Endeavour

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The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Remarks on Proposed Legislation To Establish the Department of Homeland Security

July 26, 2002

The President. Thank you all for coming. Welcome to the White House. Good morning.

Audience members. Good morning.

The President. I appreciate so very much being joined here by firefighters and police officers and emergency personnel, public officials at the local level, the State level— I know we've got some Governors here. And I want to thank you all for coming.

We're on the cusp of doing something right for America.










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The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Remarks on Proposed Legislation To Establish the Department of Homeland Security

July 26, 2002


Every President since Jimmy Carter has used this statutory authority, and a time of war is the wrong time to weaken the President's ability to protect the American people. And as Congress debates the issue of how to set up this Department, I'm confident they're going to look to me to say, "Well, is it being done right," after they got the bill passed. And therefore, it is important that we have the managerial flexibility to get the job done right. We can't be—we can't be micromanaged. We ought to say, "Let's make sure authority and responsibility are aligned so they can more adequately protect the homeland."

Now, look, I fully understand the concerns of some of the unions here in Washington. Somehow, they believe that this is an attempt by the administration to undermine the basic rights of workers.










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The American Presidency Project

Jimmy Carter

XXXIX President of the United States: 1977 - 1981

Interview With the President Question-and-Answer Session With Bill Moyers of the Public Broadcasting Service.

November 13, 1978


MR. MOVERS. What's the hardest part?

THE PRESIDENT. I think the hardest part is the attempt to correlate sharply conflicting ideas from worthy people. The easy problems don't arrive on this desk. You know, the easy problems are solved in the life of an individual person or within a family or perhaps in a city hall or a county courthouse or, at the worst, in a State capitol. The ones that can't be solved after all those intense efforts arrive here in the White House to be solved, and they're quite difficult ones. And I think the attempt to correlate those conflicting ideas probably bring about the most serious challenge to a President.










From 5/7/1992 ( the first launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut ) To 7/26/2002 is 3732 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/21/1976 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut bound for deep space in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship this day was his first landing the planet Mars and his documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of the planet Mars ) is 3732 days



From 7/4/1976 ( at extreme personal risk to himself my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship successfully intercepts the Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system and diverts it away from the planet Earth ) To 7/26/2002 is 9518 days

9518 = 4759 + 4759

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/13/1978 ( Jimmy Carter - Interview With the President Question-and-Answer Session With Bill Moyers of the Public Broadcasting Service ) is 4759 days



From 10/12/1939 ( Franklin Roosevelt - Request for Cooperation and Coordination of War Relief Agencies ) To 7/4/1976 ( at extreme personal risk to himself my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship successfully intercepts the Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system and diverts it away from the planet Earth ) is 13415 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/26/2002 is 13415 days



From 12/7/1998 ( my first day working at Microsoft Corporation as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and the active duty United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel circa 1998 ) To 7/26/2002 is 1327 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/21/1969 ( premiere United Kingdom TV "Royal Family" ) is 1327 days



From 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) To 7/26/2002 is 11171 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/3/1996 ( Bill Clinton - Statement on Signing the Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996 ) is 11171 days





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The American Presidency Project

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009

Statement on House of Representatives Action on Legislation To Create a Department of Homeland Security

July 26, 2002

I commend the House of Representatives for acting quickly to pass landmark legislation to create a Homeland Security Department. This legislation represents the most extensive reorganization of the Federal Government since the 1940s. Our Nation needs a new department with the overriding mission of protecting the American people from the threats of terrorism.

This bill includes the major components of my proposal—providing for intelligence analysis and infrastructure protection, strengthening our borders, improving the use of science and technology to counter weapons of mass destruction, and enhancing our preparedness and response capabilities.

The House bill also provides the Secretary of Homeland Security managerial flexibility needed to build and maintain a department capable of responding rapidly to the terrorist threats of the 21st century.

The House has shown a strong commitment to improving the security of the American people, and I urge the Senators to do the same before they leave for the August recess.



http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/07/20020726-16.html

THE WHITE HOUSE

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

For Immediate Release

Office of the Press Secretary

July 26, 2002

Remarks by the President After Meeting with House Republican Conference

The United States Capitol

4:35 P.M. EDT

Q How are you doing, Mr. President?

Q Would you talk for a moment, please, sir?

Q Mr. President, what did you tell the conference today?

THE PRESIDENT: You know, it's been an amazing week. A lot has gotten done here in the Congress, and I want to thank both the Republicans and Democrats. I think -- I know the American people expect their elected representatives to work together to get some things done, get the homeland security bill. We're even going to get trade promotion authority, which will be good for jobs and American workers. We've got a corporate responsibility bill; it's a good piece of legislation, overwhelmingly supported by both Republicans and Democrats.

The American people saw last week that this administration and the Justice Department will track down those, prosecute those CEOs who break the law. We're making good progress here. I want to thank the members of the House; I talked to them about how pleased I am with the progress we're making.










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The American Presidency Project

William J. Clinton

XLII President of the United States: 1993-2001

Statement on Signing the Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996

June 3, 1996

I have today signed into law H.R. 1965, the "Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996." This legislation will continue support for programs under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) that balance coastal development with resource conservation.

The CZMA's voluntary Federal-State coastal management programs protect natural resources, stimulate coastal economic development, and help save lives and property. The programs also provide for monitoring of coastal conditions and research to address resource management issues.

Through their balanced approach and focus on Federal-State partnerships, CZMA programs have enjoyed bipartisan support throughout their 24-year history. The enactment of H.R. 1965 demonstrates our Nation's resolve to keep our coasts clean, healthy, and productive for generations to come.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

The White House, June 3, 1996.

NOTE: H.R. 1965, approved June 3, was assigned Public Law No. 104-150.










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The American Presidency Project

Franklin D. Roosevelt

XXXII President of the United States: 1933-1945

142 - Request for Cooperation and Coordination of War Relief Agencies.

October 12, 1939

THE CONGRESS has provided in the Act with regard to neutrality that, subject to such rules and regulations as the President shall prescribe, funds may be solicited in this country to be used for medical aid and assistance and for food and clothing to relieve human suffering resulting from war. With a view to safeguarding the public and national interests the Secretary of State, acting in my behalf, has issued appropriate regulations to which all persons or agencies raising funds for relief, except the American Red Cross, shall be subject.

While we, as a Nation, are neutral in the present tragic war in Europe, I am sure we cannot be indifferent to the suffering inflicted upon the peoples of the war-torn countries, particularly upon the helpless women and children. It is traditional that the American people should wish, after providing in full measure for the support of our necessary charitable endeavors at home, to extend material aid to the helpless victims of war abroad.

In disasters at home or great emergencies abroad we naturally turn to the American Red Cross, which has been chartered by Congress as our national relief agency and which represents all of our people, both in war and in peace. We know from its remarkable record of service to humanity both at home and abroad that we can rely upon it to do its part as promptly and efficiently as conditions and its resources make possible.

Through its relationship to the International Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies, the American Red Cross has developed procedures of cooperation in the field of foreign relief. Since the beginning of the present European war it has been answering the most urgent appeals for aid, meeting the costs from contributions and its normal funds. It is now consulting with other Red Cross bodies and investigating as to how best to deal with some of the practical difficulties in order to formulate a coordinated program and thus to meet our share of relief as the needs develop.

With the continuance of war, human suffering will become more appalling and there will no doubt be need for relief work in addition to that which comes within the scope of Red Cross policy and responsibility. Groups desiring to carry on various kinds of relief work have in fact registered with the Secretary of State as required by regulations issued pursuant to the Neutrality Act. It is my hope that in their activities these groups will supplement and not conflict with the work of agencies already established and that there will be a complete coordination of effort of all voluntary relief in order to prevent duplication and confusion, avoid waste and promote the utmost efficiency.










http://www.chakoteya.net/movies/movie8.html

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)


BORG QUEEN: Why do you insist on utilising this primitive linguistic communication? Your android brain is capable of so much more.

DATA: Have you forgotten? I am endeavouring to become more human.

BORG QUEEN: Human! We used to be exactly like them. Flawed, weak, organic, but we evolved to include the synthetic. Now we use both to attain perfection. Your goal should be the same as ours.

DATA: Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind.

BORG QUEEN: Small words, from a small being, trying to attack what he doesn't understand.










http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F13.html

Deep Space Homer [ The Simpsons ]

Original airdate in N.A.: 24-Feb-94


Homer is despondent that night at dinner.

Homer: Stupid carbon rod. It's all just a popularity contest!

Bart: Wow! Did you actually get to _see_ the rod?

Marge: Oh, I'm sorry, Homey.

Homer: [mournful] Nobody respects me at work.

Marge: Well _we_ respect you! [Bart writes "Insert Brain Here" on the back of Homer's head] [Lisa and Bart laugh] Bart, I told you, don't draw on your father's skull.

[Marge reads it and begins to chuckle]


Since everyone's laughing, Homer asks, "What does it say? I want to see!" He tries spinning around to see it, but only ends up falling on the ground and gasping as he continues to run in circles. The family's laughter tapers off slowly. Soon, they all groan.

Homer: Ah, TV respects me. It laughs _with_ me, not at me!

[Turns it on; a man points at him]

Man: You stupid -- [laughs uncontrollably]










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_the_legitimate_use_of_physical_force

Monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force

The monopoly on the legitimate use of violence (Gewaltmonopol des Staates, also known as monopoly on legitimate violence and monopoly on violence) is the definition of the state expounded by Max Weber in Politics as a Vocation, and has been predominant in philosophy of law and political philosophy in the twentieth century. It defined a single entity, the state, exercising legitimate authority or violence over a given territory as territory was also deemed by Weber a characteristic of state. Monopoly on the simple use of violence, as discussed below, is different.


Generally speaking, those who support the existence of the state believe that there should be a monopoly on the use of violence, or at least a near monopoly. That is, they believe private violence should be prevented or punished unless it is used solely in immediate self-defence from violence. Supporters of the state monopoly argue that if a monopoly on the use of violence does not exist, private individuals or groups will, inevitably, arm themselves and use violence against each other and others; thus they claim that anarchy results in more violence than found in even the most violent state (though this is by definition implausible, as any successful use of violence will, with only the most wildly improbable of hypothetical exceptions, immediately result in at least momentary hierarchy — the very antithesis of anarchy). In support of such reasoning, supporters sometimes point to areas and periods where, on their reading of events, this monopoly did not exist (or, in some sense, where there existed close to a "free market" in violence and security), such as modern Somalia, or Europe during the Dark Ages. They contend that such instances show that the attainment by any government of a monopoly on violence would have improved the lives of the inhabitants.

The philosopher Thomas Hobbes strongly supported a centralized practitioner of force, as he believed that that is the only way an orderly society could be maintained. As Hobbes writes in The Leviathan:

For the laws of nature, as justice, equity, modesty, mercy, and, in sum, doing to others as we would be done to, of themselves, without the terror of some power to cause them to be observed, are contrary to our natural passions, that carry us to partiality, pride, revenge, and the like. And covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all. Therefore, notwithstanding the laws of nature (which every one hath then kept, when he has the will to keep them, when he can do it safely), if there be no power erected, or not great enough for our security, every man will and may lawfully rely on his own strength and art for caution against all other men.










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tv.com


The Last Ship Season 2 Episode 6

Long Day's Journey

Aired Sunday 9:00 PM Jul 19, 2015 on TNT

AIRED: 7/19/15



http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=327&t=19597


F.D. » Transcripts » H-L » The Last Ship

02x06 - Long Day's Journey


Say that again, Bruv.










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Sideshow Bob Roberts [ The Simpsons ]

Original airdate in N.A.: 9-Oct-94


Bart listens to a walkman in class.

Bob: [on the radio] But it would be terribly myopic of me to blame all my current woes on one spiky-haired little simpleton.

Barlow: Mm hm, myopic. Or to say the least, intransigent. Now you mentioned some woes there.

Bob: Well...you see, Birch, I'm presently incarcerated. [scene switch to prison where a riot is taking place] Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 5:06 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 20 July 2015