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Scattershot 2009-04-10

April 10, 2009 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

Things I’d probably tweet about if I could get Tweetdeck working on my computer:

  • I don’t normally have much patience for conservative whining about crap like Obama not wearing a flag pin, but it really bothers me that he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. President Barack Obama is the elected representative of 300 million free people. King Abdullah is just a thug with something valuable…kind of like a drug kingpin. A more appropriate greating for the Saudi King would be a handshake. Or a smart bomb right into his palace. I hate dictators.
  • Hey, look, Lance Armstrong is accused of violating the anti-doping rules. By the French. Again. His crime? “Armstrong ‘did not respect the obligation to remain under the direct and permanent observation’ of the tester.” I think that’s kind of like when the FBI investigates you for a crime and can’t prove a thing, but they charge you with obstructing the investigation. I hope this doesn’t turn out to be another frame-up. By the French. Again.
  • Arrested for drugs in New York? Behold the future of your freedom. And according to Scott, that’s the easy-to-read version.
  • Also, from Scott, some up-and-coming law students apparently think their future employers aren’t doing enough pro bono work. Scott suggests an obvious solution.
  • Looks like Chicago will once again be making cops walk into traffic. The point is to ticket people who don’t yield properly to pedestrians. Remember, it’s only revenue raising safety-improving until someone gets hurt.
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