The Meaning of "Woke"
10 months ago
"The condition in which a person who suffers illness or disability seems unaware of or denies the existence of his or her illness/disability; may include unawareness of quite dramatic impairments, such as blindness or paralysis." Or Fucktard/wackloon GOPhuxism.
A comprehensive definition of the precautionary principle was spelled out in a January 1998 meeting of scientists, lawyers, policy makers and environmentalists at Wingspread, headquarters of the Johnson Foundation in Racine, Wisconsin. The Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle, which is included in full at the end of this fact sheet, summarizes the principle this way:If even a sterile, childless curmudgeon such as I can find sympathy for such an instrument, why, I wonder, do not parents rise up and DEMAND it inform climactic policy decisions, if not for themselves, then for their kids?
"When an activity raises threats of harm to the environment or human health, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically."
Key elements of the principle include taking precaution in the face of scientific uncertainty; exploring alternatives to possibly harmful actions; placing the burden of proof on proponents of an activity rather than on victims or potential victims of the activity; and using democratic processes to carry out and enforce the principle-including the public right to informed consent.
This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility.Sochulizm SUKKS!
After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
At the appropriate time as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory. I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal departments of transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve bank. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to send via the US Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school.
After work, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to a house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all it's valuables thanks to the local police department.
I then log on to the internet which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic.com and Fox News forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right.
Newsmax.com, one of America's leading online news services, is conducting an urgent national online poll about President Obama and the Democrat's plan for universal health care.Barely competent reading skills will reveal the evident bias of the poll; it doesn't take a degree in rhetoric. In the first question you have already a begged question there. The Shamwow/Senate plan does less than nothing about creating "universal health care." The second question contains an equally blatant untruth to which the voter is encouraged to assent, that "45 million" beneficiaries will include aliens. Then, having implanted the cues, the next questions are more neutrally phrased, since these are probably the items which will be featured in the later press releases. If I were a clever fellow, I would call this a case of "Poll-ution."
Newsmax will provide the results of this poll to major media outlets. Additionally, Newsmax's results will be shared with popular radio talk-show hosts across America.
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Don't miss this opportunity to let your voice be heard! Many media outlets and national leaders are interested in your opinion. Hundreds of media outlets have reported on Newsmax's online polls.
Vote today!1) Do you support President Obama's and the Democrat's plan for universal health care?
Yes
No
2) Do you believe the Democratic health plan should include 45 million uninsured, including illegal aliens?
Yes, should include 45 million.
No, should not.
3) Do you approve of President Obama’s handling of health care reform?
Yes
No
4) Do you believe Obama’s health care plan is too expensive?
Yes
No
5) Do you agree that new health care costs should be paid for by increasing taxes on the "wealthy"?
Yes, increase taxes on the wealthy.
No, don't increase taxes.
6) If you were allowed to join the public health care system at rates cheaper than your private insurance, would you join it?
Yes, I would join.
No I would not join.
7) Who did you vote for in 2008?
McCain
Obama
Other
"Now, we can fix this in a way that is sensible, that is centrist. I have rejected a whole bunch of provisions that the left wanted that are — you know, they were very adamant about because I thought it would be too disruptive to the system."
"Prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in all new plans..."Makes you feel all warm and wonderful, innit? No exclusions for CHILDREN. Balloons! Cake!!! PONIES!
Izzit Just Me who "imagined" Prez. Shamwow said he'd restore the rights the Busheviks stripped away? If it was, then I got no complaint.
A Detention Bill You Ought to Read More Carefully
MAR 5 2010, 3:40 PM ET
Why is the national security community treating the "Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010," introduced by Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration's choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt?
A close reading of the bill suggests it would allow the U.S. military to detain U.S. citizens without trial indefinitely in the U.S. based on suspected activity.
Read the bill here (PDF), and then read the summarized points after the jump.
According to the summary, the bill sets out a comprehensive policy for the detention, interrogation and trial of suspected enemy belligerents who are believed to have engaged in hostilities against the United States by requiring these individuals to be held in military custody, interrogated for their intelligence value and not provided with a Miranda warning.
(There is no distinction between U.S. persons--visa holders or citizens--and non-U.S. persons.)
It would require these "belligerents" to be coded as "high-value detainee[s]" to be held in military custody and interrogated for their intelligence value by a High-Value Detainee Interrogation Team established by the president. (The H.I.G., of course, was established to bring a sophisticated interrogation capacity to the federal justice system.)
1)Precedent: There isn't any... All previous prosecutions of official miscunduct have been prosecuted while the alleged malefactors were still IN office.So it's nagahapun....
2) Pragmatics: Lets face it. If Shamwow prosecutes ("persecutes") the (white) Busheviks, he guarantees his half-black ass will be hounded for EVER in retribution. Remember Nixon/Clinton? Remember JFK, who was killed mainly for firing Allan Dulles from head of the CIA? The powerful do not gladly bear pett affronts.
3) National emergency. If that plea were allowed in, prosecution would be utterly FUTILE.
4) Jury nullification: there are STILL 30% of the population who are sympathetic toward the Chimp. It only needs one, and the percentages say there'd be no fewer than two or three...
Thus, "thePrez" has already faithfully demonstrated he neither will, nor even particularly wants to, upset any hegemonic applecarts or otherwise in any way disturb the Owners in their well-earned rest...
And to ignore or deny this quite evident set of facts is a text-book example of "Anosognosia."