Including Iraq, etc.
When someone yells 'fire!'
In a crowded theater
And people react
And people get hurt
The person who yelled
Should
At least
Feel sorry about yelling
James Forestall. The first US Secretary of Defense. Died from a fall from the 16th story window of a psych hospital. Some (many) say it was suicide. He was being treated for depression after being fired as Secretary of Defense by Truman.
President Obama on Dave Letterman last night:
"It's important to realize that I was actually black before the election."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/09/68499503/1
Fear of government control and dictatorship greeted local U.S. Representative Mike Rogers when he held a town hall style meeting yesterday at Monarch Estates, a retirement living community here in Auburn, Alabama. The Opelika-Auburn News, the local paper here, sent reporter Brittany Whitley. Click here for her full story, including some reader comments.
In an opinion that appears to go far beyond legalizing possession of marijuana, the supreme court in Argentina has ruled in a case concerning five young men arrested with marijuana on them. The Argentine supreme court said, to quote the BBC:
This makes it official: Argentina is more progressive than America.
forwarded email:
From: "Sharon"
Date: November 12, 2008 8:54:16 PM PST
Subject: Fw: From China - a week in history.
I thought you'd like to read this letter from my French business colleague who was meeting in Shanghai on our election day. It was very moving to me.
…http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRxZox4GFoIweckPDP1oRhKBlHOwD94CDDM80
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.
Population of Alaska: 683,478 (Ranked 47 in the US)
Number of US counties with more people: 80
Number of US cities with more people: 19
Average population of the 435 US Congressional Districts: 646,946
That's all I'm saying.
Jesse Helms and Bozo the Clown died on the same day. Which one will be more fondly remembered?
Come to think of it, they were never actually seen together. Something to think about.
Time to amend the US Constitution. The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the Constitution guarantees the right to own guns. Here is the Washington Post summary:
Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia said that an individual right to bear arms is supported by "the historical narrative" both before and after the Second Amendment was adopted.
