People probably think you're just exaggerating, but no. This is a very common personality for rural white men to have. It's their "protect my kin" fantasy of the government and minorities cresting the horizon coming to take their freedom away so they can go out in a blaze of glory.
In reality, most of them wouldn't be able to get a shot off before they knew what was happening.
Holy shit I haven't heard that word in a very long time. My gifted teacher in elementary had one. We used it to take pictures at the dam. I remember bringing a few spare floppies for it. Good times!
Then who exactly is supposed to be the check on the courts? Is that not precisely the domain of the legislative wing of govt? That's like some basic civics shit.
Not that I really care either way, but I am glad to see that loyalty and a job well done still gets things done, sometimes. Who's to say what they had to do to keep the contract, but In my head is was as simple as "Pirelli have bent over backwards to accommodate every request and change F1 has asked for, so it's the logical reward."
Wow, great link. Thanks for that. Looking like bullshit.