| How come this is still allowed to happen? Why is everyone in the USA so apathetic these days? They get angry, strike out in unpredictable ways that always seem to make things worse, then settle into a year or two of apathy where the govt. craps all over them! WHY? |
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| said by qworster:Why is everyone in the USA so apathetic these days? They get angry, strike out in unpredictable ways that always seem to make things worse, then settle into a year or two of apathy where the govt. craps all over them! WHY?
For me the answer to your questions is simple - I'm too busy at work trying to get work done so I keep my job and keep my family taken care of. You know the basics: food, clothing, shelter. |
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| Don't you dare get sick, otherwise you'll be replaced!.In addition, you now have to take 20 furlough days (unpaid , of course) but you will still be required to answer all call. Furthermore, Your benefit package is costing the business too much, so you will now be required to contribute 75% of you insurance contributions with a $5000 deductible, and all of your 401K contributions with no matching corporate contributions. You will still have to use the approved fund manager. Now since we've laid off half of your department, you will have to pick up the slack.
And most of all remember, you're lucky to have a job
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| This is why I am going to school. I'm going to invent warp drive and fly off this rock. |
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| said by ArrayList:This is why I am going to school. I'm going to invent warp drive and fly off this rock.
Have fun trying to fund your warp drive with creditors clawing at your $50K in student loans.
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said by Metatron2008:But people who download thousands of movies and games.... Yes, they are as bad as any murderer |
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| no loans. the evil government is funding my research. oh wait a minute! |
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| said by ArrayList:the evil government is funding my research.
AHA!!! I KNEW YOU'D SLIP UP!
He's one of them! Get him!
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said by Metatron2008:But people who download thousands of movies and games.... Yes, they are as bad as any murderer |
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I'm not American, but how does this fall under "Homeland Security".
Some of the sites I known they have taken down have nothing to do with the security of the United States of America. I could absolutely understand if they were sites on how to make bombs, supporting terrorists financially, etc. but sites that stream sports events? |
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haha |
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said by james1:said by ArrayList:This is why I am going to school. I'm going to invent warp drive and fly off this rock.
Have fun trying to fund your warp drive with creditors clawing at your $50K in student loans. 50K ???? I guess for community college, a big league engineering school will cost you 50K a year with room and board. |
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said by qworster:Why is everyone in the USA so apathetic these days? They get angry, strike out in unpredictable ways that always seem to make things worse, then settle into a year or two of apathy where the govt. craps all over them! WHY?
But take their favorite cable channel off the air trying to prevent rate increases and people lose their minds....
It's the same mentality or lack thereof that blinds people to the fact every aspect of their lives is on video in the name of safety. |
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said by markf:I'm not American, but how does this fall under "Homeland Security".
Anything which endangers corporate profit endangers the corporate "Homeland". We, the People, don't count for squat except during elections.
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ICE is the Imigration and Customs Enforcement arm of Homeland Security. Counterfeiting, Child Pornography, Copyright Infringement somehow fall under Customs. They used to deal a lot with fake items like furs and other counterfeit items being sold. Alot of the websites taken down in the first Block were websites that sold counterfeit items.
I'm not agreeing with them having the authority to do the takedowns, but that is how it falls under "HomeLand Security". |
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| So, in plain English: It doesn't, but they made an alphabet arm to make it. DHS was created to fight terrorists, not to fight profit loss for EA or MGM. Oh, they are also supposed to secure the borders..... But, they are much to busy dealing with profit loss for EA and MGM.  |
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Oh, everything falls under DHS. Kid hit another kid at school, here comes DHS. Some one downloads a copy of black ops without paying, here comes the DHS. Don't like what the DHS is doing, here comes the DHS. Swear on TV, well... Here comes the DHS.
Crap man, they can do everything! Sure, they do it all wrong, but they do it  |
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