Have you been in a coma for 13.5 years?

That's just a rough draft. It's yet to be polished and made ready for public consumption.

Only if the question is "How do you bankrupt the country more quickly than is already being done?"

SOME people in this country have exactly the government they deserve. Those of us who faithfully follow the process, campaign for better ideas, and get nowhere because we're surrounded by masses of apathetic, incompetent idiots do not have the government we deserve. Significant power and authority returning to the individual states would help with that (not solve it by any means, but help).

I'm prepared against tigers.
I have my specious rock.
If you don't know that is a Simpsons quote relating bears repulsed by the patroll(sp) and stealth bombers.

Golf, for me, isn't so much about the act of playing the game, but who I'm playing it with.

If you aren't having a good time, try different golfing partners. Don't take it so seriously.

And use a bright fucking orange ball that is way easier to find in the weeds, because you can't miss it in the sky while it's flying. That's a great way to knock some strokes off the score, and time off the clock.

It's completely possible, and in fact the way that 98% of all golf is played, to play without being a member of a club.

Municipal courses exist, where you can walk in with your shit, pay your use fee, buy a few beers, and have a go at it.

Anywhere that has municipal courses are not likely to be $100+. Around here, it's more like $20.

With golf, you get to drink even when you lose!

Gays are not singled out.

Gay sex is not singled out. There is no cherry picking involved. The root of all sexual teaching is the same: non-procreative sex acts are sinful.

It is a sin for a straight couple to have sex before they are married. Are we bigoted against the unmarried?

It is a sin for a married straight couple to use contraception. Are we bigoted against married couples?

It is a sin to masturbate. Are we bigoted against masturbators?

It is a sin to have sex outside of your marriage. Are we bigoted against adulterers?

It is a sin to have gay sex. Are we bigoted against those who harbor attractions to those of the same sex?

They are not singled out. The same rules apply to everybody.

"standard" usage will reach about 2/4 years before the degrade in mileage

Only six months? Wow, that's not so good.

Personally I self-insure everything for which there isn't a legal necessity to have insurance. I don't see any point in paying someone else to take a risk when I can do it myself.

Yes. About the only time insurance makes financial sense is when the outcome would be ruinous otherwise. This obviously excludes, for example, extended warranties. Whoever came up with that one is probably in the Retail Sales Hall of Fame.

If leasing is such a better deal than buying that means somebody made a mistake. If you get to avoid the cost of battery decay then (obviously) somebody else is paying for it. So it should have been factored into the price of the lease. Either they miscalculated or you did, but somebody is wrong.

I mix up "Peoria" and "Pretoria" all the time. Is there much of a difference?

Nobody marches to Peoria.