punkbass2000
Des An artiste
<insert tired phrase highlighting disparity between anecdotes and data>
How America can solve its top three problems
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punkbass2000
Des An artiste
I'd be interested in the potential methods of any such inquiry, at any rate.
CartesianFart
Deity
>inserting another tired phrase highlighting disparity of anecdotal assumptions without facts that support the hypothesis>
Yep. It happened in Tejas.
punkbass2000
Des An artiste
>inserting another tired phrase highlighting disparity of anecdotal assumptions without facts that support the hypothesis>
<Insert recognition of non-sequitur>
CartesianFart
Deity
Did you not assert that,from your own point of view,say that without any fact of assuming it is difficult to know what is the average income of illegal immigrants accurately without supplying any claims of fact or observations?
It seems that you are saying indirectly and not intended to me as saying or committing a non-sequitur comment.punky said:
punkbass2000
Des An artiste
Yes, and it is a fact that that is my opinion.
My say so, I believe, is evidence enough of my opinion.
MRM
Prince
I disagree with this point. I think hydrogen is the wrong way, because you lose to much energy ( it take 4 times more energy to produce and transport the hydrogen, then you will get from the hydrogen, even if you use fuel cells )
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/hydrogen.html
IMHO it would be better if electricity is used directly as transportation energy, whereever this is possible.
For this purpose I would prefere a concept like "railcabs", some kind of individual travel on rails ...
http://nbp-www.upb.de/en/concept/vision.php
http://nbp-www.upb.de/en/concept/logistic.php
At least this way the concervsion losses from electricity to hydrogen and ( in fuel cells ) back to electricity could be avoided.
CartesianFart
Deity
Which i said it is so but you retort by saying that i have committed an non-sequitur fallacy and not you.
Why say i have committed something of non-sequitur and then state and deny that i have indeed stated that you are in error of what non-sequitur means by misusing it on to me that is in fact really you that have committed it?
How can an opinion be something evidential when an opinion is an assertion of supposing a belief without fact?
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
Illegal immigration isn't a problem if it leads to a collapse of the welfare state.
Oil consumption isn't a problem because when it collapses, alernative energy is suddenly relatively cheap and viable.
Drugs will always be with us, but it's a minor problem.
America's top three problems are the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch; a revolution might be in order.
Oil consumption isn't a problem because when it collapses, alernative energy is suddenly relatively cheap and viable.
Drugs will always be with us, but it's a minor problem.
America's top three problems are the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch; a revolution might be in order.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
This has been my point for years. Thank you, someone else actually gets it!
Winner
Diverse in Unity
Get real.
The core of the so-called American derivation of the Western culture is consumerism. Unlimited and all-encompassing consumerism.
It's good you know that, but I don't see a way to do anything about it.
CartesianFart
Deity
And why is that we are an all-encompassing consumers?-It is because the supplies from other places outside United States(whether it be illegal drugs,oil,and human beings[illegals immigrants]) are cheap for our fatty wallets!
Winner
Diverse in Unity
And why is that we are an all-encompassing consumers?-It is because the supplies from other places outside United States(whether it be illegal drugs,oil,and human beings[illegals immigrants]) are cheap for our fatty wallets!
I am not asking why, I just say that American consumerism is extreme even for other Westerners.
warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
In the end, it will take a lot to make Americans realize that their current "American dream" type lifestyles are not really sustainable in the long term.
Ayatollah So
the spoof'll set you free
A wise American leader wrote:
But he (Ben Franklin) was wrong. The German immigrants proved to be no threat to the integrity of the United States.
There's your historical benchmark. Adrianople my arse.
But he (Ben Franklin) was wrong. The German immigrants proved to be no threat to the integrity of the United States.
There's your historical benchmark. Adrianople my arse.
Chunes
Chieftain
Curb your appetites? Christ, that doesn't work.
The solution is to stop stigmatizing drugs so damn much then people won't O.D. on them. For an example look at Europe where younglings can drink alcohol. The drunkenness rate over there is much lower than in the U.S.
The solution is to stop stigmatizing drugs so damn much then people won't O.D. on them. For an example look at Europe where younglings can drink alcohol. The drunkenness rate over there is much lower than in the U.S.
CartesianFart
Deity
What are you suggesting?That this is somewhat based from your own personal experiences and the people around you or are you directly saying in an overall objective mannner?
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Hmm...perhaps before asking how to solve the top three problems and stating what they are, it would be prudent to take a poll on what the top three are? I'll agree with one, but the other two I cannot put in the top three at this time.
I also am assuming you mean America's top three domestic problems.
Thus, I would list them, in no particular order,as:
Crime - I think we all know that crime is bad, and there is more than enough of it in America.
Drugs - Especially important because very often, Drugs --> Crime. To solve crime will require solving most of the drug problem.
Education - Although America's educational systems (more correctly, the states' educational systems) are not overall horrible compared to the rest of the world, and in some places they are quite good, in other places they are atrocious. For the most part, urban areas have the worst educational systems. The systems vary considerable state-by-state, but an improved educational system would be beneficial not just for the pure economic purposes, but also very much for the purposes of reducing crime.
Changing these will be very difficult. That is because the social ills of crime, drugs, and educational apathy have become extensively ingrained in the culture in some places. The state legislature can't improve the educational system by increasing funding alone, and similarly no matter how good the local police department is, drugs and crime will always remain problems if the underlying causes are not addressed. To solve these problems, the culture must be changed. Such a process cannot be done quickly, but if the root problems are addressed, over time the culture can be gradually changed.
America's largest problems are based in the culture.
I also am assuming you mean America's top three domestic problems.
Thus, I would list them, in no particular order,as:
Crime - I think we all know that crime is bad, and there is more than enough of it in America.
Drugs - Especially important because very often, Drugs --> Crime. To solve crime will require solving most of the drug problem.
Education - Although America's educational systems (more correctly, the states' educational systems) are not overall horrible compared to the rest of the world, and in some places they are quite good, in other places they are atrocious. For the most part, urban areas have the worst educational systems. The systems vary considerable state-by-state, but an improved educational system would be beneficial not just for the pure economic purposes, but also very much for the purposes of reducing crime.
Changing these will be very difficult. That is because the social ills of crime, drugs, and educational apathy have become extensively ingrained in the culture in some places. The state legislature can't improve the educational system by increasing funding alone, and similarly no matter how good the local police department is, drugs and crime will always remain problems if the underlying causes are not addressed. To solve these problems, the culture must be changed. Such a process cannot be done quickly, but if the root problems are addressed, over time the culture can be gradually changed.
America's largest problems are based in the culture.
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