Because, because, we don't like what happened and believe due process is only applicable to cases where we agree with the defendant. So there!

It would fall under that definition, but violating the statute requires proof that it was in actual operation at the time. Without a confession, there is no way to convict someone for operating it because nobody can tell if it's actually in operation except for the user.

Your parents paid tuition there in addition to paying public school tuition for their entire lives (property taxes + income taxes). As long as people pay for the system, public school cheerleaders don't care where you send your kids. They only care when your taxes follow your kids.

People didn't like Washington's Running Start program for high school juniors and seniors because taxes followed them to pay for tuition at State colleges. Never mind the excellent education for capable students, or that it kept students like myself from dropping out completely. They don't care if you drop out, but don't dare try to use the money for another institution.

Only for rigorous science is that actually very important. Lack of any evidence corroborating a relationship (when you have reason to believe you have examined all modes in which such a relationship could take place) is indeed very good cause to believe no relationship exists between two entities.

Only for the most rigorous standards is the lack of ability to 100% "prove a negative" relevant. Most things have a much lower bar, and the lack of any corroborating evidence of a relationship is actually pretty easy to provide with decent transparency.

Given the revelations of Snowden, claims of paranoia just don't have the same impact they once did.

Where in the hell did you get "grown children" from? Parents looking over their children's shoulders is not the same as being so overbearing you damage them forever. There's this little thing called "middle ground," which it does not seem you have heard of.

Heh, I came here to post exactly the same thing.

Indeed. The comparison fails because the corrosion of aluminum is not comparable to rust (being non-brittle). A coating of aluminum oxide is actually pretty good at protecting the aluminum beneath it because it doesn't flake, unlike ferric oxide.

4WD offsets the problem with driving an rear-wheel-drive vehicle with no weight over the rear axle. Any pickup is crappy for driving on slick surfaces unless it either has a lot of weight in the back or is 4WD.

The higher rating also includes the frame, which is especially important in the longer vehicles (crew cab longbed, for example).

Except the money leaving the State isn't necessarily money that would otherwise go into government coffers.

No, what makes this particular group evil is that they want to turn another nation into a theocracy. It has nothing to do with their names or skin color. I have no problem with Muslims who are not evil, and that constitutes the majority of all Muslims. Religious fundamentalists are a problem, regardless of what religion they claim to be operating on behalf of.

The Federal government wouldn't even blink at a loss of 34 billion dollars.

We live in a Republic, which has a number of positive, anti-democratic features. The Bill of Rights is one of the most prominent features designed to thwart some of the worst possible effects of a true democracy.

Many of the problems with lack of decent representation are due to governments being too large. It should go the other way. Smaller subdivisions offer more responsive representatives.