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  The Morning Scramble - 5/12/2008

  http://norunnyeggs.com/2008/05/the-morning-scramble-5122008/
  5 days ago in No Runny Eggs · Authority: 130

  I doubt that welfare radio station in central Illinois will be having a blues fest this time around… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVF-0JKLnd4 Tom McMahon misses nougat. I also remember when Milky Way was a hefty candy bar. Lawhawk says a couple of Al Qaeda types, including one returning from Iraq to Afghanistan, encountered Excedrin Heartache #223. Kate delivers today’s history lesson on pork barrel politics. Dusty drools over the (hopefully) coming supersonic business jet. I know a couple people who would like to get their hands on it (perhaps the next AB1 or BP1?) Uncle Jimbo video break part 1 - cool cars (and a Pacer) on State St. Gaius says, “Beware counterfeit Cisco routers.” Owen doesn’t like the coming budget “repair” bill. If there’s a deal this week, it ought to make for some real interesting times in Stevens Point at the end of the week. Trail-Mix toon break part 1 - Operation Chaos Edition Mark Block asks the Department of Revenue, “What’s next?” After all, the appetite of the bipartisan Party-In-Government is insatiable. I wonder what the FairTaxers think about that. Ed Driscoll found yet another example of the lack of math skills in the press corps. Random10 exposes the world view of the worst SecState evah, and Barack Obama supporter, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Jon Ham notes the violence veto is becoming commonplace. I’ll wager that most of those exercising this subscribe to the Brzezinski world view. Jim Hoft notes something that, had it happened anywhere other than the home of the Religion of Pieces, would have got a lot of attention from the usual suspects. Maybe if they could find a way to have blamed Booooosh instead of the ROP,…. Flip has the official flag lapel of the BHO States 57 campaign. For those who believe in numerology, I wonder if Obama remembers what happened to the last candidate associated with the number 57. Charles Johnson busts Obama and the Official Newspaper of the BHO States 57 campaign, the New York Times after they tried to rewrite history. I still don’t believe in numerology, but ask CBS, Dan Rather and John F. Kerry about tampering with the record with the Lizards patrolling right field. Speaking of Rather, Ace notes with a SluShop that he claims to have been rejected by Fox. Heather Radish breaks the Gorebal Warming code. Headless Blogger lays the smackdown on biodiesel (aka The Next Corn-A-Hole). Uncle Jimbo video break #2 - Duck surfing on Mendota. Unless you’re Steve Jobs, I apologize for UJ’s gratuitous use of colorful language directed at Apple and its murder of iMovie 08 in the first 39 seconds. Any Mac-o-philes know of a better A/V editing package for UJ and his HD camera? William Teach marvels at the Leftists’ rank duplicity on use of military force. Trail-Mix toon break part 2 - Burma and corn-a-hole edition. Warner Todd Huston goes into the memory hole that Newsweek opened up on vote scaring. Something about stones and glass houses comes to mind. Bonus Flip; he asks whether we want a third W term or a second Peanut Farmer term. James Wigderson delivers education to a heap of pols.
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  Wigderson versus U.S. Constituion

  http://brazenmaverick.blogspot.com/2008/05/wigderson-versus-...
  6 days ago in Brazen Maverick · Authority: 13

  Hmmmm. Dropping into Milwaukee to remind us all why she was President Ronald Reagan’s biggest mistake, former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor told her audience that electing judges is wrong, and that Arizona has a better way. Of course, the Arizona method made her a judge, and her tenure on the US Supreme Court is strong evidence that an unaccountable judiciary is not a good thing.Okay. I can understand having objections to changing Wisconsin's judiciary to an appointed, rather than elected, one. Reasonable people certainly can disagree. But is Wigderson really saying that the framers made a huge mistake when they wrote Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution, which reads as follows: The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, recieve for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office. (Emphasis mine.) Yes, Sandra Day O'Connor is proof positive that the framers got it wrong. It's miraculous that the Republic was not undone by her wanton flip-floppery. (Sarcasm!) Of course, Wigderson is probably thanking his lucky stars that Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, and Alito will be serving for life or good behavior, so I really wonder if he'd be willing to give that up in exchange for knowing that there would be no more "unaccountable" O'Connors on the loose. I suppose I could use Scalia et al as evidence that an appointed judiciary is a bad thing. But I accept that the framers intended for Supreme Court justices to be essentially above reproach. I would argue that justices of state supreme courts serve much the same function and deserve the same protection, be they liberal or conservative. Justices of the highest courts in the land, be it the state or the country, should not, to my mind, have to worry about whether following the law will cost them in the next election. The framers, at least, understood this when they wrote Article III, Section 1.
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  Idiot Politician of the Week

  http://thoughtfulconservative.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/idiot...
  6 days ago in Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative · Authority: 65

  Presented by James Wigderson. No, no, you’ve have to go see who it is.

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