I don't get it ... I get to select the cheapest food (which in terms pays certain employees lower than they might expect at another restaurant) when I go out to eat.

Why should the 1% have different rules applied to them. Wasn't that the reason the French Revolution happened? The aristocrats got different rules applied to them?

You lost me there. I don't understand why Billy Gates is the "neo liberal". You come across more critical of the free market, which suggests you are more "neo liberal".

usually "the definition" is 2 or more quarters of negative growth.

on the other hand rigid language definitions can often disguise what is really going on.

technical truth is often a pretext for putting lipstick on a pig.

also likely that people using ad hominems are despairing for a persuasive argument ...

More like a "stunning and unexpected" way to interpret the finding ...

Just when I thought the federal government couldn't spend any more tax dollars, they have found a way to do precisely that!

Then your definition of intent is too broad / bland to mean anything.

It's like saying you inspired someone by not parking in a handicapped spot.,

"The function of the leaf is to present surface area to the sun for photosynthesis."

Too monolithic here. If someone thinks the purpose of a leaf is to make salads taste good, or for keys to surface properties of electricity, who is to say he is wrong?

You can't really talk about purpose in any meaningful way without also introducing someone or something that purposes that thing. I can see how people, (and more superficially) animals, even plants aim to accomplish objectives. I don't see how evolution does that.

The arrogant style here is a major problem for me also.

Interesting. I had no idea.

How are you going to cut off access to something that is legally purchasable domestically?

What's going to stop a customer from just turning around and selling it to Beijing?

Just seems like a lot of tax dollars thrown into the fireplace.

May cause visible signs of cancer in real time ...

"deficits tend to drop due to the policies of liberals"

Which examples were you referring to?

The deficit has increased massively faster under Obama than W.

Obama has retired some of Bush's tax cuts (effectively raising taxes), but the deficit doesn't go down and the rate of deficit spending doesn't go down.

Well, if the movie isn't better than this is a waste of my time as a potential viewer and the production budget.

I thought about your comment for a while.

I concede the character you describe is common and a burden on the audience. Romantic comedies have the same defect (male characters swooning for the female lead).

But this is just a symptom of plot-driven content. Plot-driven content is a symptom of pursuing ratings breadth instead of depth. The main solution is to jettison all this emphasis on vanity and superficiality.

I won't say the case for AGW has nothing going for it other than ad hominem attacks ...

... but its proponents contend for it as if it did.

The style is the message.