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sometimes makes me feel about being a UT Law graduate something akin to what Natalie Maines feels about George W. Doofus and Texas. That having been said, I would ask those who would have the University discipline him, what part of the First Amendment don't you understand?
Please recall Judge Learned Hand's formula for when advocacy of violence can constitutionally be punished: the gravity of the evil, discounted by the improbability of its actual occurrence. Does anyone think for a moment that assassination of Iranian clerics or scientists will actually occur because Professor Gasbag has written his screed, which assassinations would not occur absent Reynolds' advocacy?
BTW, what position would the good professor take as to Saddam Hussein's attempt to kill the first President Bush?
It has been painfully obvious since he first came to Nashville that the Titans' cornerback/punt returner's priority has been living the thug life rather than winning football games. What with his refusal to act like a grownup, perhaps he should be called Adam "Pacboy" Jones.
God doesn't think He's George W.
The judge in the Libby case can force the Cheerleader-in-Chief's hand on whether Libby will be pardoned by denying bail pending appeal. Libby doesn't appear to be the kind who could serve time well.
"[L]et the uniform code of military justice determine if conduct is inappropriate or unbecoming."
I am a yellow-dog Democrat. That having been said, I can hardly wait for a reporter to ask Senator Clinton if she believes that a consensual act of heterosexual fellatio should subject a service member to the possibility of court martial.
if a candidate for president were to go coon hunting?
Some of my clients have used the home marketing parties to sell a wide variety of sex toys and novelties. I joked that they should call these gatherings schtupperware parties.
Gonzie, you're doin' a heck of a job.
would anyone market a car with a model name reminiscent of the Pinto?
need not fear prison, nor even trial, so long as the Cheerleader-in-Chief can pardon him before leaving office, just as his daddy did with Caspar Weinberger.
I suspect that Rove regards this life as a mere tune-up or audition for his ultimate goal--that of managing Wretched M. Nixon's campaign for President of Hell. (By the time Rove gets there, it may well be a re-election campaign.)
would put up with a boss who nicknamed him Fredo?
represents an act of terrorism which targeted Americans on our own soil. Let's see what measures George W. Doofus takes to counteract the kind of terrorism engaged in by the Rethuglican-voting yahoos on Eric Rudolph's and Antonin Scalia's side of the culture wars.
about Gov. Thompson's ability to parse a question?
The dilemma, of course, is that Republican candidates pander to those who talk of God, those who walk with Mammon, and followers of those, like His Accidency George W. Doofus, who do both simultaneously.
have so far mentioned Sen. Thompson's vote to acquit President Clinton on the charge of perjury. When that happens, the infighting will be fun to watch.
that Doofus will not issue a pre-emptive pardon to Rove, whether he has been charged with any crime or not? Recall that when President Ford pardoned former President Nixon, he had not been charged with any crime.
One suspects that Rove views this life as merely a dress rehearsal for his dream job: managing the campaign of Richard Nixon for president of Hell.
It's no coincidence that Rush Bimbo and his ilk have flourished in the medium whose audience need not know how to read. How many of the yahoos are howling about erecting a fence at the Canadian border (across which some of the 9/11 hijackers entered the United States) to keep out the (non-hispanic) caucasians?
I suspect that much of the diatribe about immigrants is fueled by outright pandering to the losers who make up much of daytime talk radio's audience. Lyndon Johnson in 1960 explained the appeal of racial demagogy: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
The barriers of de jure racial segregation have been removed, but the visceral need to look down on the "other fellow" has remained constant. For the schmucks who empty their pockets for Limbaugh's advertisers, the only thing that's changed is that the people they now look down on have light brown skin instead of dark brown skin.
If Governor George Wallace were alive, healthy* and running for office today, his mantra would likely be, "Xenophobia now, xenophobia tomorrow, xenophobia forever."
Rush Limbaugh, Michael "Savage" Weiner and their ilk are this century's Orval Faubuses and George Wallaces.
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*Wallace recanted his racist views only after his health failed.
Easy solution.Educate on....*drum roll*....
Hand jobs, Blow Jobs!
That'll take care of it.
I wondered why the above list did not include anal penetration, but then I recalled an old joke:
A young woman went to see her gynecologist. After her exam, to doctor asked if she had any questions.The woman said, "My husband has lately become very fond of anal sex. What do you think about that?"
The doc said, "Does it hurt?"
The patient replied, "A little."
The doc asked, "Well, how do you feel about it?
The woman said, "Well, it took a time or two to get used to it, but now I kinda like it."
The doctor said, "Then I don't see any problem. Just be sure and use condoms if you don't want to become pregnant."
The patient said, "I didn't know you could get pregnant like that!"
The doc replied, "And where did you think Republicans came from?"
the biggest difference between God and Goerge W. Bush: God's acolytes don't believe that He is George W.