Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread JD Austin
I'll second that. :) Take away my motivation/reward to do more than I need to and guess what... I'll stop. Health care is expensive mostly because of governmental regulations/bureaucracy. If I created a medical device that would magically cure cancer guess what my odds would be of getting it in

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread keith smith
: Re: OT: Time for substantive change. To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 3:21 PM I call that statement bull crap. Just because someone created a petition does not mean that all/most of the residents want to give up.  Personally for a joke I could create

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread keith smith
untry? Keith Smith --- On Thu, 11/15/12, Michael Havens wrote: From: Michael Havens Subject: Re: OT: Time for substantive change. To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 3:09 PM I think that people that don't like the way the country is going shoul

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Joe Gibbs
eep the 50 states together. > > Very different. > > > Keith Smith > > --- On *Thu, 11/15/12, Robert Holtzman * wrote: > > > From: Robert Holtzman > Subject: Re: OT: Time for substantive change. > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Date: Thursday, November 1

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Michael Havens
I think that people that don't like the way the country is going should move to texas and then only teas seceed. There already is a provision in their founding documents that they could separate into 3 states. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Eric Cope wrote: > Something to conside

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Eric Cope
Something to consider is that while there are groups of people in each state that want to secede, not EVERYONE in the state wants to secede. The question is what constitutes critical mass to trigger the change. The colonists only had support from about 20% of the population. How much does each stat

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Tom Haws
> > What is different is all 50 states want to go their separate way. Is this true? Cool! --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread keith smith
obert Holtzman wrote: From: Robert Holtzman Subject: Re: OT: Time for substantive change. To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1:31 PM On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 04:10:17PM -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: > > The Declaration of Independence states: "

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Eric Cope
May I point out that winning a war doesn't make you right... nor does it make the opposition any more compliant in the long term... If at first you don't secede, try and try again. :) On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 04:10:17PM -0700, j...@actio

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 04:10:17PM -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: > > The Declaration of Independence states: "Governments are instituted among > men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that > whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is > t

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-15 Thread Michael Havens
I think seceding is a grand *idea* but then what about all the people who depend on the government for sustenance (social security)? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Joe Gibbs wrote: > Hi, > > This is OT topic by a lot. > > Please keep politics and religion off a tech blog, unless

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Joe Gibbs
Hi, This is OT topic by a lot. Please keep politics and religion off a tech blog, unless of course you want to be added to the ignore list and ALL your posts are tossed into the trash pile without being read. If I wanted to read about someone's personal politics I would go to one of the many sit

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Derek Trotter
I agree about this not being a place to discuss politics. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that this list is for the discussion of issues dealing with linux. Also no matter who you vote for, you'll end up with a collection of crooked politicians. Lists dedicated to discuss

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread keith smith
Btw, While I voiced that we take a different direction I would like to say I have the utmost respect for Joe and I always value his opinion. Keith Smith --- On Wed, 11/14/12, j...@actionline.com wrote: From: j...@actionline.com Subject: OT: Time for substantive

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Lisa Kachold
It's OT, discard it if you don't like it. OT is an accepted format at PLUG, however, this is not a moderated list. On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > And what does this thread have to do with LINUX? > > Mark > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:36 PM, JD Austin wrote: > >> AND

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Mark Phillips
And what does this thread have to do with LINUX? Mark On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:36 PM, JD Austin wrote: > AND once you sign ANY petition there (which has about as much weight > as an idea) they spam the heck out of you with more petitions to sign.. no > thanks! > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 201

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread JD Austin
AND once you sign ANY petition there (which has about as much weight as an idea) they spam the heck out of you with more petitions to sign.. no thanks! On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Wayne Davis wrote: > On 11/14/2012 04:10 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: > > The Declaration of Independence

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread keith smith
: OT: Time for substantive change. To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 5:03 PM I guess that a majority of the vote nationwide and a huge margin in the electoral college somehow does not indicate "consent of the governed".  I wholeheartedly agr

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread farli
I guess that a majority of the vote nationwide and a huge margin in the electoral college somehow does not indicate "consent of the governed". I wholeheartedly agree that this list is NOT the place for any discussion of politics. Original message intentionally omitted from my response >From

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hi Joe, On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:10 PM, wrote: > > The Declaration of Independence states: "Governments are instituted among > men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that > whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is > the Right of the Peo

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread keith smith
Any contract can be broken. Keith Smith --- On Wed, 11/14/12, Wayne Davis wrote: From: Wayne Davis Subject: Re: OT: Time for substantive change. To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 4:30 PM On 11/14/201

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread keith smith
bited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.     Keith Smith --- On Wed, 11/14/12, j...@actionline.com wrote: From: j...@actionline.com Subject: OT: Time for substantive change. To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Wayne Davis
On 11/14/2012 04:10 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: The Declaration of Independence states: "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to a

Re: OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread Stephen
Thanks no. And I find this inappropriate for this list. On Nov 14, 2012 4:17 PM, wrote: > > The Declaration of Independence states: "Governments are instituted among > men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that > whenever any form of government becomes destructive of t

OT: Time for substantive change.

2012-11-14 Thread joe
The Declaration of Independence states: "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government."