are you a conscientious objector..lol
'LEXY'... it's called dirty business.
Years ago, when satelite TV started, many viewers took the BBC to court on the basis that they did not have to pay for the licence because they did not receive or watch any BBC tv. Thet all won their cases and so the court orderd that the BBC should not charge them a tv licence. So what hapens ? The BBC decides to place its BBC tv channels on satelite and now, whether or not you choose to watch it, even if you subcribe to SKY you still have to pay the damned licence.
- I don't like paying it... I object to be forced to pay for something I choose not to buy !! - I subscribe to SKY and watch only my fav documentary channels and read my newsapers for news. I NEVER watch the BBC nor does anyone in the family. -- So much for FREEDOM of choice !! Any expense FORCED upon you can only classified as THEFT !!
Another thing, London luxury hotel with, say, 500 rooms with a TV in every room, pays for ONE licence... A retired, old, poor married couple whose only entertainment is their small black and white, TV have to pay the same licence and the same amount that the luxury hotel. So much for FREEDOM !
A year or so ago I read that the BBC were considering charging the license to anyone who had a PC and internet. LOLOLOL.... because you COULD somehow watch their programs on some pirate website.
We don't have one actually! I don't want to pay for one as I don't like what the money goes towards, and besides, we live on my boyfriends parents land, in one of their old farm buildings. Even though it's a mile away, technically I think our tv would count on her license... maybe!
Anyway, we used to live in a flat and we couldn't afford the license so we didn't have a tv, but we'd still get threatening letters every few months, we lived there for years and nobody ever came round, it's all just empty threats.
Its something we all pay for im afraid so we dont really get a choice if you dont and you get caught you could pay up to 1,000 pound for a fine.I agree with what you are saying but the license its self is to pay for you to have a receiver anything capable of receiving television pictures you have to pay for.x
If you haven't got one you will be shot. The government need the money to pay for their "information" to be broadcast 24hrs a day. They do this in the forlorn hope that we will to the party line. Welcome to communism.
i d not own a tv so i do not have to pay
i just have the internet and watch the bbc for free on it's i-player
mmm free bbc its yummy
They will come knocking sooner or later if you don't have one and then you might go to prison it is a serious offence.
Everyone who does not want a hefty fine for not having a licence
long words your using and your a blonde lmfaooo the world will surely end soon
Me
Monday, March 30, 2009
So, GM
I love how Obama has given him the choice to make it look like he's offering himself up as sacrifice. Now he can move on and live off the millions he made off of the company he ran straight into the ground...what a standup guy...what a load of crap!
Seems to me that would be GM's call and not Obama's, wouldn't it? However, it will soon BE Obama's call, since the government will be running most private businesses before too much longer. After all, with all these bailouts, any business benefiting from such money will then have to answer to the government regarding all business decisions...
because the board of directors didn't have a no confidence vote on him...
the stockholders representatives felt the decision making by the CEO wasn't suspect...
do I personally agree NOPE
do I think the government should be making the decision NOPE
however one thought to keep in mind is that when companies ask for monetary injections from banks it is not uncommon to see similar conditions.. either appoint x number of board members that serve on the banks board.. or hire/fire certain execs...
IOW it isn't uncommon to see this kind of condition to money.. but i am not happy with the government making those choices
That is how it goes, they try to be nice by asking you to resign if you refuse then you get fired. Either way, he was out of there.
Just like everybody else, If you perform on a sub-par level Most companies will ask you resign. If you refuse, they fire your a*s*s
This should concern all people in this country. Regardless of how poor its operated once you let the government start dictating we all have problems.
Seems to me that would be GM's call and not Obama's, wouldn't it? However, it will soon BE Obama's call, since the government will be running most private businesses before too much longer. After all, with all these bailouts, any business benefiting from such money will then have to answer to the government regarding all business decisions...
because the board of directors didn't have a no confidence vote on him...
the stockholders representatives felt the decision making by the CEO wasn't suspect...
do I personally agree NOPE
do I think the government should be making the decision NOPE
however one thought to keep in mind is that when companies ask for monetary injections from banks it is not uncommon to see similar conditions.. either appoint x number of board members that serve on the banks board.. or hire/fire certain execs...
IOW it isn't uncommon to see this kind of condition to money.. but i am not happy with the government making those choices
That is how it goes, they try to be nice by asking you to resign if you refuse then you get fired. Either way, he was out of there.
Just like everybody else, If you perform on a sub-par level Most companies will ask you resign. If you refuse, they fire your a*s*s
This should concern all people in this country. Regardless of how poor its operated once you let the government start dictating we all have problems.
Ok . im looking for a category so i can ask and answer questions suited to my Intelligence?
with the view to becoming a top contributor, so any suggestions to where i can post and answer
errrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm is there one for rubber clad biking policemen? Or talc maybe? :))
I'm only a level 4 and I received TC for Newborn & Baby and Current Events this morning. It must depend on the number of best answers as I'm not on that much.
EDIT - Queen of answers is wrong. I've been banned twice on this account. It was my sweet messages that regained my account.
It depends on what level your intelligence is.
Remember top contributors have well over 500,000 points
without being banned
The key is to try all of them and find your interests AND categories where you have real answers.
Not possible. You can only do your best to ask intelligent quesions and only answer those that show some intelligence. there are some of those even though a lot of the questions are just plain stupid
If you could be more explicit with the level of your intelligence with possibly your expertise in the subjects, I am sure that one of the many Very Clever People on answers will try their best to accommodateyou.
Your typing and punctuation skills aren't up to scratch which doesn't look particularly intelligent to me.
Matches your intelligence? Hmm, Im thinking Polls and Surveys.
At least once a day you get the 'what is your favourite colour' question.
Very witty, in the Jonathan Swift use of the word, though a little more allegory might help.
try the lambrini vintage years section
the only competition there is Steph
Homework Help??
Theres a TC badge going begging there. muhahaha
Try here, I got one and still have NO idea why, i'm far from intelligent and I mask my bad spellings with spell check lol xx
Computers and Internet, if it works so other folks see your smarts.
Check out all the different categories and choose the one you feel is up to your standard.:)
You've come to the wrong place mate
yahoo shopping rofl
If you were that clever,you'd already know.durrr
dogs? no?
errrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm is there one for rubber clad biking policemen? Or talc maybe? :))
I'm only a level 4 and I received TC for Newborn & Baby and Current Events this morning. It must depend on the number of best answers as I'm not on that much.
EDIT - Queen of answers is wrong. I've been banned twice on this account. It was my sweet messages that regained my account.
It depends on what level your intelligence is.
Remember top contributors have well over 500,000 points
without being banned
The key is to try all of them and find your interests AND categories where you have real answers.
Not possible. You can only do your best to ask intelligent quesions and only answer those that show some intelligence. there are some of those even though a lot of the questions are just plain stupid
If you could be more explicit with the level of your intelligence with possibly your expertise in the subjects, I am sure that one of the many Very Clever People on answers will try their best to accommodateyou.
Your typing and punctuation skills aren't up to scratch which doesn't look particularly intelligent to me.
Matches your intelligence? Hmm, Im thinking Polls and Surveys.
At least once a day you get the 'what is your favourite colour' question.
Very witty, in the Jonathan Swift use of the word, though a little more allegory might help.
try the lambrini vintage years section
the only competition there is Steph
Homework Help??
Theres a TC badge going begging there. muhahaha
Try here, I got one and still have NO idea why, i'm far from intelligent and I mask my bad spellings with spell check lol xx
Computers and Internet, if it works so other folks see your smarts.
Check out all the different categories and choose the one you feel is up to your standard.:)
You've come to the wrong place mate
yahoo shopping rofl
If you were that clever,you'd already know.durrr
dogs? no?
Obama has forced out the CEO of General Motors?
DETROIT ?Time and time again, General Motors Corp.'s board of directors reaffirmed its support for Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner, even as the company piled up billions of dollars in losses and begged for government loans to stay alive.
But Wagoner is now a high-profile casualty of government intervention, forced out as part of the Obama administration's sweeping last-ditch effort to save the century-old auto giant."
Does our current administration have this kind of power, to 'fire' top people from their jobs ?? Your thoughts?
Soon they will be picking up wealthy people and confiscating their assets, just like used to happen in the old USSR. While calling for taxpayers to be responsible spenders the Obama administration waste billions to pay back campaign supporters.
"The Plan"
Crash the economy. (spend on social welfare programs)
Government take over of industry and banking. (cars, money)
Government confiscation of all bank accounts over $10k. (rich people don't need all that money anyhow, and it will balance the budget and increase the coffers for all the social welfare programs)
Government decides who gets what and on what day of the month.
Ask Fidel about it - real similar ideas going on in Washington today.
If it's already been done, then clearly they do have that kind of power.
And just as you stated, they have begged for more loans to stay alive.
Why they were not removed from office before is beyond me.
But good to know where my taxes went to.
I personally think it's a waste of time. No one should care about these big business going under. They should put that 17.1 Billion dollars into schools, into making the people smarter and more capable of moving past all this economic crisis drama.
People got too greedy and thats why the world is as crappy as it is today.
As long as that company exists through public financing, then yes. If the taxpayers are paying the bills, then the company has to accept their wishes. Obama represents the taxpayers, so I guess he has the power to make executive decisions.
Let's just hope he makes the right ones.
Yes. We should expect nothing less because they are asking for taxpayer money. It's a sham though. Why aren't the bank executives being kicked out and all of those key players? No - they are rewarded with "retention payments" even as they walk away.
The status quo is being maintained. Don't be silly. Don't think otherwise. Obama is not that different from Bush. He's seriously constrained.
Yes and when there is a labor strike he will use the military
It seems so if he has already done that
But Wagoner is now a high-profile casualty of government intervention, forced out as part of the Obama administration's sweeping last-ditch effort to save the century-old auto giant."
Does our current administration have this kind of power, to 'fire' top people from their jobs ?? Your thoughts?
Soon they will be picking up wealthy people and confiscating their assets, just like used to happen in the old USSR. While calling for taxpayers to be responsible spenders the Obama administration waste billions to pay back campaign supporters.
"The Plan"
Crash the economy. (spend on social welfare programs)
Government take over of industry and banking. (cars, money)
Government confiscation of all bank accounts over $10k. (rich people don't need all that money anyhow, and it will balance the budget and increase the coffers for all the social welfare programs)
Government decides who gets what and on what day of the month.
Ask Fidel about it - real similar ideas going on in Washington today.
If it's already been done, then clearly they do have that kind of power.
And just as you stated, they have begged for more loans to stay alive.
Why they were not removed from office before is beyond me.
But good to know where my taxes went to.
I personally think it's a waste of time. No one should care about these big business going under. They should put that 17.1 Billion dollars into schools, into making the people smarter and more capable of moving past all this economic crisis drama.
People got too greedy and thats why the world is as crappy as it is today.
As long as that company exists through public financing, then yes. If the taxpayers are paying the bills, then the company has to accept their wishes. Obama represents the taxpayers, so I guess he has the power to make executive decisions.
Let's just hope he makes the right ones.
Yes. We should expect nothing less because they are asking for taxpayer money. It's a sham though. Why aren't the bank executives being kicked out and all of those key players? No - they are rewarded with "retention payments" even as they walk away.
The status quo is being maintained. Don't be silly. Don't think otherwise. Obama is not that different from Bush. He's seriously constrained.
Yes and when there is a labor strike he will use the military
It seems so if he has already done that
Is there anything more disgusting that builders breakfast flavour crisps?
yes chilli and chocolate lol
I quite like them actually :P Strange really as I don't like baked beans. The fish and chip ones are disgusting to me, as are the chili and chocolate and crispy duck ones!
I have tried them all and whilst chilli and chocolate are VILE, builders breakfast are even more VILE.
Fried egg flavour crisps with a hint of baked beans. Disgusting
No,,as soon as youopen the packet youcan smell the builders breakfast from the day before..They stink of fart!
I don't like them, but they are clever - I recognised several distinct flavours on one crisp!
Yes, having no breakfast at all, as happens to many children right here in the UK
Builders Bumcrack flavoured crisps?
Yes, Vodka and Milk is more disgusting. Tried it at Uni. *shudder*
I wasn't keen on the Hoi Sin sauce ones either.
I do like the Cajun Chicken ones though they're really nice
Dolphin Flavour?
Coming soon to a shop near you.
Yes, the fish and chips.
i like builders breakfast
the fish n chips dey were just...EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
just the smell of them is enough to give me the boak!!YUK
I quite like them actually :P Strange really as I don't like baked beans. The fish and chip ones are disgusting to me, as are the chili and chocolate and crispy duck ones!
I have tried them all and whilst chilli and chocolate are VILE, builders breakfast are even more VILE.
Fried egg flavour crisps with a hint of baked beans. Disgusting
No,,as soon as youopen the packet youcan smell the builders breakfast from the day before..They stink of fart!
I don't like them, but they are clever - I recognised several distinct flavours on one crisp!
Yes, having no breakfast at all, as happens to many children right here in the UK
Builders Bumcrack flavoured crisps?
Yes, Vodka and Milk is more disgusting. Tried it at Uni. *shudder*
I wasn't keen on the Hoi Sin sauce ones either.
I do like the Cajun Chicken ones though they're really nice
Dolphin Flavour?
Coming soon to a shop near you.
Yes, the fish and chips.
i like builders breakfast
the fish n chips dey were just...EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
just the smell of them is enough to give me the boak!!YUK
Why did we not see Jacqui Smith apologising to the public instead of her husband apologising to her.?
He did nothing illegal watching a bluey on TV.
I want to know why we have to pay for her bloomin TV in the first place.
AND - Why she and that other git arn't being jailed for stealing our money for their 2nd home.
DISGRACEFUL
Should be sacked - immediately.
Rest assured - if it had been any of us poor mortals - the book would have been thrown at us :-(
Politicians - rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
She didn't do anything wrong did she. He watched porn and claimed on her expenses. It's right that he should apologise. Poor woman. How embarassing! How annoyed would you be w your husband! Not the watching porn bit -that's natural - but claiming on the expenses for all to see??? ahahhahahaha! oh dear.
because he was the one who was beating his bishop :-).and he did wrong by claiming the cost,which us, the taxpayer had to pay.i'm not happy paying for him to pull his plocker.are you?
Because she's like Fred Goodwin (I deliberately omitted Sir) - hard faced and will not admit she's done wrong. Why do you think her husband watches porn?
Because 'SHE' is still too busy trying to duplicate HERR diary so as to not be caught out on HERR claims for Housing Benefit!
Or..... Maybe 'SHE' couldn't get out of the GIMP SUIT?
Because she's a petulant ******.
Omg, at this rate two tins of cat food could bring a whole government down.
I want to know why we have to pay for her bloomin TV in the first place.
AND - Why she and that other git arn't being jailed for stealing our money for their 2nd home.
DISGRACEFUL
Should be sacked - immediately.
Rest assured - if it had been any of us poor mortals - the book would have been thrown at us :-(
Politicians - rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
She didn't do anything wrong did she. He watched porn and claimed on her expenses. It's right that he should apologise. Poor woman. How embarassing! How annoyed would you be w your husband! Not the watching porn bit -that's natural - but claiming on the expenses for all to see??? ahahhahahaha! oh dear.
because he was the one who was beating his bishop :-).and he did wrong by claiming the cost,which us, the taxpayer had to pay.i'm not happy paying for him to pull his plocker.are you?
Because she's like Fred Goodwin (I deliberately omitted Sir) - hard faced and will not admit she's done wrong. Why do you think her husband watches porn?
Because 'SHE' is still too busy trying to duplicate HERR diary so as to not be caught out on HERR claims for Housing Benefit!
Or..... Maybe 'SHE' couldn't get out of the GIMP SUIT?
Because she's a petulant ******.
Omg, at this rate two tins of cat food could bring a whole government down.
Obama has authority to rid General Motors of its CEO?
Does the U.S. Constitution 'allow' our President to 'fire' the CEO of General Motors? Where did Obama get this authority?
If Obama was so displeased with the way GM was being run, why didn't he and the Dems in Congress insist that GM change its leadership BEFORE loaning the billions? Also, the money is a loan, not a purchase of controlling interest in the company. A POTUS who has never run a business, and whose only experience is running for election, now believes himself able to run companies as large and as complex as GM. To top it off, he now wants to replace the entire board of directors and replace them with who he wants as directors. If he appoints GM directors the way he chooses members of his cabinet, GM won't last another three months.
OMG, I am sick to my stomach, to all you people who think this is wonderful, let me ask you a question. If a company goes to a bank, and borrows money does that bank have the right to fire that CEO? Not to mention the CONSTITUTIONALITY.
We are headed toward Communism!
One more thing, Lincoln said:
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles".
and:
"It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives".
and last but not least:
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
President Lincoln, believed in freedom and had a great love for this country, I wonder how he would feel, that the very people he fought and died for, are at the helm of the destruction of the United States.
He didn't fire him, he applied pressure. If a U.S. President asks the CEO of General Motors to step down and he doesn't, it's not going to work in their favor when it comes to sales. Bush should have done it years ago, because Wagoner has been taking GM nowhere fast.
He did not "fire' anyone.
"Wagoner said in a statement early Monday that he was asked to "step aside" during a meeting with Obama administration officials on Friday, and he consented."
Done deal.
The taxpayer is now a majority shareholder....it's as simple as that and has nothing to do with the constitution.
Perhaps from presidents Lincoln and Ford.
If they want his help, they must comply. It is ultimately up to them.
If Obama was so displeased with the way GM was being run, why didn't he and the Dems in Congress insist that GM change its leadership BEFORE loaning the billions? Also, the money is a loan, not a purchase of controlling interest in the company. A POTUS who has never run a business, and whose only experience is running for election, now believes himself able to run companies as large and as complex as GM. To top it off, he now wants to replace the entire board of directors and replace them with who he wants as directors. If he appoints GM directors the way he chooses members of his cabinet, GM won't last another three months.
OMG, I am sick to my stomach, to all you people who think this is wonderful, let me ask you a question. If a company goes to a bank, and borrows money does that bank have the right to fire that CEO? Not to mention the CONSTITUTIONALITY.
We are headed toward Communism!
One more thing, Lincoln said:
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles".
and:
"It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives".
and last but not least:
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
President Lincoln, believed in freedom and had a great love for this country, I wonder how he would feel, that the very people he fought and died for, are at the helm of the destruction of the United States.
He didn't fire him, he applied pressure. If a U.S. President asks the CEO of General Motors to step down and he doesn't, it's not going to work in their favor when it comes to sales. Bush should have done it years ago, because Wagoner has been taking GM nowhere fast.
He did not "fire' anyone.
"Wagoner said in a statement early Monday that he was asked to "step aside" during a meeting with Obama administration officials on Friday, and he consented."
Done deal.
The taxpayer is now a majority shareholder....it's as simple as that and has nothing to do with the constitution.
Perhaps from presidents Lincoln and Ford.
If they want his help, they must comply. It is ultimately up to them.
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