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smitty_one_each (243267)
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Middle aged would-be F/OSS hacker. Emacs, Python, C++ preferred. Gentoo by choice, Windows in chains.
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This is probably some form of 'racism'
Admittedly, one does not see how, but I'm sure some sophists can engage in six degrees of mental gymnastics for us:
Already, our nation's unfunded liabilities total $52 trillion -- about $450,000 per household. There's something very strange about issuing debt to solve a problem caused by too much debt.
I think I would cheerfully opt for a half-million dollar mortgage-esqe tab,
with say, a 50-year repayment period, right this godforsaken minute
if the 16th Amendment were repealed, and these crack-heads in DC were precluded from further pillage and rapine.
In our brave new world, desiring responsibility from government is probably racist of me.
Bretton Woods II--Revenge of the Weenies
Brown and Sarkozy may believe a new era of multilateralism is upon us, in which they will play great roles, as the bad old Bush era of American unilateralism ends. But should Obama begin to cede U.S. sovereignty, he will find himself in the same firestorm that engulfed George Bush and John McCain when they sought amnesty for 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens.
Indeed. Centralization of power is a precondition for tyranny.
Think naval architecture, and compartmentalization: trading efficiency for stability and survivability is a long way to say "good engineering".
Maybe a little more engineering background, and fewer lawyers would be a good thing. Sophistries only get you so far.
End the Fed
Anyone in the DC area up for a bevvy?
Obama likely to escape campaign audit
Adding insult to injury for Republicans: The FEC is obligated to complete a rigorous audit of McCain's campaign coffers, which will take months, if not years, and cost McCain millions of dollars to defend.
For brutal irony, I hope they find $5 illegally given to the RINO and punt him out of the Senate.
Not that he especially deserves that, but somehow this election has increased my appetite for farce.
Props to the POTUS-elect
- Solid margin
- Tame election day
- Centrist rhetoric
The economic crap sandwich is unfortunate. He simply deserves better than the last decades of mismangement.
I'll probably pray for him more than I've ever prayed for W. The thought of someone doing something unspeakable really hacks me off, and I fear I've heard more than one completely disconnected, un-hopeful surmise about the POTUS-elect's health prospects.
Anyway, I sat out the last two weeks and didn't Journal, because, well, a veer towards Europe really doesn't excite me in the slightest. I humbly eat my crow, with a dash of srew-the-RINO on the side. A worse campaign than John Kerry.
Viva the Loyal Opposition!
