This has always puzzled me. A print is, itself, sort of a reproduction. So these guys made a fake reproduction of a reproduction of a Lichtenstein, the “originals” of which were pretty much stolen from the works of comic book artists. Maybe they put everyone on trial all the way back to Roy?
But Gura appeared to concede large chunks of his argument, moving away from an absolutist position on gun rights. He concurred, at one point, with Justice Stephen Breyer that a ban on machine guns or plastic guns would be constitutional because those weren’t the kind of weapons normally carried by members of state militias in the early days of the U.S.
By this way of thinking, we have the right to bear muskets. I’m for regulation of firearms, but discussing the Second Amendment nowadays is like interpreting poetry, and if Justice Breyer wants to say it’s actually about unicorns apparently he gets to say that and someone will agree with him.
So Obama goes to the Chicago Tribune, answers all their questions with the same answers he’s always given, and now there’s no issue other than with Kass who “almost” believes him? Basically, going down, laying on some charm and saying he wants to be a clean candidate is enough for the editorial board. At least now I can stop reading the Daily Herald and go back to reading the Tribune. I wish Royko were still alive to point out the absurdity of this whole thing. Just a farcical election.
“Jesus was a poor black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture that was controlled by rich white people. The Romans were rich. The Romans were Italians, which means they were Europeans, which means they were white, and they controlled everything in Jesus’ country.” link
Italians are white? Obama, you gotta distance yourself from that statement. And again, why did the media time the release of this latest wave of scrutiny as they did? This isn’t new information. This isn’t an election. This is theater.
Interesting political stunt on the hill - an amendment was proposed to fund all of Obama’s campaign promises. Didn’t pass. Obama voted against it (all three candidates showed up to work for once). They could just as well have done the Clinton or McCain budgets and shown that the numbers don’t add up, that their promises are empty and disastrous, but I suppose Obama’s the popular target of the moment. All three candidates are campaigning on squirming masses of illusory snakes, masses of internal inconsistencies.
So, moving the whole discussion away from Ferraro and her racialist remarks, I was thinking about the general tenor struck when describing Clinton voters by the media and the pundit class:
UNEDUCATED: People who vote for Clinton don’t have as much education and are stupid, perhaps signing their names with an “X” when they get to their polling place. Their lack of education makes them fear driven - and they’re worried that their children won’t have Hillary to take the call at 3 a.m. After which of course Hillary will do the same thing she did in 2001 - dash off to the Capitol steps to sing a few rousing patriotic songs.
FEMALE: Voting with their ovaries. Perhaps they don’t even like Clinton, but they’re tired of how society limits them because of their gender.
WORKING CLASS: See uneducated. These people shouldn’t get a full vote! They don’t know as much. Let’s see about amending the Constitution to give them a 3/5ths vote.
OLD: Totally unhip! Get with the New Pepsi! It makes you sexy and athletic. There are also undertones of “too old to not be racist” in this.
I don’t know, this is a crap election all around. The only people who seem to be willing to talk straight to us are Obama’s advisors*, and they get punished when they do. Farcical.
* Goolsbee showing the softer side of trade negotation, Samantha Power emphasizing that 18 months is a best case scenario and it would take more than likely longer, Wright pointing out that America is a target in part because of our past mistakes and that we have engaged in what could be termed acts of terror. These are all reasonable, truthful positions. Unfortunately, the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater with these people - sneaky negotiations, calling Clinton a monster “off the record”**, saying jesus was blonde and blue eyed just like in all America’s churches!
** And what the hell is the deal here? It’s alright for John McCain to call Clinton a bitch but you can’t call her a monster?
Apparently, Google needed EU approval to acquire DoubleClick. Perhaps a trend? Will we be seeing the European Union dictate more and more to the U.S. what can and can’t be done, set environmental and safety standards, perhaps even … put a former president on trial for creating policies that violated human rights and pushing false information that led to the invasion of a sovereign state? Time will tell.
Potatoes have always made me happy - and now I know why! As soon as I shake off this lethargy I’m off to the store for some vitamin b6 supplments.
Vitamin B6 — Brain Cell and Nervous System Activity
Vitamin B6 plays numerous roles in our nervous system, many of which involve neurological (brain cell) activity. B6 is necessary for the creation of amines, messaging molecules or neurotransmitters, on which the nervous system relies to transmit messages from one nerve to the next. Some of the amine-derived neurotransmitters that require vitamin B6 for their production are serotonin, a lack of which is linked to depression; melatronin, the hormone needed for a good night’s sleep; epinephrine and norepinephrine, hormones that help us respond to stress; and GABA, which is needed for normal brain function.
Damn you Stale Biscuit Pepsi McCain, damn you to hell! You’re damn well sure not to get the vote I wasn’t going to give to you anyways in a state that always hands its delegates to the Democrats anyways!
WASHINGTON — Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing’s loss of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to the parent company of European plane maker Airbus.
There are other targets for their ire — the Air Force, the defense secretary and even the entire Bush administration.
But Boeing supporters in Congress are directing their wrath at McCain, the Arizona senator and nominee in waiting, for scuttling an earlier deal that would have let Boeing build the next generation of Air Force refueling tankers. Boeing now will miss out on a deal that it says would have supported 44,000 new and existing jobs at the company and suppliers in 40 states.
“I hope the voters of this state remember what John McCain has done to them and their jobs,” said Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., whose state would have been home to the tanker program and gained about 9,000 jobs.
“Having made sure that Iraq gets new schools, roads, bridges and dams that we deny America, now we are making sure that France gets the jobs that Americans used to have,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill. “We are sending the jobs overseas, all because John McCain demanded it.”
So I was at the post office today mailing off a box of comic books, and the woman behind the counter started talking about Bridgeport, where she used to deliver mail, and Daley’s townhome, how bad Stroger is, and George Bush and how all politicians are the same (even the presidential candidates). She wanted someone who had to work hard and not get much for it to hold office, someone who’d seen how difficult life is for normal people. It actually all started when a woman started opening doors looking for the bathroom (there was no public restroom) -
“I’ve got a five year old boy and he needs to use the restroom!”
“You can’t just go around opening doors!”
“Try the Taco Bell - it’s only a couple of blocks down.”
“He can’t wait two blocks.”
“I mean stores, a couple - it’s just a bit west of here that way.”
“She can’t just open doors.”
- and I said “she might find where you guys have the secret post office gold hidden”. Which got her started about Bush and the suitcases of money he sent to Iraq which disappeared (looking for info on this it seems that there were many suitcases of money floating about, some bribes, some sent to Afghanistan, some coming, some going). I’m not really sure there’s any larger point to this, just a curious little conversation with someone who was glad to not be hoofing it on the streets of Bridgeport any longer.