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> It's sad for a country that proclaims itself to be the land of the free with a healthy respect for property rights.

We respected property so much we even counted them as 3/5ths of a person.

Personally, I think they should just start helping Hawaii and Puerto Rico gain their independence instead of taking it out on the sea.

> Throughout history, countries around the world have taken other territories as their own. How many of them have ever been courteous enough to allow referendums to break off again? It is that courtesy that is remarkable, simply taking territory is normal.

Usually neighboring states, which were peer competitors. And even then it's always been seen as an aberration and not the norm. Modern European imperialism was unique in it's global scope and barbarity. Offering a token referendum after you've wiped out the natives or destroyed a society's cultural, economic, religious nature is not the noble gesture you think it is.

Since you seem to be an expert, would love some similar examples.

Can all countries do this, or is it only limited to Europeans? Ship enough people half-way across the world and hold referendums to assert your position.

> Fuel economy standards are being used as a tool to get rid of gasoline-powered sedans. Environmental activists generally support this.

Were you dropped on your head as a child?

Finally, a principled company no longer participating in the corrupt D.C. culture of "lobbying" politicians. Politics as no place in the workplace.

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> At the same time, this is yet another example of changing the rules in the middle of the game. Yellen has just broadcast that FDIC insurance is essentially unlimited, as long as you can threaten wider disruption to the economy.

The criteria isn't threatening a "wider disruption to the economy", it's threatening the quality of life of a certain class of people. When unions threaten a wider disruption to the economy for maintaining their quality of life, they'll do their damnedest to not give in. They'll pass laws outlawing strikes. Or send in "law-enforcement". As the saying goes, laws are for the poor.

Yeah, don't like Jim Crow? Just move to a State where you'll be comfortable forehead. Maybe you are already there!

The biggest mistake Lincoln made was leaving the Supreme Court intact after Dred Scott. Should have razed that shit to the ground when he had the chance.

Kind of wild this pervert is still where he is thanks in part to Joe Biden.