The only laziness I see is making an inaccurate emotional argument to do something when a well thought out and practical argument based on facts would suffice.

It's bureaucracy, not bigotry, that keeps it on the books. It shouldn't be shocking to anybody that an old, outdated, stupid rule is still on the books of a federal agency. To put this in interweb relevant terms, there are government buildings right now whose computers are getting there browsers upgraded as we…

ROFL. As a former desert puke, I can tell you, it's not so much that he's riding a T-Rex, but that he's still got his reflective safety belt on.

Perfect example. While I suspect that odds of blood born illnesses are probably pretty equal between straight or gay donors, that wasn't always the case, hence the rule. The rule needs to be reexamined and probably removed, but to characterize it as some sort bigotry or hate crime is inflammatory nonsense.

My immediate thought at seeing the picture.

Dammit. Now I'm thirsty.

Just go with something like this http://www.canemasters.com/

Never going to happen. Sure, we can supplement our power w/ solar/wind. And doing that becomes more attractive as the tech improves (for example, only recently has solar cell tech gotten to the point that a cell is capable of producing more power over it's lifetime than was consumed in it's creation). But even if…

Great thing about disconnected boxes that require 50 year old floppies to boot. Nobody is going to hack it from china, or introduce a virus from the usb key they keep they're power point presentations on.

"but animals have a way of adapting to the built environment"

While I find her general attitude and demeanor a bit disturbing, which I guess makes sense given her job, I don't disagree with her on anything she covered.

Good article, interesting use of tech, and more power to them on preserving this piece of history. That said, I can't help but feel to the need to point out 2 painfully obvious but glazed over points.

No big woop. Looks like every landing I ever experience at Abilene Regional Airport.

I sincerely hope there's an A-10 pilot out there mocking up his own version of an imperial pilot helmet right now.

"So is the goal here to punish anyone with a different opinion?"

Persecuting people for there beliefs. Thanks for taking us back to the dark ages left wing america!

Being a bit over reactionary aren't you? It was stated from the get go that this was for awareness and revenue, and that you couldn't actually shoot at drones.

Ya. I was ready to run up and get one of this passed. While this was a great way to protest and raise awareness, I don't think the townsfolk appreciated the attention or the idea of people driving into town to get permits.

Two quick points and then I'm done. Great discussion btw.

I think it's fair to criticize the role of money, special interests, and career politicians in today's government. But the "ineffective government machine that prevents change" complaint always makes me cringe. Remember that the whole point of a multi-party, multi-branch, checks and balances government is to make…