In cases of our own citizens being limited in travel, such as the ex-Marine who couldn't leave Indiana by plane, I would argue against these; as they are US citizens, with certain rights and liberties which cannot be limited without due process of law. In the case of Kung Fu Jones, here...well, it's a free country here, and you can say what you want. Just don't think those same freedoms will make you desirable as a visitor in a foreign country. He trying to go to a foreign country to make the Bobbies' jobs more dangerous. In ANY country, that is called Sedition, which, in any nation, confers a penalty of life in prison or death. Forget the "legalities", it's called common fucking sense! You want to go somewhere, don't say you're gonna teach its citizens how to beat up the police!

For a SEAL, he ain't too bright. Now, if he were a Marine...j/k

So, the "new" processor burns more electricity, runs hotter, and most reviews have it doing marginally better than Sandy Bridge...all for what will be a higher price. Never buy a new framework when it first comes out.

Now you, too, can smell like a total douche.

Whenever I worry about how invasive or "Big Brotherly" things might be getting here, I just have to see one of these stories from Great Britain and relax.

I love all those arguing the "fairness" side of the issue. Apple is screwing the pooch on this one. They thought they could bring their holier-than-thou attitude to the PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA! General Motors, GE, et al, could have warned them, from years of business, that they need to kiss some ass and pay some respect to the Government there. Blizzard did the same thing a few years ago. When the PRC shut down their servers and told them to either do business with who they wanted them to, or take a hike, they calculated the fact that about half their subs are in the PRC into the equation and started the ass-kissing.

Grow up, children. Yes, what they are doing blurs the lines of legality. This is the nation in which one of their leaders was responsible for the deaths of 70 million of his OWN PEOPLE! How much do you think they care about Apple's punk ass. There is nowhere in the world that has the training, size, or infrastructure, at the low cost they offer, that China does. So put your dicks back in your pants, because The ChiComm's is much MUCH bigger!

Where have I heard this before? Fraud...Nigeria....Ahhh!

"Hello, my friend. I am a Nigerian Prince with a great offer for you. I need $1,000 to regain my homeland. In return, I am willing to sell you a million dollars in US Treasury bonds..."

Yeah, I said it. Thanks to us - you, me, and all the other retards that let these guys decide where to spend our money, we'll soon be behind China, Japan, and even India in space exploration. Pretty soon, if you want to be anything worthwhile, you better learn Chinese.

Apple has finally met someone who can spank them good - the PRC. Do you really think the ChiComm courts aren't going to rule in favor of a company owned by a Party member? Apple is about to get their ego knocked downed a notch. You can argue all you want, but this will be decided in a party back room, with a lot of money; not in a way a bunch of naive American lawyers might think.

Apple will take it like a prison bitch and move on. What are they going to do, leave their biggest manufacturing hub and the world's fastest growing tech market? Yeah, good luck with that. Apple has learned what GM and others learned long ago. You do business in China at the pleasure of China. Apple's only been in the screwing game for 30+ years; the Chinese have been doing it for over 5,000.

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It's easy to solve this issue. Make a federal law that any such changes in charges are considered a nullification of the original contract, allowing the contractee to renegotiate or seek a contract with another service. Let's see how big Randall's balls are when people leave AT&T in droves...if they aren't, already.

Learn your government structure a little better. Congress is in charge of authorizing all monetary appropriations. Otherwise, do you think the President would have to submit every budget proposal to Congress? There are a few senators who have already submitted plans to strip the authority from TSA agents; and the airlines have said a few times they would be more than willing to fund private security firms, who would be more responsible to customer feedback. That's the problem with the TSA. They've been given carte blanc to do as they please, without any repercussions. For all that, how many terrorists have been found by the TSA? Zero!

Tools like the Kindle are great to assist learning; but let's face it: the weakness/strength to learning is always the teacher. These are great as a substitute for the books/paper in the classroom, but not as a substitute for human instruction. Yes, there are a few who are able to learn from Khan Academy or from e-books alone. The vast majority, however, need that human to get them through the rough patches. Most home-schooling relies on mom and dad for that, and they tend to not be the greatest of instructors, as a whole. It's the reason most states are considering requiring parents have the same qualifications as teachers. It also eliminates the social factor for these kids. Where I am, I've seen more than a few "veal" being home-schooled. If they associate, it's with others who are home schooled. They will never be required to deal with social interactions of differing social groups until they go to college, unless they happen to be lucky enough to have a parent that forces them into these situations.

I'm all for the elimination of the textbook industry that makes millions each year off changing a few sentences and claiming a "new edition" for which you have to pay $50-$200. Unless you have a certain physical or mental handicap, however, homeschooling offers no advantages other than raising your little baby sheltered from having to face the real world.

I love it when I hear comments like, " if you wanted to live a safe life, you shouldn't be in the military in the first place." You expect dangers in combat, or from high op-tempo. It's ignorant and spoken like a true civilian to say that a shitty aircraft is an expected way to die.

In the past two fighter aircraft contracts, Lockheed-Martin has given us an aircraft too expensive, too mission inflexible and too dangerous to fly in any present-day theater; and a fighter/attack craft our military will see in an operational capacity by the end of the decade...if we're lucky, at a cost 2-3 times the original estimate. In the meantime, our best aircraft is the F/A-18 E/F, an aircraft tracing its lineage to the early 80's; and the F-15, an aircraft going back to the 70's. Hell, the best ground attack aircraft we have is the friggin' A-10! None of which, I might add, were given to us by Lockheed.

With their current success record, do they really deserve our dollars?

Pilots are becoming nothing more than subway drivers in these planes. It's one thing to have a computerized navigation system, but when you have computer software controlling every facet of airplane operation, you are just asking for trouble. You have to have a backup where you can hit a switch and control the stick and throttle manually, without worrying that the thrust vectors are going to push your A330 with the thrust for a Cessna.