Most Republicans are horrid and they represent the monied interest of the ones paying their bills. It's ridiculous how hyperpolarized they've become that they want to suggest war in Iran even though most of the country doesn't want war.
The direct problem that needs fixing is electoral reform. We need a way to punish political parties for being too focused on the needs of a small segment of the US culture.
I could care less if there are people that want a Socialist country or a Communist America. So long as they aren't the majority, that shouldn't happen. Yet our democracy is mixed with special interests on a massive level and the 538 delegates are a horrid mix of barriers to individual liberties. Our law makers moved to the authoritarian right since the 1980s. And it's not by accident. When the marching orders are to try to help special interests over the American people, you know there's a problem.
Remember, there is merely one party running everything in Congress. You want representatives? I'd say flush them all out. Then take the money out of Congress. Then make electoral reform a necessity. No, this does not mean vote all Democrat nor all Republican. If you vote all Democrat, SOPA will be passed next year. Focus on the politics, get everyone to vote for people that have middle class issues, then get electoral reform on the ballot.
I'm pretty sure that those machines and their problems have been around since 2000. I'm willing to bet that they won't be fixed by election time. It's a waste of time and money that these things come out and people can hack them far more quickly than the problems solved.
Sandra Fluke was an activist who went to a Catholic college to get the government to force them to go against their beliefs. This is not about contraception, it`s about government coercion. Obama and his media stooges has reframed this a "war on women".
I keep hearing this... No, it's been about women's health concerns and the Republicans have been on the wrong side of this issue. It should be about a woman having a conversation with their doctor. It's about a woman being able to testify to Congress about what contraceptives help her do (education, working, etc) without having religious nuts come in with a morality plea that somehow she's a shameful human being for taking contraceptives.
First, I doubt you've read anything in regards to this issue. A friend had to have an ovary removed because she couldn't take contraceptives on the Jesuit Georgetown campus. Her friend was gay so pregnancy was not an issue in this regard. She also discusses other issues where women have to take contraception irregularly simply because it's not enough.
What the Georgetown campus does not cover, it makes very good economic sense for the insurance companies to cover. In fact, that is a VERY good policy in allowing women to get out of the home and pursue their own economic pursuits. So much so, that the Catholic Health Association endorsed the individual mandate that the Heritage Foundation made so long ago.
In short, this "controversy" has been about access. Nothing more. There's no sense of entitlement but trying to find a way to better the women on the Georgetown campus that don't have much in the way of healthcare needs.
Re: Obama is the greatest threat to freedom of speech.
Obama had nothing to do with Sandra Fluke being a target of Rush's three day attack on her for doing nothing more than testifying to Congress about healthcare issues in America.
Re: Obama is the greatest threat to freedom of speech.
Obama had nothing to do with Sandra Fluke being a target of Rush's three day attack on her for doing nothing more than testifying to Congress about healthcare issues in America.
They finally passed a law preventing them from insider trading, now finally when they have been doing it for years !!
The STOCK Act has no teeth to it. The part that takes away the insider trader... Got traded away. It's legislation with no meat to it. Crony capitalism ftw.
He's confused on how to read the Constitution, particular health issues. His pro-life stance would be very problematic since he believes that states should have more say in what happens to a woman's body.
If you've looked at Virginia's "state rape" law, you can see how this won't go well for what he's thinking.
He also seems confused on allowing states damn near free reign on gay rights. This is a very dangerous stance to take.
And I would not even get into the judge nominations. Having an even more conservative justice system would equate to more "technical" judges that avoid using the Constitution to understand issues and merely following procedural issues that make the system slower and more bureacratic.
When one of these cowboys gets caught doing something else stupid by the FBI and is given the choice between prison and becoming a snitch, the result is always the same.
Looking at the Ars Technica stories, Sabu was forced into this because the FBI threatened two people in his care. the problem here is actually the plea bargaining that the FBI does to twist people's arms and the overall harsh sentencing structure that basically makes you guilty before proven innocent.
To become partisan in this post, Issa was pretty big on women's issues and that's been an embarrassment. I know that this is particularly about technology so I would like to keep this point focused on the other problems I see in technology.
One aspect that I can't quite understand is why he supported the Research Works Act if he were so strongly opposed to SOPA and PIPA. It makes me more critical of his stances in regards to technology issues. While he may be trying to put out more information and bring the US government to the modern era, I just don't see him as particularly favorable besides the opposition to legislation on technology.
I still have a strong feeling he's pretty corrupt and I might be wrong, but it concerns me greatly that so many people believe he's a good guy when he's had some pretty interesting stances in other areas.
Re: why couldn't it have done something like this before ACTA was "finalized"?
I don't know if Darrell Issa is to be "forgiven" by opening up the ACTA.
The problem that I see is that he's taken a few steps forward and about 20 steps back. But I'm very surprised that he decided to take this step. It's what the people have actually been wanting to do. All they want is a more dynamic government that actually listens to them. And yet, the government has been trying to ignore them while making legislation that affects their lives.
Am I the only one seeing a truly missed opportunity for publishers?
Here's the idea:
Invest in a library and live off the credibility that gives them. Have that library stock their books for borrowing. This isn't really new or novel, but it makes so much sense for the old publishers to try to jump on board and promote their artists. Further, there's so many things they could do to revitalize the book industry that I just don't see how they don't understand the market that they're now in. They no longer have the market on the audience and the contract system that has plagued the book making industry for decades.
But what I would do is have them negotiate deals to turn some of the e-book authors into traditional book authors for (let's say...) 30% of the revenue from sales in a year. Then they look to create more books for sales in the year while continuously looking at the books for diamonds in the rough. Obviously, the potential for money and a renewed interest actually has me excited about this. So much opportunity lays in translating or transforming books that it's amazing how "The Old Guards" can't see what may lie in front of them with this new library idea.
So the FBI will now be prosecuting the bad guys who committed the largest mortgage-related fraud in history, the one that caused the global financial crisis?
He he he... Nope. The FBI actually has ignored the ones that did the mortgage backed lending. They have the people dead to rights and yet, they've let them walk. I'm not surprised. Guess who gives exorbitant amounts to the police to ensure they don't get prosecuted.
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The direct problem that needs fixing is electoral reform. We need a way to punish political parties for being too focused on the needs of a small segment of the US culture.
I could care less if there are people that want a Socialist country or a Communist America. So long as they aren't the majority, that shouldn't happen. Yet our democracy is mixed with special interests on a massive level and the 538 delegates are a horrid mix of barriers to individual liberties. Our law makers moved to the authoritarian right since the 1980s. And it's not by accident. When the marching orders are to try to help special interests over the American people, you know there's a problem.
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Re: Rush was right
I keep hearing this... No, it's been about women's health concerns and the Republicans have been on the wrong side of this issue. It should be about a woman having a conversation with their doctor. It's about a woman being able to testify to Congress about what contraceptives help her do (education, working, etc) without having religious nuts come in with a morality plea that somehow she's a shameful human being for taking contraceptives.
First, I doubt you've read anything in regards to this issue. A friend had to have an ovary removed because she couldn't take contraceptives on the Jesuit Georgetown campus. Her friend was gay so pregnancy was not an issue in this regard. She also discusses other issues where women have to take contraception irregularly simply because it's not enough.
What the Georgetown campus does not cover, it makes very good economic sense for the insurance companies to cover. In fact, that is a VERY good policy in allowing women to get out of the home and pursue their own economic pursuits. So much so, that the Catholic Health Association endorsed the individual mandate that the Heritage Foundation made so long ago.
In short, this "controversy" has been about access. Nothing more. There's no sense of entitlement but trying to find a way to better the women on the Georgetown campus that don't have much in the way of healthcare needs.
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Re: Re: Re: Ron Paul
The STOCK Act has no teeth to it. The part that takes away the insider trader... Got traded away. It's legislation with no meat to it. Crony capitalism ftw.
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Re: Re: Re: Ron Paul
If you've looked at Virginia's "state rape" law, you can see how this won't go well for what he's thinking.
He also seems confused on allowing states damn near free reign on gay rights. This is a very dangerous stance to take.
And I would not even get into the judge nominations. Having an even more conservative justice system would equate to more "technical" judges that avoid using the Constitution to understand issues and merely following procedural issues that make the system slower and more bureacratic.
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Re: Re: Re: Maybe Romney isn't so bad
There ARE other candidates. I just find that the Electoral College system should be abolished.
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Re: Re: What happens next? Evolution
Looking at the Ars Technica stories, Sabu was forced into this because the FBI threatened two people in his care. the problem here is actually the plea bargaining that the FBI does to twist people's arms and the overall harsh sentencing structure that basically makes you guilty before proven innocent.
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Re: Huh?
One aspect that I can't quite understand is why he supported the Research Works Act if he were so strongly opposed to SOPA and PIPA. It makes me more critical of his stances in regards to technology issues. While he may be trying to put out more information and bring the US government to the modern era, I just don't see him as particularly favorable besides the opposition to legislation on technology.
I still have a strong feeling he's pretty corrupt and I might be wrong, but it concerns me greatly that so many people believe he's a good guy when he's had some pretty interesting stances in other areas.
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Re: why couldn't it have done something like this before ACTA was "finalized"?
The problem that I see is that he's taken a few steps forward and about 20 steps back. But I'm very surprised that he decided to take this step. It's what the people have actually been wanting to do. All they want is a more dynamic government that actually listens to them. And yet, the government has been trying to ignore them while making legislation that affects their lives.
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Re: Re: I don't really understand
This IS the FBI we're talking about. The same government entity that got hacked by the ones they caught.
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That's what the US government is engaged in.
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Re: But... But... Butt
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A missed opportunity
Here's the idea:
Invest in a library and live off the credibility that gives them. Have that library stock their books for borrowing. This isn't really new or novel, but it makes so much sense for the old publishers to try to jump on board and promote their artists. Further, there's so many things they could do to revitalize the book industry that I just don't see how they don't understand the market that they're now in. They no longer have the market on the audience and the contract system that has plagued the book making industry for decades.
But what I would do is have them negotiate deals to turn some of the e-book authors into traditional book authors for (let's say...) 30% of the revenue from sales in a year. Then they look to create more books for sales in the year while continuously looking at the books for diamonds in the rough. Obviously, the potential for money and a renewed interest actually has me excited about this. So much opportunity lays in translating or transforming books that it's amazing how "The Old Guards" can't see what may lie in front of them with this new library idea.
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To all of the maximalists...
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Re: FBI Decides To Do Their Job
He he he... Nope. The FBI actually has ignored the ones that did the mortgage backed lending. They have the people dead to rights and yet, they've let them walk. I'm not surprised. Guess who gives exorbitant amounts to the police to ensure they don't get prosecuted.
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