Fixed that.

Really? You can't think of a single right wing authoritarian regime other than Pinochet?
Hitler? Mussolini? Argentine generals? Hell, Napoleon? King Richard the Lionhearted? Julius Freaking Caesar? All pretty far to the right, along with most authoritarian rulers throughout history.

I sometimes forget that some people think that "SECRET" is a real security clearance.

And my point remains - you aren't doing anything on that computer at home that is remotely classified, and if you are, you shouldn't be. So in that sense, you having a security clearance is kind of pointless.

If you can work from home, you can't need much of a security clearance.

Taking online courses for credit requires self-discipline that not everyone has. Film at 11.

This.

This would seem to be a problem that will fix itself through natural selection... If you're incapable of passing an online course you'll either stop taking online courses or get kicked out of school. Either way, I'm not sure that's a problem with the online course.

Right, because it was the "bureaucrats" who made this decision, not the politicians.

And, of course, a demand from 0.0003% of the population will cause them to spring into action to meet your demands...

You do realize that your browser reports your IP address to every website you visit, right? That's all Google Analytics gets if you aren't logged into a Google Account.

Clearly you are a moron.

Citizenship is a legal term. It has legal meaning. You don't get to just make up your own bullshit definition.

International law recognizes the existence of EU citizenship. That fact that you don't just means you don't actually know what the word citizenship means.

Look. Clearly you have no concept of what you are talking about.

The treaty that established EU citizenship was democratically ratified by democratic vote in the countries of the EU in 1992 and 1993. It was DEMOCRATICALLY adopted according to the laws of all the countries involved.

The rejection of the European Constitution (note - NOT the EU Constitution) in 2005 by a couple of EU countries was an entirely different thing, that had nothing to do with EU citizenship, and which did not actually change the fact that EU citizenship had already existed for over a decade.

Plus, of course, the Treaty of Maastricht was ratified by popular referendum in the countries of the EU. It was more or less popular in various countries, but it was democratically ratified. Not sure what you think it undemocratic about that.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

So no one has Chinese citizenship then I guess.

I'm curious to see how far you're willing to go to avoid acknowledging such a basic point of fact.

And I'm sure that the people who voted for Mitt Romney are unhappy, but that doesn't make Obama any less the President.

Look, basic point of fact - EU citizenship exists. It was established by one international treaty and expanded by a second. It has been interpreted and acknowledged extensively by international courts, and your apparent inability to comprehend that doesn't actually change that.

Multiple citizenship is a common enough thing - plenty of people have two or three citizenships. Everyone who is a citizen of an EU country is also a citizen of the EU. Explicitly.

That would have worked had you not actually been factually incorrect in basic international law.

As per multiple other comments, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. But don't let your ignorance of international law get in the way of your pronouncements on the matter...

Again, since apparently you missed the first three or four times: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_European_Union