So what makes you think if the government makes new rules, companies will follow them?

So you're saying that the right of a state militia to bear arms was so much in question that a constitutional amendment was necessary to guarantee it?

Um, yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Sure.

Tell that to Phil Jones.

Look, if it upsets you that much, post your address and we'll be glad to mail you a hankie. A nice pink one to go with your politics.

And the problem with withdrawal from the EU would be, er, what?

I understand that in addition to the BNP, the UKIP is making friends fast across the pond there, too.

If you think that's bad, for each of these errors that gets publicized, vast swaths of the population lose faith in the mountain of scientific evidence for anything whatsoever, including support for man-made global warming.

If these kind of errors are indicative of the standard by which scientific evidence is being gathered, then the public *should* lose faith in the claims of science.

Exactly why does science deserve to be put upon a pedestal unquestioned, anyway?

One mistake wouldn't. But the rate at which "mistakes" are piling up is becoming troubling, to say the least.

If you're hearing it more often, it might be because more people are starting to realize it's true.

Indeed. I've always thought "alarmists" was a much more apt description.

Indeed. Provide a socialist with a service, and in a week he'll be calling it a human right.

John Derbyshire expressed a similar sentiment. Which I also agree with.

Well, if you don't like his sig, I doubt you're going to like mine much, either.

Problem is, some of the other sources aren't looking so good, either.