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Quote: Oh, you're a spelling Nazi like I am. Good to know I'm not alone. Also, Yamamoto may have been referring in part to industrial might, but keep in mind that we were in the middle of the Depression, so the industrial might wasn't looking too impressive at that time. He had to have a...

It was bugging me. "Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the...

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I served on a jury once. For a civil case. The plaintiff was not wearing her seatbelt. That played into our decision regarding her damages award. We felt she would not have bonked her head on the windshield if she had been wearing her seatbelt.

Quote: I have all those same products, but have never had a problem with them. Did you rip your seat belts out back in the 70s?

http://www.investorguide.com/taxtrackr/ This is the easiest to read. CBO didn't break it down enough. Their methodology does not define "average taxpayer." So I don't know what the average taxpayer earns per year. $88 goes to "Agriculture."

A cow can be trained to harness or saddle. For real. Of course, I have no idea how to do that. I don't have any chickens now. I was told chickens were OK in my town of 16,000 people. This proved untrue. My neighbor complained about my chickens (8 hens) after we wouldn't let him move his...

If we took away the subsidies on food and energy production, those things would be more expensive. Our standard of living would be lower. We would no longer be able to support all those businesses that make luxuries - anything other than food, clothing, shelter. I am torn on whether lowering...

Have you ever served on a committee? Or had to go to a planning meeting? Or did any other group work with a bunch of people who all thought each was right and the others wrong? And each one had to be jollied along until a consensus was reached? Heck, have you ever served on a jury? Jefferson...

I haven't done much reading of first sources in all that, but I have studied religion in colonial America. (and read first sources - burn my eyes) The process wasn't that uniform. There was quite a bit of wheeling and dealing.

Q9 - The Constitution is not black and white. There is not one interpretation. If there weren't wiggle room in it, it wouldn't have been adopted. Our Founding Fathers did not act with one mind and one purpose or even much agreement. It had to be loosey-goosey just to get everyone on board...