end, be it 50 or 500 years from now. Then a new government will be installed. Rinse, lather, repeat.
Funny, my dad (a technocrat and civil servant) says the same thing.
By the sound of your post I guess that the fiasco has settled down by this point, but if not I'd suggest getting those town trustees or whoever sets the speed limit to simply raise the speed limit downtown to, say, 25 mph (standard in my area). That'd show the cops to impose new measures on people.
It means "I am because I am". (I'd have to look it up to make sure it's grammatically correct, but I think it is).
Eh, the anthropic principle works well too. Sum ob sum. The Latin makes it seem much more credible, wouldn't you agree?
How exactly does someone "break up" with a search engine? Is that like some sort of declaration of boycott?
The sword has to go in sufficiently slowly else it causes the armor to harden?
I agree. The whole problem with Bush's "Hydrogen Economy" is that to get hydrogen on a large scale we have to perform electrolysis on water. That takes a lot of electricity. Most of our electricity is generated by coal plants.
So we're basically replacing oil with coal, except less efficient. If we were to get fusion off the ground, we could replace the coal plants and use the fusion plants to get the hydrogen to replace the oil. Only problem then is the radioactive waste, but unlike that produced by fission, this stuff would only be dangerous for a few decades, not millenia.
Keep in mind that when someone breaks the rules, they don't generally act with the expectation that they will be caught. They tend to bank on the hope that they will get away with it. This time they got screwed, but that doesn't change the reasoning behind their intentions.
I don't know what schools you went to, but in my high school the best, most experienced teachers were paid little more than $50,000. The others, far less. This wasn't an inner-city school in an underfunded system, either. I think those wages are pretty standard. I don't in general disagree with your comment, but the overstatement of a teacher's salary started by the GP had to be addressed.
Also the fact that things like the Spanish Inquisition are used so infrequently these days that when one actually is used it's that much more effective. Last time I said "supposing two carried it together" it got quite a few laughs.
For those who are mechanically inclined, http://www.starrotor.com/ might be an interesting read. I've been hearing about this engine for a few years now, and it looks pretty promising. Personally, I'd love to have one under my hood.