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Monthly Archives: July 2007

The Democrats learn the obvious

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

There are some things so obvious that one wonders why they need to be said, but in fact they do. An academic has given the Democrats some much needed advice, echoing what a lot of us unwashed have been saying for years: This year, among Democrats, one such contender is Drew Westen, a professor of […]

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The Steve Martin Defense

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

You.. can be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes! You can be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes! You say.. “Steve.. how can I be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes?” First.. get a million dollars. Now.. you say, “Steve.. what do I say to the tax man when he comes to my door and […]

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Private armies good-private lawyers bad

Monday, July 9, 2007

Adam Liptak, of the New York Times, has a problem with State Attorneys General who hire private law firms to bring actions against corporations who pollute or otherwise harm the public interest, even though he acknowledges that the use of the private lawyers level the playing field in legal battles against corporate criminals. The problem? […]

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Charter revision commission meets

Sunday, July 8, 2007

There’s a good chance I won’t post tomorrow, since we are holding our first Charter Revision Commission meeting tomorrow at 7:00. Among other things, we’ll be setting a date for a public hearing. As always, the big issue is the referendum. If you’re opposed to instituting a referendum, please come to the hearing. Here’s one […]

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Weekend picture blogging, 2nd Edition

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Alert readers may have noticed that I posted nothing yesterday. Oddly enough, the world continued to turn. I had a good reason for this neglect. Both of my offspring were here, and we were celebrating a couple of birthdays (mine recently past, and my younger son’s, soon to come). We went for an excursion aboard […]

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Bush: Just like Churchill, except without brains, common sense, or an understanding of history

Sunday, July 8, 2007

A word to the wise: Beware of any newspaper article in which it is asserted as fact that George Bush reads books. Case in point, a Washington Post article (Alone Yet At Peace), reprinted in the Day this morning. This is not the worst of the Bush hagiographies that have been inflicted upon us by […]

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How are we doing?

Friday, July 6, 2007

Today I consulted my Library of America volume of James Madison’s writings, looking for one thing, and chanced upon something else, that I thought I’d pass on. As any student of American history knows, the revolutionary generation, an intensely partisan bunch, nonetheless had a fear of parties, which they sometimes called factions. They were concerned […]

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Impeach Dick, then George

Friday, July 6, 2007

A new poll finds that 54% of Americans favor impeaching Dick Cheney, against a mere 46% that favor impeaching Bush. There’s something to be said for going after Dick first. He’s so massively unpopular. That 54% number could easily increase if it was tied to the argument that impeaching Cheney was a way to put […]

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Yet more spam protection

Thursday, July 5, 2007

As I mentioned a few days ago I am being inundated with comment spam. It doesn’t appear on the blog, as it is blocked by a spam filter I installed some time ago. However, it does screw up my statistics, because each spam is counted as a unique visit. The raw numbers unnecessarily boost my […]

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Bushco spins the Times

Thursday, July 5, 2007

I am going to climb out on a limb and say that the legal “debate” about the Bush commutation will die down more quickly than the public debate. Yesterday the Times published an article (Bush Rationale on Libby Stirs Legal Debate) that contained quotes from individuals who apparently could pretend with a straight face that […]

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