Not to mention just plain bad fucking grammar.

A furlong is 1/8 of a mile and is commonly used at horse racing tracks in the US. There are 5280 feet in one mile that means there are 660 feet in 1 furlong. Anyone that bets on horses knows this and that is quite a few. Now everyone or nearly so knows that the Metric System is a much better system but the question as to why we stubborn Americans don't use it is quite simple. It has nothing to do with economics, we simply do not want to nothing more to it than that.

I personally don't give two sh*ts which system is used. Most everything has both measurements on the packaging. The auto industry has already converted to the metric system and so too has the military have been for decades. The only thing I would like to see happen is the use of the 24 hour clock most commonly known as military time amongst the uninformed.

Because it would further perpetuate the irrational fear of GMO's and could feasibly cause more people who would otherwise be blissfully ignorant to not buy the GMO's. If enough people with the irrational fear of GMO's don't buy them the producers of said GMO's lose money and possible GMO's go the way of the Twinkies. Granted it would be a long shot but the short answer is money.

Ignorance of the law may be no excuse; however, ignorance of common sense is no excuse for the law.

Is Westboro protected by the first amendment? Absolutely.

Is it destroying or otherwise hindering their abuse of that freedom by disagreeing with them and expressing that disagreement? Absolutely not, freedom is a two way street. The Government can not and should not interfere until there is a breach of peace but only to the extent of the the law allows.?

Did Anonymous do something illegal? Sure. Do I care? No.

Westboro is nothing but a group of hate mongers and do not have one ounce of common decency about them. They are not Christians in the truest sense of the term, they are agents of Satan period. Anyone that has an opinion about then are just as free to express that opinion. The government cannot by law tell them to stop their stupidity but the common citizen sure as hell can. It is as much their right to protest Westboro Satanic Church as it is for those morons to spout their garbage.

The software isn't the problem, it's the assholes using the software that is the problem. With the right information inputted into the program it could be made to profile a cute fuzzy bunny as a terrorist threat.

I say let them be offended.

"I am a geologist, certainty is a big word. " (Volcano)

However you slice it the Italian courts made the wrong decision. People made bad decisions to carry on as before because it's easier to pretend that so-called experts know better than they do. The only crime committed that day was apathy and now a handful of innocents have to suffer for it.

They tried that with alcohol, it didn't work and there is no reason to suspect that it will work with tobacco. It is human nature to want what they are told they can't have. Marijuana is illegal and that hasn't stopped its use. All arguments for or against aside, this will come back to bite them in the ass. "For those that refuse to learn from history, they are doomed to repeat it." .

For the record I am a non-smoker..

Why are we hiring incompetent civilians to guard nuclear facilities? We have people already on the government payroll that can do the same job and may just possible be more dedicated to the security of such facilities. They are the men and women of the US Military.

Hey they also let him borrow their Huey to deliver the Plexi, now tell me that the barter value isn't very high. It isn't exactly cheap to operate one of those you know. Besides those sheets were six inches thick and huge, can you say not cheap?

Technically an executive order is law. He has the legal authority to issue executive orders, fortunately the power of the executive order is limited in scope. Such as all flags to be flown at half staff and such, but they can outlaw certain things temporarily such as Bush's ban on assault rifles. If the executive orders went beyond his powers then there would be real cause for concern.

Neither, the premise for the court action in the first place is false.

It doesn't prevent them from attempting to legislate it, but the point is they haven't...yet.

When such action is based upon a false premise then yes.

Is there a Rebellion currently in the US? No. Is there an active Invasion upon American soil requiring massive military action to repel said invasion? No. One of these two conditions Rebellion or Invasion, must exist before the argument of a threat to public safety may be attempted on a legitimate basis. Focusing on one part of a clause while ignoring the rest is how propaganda is started and spread. This is why reading comprehension is so important.

It does not, it is merely a resolution that falls short of an actual declaration of war. Which hasn't occurred since WW II. In order for the indefinite detention of American Citizens without charge to occur the Writ of Habeas Corpus must be specifically suspended by Congress as require by Article I Section 9 of the Constitution. What it does do is open the door for the President to invade countries like Iran merely on the premise of Terrorism. We all know that one is coming.

All true but under Technocracy the only people in the positions of power are those that actually qualify for the position and are put there by the people qualified to make the decision of who is qualified. This pretty much leaves out 99% of the populous and eliminates any semblance of Democracy. But it would be nice to have someone in office that actually knew what they were doing.