Maybe you're confusing "person of the year" as something that means good guy or bad guy.. It doesn't. It just means someone that causes change or brings things to light or causes a big splash etc... someone who greatly impacts us.

While i agree with your sentiment, leaving regulation to the private sector is just as bad if not worse... Self regulation == no regulation

That's right senators.. no more calls for you on your next private flight either... or... was this law just meant for "the people" for their own "safety".

Well when you put it that way, it sounds like a Dr. Seuss story..

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I've been shouting slippery slope for decades... usually to a chorus of "traitor" and "terrorist sympathizer"

"Under the Obama administration, I am sorry to say, the Constitution of the United States has become as valuable as soiled disposable diaper."

...I thought you said you were here since the 1970's

Unless you're poor at catching in which case, lawsuit.. and profit.

They also regularly exceed the speed limit when they don't have those red and blue lights on... because who pulls over a cop?

I know that's supposed to be tongue in cheek, but correlation is just another way of saying, we need to look into this with more detail. So if that's your hypothesis and there's correlation between the events, then who am I to judge if you decided to study it with greater detail.

**might** be explained

Isn't that pretty much what "correlation" means?

"Affordable" is a subjective term.

" These things can be changed through well-funded education systems that seek to overcome parents' bad attitudes, but it takes generations, and the US has been going backwards for a long time." ...and to a vast majority of conservatives these days... THAT'S Socialism. It's sad to say, but it's true that people think that.

It's newsworthy because it's in the public spotlight.. it's topical.. and that means ad revenue. It's not about whether or not something is "newsworthy" it's about what's currently being discussed and how that relates to the corporate revenue stream.

You mean like electronic voting boxes?