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:D now that's funny... I have a mental image of taodr ranting mindlessly for hours into a CB handset about PDT, IB, and wire transfers with a bunch of truckers riding along listening in their cabs, laughing their asses off....

Interesting summary from Austrian School perspective: http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1099

EXACTLY. Which is why the non-few should watch, scrutinize, and criticize (PATRIOT Act nonwithstanding) every move these bastards make, and try to prevent them from overstepping their bounds. History shows conclusively that sooner or later, independent of party or country or law, they...

Holy s** rs7 - you really do type fast! :D I agree that a discussion of the Electoral College is enough for its own thread (and its own board, if it goes into Maddux and state's rights, I think!) - and not in line with this one... I was just trying to defend the system a bit, as it has...

great points. there are always at least two valid opposing arguments for any non-scientific issue, and at least one other that hasn't occurred to you yet. also, imo, the best way to test your own conclusion is to try to argue the opposite side.

The U.S. was founded as a collection of states, however much that system has been corrupted. There are excellent reasons for that - I can't hope to argue them better than the founding fathers themselves - I recommend starting with the Federalist Papers for some terrific (but lengthy)...

PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED FOR TAKING PICTURES OF VICE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL Posted 5 Dec 2002 06:03:48 UTC An amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing...

this would be interesting.

The US Civil War started in 1861. The Emancipation Proclamation was delivered in 1863.

very nice... here's one of me on a sunday drive in Monaco... :cool: http://www.f1-live.com/photos/2002/monaco/diapo_548.jpg

to be on the safe side, maybe it would be better to do the new year's beatdown on dec. 31, then give her a reminder when she wakes up on jan. 1, thus obeying the law.... another good one: New York Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the...

not really a shocker, even though they're starting to push it -- Australia maybe, but Canada? if they wanted to invade Antarctica, osama would probably start issuing conveniently-timed jihad edicts on behalf of penguins...

The magic justification - works on everything from the 4th Amendment to budget gaps. Wonder if the recent Congressional pay raises will 'interfere' with the 'war on terrorism' too? LOL ----------------------- Bush slashes federal raises, blames terror Saturday, November 30, 2002...

They must have been "terrorists."

By "bastard(s)" I was referring to osama and those who support his violence. I don't know whether you intended offense, but in any case I don't have any political agenda -- I am trying to understand this situation, from all sides. I am horrified at the idea of a future of living in fear...

[not trying to speak for daniel_m] osama is an arch-criminal and a cowardly murderer. Killing unsuspecting, innocent civilians, much less women and children, is not justifiable under any circumstances, imo. That said, it seems that he did what he did for some REASONS, however much we may...

by that logic, if you have a FNMA/GNMA mortgage we all share in your liability to some degree - and because all of us paid in some small part for the road joining your driveway, we all deserve access to your house, right? (party at Tampa's, tomorrow night :cool: )

It may be a problem for the cable company - that's what service agreements and civil litigation are designed to handle. But there is no way to justify that kind of action by the state.

"When you consider the fact that the largest American telecommunications firms are often part of the same mega-corporation with music, video or movie-producing entertainment divisions -- such as AOL-Time Warner -- you can see how an industry-regulated Internet would handily end music and movie...

members of fringe groups do, because it gets media attention, which is the primary goal of fringe groups. it will come down to corporate sponsorship and tv advertisers - if they cave, so will the club.