A 5 mph speed limit would mean many people today would have a 3-5 hour commute each way to and from work, which obviously would not fly; the alternative is to not live more than a mile from your job (12-minute commute if no traffic) but that is probably unreasonable. The way people change jobs these days, they'd be moving every time--moving companies would get rich!

Tailgaters are most likely responding to the fact that highways are carrying more cars; in the old days we were told to leave 10 car lengths between vehicles on the highway--nowadays an attempt to do that would result in one car after another jumping into the gap, causing you to drop back and then another car would jump in. The way to prevent that (and allow you to eventually get where you are going) is to cut down the distance between cars. (At least, that is the mind frame at work and the reason for tailgating.)

They may be more cautious, but that doesn't mean they are safer--they may be impaired enough that the additional caution is offset.

The HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) is a vigorously anti-hunting, anti-trapping organization. Their inclusion of the baby white seal in their ad is an obvious giveaway, too. I don't think the ASPCA is anti-hunting, but I could be wrong.

The problem with smoking on public beaches is probably not related to the smoke itself, but to the fact that most smokers just toss the butts on the ground when they are done smoking, even if an adequate number of disposal devices have been provided. Nobody wants to walk barefoot on a beach littered with cigarette butts! The same problem occurs anywhere people smoke, but in most of those places others are at least wearing shoes. (You may be a considerate smoker who NEVER disposes of the remains improperly, but you are very rare, indeed, if you are.)

Sure they can. It has already been admitted that e-cigs are "drug delivery devices" (nicotine is a drug) so there is adequate precedence to institute controls--what more effective control than taxes? I would guess that the basic module might not be taxed with a "sin tax" but that the refills would be.

Do you live under a bridge?

Absolutely! It is long past time that we purge this country of the subversive element that is the United Nations. New York City has been burdened too long with the atrocities perpetrated by the "diplomats" and their cadre flaunting the laws with their "immunity". Let France or Belgium be host for a while.

Exactly. My parents and most of my kinfolk were definitely not FDR supporters and felt that he was taking the country down the road to Perdition. Most of them never voted for him ever. I grew up hearing stories about how bad he was for the country.

The reformation in Christianity came about because the Bible received a New Testament based on the life of Christ (Christianity is basically a religion of the NT, with some reverence for the OT). The NT was a result of Christ's life, death, and resurrection, and Christianity is based on Christ, as well. The unfortunate fact is that there has not been a New Testament for the Koran, and because of that, I believe reform is unattainable.