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I hope these people don’t vote

jhbutcher — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 03:14:00 +0000

In a recent Pew Survey, people were asked to pick the name of the current U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice from a list of four names. Eight percent of the people surveyed picked Thurgood Marshall who has been dead for over … Continue reading →

We’re working for the government

jhbutcher — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:17:40 +0000

Best line I read today – by a Neal B. Freeman regarding fat government pensions:

Let’s be clear about what’s happened: after it became clear that taxpayers could no longer afford to pay for their own pensions, they were compelled to pay for government pensions. That would seem to settle the question of who is working for whom.

A Specter Indeed

jhbutcher — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:44:27 +0000

Why does this Arlen Specter switching parties thing sound familiar? Because he’s done it before, switching from Democrat to Republican in 1966. In short, his firmest allegiance is to the “I want to get re-elected” party.

Also, did you know that Arlen Specter is the guy who came up with the “single bullet theory” (a.k.a. the “bastard bullet”) for the Warren Commission?

We’re congress darn it!

jhbutcher — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:49:55 +0000

House kills effort to investigate lobbyist-lawmaker ties.

“Asked why he voted with the majority to table the resolution, Murtha said, ‘no comment. ‘”

Our Constitution is good.

jhbutcher — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:14:57 +0000

Something to be thankful for
Something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving – The United States Constitution and not necessarily for the reasons you think. Europeans often make the joke that “this building is older than your country” and their jest is frequently grounded in truth. The country’s identity and buildings may indeed be ancient, but several of the countries’ constitutions, the very foundations of their government, are in their swaddling clothes when viewed in comparison to the United States Constitution. I came across this information in a magazine article over the Thanksgiving holiday and it surprised me (though it probably shouldn’t have).

Ages of the constitutions of the United States, Germany, France, Spain & Italy:
US Constitution – Sep 17, 1787
German Constitution [Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland] – 1949
French Constitution [Constitution of the Fifth Republic – The previous constitution of the Fourth Republic being an alarming 12 years old] – October 4, 1958
Spanish Constitution [Constitución española de 1978] of 1978 (It’s younger than I am)
Italian Constitution [Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana] – 22 December 1947

The United States Constitution is older than the above four European national constitutions (I’ll even add Switzerland’s [1999]) put together and there is no serious movement to eliminate, replace or even significantly alter it. It’s that good – something to be thankful for.