Let's try this again. Natural selection occurs over the short term. Evolution over the long term. Both effect the population and the individual.

If the individual cannot survive then the population will not be made up of that individual. With enough pressure from variation and natural selection two populations will drift apart genetically, eventually become incompatible and separate.

My rant pointed out that while Progressives/Liberals tend to push for evolution in the public education arena, yet they are conversely are horrified by the idea that people should be subjugated to the whims of said evolution, which natural selection is very much a part of, which is why they push for so many laws that restrict behaviors that might be "dangerous".

You make me sad.

Producers never "pay" taxes. Corporations never "pay" taxes. Even when they do, they still don't actually pay anything. The tax is just itemized in the cost of doing business and passed on down the production chain....to the consumer who now has to work 3 times as hard to buy his gallon of gas.

You are less than intelligent if you think that we would all be living in grass huts and caves without taxes. The gov't didn't build my car, my health care, my house, etc, etc private individuals did that. I also get sick and tired of all the hand wringing over the environmental damage our modern lifestyle causes. You do realize each advancement was made to address a problem in the past that was less healthy than before. The demonized automobile solved the problem (sanitation/disease) caused by horses in large cities. Major population centers had to deal with thousands of tons of manure and hundreds of dead animals daily before the automobile came along.

Speaking of the environment, if you don't like corporations avoiding their environmental responsibilities for the damage they do then quit supporting gov't environmental laws that protect them. Most of the regulations out there restrict corporations from a certain level of pollution but at the same time protect them from being sued. See for example the off shore oil industry. They can't pollute, but at the same time the US Federal gov't limits that damages and fines that can be levied against them. If those regulations didn't exist we the people would be able to bleed them out in the courts for damages, but geniuses that think that the gov't is the way to go create opportunities for these horrible regulations that allow them to keep on polluting.

But back to the fuel tax. If gas was $.50 a gallon. I think the average consumer could afford to kick in a buck or two per gallon to help pay for the roads they drive on (they're called toll roads and they are everywhere) and in the process avoid the giant leaches that are the various forms of gov't looking for a host to feed off of.

Last time I checked it was the Jordanians that are flipping out of the Jordanian pilot. Obama could barely stifle his yawn, and took the opportunity to blame Americans for it.

eh??

Who gets to pick what that "standard" is? The censors get to pick. What if they are the worst perpetrators of discrimination?

The better solution is not have censorship in the first place, and have the ability to respond to people behaving poorly.

People need to know why we are using drones on terrorists....er freedom fighters.

Regardless facts and the truth trump the need to protect the fainting goats of the human species from their tendency to swoon.

Would it be possible to burn bitcoins to stay warm?

"Gas" tax is already about $1.50 a gallon in the US, so how about no.

Sure the actual Fed fuel tax is only $.18 a gallon, but you are forgetting State fuel tax along with the sales tax, corporate taxes at the local, state and federal level on the gas station, distributer, refiner, tankers, and the people that pull it out of the ground, along with royalties and other fees demanded by the Federal overlords.

They have plenty of money for infrastructure they are just pissing it away on other things.

This is called zoning, and you can thank all the city planners, love those bureaucrats and their wacky ideas, as to why in most areas you can't live where you work.

My next door neighbor can run a small business and have chickens on his property because his is zoned single family farm lot. Mine can have dual family housing, aka townhouses or split, but sadly no businesses or chickens because it is zoned multi-family.

Oh and the smallest lot any house can be on is 1/2 acre, so no tiny housing or trailer parks, or appartments, or anything without the planning commission getting it's bribe.....err consultation fee.

Hopefully you are being sarcastic and are not just an idiot. The poor and middle income brackets are hardest hit by infrastructure taxes and the most dependent on them. (Those evil rich people have private jets and helicopters so don't really need road.) So again the crazy thought is the States and the Feds should actually spend all the money they collect from fuel taxes on you know roads.

California for example was only spending about 25% of what they collected on the roads when I lived there 8 years ago.

You misunderstood my point. You are not an idiot just because you have a gun. Just the opposite in most cases. Liberals that think all gun owners are idiots are much larger idiots than even the biggest idiot who happens to have a gun. Idiots tend to kill themselves without help or interference from those around them which takes me to my second point.

Liberal scream Evolution, Evolution, Evolution, which is nothing more than the effects of natural selection over the long term, but at the same time they scream for protection, aka gov't regulations and laws, from said natural selection from taking it's "natural" course. I guess that is merely to prevent liberalism from being removed from the gene pool.

Along those lines I'd like to apply general aviation training requirements before being allowed to drive a car.

So after 35 hours of instruction, somewhere around $7000 is costs, able to pass an annual physical and mental evaluation, and speak clearly in English, . You'd be allowed to drive a 50hp, two passenger car up to 45mph, during the day, non-highway roads only, and only when the weather is clear and sunny. This would apply regardless of which country you live in btw.

If you were ever convicted of reckless behavior or a DUI you'd lose your license forever.

As far as gun owners needing to be astronauts, that's over-kill. Idiots with guns tends to be a self correcting problem. I thought all liberals preached natural selection. Why do they fight so hard against it?

Homeschool only works if you actually set a challenging agenda for your kid. Most public school these days either teach the test or teach for the slowest kid in the class. The benefit of homeschooling is they can actually get some more interesting skills in addition to academic knowledge: Martial arts, sports, industrial arts, regular arts and crafts, gardening, etc that are rarely available in either public or private school.

The only other thing public/private school offers is socialization, which is a must, but you get the good with the bad. With a little planning I'm thinking it would be pretty easy to have your kid interact with a wide variety of children and adults.

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You managed to tease out my level of ignorance from 7 lines of comment. Wow. Your arrogance is even more staggering than my ignorance.

Though if you think it will "only" be .05% then your ignorance is leaving mine in the dust.

If only all the slaves.....er regular people did as they were told then us smart people would be happy.

That's not how it is supposed to work.

If scientists discover that sticking a fork in your eye is bad for you and might hurt, he has a duty to report especially if he is paid by public largess, but the public at large has a right to keep on sticking said forks in their eyes if that's what they want to do.

Global warming...got it. I don't live close to the water and frankly don't like the people that do. You say the ocean is going to come up and get them? Sounds good to me. Fuck the idiots that build that close and no I'm not going to give up my lifestyle and 23% of my paycheck to help "prevent" it.

In further news various governments have dropped all attempts at regulating the internet after the 15th successful kicker starter campaign has created yet another global network outside of their control....