tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34123892011-04-21T11:04:20.002-07:00blame the extended gestation.... "If I start describing what I want to do, i'll end up not seeing the point in doing it." Blogging on Politics, Music, and culture... Jimnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1149936707032297182006-06-10T03:46:00.000-07:002006-06-10T03:51:58.876-07:00Blame the extended Gestation is dead; I blew its brains out with a 357 Magnum pointed at my head. I am solely using this blog now as a way to keep up with items on the web I want to use and or look at. To go to my rebirth of blogging go to my new blog No ExitHillary and health careAl Gore's new movie, did he get the science right?Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1135993857227268292005-12-30T17:50:00.000-08:002005-12-30T17:50:57.573-08:00Dillinger Four liveJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1135816526565720912005-12-28T16:35:00.000-08:002005-12-28T16:35:26.770-08:00Another good review of KongJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1135811066334091342005-12-28T15:03:00.000-08:002005-12-28T15:04:26.506-08:00Against Me! signed to Sire RecordsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134868257077995202005-12-17T17:10:00.000-08:002005-12-17T17:10:57.476-08:00The Problem with God: Interview with Richard DawkinsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134861536257395732005-12-17T15:17:00.000-08:002005-12-17T15:20:12.760-08:00Did Bush Sell Us a Bill of Goods on Torture?According to the Times, the Administration justifies its wiretapping under the President's inherent national security authority, even though there are specific statutes by Congress that prohibit it. The Wiretap Act specifically says that all wiretapping not authorized by statute is illegal, and that "procedures in [the Wiretap Act and the Foreign Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134861253306887502005-12-17T15:13:00.000-08:002005-12-17T15:14:13.426-08:00Fat Wreck Chords has a new websiteJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134861083675152182005-12-17T15:10:00.000-08:002005-12-17T15:11:23.820-08:00Propagandhi doing A Speculative Fiction liveJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134692406348616092005-12-15T16:19:00.000-08:002005-12-15T16:20:06.566-08:00"Go without a coat when it's cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what it's all about. The only time you define your character is when you go without. In times of hardship, you find out what you're made of and what you're capable of. If you're never tested, you'll never define your character."- Henry RollinsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134544530632372372005-12-13T23:15:00.000-08:002005-12-13T23:15:30.846-08:00CoolJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134533332130538532005-12-13T20:08:00.000-08:002005-12-13T20:08:52.406-08:00The Decemberists have signed with Capitol Records.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134508190310020302005-12-13T13:09:00.000-08:002005-12-13T13:09:50.556-08:00One positive review of King Kong. Honestly it looks really dumb to me.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134451599209094962005-12-12T21:24:00.000-08:002005-12-12T21:26:39.376-08:00My only thoughts on the Stanley Tookie Williams situation is this..."Extreme justice is extreme injustice." -Marcus Tullius Cicero Needless to say I oppose the death penalty from the get-go but neverthelessJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134441066499430762005-12-12T18:30:00.000-08:002005-12-12T18:31:06.726-08:00Heckling causes Coulter to cut UConn speech shortJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134438498810905272005-12-12T17:47:00.000-08:002005-12-12T17:48:19.233-08:00FunnyJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134349685946255932005-12-11T17:06:00.000-08:002005-12-11T17:08:06.320-08:00Interview with Aaron McGruder creator of the boondocksJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134252792392037332005-12-10T14:12:00.000-08:002005-12-10T14:13:12.703-08:00What a bad ideaJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134101084240211592005-12-08T20:04:00.000-08:002005-12-08T20:04:44.606-08:00Propagandhi interviewJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134006949088394592005-12-07T17:55:00.000-08:002005-12-07T17:55:49.156-08:00I've always taken this position; that overturning Roe would be bad for Republicans.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134006058291669752005-12-07T17:40:00.000-08:002005-12-07T17:40:58.620-08:00Slow down in Housing market predictedJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134003690780641442005-12-07T17:00:00.000-08:002005-12-07T17:01:30.916-08:00Students paying for a raise for teachers.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1134002351040405422005-12-07T16:38:00.000-08:002005-12-07T16:39:11.240-08:00I think its a good idea even if Bell SOuth pulls out.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133985283879134362005-12-07T11:54:00.000-08:002005-12-07T11:54:44.253-08:00New Bouncing Souls album due out in JuneJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133939030956716472005-12-06T23:02:00.000-08:002005-12-06T23:03:52.300-08:00Proud to be a card carrying memberJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133837591721157212005-12-05T18:52:00.000-08:002005-12-05T18:53:11.930-08:00Thats got to suckJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133830956359500842005-12-05T17:02:00.000-08:002005-12-05T17:02:36.640-08:00IntrestingJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133744804257296972005-12-04T17:06:00.000-08:002005-12-04T17:06:44.406-08:00Lagwagon VideoJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133744205857372322005-12-04T16:55:00.000-08:002005-12-04T16:56:46.230-08:00Against Me liveJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133430730997634732005-12-01T01:51:00.000-08:002005-12-01T01:52:11.240-08:00NiceJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133065624374055442005-11-26T20:25:00.000-08:002005-11-26T20:27:04.450-08:00Went to see "Ushpizin" last night at the Crest. I thought it was really good.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133064570302353242005-11-26T20:09:00.000-08:002005-11-26T20:09:30.530-08:00The Bush administration cracksJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1133051817034444412005-11-26T16:36:00.000-08:002005-11-26T16:36:57.330-08:00statistics on gay couples in the NetherlandsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132972094937274112005-11-25T18:27:00.000-08:002005-11-25T18:28:15.123-08:00Another Pro-war Representative says the war was a mistake.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132968272255644932005-11-25T17:23:00.000-08:002005-11-25T17:24:32.430-08:00"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my family over to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land." --Jon StewartJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132881662106584062005-11-24T17:12:00.000-08:002005-11-24T17:21:02.260-08:00I call it Genocide Day but if you want to celebrate heres my favorite Thanksgiving poemWilliam Burroughs Thanksgiving PrayerThanks for the wild turkey andthe passenger pigeons, destinedto be shit out through wholesomeAmerican guts.Thanks for a continent to despoiland poison.Thanks for Indians to provide amodicum of challenge anddanger.Thanks for vast herds of bison tokill and skin leaving Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132804143812547842005-11-23T19:48:00.000-08:002005-11-23T19:49:04.036-08:00Blogs in ChinaJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132796025348577112005-11-23T17:07:00.000-08:002005-11-23T17:33:45.663-08:00Kerry did jury dutyJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132723444449800822005-11-22T21:20:00.000-08:002005-11-22T21:24:04.646-08:00New York Times article which hits the nail on the headAt a time when opposition to the war is growing, the white phosphorus issue has reinforced the worst suspicions about American actions. America has bungled the Iraq war with its inadequate troop levels, its fucked up the war on terrorism with its treatment of prisoners, and now its screwing up on the question of weapon use.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132719463301900272005-11-22T20:17:00.000-08:002005-11-22T20:17:43.476-08:00Atheist lobbying groupJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132718102036349552005-11-22T19:53:00.000-08:002005-11-22T19:55:02.206-08:00Well gee... you mean Fox?Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132717280713414702005-11-22T19:39:00.000-08:002005-11-22T19:41:20.810-08:00Interesting post and yet another reassurance that I'm not making a bad choice by moving away from the academic worldJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132716550284502142005-11-22T19:28:00.000-08:002005-11-22T19:29:10.350-08:00There you goJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132716384707890882005-11-22T19:26:00.000-08:002005-11-22T19:26:24.950-08:00More they didn't tell usJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132700998545603142005-11-22T15:09:00.000-08:002005-11-22T15:09:58.606-08:00Abolish the death penalty and you'll save moneyJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132700891801660592005-11-22T15:07:00.000-08:002005-11-22T15:08:11.856-08:00Not suprising but Bush planned to bomb al jazeeraJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132700667271783092005-11-22T15:03:00.000-08:002005-11-22T15:04:27.866-08:00Asprin as the drug that wouldn't exist today.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132698731425037542005-11-22T14:31:00.000-08:002005-11-22T14:32:11.683-08:00They messed with the wrong guyJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132641997852165232005-11-21T22:45:00.000-08:002005-11-21T22:46:37.913-08:00A slanted article on Kurt VonnegutJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132641320776266922005-11-21T22:35:00.000-08:002005-11-21T22:35:20.833-08:00Approval of Handling of War, Johnson to Bush over at Political ArithmetikJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132641014314791722005-11-21T22:28:00.000-08:002005-11-21T22:30:14.513-08:00Geoffrey Stone over at U.of Chicago blogThe plain and simple fact is that the Bush administration did mislead the American people. Undoubtedly, they did so for what they believed to be good reasons, and some or even much of this may have been sloppiness rather than intentional deceit. But surely they misled the American people by obscuring the different degrees of confidence necessary to justify Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132562242714039582005-11-21T00:36:00.000-08:002005-11-21T00:37:25.656-08:00"When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man" --DiogenesJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132551759063835062005-11-20T21:42:00.000-08:002005-11-20T21:42:39.113-08:00Harvard Law school has a blogJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132551085399331902005-11-20T21:30:00.000-08:002005-11-20T21:31:25.643-08:00Did Texas execute an innocent man?Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132368228246863462005-11-18T18:41:00.000-08:002005-11-18T18:43:48.440-08:00Chomsky on intelligent designJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132299498594755962005-11-17T23:37:00.000-08:002005-11-17T23:38:18.706-08:00Well duhhJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132295851335031722005-11-17T22:36:00.000-08:002005-11-17T22:37:31.500-08:00ooppssJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132293934736016222005-11-17T22:04:00.000-08:002005-11-17T22:06:14.403-08:00Maureen Dowd interviewBlogs have made my life difficult, because with everyone trying to have an opinion, it's hard to think of anything original to say when you have to wait three days for your column to be published. It's like now we're in a whole nation of opinion writers, so what makes yours special? You have to work even harder.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132293734814077032005-11-17T22:01:00.000-08:002005-11-17T22:02:14.960-08:00This reaffirmed my recent hunch/revelation that the academic world was not for me.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132293416113490772005-11-17T21:56:00.000-08:002005-11-17T21:56:56.263-08:00Intelligent design's five favorite mythsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132290574317102962005-11-17T21:09:00.000-08:002005-11-17T21:09:34.406-08:00great quoteJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132289814421277532005-11-17T20:56:00.000-08:002005-11-17T20:56:54.590-08:00In challenging war's critics, administration tinkers with truthJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132286856734311212005-11-17T20:05:00.000-08:002005-11-17T21:11:23.840-08:00I have been saying this all along. For instance hereJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132208731857567142005-11-16T22:17:00.000-08:002005-11-16T22:25:32.183-08:00Is it true? At the corner they're talking about illegal immigration being a key policy issue for potential Republican candidates. Immigration is one of my hot buttons. I don't believe there is such a thing as illegal immigration or at least there shouldn't be. Europeans didn't ask if we could move here. We just took it. Same should go for anyone who wants to live here now or any time in the Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132192366467140312005-11-16T17:51:00.000-08:002005-11-16T17:52:46.780-08:00The Washington Note found something quite amusing.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132187982764843902005-11-16T16:38:00.000-08:002005-11-16T16:39:42.983-08:00Document put together by Henry Waxman on the administrations deceptions on IraqJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132185628443283102005-11-16T15:59:00.000-08:002005-11-16T16:00:28.506-08:00Gulf Coast slavesHalliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina -- only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132185242780617052005-11-16T15:53:00.000-08:002005-11-16T15:54:02.840-08:00Dick Cheney ever try to tell people Saddam might be behind 9/11?Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132184972287470952005-11-16T15:48:00.000-08:002005-11-16T15:49:32.413-08:00Young Voters Led Surge in 2004 ElectionJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132184585077753422005-11-16T15:42:00.000-08:002005-11-16T15:43:05.240-08:00NBC Chief: Liberals Don't Watch TVJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132183553530026112005-11-16T15:24:00.000-08:002005-11-16T15:25:53.700-08:00Bill Clinton calls Iraq 'big mistake'"The mistake that they made is that when they kicked out Saddam, they decided to dismantle the whole authority structure of Iraq. ... We never sent enough troops and didn't have enough troops to control or seal the borders,"Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132125002036257242005-11-15T23:09:00.000-08:002005-11-15T23:10:02.176-08:00Gilmore Girls transcriptsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132123345242230422005-11-15T22:40:00.000-08:002005-11-15T22:42:25.310-08:00Since I'm a card carrying member don't ask me why I went to this site. But they had an interview with Instapundit which is kind of interesting.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132122597204065042005-11-15T22:28:00.000-08:002005-11-15T22:29:57.270-08:00California Insider goes on a rant about public financing of electionsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132122157593292812005-11-15T22:22:00.000-08:002005-11-15T22:22:39.970-08:00Pelosi proposes technology strategy Democrats to push science, research in midterm electionsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132105977906160942005-11-15T17:51:00.000-08:002005-11-15T17:52:58.033-08:00A Failure of Strategyin order to appease Colin Powell and/or Tony Blair, the administration eventually found itself at the UN, sponsoring resolutions and offering ultimata. Thus, the ready-made preemption/prevention morass got dragged into yet another idea -- coercive diplomacy, where threats of war are intended to produce not war, but compliance with demands. Unfortunately for Bush, Saddam Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1132105610814290202005-11-15T17:45:00.000-08:002005-11-15T17:46:51.266-08:00Decoding Mr. Bush's DenialsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131959138244167112005-11-14T01:05:00.000-08:002005-11-14T01:05:48.946-08:00Is Bush a War Criminal?Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131873331446303102005-11-13T01:14:00.000-08:002005-11-13T01:15:31.826-08:00Italy Seeks Extradition Of 22 CIA OperativesJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131757196216635912005-11-11T16:59:00.000-08:002005-11-11T16:59:56.623-08:00Bush rappingJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131698332303128632005-11-11T00:38:00.000-08:002005-11-11T00:38:57.193-08:00CHILDREN OF BIPOLAR PARENTS SCORE HIGHER ON CREATIVITY TEST, STANFORD STUDY FINDSJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131684504108927972005-11-10T20:47:00.000-08:002005-11-10T20:48:24.380-08:00Bill O'Reilly thinks San Fran can go up in smoke for all he caresJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131523806731447192005-11-09T00:09:00.000-08:002005-11-09T00:10:07.030-08:00"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity!" -- Edgar Allan PoeJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131520534326815982005-11-08T23:15:00.000-08:002005-11-08T23:15:34.600-08:00BUSH'S WAR ON PEOPLE OF FAITH..Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131518086967203882005-11-08T22:34:00.000-08:002005-11-08T22:40:34.936-08:00I am watching the Frontline on abortion called The Last Abortion Clinic. Its a travesty. I really don't have words to explain it. Woman in rural poor america are given no choice. Roe means nothing and does nothing for these women.update: here is NARAL's website. Give some money if you can.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131517183393385992005-11-08T22:19:00.000-08:002005-11-08T22:19:46.060-08:00Epitaph has a new websiteJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131514860217274162005-11-08T21:38:00.000-08:002005-11-08T21:41:00.236-08:00Good post on the riots in FranceJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131416291268506132005-11-07T18:15:00.000-08:002005-11-07T18:18:11.576-08:00Europe risks economic damage from Kyoto: studyEurope's push to meet pollution targets agreed under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change could dent its economies and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs by 2010, according to research published on MondayJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131414215208183282005-11-07T17:42:00.000-08:002005-11-07T17:43:35.280-08:00Norman Solomon was arrested during a visit by Prince CharlesJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131413760408500112005-11-07T17:32:00.000-08:002005-11-07T17:37:53.040-08:00Oh this is too good for words.Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS WarningThe Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing its tax-exempt status because of an antiwar sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election.Steve Clemons over at The Washington Note has some questions to ask the IRSJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131412110899755102005-11-07T17:06:00.000-08:002005-11-07T17:08:30.970-08:00My misogyny is probably showing in this post but nevertheless this should happen more often.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131411958083628032005-11-07T17:04:00.000-08:002005-11-07T17:05:58.460-08:00A post on one of my favorite political positionsJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131411057362316852005-11-07T16:49:00.000-08:002005-11-07T16:50:57.363-08:00Good post at TPM Cafe about the torture/CIA issuePerhaps now we can begin to understand how Adolf Hitler could rally German Christians to do the unthinkable to Jews and Gypsyies in concentration camps. If you convince people that they are at risk unless they move to destroy those who represent a perceived threat, regardless of the methods and means, then you are on your way to atrocities.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131410638114237852005-11-07T16:42:00.000-08:002005-11-07T16:43:58.116-08:00Why vote? an article on economists views about voting. My question is always did you give money? Voting doesn't matter; money does.Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131329947967832162005-11-06T18:15:00.000-08:002005-11-06T18:19:08.240-08:00How i'm voting next TuesdayProp 73 --> NoProp 74 --> NoProp 75 --> NoProp 76 --> NoProp 77 --> YesProp 78 --> NoProp 79 --> YesProp 80 --> NoJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131266051335428312005-11-06T00:30:00.000-08:002005-11-06T00:46:14.886-08:00The best post i've seen so far in regards to the Supreme Court and Judge Alito. It hits on what makes a good justice:In my judgment, the primary responsibility of the Supreme Court is to protect the relatively powerless in our society against the inherent dangers of the democratic process and to protect the process itself against the most powerful elements in our society when they attempt to Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131264621104459382005-11-06T00:06:00.000-08:002005-11-06T00:15:29.050-08:00This seemed to me to be the most important point in the FTAA talksA Free Trade Area of the Americas would be larger than the European Union, though without its free flow of labor and political integration. Benefits for the United States as the dominant economic power in the hemisphere are obvious: with no more tariffs and other barriers that inhibit entry of American goods and services, American Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131251455285330172005-11-05T20:28:00.000-08:002005-11-05T20:32:01.186-08:00There seems to be a common misconception in the press lately. In this article on Bush's trip to the Latin American Summit the article states:President Bush left the Summit of the Americas Saturday with no more than he expected: a cold shoulder from some Latin American leaders, no consensus on a free trading bloc for the hemisphere and biting criticism from anti-U.S. protesters and Venezuela's Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131248865325962702005-11-05T19:46:00.000-08:002005-11-05T19:47:45.556-08:00George Carlin made me think of my favorite quote of all time.The people who own this country ought to govern it --John JayJimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131241765746856202005-11-05T17:47:00.000-08:002005-11-05T17:49:26.046-08:00I've posted before on my question in regards to what happens if Roe is overturned. My first assumption seems to be correct--it reverts back to the states.Roe's reversal would not outlaw abortion nationwide; the issue would revert to the states, with patchwork consequences. Some states would likely ban almost all abortions, others would allow them to continue unfettered, and a middle group might Jimnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412389.post-1131238669796540602005-11-05T16:55:00.000-08:002005-11-05T16:57:49.796-08:00Okla. High School Hoops Team Loses 112-2 Thats got to suckJimnoreply@blogger.com0