What if 100% of eligible voters exercised their right to vote? It would be possible to elect officials committed to rebuild the social and physical infrastructure, create millions of good, green jobs that will also reduce federal deficits.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
I wonder what kind of mind it takes to imagine that the ONLY thing preventing "millions of good green jobs" is the lack of voters, or the wrong politicians. As if the ONLY government can create "good green jobs."
If this "green" stuff was any good, then by God it would be unstoppable.
Oh...wait, I get it. They think the government will FORCE us to be "green." Ok. Yeah that makes sense.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:53 am
by TPRJones
Clearly that was written by some moron who's never been outside of the inner city in which he was born. Probably has never bothered to learn to drive a car and thinks food just appears on the shelves at the grocery store.
Anyone who's actually been around a bit knows that outside the big cities the vast majority of people would rather shoot a commie than vote for one. And overall they outnumber those big city folk by quite a wide margin.
If we had 100% voter turnout we'd be reelecting the corpse of Ronald Reagan. Because even dead he'd be a hell of a lot better as President than anyone since.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:05 am
by GORDON
It never ceases to astound me the "we are overpopulated/not enough farmland to grow new crops!" crowd just seems to persist.
Have these people never driven anywhere west of Chicago and east of Denver? Good lord.
I guess people need to believe in something, and if they are too sophisticated for christianity, they join the Church of Gore.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:07 am
by TPRJones
TheCatt wrote:No, they do not teach SQL.
We have five AA degrees in our IT program, and none of them require a class where SQL is taught although three of them have one as an elective. Of the many certificates we offer, only two (Database Design and Game Design) have a class involving SQL as a requirement.
Yeah.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:21 am
by Malcolm
Game Design? Is there an entire course on "cleaning up the graphics on level 3" or other nonsense?
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:23 am
by TPRJones
No, it's actually a pretty legit program. Lots of hands-on projects and solid fundamentals of design philosophies and whatnot.
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:07 pm
by GORDON
Obviously harsh, but facts is facts and I like the flowery prose.
Marc Thiessen provides a shocker in his Washington Post column: the day after America’s embassy in Cairo was assaulted and the consulate in Benghazi, Libya fell victim to an armed attack that killed four, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, the president once again skipped his intelligence briefing, choosing instead to fly off to Las Vegas to fundraise while the world continued to burn.
According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted.
President Barack Obama used Air Force One to conduct a policy loop-de-loop today, asserting in a CBS interview that he supports Americans’ right to criticize Islam, following almost 18 hours of determined condemnation from Team Romney and damaging news from Egypt and Libya.
“We believe in the First Amendment....I guess,” Obama told CBS’s Steve Kroft during an interview arranged days earlier.
I may have added the bolded part.
I am glad they came around to decided free speech might be more important that upsetting the barbarians.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:50 pm
by Malcolm
...Obama had used a Rose Garden event to restate his opposition to criticism of Islam. “Since our founding, the U.S. has been a nation that respects all faiths and rejects all effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others,”
You fail history.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:24 pm
by TPRJones
Dear Mr. President:
Fuck your respect, and fuck your beliefs. And I can say that without going to prison because this is the United States of America. Next time maybe you should actually read the document you are swearing to uphold, please?
I bet you didn't read the iTunes terms of service before clicking accept, either, did you.