1200 in the US die every day from smoking related illnesses 135 of these are from passive smoke 115 fatal car accidents happen every day in the US (no mention of how many die in each)

People die from one or the other, but how much is a life worth?

Passive smoke and roadkill isn't that different really. Where the real hipocracy is, is when life-time smokers expect expensive treatment to keep them alive for another 5 years.

As a rake (and smoker) myself, i am already aware of the years (of boring life) I won't get, I need no treatment, i may live 5-10 years shorter, but i enjoyed every single day of what i had. As for the 135 passive smoke deaths, it could be avoided with considerate smokers, just as considerate drivers rarely kill anyone.

Liberty isn't just about money, guns and cars, it's just as much about what kind of life you wanna lead urself.

UAC is not a security barrier. It is trivial for programs to bypass, especially in win7. Its purpose is to make running as admin a bit more like running as a limited user and thereby push developers towards making their programs function well under limited user accounts (the long-term goal).

This page is a good starting point for UAC security, esp. under win7: http://www.pretentiousname.com/misc/win7_uac_whitelist2.html.

Well, I'm european, and I understand your perspective.

On the other hand, who earns on the american model? The banks and insurance companies, not you as a citizen. I bet you that you spend just as much on percent of your income on loans + savings + insurances + taxes as I do, if not even more.

You have to either save up or borrow money for education, I don't, and it's reflected in the reputation that general american education has versus the european. I pay extra for smoking, can't wait until they realize that fat should be taxed like tobacco and alcohol, basically these added taxes ensures that at least on healthcare, no one are cheating anyone (except from the fat people so far).

Of course there are lazy slackers around living off government money, but at least I don't have to reject 20-30 beggers each time I go for a downtown walk or train trip, they're at their home, spending my money on beer and drugs probably. The relief of this alone is worth the money, never feel guilty, never waste my time, don't have to look at poverty and a failure of society each second I'm outdoors.

I have done what I could do for the poor, so they're not really poor anymore, but slackers? yes maybe, I don't care.

The Danish public service TV/Radio company is accused of being biased against the govt. from time to time. Just to add to the pile of "Tax/Govt. supported news sources can be fair" comments. The quality of the entertainment programmes varies tho, but mostly it's good.

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