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New schedule, Mom starts today so I have to actually be on time. Bright side, I finally get to hear the first hour of the show.

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New schedule, Mom starts today so I have to actually be on time. Bright side, I finally get to hear the first hour of the show.

It's good that you guys can carpool!

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I must disagree with Momma: I do hate Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. With every fibre of my being. Nothing would make me happier than to see them both destroyed and disgraced.



But that's just me.

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"Why I hate the President"

- an old Tri-Secian rant from 2006.



Mr. President, I want to thank you for the things you and your administration have done for me.



I no longer enjoy aviation. This has been a lifelong interest of mine, since my very first word. (“Airpane! “, according to my father.) Years of travel, hanging around the airfield, going to airshows, listening to the tower…have all been ruined thanks to you. Now, when I see an airplane or a helicopter flying around….I wonder if it’s spying on me, or particularly if it’s a military bird, I run inside to get the TV on to see what happened. What once brought me endless hours of excitement and happiness has now turned into fear and worry. Thank you, Mr. President.



I no longer travel great distances anymore. Thanks to the TSA, and the assumption that everyone traveling via air is a terrorist, and the loss of my fourth amendment rights, and the surly treatment by your minions, and the subsequent loss of human dignity in the airport…the joy of visiting unknown places has turned into tedium and hassle. I only go places I can drive now. Thank you, Mr. President.



I can no longer have civil discussions with my in-laws. We’re on opposite sides of the fence…I live in the reality-based community…they’re part of the 29%. The last couple of attempts at conversation have devolved into shouting matches and upset family members for days afterwards. Thank you, Mr. President.



I have even yelled at my own mother…she has unfortunately started watching Fox News. She once voted for President Kennedy, and has voted for his younger brother Edward in every election she has been able to. She doesn’t see the irony in trotting out the right-wing talking points, and I have violently argued with her over this. Thank you, Mr. President.



Yes sir, I’d have to categorize your administration as a catalyst for change, alright. You’ve made a huge difference in my life, and in the relationships I have with my family and friends. Thank you, Mr. President!

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Well, Dennis Miller has just boggled my mind then.



I can't believe I used to like him.

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Three cases are to be decided today from SCOTUS:



Davis v. FEC (07-320), on the so-called “Millionaire’s Amendment” to campaign finance laws;

District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290), on the scope of the right to own firearms under the Second Amendment;

and Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County (06-1457), on electricity contracts reached during the Western energy crisis.



all l three seem like pretty interesting cases.

Heller is going to go 5-4 - Kennedy swing opinion AGAIN - this time he'll side with Alito, Roberts, Thomas and Scalia - 2nd Amendment applies to individuals as well as militia - ergo, a "ban" is unconstitutional, however - regulation is not. Of course, the minority will ask the question, isn't a "ban" a "regulation"?

So it is your opinion that Guns will be allowed back on the streets. I can see this one coming, and it concerns me for the implication to all state regulation regarding gun ownership.

The first salient feature of the operative clause [of the 2nd Amendment] is that it codifies a “right of the people.” The unamended Constitution and the Bill of Rights use the phrase “right of the people” two other times, in the First Amendment’s Assembly-and-Petition Clause and in the Fourth Amendment’s Search-and-Seizure Clause. The Ninth Amendment uses very similar terminology (“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”). All three of these instances unambiguously refer to individual rights, not “collective” rights, or rights that may be exercised only through participation in some corporate body.

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From Scalia's written opinion in Heller:

The first salient feature of the operative clause [of the 2nd Amendment] is that it codifies a “right of the people.” The unamended Constitution and the Bill of Rights use the phrase “right of the people” two other times, in the First Amendment’s Assembly-and-Petition Clause and in the Fourth Amendment’s Search-and-Seizure Clause. The Ninth Amendment uses very similar terminology (“The

enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”). All three of these instances unambiguously refer to individual rights, not “collective” rights, or rights that may be exercised only through participation in some corporate body.

Interesting.. Scalia just gave an opening to invalidate any preventative measures taken to limit civil protests.