Daily Archives for July 3, 2012
“McConnell: Odds long to undo health care law” [updated]
TweetBut not quite as long as the odds that the GOP establishment has either the desire or the stones for the fight to begin with. No worries, though, citizen. They promise to efficiently manage the Leviathan with a measured hand. … Continue reading
Language, intent, and “interpretation”
TweetPursuant to an exchange happening in the comments, allow me to respond to a point argued by the Chief Justice — which is at the very heart of his decision — and add it to the response from the dissenters. … Continue reading
Flashback: “Roberts’ Rules”
TweetPublished in the Atlantic, 2007, the interview with Chief Justice John Roberts that set the stage for the deconstruction of the Constitution at the hands of one supremely overconfident thinker, a man whose greatest flaw is his inability to see … Continue reading
Open Letter to Hugh Hewitt and All the Other “Optimists” Out There [dicentra]
TweetPOINT I I’m sure you’re familiar with the myriad YouTube parodies of the Hitler bunker scene from the movie “Downfall,” e.g., “Hitler reacts to Tim Tebow beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC playoffs in OT“. If you haven’t seen … Continue reading
Ric Locke … [Darleen Click]
TweetI haven’t paid a lot of attention to my feeds over the past week. Bad me. It’s Lung Cancer. Stage III, inoperable. Median survival prognosis: One year after diagnosis. Which is, as it turns out, the reason I haven’t been … Continue reading
