Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Isn’t it awkward when there’s something to celebrate, and it’s worth some heap-big imbibing but it happens on a Monday? Just dang.
CNS News is flashing back to our lefty pals saying this wouldn’t be a prob-a-luhm. Woops.
As Allahpundit points out, this is not the final battle in the war because it’s a lower court ruling. I think Allah is making a big mistake in minimizing this though. The casual observer can now see this is a real problem; Sen. Leahy can’t just authoritatively intone “nobody questions it” and make the problem go away. Now it has to be taken seriously. That will cause, at the very minimum — granting the other side the benefit of the doubt, that the constitutional question will eventually be satisfactorily resolved — a devastating loss of momentum. And that’s at the very least. That is presuming the constitutional authority can eventually be found…or…conjured up.
pickelsgap, like many, relishes the most satisfying statement in Judge Vinson’s decision (on p. 42):
It is difficult to imagine that a nation which began, at least in part, as the result of opposition to a British mandate giving the East India Company a monopoly and imposing a nominal tax on all tea sold in America would have set out to create a government with the power to force people to buy tea in the first place.
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Meh. I think the Dems. knew this was a fiasco from the beginning. Teh One spent all his political capital to get something, anything passed. So they ramrodded this through. Remember the line about this being “his waterloo”? I do, and so does Barry. All that mattered was passing it. They knew it wouldn’t stand up to judicial scrutiny or it would be repealed or defunded. Under any of those scenarios, they could do what they always do; blame Republicans. “We had finally solved the problem that is Healthcare but Republicans hate poor people and children so they repealed/defunded/overturned it.” The USSC is majority conservative so there is a chance they’ll either pass on the lower court’s ruling (unlikely) or hear the case and uphold the ruling. Time will tell but there’s no downside for Dems with their own constituents.
- Duffy | 02/01/2011 @ 12:26