Not to argue the question one way or the other (I’m not qualified) but I suspect some people envision NSA as “listening to their telephone calls” or “reading their emails”. Before accepting that scenario I’d advise: Stop and think about how many millions (tens of millions?) of listeners and readers it would take to actually [...]

It’s interesting that Ellis takes a position on “government spying” (his label) essentially in opposition to the stated positions of House and Senate Republican leaders and much more in line with the ACLU.

“are all politicians . . . gutless wonders?” No, not all, it’s just that 90% give that impression.

“Revising” or “expanding” the Constitution is not a trivial process. http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution/ It sounds like Lunde is proposing a Constitutional Convention (it is noteworthy that NONE of the 27 Amendments to the Constitution have resulted from a Constitutional Convention). Especially with today’s political climate I suspect a Constitutional Convention would probably result in a lot of [...]

Actually $3.65 is a bargain compared to much of the rest of the World. Regarding tax, for comparison, drivers in England pay about 60% in tax and duty. ( A couple of weeks ago I was talking to a woman in Bath: ” It costs me about 100 pounds ( about $155 US ) every [...]

Yup, I remember when they cluttered the roadsides. Good riddance! (They don’t exist in a number of countries outside the USA.)

“What’s up with that?” is a climate change denial website/blog and lacks scientific credibility. The “essay” by Doctor Spencer (via the the link) is just an essay and counts for little in the scientific community — anyone can write an essay about anything. What counts are published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Has Dr. Spencer [...]

We thought they were a good idea initially and we now feel even more strongly they are. However we should note that we are biased — we are in favor of traffic laws being enforced.

Chuckle. From a win-nut’s viewpoint anything not far-right conservative is “liberal”. King might stand a chance running against a trained seal as long as the seal didn’t bring up the library of King’s history of outrageous statements. By the way, I searched eBay for “whack” and found 2164 sources — apparently no shortage of “whack”.

Where is any reference made (or implied) to “one group doesn’t like the term” ? ( Read again the last two paragraphs. )

I think he accidentally left out a word and comma as in: ” You know, kowtow . . . “, not referring to you specifically but to the label “any Republican” and further to “loony fundamentalist base”. As-is his sentence doesn’t really make sense to the literal reading of your post. By the way, I [...]

I don’t have a clue either — just looks like a “word (tossed) salad” to me.

Being that you read into my post something that would prompt you to ask if I was claiming being forced to give a DNA sample is not a search then go ahead and read a book-worth’s of statements into it and write one — I don’t care. Anyone else can read my post for what [...]

From what I have been able to deduce from reading several news sources ( not having been able to find the actual text of the bill) the proposal would outlaw funds for abortions for cases of rape, profoundly deformed fetuses, and to protect the life of the mother, and a Republican legislator claims it’s the [...]

The US Constitution is rather a small document — my pocket copy is 3.5 X 5.5 inches and only about 1/8″ thick whereas combined federal and state laws probably weigh many tons. If a law is passed allowing DNA specimens to be taken that’s just another law that may or may not pass the Constitutional [...]

Looks like a good example of pork barrel and earmarks politics and why we’re headed up Debt Creek with a shortage of paddles. Fortunately not all of these “politician monuments” come to fruition, like the billion dollar “Bridge to Nowhere” that was proposed for Alaska. ( But we’re also to blame — you don’t hear [...]

How is the question unclear, it makes no qualification as to connection? “If so who cares ?” Cares about what ? Free will ( whether or not free will actually exists (I rather doubt it) has been debated for centuries) an American attribute (limited to America?) ? “. . . (government) force private groups. . [...]

I wasn’t sure what a “aggravated misdemeanor” was. Here is some information respective to Iowa law. http://misdemeanorguide.com/Iowa-misdemeanor.php

Your link is not to a “scientific source” but to a blog. In addition the claims is for the US ( only a very small portion of the Earth’s surface ) not the World.

” . . . temperatures have not . . . ” ?
Here are some graphs: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/