Like most Russian attractions, the Hermitage already has a two-tiered admission scale--entry cost for Russian citizens is about 20 cents.
Having lived with such a card myself, I can attest to the fact that the burden or intrusion on the average citizen is about equal to that of having to carry a driver's license when you drive.
So the first question we will face as business people, workers and citizens is about balance: are we going to create more jobs than we eliminate or not?
But now, when the basic social contract between California and its citizens is about to be broken, we merely yawn.
That meant the ratio of Representatives to citizens was about 200,000 -- now it sits at over 700,000.
In Britain, where guns are strictly controlled, citizens are about 100 times less likely to be shot by a police officer than in America.
Three real issues need to be addressed now, and the one silver lining of the legislative action is that we, the citizens, are about to become far more effective than before at catalyzing real change.
"The increased interest clearly points to a sense of concern among some U.K. passport holders that the rights they enjoy as EU citizens are about to abruptly end," Flanagan said.
America had just endured a sneak attack that killed thousands of our citizens, was about to go to war against terror, and would soon send an invading army to the Middle East.
