Or do you just make things up to support your political agenda? Not surprising.
According to this article, the full list of senators who introduced the bill is: Enzi (R-WY), Durbin (D-IL), Alexander (R-TN), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Boozman (R-AR), Reed (D-RI), Blunt (R-MO), Whitehouse (D-RI), Corker (R-TN), and Pryor (R-AR). Six Republicans and four Democrats.
You're seriously suggesting Newt Gingrich doesn't want to shove religion down our throats?
A really quick search (actually, I went to the Wikipedia page for Newt Gingrich and glanced through the citations at the bottom) turns up this. Scary stuff, and it's only the first article I looked at.
Also, isn't Newt a huge supporter of the Defense of Marriage Act? That's huge government forcing religion down our throats right there. And after he has been divorced a couple times! Hypocrite.
And you're trying to say this is "spun by the lib'rul media"?
Ahh, I see, everyone who disagrees with you is a drooling red-state moron, since no one intelligent could disagree? How's that religion working out for you?
Everyone wants freedom for themselves. Heck, even criminals want "freedom" to commit their crimes.
The Tea Partiers seem to be all about getting as much freedom as possible for themselves, and taking away freedom from anyone who is different from them. And they will use Big Government to pass laws to take other's freedoms away. Have you asked a Tea Partier for their opinions on abortion lately? Medical marijuana? Gay marriage? Integrating (their own) religion with government?
Have you actually turned on a TV or read a newspaper in the last year or two?
Palin and Bachmann associated themselves with the Tea Party movement. They give speech after speech invoking the Tea Party and they have very many Tea Party supporters.
And you're trying to say this is "spun by the lib'rul media"? Amazing.
When you said, "I wish there was a law to kill stupidity," you were talking about the parent poster. He said something that offended you and you wanted a law to silence him.
Why do you feel such a sense of entitlement? Why do you want big daddy government to solve all your problems?
Why do people even bother to listen to him anymore.
Do you really have to ask that?
A depressingly large segment of this country is like this. And you really are surprised that these people are listening to McCain?
FCKeditor isn't really a good example
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To be fair, FCKeditor was named after its author, Frederico Caldeira Knabben, who is from Brazil. Evidently that was his real name and he didn't at first realize the unfortunate similarity of his initials to an English swear word--but even if he had realized this, they were still his real initials, so I think he would still have some right to name it that. In any case, the name of the editor has now been changed to CKEditor.
Please re-read the posts you are replying to. TFA was saying that Bitcoin is a form of flat currency, and I was saying that that is incorrect, for pretty much the same reason you just listed. Your post is redundant.
That's exactly what I was saying. Wikipedia did not say that Bitcoin is a fiat currency. I was quoting TFA, which said that, and I was pointing out that TFA was wrong. My (separate) Wikipedia quote above said pretty much what you are saying.
Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law.
That seems more in accordance with reality. As weak as the dollar has been lately, it would be very difficult for it to lose all or most of its value overnight, unless there was a major world catastrophe, because it is backed by the U.S. government. But (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) Bitcoin could crash any time because its value is given to it entirely by (gullible) people's beliefs. Heck, even stocks are backed by something, a company's performance, and those can crash overnight too.
How exactly does "may, just possibly, find out the truth about something" translate to "OMG evrything on teh inturnetz is teh TRUE!!1! Dur dur dur"? Did you even read the post you were replying to?
Sorry . . . the first sentence above ("What cracks me up . ..") is a quote and should have been italicized. It doesn't show up that way in some browsers. I guess I should have used the "quote" tag instead.
Huh? They already know whose photo is whose. The whole point of this feature is to test whether you know. If you answer incorrectly, they know that and you fail the verification.
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Since when is Roy Blunt not conservative?
Or do you just make things up to support your political agenda? Not surprising.
According to this article, the full list of senators who introduced the bill is: Enzi (R-WY), Durbin (D-IL), Alexander (R-TN), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Boozman (R-AR), Reed (D-RI), Blunt (R-MO), Whitehouse (D-RI), Corker (R-TN), and Pryor (R-AR). Six Republicans and four Democrats.
According to this article it was ten senators—six Republicans and four Democrats.
You're seriously suggesting Newt Gingrich doesn't want to shove religion down our throats?
A really quick search (actually, I went to the Wikipedia page for Newt Gingrich and glanced through the citations at the bottom) turns up this. Scary stuff, and it's only the first article I looked at.
Also, isn't Newt a huge supporter of the Defense of Marriage Act? That's huge government forcing religion down our throats right there. And after he has been divorced a couple times! Hypocrite.
And you're trying to say this is "spun by the lib'rul media"?
Ahh, I see, everyone who disagrees with you is a drooling red-state moron, since no one intelligent could disagree? How's that religion working out for you?
How is what you said even related to what I said?
Everyone wants freedom for themselves. Heck, even criminals want "freedom" to commit their crimes.
The Tea Partiers seem to be all about getting as much freedom as possible for themselves, and taking away freedom from anyone who is different from them. And they will use Big Government to pass laws to take other's freedoms away. Have you asked a Tea Partier for their opinions on abortion lately? Medical marijuana? Gay marriage? Integrating (their own) religion with government?
Have you actually turned on a TV or read a newspaper in the last year or two?
Palin and Bachmann associated themselves with the Tea Party movement. They give speech after speech invoking the Tea Party and they have very many Tea Party supporters.
And you're trying to say this is "spun by the lib'rul media"? Amazing.
Good job changing the subject.
When you said, "I wish there was a law to kill stupidity," you were talking about the parent poster. He said something that offended you and you wanted a law to silence him.
Why do you feel such a sense of entitlement? Why do you want big daddy government to solve all your problems?
Asshats like you are the problem today. i wish there was a law to kill stupidity.
So you would like a law to silence people whose ideas you find offensive?
Wow, talk about loving big huge government. Where do you nutcases come from?
Why do people even bother to listen to him anymore.
Do you really have to ask that?
A depressingly large segment of this country is like this. And you really are surprised that these people are listening to McCain?
To be fair, FCKeditor was named after its author, Frederico Caldeira Knabben, who is from Brazil. Evidently that was his real name and he didn't at first realize the unfortunate similarity of his initials to an English swear word--but even if he had realized this, they were still his real initials, so I think he would still have some right to name it that. In any case, the name of the editor has now been changed to CKEditor.
Please re-read the posts you are replying to. TFA was saying that Bitcoin is a form of flat currency, and I was saying that that is incorrect, for pretty much the same reason you just listed. Your post is redundant.
That's exactly what I was saying. Wikipedia did not say that Bitcoin is a fiat currency. I was quoting TFA, which said that, and I was pointing out that TFA was wrong. My (separate) Wikipedia quote above said pretty much what you are saying.
Whoops--I meant to quote a bit more of TFA:
Like most major worldwide money systems, BitCoin is a form of fiat currency, meaning it only has value because people believe it has purchasing power.
That's the important part. Bitcoin is not like most major worldwide money systems.
TFA says:
BitCoin is a form of fiat currency, meaning it only has value because people believe it has purchasing power.
The Wikipedia article says:
Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law.
That seems more in accordance with reality. As weak as the dollar has been lately, it would be very difficult for it to lose all or most of its value overnight, unless there was a major world catastrophe, because it is backed by the U.S. government. But (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) Bitcoin could crash any time because its value is given to it entirely by (gullible) people's beliefs. Heck, even stocks are backed by something, a company's performance, and those can crash overnight too.
Because Adobe is losing the PR battle to Apple.
Can we submit entries for the fucking stupidest Slashdot post of the month?
I'd like to submit the post I'm replying to.
YOU LIE!
How exactly does "may, just possibly, find out the truth about something" translate to "OMG evrything on teh inturnetz is teh TRUE!!1! Dur dur dur"? Did you even read the post you were replying to?
If someone does a Google search, they may, just possibly, find out the truth about something.
And that possibility is what people like Glenn Beck find the most frightening.
Sorry . . . the first sentence above ("What cracks me up . . .") is a quote and should have been italicized. It doesn't show up that way in some browsers. I guess I should have used the "quote" tag instead.
What cracks me up is how often conservative viewpoints are modded up right alongside a post complaining of slashdot bias against conservatives.
Actually, it's not just alongside. Surprisingly often it is the post complaining of Slashdot bias against conservatives that gets modded up.
Huh? They already know whose photo is whose. The whole point of this feature is to test whether you know. If you answer incorrectly, they know that and you fail the verification.
So how does this give them any new information?
That's an awesome quote which you seem to have missed the point of entirely.
Did someone actually just mention /. and editorial guidelines in the same sentence?
3b. Sue them for doing so. Profit!!1!
Are you saying there's something "loony" or wrong with objecting to soldiers dying needlessly?