Which sentiment exactly? You just said he was right in his facts. How is he supposed to address the problem if you won't allow him to speak on it?

And this is also why this blurb was intended for a handful of faithful supporters and not the general public. He's talking nuts and bolts because these big money guys want to hear specifics. They already heard the commercials like the rest of us; if you want the hundred grand, they want to hear how smart you are. Romney blurts the uncomfortable elephant in the room truth out like somebody that doesn't have time to waste on a bunch of platitudes. A liberal hears that, is offended right off, that one's worth is judged by their income and taxes, especially by a rich man. it figures, huh?

And miss the whole point. Namely, that not only are these people not paying taxes, worse; they are not earning incomes worth taxing. And they still have to live and eat and spend on healthcare the same as the rest of us; 47% of the people are basically not even making a living. They are just squeaking by, or they're falling behind, but they're certainly not creating any wealth, which is what has to happen for us not to go broke. Exactly what this article says by the way: An influx of capital to jump-start business and jobs at the low end of the economy. (I wonder who would have been well qualified for that...)

So he's telling the rich Republican donors exactly the truth, and the real problem that needs to be attacked, and he still can't get a break from you. Okay, you did cut him a bit of a break, but you still couldn't possibly support him? Or the sentiment that some portion of that 47% need jobs? There's no evil there, which I believe you recognized.

Let me tell you something in case you're unaware: We're broke. Well, going broke; it takes a long time in a country this big. Romney would have made us money; that's what he does. He seems to be very good at it. Everything he touches. How many Olympics actually make money? I believe his Utah one did. And it was fucked up when he took over.

Here's another hint. Don't listen to what they say; look at what they've done. I know your biggest fear might be how far he sets back your causes, even while you admit the benefits of fiscal responsibility. But Massachusetts is still a pretty liberal place, in spite of him turning their giant deficit into a surplus, while phasing in universal health coverage, improved schools and tax cuts. They survived Romney.

They did what they had to do, not only to get a guy to run things right for a while, but more importantly maybe, send a message to the other side, which would be your side, that they don't own you, especially if they get too far from the center. And of course that goes for both sides. I wish you'd give me a Democrat I could cross over and vote for btw.

Is the Democrat that followed Romney more fiscally responsible than the ones before? I'm off to see if I can find out.

Yep. First thing I thought.

Actually, the first thing I thought when I heard the term was that it was a Saturday Night Live thing. I remember thinking, 'that's not funny..'

"pretty much by definition"

Uh, no; that's not what the words you posted say. You might think that definition is implied, but you would be incorrect.

Small government does not necessarily mean social inequality or social hierarchies. (btw, name for me a society ever in the history of man, that didn't have an upper crust.)

But I really don't care about social equality. Many of us just want equality under the law. That would be enough, but you won't even allow us that.

Because in your government, each law is 2400 pages long. Filled with exceptions, exemptions, addendums ... A simple working man like myself can't possibly know the law in that case, so he has to take the government employee's word for it. Whatever his title is, he is now Minister of Law, as far as I'm concerned.

And I'm living under the rule of men, instead of the rule of law.

Well, we Americans have a large personal space bubble. That transfers to driving.

What will surprise you, is that those are nice people, once they get out of the car. But behind the wheel, the sweetest, mousiest American woman will turn into a demon, leaving bodies, dented metal and tachyons in their wake. My mom is a good example of this.

".. UCLA has filed a provisional patent on Horvath's clock .."

I thought he discovered something that was already there..

But I guess since it's *his* clock (or UCLAs), we shouldn't hold our breath on an anti-aging drug.

I got no mod points, but this is absolutely the takeaway.

The US depends on it's software industry; we shipped all our labor jobs overseas to trade them for office work (programming). That, and Hollywood, is why we're so mean to other countries over IP.

And now the US government has completely undermined them. It's probably a good time to be a programmer in Brazil and Germany. I wonder If our software industry will be able to recover from this.

Ars?

No, they are sliding down into darkness also. This was my bastion..

And who is the evil bastard that wants to kill slashdot?

"But FYI, the Maryland plan was sold out for the year months ago. I tried applying for it and was put on the waiting list. And told not to expect to get it this year (I haven't)."

So then, they don't have a plan, do they?

"Am I wearing a tinfoil hat?"

Unlikely, unless you saved a roll from 40 years ago...

You might be wearing an aluminum foil hat. Which is totally ineffective for your intended use of it.

Why do you thing the government made them stop making tin foil?

I don't think it has to get stale.

Blizz should have realized that they would never top the Wrath Xpac of Wow, and moved it to a buy-the-game-once and subscribe for life model. Continual little updates, new content even (but that doesn't mean level and stat inflation), filling out areas rushed in the past; and maybe most importantly, keeping the game balanced for the best PvP on the internet. They really had it close to the perfect game at some point between BC and Wrath..

I'd still be playing if they had stuck with that. Titan might be finished by now if they had used the resources on it instead of destroying WoW.

Wow used to be like that. It's still baked in, in little ways. All my characters were different, and they played their roles. From unkillable bears to a gay mage that died when a semi rattled the windows too harshly. I really enjoyed questing, and you are right to point out the importance of the RP element, and how it sucks when it's missing. Once, when trying to help a dead little girl's ghost who didn't know she was dead, to find her family, and they're monsters now .. ; I cried and left that zone and never went back. That's role playing, right?

But WoW has eliminated a lot of the backstory, a lot of the old quests; trimming it down for newbies. And yet the more they trim and streamline, the less people they have..

Note to self: When you have a video game, never throw away the good work of previous developers. Generally, more is better.

Wish I had mod points.

This is the real guy. Somebody mod the AC up.

Fancy (you might say pointless) formatting to please artsy sales types. Also disparate data sets, some related only by the whims and feelings of the person requesting the report. Applescript can do anything in Excel (Office X for Mac) you can do with the keyboard and mouse. They've tried to retire it a couple of times, and the SQL reporting services guy (who does most of the company reports and all the accounting reports) say these can't be replicated. I wouldn't know, so I take his word for it.

I have an original 1.42 Ghz mini sitting on my desk running nightly reports. It was a CFO's desktop for a year, (for a tiny company), and it's been running reports since then.

iCal repeating events tell Filemaker to query MSSQL databases, which outputs Excel files, which are manipulated using Applescript. Mail emails the finished and highly formatted reports to various people in the company. Pretty damned easy to work with, given the magic "Record" button. I used to have it print overnight, but that became too old school.

It still has the Apple serial number in the disk info box - never even been formatted. Still has 512K Ram. Never misses a beat. I guess for 8 years now. Put that ROI in your pipe and smoke it.

I should still probably get around to backing it up someday..