mark it as a dupe

Not sure if this is what GP was referring to, but this "the" seemed gratuitous to me.

This initiative has nothing to do with kids spending more time in school, and everything to do with keeping them out of their homes where their ineffective parents let them play video games all day. The problem is, it's not a politically viable stance to say "America's parents suck at parenting, and need to read a book or 2 on child development."

Instead, Obama says "More time in school". But make no mistake, it's just a sugar-coated way of saying what he's really thinking, which is "Less time at home."

Sounds like you carry some of the blame too then. The job of the beta testers is to alert the dev team about potential problems!

He sure siked you out.

I think the answer is: "because I'm a selfish asshole"

Actually, so long as you can reach your reset button between the time your door gets kicked in and the time they push you away from the keyboard, the TrueCrypt volume won't be mounted anymore.

Out of curiosity, what has been the ethnicity of the majority of airplane hijackers in the US over the past 40 years or so?

Claiming that all Muslims are a threat simply because they're Muslim is only slightly more ignorant than claiming that Muslims aren't an increased risk in this situation.

Like it or not, proper police work requires racial profiling. It requires profiling of all sorts. Until 19 white people fly planes into buildings, and another 19 Chinese people do the same, your argument is flawed.

It absolutely counts. In fact, I would argue that caffeine is a much stronger drug than marijuana, speaking as a regular user of both.