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Looks like Iceland is a great choice! I hate to burst your bubble, but they also have the most homogenized population on the planet--and the strictest immigration laws too.

Tell John to put more quarters in da server.

Growing fascism as a response to growing collectivism. This is something new?

Prole might want to take a look at Germany's recent election results. I believe Merkel's CD party continues to do well with their tax-cut platform. And, of course, we're all supposed to accept his Koolaid proposition that quality of life is superior in the states he listed. I doubt he knows much about them at all.

Good points. Maybe I should have bee a little more clear: If you are detained, stopped, pulled over for observed illegal behavior and are subsequently determined to be here illegally, you should be deported. I also agree that indefinite detention is unconstitutional, but are you seriously suggesting we hold a deportation trial for every illegal here? Habeas Corpus doesn't apply if the offender is simply deported (aka, released.).

Unfortunately, the average cc.com tool doesn't see it like you do.

Weird reply from a weird dude. Admit it: you just don't like Abbey because he mocks Thoreau. As for the random checking of people's ID on the streets; no, I don't think it's a good idea. You, of course, believe it's ok for the govt to force people to buy health insurance. Go figure. But if a cop stops someone for an otherwise legitimate reason he ought to have the right to know if he's dealing with a legal resident/citizen. Don't you think?

Why on Earth would read anything form Abby? You're aware that he liked the natural environment right? You might have to hand over your GOP card for reading that as his work runs contrary to just about everything the GOP advocates. (Well except the guns) A-B-B-E-Y. I like the natural environment too. So what? Abbey believed that unchecked immigration was a huge environmental downside--to put it mildly. (Not sure how TTK missed it. It's in almost every work of non-fiction the guy wrote.) How unfortunate that your political blinders prevent you from seeing the manner in which you pigeonhole.

Then you don't read good.

If you'd read any Abbey you would know exactly what I mean. Give it a shot. As for the rest, well, nation-states have a right to control their borders. If the feds (read: Dems) are derelict, then the states have that right. It seems like a no-brainer--which may explain why you're having such a difficult time with the concept.

He's referring to tools like you, Asshat.

Celebrate Bellingham. We all knew things weren't quite right up there...

Re borders: We won, er, I mean purchased the Southwest fair 'n square. Re environment: Ed Abbey.

Those pesky Westphalian principles at work. If only from an environmental standpoint, this type of action makes sense.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/16/teacher-sought-demolish-tea-party-placed-leave-school/

You understand the difference between gross income and taxable income, eh?

Thanks for sharing your unsolicited personal story and laying bare your baseless guilt. Now that your ego is satisfied with the telling of your marginally impressive bio I should tell you that your assumptions about me are entirely incorrect. My wife and I don't make a lot of money, but we've made good financial decisions and have put 2 kids through college. I will say that, if anything, my effective federal income tax is too low. It's the State, local burden that's becoming excessive for chumps like me. Regarding the 46% who pay nothing; don't you think that everyone (who is physically able) should contribute--if for no other reason than a vested stake in the dream? And what, exactly, do you think those uber-rich are doing with that big stash they "took" from the rest of us? Creating jobs, perhaps? I suspect you work for the state or some other government agency, no?

So do you really think it's ok to confiscate 65% of a rich man's income--not even counting state/local--while the bottom 46% of Americans pay nothing? Does the government really have the moral right to then take 77% of your estate when you die? And is it right to complain that they only get half nowadays? C'mon, man. Do you really think a graph loaded with hyperbolic tags is a reliable indicator of reality? Again, Bill, please take another look.

Obama's "deficit reduction" reminds me of the guy who washes down 3 Big Mac meals with a sugar-free beverage and then claims he's on a diet. j_b, are you delusional? You're so far off the range nowadays that I'm seriously thinking about placing you on "ignore."

j_b is trying to compare a 10 year budget fantasy to a $1.6tn annual deficit compliments of Obama. I'm not sure if j_b's bad at math or semantics. Probably both. Either way, he can't be trusted with a crayon. What a dumbshit.

Amazing. Like Pertinax after Commodus. Hopefully he lasts longer. He's my early long shot bet for POTUS in 2012. Like WH Taft--only with the beat down directed at the new big govt oligarchs and their union leeches.

Not quite as sad as mommy and daddy spending $$ on out of state tuition for a mathematics degree that was never put to any real use, but, hey, gotta laugh with you on the whole Palin/communications thaang...

OMG, I didn't see that one coming!

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Feel free to make a voluntary contribution to the underfunded public pension fund of your choosing... Prole, j_b & Co. are only interested in securing the hard work of others to create their utopia.