Clarification
Sorry, Kevin, I didn't mean to say that you thought the government was avoiding responsibility. Instead, I meant to say that is my own thought as I read your post.
What I meant to say is that the government, being the reigning force in our lives (although democratically in most situations), has the option of avoiding lawsuits and the such because it needs to avoid bankruptcy, which is not good for a nation to face.
The problem is that lives could have been saved if the law were willing to intervene where they have the practical, not virtual, power to do so. Obviously there are rules, but look at what can be avoid if those rules are broken.
I don't claim to be an anarchist by any means, I just feel sometimes there are important things that need to be done before you can acknowledge the rules.
I hope this clarification works.
More Poor Legislation
The Smallest Minority reminds us that
government will do what it takes to avoid responsibility.
Government Commits Theft
No, this isn't Watergate folks. This is contemporary legislation on the part of the Supreme Court.
From
All American Patriots Law News...
In Kelo v. New Haven, the court reviewed property rights and found that that state and local governments have the right to seize private property for development by a private company if the property use will benefit the public. This ruling opens the door for states to take land for uses that promote economic development, such as offices or shopping malls.I had heard some people on the bus to work complaining about this. At first, I thought they were hippies, complaining about perfectly decent legislation. But this is the raw deal. No hiding behind debt laws, not even a fair mention to "fighting terrorism". They can just let people take your land.
Hopefully a decent set of checks and balances will be put in place, although I haven't seen any indication that that is the case.
At least they aren't hiding behind any facade of justice.
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LawPS: Some people call it Kelo v. New London. Is there anyone who can clarify?
I'm all for gender equality...
...
but get your dirty paws out of the Holy Bible. (Thanks to
Josh for the link)
LBI Institute says its version, Judith Christ of Nazareth, The Gospels of the Bible, Corrected to Reflect that Christ Was a Woman, Extracted from Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, takes Thomas Jefferson's edited Gospel one step futher by "correcting" the gender of Christ and God.
"This long-awaited revised text of the Gospels makes the moral message of Christ more accessible to many, and more illuminating to all," says Billie Shakespeare, vice president for the publisher, in a statement. "It is empowering. We published this new Bible to acknowledge the rise of women in society."Empowering women does not require deception. If feminists want to prove that women are as good as men, and I believe they are, they need to avoid displaying such lowly falsehoods.
Heheh... You said "Deepthroat"
Before I knew anything, I was playing a game called
Metal Gear Solid. In it, a secret informant contacts the protagonist, Solid Snake, via codec.
"Who are you?" asks Snake.
"Just call me Deepthroat."
That's when I first heard of the Watergate Scandal. Of course, being so impressionable, I spent a few months thinking that Deepthroat was a robot assassin out to kill President Nixon.
We all know who Deepthroat really is now, and if you think my guess was silly, you should see what
this guy thought.
In a time when journalistic integrity is questioned, it's hard to accept Felt (that's Deepthroat, if you were living under a rock), who insisted on anonymity, as a hero. The concept of anonymous sources is a tricky one. Obviously, if the contents of my blog were of any real importance, I would not hide under my scholarly veil.
In the case of the Washington Post coverage of the Watergate Scandal, they were lucky. Woodstein knew who their source was, and the fact that they couldn't say so didn't absolutely kill the story. However, I would view this as an exception to the rule. Hitching your wagon to secret sources hurts the accountability of the source in question, and makes the reader cynical to whether you are telling the truth. By naming names, you earn yourself credibility.
New Mexico, Day 4
Well, I finally burned. It took longer than I expected. To tell the truth, I'm kind of glad. It's a good excuse to stay inside, play some
Fire Emblem, and avoid the family. I'll be back in Alaska in about seven days.
Thanks for watching.
Fully Cool
I have a lot of time to kill on this trip. I'm currently on a flight from Houston to Lubbock. I just finished watching the fourth episode of FLCL, a crazy little Japanese cartoon from Gainax. Those guys are geniuses.
I think the main reason I love FLCL so much is because the protagonist reminds me of me. A child who suffers from the realization that fate does to you what it will and you can't pick the adults in your life. The tiny town of Mabase is so much like Juneau, Alaska in its smallness and utter quaintness.
The child learns an important lesson that I've been stalling for a long time. When it comes down to things, you need to "swing the bat." Something needs to be done? Do it!
EDIT: Posting this from Clovis, New Mexico. What a rotten city.
Quick Comment
WooO! I'm blogging in a Houston airport. I can't believe I'm paying to use a wifi hotspot.
Isn't it funny that we now know who Deepthroat is and who
Truth Peddler is in a relatively short span of time?
I feel like I should tell you all who I am.
EDIT: Blogger's "Recover Post" is awesome.
All of that MSM Hate
Since I started my obsessive dive into blogging, I've started reading more blogs. I see a lot of hate for the mainstream media, a large group that hates bloggers for stealing their momentum and pointing out the overbearing hypocrisy that we've seen in Rathergate and the Newsweek Qu'ran scandal. You can get your daily dose of MSM hate at
Media Slander. I see they are currently featuring a counter that tracks the days since Linda Foley made her controversial statement about the US Military targeting journalists.
Well, I'm up for a good fad. If hating the MSM is what it's at, I may as well get my say.
The MSM gets things wrong. That is currently stipulated fact in the blogging community, oft-known as the "blogosphere." However, bloggers get it wrong too. While blogging giants such as
Captain Ed out there, getting it right, many unknown or unmentioned bloggers such as myself are getting it screwed up. Of course, the answer to this is to not get your information from just one blog.
This is going somewhere. There is a feeling of dissent against the MSM. We all love the bloggers now. I know I do. However, it's unfair to ever trust one source. Anyone who is surprised when poor journalism is practiced isn't realizing that this kind of thing happens a lot.
I'm not saying that the general practice forgives the act.
We need to remember that, by looking at multiple sources, we can avoid a life of one-sided hypocrisy. Some people read only newspapers. Bad idea. Some people read only certain blogs or blogs that only lean in one political direction. Another bad idea. I hate to admit it, but
Kos is correct sometimes.
I consider myself a "well-rounded" information gatherer. I read many blogs, making sure to read a few new ones to see what is outside of the spotlight. I read the local paper, which is mostly AP run. And then, because I'm a total masochist, I read
the Drudge Report.
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