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Comment on Audit the Fed moves forward in House by Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:21:59 +0000

This is, after all, a bipartisan issue. The only people who don’t support getting rid of the Federal Reserve are either (1) Communists, (2) Fascists, (3) personally profiting from the scam, or (4) don’t yet understand the issue.

Comment on Audit the Fed moves forward in House by Britton Jones

Britton Jones — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:00 +0000

For grins I will send this on to a very conservative friend who supports moving the Fed under the Treasury Dept as do I. Putting the ability to print money within arms reach of our banks makes no sense to me. He runs his mouth connecting liberal and communism… and thinks we are all out to socialize the country and ruin the capitalistic system… claiming amnesia over the last 8 years. At least this is the next best thing.

Comment on Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding by Ray

Ray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:49 +0000

Jim:

Yeah I have yet to see any reason we should be rebuilding New Orleans. In fact I think a good argument could be made that if we have a moral duty with regards to this issue it is not to allow New Orleans to be rebuilt at all.

Comment on Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding by Ray

Ray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:36 +0000

Actually sorry jim it looks like criss borwn wrote what I commented on.

Comment on Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding by Ray

Ray — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:38 +0000

Jim:

You made my point, and that is why I am tired of hearing about it. The Dutch system was designed to protect against unusual events and to make otherwise usable land safe during those unusual events. The New Orleans system has to full time protect against “events” several times bigger than the unusual events that the Dutch system was invented to protect against. The unusual storm type events that can hit the New Orleans area are even several times worse than this.

It is a little like saying that the Dutch built a system which prevents fires from going through a house long enough for everyone to get to safety, so that means we should have the tax payers build a system that allows people to build in the middle of a blast furnace. These are two different things, and the fact that the Dutch built a successful system to meet their actually fairly limited requirements doesn’t mean we can build one to reliably protect New Orleans from what it does and can face.

To claim that the “Dutch did it so the federal government should do it to” is a red herring.

Comment on Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding by john franklin

john franklin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:08 +0000

Where was this lawsuit when New Orleans was in utter ruins, with FEMA twiddling their fat thumbs? I worry that, so late after the actual disaster, these supposed funds will be misused. This video highlights some other views from the media:

Comment on Suicide epidemic hits Chicago bureaucrats by Pat McCotter

Pat McCotter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:00 +0000

NOW you’re getting into the spirit of this, Highlander. Your scheme would satisfy PETA as well.
;{)

Comment on Suicide epidemic hits Chicago bureaucrats by Highlander

Highlander — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:18:24 +0000

Well, Pat, for ~your~ scheme to have any degree of success, then it’s people’ who you need to outlaw, as without people there can be no suicide.
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Do you wanna go first?
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:-))
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Comment on Suicide epidemic hits Chicago bureaucrats by Pat McCotter

Pat McCotter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:53 +0000

Here’s another, better, solution. We can suggest to Chicago’s aldermen to outlaw suicide.

But we really need to get rid of the temptation people have to commit suicide. This would mean laws, like you said, banning all objects and materials used for suicide.

Comment on Suicide epidemic hits Chicago bureaucrats by Highlander

Highlander — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:37:37 +0000

The remark was:
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6. Pat McCotter
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If they would just ban handguns in Chicago, two of those folks would still be alive.
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News for you: Handguns ~ARE~ outlawed in Chicago.
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Now what?
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Maybe they should just ban tall buildings, bridges, buses, razor blades, knives, tableware, food, water, and just everything else which is employed in suicide?
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The law didn’t stop anything from happening, and in fact NO man-made law has =EVER= stopped anything from happening.
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You act as if some law will ‘just stop’ something in its tracks. It hasn’t happened yet, and it never will!
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Corollary:
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Here, check this out: Those places where firearms are outlawed or severely restricted happen to be the places with the HIGHEST violent crime rates.
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YET, just out side those areas, the violent crime rate is far lower.
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So much for the law, right?
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Comment on Should parents be licensed to have children? by Highlander

Highlander — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:52 +0000

The remarks were:
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20. Fire alarm systems
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While I understand the bad side to this, you do realize there are sooo many bad parents out there who wind up turning their children into bad hats of society through their lack of parenting skills? Even neglect is abuse. What do you think happens to neglected children who never get any guidance and love? The role of parents is far more important than most realize, and this is the root of the problem.
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What’s ~your~ idea of ‘bad hats?’
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WHO gets to decide what ‘good parenting’ actually is?
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And from precisely ~where~ did THEY obtain their credentials to prognosticate at length over what ‘good parenting’ is versus ‘bad parenting?’
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What happens if –no matter how well a child is reared– s/he turns out to be worse than the worse-reared child?
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You apparently have been led to believe that ‘proper parenting’ is the be all and end all of the matter.
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Were we to take you at your word, then there would be no child raised in poverty, and the only way to have a child is to be wealthy enough for that to happen.
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Quote for you:
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“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”

~ Justice Louis D. Brandeis ~
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Comment on One Nation, Under Surveillance by Highlander

Highlander — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:49 +0000

The remarks were:
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15 Fire alarm systems:
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Surveillance in the right place and time is actually helpful in nabbing real criminals. This is the basic problem in security, differentiating good guys from bad, and this comes at the expense of privacy et all.
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The essence of your remarks is just this: Since you believe that all conversations, connections, transactions and/or other events on the Internet are ‘fair game’ for the ‘watchers,’ then perhaps YOU wouldn’t mind wearing a GPS locator and a ‘wire’ such as to capture your every move and word so that they may be analyzed and later used to incriminate you of the most innocent of acts?
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If you can’t buy that, then your words are without value.
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The fact of the matter is just this: Surveillance should happen ONLY when there has been a POSITIVE correlation between someone’s previous acts and a known crime, such as to associate the suspect with the crime.
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All other such ’surveillance’ is actually against the law.
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And should YOU decide to pop-off with ‘Well, if you have nothing to hide …’ I’ll reply with: THAT remark is the quintessential essence of an accusation of guilt.
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According to the one whom expresses such a thought, why ~everyone~ is guilty of something, and it’s only a matter of time before we’re all found out.
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We —the Citizens of the United States— don’t live in a freaking surveillance society, inasmuch as there’s NO enumeration in the U.S. Constitution for any such activity by the United States.
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No enumeration? NO POWER, and NO AUTHORITY.
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Ergo, any such ’surveillance’ by whatever agency of government is without legal validity to exist, except as noted.

Comment on Suicide epidemic hits Chicago bureaucrats by Pat McCotter

Pat McCotter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:15 +0000

If they would just ban handguns in Chicago, two of those folks would still be alive.

Comment on Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding by Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:49 +0000

Ignorance about geography seems to be quite common among Americans, I’ve noticed in my travels around it.

Comment on Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding by chrisbrown

chrisbrown — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:58:27 +0000

Jim,

The article restates the Judge’s conclusion that the design and maintenance problems of Mr.Go were the main cause of the flooding. Poorly designed levees and inadequate flood plain provision (standard procedure in Europe)to divert storm surges led to the “natural disaster” that happened after Katrina.

To the person who is tired of hearing about the Dutch system: The reason the Dutch built their massive flood defences was as a reaction to a terrrible flood that happened in the 50s. The lesson was also learned in the 60s in Hamburg after a flood that caused massive damage and loss of life. These are not just “high tides” but tidal surges that bring water two meters or more over the banks of the river channel and break dikes.

Instead of being “tired” you could inform yourself. Another place that has a history of deadly floods is London and the project in London to protect its citizens is the Thames barrior which not only closes the Thames but forces water into basins along the river. Are there any such provisions for New Orleans? Who gave zoning permission for all those houses built along the Lake and private marinas? New Orleans is not just a city but a metropolitan area and there are other adjacent developments that are built up around it preventing the water from flooding previously uninhabited areas.

In the days of Google earth ignorance about geography and land use is no longer excusable.

Chris Brown in Hamburg