Not to mention Canada's population is only about 10% of US.

Heh, DTW does the opposite: they only use the scanners and only during busy hours will they open up the metal detectors to relieve foot traffic. Over the last 6 months, flying in and out of Detroit every week, I've only missed the scanners twice, perhaps three times.

I disagree. In fact, it's incredibly taxing on our economy to keep up the prohibition. Unless the government has a hand in selling marijuana (I doubt that marijuana would be their illegal narcotic of choice) then all they're doing is shoveling millions of dollars into the prisons to pay for the prisoners in jail for selling/possessing it.

However, if they legalize and tax it, marijuana would bring in millions of dollars.

Heh, I see what you did there.

In one's application, it asks for your ethnicity. Generally speaking, if you check "Caucasian" and "male" your application is immediately filed in a shredder unless you're incredibly lucky. They give priority to minorities and women.

Technically, you do in fact need consent from both parties being recorded (in this case, Glik and the officer both need to agree) in order to record anything. However, I'm pretty sure you're allowed to record any law-enforcing arm of the government under the idea of protecting one's self from said government (the Constitution and Bill of Rights both suggest this in different ways, i.e. right to bare arms, freedom of press/speech, etc.). But I suppose this is the entire debate, isn't it?

Erm, let me clarify what I said, since I was using the word "private" in two forms. One cannot be declined paying in pennies when you're paying a private or public debt to the government, but one can be declined by a private seller unaffiliated with the government. I see my statement was rather ambiguous to begin with, I apologize.

Only in the case of private sellers can they demand a specific type of payment since they can decline to serve anyone for any or no reason. Fines, traffic tickets, taxes etc. is different--which is what was mentioned. I made nothing up.

It is against Federal law to decline or otherwise punish someone for paying in pennies. Sure, that doesn't stop people from trying to punish you, but if you're an ass to begin with by paying in pennies, they're sure as heck allowed to try and be an ass back. But anyone that knows any facts about currency know that pennies are legal tender for repaying debt, private or public.

Yes, cheap car. Obviously I'm not smoking whatever you're smoking. Mustangs are $22k new. Learn to troll better.

Like I've already said, I paid $2k for a reliable car, unlike Carollas, Camrys etc which are the same used price but tend to wear out sooner. Honda's are reliable and I preferred one of those, but all the Hondas in my area were not very well maintained, almost all of them having some sort of body damage. The Mustang I bought, however, was well maintained and for the last 7 years has only broken down once. So once again, my car was cheap.

I couldn't find a reliable Prius, they were all high-mileage and in disrepair. This car was well taken care of, and the same price. And I'm not making anybody but myself pay to scrape up creosote. Those costs come out of taxes on gas, which I use more of, ergo I'm paying for it.

Because I paid $2k for it.

I'm full of myself because I drive a cheap car? You'll have to explain this to me...

That's a good point, but the train system in the US blows. If you take the train, you will arrive late. And I live a 15 minute drive away from an airport.

You still make a good point, it just so happens that in my situation, the airport is hands down the best option for me.

If I moved to where my project is, I'd be moving every other year or more. That's not very fair to my family, so I don't.