Fail Quotes

[Lord T Hawkeye]

Might want to read your oaths again pal because they very clearly state that it IS your duty to refuse to follow unlawful orders.

[AnCap Dave]

Had potential to be win if the punchline was actually funny and not stupid. Maybe something like, "Why don't you attack yourself?"

Oh well, it's fail.

[dallen68]

Might want to read your oaths again pal because they very clearly state that it IS your duty to refuse to follow unlawful orders.

Now you got me curious as to the circumstances leading to this guy holding the sign. (Up until you mentioned "unlawful orders", I was going on "dude is sick of everybody holding up hand-written notes for the camera, so he held up a hand written note for the camera)

[R.E.H.W.R.]

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So, now I've got morons on this videos, who 1. aren't smart enough to figure I'm not a liberal. 2. are now saying that adhd is fake.

God I hate Zo's fans more!

[Travis Retriever]

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So, now I've got morons on this videos, who 1. aren't smart enough to figure I'm not a liberal. 2. are now saying that adhd is fake.

God I hate Zo's fans more!

Yeah, despite being constantly corrected too.  Pathetic.  Hell, I laughed my fucking ass off at the one saying the video/you needed lessons in "theology, government history and manners".  Projection so hard we could use these conservatards to summon Batman.

[Travis Retriever]

Might want to read your oaths again pal because they very clearly state that it IS your duty to refuse to follow unlawful orders.

Probably because he thinks that means being a slave/meatshield/drone--oh, I'm sorry, 'troop' for govco and doing everything they say without a single thought or question.  So basically, the way the Prussian educational system trained them too.  If you or anyone else thinks they or govco give two shits about "oaths" you're dreaming. (I know you know this, but I'm just saying for folks in general.)

Also, OP of that pic needs a kick in the balls and that's being nice.

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/9-lessons-from-greatest-college-movie-ever/
Translation/TL;DR: "blah blah blah, you should be grateful you turds, blahblahblah if college doesn't work for you it's 100% your fault, never theirs and that's 100% moral/good/right blahblahblah"

[Travis Retriever]

So I love my Power Systems Analysis professor (honest!), but goddamn, I am glad we are done (I hope) with the politics part of the stuff.
He went on talking about how (brace yourself):

The utilities companies are natural monopolies...while also talking about how they are granted/given monopoly status. /facepalm
He goes on to say that the structure--"vertically integrated regulated monopolies" in case you're curious--has been a huge success and is giving us cheap/plentiful power.  To which I even wrote in my notes: "Compared to what, Einstein?"  He also goes on about how deregulation caused the rolling blackouts in California in the 1980s and how it caused the financial meltdown we're dealing with now.

The problems with the 'deregulated utility market' was:
"1) No one knew who generated the power delivered to their homes.
2) Transmission capacity or a lack thereof.
3) How do you know there is enough for everyone to buy?  On the grounds that if you take away their monopoly status and their obligation to provide everyone with power within their monopoly region, there is no reason for them to do so.
4) Who is responsible for the losses?
Okay, some background on 4, in this country (can't say for others), when you pay for power, you power not just for the power consumed, but for the power lost in the form of heat as well.
Well, gee, that explains why they aren't too keen on being more efficient--they get paid the same either way.
I mean, come on! This isn't rocket science ffs!
And why they don't increase transmission capacity.  Again, they get paid the same regardless.
He also uses an argument from incredulity as to why they are a natural monopoly: "It doesn't make sense to have 2-3 power companies competing in an area!"  Did I mention this guy came from the Former Soviet Union? Yeah, it shows.  (edit: as Hawkeye said--He should know better if he saw the Soviet Union first hand.  Shameful.)

As for the four things listed?  That sounds less like 'deregulation' and more like "tragedy of the commons" aka, something you get with government.

Finally, he also stated that "If gov't doesn't regulate the prices of the power companies, being monopolies they can just charge whatever the want!" "--1) Duh. 2)  And that rate will be the monopoly rate, not "as high as they want it to be".  I mean, come on! This is literally econ 101 here.   So yeah, we need govco to regulate monopolies...that they themselves created.  /headdesk

[Travis Retriever]

And yeah, another professor (this one of my capstone project) said something relating to politics (more or less) that wasn't...bogus per say, but still made me want to punch a kitten.

It was talking about how "fiber optics are the industry standard at around 40 Gbit/second" and how "an investor who puts money into them tends to make it all back in 12 hours."
Two things.  First, if that true, I'd like to know why Verizon STILL hasn't gotten to making them even available for guys like me, who still have to put up with their shitty 88 KB/s on a good day DSL.  Second, if the latter thing with investers is true, why the fuck aren't they being implimented right fucking now?  FFS! Who the hell do I have to blow to get a decent internet connection, dammit!  Just reeks of govco monopoly, you know?

[Travis Retriever]

To conclude, I like my professors.  Really, I do.  But goddamnit when they talk about shit they don't understand, it's just painful.  This must be how Thunderf00t or Richard Dawkins feel when listening to a creationist talk about "evolutionism".  Or how Shane felt while watching "The Secret".

[Travis Retriever]

"Fuck Capitalism, it's the cancer of this planet."--SMGJohn

From the comments of this fail video: 

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I mean, it's from a guy called "MaoistRebelNews2" ffs.  That should tell you all you need to know.

[nilecroc]

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The majority of the comments on this video. People think that America refers to a single continent.

[dallen68]

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The majority of the comments on this video. People think that America refers to a single continent.

Well, if you look at a map (actually LOOK at it) America IS a single continent. So is Eurasiafrica.

[MrBogosity]

Libertarianism and the "Crony Capitalism" Dodge http://www.demos.org/blog/9/5/13/libertarianism-and-crony-capitalism-dodge

Right, like we don't have objective definitions for free market capitalism and "crony capitalism" (or corporatism) that we can apply.

[Travis Retriever]

Libertarianism and the "Crony Capitalism" Dodge http://www.demos.org/blog/9/5/13/libertarianism-and-crony-capitalism-dodge

Right, like we don't have objective definitions for free market capitalism and "crony capitalism" (or corporatism) that we can apply.

Ugh.  And of course the word/phrase they use is "crony capitalism" which isn't capitalism at all. >_<