James Silverton wrote:
>
> Pete wrote on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:17:46 -0500:
>
> > blake murphy wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:07:52 -0500, Pete C. wrote:
> >>
> > >> ChattyCathy wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Pete C. wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Given my intense disdain for dogs, if there were a good
> > >>>> restaurant near me that served it, I would patronize them
> > >>>> at least weekly. Legality is of no concern to me, I do
> > >>>> not let your government dictate the foods I can eat.
> > >>>
> > >>> Bit puzzled about the 'your government' thing. How could
> > >>> my government dictate what you could or could not eat? You
> > >>> don't live here. Or did you mean 'our government'?
> > >>> Nevermind.
> > >>
> > >> It's "your government" for those who accept it. For me, I'm
> > >> sovereign, I have never pledged any allegiance to, nor
> > >> ceded any sovereignty to "your government", I only interact
> > >> with it.
> > >>
> >> christ, another dickhead libertarian. are you a tax evader,
> >> too?
>
> >Not at all, I have no problem funding such useful things as interstate
> >highways, the National Weather Service, etc.
>
> Is this the beginning of a flame war on the utility of the National
> Weather Service? :-)

For those of us who live in tornado alley, the NWS is very useful.