But most of the time I run out of patience before them and then go 'may I ask a question?' :
Are your parents proud to have a criminal in the family?

The last Asian became very irritated and started calling me names, mission accomplished :)

Yeah I agree, this silly waving of the national flag by conservatives is clear evidence of their lack of self-esteem.

Regrettably the (conservative) right wing of USofA politics has years ago decided to laugh at such treaties and now we have an issue.

The 'Conflict of Law' legal specialists will be the only beneficiaries!

And the others after you?

No less truth 'cause you chose to post this as an AC.

I have no problem with conservative politics but can't stand their unwillingness to accept facts that don't agree with the broken parts of their philosophy.

What is wrong in the AZ debate is that they (the religious extremists) are mixing biology (science) and their personal beliefs.

The French problem is typically a lack of maintenance, where the northern countries have fairly strict annual safety and emission tests the French are more laissez faire and now it bites them back.

It's so obvious the money trail has to be cut.

Presently The Netherlands has one, Denmark usually has one and they work.

Interesting, who is going to appoint those senators?

Over here in The Netherlands we have a system whereby the senate is voted in by the provincial 'parliaments' called The States.
This election happens every 4 years, no later than three months after the provincial elections.
The 'value' of a provincial vote depends on how populous the province is.

It's typically during these periods we have the most stable system :)

The German tweak is a 5% minimum threshold to get into the parliament, only recognised minorities are exempted.