[quote who="Daiwa" reply="70" id="3409756"] Soft political corruption and too many Angelo Mozillo's. But, warts and all, it still beats every other system ever tried. Until humans are removed from the equation (or the planet), we'll still be contending with these issues in one form or another.[/quote] As much as I hate to agree with you on anything, I do on this.
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="66" id="3409735"] Quoting gmc2, reply 62Anytime you wish to compare notes, let me know. [/quote] you're so funny, I forgot to laugh. or, what no bouncing breasts. (and don't call me dear)
[quote who="Kantok" reply="67" id="3409741"]But the fault in that isn't with corporations. It's with the fools creating the rules of the game. [/quote] and when the corporations make the rules, what then.
[quote who="Kantok" reply="64" id="3409725"] Quoting gmc2, reply 56 of course you two agree, you're made from the same cloth. I'm guessing X-gen by the sound of it. I am Gen-X actually, just barely. By a year or two. What of it? Does that somehow invalidate my opinion? [/quote] no, of course not but the "what of it?" part is unnecessary, don't you think. Anyhow, it does provide me with glimpse and better under
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="59" id="3409665"] Quoting gmc2, reply 58difficult to imagine you agreeing with those underlying sentiments. Like creation 'science', you are expressing your limits, rather than reality. The fact that you cannot bespeaks how little you know me, as well as your own negativity.[/quote] So, you actually believe that I am incapable of making some informed opinion of you based upon what you say within these forums. By your response i
[quote who="Kantok" reply="52" id="3409491"] Quoting Daiwa, reply 51 Who said anything about 'bending' rules? If the playing field is level, may the best win. And if it's not level, blame the people who set the rules for setting bad rules. If someone is cheating, punish them. But if everyone is cheating, that means the game sucks and the rules need to be fixed. Someone who gets ahead by working within the system isn&
of course you two agree, you're made from the same cloth. I'm guessing X-gen by the sound of it.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="49" id="3409453"]Having said that, success, when achieved legally and within the rules one is given, is not a 'windfall' no matter the amount of money involved. [/quote] guess it's okay to bend the rules especially when it's in your favor. like the financial meltdown, remember that.
You know after reading that article I think I may change my position on health care and opt for socialized medicine. [quote who="Phoon" reply="43" id="3409389"]But alas.. the liberal media sure as hell isn't going to report that! [/quote] why not Phoon, everyone knows it's true but the liberals (such a term) don't control the enterprises, the corporations do.
[quote who="Kantok" reply="29" id="3409203"]A good example of the positive impact this has can be seen in the Louisiana voucher program that the President's administration is suing to put an end to for a bunch of nonsense reasons (really because successful voucher programs are a threat to the government monopoly on education, which means its a threat to teachers' unions, which are a core constituency of the party). [/quote] I think those teachers that support the Democratic Pa
[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="4" id="3403622"]This is what we get for so many idiots voting for "small government," pro-privatization candidates who support outsourcing government projects to private contractors. [/quote] [quote who="Kantok" reply="20" id="3409057"]Take it from someone who spent a decade working on both sides of this problem, the U
[quote who="frankell" reply="36" id="3406595"]click here to check http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/[/quote] thanks for the link, that worked. I usually leave flash disabled but there are some news stories that are in flash so occasionally I need it. I use a add-on to convert youtube into html5.
[quote who="frankell" reply="32" id="3406136"]http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ click on update and when in the Adobe page pay attention to uncheck the MCAfee optional offer[/quote] I can get that far. Sorry I used the incorrect terms. In the add-on manager flash it is showing as disabled (ver. 11.5.502.110), clicking on the update button takes me to a notification page that states that flash for certain versions has been disabled and not available. It doesn
side question, help please. my version of FF has flash disabled. I noticed that in a post above that frankell has flash updated and enabled. How do I update flash so that FF will recognize it. I can't find an update listed within the FF add-ons.
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[quote who="sareth01" reply="65" id="3404349"]I have studied law in detail and from that research I have an understanding of what law is, and how it works. As with all things I don't know everything, feel free to find holes in my knowledge, I have no undue pride about it.[/quote] I'm really not sure how your condescending rant has anything do to with my questioning your statement that the 2nd amendment gives us the right to own bazookas and SAMs. Is there a point to yo
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[quote who="sareth01" reply="57" id="3404151"]Arms are anything used to defend oneself. That means that YES, bazookas, SAM missiles, anything that can deter someone from taking your rights from you without your consent.[/quote] Seriously? How you can transpose a 21st century definition into a 18th century document is truly disturbing. [quote who="psychoak" reply="63" id="3404230"]The problem was, from the Confederate perspective at least, that the idiots had alread
It's a new system, bugs need to be worked out, let's wait until the dust settles. I hope it works.
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[quote who="Leo in WI" reply="43" id="3403633"]Just a small point here, I'm pretty sure the 2A has nothing whatsoever to do with hunting anything. The 2A was put in specifically for use against other humans, and the gov't itself if necessary.[/quote] Sarcasm Leo, just sarcasm but thank you for pointing that out.
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="39" id="3403620"]The point of the constitution was to keep the FEDERAL government from going nuts. If a state wants to do crazy stuff, let them. People can vote with their feet.[/quote] I always thought the point of the constitution was to protect the people and define the role of government. I think the feds should establish national standards. Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness should be that same throughout the nation. Not just here or there but fair
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Actually lost a bit of sleep thinking about this post. It's a pretty one sided view of things of which a great majority I concur with but on the other hand, lacks a certain something. I don't believe that the second amendment was created so that people can own automatic weapons or say, a 50 cal. sniper rifle to hunt little furry things. If
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="26" id="3403399"](I am the OP after all).[/quote] yes you are and I respect that.
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="17" id="3403353"]Weren't you basically trolling me in the first place? I mean, you basically implied that I had a "simplistic" view on the constitution and was just interpreting it for my own beliefs. I mean, that's a pretty big piece of red troll meat there. You just jumped in, fired off a snotty response and waved it away with a "I could say more but what's the point." Us tea-bagging neocons wouldn't understand the subtlety and sophistication of y
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[quote who="Mmrnmhrm" reply="13" id="3403278"] Quoting gmc2, reply 11 Such a simplistic approach to a multitude of very serious conditions that exist today because of those that narrowly interpret the Constitution for their own beliefs and benefit. I could say more but what's the point. -said every kid for the last 200 years who confuses their ignorance with nuance.[/quote] So, essentially you're a troll without a clue but have the
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Such a simplistic approach to a multitude of very serious conditions that exist today because of those that narrowly interpret the Constitution for their own beliefs and benefit. I could say more but what's the point.
sorry, the picture came up after the post