Year: 2006
UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT DEPT.
From the Halls of LAX…
This happened back in April, but it’s worth telling, because you just can’t make up this kind of stupidity. At Los Angeles International Airport, employees of the Transportation Security Administration discovered that passenger Daniel Brown was on the no-fly list, so they grabbed him before he boarded his plane and interrogated him, despite the fact… Read more
EMINENT DOMAIN DEPT.
Opening the Floodgates
One year ago today, the U.S. Supreme court ruled on the Kelo decision, confirming that governments could use their eminent domain powers to take private property and hand it over to private developers for private use. All that was needed was the thinnest of public use justifications, such as that the new owners would use… Read more
MUSIC DEPT.
Sex Over The Phone
Thoughts upon viewing the video for “Sex Over The Phone” by The Village People: I hope string ties never become trendy again. (Although, for all I know, they already are.) Production values for music videos have come a long way. Those guys have some serious mustaches. Did phone sex lines really have to take your… Read more
FREE SPEECH DEPT.
High Crimes and…
I’m not a fan of impeaching U.S. Presidents for unimportant crimes—or worse, imagined crimes—but if a Democratic Congress ever impeaches George Bush, I would be highly amused if they got him for flag desecration. Public Defender Dude has more to say. Alright, it’s a bad idea…but there’s a certain cosmic sense of justice to it. Read more
BLOGOSPHERE DEPT.
Carnival of Liberty #50
Carnival of Liberty #50 is up at TuCents. Previous carnivals: Carnival Of Liberty #49 at Liberty Corner Read more