Due Process? 5th Amendment? Bueller? Anyone?

Whether you love Obama or you hate him, this is worth a read.

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/07/assassinations/

Hey kids... Bet you didn't think I'd ever write anything of substance in this journal ever again. Come to think of it, I didn't either. But now that the great messiah has picked a SCOTUS nominee, I would probably be remiss in my duties if I didn't take some time to say what I think about Sonia Sotomayor as nominee ( Read more... )

If Obama wins, I only hope that he is half as good as people are expecting him to be. If he turns out to be just another loser assclown, as ms_tek believes him to be, then I think we will be hard-pressed to see another Democratic president in our lifetimes. Obamania has brought so many new people into the political process that never really gave a shit ( Read more... )

OK, so it was probably only funny for about 10 seconds when I wrote it, but eh, such is life ( Read more... )

Third-party candidates have traditionally never fared well in US presidential elections. Even Ross Perot, who received almost 19% of the popular vote in 1992, didn't receive a single electoral vote. Most people won't even consider voting for a third-party candidate because they think, regardless of whether or not they actually like said candidate ( Read more... )

One of the things that's been a big deal about Obama during this presidential cycle has been the fact that he's energized a lot of younger voters. This is, by all accounts, generally considered to be a good thing, and Obama probably believes that it's to his benefit. I wonder, though, how many of the 18-30 people that were turned on by Obama are ( Read more... )

From CNN (emphasis mine):
"In the face of criticism from a slate of economists who say her gas tax holiday plan would be ineffective or even harmful, Hillary Clinton said she wasn’t taking stock of their opinions and emphasized that this was a short-term fix that would primarily benefit long-distance drivers."

“I’m not going to put my lot in ( Read more... )

Gas prices are high. Compared to the rest of the world, though, $3.50/gallon is still relatively inexpensive ( Read more... )

First... if any of you play chess, find me on facebook if you're not already on my flist, add the chess application, and challenge me to a game. Come on, you know you want to ( Read more... )

I bet that got your attention.

A recent post by spacekadette about an encounter with a customer combined with the recent flap over the guy on "Dog the Bounty Hunter" using the word "nigger" got me wondering ( Read more... )