It's ok, this is Texas. Less paperwork than buying a car or getting a mortgage. Cool part, I'm not even an American citizen. I'm with Hipnotic way down there at the bottom... just because we can doesn't mean we should. Comes with common sense and basic respect or consideration for those around us. Hope you get your prescription renewed real soon and are able to chill out a bit Chingy... "bullshit hit list"? Someone's been watching too much Fox again... have fun.

Of course empire borders have got a bit fuzzy with the rise of corporations - nowadays you can control most of another country's resources without having to deal with all the paperwork of running a government or the headache of revolutions.

I'm sure being white had a lot to do with being let go.

Also, it was vice cop... Do you think they carry around pads for traffic citations? Would a cop like that really want to go through the hassle filling out the forms and filing the paperwork?

If anything, the cop was hoping to catch someone on a warrant, smell marijuana coming out the car or find an unlicensed firearm. Anything less than that wasn't really worth his time.

@scheherazade
@lucky760

When I drove over the ass end corner of a late 80s BMW in the parking lot of a shopping mall while making an improper tight turn. All I could do was leave a note and go on my way.

They ended up contacting the company.

If the guy actually thought he could get away with cutting on the road without a permit or some form of paperwork and backtrack responsibility.. that guy would be pretty stupid, most people that do that work know there is a paper trail.

hrmmmm.

** I should note I was in a 5 tonne flatbed delivery truck in a tight parking lot ( got lost -bad directions..*cough*)

Oprah is another dim-bulb that promotes these types...
Seniors, in particular, are easy prey for these con artists, probably because they've lived long enough to see friends and family die.
My mother - suffering the early symptoms of dementia - put her and her 3rd husband deeply into debt because of these creeps. After she was institutionalized, I went through her paperwork and discovered the letters that she had written to various psychics asking for help. It broke my heart -- once they had her hooked they sent her endless letters each promising to reveal big secrets to her and she dutifully sent them money time and time again.
Ellen, show some backbone...

Two weeks ago I got into an argument with someone on facebook (a total stranger) and they decided to call CPS to retaliate. They said the vintage barn wood bunk beds I built two weeks ago were an environmental hazard. CPS came, then a week later the cops came, trying to get in our house. My wife refused to let them in both times. We are still under investigation.

We are literally leaving the entire country permenantly as soon as our paperwork is in order (we've been planning this for some time).

Nothing I said is an exaggeration, it is all true, and your fears are 100% well founded.

Well, they do mention at the end getting him housing and treatment for his alcoholism, which would be a pretty huge improvement to his life. Those are of course programs they can't take credit for, but if they convinced him to do it and got the paperwork in, that would be pretty helpful.

Like @Grimm said, these fellas did not just profit from a flaw in the system. They spent vast amounts of time and money lobbying for changes to the system, changes which made these exploits possible in the first place. Exploits that in most cases are still in violation of the law over here, but the oversight was starved out to a point of non-existence or simply handed over to entities they should be monitoring in the first place.

As a result, the City of London in particular accumulated enough economical leverage to hold the entire country hostage, knowing full well how a sweep of the City would lead to catastrophic ripples not only through the UK and Europe, but the entire bloody world. So now they can do whatever they please without fear of repercussions as seen in the case of HSBC.

This selective application of the law breeds contempt for the law, particularly if compared to the poor who get hammered for the slightest inconsistency in their paperwork. Too big to fail undermines the free market, but too big to jail undermines the basic rule of law.

Even in the very few cases that were prosecuted, only the institution was penalised, never any high level individual. Some of those responsible need to be held accountable, otherwise the riots in Tottenham will look like child's play compared to what will happen the next time these idiots drive the entire economy to the brink of collapse.

By the way, I'm still waiting for someone to end up in jail for the rigging of Libor or ISDAfix.

Yes!

Whether the particular activity is legal or not, human traffickers specialize in trapping people in horrible jobs and living conditions.

It is a common tactic of human traffickers to promise people a certain kind of job or pay. Once they arrive in another country, they are informed that they owe additional fees for the transportation and paperwork. In order to pay that debt, they are given no choice but to do the work made available to them. Furthermore, their passports are confiscated; they are threatened, abused, controlled and deceived to the point that they rarely approach officials in order to get help.

Same way the telecoms justify their cooperation with the NSA: the legal paperwork was in order.

I wouldn't say it's completely overlooked. Heck, we still have the paperwork of our former national telecommunication/postal company that detailed the construction of special rooms at the IXPs and other nodes for just this purpose. I suppose it's just one or more ports these days, like the Dutch government has at AMS-IX.

Up here in the Great White North they can use the catch-everything-that-isn't-like-murder-or-rape-or-tax-evasion of "Public Mischief". A real dick who loves ultimately useless paperwork could try for "Interfering with a Police Officer". Probably end up with something akin to "illegal use of high beams".

bravo for this kid stating a very serious issue with teaching and one i agree with but i think his ire may be directed at the wrong person as @Yogi suggested and @JiggaJonson implied.

i substituted for a brief span a few years ago.
the reason my time was brief was not due to the kids,they were fantastic but rather it was the draconian and administrative bullshit i had to put up with.the school system was not looking for a substitute "teacher" but a babysitter.a warm body to sit in class and watch kids become catatonic. reading "packets" and qwell any form of disruption.

i was "officially reprimanded" three times due to actually engaging the classes i was substituting.my crime was not the fact i was covering material the absent teacher had already gone over recently but rather that i was talking and engaging the students.

seriously? it still boggles my mind.the teachers who i covered were appreciative of my efforts but the school only wanted me to keep the seat warm.

interestingly enough,those very same teachers convinced me to volunteer my time to tutor troubled teens who are constantly in ISS (in school suspension).thanks to a new principal who helped push through the massive paperwork and help from these teachers this may become an actual program.we have enlisted two more teachers who have come out of retirement and hope to have more tutors soon who are willing to donate their time.

the irony in all this is that the we (the tutors) have huge latitude in how we teach these troubled teens while vetted teachers have huge restrictions.

so generally speaking:its not the teachers.its the system.

It ends as you say, when one side decides it not worth fighting anymore. Whether in time is deemed one of peace or war is political paperwork. The reality is any nation that sees advantage in fighting will, 9 times in 10, fight.

I disagree with what the expected results are if Israel simply stands aside militarily. Economically, I absolutely wish they'd pursue the framework for 'unilaterally' instituting a two state solution. Stopping the constant expansion of settlements into occupied territory being a big one.

I do not believe history shows that Israel simply ignoring Hamas and Hezbollah rocket attacks, and military build up will lead to a situation where those nations are less likely to escalate their attacks. I do not believe Syria or Iran will stop funding, training and arming those groups for any amount of good will shown by Israel. The truth is, those groups see inaction on Israel's behalf as signs of weakness, and weakness is an invitation to push the advantage and escalate further. Tell me I'm wrong in that, but the evidence is pretty widespread.

Many of the things here which want to kill us are either protected species, not suitable targets for a handgun, or both. I think you would probably get a $2000 fine for even patting a drop bear, as well as risking your hand being bitten off.

The police will sometimes put down an animal which is threatening people, but I don't think it's a large part of their job. I seem to recall some mention of large quantities of paperwork being required if a shot is ever fired, too...