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| This dude and I have discovered that the meaning of life is "extra butter."
We were eating popcorn while high, and I told him, "You know, popcorn
is such a boring food once you get past all the stuff on top of it.
That's why I always ask for extra butter on my popcorn when I go to the
movies."
Then we start talking about how you'll ask for the extra butter, and
the guy at the movies may or may not give it to you, and that
symbolizes how you never know what's going to happen in your life.
Sometimes he might even give you a shitload of extra butter.
And then sometimes you have to pump the butter yourself. It could work
out, but sometimes there's that asshole in front of you that uses up
all of the butter before you can get to it. It's a reflection on how
greedy our society is today.
Life itself is pretty dull, as is regular popcorn. So we try to make it interesting by adding things such as extra butter. | | |
| 1082 days since I joined Xanga. Holy shit that's like three years. Anyway, I've taken this time to declare my allegiances. Despite my numerous attacks on the President and his policies, I still consider myselt a pround American. I love what this country USED to stand for back in the 1700s. Also, I am a Libertarian, and a staunch one at that. I never thought I'd ever describe myself as "staunch anything, but this is different. Also, I'm a Dicordian (paise Eris.) It's even on my dogtags. I'd send a picture, but my camera sucks. | | |
| This is slowly becoming the laziest political blog ever.
a) The news on it is usually late.
b) I never update it.
c) I rarely check my sources.
c) I never really voice my opinion on things, but if it goes on this page, it either pisses me off big time or makes me giddy in the pants. If you know me well enough, you should be able to guess.
Case in point:
http://www.lp.org/media/article_417.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006#Provisions
My favorite parts:
Certain sections of the Uniform Code of Military Justice
are deemed inapplicable - including some relating to a speedy trial [10
U.S.C. sec. 948b(d)(1)(A)], compulsory self-incrimination [10 U.S.C.
sec. 948b(d)(1)(B)], and pre-trial investigation [10 U.S.C. sec.
948b(d)(1)(C)].
...
Based on his findings, the judge may introduce hearsay evidence [10 U.S.C. sec. 949a(b)(2)(E)(i)], evidence obtained without a search warrant
[10 U.S.C. sec. 949a(b)(2)(B)], evidence obtained when the degree of
coercion is disputed [10 U.S.C. sec. 948r(d)], or classified evidence
not made available to the defense [10 U.S.C. sec. 949d(f)(2)(B)].
...
In General- No person may invoke the Geneva Conventions or any
protocols thereto in any habeas corpus or other civil action or
proceeding to which the United States, or a current or former officer,
employee, member of the Armed Forces, or other agent of the United
States is a party as a source of rights in any court of the United
States or its States or territories. [Act sec. 5(a)]
Yippee.
The LoC website doesn't want to give me the full text of the Act, though. :( More on that later..
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| I hate it when people start stories this way.They introduce the name of the character and then have them doing
something of some sort. It's what they tell you do to in elementary
school to "hook" your readers in, but it just makes it look amateur.
What follows are some examples.
"George Birdson walked down the sidewalk carefully."
"Allison laughed at the joke her friend said as she ate her popcorn."
"Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum's Grand Gallery."'
Know what I mean?
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| It's been a great last few weeks for privacy activists.
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/AOL/
http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1154112920105090.xml&coll=7
Last year, when the White House's secret
domestic spying program was disclosed, the occasional GOP
maverick denounced the wiretapping as "wrong." He
declared that President Bush, by refusing to seek judicial
or congressional approval, was acting outside the law.
"We're not going to give him a blank check,"
he said at the time.
Now it appears Specter and fellow Republicans are poised to
give him exactly that. The only "compromise" by
the president is his promise to have his National Security
Agency wiretapping program reviewed by the FISA court, a
special intelligence tribunal established by the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act 28 years ago.
In return for that mild concession, the administration would
get its spying program declared retroactively legal.
God bless America.
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