Once you’re done demanding fiscal discipline by helping to sweep establishment politicians out of Washington, it’s time to turn your attention to the increasingly extra-Constitutional federal courts.
Because until we do that, no legislative pushback is safe — and no freedom is guaranteed should it run up against the whims of our self-styled philosopher kings.
(thanks to bigbooner)
Didn’t the Lawrence decision make tea bagging legal?
Cause I hear Olbermann is into playing the tea cup.
One thing at a time, man.
Right now, I’m busy corralling moving vans in anticipation of Dayton becoming governor. Gonna be a lot of people pickin’ up and headin’ out, I think.
California might have imitated Minnesota in electing a movie star, but we seem to be determined to return the favor by imitating their business relocation policies.
Seems fair then that those foreign countries should be made to defend their own immigration, or should I say illegal immigration policies in court.
Is Dayton ahead? I’ve been avoiding looking at that race, because Dayton is a frelling disaster in the making.
Tea Parties forming up alliances, working the problems. This is immensely heartening stuff.
If Brewer were to announce that Arizona is seceding from the Union, she’d be swamped with all sorts of new immigration, money, and resourceful citizens: American refugees from the Obama State.
I wish she would.
It’s been 22 years since a Democrat was governor of Minnesota, so there’s been plenty of time to forget.
Dayton is like a character out of a Stephen King thriller; if King wrote pulpy political thrillers instead of pulpy horror ones.
Take a look at the guy running against Murray in Washington State. Could pull that upset.
dino, dino
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Absolutely, that’s a totally winnable seat. With a few other races going our way, Rossi might see some money tossed his way.
That defeating a batshit crazy conspiracy loon like Patty Murray is considered just “possible” is a sad indictment of our political process.
Having Dayton as a Senator was just swell! Let’s make him a governor!
Yikes.
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seems like if we elect “less government” types we will get some control of the judiciary selection process …
Guys want to see some good news?
I wonder if Senator Murray ever found the Osama bin Laden Day Care Centers she touted.
I’m not sure who chooses judges in the aggregate. I know some are elected at a local level, so I imagine others are appointed by the governor (and of course the president). I would hope it would follow that a small government type of person would tend to appoint judges who don’t legislate from the bench, but there’s no guarantee of that.
It all comes back to what’s happening locally. If we elect local judges who have some restraint, we could hope that restraint would continue as they become more influential.
The late voters — you know, the ones who cast their votes two, three days after election day — will guarantee Murray wins again.
Plus the dead voters here in Washington really really like Murray. Especially the ones in King County. They are going to hold several rallies for her as soon as the transportation details can be worked out.
The ones whose home addresses curiously match those of the King County government offices?
Maybe there is something the good Washington folks can do about it.*
What would act as a good check on the judiciary? It was supposed to be the letter of the law and simple intentionalism, but now there seems to be no check at all.
Impeachment? For refusing to stick to the ordinary definition of words?
I don’t know. I really don’t know.
Judge Lynch?
well if we had a congress with conservative balls they could just eliminate the 9th circus
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Hellathing Mr Halladay! Congrats Phillies Fans.
Throwing a no-no is impressive anytime; but moreso in the post-season.
Roy is good.
Halladay was our longtime nemesis, but God bless him. That was outstanding. Roy was absolutely dominant. And the Reds suck. Get your brooms ready.
Randy Moss is back with the Vikings. I really don’t like that asshole. He only plays well when he feels like it.
The world is more better when Filthydelphia sucks at everything.
I’m down with that Abe.
Moss to Minnesota was an interesting surprise. He must have really worn out his welcome with that Hoodie cocksucker.
You Can’t Fix the Courts Without Winning Elections…
Jeff Goldstein: Note to Tea Party types: Once you’re done demanding fiscal discipline by helping to sweep establishment politicians out of Washington, it’s time to turn your attention to the increasingly extra-Constitutional federal courts. Because unt…
I wouldn’t extend the sucking to the entire Reds squadron, Pablo, as many teams have looked silly against Halliday. I would, however, be more than willing to apply that epithet to the numbnutted crack-saturated-toothpick-chewing hydrocephalic short busser of a manager who decided to give the starting pitcher role to a guy who was sent down to single-A just a freakin’ month ago, ferchrissakes.
Oh noes, patterico is still as dense as ever.
Wow. Pat seems to think that all it takes is to put Republicans in the White House and it’s all good!
There aren’t enough conservatives in the justice system to fill the seats, and even if there were, they’d most of them “grow” in office.
Because Lucy?
She has to let you kick the ball SOMETIME, right?
The flopsweat of fear and desperation is strong on the Childress.
pat frey for dog catcher!!!
“what the winning strategy is”
Team R had its ass handed to them in 06 and 08. This year… the year of Christy O…. the year Chris Christie’s favoritest sugarplum Mike Castle was utterly humiliatingly rejected by voters, Team R is headed for what might could be unprecedented success.
I’m confuzzled.
Yes they have still gone backstabby there, as they did in Alaska, Florida, Pennsylvania, Kentucky,
Texas, well not Utah
Look at Patterico: never met a left-wing culture war meme he wouldn’t fall for.
Never met a left-wing culture war meme he wouldn’t fall for.
On account of Leftism being exceedingly seductive to the educated: “YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE! YOU CAN PERFECT SOCIETY! GO! GO! GO!”
Patrick Frey: We can only win elections if we back electable candidates, and we will tell you who those candidates are.
Just keep sending us your checks, and we’ll do the hard work of thinking and governing for you. – Sincerely, the same GOP-types that recently lost the White House and both houses of Congress, and Mike Castle, who will vote for cap-and-trade.
And don’t forget: we’ve already established that for Frey, formalist judges are a feature, not a bug.
Losing more slowly. But being one of the Kings of the losers in the meantime has its perks.
GO TEAM!
“What would act as a good check on the judiciary? It was supposed to be the letter of the law and simple intentionalism, but now there seems to be no check at all.”
“Judge Lynch?”
I’m goin with Sherrif Joe! Cus he is packin!!!
I am not in a particularly pro-team place just at the moment Mr. Jeff
I find the team wanting and not a little frantic. What will they do with all the yummy power a majority brings? I should imagine they’ll be as surprised as we are.
SURRENDER!
Shut up and back who you’re told to back, happyfeet. We can’t, as conservatives, presume to pick candidates the represent our interests. What’s important is that we pick candidates with an R in front of their name who many “moderates” and “independents” are comfortable voting for — or who the left will allow us to run against their candidates (see McCain, John).
Don’t be such a purist. We need a big team win! Otherwise, how will we ever have bi-partisan cap-and-trade? We need to show we’re willing to work with the leftists! Pragmatism!
What I said this morning about California?
Don’t give Frey any suitcases. He’s in the right place.
it’s just … it’s the furious pace of it all… the socialisms the primaries the pledge the election…
I should hope sometime in the near future we might pause to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re going, particularly before we decide upon a nominee. Ask questions, even.
Just win, baby! Doesn’t matter what. The winning is the thing!
See, now I think you’re just being facetious.
And you can ask Joseph Cao (the one who replaced William “Cold Cash” Jefferson) how well that bi-partisanship is working out for him…
Frey is probably one of those who thinks that Ahnuhld is doing a bang-up job (by default, because of that famous ‘R’)
‘feets, that a very laudable suggestion. Just make that sure we, Team R, aren’t forced to be the only slow, methodical and studious kids on the block, required to perform your excellent but self-kneecapping suggestions, because it seems that Team D got into power using somewhat slicker, faster and (face it) more effective (they WON!) methodologies.
CHANGE!
You’re needlessly complicating things, ‘feets. Just find the candidate with the R in front of his name and vote for him. If it’s a primary, and everyone has an R in front of his name, ask Frey or Rove or those in the know who is more electable, and vote for that person.
After all, if that strategy didn’t work, how would we now be happily under year 2 of President McCain?
President McCain with a dirty socialist congress would have been a horror show.
“Just find the candidate with the R in front of his name and vote for him”
To my embarrassment, that’s pretty much what I used to do. Also, I felt special ‘cuz I voted, all patriotic like.
I kinda miss my innocence…
I got by for a lot of years as a single-issue voter, and voted Democrat on more than one occasion. But the D’s shift to virulent far-left the past 20 years has destroyed the very essence of the Democrat party; I just can’t seem to find a good (D) man (or woman) anywhere under that banner anymore.
After a few deep bong hits and a period of shallow meditation someone has a “brilliant” idea.
There aren’t any Sam Nunns anymore.
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From the Department of Redundancy Department.
I blame Maker’s.
From your link, Geoff:
So, what’s the BOJ doing today? Yep. (For the record, I’m not entirely convinced that the neo-monetarists don’t have the stronger case here. And I’m much more worried about the fiscal imbalances to be honest. The Fed can change its targets quite quickly. On the other hand, when Washington spends our money, there’s nothing we can do but eventually pay the bill.)
On that fiscal side, check this out. Found it — like so much else — from Cafe Hayek.
If you’re interested in the topic, the guy for the BOJ story I just linked is pretty accessible.
Btw, that video I just linked is another good one to email around to people. Very simply explains how easy it would be to balance the budget with the most modest fiscal restraint rather than tax increases. And, as a bonus for the classical liberal, it grounds the idea right off the bat with the proper role of government as spelled out by the Constitution.
Your Kudlow link is something I’ve told people for years. The Federal government always seems to take in, say this year, as much as it spent two years ago. Hold spending constant for a couple years and Bingo! no deficit. Do it for three or so and the debt starts being paid down.
My problem with the Fed deciding to do a little inflation is that I don’t trust them to not have it get out of hand either because of political reasons or just because there always seems to be a deep bench of shitheads around. Geithner I wouldn’t trust to balance my checkbook for example. I picture him and Bernanke as Mickey Mouse twins in the Sorcerers Apprentice with the water being inflation.
Japan, in my view, has a similar problem that we had/still have?? Many loans that are not being paid back and may/will never be paid back but can’t be written off because they could bring down the system. However they have finance, business and government very interlocked. Corporatist, hell fascist even, designed by the progressive FDR wunderkinds after WWII. Plus a very monocultural society. Very different from ours. I’m not sure that what works there would work here.
Thanks for the link it looks interesting and I will read there tomorrow. Right now it is 2:30 and I’m not doing Asian markets so it is late for me.
That’s not the question, moneyman. The question is for Cao. And why he was such a stupid fool.
And the lesson is that you never, ever trust a democrat.
No, he voted for the decoy bill, which was bad enough
Meya: Protein Wisdom’s wetback.
“What’s extra-constitutional about foreigners filing amicus briefs?”
Nothing specifically, it just leaves a bad taste in many people’s mouths when US judges lend any weight at all to foreign precedent or opinion; especially when they are not parties to the case in question.
Silly meya, transnationalist practices are not in the constitution either, and are offensive to people who love thier country.
How is a foreign government a party to a case between the state of Arizona and the US government?
Obama probably has ideas about that gleened from his interpositions in re Honduras v. Zelaya Bob. He seemed to think he understood the Honduran Constitution better than the Honduran Supreme Court for instance.
Well he is a “Constitutional scholar” sdferr.
I suppose that makes him an expert on any constitution…
Amicus briefs from foreign governments should be regarded as acts of war.
Same old meya, same old semantics game…
I say that foreign govenments filing amicus briefs leaves a bad taste, the taste of transnationalism, in some people’s mouth; especially when they are not parties to the case.
(S)he says, “Why especially? If they’re a party there would be no reason for bad taste.”
I ask how a foreign government can be a party to a case between Az. and the US government.
And (s)he falls back to, they’re not parties, this is about amicus briefs.
Abe was right, you can’t have a one-way discussion…
Vai via stunad.
Just ignore the bint.
Listening to the opinions of foreign governments with no standing — but with plenty of skin in the game — is not something the courts should make a habit of doing. And if these foreign governments influence the outcome of a decision that affects our sovereignty, then we have a real problem.
Hey meya, maybe reverse the polarity and imagine how much weight foreign courts should give U.S. law and amici and the like.