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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Bush assumes dictatorial powers-nation yawns

Friday, July 20, 2007

Years from now, we may look back at this day as a watershed day. Today, George Bush all but officially declared war on our Constitutional system of government. The question now is whether this increasingly creaky system, based on the absurd 18th century idea that we could successfully govern ourselves through a mix of reason […]

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Ignorance of the law-the Republican excuse

Thursday, July 19, 2007

I’m really puzzled. I found my way to this article from the New Orleans Times-Picayune about the Senator from Louisiana. It seems the normally law and order Republicans have an awfully forgiving attitude about criminal behavior, providing it’s one of their own that is committing the crimes. Then again, that’s been standard operating procedure since […]

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Hypocrites in training

Thursday, July 19, 2007

College Republicans, brought to you be Max Blumental. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGit_tZDqs[/youtube] (This post dedicated to one of my commenters, who exhibits a similar mindset.)

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Here we go again

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

I have a TV receiver attached to my computer, and just finished watching the Red Sox go down to another defeat. I think we can take it as read that the 2007 swoon has started. I would say their lead in the East should disappear by early August. There is a myth going around that […]

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Filibuster-take three

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

My first few years as a lawyer were spent defending evictions, a fast moving process. In those days the trick was to delay cases until the client could move, because the Circuit Court judges were almost uniformly hostile to tenants. They would uphold an argument centered on some arcane procedural point, but when it came […]

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Filibuster-take two

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Okay, I’m beginning to see less and less point to the Reid filibuster, which truly does seem to put the onus on the Democrats to keep talking, for thirty hours, after which they stop and presumably move on to other business. Is there some way during that time period that they can move the matter […]

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Rudy heading for a fall

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Via Talking Points Memo, we learn that Giuliani’s trend lines look eerily like McCain’s, indicating that Rudy may be riding for a fall reminiscent of Mr. Straight Talk. Since early March, Giuliani’s support has fallen by an estimated 8 percentage points. McCain’s fell by 10 points since January. And the rate of decline has been […]

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Senators to lose sleep

Monday, July 16, 2007

Some time ago I suggested that the Democrats call the Republicans bluff and make them stand and deliver on their filibuster threats. It looks like Harry Reid has taken exactly that step. Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) […]

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Getting to No

Monday, July 16, 2007

There are times when one wonders why we have come to the point where we are sometimes unable to just say no. Here in Groton a developer has been building yet another tacky looking hotel, scheduled for completion in 2008. Halfway through construction he asks the town for a tax break. Kiran Parekh, managing partner […]

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Newport Kite Festival

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Yesterday, (July 14th) my wife, sister and I headed to Newport for a mini-family reunion at Brenton Point State Park. As it happens, the same winds that make Narragansett Bay an ideal yachting destination also make it an ideal destination for the humbler pastime of kiting, and, by a happy coincidence, our family picnic coincided […]

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