Yep, the limit so far is 17 trillion, which is very limited..

It's always funny when the libs can't take what they dish out. Really? Negative points for pointing out the obvious - Obama only stands for what benefits Obama?

Wow, guess you can't take it, eh? :) that's ok, I know you're butthurt over it.

Anyone still question what the social outcome of all this will be?: society will frown upon gun ownership, to the extent that people will be ostracized for exercising their second amendment rights. It doesn't matter if this is planned or not, it's the end result that matters.

It basically spoiled programming in every other work language for me. Sometimes enlightenment brings pain.

It's a misdemeanor in the state of GA (all traffic violations are, now).

Off topic.

Can you recommend any good meetups/groups for node/js guys in Atlanta. I have looked at the meetups but would appreciate any personal opinions.

Nope, not involved in node/js. Sorry

It's interesting (scary) to see all the anti-biotic resistant diseases on the rise. I wonder how long until the diseases vaccinated against evolve enough to bypass the antibodies produced by the vaccine?

My gut feeling is that the majority of homosexuals are social, rather than biological.

So when did you choose to be (presumably) straight?

Silly rabbit, there you go thinking again. Did I say they chose? No, I said social, meaning their homosexuality was caused by social pressures instead of biological imperatives. I am sure there are some that 'chose' to be that way, just the majority of them are that way because of imprinting or other social pressures.

Even better: I called one of my classmates a homo sapien, he went to the teacher and complained (he thought it meant he was gay) and the teacher said "you are a homo sapien". Ah, 6th grade, good times.

Did this happen in every 6th grade? Or did we both know a guy named Walter?

Nope. that happened in my 6th grade as well. We had particular fun with "homo erectus".

Ha, never heard of anyone else doing this before.

And if none of that was enough, have enough guns to force a regime change.

I continually don't understand this argument. Any group of armed and motivated people intending on taking down the government would be stopped, one way or another, before they can assemble a well-organised militia. The presence of guns might make you safer in a number of narrow scenarios but not against anything as large as a state-wide police force, let alone the US Army.

You see to forget that the height of military technology of the day was the Kentucky or Pennsylvania long rifle.

The militia was intended to be the primary form of military organization.

Fundamentally, an armed citizenry was to be the final check against the abuse of power by the state.

The Iraqis managed to kick us out with rifles and improvised mines. Not even a single artillery piece, armored vehicle, aircraft, nor any technology less than 50 years old, against $2 Trillion worth of US anti-insurgency doctrine.

wtf? If the person can't be bothered with keeping track of their charges, they deserve a penalty.

With 11 million illegals in country I'd say we have anything BUT strict border controls. More like targeted border controls...

I said strict, not effective.

Note also that people who are in this country illegally may have come here legally, and then simply stayed beyond the point that they were allowed to. That has nothing to do with border patrols, but rather whether we feel it's appropriate to aggressively police inside the country for people who may have overstayed the amount of time they were supposed to.