Priorities have changed since the mid 19th century.
Not nearly as much as you would think (and seem to realize)... The South has sugar and cotton resources. They almost did find a European nation to 'sponsor' them in the same way the US got France to sponsor our revolution - by offering them money and access to natural resources.
Do you really think people are only selfish *now*? What is this rosy view of the past I find many slashdotters seem to have?
He appointed them, yes. But he can't remove them. They aren't beholden to him at this point. That's the whole *reason* the court system is setup the way it is.
What?!?! Thank you for the notice! I was enjoying the article until I realized that slashdot is just LIES! How can I ever thank you enough for notifying me of this? Can you perform this function on every article from now on? That would be quite useful.
I'm not a Bush 'fan' of late, but last I checked "you people" isn't a racial slur. I've used it plenty of times with no idication as to race. Secondly, even if it were a racial slur you're equating his mother's statement to something he would say and agree with. I suppose we are all just clones of our mothers then?
Whatever, just so long as you can blame Bush for the idiocy of an entire city (which is half below sea level) to not evauate with the largest hurricane in nearly 100 years heading their way. I believe the blame is far more 'local' in the case of LA. All to often people are quick to blame the top of the hierarchy, when everything up *to* that person needed to fail first.
His deliberate neglect has more or less wiped one whole American city right off the map.
And not the incompetence of the local politicians who neglected to build levies that could take a class 4 hurricane... There were failures at many levels of state during Katrina. But unless you *really* think Bush personally bombed the levies I don't see how you can blame the entire event on him.
A 30 day vacation while a major city drowns comes to mind. He was also eating cake and playing guitar in Arizona while New Orleans drowned.
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I thought it was pretty well known that no president is ever *really* on vacation. I mean, just because he's not in the whitehouse doesn't mean he can't "call in" eh?
Secondly, exactly what did you expect him to do in New Orleans? FEMA reacted to it as they should, and FEMA screwed up a lot. But how is this Bush's fault? Oh, right. He hates black people and bombed the levies right? Right?!?!
All the fruits of all human endeavour belong to all of humanity.
I completely agree comrad! BTW, I'll be by this weekend to pick up 'our' car for a trip I'm taking over the weekend. And I'm sure you wouldn't mind lending me a few hundred of 'our' dollars for spending while I'm away?
Hah! I remember that. The original NES had issues with their cart loading thingy (push the cart in, push it down). We used to have to push the cart down, then jam a toy airplane in above it, then let the cart up a bit (the plane kept it from going all the way back up). Only then would it work. This worked fine for years, but eventually the machine just stopped working all together...
temporary loss of freedom and some unwanted intrusions that are over in a few minutes
Never spoken to a rape victim I see. I suppose the years of sleepless nights, nightmares, inability to trust others or form a meaningful relationship, and fear of people in general *does* eventually end, but I wouldn't say it's all over in a few minutes.
I see â" but this is not really a forum â" the responses do not get posted automatically and so, of course, no real criticism stands a chance of being let through...
That is true. I would have been *very* surprised if there were an open forum (for the website of *any* national leader). It's entirely possible this just sends things to/dev/null and gives people the feeling they can feed-back..
increased crime due to substance's price (which is artifically high to deal with the risk fo being an illicit substance)
If *I* were selling a product that was so addictive folks would get physically ill when they stopped using it I would see no reason to make it cheap. 99% margins anybody? Absolutely. And since it's a "luxury" good luck in getting the prices fixed by the government - they'd be too busy taking their 5-10 percent cut.
You think so? I doubt it. Drug lords, though selling an illegal substance, are following pretty good captialist ideals. They charge what they can get. What makes you think a capitalist company would do any different? It's incredibly easy to charge as much as you want when your product is highly addictive...
If they are genuinly irreplacable, then take 'em as hand luggage by all means but for gods sake, leave your laptop, large slr, change of clothes, book, etc at home or in checked in luggage (as appropriate).
Mmm, that'll help me work at a client site when travelling after my baggage is lost and/or damaged...
I *love* myopic slashdotters who think everyone else simply *must* behave the same way they do. Check my laptop? Have you *seen* what happens to luggage? And now that we're not even allowed to lock our luggage, what do you propose to stop theft?
For the same reason Matt Amarillo of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority stood in front of a Big Dig tunnel where a woman was just crushed earlier by a falling ceiling tile (which weighed 3 tons) and told everybody "the tunnels are safe."
For the uninitiated many of those "safe" tunnels were closed for weeks afterwards for inspections and repairs. Politicians can't admit anything bad. Whenever something bad happens they must proclaim it's "all better now" immediatly.
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Priorities have changed since the mid 19th century.
Not nearly as much as you would think (and seem to realize)... The South has sugar and cotton resources. They almost did find a European nation to 'sponsor' them in the same way the US got France to sponsor our revolution - by offering them money and access to natural resources.
Do you really think people are only selfish *now*? What is this rosy view of the past I find many slashdotters seem to have?
He appointed them, yes. But he can't remove them. They aren't beholden to him at this point. That's the whole *reason* the court system is setup the way it is.
What?!?! Thank you for the notice! I was enjoying the article until I realized that slashdot is just LIES! How can I ever thank you enough for notifying me of this? Can you perform this function on every article from now on? That would be quite useful.
Tell me you're joking...
Whatever, just so long as you can blame Bush for the idiocy of an entire city (which is half below sea level) to not evauate with the largest hurricane in nearly 100 years heading their way. I believe the blame is far more 'local' in the case of LA. All to often people are quick to blame the top of the hierarchy, when everything up *to* that person needed to fail first.
And not the incompetence of the local politicians who neglected to build levies that could take a class 4 hurricane... There were failures at many levels of state during Katrina. But unless you *really* think Bush personally bombed the levies I don't see how you can blame the entire event on him.
I thought it was pretty well known that no president is ever *really* on vacation. I mean, just because he's not in the whitehouse doesn't mean he can't "call in" eh?
Secondly, exactly what did you expect him to do in New Orleans? FEMA reacted to it as they should, and FEMA screwed up a lot. But how is this Bush's fault? Oh, right. He hates black people and bombed the levies right? Right?!?!
I completely agree comrad! BTW, I'll be by this weekend to pick up 'our' car for a trip I'm taking over the weekend. And I'm sure you wouldn't mind lending me a few hundred of 'our' dollars for spending while I'm away?
Yes, I know, BT is has legal uses, but they're sure not taking any steps to make the illegal sharing of information harder.
Neither is wu-ftp, or Apache, or IIS, or any other application that allows one to download stuff from the inernet.
Just like your comment...
- Another pissed off Massachusetts citizen...
Hah! I remember that. The original NES had issues with their cart loading thingy (push the cart in, push it down). We used to have to push the cart down, then jam a toy airplane in above it, then let the cart up a bit (the plane kept it from going all the way back up). Only then would it work. This worked fine for years, but eventually the machine just stopped working all together...
Well, *gee*, the military *kills* people too! Get 'em all up on murder charges while you're at it.
Never spoken to a rape victim I see. I suppose the years of sleepless nights, nightmares, inability to trust others or form a meaningful relationship, and fear of people in general *does* eventually end, but I wouldn't say it's all over in a few minutes.
Nobody has yet been killed for not believing in dark matter.
That is true. I would have been *very* surprised if there were an open forum (for the website of *any* national leader). It's entirely possible this just sends things to /dev/null and gives people the feeling they can feed-back..
And there is a way to send feedback on the page.
Slashdot, where showing ads on a web-page is just as evil as killing kittens in front of children.
I think that's what the submitter did while summarizing the article...
And more to the point typically only 2GB of that 4GB is useful to the application. The other 2GB is reserved for the OS...
Nice. Very smug. Next time try for more 'condescending' though. You could use some work in that area.
If *I* were selling a product that was so addictive folks would get physically ill when they stopped using it I would see no reason to make it cheap. 99% margins anybody? Absolutely. And since it's a "luxury" good luck in getting the prices fixed by the government - they'd be too busy taking their 5-10 percent cut.
You think so? I doubt it. Drug lords, though selling an illegal substance, are following pretty good captialist ideals. They charge what they can get. What makes you think a capitalist company would do any different? It's incredibly easy to charge as much as you want when your product is highly addictive...
Mmm, that'll help me work at a client site when travelling after my baggage is lost and/or damaged...
I *love* myopic slashdotters who think everyone else simply *must* behave the same way they do. Check my laptop? Have you *seen* what happens to luggage? And now that we're not even allowed to lock our luggage, what do you propose to stop theft?
For the uninitiated many of those "safe" tunnels were closed for weeks afterwards for inspections and repairs. Politicians can't admit anything bad. Whenever something bad happens they must proclaim it's "all better now" immediatly.