http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 18 May 2013 11:58:20 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:58:20 An "entitlement" exists SOLELY by government fiat.

Break down the word itself and focus on "title" -- [i]something that does not exist in nature.[/i] Think of "titles" like "Duke" or "Baron" or "lord" ... and think back to the days of monarchies where "title" conferred economic power. In those ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/614 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:00:34 I've been remiss for far, far too long in meeting Laura face-to-face and telling her how much I appreciate her ... even though a fat, dirty, old man like me might not be the foremost member of her fan club. My procrastination and reticence caused me to drop the ball -- a mistake I don't wish to repe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/613 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:36:07 We're again talking past each other, creating a pot luck stew for yet another food fight. It's not merely that each person presumes a differing set of "facts" and not just that we each live in our unique worlds based on our own life experiences, the way our 'world' has treated us, and how we've le... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/612 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:18:27 ... is, afaik, based on the absence of subject diversity in a "school." Thus, the Engineering [u]School[/u] or the Nursing [u]School[/u] affords the student such a concentration, while a true [i]collegiate[/i] education covers a breadth of subject areas. My undergraduate degree is in Mathematics, w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/611 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:12:19 ... a "n_____-lover." That was ALL about race ... and the threat of violence or death (e.g. "Mississippi Burning") for the unforgivable social sin of being a "traitor to race." Such attitudes aren't in the soil or controlled by the calendar ... and were not limited to just the south or just THAT ti... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/610 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:05:55 ... some can find is in their crotch. I can just see it. Protests outside the Nazi concentration camps ... protests against 'sexism' in billeting. Yeah. That's a 'cause' worth protesting.

God forbid we find cause in our common humanity. It's gotta be about gonads.

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Let's keep t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/608 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:20:03 Once upon a time, the custom was to display the bloody sheet resulting from the 'deflowering' of the bride on her wedding night. It (supposedly) 'proved' she was a virgin at her marriage. More often than not, it is thought, the blood was that of a sheep or goat. The bride, in those days, was usual... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/607 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:51:44 Thanks. :hi:
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** This message may or may not reflect the opinions of 10minutearticle, 1plain1peanut, AcadamiaNut, aquanut, B3Nut, blackwalnut, bobbonutrino... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/606 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:32:08 ... impacting that minority is buying in to the "identity politics" of conservatism. It's NOT a liberal (or progressive) viewpoint at all. Implicit in such a posture is the notion that "identity politics" is somehow valid and worth embracing. It's NOT. Do liberals and progressives REALLY want to se... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/604 Sun, 03 May 2009 12:50:34 ... is some "major solution" and all should be right with the world if the "right person" is elected. I suppose it's the imbalance created by all the "rally the base" and GOTV hype that precedes eveery election ... but it just ain't so and NEVER will be.

I've been consistent over my entire tenure... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/603 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:00:04 Every rational, law-abiding person incorporates considerations regarding their personal safety into their behavior. We all, to one degree or another, think about what we might do that makes us more or less likely to be the victim of a crime. It's not about "[i]blaming the victim[/i]" as much as it i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/602 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:06:14 Since it seems to be such a popular topic, I'd like to describe what I saw CONSISTENTLY during three and a half months of eating out in the restaurants of Paris and environs many years ago. Working in Aulnay sous Bois (a suburb) and staying at the Novotel (a plastic Motel 6), it was necessary to eat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/601 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:44:11 Message removed by moderator. [link:www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules.html|Click here] to review the message board rules.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/600 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:03:47 When Roger Smith became the CEO of GM, the die was cast: the MBA 'abitrage' types took over. The "car guys" were told to STFU and do what they were told. What's that about? Simply this. There was a decades-long struggle within GM between the [b]Guys Who Made Money[/b] and the [b]Guys Who Made Cars... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/599 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:35:41 [b]I don't even begin to have all the answers[/b] ... like so many who seem to think they do. Almost all I've heard since even before I was drafted and sent to Viet Nam is "illegal war" and "baby killers" and "involuntary servitude" and "give peace a chance" and so on and so forth. Even now, like ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/598 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:15:55 ... betrays nothing but [b][u]ENVY[/u][/b] instead of disdain for those not shouldering their share of the burdens of national service. Instead of making an even MORE egalitarian and equitable national service system, the WHINERS are placated by ALSO escaping and letting the least enfranchised stan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/597 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:37:40 ... which are a kind of 'balloon payment' on employee compensation. They were [u]not[/u] "performance bonuses," per se. They were employee compensation agreements set in early 2008 to ensure that certain key personnel, deemed essential to reducing the massive default exposure AIG faced as a result ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/596 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:25:59 Perhaps "red herring" would be a better term. :shrug: (This is a [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5225662&mesg_id=5226098|reposting].)

By framing this as an argument about teachers and their abilities, it PRESUMES that the 'problem' (at least... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/594 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:10:06 They're the "[i]let those other guys do it[/i]" party -- they're entire strategy is one of subcontracting, outsourcing, and pass the buck. Why? Because they don't know Jack Shit about doing a job themselves - not adminstration and not operation -- nada. They regard government as a mechanism for c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/592 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:44:14 (In other words, I disagree.)

The Social Security system, first of all, includes retirement, disability, survivors, and health [u][b]insurance[/b][/u] based, at least partly, upon some minimum [i]and maximum[/i] amount of quarterly taxed payroll earnings. For the purposes of calculating a "prima... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/591 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:10:52 :eyes:

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... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/589 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:03:30 For thirty-five years, labor (the "bottom 90%" of the working class) has been increasingly short-changed. The Gini Index tells the story. As the "bottom 90%" receive a diminishing share of the income pie, the payroll taxes on that "bottom 90%" ALSO fade in sustaining the Social Security system.

T... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/588 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:34:27 ... reduce ACTUAL guilt vs. innocence to a near irrelevancy.

(1) [b]Deterrence[/b] -- If, in putting a person to death, there is some deterrent influence on another person contemplating a heinous crime (try to imagine such a scenario) then it's not really all that important that the person put to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/586 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:54:42 "[i]It's for sure a white man's world in America. Look here: I raised that boy since he was the size of a piss-ant. And I'll say right now, he never learned to read and write. No, sir. Had no brains at all. Was stuffed with rice pudding between th' ears. Shortchanged by the Lord, and dumb as a jacka... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/TahitiNut/585 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:38:14