As someone who had his Caprice Classic accelerate out of control (it was famous for the Flying Dutchman Syndrome, and they NEVER did a recall on it), I can tell you it's not (always) driver error that causes these crashes, and that the brakes absolutely DON'T work.

I was on the campus loop at UCSD, at a four way stop, when my car suddenly accelerated out of control. I ran the stop sign, dodged cars and pedestrians and accelerated up to about 60 while I was frantically stomping on the brake pedal (which did nothing, since the accelerator was floored). I thought the gas pedal was stuck and I reached down to pull it out - nothing. So I just turned my car off and stomped on the brakes (with no power assist) until it came to a stop. I was very fortunate nobody was hit.

>> ^longde:
Nothing to do with race in my case, and everything to do with reckless pseudo-vigilantism. If the filmmaker put a tracer on the bike and then confronted the thief with some cops, I wouldn't have a problem with the concept. But this way, he can hurt not only the would-be thief, but innocent people who don't expect to have to dodge an out of control bicycle.
Plus the whole Compton angle is so contrived. If you abandon a bike in a busy intersection for hours, what do you expect but someone will pick it up. Those kids are not the 'career' bike thieves the cameraman is supposed to be targeting.


I disagree with your entire premise. If you leave a bike in most parts of the country, it doesn't get stolen. If we had a hundred jury rigged bikes in places like this, maybe people would stop fucking stealing shit that isn't theirs.


There's no valid defense for the thief.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=conservatives+give+more+than+liberals

>>And Eisner is a liberal, because all good liberals pay Haitians 28 cents an hour.

@rougy: You are so ignorant, I don't even know where to begin. I'm honestly puzzled. Are you confusing "conservative" with "capitalist"? That would explain why you think it impossible for a liberal (translation: communist?) to exploit the poor. Or do you think that being a liberal has nothing to do with, you know, actually being a liberal? I posted a reference demonstrating enough as such - I note you have nothing but baseless statements on your side.

>>Wow, conservatives give more pennies to the poor.

Even the poorest conservatives tend to give to charity. But even the richest liberals tend to not. Look up how much Obama gave before the public spotlight was shined on him.

Have you ever actually studied capitalism in the 3rd world? Idiots like you (who come in fighting for a "living wage") are universally detested by the actual people you are trying to "help".

@rougy: Dude, talk about a non-sequitor. I said that conservatives help poor people more, and they do indeed give more to charity. You responded with something about Michael Eisner exploiting people, and I pointed out he's a liberal, and that big corporations love big government. (Why? Because regulation hurts small businesses more. After The Jungle came out, all the large meat packing corporations lobbied FOR more regulations. Didn't know that, eh?) I'm not sure how you read that as me trying to disprove the wages paid to Haitians or whatever.

You also think that taxing fishing companies more would somehow improve the lot of people in American Samoa, when it would actually do what taxes have always done to fishing companies - push them even further overseas, thus hurting those that your bleeding heart is trying to protect. Taxes and regulations annihilated the fishing and canning industry here in San Diego.

>> ^rougy:
>> ^ShakaUVM:
Coriolanus: "'Conservatives' don't like anything that takes money out of their pocket and gives it to the poor. They love it when poor people are desperate and starving."
No. In fact, conservatives would be happy if the entire world had a middle class like America's, as it would actually bring in global peace and social justice, things which a lot of idiots say they want, but whose policies backfire and cause the opposite.
Also, look into the rates of charity giving between conservatives and liberals some time. If liberals cared so much about the poor, why don't they give money to help the poor?
Stop reading your idiot-child Chomsky, and look at real world statistics some time, before drawing stupid conclusions like the above.

Really? Examples, please. Show me examples of this global corporatist largess.
Here's one of mine:
NEW YORK - How can Michael Eisner, CEO of the Walt Disney Company, afford to pay himself $97,600 an hour? Easy. He contracts manufacturers who pay workers in Haiti who sew Pocahantas, Mickey Mouse and other Disney clothing for 28 cents an hour.
(source)
28 cents an hour. Disney labor in Haiti.
How fast would a middle class blossom at that rate?


You're using Michael Eisner as an example of a conservative? No wonder you're confused.

http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Michael_Eisner.php

My guess is that if you're uneducated enough to think that Eisner is a conservative, you're in for quite a shock if you actually look at how many large business people are liberals. It's not by random chance - it's in their self interest to see Democrats win. If you'd like, I'll even explain why.

That's 100% pure awesome

Coriolanus: "'Conservatives' don't like anything that takes money out of their pocket and gives it to the poor. They love it when poor people are desperate and starving."

No. In fact, conservatives would be happy if the entire world had a middle class like America's, as it would actually bring in global peace and social justice, things which a lot of idiots say they want, but whose policies backfire and cause the opposite.

Also, look into the rates of charity giving between conservatives and liberals some time. If liberals cared so much about the poor, why don't they give money to help the poor?

Stop reading your idiot-child Chomsky, and look at real world statistics some time, before drawing stupid conclusions like the above.

It's not accidental when it's intentional.

@rougy: Have you ever wondered why the fishing industry in America has been in decline since the 1970s? There used to be all sorts of fishing boats and canneries operating out of San Diego. They've all moved overseas because the regulations and taxes were too high. Were you one of the people that thought you used to eat dolphin meat in your tuna?

It's not "Freedom from Religion", idiot. Atheists that think that way are essentially trying to repress other people's religions, which is just as bad as a religious test for office or similar shenanigans.

There's a lot of stupidity in America, and just as much of it comes from atheists than the other way around.

"Positive Psychology Lecturer"? Yeah, it's going to be unsubstantiated bullshit.

Uh, you can see the milky way in North America, dude. You just have to get away from the city lights to do so.

>>Guiness world record. Largest amount of neo-cons getting ready to go in a bookstore EVER.

Sigh... Palin is not a neo-con. Neo-cons are big government conservatives. Palin is a small government conservative. That's why she's so popular - most Republicans had to hold their noses to vote for GWB the second time and many rejected McCain, because they were both for the massive expansion of government. See for example Spendulus I. Obama continued the trend with Spendulus II.

Conservatives are (rightly) asking where all the money for the Spendulus bills will come from, and the Republican Party is providing no leadership in opposing the expansion of government - the party is nearly rudderless. Even though Palin wouldn't be my ideal candidate for president, I'd vote for most any candidate that was for limiting the size of government. Last year I voted Libertarian (Bob Barr), for example. If Palin ran against Obama, I'd vote for her.

All the liberal FUD aside, her stances on the issues are actually quite thoughtful and reasonable. I've followed her notes on Facebook from time to time:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=90735023434#/notes.php?id=24718773587

(Expecting to get automatically comment-downvoted by anyone who disagrees with my politics.)

JT Ready - a GOP Precinct Committee member!? Gasp! This conspiracy involves people at the highest levels!!

(Ok, point of reference for all you who think that this is an important position - my dad was put in charge of the entire precinct for our neighborhood, mainly because nobody else wanted to do it. There's approximately ten kajillion precincts and their directors, let alone "committeemen". Let alone "former committeemen.")


As much as anarchist idiots would like to equate any conservative with Nazi idiots like these, the fact of the matter is that you can actually be for immigration reform without being a Nazi. Crazy, I know - but true.

I once had a friend in Judo who thought that I couldn't choke him out from bottom of guard.

It basically ended the same way.