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Not that wildly. Are there any (sovereign) states within which variations occur as to which side of the road one is supposed to drive?
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Not that wildly. Are there any (sovereign) states within which variations occur as to which side of the road one is supposed to drive?
Robert Maxwell pretty much explained it. Periodically the fuel dealers will put forward a public initiative to repeal the law and it fails every time. Evidently, the voters don't really want to pump their own.
Really? Ever been to West Baltimore? Well armed. Not polite.
Ah, but the key is everyone must be armed. If just some of them are, then yes, you will get rude behavior.
Who wants to change a law that lets you be lazy?
I tell you, it's weird driving back to Indiana and having to pump my own. Sometimes I sit for a few minutes, waiting for an attendant to come to my window, before I realize I'm supposed to do it myself.
I guess that means I've become accustomed to Jersey.
An armed society is a polite society.
Really? Ever been to West Baltimore? Well armed. Not polite.
Ah, but the key is everyone must be armed. If just some of them are, then yes, you will get rude behavior.
Pretty much everyone there IS armed.
An armed society is a polite society.
Really? Ever been to West Baltimore? Well armed. Not polite.
Ah, but the key is everyone must be armed. If just some of them are, then yes, you will get rude behavior.
That has no basis in anything, but good job making up shit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The US is not a single-government entity. It is a collection of fifty federated states, who are in turn collections of county and municipal governments.
That's not entirely true. As established by the Preamble, the sovereignty of the United States rests with the people, whose powers - and portions of whose collective sovereignty - are delegated to two distinct and separate levels of government: the States and the United States. Constitutionally, we aren't a collection of states we aren't a collection of states which have surrendered some powers to a central government, as we were under the articles; we're a single people who have collectively granted separate aspects of our authority to two competing organs of government.
The preamble carries no enforcable legal authority however. So be careful.
Well, if they could actually prove that it would produce a cost savings they might have a better chance. But since they never can, they don't.Who wants to change a law that lets you be lazy?
I have the same problem every time I drive out of state.
Occasionally someone does manage to start a serious fire. Some people return to the passenger cabin of the vehicle breifly with the nozzle still in the vehicle's filler opening. In the low humidity conditions common during winter the customer can acumulate a static charge during that brief side trip. If they touch the car near the gas fill point the spark can ignite the gas fumes. The situation is sometimes further complicated by a panicked withdrawal of the nozzle, spilling fuel on and around the vehicle. The preventative is to touch a metal part of the car body located well away from the filler opening before reaching for the nozzle.
Another occasional hazard is someone filling the container they use to refuel their chain saw or lawn equipment while the container is in or on the vehicle.
Diesel and kerosene don't produce as many fumes and are probably less hazrdous, although I would still recommend the same precautions about static discharge and container location when filling.
Mythbusters demonstrated that operating a cell phone isn't as much of a hazard as some gas station signs indicate (unless some other customer gets tired of the delay while you talk on the phone).
Well, there's always the 10th Amendment.
That must be why Afghanistan looks like it's run by Emily Post and Dodge City was known for its quaint tea parties.
There are unarmed societies that are peaceful, and there are armed societies that are peaceful. There are also armed societies that are wartorn. Africa is pretty heavily armed and I haven't seen massive outbreaks of peace and goodwill there. Let's not pretend that the simple presence of overwhelming firepower is what determines if a society if polite and peaceful or not, because that is not supported by history, current events, or common sense. There are a lot of factors that go into it, and it's naive to point at one thing as some kind of universal Band-Aid.
polite society seems to be a cultural thing more than anything else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The US is not a single-government entity. It is a collection of fifty federated states, who are in turn collections of county and municipal governments.
That's not entirely true. As established by the Preamble, the sovereignty of the United States rests with the people, whose powers - and portions of whose collective sovereignty - are delegated to two distinct and separate levels of government: the States and the United States. Constitutionally, we aren't a collection of states we aren't a collection of states which have surrendered some powers to a central government, as we were under the articles; we're a single people who have collectively granted separate aspects of our authority to two competing organs of government.
The preamble carries no enforcable legal authority however. So be careful.
The Preamble lacks substantive power, but does provide context to the Constitution as a whole. In that capacity, it's sometimes enforced indirectly. (See Ellis v. City of Grand Rapids, for example.)
Particularly, the Preamble is the only part of the Constitution which defines the United States. (Thus, any decision which relies on a definition of the US draws authority from the Preamble.) One might reasonably argue that the Preamble, insofar as it establishes the United States, is actually the most frequently enforced part of US law.
(I do see your point.)
Like mine.
Pennsylvania only has state run liquor stores. Thus our selection is rather limited since the state doesn't buy everything, and we can't import anything. I don't know if this is typical around the country either, but we can't buy liquor or cases of beer in the same place. Bottle & Can stores and liquor stores are separate entities.
Here you can buy Wine and Beer and similar stuff (Twisted Tea, Hard Lemonade) at the Supermarket, but that's a pretty recent development; and they cordon off that section on Sundays. For the hard stuff, you must go to a liquor store.
I agree, underscoring that the issue is a human rights one. And those are the laws that should be nationalized, and even globalized. That was the hope of the Geneva Conventions, but unfortunately the Shining Beacon has shit on it.
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