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yeah, that piece of paper is kinda like the HS Diploma that those 80% of graduates who can't read received (NY article earlier in the week). The college degree is just as useless. How many people remember everything, or even a large portion of what they read in college? Or still remember all of the lectures? Even going to college and getting a degree is no guarantee that the person will be capable of doing the job.

yeah, I kind of thought the writer was at least a bit in awe of the ratters. I would have called them victims, instead. Why perpetuate the vernacular?

so you would be ok with people being arrested for selling software to rip dvds or cds?

be sure to send Algernon flowers

of course he also believes in using drones to hunt and kill US Citizens, whether they are within our without our borders. A bad person can do terrible damage, if left to run free (speaking about the AG here).

that mar on our history should be a warning to everyone that wants the government to provide (whether it be retirement, medical, food, whatever) - the government giveth, and the government taketh away, as long as we are unresisting.

bitter, party of one.

Actually, the OP had it right the first time. We've made progress on some fronts even as the government has been growing and trying to circumvent others. Women and blacks can now vote, something which was not true in the start of this great experiment.

You seem to forget (or never knew) that there is a constant tension between a government and it's citizens: the government wants more power, and the people usually want more freedom. Although if you look at the majority today, they'd rather have big brother take care of them. caveat emptor

ah, but this is not a law that needs changing, it's the Librarian's opinion that needs changing. It's a ruling, not a law. Basically, Obama just told everyone to shut up and suck a lemon. If he wanted to change it, he could call the Librarian and say "Hey, I need you to change something for me", or just publish an executive order - change it or get on my kill list.

He could change it, but he's not interested enough to change it.

I don't know how old you are, but I'm in my mid-40s. For the longest time, everything I did was related to learning more about computers. Over the past couple of years, that changed - I found that I was no longer interested in learning new stuff so much. It's easy to pick up new skills, but I don't seek them out the way I did.

I realized that I had completely forgotten what I LIKED to do, in favor of doing what I HAD to do to keep making money. I actually had to sit down and write a list of things I liked to do, and make sure to start doing them. It's easy to lose sight of why we are hear. No one ever wished they had worked more, as they lay dying.

My point is, don't feel bad about doing what you want to do.

those that want power aren't fit to wield it, those fit to wield it don't want it.

did it hurt productivity? Can that be quantified? Most likely not. This is 'management theatre' - a series of actions meant to reassure the BOD that the CEO is taking charge of things and making changes. Will it work? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

sure does, because the threat of physical violence is what ensures the laws (that the government wishes to enforce) are enforced.

If a gun exists, it's only for killing. <== another irrational (on some people) fear

you mean, you're for enforced servitude. I get it - slavery is back in style, because that's what it is when you take from one person to give to another, no matter what the relative positions of the two persons are.

actually, it is. What is not good is the use being made of the military by the former and current CIC's.

and if left to "we should all be treated fairly/you have to pay for MY health care" proponents would mean ... sorry, what was the question again?

Nope, didn't add to the argument at all...

How about a 10 year project to pay off the National Debt?

Quit wasting money on science projects that aren't needed (this is already being done).

what is the deal with that? I hate it: I get an email with a link, to word doc that I have to open,just to see a party announcement. urrrgh!

Libre Office.

Drop MS Office. Free. Your. Docs.

"world's great bastion of representative democracy" and kill lists and 100 mile Constitution-free search & seizures and signing bills without Congress having read them and ignoring immigration laws and on and on

There is no such thing as 'wasting your life'. You live every second of your life, how you live it is up to you, and to a smaller (but not always small) extent up to the circumstances around you. Every decision you make (or don't) pushes you in a direction, sort of a life vector. You can change the direction and the size of the vector, but it's yours, no matter what, and it's not a waste. Even if you live your entire life and leave not a ripple behind you, your life still has worth. Don't read articles like this and let them make you feel bad about what you think you haven't accomplished.

no, the OP believes that the politicians should be sued too - right now it's a case of the pot vs the kettle.

yep, equality sucks, especially when you're attacked as an equal. The thing is, these idiots that do stuff like this are targeting the woman's sexual attributes, and not her intelligence or skills.

As for the guy that said he learned better from other men - maybe he does, give him the benefit of the doubt - it's not ALL about you.

or 3:

individual media outlets know that if they cover this they will incur the wrath of their advertisers and go bankrupt, so they don't cover it.

citizenship doesn't end at the border.

If the government feels it can prosecute you for crimes committed outside then it is limited by the same laws.

and which laws will be enforced, or ignored by the reigning excecutive

Read this, should be of interest to you:

http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/

a thousand sons? Man, you must have been bizE!!

I'm biased, I want them to fail. I want to see Microsoft marginalized and put in a corner, where they can never again wield the power over industry the way they did in the 90's and early oughts. If you want more options as a consumer, don't vote with your money for Microsoft.

"government governs best which governs least"

attributed to Thomas Jefferson.