“No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with”
Thomas Sowell
Intentional misunderstanding of question.
A policy is created to address a valid issue.
Policy is not synonymous with a fire.
A disastrous policy is using gasoline to put out fire. The replacement is water.
To address the question,
It would behoove all of us to ensure that everyone in this nation is healthy and can make informed decisions.
We have to decide what 'healthy' entails and how we have to decide how we can guarantee that.
The same goes for informed decision making.
The government has proven that it is ill informed about all of the above.
The alternative is for the people to decide what they need.
The alternative is empowerment and community
29 July 2014
27 July 2014
Benghazi
Here's the thing...
The only people there were CIA agents
Benghazi was a CIA operation that went bad
The people they were dealing with or the enemy of the people they were dealing with, used an inflammatory video to attack the consulate (read: CIA post).
The CIA called more CIA agents to help.
You don't call in the military into a CIA operation when they don't know anything about it.
The government is not going to tell the public about a failed CIA operation.
The only people there were CIA agents
Benghazi was a CIA operation that went bad
The people they were dealing with or the enemy of the people they were dealing with, used an inflammatory video to attack the consulate (read: CIA post).
The CIA called more CIA agents to help.
You don't call in the military into a CIA operation when they don't know anything about it.
The government is not going to tell the public about a failed CIA operation.
18 July 2014
Sexist thought of the day
Men set lower standards for women because they think women are inferior.
Then they get mad because women are held to lower standards.
Then when women try to reach higher standards, men laugh at them or tell them to stop trying because they think women are supposed to be inferior.
Or men are disgusted/outraged because they think the women are trying to be manly...
Hence the reason you should do whatever the fuck you want
and set whatever goals you want for yourself
Realize you're probably going to fight for what you want.
And when you reach your goal, cherish those who supported you
and piss on those who tried to stop you by offering to help them reach their goals (don't worry, their pride will usually stop them from accepting your help).
and hold a moment of silence for those women who think women are inferior and don't support other women in reaching their goals.
Then they get mad because women are held to lower standards.
Then when women try to reach higher standards, men laugh at them or tell them to stop trying because they think women are supposed to be inferior.
Or men are disgusted/outraged because they think the women are trying to be manly...
Hence the reason you should do whatever the fuck you want
and set whatever goals you want for yourself
Realize you're probably going to fight for what you want.
And when you reach your goal, cherish those who supported you
and piss on those who tried to stop you by offering to help them reach their goals (don't worry, their pride will usually stop them from accepting your help).
and hold a moment of silence for those women who think women are inferior and don't support other women in reaching their goals.
I suck at sports
In order to be competitive, you have to give a fuck about what other people are doing.
I can't be bothered to pay attention to other people.
I'm not about that life
I can't be bothered to pay attention to other people.
I'm not about that life
12 July 2014
Faith
Belief
Acceptance that something exists or something is true
Faith
Complete trust and confidence in something or someone
Belief and faith are two different things
Belief is a firmly held opinion or conviction
Faith is letting that acceptance guide and control your life
Deep Thought
Despite many claims to the contrary, life does not begin at conception: It is an unbroken chain that stretches back nearly to the origin of the Earth, 4.6 billion years ago. Nor doeshuman life begin at conception: It is an unbroken chain dating back to the origin of our species, tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago. Every human sperm and egg is, beyond the shadow of a doubt, alive. They are not human beings, of course. However, it could be argued that neither is a fertilized egg.
In some animals, an egg develops into a healthy adult without benefit of a sperm cell. But not, so far as we know, among humans. A sperm and an unfertilized egg jointly comprise the full genetic blueprint for a human being. Under certain circumstances, after fertilization, they can develop into a baby. But most fertilized eggs are spontaneously miscarried. Development into a baby is by no means guaranteed. Neither a sperm and egg separately, nor a fertilized egg, is more than a potential baby or a potential adult. So if a sperm and egg are as human as the fertilized egg produced by their union, and if it is murder to destroy a fertilized egg—despite the fact that it's only potentially a baby—why isn't it murder to destroy a sperm or an egg?
-Carl Sagan
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