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Here is something which mystere asked me to reprint, after I read his blog on his personal blog site:
Jerry Brown's an unfaithful closet queen idiot!
From National Review Online:
December 23, 2008 4:00 AM
Gross Dereliction of Duty
By the Editors
As
attorney general of California, Jerry Brown has a duty to defend the
state and its laws in court. That duty requires him to offer the best
grounds in defense of any law that may reasonably be defended. In a
brief he filed last Friday in the case challenging Proposition 8 — the
ballot measure that amended California’s constitution to ban same-sex
marriage — Brown grossly violated that duty. On Election Day, California voters approved Proposition 8.
Opponents of Proposition 8 then rushed to court to invalidate it on the
novel theory that it was a “revision” to, rather than an “amendment”
of, the state constitution, and that this “revision” could not be
accomplished through the ballot-initiative process.
The
brief that Brown filed for the state last Friday properly rejects the
claim that Proposition 8 amounts to a revision rather than an
amendment. But instead of presenting the best grounds in defense of the
legality of Proposition 8, Brown’s brief offers the crackpot theory —
beyond anything the opponents of Proposition 8 have argued, and beyond
the scope of the briefing that the supreme court invited — that the
constitutional amendment achieved by Proposition 8 is itself unconstitutional.
Here
is how Brown summarizes his argument in his press release: “The
amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental
constitutional rights without compelling justification.” Brown invents
this argument out of whole cloth: Further, how is it that a “right” to
same-sex marriage that the state supreme court invented just months
ago, and that even Brown’s brief concedes was not something “the
Framers [of the state constitution] contemplated,” should suddenly be
deemed a “fundamental” constitutional right?
Brown’s
answer is judicial activism on stilts: Any right that the state supreme
court has found to be protected as (in Brown’s phrase) “part of
fundamental human liberty” under the state constitution is ipso facto
a “fundamental” right. And, further, the fact that the court found such
a right means there is no “compelling justification” for its
abrogation. In Brown’s theory, there is no popular check on the
judicial-activist invention of rights.
This
is not the first time Brown has indulged his policy preference for
same-sex marriage. In the marriage case that led to the supreme court’s
creation of a right to same-sex marriage, Brown expressly repudiated
the procreation-based argument for traditional marriage that had
prevailed in some liberal courts. And he changed the ballot title for
Proposition 8 from “Limit on Marriage. Constitutional Amendment” to
“Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Initiative.
Constitutional Amendment” — a move seemingly intended to cost the
initiative votes.
Brown’s
brief is both a violation of his duty and professional malpractice.
It’s good to see that some liberal law professors in California have
already criticized Brown: One says that Brown’s argument “turns
constitutional law on its head,” and another calls his position
“extraordinary.” But Brown’s betrayal of the public trust deserves
broader condemnation from political and legal leaders in California,
including governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, irrespective of their own positions on marriage.Now
why didn't Jerry marry Linda Ronstadt back in the 70s, when most red
blooded men would have done about anything to get a date with her?
Perhaps Jerry's a closet queen? You think? Jerry deserves the next
award I'm just about to hand out to him:
Reprinted by permission AND ENCOURAGEMENT of mystere.
Okay, so we're partners in crime on this one! Here's his site: http://mysteresmoonbatslayerclub.blogspot.com/
Happy New Year Mr. Taliban???
Dec 28, 2008 | 11:06 AM PST
Category:
Political
Take a look at this folks:CIA Using Viagra to Bribe Afghan Warlords
Friday, December 26, 2008 2:17 PMBy: Dave Eberhart
The CIA has developed a novel incentive to gain cooperation and support in Taliban-plagued Afghanistan - handing out libido-enhancing Viagra pills to targeted village patriarchs, according to a report in the Washington Post.
“Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people - whether it’s building a school or handing out Viagra,” said one agency operative with multiple tours in that war torn country.
Standard incentives - such as money, jewelry and cars - are too ostentatious, noted another operative to the Post.
“If you give an asset $1,000, he’ll go out and buy the shiniest junk he can find, and it will be apparent that he has suddenly come into a lot of money from someone,” said Jamie Smith, a veteran of CIA covert operations in Afghanistan. “Even if he doesn’t get killed, he becomes ineffective as an informant because everyone knows where he got it.”
The key, Smith said, is to find a way to meet the informant’s personal needs in a way that keeps him firmly on your side but leaves little or no visible trace.
“You’re trying to bridge a gap between people living in the 18th century and people coming in from the 21st century,” Smith said, “so you look for those common things in the form of material aid that motivate people everywhere.”
Enter Viagra.
Sexual performance drugs are generally unavailable in the remote areas where the agency’s teams operate. Viagra, however, has been available in Kabul markets for a number of years and enjoys a relatively wide reputation.
“You didn’t hand it out to younger guys, but it could be a silver bullet to make connections to the older ones,” said one retired operative familiar with the drug’s use in Afghanistan.
Not everyone in the deep Afghanistan outback, however, is intimate with the little blue pill. According to the report, this has led to some inspired educational talks with the target - taking pains not to offend their hosts’ religious sensitivities.
But once the ground is broken, the results have been surprising.
One operative told the Post of a very satisfied customer who subsequently “allowed us to do whatever we wanted in his area.”
© 2008 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
Muh-muh-muh-muh-my! Oh boy I'm feeling funny! Happy happy happy happy New Year!
Will Obama "Monkey Around"?
Sep 28, 2008 | 9:10 PM PST
Category:
Political
On
or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing
health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to
occur after the VP debate on 10/2. It looks like this Obama strategy
will be a go. Republican presidential nominee John McCain challenged rival Barack
Obama on Wednesday to suspend their heated campaign, postpone Friday's
debate and work together to deal with the nation's financial troubles.
Obama did not immediately respond to his rival's surprising political
move, but campaign officials said the senator is inclined to move ahead
with the debate. The dueling statements came after the two senators spoke
privately, each trying to portray himself as the bipartisan leader at a
time of crisis.
Hmm, What will Obama Do?
Will Obama "Monkey Around"?
Sep 24, 2008 | 6:24 PM PST
Category:
Political
On or about October 5th, Biden will excuse himself from the ticket, citing health problems, and he will be replaced by Hillary. This is timed to occur after the VP debate on 10/2. It looks like this Obama strategy will be a go. Republican presidential nominee John McCain challenged rival Barack
Obama on Wednesday to suspend their heated campaign, postpone Friday's
debate and work together to deal with the nation's financial troubles.
Obama did not immediately respond to his rival's surprising political
move, but campaign officials said the senator is inclined to move ahead
with the debate. The dueling statements came after the two senators spoke
privately, each trying to portray himself as the bipartisan leader at a
time of crisis.
Hmm, What will Obama Do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFY-Zm8j0E
I must say muh-my, muh-my! Don't worry, be happy! Just don't go ape over it!
