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Comment · 10 years ago
Nope. The people chose the gov that is causing all these problems. They must first get rid of it. Otherwise it'll just be throwing pearls to swine.
Comment · 10 years ago
Caused by Fraudulent Enron employees. Not because of lack of supply.
Comment · 10 years ago
For some reason it causes me a bit of difficulty to understand the headline on first pass. Something seems to be off with the gramar. Why not just say "Walt Whitman's letter to wife of dying soldier" Easier to understand in my opinion.
Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
The US founders also did not trust the general population which is why the electoral college was used to elect the president. Being young I could not understand why when I first read about it. I understand now why, the masses can be quite stupid as demonstrated many times by history.
Comment · 10 years ago
-Calls most Mexicans rapists ands stands by it

-tweets a statistic that most white people are killed by black people, never apologizes, refuses to backtrack

-pretends he has no idea who white extremist groups or the kkk are when asked point blank whether he will disavow their support

... The list goes on and on

Comment · 10 years ago
The thing is, when the gov goes crazy it is usually against some group of people. If you are not part of that group then you may actually believe the gov is quite sane.

Also, all it takes is some really bad times for nice people to elect a tyrant. We've seen it before many times in history.

Trump phenomenon fueled on xenophobia, racism, and authoritarianism, which is scary for minorities, is an example of a gov that could go crazy.

Comment · 10 years ago
Gov gone crazy is not as unlikely as you think. It may only seem that way because of our short lifespan.
Comment · 10 years ago
I can drink coffe at night before going to bed and still sleep like a baby. I wonder if something is wrong with me.
Comment · 10 years ago
Better that and kill some terrorists than send an entire army for the same terrorists. Much more efficient and safe for everybody, including the country where the drone is used. Better a drone than an army.
Comment · 10 years ago
Seems unfair to say that he only won because there was a bug. You could equally say that the player lost because a bug in his brain caused him to not see the proper move. Stress will cause a lot of players to make mistakes, which in my mind it's a bug of our brain.
Comment · 10 years ago
Fuck me. What does that stand for? I know =,==, but not ===
Comment · 10 years ago
I think it was pretty obvious nobody was "salivating",etc. but that rather it is a way of saying how excited they are about studying this new phenomenom. They are just metaphors, I see nothing wrong with that. They are used all the time and are an important part of any language.
Comment · 10 years ago
Java portability was a main feature of Java. Kill that and you kill Java. Java Android is not really Java.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks for the story. Quite informative and entertaining.

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