Hawaii is equally lenient with DUI arrests, unless you are a visitor. The locals get released pending charges for most crimes including beatings and shootings.

Looking at her FB profiles, she has 5 listed here: https://www.facebook.com/search/people/?q=Marsha%20McMillan%20north%20Carolina&tas=0.7194756759582311 , tells me that is may be too stupid to know any better. I wonder how her previous careers at Wendy’s & BoJangles happened to end.

+1 for looking behind the curtain.

“Bootstrappers” like myself do not exist in a vacuum, we are aware of how many of our competitors rely on govt. help & handouts and the other things you mentioned.

RV found out the hard way what happens when you “Mess with Texas” LOL

Considering that a smaller town like Duluth has an unemployment rate of 4%, those out of work number about 8,000 just in Duluth.

Unions were needed, once a long time ago. Before much in the way of labor laws had been written, management could truly abuse their workforce.

May I Put into nomination the name of Author Harry Harrison?

Your position seems to ignore the reasons why athletic competition has maintained its popularity through millennia.

Jaye, While I agree that inner-city convenience stores can be very 3rd world-ish, I disagree with your analogy.