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Comment Re:Why don't U.S. carriers also use ski-jump? (Score 0) 449

Named after Navy people. Bush Sr. was a WWII Naval aviator. Gerald Ford served on a carrier in WWII. Jimmy Carter graduated from Annapolis and worked on the first nuclear sub designs. Carter cut the military so much in his 4 years you will never see a ship named after him. Which is why Reagen got a ship.

Comment Re:Choosing the correct tactics (Score 1) 491

I'm unclear here. Since when did pharmacists suddenly get the right to override a doctor's prescription? How can Pfizer actually get a pharmacist to sign an exclusivity agreement.

It's not the pharmacist. It's the insurance company. The pharmacist can only dispense the drug as written on the prescription. The insurance company decides on what they will pay for. If the insurance company will only pay for a generic drug. You still can get the name brand drug. But you will need to pay the full retail price for it. It depends on your insurance policy.

Comment Re:Just that pesky Constitution (Score 1) 949

"Regulated" as in well trained. Not as in governed by laws. A "well trained militia".

The 4th definition of "Regulated".
4. To put or maintain in order: regulate one's eating habits.

  A militia must be armed or it is just a group of subjects. And yes up to the 1930's you could order machine guns from Sears and Roebuck or walk into a Western Auto and buy a new Tommy gun. Also the musket was the M16 of its day.

Comment Re:Wasn't this the whole point of CALEA? (Score 1) 174

CALEA equipment allows VoIP call surveillance at the telco switch level (DMS 250 & 500). When a Judge issued a warrant to wire tap a phone number. It would usually happen at the telco switch level. VoIP stopped that because IP traffic did not involve the voice network. CALEA upgraded the physical switches them selves to IP and added 1 cabinet of equipment (COLO owned by the FBI). The FBI through an office in Quantico, VA can access the network switches directly with out involving AT&T or Verizon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Multiplex_System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act

Comment Vodafone also owns 45% of Verizon Wireless. (Score 1) 136

Vodafone also owns 45% of Verizon Wireless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless

"Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is a wireless phone provider that owns and operates the largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States, based on a total of 93.2 million U.S. subscribers, 400,000 subscribers ahead of the second largest provider, AT&T Mobility, in Q3 2010.[1] Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey,[2] the company is a joint venture of U.S. telecommunications firm Verizon Communications and British multinational mobile network operator Vodafone, with 55 and 45 percent ownership respectively."

Comment Re:Not Just Hateb by the Left (Score 1) 1425

Did not the upper 2% EARN that money?

What I find really interesting is that most of the wealthy people I've heard discuss this topic that were self-made millionaires/billionaires don't mind paying the higher taxes and are actually grateful to the society that allowed them to climb to such a position in life.

Wrong. Most will tell you they succeeded IN SPITE of taxes and regulations.

I have an uncle who fits into this upper 2% bracket. I can say he has not had a vacation in 35 years. He started his own company and works an easy 14 hours a day. It happens to be an offshore oilfield supply company. IN SPITE of the health care bill and Obamas offshore drilling ban his company has not had to have a lay off.

In the USA we all should have a chance to succeed and not be punished if we do.

Comment Re:Not Just Hateb by the Left (Score 1) 1425

unfairly redistributing wealth (healthcare).

Huh? How is providing healtcare to those that can't afford it wealth redistribution?

And while we're on that topic, why is always considered a bad thing when wealth redistribution benefits the lower-middle income, but it's a good thing when it benefits the upper 2% (e.g. tax breaks for the wealthy)?

BECAUSE the Dems will now have over 50% of the population hooked on government programs. They have a built in majority now. Just like with SS, education and Medicaid. The Dems will now be able to point at the Republicans and say "Those rich white raciest are going to cut your money for ______."

Another thing. Did not the upper 2% EARN that money? Did they not go to school and sacrificed to make that money? Why should ANYONE be required to support any person other than their own family? Taxes are wealth redistribution. Government takes money from the earners and gives it to people who did not earn it. Simple as that.

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