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Comment Isn't TSA just a super expensive scapegoat? (Score 0) 343

A scapegoat designed to divert attention to the real problem going on, politicians and their antics.
If you've ever had the chance to be near a goat you well know you need to guard your personal items else they get eaten. And they leave crap everywhere.

Seems to me that the only way to legitimize TSA is to institute a TSA duty system like jury duty.

Comment Bad for writers (Score 0, Troll) 416

Be sure to read the License.pdf before you put any time into iBook Author. The Apple Overlawyers have done a doozy.

Simply put if the Work isn't going to be free then it must only be distributed through Apple. You will need an apple contract. You will need some luck because your Work will have to be approved by Apple as well just like an app. If Apple chooses to censor your Work you do not have any way to send your completed work to any other distributor. You will then be forced to recreate your work in another ebook creator.

If you are a non established writer, you owe it to yourself to use any tool other than iBook Author. Perhaps even if you are an established writer.

It could be a good tool if the Overlawyers release their grip some.

Comment Partial Fix: Abolish all term limits (Score 1) 477

and impose huge fines, jail time and immediate loss of position for lawmakers and staff receiving any money or gifts from lobbyists. Define gifts as anything more than you haven't eaten by the end of the day. So the plate of cookies from Martha homemaker are ok and the 500 lunch from a corporation are ok. Both allow bending of an ear but little else.

It allows people who want to make a difference into lawmaking. It quickly disperses the ones who are willing to lie cheat and steal enough money for the next voting campaign.

To help level out the playing field: Limit the amount of money a campaign fund can spend. Pay salary and benefits such that any other current sources of income will take away from your lawmaking salary. Stay at home. You cannot leave your voted state except for vacations and emergencies. This one will be particularly difficult for the people who get high on face to face inter-personal manipulations, bribes and compromises.

The real problem is that often there is one or two people who want to do the right thing but are beaten down by the current way of doing things. In order to survive they have to adapt and become just like the others or fizzle out.

Now if we could vote on the items we wish to spend our taxes on every four years we can solve a lot of problems.

Comment We don't need it spelled out (Score 1) 938

Technology in most phones have gps and the ability to know the phone is traveling faster than a humans two legs. A simple change to the code on the phone will make it the phone useless at dangerous speeds. Of course battery life will be next to zero and passengers will be affected as well. --- What truly is the purpose of this ban when there are already penalties for dangerous driving? Could it be that multiple yellow bus crash caused by texting being used by a politician for votes or is it purely to raise fines? The beauty of either is that it divides the population and lets it fight amongst itself instead of fighting to retain freedom from even more half cocked laws. Laws are already in place for reckless driving. --- Just because most text messages have misspellings and grammar problems doesn't mean we need this spelled out for us.

Comment Re:New anti-privacy trends? (Score 1) 204

Actually, I do not need to see ads for items I've researched and have made the decision to buy or not to buy while doing said research. It's not win/win because it eventually turns the decision to buy to a no due to over advertising. It's like seeing so many movie trailers that you don't need to go see the movie anymore.

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