Rights are inherent to being a human being, that is, a rational animal. They are not from anything, in particular they are not from a fictional entity. It is the responsibility of government to recognize, codify, and protect rights.

Love Canal was a properly lined and capped toxic waste dump, privately owned. It was seized by the government, and over the warnings of the old owner the integrity of the containment was destroyed.

If you need an analogy you can understand, watch Ghostbusters.

Government bailouts are not a part of a free market economy.

Government investments are inherently more inefficient because the money is funneled through another layer, which bleeds off a portion. Government investments are inherently immoral, because they use funds not acquired voluntarily.

You need both private and public funding or your economy falters.

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The statute of limitations generally is a limit on the amount of time that passes from the time of a crime until legal action is begun. The violator doesn't get a free pass just because he evades the law after he's noticed he's being pursued.

Do we have to prove that these compounds are dangerous, in order to get them out of the environment?

You have to demonstrate that there's a fair reason to suspect danger, then further tests are warranted. Every new chemical that will reach a consumer should have some testing, but to prove that it's harmless is an unreasonable restriction. There's always going to be some tradeoff between safety and other concerns.

We could ban any use of silane, it's a very dangerous chemical. Oops, no more semiconductor industry.

The places most likely to contain lead are urban, and areas within a couple of feet of houses built before lead paint was banned. Not much farming goes on in urban areas, and that's where most of the poverty is. Historically, the problem has been babies gnawing on lead painted baseboards and cribs, etc., not their mothers. So perhaps there is some problem with poor pregnant women with lead paint chips near the side of their tumbledown shanties in rural areas, but I doubt that there are many. It's a declining problem, and your "Have you considered the difficulty for a woman trying to avoid lead?" is just hyperbole.

I might have accepted your argument until I read you parroting the lie about Love Canal. Read up on the details yourself; it's not my job to educate fools.

The assumption that global warming is a bad thing is unjustified. One reason among many is that if the climate is warm, it's not necessary to burn stuff to keep warm. Less burning, less air pollution.

Hydrogen fuel cells have a theoretical efficiency of over 60%, and that's something we can't do with combustion engines. Making hydrocarbon fuels from captured CO2 and then burning it is a reasonable interim technology, but it doesn't seem like the best long term approach.

Congress has granted the IOC special trademark privileges for exclusive use any linked ring motif

That must be really irritating to Audi, and also the maker of Ballantine's beer.

15 federal judges have been impeached, 8 convicted and removed from office.

Once you get a federal judicial appointment, you are set for life.

Within limits. Commit murder and your judgeship is moot.

Note that the 16th amendment give the government the power to tax income, but it does not state that the government must tax income. In principle, the income tax could be discontinued without repealing the 16th amendment. Fat chance.

He gave up. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/3201789-418/chicago-jesus-board-chico-mayoral.html

The big message is sent when the result is (for instance) 48/47/5, and both major parties realize they could have had a clear victory if they hadn't alienated the 5%.