Sure thing. All it will cost him is his life savings plus whatever debt he incurs.

The point is not that no one else has problems, obviously they do. It's just that if everything else were the same, and you were *also* black, you'd almost certainly be even worse off. Being a white man is kind of like being born with a +10 ring of luck. Doesn't mean you didn't also get saddled with a -60 luck modifier, it just means you have it that much easier than you would have otherwise.

But that part's okay - the house was clearly guilty of containing suspicious items, and declined to plead innocent of criminal intent at trial.

I'd use it as an explanation of the California Crazy, but unless there is something similar up near Portland, OR I won't have a good explanation for them.

So Bush was right then?

The terrorists hate us for our freedom
So the solution is to take them away until the stop attack then right?

Some are so long as they are fairly modern and a working breed. From what I understand the brittany is and they seem to be a wonderful animal. One that has the hunt instinct will look forward to it and knows what it looks like when you are getting ready to go and wants in the truck. They also have a great temperament and from what I have seen and read don't seem to have the health problems that other older breeds have.

Well if we already have a hole and excess wood.

Well most of the vehicles used in mining are electric drive so does it really matter what the generation source is behind them? Also the ball mills and other equipment typically involved in refining the ore don't seem to really care where their electrons come from either.

My experience would dictate that it takes far less than an century. I dispose of all of the leaves, BBQ ash in the garden plot in my backyard. When I moved in the dirt that was there was about 2 inches below the concrete (just some ugly unkept bush was there), now it is at least an inch above (I have to shovel it back in) and when I till it in the spring it will fluff up another 3-4 inches. Then again I am disposing of all sorts of stuff in there, all of the leaves from trees, fish and bits of fish, and BBQ ash so there is a lot of material that ends up in there.

My understanding is that wood if it is buried far enough down and kept away from oxygen will still basically turn into coal eventually.

No with trees you need to cut them down and harvest the wood. If used in durable goods it becomes a very effective method for sequestering carbon. If you really want to go for long term sequestration then dig a giant hole and then fill it so there is a giant pile of harvested trees and then cover it with dirt.

Sounds not too dissimilar to my oldest. Initially we enrolled him in gymnastics to help out with coordination and balance (he really had problems). After the first 3 months we asked him if he wanted to keep going and he has said yes every time for the past couple of years. He is almost the only boy there but if he enjoys it and it has done wonders for his coordination and balance.

I'm fairly certain dead people have no legal rights, nor do hypothetical new copies that might be created at some point in the future. That money belongs to whoever controls the fund, not the corpses - so I suppose as long as they can be trusted not to enrich themselves at the expense of a bunch of slowly rotting meat, sure there might still be funds available. But nobody is being reanimated, at best they're being copied.

I mostly agree in principle, got any suggestions on how to succeed at something that's never been meaningfully accomplished in the entire history of civilization? Didn't think so. Smaller government doesn't strip the cronies of any meaningful power, it just means that they're the only beneficiaries.

Face it, it's not going to happen. The question is only if some of the wealth being stripped from us is used to provide us with meaningful benefits, or if it all goes to the cronies. I'm putting the gun to no ones head - *we* generated 100% of the wealth, not the people wielding it.

How about this - you want smaller government, how about we start by eliminating THE largest completely artificial construct keeping the cronies in power. The thing every government in history has defended before all else, at least for the powerful: strong property rights. That's what lets the powerful accumulate ever more power - in nature you can own only what you can personally defend, nobody can accumulate vastly more wealth than their peers or it simply gets taken when they're not looking, or in open confrontation. In comparison even strong socialism is positively draconian in propping up the privilege of the powerful..

Even in your scenario I'm guessing a lot of those wounds would be non fatal as they would be to what ever was closest to the muzzle of the gun, likely a gut shot or between the lungs if it is square in the middle of the chest. The assailant would be bleeding like a stuck pig but it probably wouldn't be instant death or even guaranteed death. This isn't to say I am against having responsible law abiding citizens armed, just don't think that it is be all end all of personal safety. Also another thing to keep in mind is an attacker can take your firearm, or they may have their own. Being aware of your surroundings is probably more important for your personal safety than having a firearm.