Does it make me more of a fool that I called this as a joke until I saw it on my own page and saw that it was real and accurate? And I'm still not entirely sure that it's real.
"The greatest trick Slashdot ever pulled was convincing the world it was all an April Fool's joke" - KysrSoze
This is the best outcome anyone hoping to hold politicians accountable for this could hope for. Now they can't just vote and shuffle it off into the past and tell people to get over it; their constituents have plenty of time to slam them with letters and phone calls and make them seriously rethink their support.
Is it likely to still pass? Yes, that's the US for you. But now at least the bill's opponents have got a fighting chance.
No other line of work? I think all of the rich kids out there with trust funds and stock investments put away long before they were born think that's a pretty naive thing to say. You don't have to look farther than the President to see a shining example of a life of success provided for by someone's decisions back a century ago.
European cars get better mileage and it is easier to live without a car there than it is in the US, where every store is a 20 minute drive away and there is only the barest shell of viable public transport. A lot of this is due to the political landscape in the US which is extremely friendly to large auto and oil corporations, but maybe this will change as gas prices inexorably continue upward and people start asking for change.
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Does it make me more of a fool that I called this as a joke until I saw it on my own page and saw that it was real and accurate? And I'm still not entirely sure that it's real. "The greatest trick Slashdot ever pulled was convincing the world it was all an April Fool's joke" - KysrSoze
This is the best outcome anyone hoping to hold politicians accountable for this could hope for. Now they can't just vote and shuffle it off into the past and tell people to get over it; their constituents have plenty of time to slam them with letters and phone calls and make them seriously rethink their support. Is it likely to still pass? Yes, that's the US for you. But now at least the bill's opponents have got a fighting chance.
No other line of work? I think all of the rich kids out there with trust funds and stock investments put away long before they were born think that's a pretty naive thing to say. You don't have to look farther than the President to see a shining example of a life of success provided for by someone's decisions back a century ago.
European cars get better mileage and it is easier to live without a car there than it is in the US, where every store is a 20 minute drive away and there is only the barest shell of viable public transport. A lot of this is due to the political landscape in the US which is extremely friendly to large auto and oil corporations, but maybe this will change as gas prices inexorably continue upward and people start asking for change.