That is the octagon sign with red background, white border, and white lettering indicating the driver facing the sign should tap the brake petal before pulling in front of traffic having the right-of-way. It used to mean “discontinue the forward progression of your automotive vehicle without further procrastination.” (from a sermon, actually) It now means to flash the brake lights and indicate the slight attempt to decrease momentum was made.
Definitions
Archived Posts from this Category
5 May, 2012
The fraternity of despots and totalitarian dictatorships trying to gain the appearance of legimatacy by tagging on the tiny hand-ful of representative governments present.
21 April, 2012
“We guarantee that it is used.”
15 April, 2012
The conditions under which the government promises to leave you alone.
Application: 1. If you make 100,000 dollars and give us 40,000 we will leave you alone and not put you into prison.
2. If you let us grope you and perform contact usually reserved for a spouse or doctor or take nude pictures of you, you may now enter your flight.
3. If you train at an appropriate institution (defined by us, of course) pay fees, take an exam, and ask nicely of a bureaucrat, you may perform the job for which you trained.
I use the term “leave you alone” very loosely in this context as I can’t think of an area where the bureaucrats actually do. I can breathe, but have been informed that act harms the planet…
12 November, 2011
Siblinginbox provided a link to illustrate the definition I posted earlier:
Seen any walnuts in your medicine cabinet lately? According to the Food and Drug Administration, that is precisely where you should find them.
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“The FDA’s language,” Faloon writes, “resembles that of an out-of-control police state where tyranny [reigns] over rationality.”
This illustrates the need to abolish this among other agencies.
10 November, 2011
The unaccountable application of governmental force into the lives of citizens.
4 September, 2011
The entity that exists to provide greater than market wages for the same work.
14 August, 2010
1.) the association existing for the purpose of inflating wages above market averages. (2.) the political association existing to subordinate individual rights to those of a collective.
