Because you are not bound to have identification of any kind. You can also argue they're making you get a license to practice a right, which they cannot do. However, voter fraud is rampant. You can't ignore the law, but you also can't let things be. Only one solution... eject illegals and jail...
I think you underestimate the obstacles to your abra-cadabra solution. There are around 900,000 obstacles in that city that you have to convince that Mr Whitey has their best interests at heart. You have to find some way to erase generations of Jesse Jackson, Coleman Young, LBJ, Bill Clinton...
Compared to Bush, Obama didn't change much. Funny thing is, FDR didn't change much of Hoover's policies either. I think that proves both parties are relatively clueless as to what this country needs as a cure.
I think what Greg is saying, is that if you have to rely on the current run to get your fuel, you should take a look at other options. I can see that point. But I also see it as a big convenience to be able to get that money up front. I don't get advances like that myself, but I do use a fuel...
Yes, they, as individuals, are giving it voice. There is no law written. Just a group of people, who happen to be Christian, and happen to be government officials, feel like praying. Why can't people stop being offended over something so harmless?
As far as I'm concerned, these people are not hurting anyone, and are practicing their 1st Amendment rights. They are not demanding that Christianity become state sponsored.
It's bad enough that fundamentalist atheists succeeded in taking the nativity scene off of the city hall lawn; now they...
Not disagreeing with you. Yes, they made their beds to a point. Detroit just has nothing to offer, and hasn't for a long time. No wonder they're being left in the dust. I can't help but feel sorry for them, and others who have lost hope. The depression begets depression, and vice versa.
Boston-Edison was relatively kept up just 3 years ago. I could imagine what it was like way back when. Now it's just a wasteland of boarded up houses that have had their plumbing stripped. Garbage all over the place. People with no hope, walking around like zombies.
I can tell you one thing about Detroit... it has fallen apart in less than 3 years. Wife and I have looked at houses, and used google street view to check out the neighborhoods. When we got there, the place was deteriorated much more than street view showed.
You aren't one of them thar eevil sovereign freemen types, are ya? If ya are, I might hafta shake your hand. Seems like more and more freedom lovers are being called terrorists these days.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/70-percent-of-ground-beef-at-supermarkets-contains-pink-slime/
This is the stuff that caused me to buy sirloin and have it ground. We will never buy pre-packaged hamburger again.