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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 porti
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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?
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so you would be ok with people being arrested for selling software to rip dvds or cds?
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be sure to send Algernon flowers
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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).
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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.
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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
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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 Libra
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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 ne
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those that want power aren't fit to wield it, those fit to wield it don't want it.
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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 hav
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sure does, because the threat of physical violence is what ensures the laws (that the government wishes to enforce) are enforced.
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If a gun exists, it's only for killing. <== another irrational (on some people) fear
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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.
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actually, it is. What is not good is the use being made of the military by the former and current CIC's.
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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...
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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).
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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!
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Libre Office. Drop MS Office. Free. Your. Docs.
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"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
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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
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no, the OP believes that the politicians should be sued too - right now it's a case of the pot vs the kettle.
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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 bette
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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.
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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.
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and which laws will be enforced, or ignored by the reigning excecutive
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Read this, should be of interest to you: http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
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a thousand sons? Man, you must have been bizE!!
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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
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"government governs best which governs least" attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
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