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Comment tl:dr (Score 1) 260

When confronted with a multi-page contract from a phone company or dentist or whatever, I have been writing "toolong didntread" on the signature line.... No one has said a thing about comment-as-signature. I wonder what a court would think of that along with testimony that the contract was sprung on me at the point of sale, and, as it is not practical or convenient to stop a small, routine transaction in order to seek legal advice, most people, including myself do not read the contracts.

Comment Re:Change the subject. (Score 1) 577

Yes, we all know that it's Bush's fault, doesn't that go without saying at this point?

I'm not sure what Bush has to do with Obama trotting out this extralegal Climate Change agenda that he knows will accomplish precisely nothing as far as actual Climate Change is concerned.

How could anyone miss the fact that this is a classic use of the bully pulpit to distract a bunch of mouth breathers from the avalanche of deadly serious scandals that make Watergate pale in comparison?

Comment Gun Violence (Score 1) 404

The problem with all of this laws which are ostensibly aimed at stopping "gun violence" is that they focus on the gun, not the violence. The elephant in the room is that people, not guns, commit violence acts and no one is willing to talk about the very small demographic which is responsible for the vast majority of murders and mayhem (using guns or not) in this country. So instead of honest people addressing the real problem, we have pandering politicians willing to shred the 1st and 2nd Amendments for political gain.

Comment Emotion vs math (Score 1) 1862

The frustrating thing is that a high cap magazine ban would do nothing to address either violent crime in general or mass shootings by madmen. Lets say they limit magazines to 7 rounds. What is the response time of the police? 30 minutes? Even if it was a superhuman 5 minutes, a not particularly skilled shooter can change mags and get off an aimed shot in 3-4 seconds. Lets say he's firing aimed shots at a rate of one every 3 seconds. So our insane teenager who was taking drugs to keep his psychosis under control can fire 92 aimed shots using 17 round magazines but only 84 shots using 7 round magazines.... Clearly limiting mag capacity has nothing to do with stopping mass murders by insane people, so what is the point?

Comment Exactly. Look at what happened with credit cards. (Score 1) 308

Rewards cards used to be abundant and the financially responsible consumer could get paid well for using credit cards... The rewards were subsidized by the masses who paid fees for being irresponsible. Then feel-good laws were passed to make it more difficult for CC companies to collect fees from people who abuse credit and now rewards cards are much less rewarding. I am happy with the current situation of me browsing privately for free while the content is subsidized by the masses. And I want my 5% cash back on everything CC back.

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