There's actually a very valid reason why the FOIA is limited in such manner. You would understand and apologize immediately if you knew what it was, unfortunately we can't tell you because it's a matter of National Security. The government is also on its way to seizing your car and banging your wife. Why? Can't tell you; National Security. Why National Security? Fuck you, that's why.
You Americans and your guns are starting to seriously creep me out. Escalating violence and overcrowded jails? Maybe you need MORE GUNS. How long has it been since you declared war on something? Messed up... it's like you're turning into the countries you're attacking.
Wow Mike, you could start a totally separate blog populated only by stories which shows who violates or attempts to violate the Constitution. Of course, such a blog would get dismissed, because, you know, who cares about the Constitution.
I'm a freelance web designer, and I never use contracts unless the client supplies one for me to sign. I can't stand unnecessary bureaucracy, and I prefer to make it clear that I trust my clients to pay me once the work is done, and that they can trust me to do the work as I stated I would do. It makes things so much simpler, and to know that you can trust people rather than relying on a piece of law-enforceable paper is just a huge weigh of my shoulders, and from what I hear, off of my client's shoulders as well. So far I haven't run into any problems, and so I'll keep the same approach unless I find a better one.
Great artwork by the way! You're right to not accept revisions, at least in this case... people always want revisions, even only if it makes them feel better about the artwork. Art is art, nobody will ever perfectly agree on it, that's the whole point!
Even if they issue ID Cards, they can still add a few thousand votes on top, or find another way to cheat the system. Only way to make it bulletproof is to have votes not be secret, but I brought this up in another post last week and started a shitstorm about how people would be too scared to vote.
But I mean, if you could go and look at the vote record, you could verify that:
1) Your vote was counted
2) Dead or 'fake' people didn't vote
3) Nobody voted twice
In other words, something this this would never happen. But hey, privacy trumps everything apparently. That and freedom, whatever it means.
I think that really goes to the core of the issue here, namely, Paul McGuiness wants more money. It's not about Google, profit sharing, ISPs or whatever. It's about Paul McGuiness and how much money we must give him. I don't know what his salary is, but it ought to be doubled, and then doubled again once he gets used to his new salary. Then, once he spends THAT money, then we should double his salary again. YOU THIEVES ARE STEALING PAUL MCGUINESS' MONIES!
Sorry, I didn't read the link until now. The Republicans got twice as many votes as the democrats, though that may just be because Wisconsin really likes Bush/Cheney.
I'm very curious as to whether there was a bias in the results towards one party rather than another? In other words, what were the *results* of the 97%-turnout vote? Was it leaning pro-Democrat or pro-Rebublican, or neutral, or maybe a hilariously named write-in got all the extra votes?
I'm not accusing either party of cheating, but after finding out such numbers, you can't help but investigate further and find out if there was any obvious signs of corruption...
So the problem here isn't that 'the government is broken' or 'corporations are sneaky', but rather 'humans are selfish, greedy hoarding machines'.
Solution: geez, I dunno... kill all humans, Terminator style?
It's a shame that these things happen. It's a shame that most people will brush this story off without really thinking about it. It's a shame that people who really need to read this story, won't.
They're working on the assumption that she's a mule for a nuclear bomb. The odds are indeed very slim that she is actually a mule, but hey, you can never be too careful with all the terrorism going on. Wait, when was last time we had terrorism, other than on TV I mean? It's been a while... I think the last few years we've been fucked by our own people a lot more than from foreign terrorists... and we already took our revenge on a couple countries they may have been from... I think? I see WMDs everywhere, man.
You can do whatever you want if you have a uniform and a law backing you up. It doesn't really matter what the law is, or if it makes any sense, or how it was passed and how long ago.
And yes I would have definitely asked for IDs and complained. Though the bloody pulp thing... maybe not at the airport. In my backyard, maybe :P
The actual reason why...
There's actually a very valid reason why the FOIA is limited in such manner. You would understand and apologize immediately if you knew what it was, unfortunately we can't tell you because it's a matter of National Security. The government is also on its way to seizing your car and banging your wife. Why? Can't tell you; National Security. Why National Security? Fuck you, that's why.
You Americans and your guns are starting to seriously creep me out. Escalating violence and overcrowded jails? Maybe you need MORE GUNS. How long has it been since you declared war on something? Messed up... it's like you're turning into the countries you're attacking.
The what act?
Can we at least rename it to something else? Maybe the War on People or the Weimar Act. That's right; Hitler reference.
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Some of these rats are smart.
Wow Mike, you could start a totally separate blog populated only by stories which shows who violates or attempts to violate the Constitution. Of course, such a blog would get dismissed, because, you know, who cares about the Constitution.
I'm a freelance web designer, and I never use contracts unless the client supplies one for me to sign. I can't stand unnecessary bureaucracy, and I prefer to make it clear that I trust my clients to pay me once the work is done, and that they can trust me to do the work as I stated I would do. It makes things so much simpler, and to know that you can trust people rather than relying on a piece of law-enforceable paper is just a huge weigh of my shoulders, and from what I hear, off of my client's shoulders as well. So far I haven't run into any problems, and so I'll keep the same approach unless I find a better one.
Great artwork by the way! You're right to not accept revisions, at least in this case... people always want revisions, even only if it makes them feel better about the artwork. Art is art, nobody will ever perfectly agree on it, that's the whole point!
Re: voted democrat for POTUS
Even if they issue ID Cards, they can still add a few thousand votes on top, or find another way to cheat the system. Only way to make it bulletproof is to have votes not be secret, but I brought this up in another post last week and started a shitstorm about how people would be too scared to vote.
But I mean, if you could go and look at the vote record, you could verify that:
1) Your vote was counted
2) Dead or 'fake' people didn't vote
3) Nobody voted twice
In other words, something this this would never happen. But hey, privacy trumps everything apparently. That and freedom, whatever it means.
Re: If Paul McGuinness wants more money...
I think that really goes to the core of the issue here, namely, Paul McGuiness wants more money. It's not about Google, profit sharing, ISPs or whatever. It's about Paul McGuiness and how much money we must give him. I don't know what his salary is, but it ought to be doubled, and then doubled again once he gets used to his new salary. Then, once he spends THAT money, then we should double his salary again. YOU THIEVES ARE STEALING PAUL MCGUINESS' MONIES!
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"Bush was elected fair and square" assuming this case of voting corruption is the only one in the country, which would be hard to believe.
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"A state or federal examination of what has been going on in Waukesha county is a no brainer."
Fifty bucks there's not going to be any serious investigation. I'm starting to confuse the US with Nigeria...
Re: Obvious sign of corruption?
Bush bought his presidency*
*Not intended to be a factual statement. Or is it...
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Sorry, I didn't read the link until now. The Republicans got twice as many votes as the democrats, though that may just be because Wisconsin really likes Bush/Cheney.
DEMOCRATIC (DEM) 30,322 votes (26.86%)
REPUBLICAN (REP) 82,311 votes (72.92%)
I'm very curious as to whether there was a bias in the results towards one party rather than another? In other words, what were the *results* of the 97%-turnout vote? Was it leaning pro-Democrat or pro-Rebublican, or neutral, or maybe a hilariously named write-in got all the extra votes?
I'm not accusing either party of cheating, but after finding out such numbers, you can't help but investigate further and find out if there was any obvious signs of corruption...
So the problem here isn't that 'the government is broken' or 'corporations are sneaky', but rather 'humans are selfish, greedy hoarding machines'.
Solution: geez, I dunno... kill all humans, Terminator style?
It's a shame that these things happen. It's a shame that most people will brush this story off without really thinking about it. It's a shame that people who really need to read this story, won't.
Record Labels
It's like they don't even WANT to compete.
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They're working on the assumption that she's a mule for a nuclear bomb. The odds are indeed very slim that she is actually a mule, but hey, you can never be too careful with all the terrorism going on. Wait, when was last time we had terrorism, other than on TV I mean? It's been a while... I think the last few years we've been fucked by our own people a lot more than from foreign terrorists... and we already took our revenge on a couple countries they may have been from... I think? I see WMDs everywhere, man.
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Leave where? You're already living in the best country ever, ever.
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You can do whatever you want if you have a uniform and a law backing you up. It doesn't really matter what the law is, or if it makes any sense, or how it was passed and how long ago.
And yes I would have definitely asked for IDs and complained. Though the bloody pulp thing... maybe not at the airport. In my backyard, maybe :P
1984
Did anyone mention Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four yet?
Seriously though, that's messed up. Not just the TSA, but the agents themselves. What's their best moral defense, honestly?
"If I don't touch your kid's private parts, I could lose my job."
We'll look back at this footage in a hundred years and be like, "Wow, 2011 was messed up, good thing I wasn't alive then."
The Constitution is just a suggestion, like speed limits; you don't HAVE to do everything it says.