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1 - you look very young for your age 2 - do they keep a record of checking your ID? do they call into the government to see if the ID is current? during the call, do they ask what kind of beer you just bought? that's not a background check - it's an ID check - local....no records.....no issue..... so show me a similar process for guns and we can talk (actually - in the government owned liquor stores around here, they do want to scan your Driver's License at the register now as part of the ID check - do you want to take any bets on whether they are collecting your actual purchases and tracking it against your license? perhaps for marketing purposes or any other reason?) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

Really? You get ID checked when a jumper hands you a beer at the DZ? Do you get carded every single round you order, even if you haven't left the sight of the bartender? Would you be arrested and imprisoned for buying a drink for someone else, even if they are legally allowed to possess alcohol? For that matter, even in the liquor store, I don't see them calling a federal agency and asking them for permission to sell me a bottle of mixer. Let alone requiring it for each of the scenarios you are correctly bringing up. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

freedom of speech is not just the right to be offensive or shocking just for the sake of it, - although this attitude and application seems to be a general interpretation the last couple decades, sadly enough. It really reflects the lack of depth in thinking of society in general. It seems people currently define themselves on what they are NOT, instead of what they are ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

nice statement - too bad people don't respect other's beliefs when different. the intolerance is nuts ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

Nailed it. And, it's now out front and obtuse with this admin. Clearly, public employees don't think there'll be consequences as long as the bias is a certain way. (Yes, I think from this point on, it'll happen for whichever party is in power now that the ice is broken) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

I can flip that pretty easy for my area. And it's likely even more dramatic here (yes, I know you are in Texas too - or is it Florida now?) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

that's a very good observation, the desire to attempt to balance some of the junk here is very strong - and that is NOT a stable system by any means and if you do try to stay a bit more moderate, it doesn't matter, someone will strawman a harmless comment as extreme and set the swing going again ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

1 - this is a direct call for tax reform - why should ANY agency have tax exempt status except for the gov to abuse it for power plays. 2 - even if this wasn't directly from the highest levels or 'encouraged' by the highest levels, or directly requested by lefty Senators......there's still a problem: How did Washington public service ever create the climate where even peons think that it's now OK to target a specific political philosophy for harassment and containment? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

So you realize that you and I are agreeing here right? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

But it was seen (and rationalized by many) as being religion targeted. Look at the title of the thread -- is it hard to imagine why? I'd say the attackers (9/11 gang) rationalized a religious excuse. The defenders, the US, it was more about defense, and socio-political-diplomatic reasoning, not religious. If citizens twisted their own religious viewpoints into it (or other citizens twisted their own personal viewpoints - one nutjob example on the other extreme would be something about Bush Jr having daddy issues), it wasn't the stated reason for the response. I can't take one guy's strutting thread title and extend that to anything real or official. We could take 20 guys and get a different thread title from each on the topic. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

Isn't that why we have the second amendment Really, the deal is that with an increasing population, there's an increasing chance of really extreme nutjobs not only being born, but finding each other, and then slowly encouraging people who are more in the middle on nutjob things out to the extreme. I agree - my point exactly. There will always be nutjobs, and religion is just a convenient outlet. Without religion, they'd use any other excuse handy. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

I recall quite a lot of video of US warplanes bombing Baghdad. that was not rationalized as religion based ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

exactly - fanatics will find an outlet no matter what. the elimination of religion will just results in violent nutbags finding another excuse. Perhaps people will fight over social issues or extreme environmentalists will try to take all our money or put metal stakes in trees to kill lumberjacks or.....wait, that happens too. Maybe the next violent dividing line will be extreme sports fans. The next thing you know soccer fans will riot after major events....wait....well, maybe the push will extend to bowling..... it's about how the individual feels they are included in a healthy society - oddly, religion COULD be a way to do that, if it weren't for the nutbags, most people do fine - those of faith, and those not so much you can't eliminate nutbags ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

Crappy question. It's about physical condition and mental outlook. you can't really assign even a general or 'typical' age cut off point to that ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

I think he'd fall out of the harness. And even if not, no opposable thumbs. He probably couldn't grasp the PC. (seriously, Quade has the freefall and landing part right, IF he could glide to the ground, he should be able to land. I'd worry about two different things: 1 - stupid animal - would the dramatic change in comfort zone flip out the squirrel and he'd just give up or disorientate before eventually getting down - our even be composed from the start 2 - the snatch from the 'launch' would probably damage the animal before any of the other stuff even matters. (Try dropping him from a deployed canopy instead of pitching out the door of a moving craft - if the experiment is seeing if he can stay oriented from a very large height outside his normal experience) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

agreed - and PP should be able to operate as a private entity without gov funding cool - we just eliminated two nuisance spending areas next ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

don't blame me, I voted for Kodos ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

they talk too much and won't wipe their noses and upper lips - and they smell funny (did you read up top about the first question a parent should ask themselves? something along the lines of are they "in control or aggravated" or some such) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

I just don't see "George in the mailroom" and a couple of auditors sitting around the table and saying "gee guys, ya know what would be a lot of fun? Let's go pick out some political orientation and do stupid and illegal and unreasonably obstructive crap to them just because the current admin doesn't like their subjective political philosophy. Maybe someone will notice and give us all promotions" does Amazon and Funjumper work at the IRS? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

"The Obama administration - just like that other guy, only now with more sass" ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

Let's have a list of groups that qualified in the last 5 years and see if their names lines up in any particular way. Again - if the Tea Party is complaining, maybe the problem isn't them NOT getting special tax "me too" status, maybe the problem is too many other groups ARE. (Frankly, my position is there shouldn't be any such status for any group for any reason, but that's just me. I know a lot of us agree on this, with or without the pointless party spin) ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

I think that counts as the first person to try to rationalize the actions of the IRS just because they don't like the groups. Who won the pool? I didn't have Kallend, ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

my point is this - whenever a group comes out and cries "unfair, those other guys get special treatment, me too" - the first thing to look at is deleting that treatment, or seeing if it's OVERregulated. Not under-inclusive. the first corollary is: a solution is false if it leads to more complexity instead simplification. the second corollary: the more complicated the rules are, the more opportunity for abuse is designed in addendum: the second corollary is absolutely intentional. i.e., abuse of power is the clear end game - anything else positive or negative is a side effect examples? let's see: government should get out of special benefits for married people altogether - do we delete those special benefits because it preferences one group of people over every other? not - more and more pairings demanding "me too" - still at the expense of singles government shouldn't be giving tax exempt status - do we lobby to get rid of it? no, more and more groups trying to find ways to get in the 'special' group "me too" - AND, government abusing that power now - if we didn't have special statuses there wouldn't be the abuse cars trying to redefine themselves to get around cumbersome rules.....point already made --- ^^^ band aids that don't address the real problem...... more? let's see.... subsidies and bailouts? again, just don't do it special tax brackets for different groups? just don't do it health care - some pigs are not required to follow the new rules, some are - depends on who your friends are apparently go buy special light bulbs - ..... etc etc ad nauseum the sole purpose of government today seems to be the granting and denial of special status to various groups for the purpose of extending the power of those in charge. I thought the purpose of law to ensure that 'special status' is not created by government. Who didn't get the memo? ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

yeah, but you made me look up the word "conflate" ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

then you didn't read all my post - I made those exact same points. And one more "people that exaggerate the punishments they got to sound like tough guys" ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants