Umm, if that 10% is out coming crimes, then I would rather be called a bigot, than turn a blind eye to crime. All in the name of "political correctness", right?

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That is an outright lie. Unless exigency circumstances exist, entering a house, without a warrant, would be illegal, unless the property owner gives permission to enter. Do not start creating falsehoods about enforcement and the judicial process in the US to try and make the UK not seem so fucked up.

Not only can law enforcement not enter a home, on the condition that "...a policeman says he *thought*(there is no 'think' in the evidentiary process) he smelt cannabis smoke coming from..." a home, but any necessary(the minimum need) force, upto and including deadly force, could be used to stop such an illegal entry from occurring. I wonder how that would play out in the UK?

Aside from a few irritations(TSA is one), the US seems to be ahead of the UK on freedom. "Initing racial hatred"? Suchs tweets are covered by the First Amendment, in the US.

That is a complete lie. The "stand your ground" laws only codify people's right to protect themselves, without having to try and run away first. Courts have already ruled, in the US, that people do not have to try and run away first, if their lives are actually in danger.

Murder is still murder under these laws. Just as self defense is still self defense. We are waiting to see what occurred in the Zimmerman case.

Where is your evidence of this? I want real evidence and not some media stories on the topic.

States already have the option of succession, regardless of what Abraham Lincoln(one of our worst presidents) believed. The Union exiss at the discretion of the various states, the original Thirteen n foundation. As such, it is at the discretion of the various states to void our Union, at any time.

As to the topic of discussion: There is no one here that can actually prove Evolution, anymore than I can directly prove Creationism. There are a lot of very imaginative theories on Evolution, but no one can prove proof that it actually occurred. As such, I see no reason why the shortcoming of Evolution shouldn't be taught.

Regardless of all of this, there is no fucking mention of creationism being taught in school. So many short fuses here are too shortsighted and I'll tempered to understand this. How about reading the fucking law, prior to making false assumptions.

Riiight. Have you ever been to Atlanta, or are you just relaying what you have heard from people around you? Do you pay attention to what is occurring with Atlanta, and the rest of the State of Georgia?

Atlanta has been trying to take more and more water sources from the cities and counties all around Georgia, if they come the slightest bit close to the ever-expanding city limits, and causing many problems for all the cities that are not Atlanta. Beyond that, less than 500,000 people live within the Atlanta city limits, yet they are over 9.8 million Georgia residents. The math is easy.

Yeah, there may be 5.2 million people in the metro Atlanta Area, but check out how damned big that area is(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_metropolitan_area). This area is almost as big as some states, and it is actually bigger than a few. Yet, the money being pumped into Atlanta is not going to the entire metro area. In fact, the majority of the state is not receiving what Atlanta, alone, is receiving. Regardless, most can see how little that money is doing, in the current government's hands.

Atlanta also has a huge problem with crime. Just ask the students at Georgia Tech(more so) and Georgia State. That is the reason I never go further into metro Atlanta, without a proper assortment of small arms.

I am not saying that Atlanta should go without tax money; I am saying that the state coffers should be distributed across the entire state, appropriately. Instead, Atlanta takes the majority of the tax income, and spends it like there is no tomorrow.

There is nothing wrong with my State. We have far more freedoms that some other states(New York, California, Massachusetts, and a few others). Outside of Atlanta, which is a bane on this state, and sucks up most of the tax money sent to the State, I could not be happier.

Atlanta really is not all that bad, save for the roads(both design and bad upkeep).

I don't think you understand how governments work in the United States. The US Government is a sovereign, but the mutual agreement of the states. The states are also sovereigns, which gives me full control within their borders, baring constitutional and legislative limitations.

The cities and counties are not sovereigns. They can be dissolved by the state they happen to reside in(in Georgia, at least, and a few other states, too), if needed. While that rarely ever happens, it is possible. Cities and counties, at least in Georgia, do not enjoy any of the immunities that the states and/or the US Government enjoys(i.e. Sovereign Immunity). This is due to how powerful local government could become, and I am happy that things are they way they are.

Yes, the state governments can really cause people problems, but local government can cause the most harm, out of the other levels of governments, due to the pace of legislative-type powers reserved to local governments. So, no to the Home Rule function.

I live in an area, which is officially a part of the metro Atlanta Area, but we are severely undeserved by AT&T, Comcast, and any other companies that might(actually don't) offer services out here. AT&T refuses to extend DSL outside of the small towns in this county. Comcast refuses to offer broadband, at all; they only offer "digital cable". So, the great majority of this county is stuck with dial-up, satellite [dis]service, Verizon Wireless(AT&T had most of this county still covered in EDGE), or go without.

With AT&T, greater than 75% of this county's residences are not eligible to receive DSL, as the central offices are too far away. AT&T is willing to put us on some mythical "waiting list", but what the fuck does that do for us? Nothing. I know quite a lot of the county residences that I have talked to(many hundreds, if not a couple of thousands), are on this list.

Hell, my girlfriend, who works for AT&T and is required, by that shit-hole company, to have internet access, tried to talk to someone. Guess what? "[Fuck you!], waiting list." So, we have to pay AT&T competitor, Verizon Wireless, to provide us with slow, and severely capped mobile "broadband", so she can do her job for AT&T. We also do not get any sort of discount, or reimbursement. As much as it costs us, each month, it would almost be cheaper to pay for a DS1(T1, or whatever you want to call it) line to our home, at $357, or so, a month.

I am proud to live in Georgia. The problem is that there are too many idiots in our various governments. The local commissioners dodge citizens, unless you are one of the top contributors, and the state reps and senators usually don't give care about their constituents, once is office, actually, never, unless, again, you are one of their top contributors.

Chip Rogers, you can go fuck yourself. While you are at it, why don't you come out here and live with me for three months. I have a nice, rather new, and very clean home. I have a lot of property, so you will retain your privacy. The only catch is that you will have to work from here, and experience what we do, why trying to use just a few of the basic services found on the internet.

I will stand over your shoulder, watching the data meter. When you come close to the included allotment, I will proceed to beat the shit out of you. This will best help you understand how our wallets feel, each month, when we receive our bill from Verizon Wireless, on top of everything else we have to pay for.

To add to this $2 charge...to pay my bill...Verizon has greatly over-billed me, yet again, this month. I checked the data monitor, provided by Verizon, hours before my month was to reset. It showed that I had used 10.89GB or 10.899GB, less than three hours prior to reset. As the monthly reset passed, the monitor still showed the same information.

Today, I checked my bill, and Verizon is charging me $40, over the normal $80(which, in and of itself is a rip off) for extra data usage($10 per 1GB; again, a rip off). Since I am still in a "3G"-only area, I am confused how I could use over 2GB extra(I figure the counter might have rolled over 11GB, so I was ready for $20 in extra charges) in such a short time, especially when I had my device off for 1.5, or more, hours, prior to the month resetting.

This is my only choice for "broadband" at home. No land line provide will offer internet access to my home. Even though there are a lot of people on my street, and even though I live in a metro-Atlanta area county, no provider is willing to upgrade our telephone or cable network to host internet access out here. So, I am stuck with Verizon Wireless.

I believe I will be canceling my service, and switching to Millenicom. I can get 20GB of "3G" service(Verizon reseller) for $20 less than I am paying directly to Verizon. I can also get 20GB of "3G/4G" service, for the same amount, if I sign up now. It makes no sense, but whatever. I am done with Verizon, AT&T, and the rest of these assholes.