Except democracy. You can't have too much democracy.
Except maybe the case of two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner...
Being "nice" to nations can do wonders. After all, we turned Japan, our mortal enemy in WW2... on whom we dropped two atomic weapons
So your definition of being "nice" to a country is to nuke them... Got it. The bombing begins in five minutes...
Except that doctors lawyers and engineers are licensed by a professional body, not by the government.
Not in the U.S.. My Professional Engineer license is issued by an agency of California state government...
airports are Federal property. That's why.
Incorrect. The vast majority of airports are city/county owned and operated. Some are even (gasp!) privately owned.
> the fewer humans there are...
You first...
Explaining the joke. HP was founded on one product. A bench DC power supply. They (H and P) came up with a clever use of a light bulb in their regulator circuit. The details escape me.
No. The first HP product was an audio oscillator (the 200A). Used to make the movie Fantasia. The light bulb was used for negative feedback, its resistance changing as the current changed.
I go on working for the same reason a hen goes on laying eggs. -- H.L. Mencken