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The Spectacle Blog
Liberals are mad as hell about the tax deal that President Obama cut with Republicans, and they are demanding that Congressional Democrats wage war on the issue. At the same time, this lame duck Congress will be the last opportunity in the forseeable future to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” There are moderate Republicans who support the repeal, but they don’t want to vote on it until the tax issue gets resolved, and time is running out fast. In theory, the Senate is scheduled to adjorn next Friday. This presents a dilemma for liberals: should they give up the tax fight to help repeal “DADT”?
Skeptical liberals may argue that even if Democratic opponents of the tax deal abandoned their objections and allowed it to pass immediately, that moderate Republicans would still come up with other procedural objections to repealing “DADT.” Perhaps that’s right. But the question they should ask themselves is whether dragging out the fight on taxes is likely to produce meaningful concessions from Republicans. My guess is that it would not, and that they’d find it easier to convince Sens. Brown and Murkowski to vote for repeal (which they’ve said they support on substance).
Put another way, by clamoring for a largely symbolic fight on taxes, liberals are making it much less likely that gays will be allowed to openly serve in the military.
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Nick| 12.9.10 @ 6:24PM
Libs, don't listen to Mr. Klein.
You guys keep fighting O'Bama.
He is essentially the third term of George W. Bush.
Keep fighting I say!
Alan Brooks| 12.9.10 @ 9:13PM
Mostly I just don't like it you are trying to scapegoat gays now that it is harder to dump on blacks.
As you don't trust me, I do not trust you-- you want to blame gays for your problems, as so many Arabs blame Jews.
WB| 12.9.10 @ 10:33PM
Yay! Verily! You must continue to fight so you improve the chances of the Republicans to oust you in th next Congressional elections! Please! Continue to be stupid ...
Mike| 12.10.10 @ 8:02AM
I was kicked out of the Army due to this policy. I do not live in a free country, and I never will.
Boston12GS| 12.10.10 @ 10:12AM
Didn't know the policy when you enlisted, eh? That does suck.
John W. Ely| 12.10.10 @ 10:24AM
This tax extension is a set up for repubs. Obama and liberals are couching this as a stimulus to create as many as 2 million jobs. This extension is a floor to prevent the collapse of an already fragile economy. It alone hasnt acted like a stimulus for either Bush or Obama. Without meaningful debt reduction, a ceasing of attacking the private sector both rhetorically and with regulation, you are unlikely to see any real growth. Obama can then say he tried Republicans ways and it was a failure.
Also note that Obama has already nuanced this as tax cuts for the wealthy. This is tax extensions on INCOME, not wealth. $300,000 in income is along way from wealth.
John Ely| 12.10.10 @ 10:26AM
forgot to mention that without repeal of Obamacare, small businesses are unlikely to hire.
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DVD drive Burner | 11.8.11 @ 4:13AM
How to Burn an AVCHD File to DVD
AVCHD is a new high definition standard created by Sony, and used in many of their HD Camcorders. The resulting AVCHD disc is then able to be played in many consumer Blu-Ray players, the Sony Playstation 3, as well as the camcorders themselves. These are capable of producing 1080p and 720p video.
Instructions
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If you have not done so already, plug in your camcorder to your PC. If an autoplay box does not appear, locate the camcorder's files on your PC. Two folders are needed in order to properly burn an AVCHD onto DVD, and they are BDMV and Certificate. Once they are located, copy and paste these two files onto your desktop. This could take anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes.
2
Once they are transferred to your desktop, go to the following web address and download the software:
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
Once downloaded, install the software by double-clicking the downloaded file and follow on-screen instructions.
3
Right click the AVCHD folder that you just transferred to your desktop and click on "Properties." On the General tab, locate the size of the file in order to specify how big of a DVD is needed to burn the files. Sizes up to 4.3GB will fit onto single layer DVD's. If the size exceeds 4.3 GB, a dual-layer DVD is needed. Once you figure out which DVD is needed, insert it into your PC's DVD-RW drive.
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Imgburn Software
Open the ImgBurn program that was just installed. Click the option that reads "Write files/folders to disc." The next screen is where you need to click some options. The image provided locates the options that need to be checked and unchecked. Make sure the "Auto" box is checked and the "Verify" box unchecked. After this is done, add the 2 folders (BDMV and Certificate) into the large open space. This can be done by either clicking on the magnifying glass and adding them, or by simply dragging and dropping them into the program.
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Once the files are loaded into the program, the settings will verify you want to change to UDF 2.5 burning mode. Click "Yes" when prompted. Next, simply click on the large icon located near the bottom. You will be greeted by a few pop-ups verifying your disc burning session and allowing you to name the disc. Click "OK" and your burning will start.
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Once the burning is complete, remove the disc and insert into appropriate Blu-Ray players or Sony Playstation 3. If all went well, you will be enjoying your home movies in amazing quality, also allowing you to start a library of HD home movies, instead of storing them on a hard drive
Tips & Warnings
Memorex and Verbatim DVD's have the best success rate. Verbatim Dual Layer DVD's are the best to use when needed. Be patient, burning might take a couple tries.
Depending on your PC's DVD drive and Blank disc, you may go through a few DVD's until one works perfectly. AVCHD does not work on all Blu-Ray players, so check with the manufacturer first. Do not pirate copyrighted material.