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- Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:19 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Presidential Power
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4482
Presidential Power
Not to exercise power when it is appropriate to do so is sometimes a mistake in constitutional terms. I think this is an example (my view is independent of my rejection of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy). ***** Officer won't be fired for working to keep gay ban ANNE FLAHERTY From Associated Press M...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:02 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Ricky Martin comes out of the closet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8874
Re: Ricky Martin comes out of the closet
I just heard at McDonald's this morning that Leonard Bernstein was gay. Could this be true?
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:00 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: An oily story to cheer Corlyss
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2962
Re: An oily story to cheer Corlyss
I don't know. Corlyss has been digging for oil on her desert ranch for a few years. This has to be a setback for her.
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:40 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Ricky Martin comes out of the closet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8874
Re: Ricky Martin comes out of the closet
I have had and have close friendships with lesbians and I think there is often a difference between a straight woman's friendship with a gay male and a straight male's friendship with a gay woman. While some of my past and present lesbian friends are people I enjoy with no thought of any sexual inte...
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:38 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Monsters Who "Teach" Kids
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10789
Monsters Who "Teach" Kids
Teacher of the Year By TRACEY DALZELL WALSH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CN) - Parents say a second-grade teacher gave their developmentally disabled son a "malicious" and "sadistic" beating with a belt because he answered six questions wrong on a test. They say Barrett Elementary School teacher Katherine Thir...
- Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:55 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: FBI Arrests Hutaree "Christian" Militiamen in Midwest Raids
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7764
Re: FBI Arrests Hutaree "Christian" Militiamen in Midwest Raids
'Christian warrior' militia accused in plot to kill police By theCNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Nine people federal prosecutors say belong to a "Christian warrior" militia were accused Monday of plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral. Six Michigan re...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:08 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: And the First Arrest Goes to the Dems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2803
Re: And the First Arrest Goes to the Dems
There's no shortage of nut cases and they span the political spectrum.
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:05 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Lawsuit Against New Health Care Law
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4913
Re: Lawsuit Against New Health Care Law
Given the vast, board excerise of federal power that have been upheld over the years, yes this is a longshot. Still, one wonders if there are any limits, and this may be the case that tests that. Certainlty, the court would be doing something that is supported by most Americans, i.e, killing this t...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:28 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: FBI Arrests Hutaree "Christian" Militiamen in Midwest Raids
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7764
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:22 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Please keep Corlyss in your thoughts...
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23690
Re: Wondering where Corlyss is? Fox News has the answer...
*****karlhenning wrote:Ralph, stop making things up! ; )
Cheers,
~Karl
It's true!!!!!
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: June Havoc Dies at 97
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2053
June Havoc Dies at 97
June Havoc, immortalized in 'Gypsy,' dies at 97 March 29, 2010 3:47 PM EDT Actress and writer June Havoc, whose childhood in vaudeville as Baby June was immortalized in the musical "Gypsy," has died in Connecticut at age 97, her publicist said Monday. Havoc, the younger sister of famed stripper Gyps...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:07 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: FBI Arrests Hutaree "Christian" Militiamen in Midwest Raids
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7764
Re: FBI Arrests Hutaree "Christian" Militiamen in Midwest Raids
I guess they ain't part of a "well regulated militia."
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:05 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Please keep Corlyss in your thoughts...
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23690
Re: Wondering where Corlyss is? Fox News has the answer...
Not to worry. Corlyss has been holed up with Sarah Palin. She's the ex-governor's political guru and every word out of her mouth originated in Corlyss's.
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:04 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My Computer Crashed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13894
Re: My Computer Crashed
Apart from my total addiction to The Saul Chronicles I couldn't function as a lawyer and law professor without being both online and doing research. So that's why I have two PCs, three laptops and two netbooks. :) And a http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:2EaJi73-68wG_M:http://www.porterfieldsfinear...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:02 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Lawsuit Against New Health Care Law
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4913
Lawsuit Against New Health Care Law
Whether one agrees or disagrees about the new law on political or economic grounds, I think this editorial from today's New York Times is spot on with regard to the likelihood of the law being declared unconstitutional. of course I have been wrong before. :D ***** March 29, 2010 Editorial The Legal ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:47 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My Computer Crashed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13894
Re: My Computer Crashed
Apart from my total addiction to The Saul Chronicles I couldn't function as a lawyer and law professor without being both online and doing research. So that's why I have two PCs, three laptops and two netbooks.
- Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:50 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: 15 Nissan 5770 (starts Monday evening)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1959
Re: 15 Nissan 5770 (starts Monday evening)
All best wishes for a happy Passover to CMGers who celebrate this holiday.
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:48 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My state is filing a lawsuit!!
- Replies: 104
- Views: 90764
Re: My state is filing a lawsuit!!
* Virginia to file lawsuit after Obama signs bill into law Congress lacks power to force insurance purchases The bill requires most Americans to have health coverage [/url] Similarly, should requiring that drivers have auto insurance be something to be contested via filing a lawsuit? How does that ...
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Brutally Frank Letter to the Editor
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6495
Re: Brutally Frank Letter to the Editor
Thanks, Len. That's probably what I was thinking of. ***** Barry, The media totally blew that story out of all proportion as later accounts showed. I happened to be in court with my students when the people arrested for that incident were arraigned and the police and witness stories no way matched ...
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:48 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Brutally Frank Letter to the Editor
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6495
Re: Brutally Frank Letter to the Editor
New Yorkers have always known how dangerous and uncivilized the City of Brotherly Love is. Move up here where you can enjoy outdoor events like our many weekend street festivals (started this month) without fear of flash mobs and where even flashers are polite about displaying their shortcomings.
- Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:45 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My state is filing a lawsuit!!
- Replies: 104
- Views: 90764
Re: My state is filing a lawsuit!!
Like many of us on this board I can discuss the details of the new health care law as well as other approaches. The bottom line for me is simply that it is obscene that with the most advanced technology in the world, cutting edge research and genuine foundational wealth, people actually die because ...
- Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:11 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Musicalpaintings
- Replies: 331
- Views: 54046
Re: Musicalpaintings
SaulChanukah wrote:The Highway © 2010
*****
Saul,
This painting captures the essence of Dittersdorf! Wonderful!!!!
- Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:31 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Our society thrives on embarrassing others It’s time to stop
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9090
Re: Our society thrives on embarrassing others It’s time to stop
Look, folks, Saul should not be subject to questioning and speculation that any poster, including myself, might resent if it were directed at him or her. We should all be allowed the dignity of only sharing as much of our lives as we care to. The last thing anyone needs is to be put in the embarras...
- Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:22 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Mention Court Packing ...and *Poof* A Timely Book Appears
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6108
Re: Mention Court Packing ...and *Poof* A Timely Book Appears
It's a good account of a turbulent period. Not a substitute for reading the cases but as narrative history, it covers a lot of ground few know about.
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:07 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I speak Chinese
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2313
Re: I speak Chinese
How do you say "I'll have a pastrami on club with a side of slaw?"
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:04 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My prediction: Next pope will end mandatory celibacy
- Replies: 32
- Views: 27322
Re: My prediction: Next pope will end mandatory celibacy
Clerical celibacy is wholly irrelevant to the issue of sexual abuse of children. Priests do not molest children because they are barred from normal sexual relations. They commit these acts because they are sick. Many priests have heterosexual relationships with adults (and homosexual relationships w...
- Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:15 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Some revisionist history on Stalingrad
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1674
Re: Some revisionist history on Stalingrad
Glantz is very worth reading.
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:57 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I Am Very Sad
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17632
Re: I Am Very Sad
*****Daisy wrote:I'm so sorry, Ralph, I know how it is to lose loved ones. My own husband had a mild stroke last week, and it was a traumatic experience, though he has been recovering nicely. I'll keep you in my prayers.
All best wishes for his quick and full recovery.
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:46 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: My state is filing a lawsuit!!
- Replies: 104
- Views: 90764
Re: My state is filing a lawsuit!!
The lawsuits were guaranteed and surprise no constitutional lawyer. Standing is not an issue as the states can assert that the requirement interferes with their general police powers and in some instances there is an issue of preemption of state law which automatically gives such a state standing. S...
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:31 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Is It Constitutional??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2066
Re: Is It Constitutional??
I don't agree with you, jack. Whatever the merits of the plan (and I don't want to get into that here), government can compel individuals to purchase insurance or face criminal penalties. That's the case with auto liability insurance in, I think, all states. Such a requirement, when challenged, as i...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:32 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23691
Re: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
A joke? With our history of slavery and racism? This has nothing to do with humor and obviously only a target that has experienced pervasive discrimination would have been the subject of this vicious act. It's not "politically correct" to react with anger. " It's basic decency. I agree. But what IS...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 10:02 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23691
Re: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
Turnersville, NJ - Arrest Made Over 'all black people leave' Announcement at New Jersey Walmart Published on: March 20th, 2010 at 08:53 PM News Source: NY Daily News Turnersville, NJ - A 16-year-old boy was busted for broadcasting a racist comment over the public address system of a Walmart in south...
- Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:27 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Inspiring Armed Force Tribute
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1382
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:52 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23691
Re: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
"Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers," she recalled hearing the calm male voice begin. "Will all the black people please leave the store. Thank you." The term used was "black people" it could have been much worse. From my perspective - and admittedly it is from thousands of miles away - this appears to me...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:50 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23691
Re: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
I see it as a twisted attempt at a JOKE! On some level, it was rather amusing. Any race could have been substituted with the same result...the thought of having any single race leave a store is funny. Get yer politically correct panties unbunched! ***** A joke? With our history of slavery and racis...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:32 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23691
Re: Inquiry into racist announcement at Glouco Wal-Mart
Apparently it's possible for people to access the P.A. system from phones located throughout the stores. They are changing that. They're no way to stop evil people from doing things like that. In Chicago in the past few years vicious racist comments have come across fire department radios. Whether i...
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:49 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Congratulations to Chanan!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2921
Re: Congratulations to Chanan!!
All best wishes for a lifetime of love and happiness!
- Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:42 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: More About Anne Frank
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2076
More About Anne Frank
Amsterdam The Netherlands - Anne Frank Remained a Storyteller at Nazi Camp Published on: March 17th, 2010 at 10:37 PM News Source: AP Amsterdam The Netherlands - Frail, bone-cold and surrounded by death, Jewish teenager Anne Frank did her best to distract younger children from the horrors of a Nazi ...
- Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I can't believe it
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9186
Re: I can't believe it
I seriously doubt that any general would "demand" anything of his Commander-in-Chief. The translation is clearly not accurate.
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:44 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Jewish Art
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31940
Re: Jewish Art
Well I'm a woman and I was not in the least offended by the lack of women pictured in the artists work. In fact, I thought the art was charming and affecting in a Norman Rockwell sort of way. I could almost hear that klezmer band. Ralph, I would agree that I would not care to be transported into th...
- Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:36 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Ridiculous Euphemisms
- Replies: 67
- Views: 27402
Re: Ridiculous Euphemisms
I also don't like "significant other." My cats qualify for that.
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:25 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Jewish Art
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31940
Re: Jewish Art
Saul, You manage to ask a good question but one posited on an irrational conclusion. I love art and go to museums and galleries often, I have an extensive art library. I approach art as I do music-analytically. That does not mean I do or do not enjoy any particular work. As to your assuming my inter...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:01 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Jewish Art
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31940
Re: Jewish Art
The paintings are very nice and the artist captures emotions on faces quite beautifully. I'm struck by the fact that except for one work, "Sabbath," women are wholly absent. And this reflects the reality of the subordination of women in the Orthodox Jewish religion notwithstanding the apologetics o...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:40 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Jewish Art
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31940
Re: Jewish Art
The paintings are very nice and the artist captures emotions on faces quite beautifully. I'm struck by the fact that except for one work, "Sabbath," women are wholly absent. And this reflects the reality of the subordination of women in the Orthodox Jewish religion notwithstanding the apologetics of...
- Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:49 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Robins Abound!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 12571
Re: Robins Abound!
I'm not especially a bird fan but there's something about blue jays that makes me feel good. I saw the first one this year on a bush outside my house last week and that was a happy moment.
- Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:40 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Ridiculous Euphemisms
- Replies: 67
- Views: 27402
Ridiculous Euphemisms
Are you annoyed by some euphemisms that have crept into our language and displaced more straight forward words. Who calls himself an "undertaker" these days? They are all "funeral directors." Well my least favorite euphemism is "pre-owned." What nonsense. A while back I thought I was being circumspe...
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:00 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Official 2010 Passover Coke Thread
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13205
Re: The Official 2010 Passover Coke Thread
*****MarkC wrote:No no -- "Coke Zero."Ralph wrote:Nope. Diet Coke is the true ambrosia.
That's a faux Coke!
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:59 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: A pubic threat on the Florida roads
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4760
Re: A pubic threat on the Florida roads
Can't get away from the vision of her using a razor at highway speeds!
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: This "facebook" thing ....
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9387
Re: This "facebook" thing ....
My Alumni office asked faculty to consider enrolling in Facebook as a means of keeping in touch with alumni. I did and I never post anything on my page about my life. Virtually all of my "friends" are either current students or alumni. I am amazed at how some put the most insignificant details of th...
- Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:33 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Can We Finally Ban Ice Cream Now?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6421
Re: Can We Finally Ban Ice Cream Now?
Relax, Jack. I can assure you that there is adequate documentation that the Constitution's Framers in 1787 considered the availability of ice cream to be so obvious a fundamental right that they declined to enumerate it in the Bill of Rights in 1791.