I'm more alarmed they allowed this to get out. What are they really hiding that this red herring is being used to distract the public.

though the final and real test will be if they re-nominate him in 2012

Implying there are better options. It's like being given the choice of five different red doors and five different blue doors, but they all lead to the same grey cell.

The deadline to file was March 14th, and I own one of these defective HP's. In fact it died three months ago.

Way to stay true to your Sig.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that what internet(1) was all about?

I usually use the phrase free range kids in a more derogatory fashion; as in "Yeah their kids are free range, they don't even have a bedtime!"

Did he just say blessed are the cheesemakers?

Is that your actual belief, or just what you plan to tell the courts?

"It wasn't my fault your honor, I thought it was a fat guy pretending to be a 13 year old!"

Use of SATP in casual setting:
science nerd achievement unlocked!

My parent's are unclosed double-entendres, you insensitive clod!

I would've thought this sort of thing is right up the alley for the "average Joe sixpack" (pun intended).

I'm only 33, but when I was in my teens I checked it out from the library. I wasn't arrested, nor was I prohibited (even as a minor) from looking at it.

Click to become a fan of slashdot on facebook? Really?

I'm not discounting your achievements, I was genuinely hoping that you had evidence anecdotal or otherwise that someone was able to successfully lobby the American government and achieve positive change. It is something I have never seen- not once.

In response to the rest of your vitriol I am not trying to de-motivate anyone, but would rather they spend that motivation on something that could actually affect change. Perhaps in your country writing a letter will get you an actual response, but from my experience in writing to my congressmen we receive form letters in return, presumably sent by an under-staffer.

Ah, so you've achieved progress in a non-US government, which was not all what was implied.

Try it on a congressmen, I assure you they are quite a different breed.