So Much For What We Stand For

I know the Blogfather linked to this list of Republicans abandoning their principles, but some of these are just plain stupid. Since when do Republicans stand for "tradition" as an amorphous, all-encompassing idea? Anything that is a tradition must be upheld by Republicans or they're hypocrites? Come on, that's third grade thinking. And the federalism argument is, well, very narrow minded. EVERYONE has their overriding principles, which trump other principles at certain times and places. This doesn't mean that they don't believe in the overridden principles, just that there is a higher one. What exactly are they to do in that situation, exactly? Sit on their hands, crying "Federalism!" while these same critics say "So much for Republicans standing for a "culture of life." They're damned if they do, damned if they don't, so I, for one, don't have a problem with them prioritizing their values, and letting higher ones trump lower ones.

It seems anytime there's a post about "principles" everyone wants to paint with as broad a brush as possible, because then it's easy to find inconsistencies.

This is the kind of thing you shouldn't read in the morning if you're hoping to have a good day

Paying for conservation. Sure, Oregon does lots of loopy stuff, like make suicide legal, but this takes the cake. You damn socialists, get your hands off my life!! A "vehicle mileage tax"? Why not a "breathing" tax too, while we're at it, since that would get EVERYBODY, and increase revenues, and some people wouldn't be shirking on paying "their fair share" to society. Since, everything we own or are belongs to the government and they so graciously allow us to live. How wonderful. Idiots.

4 down and 1 to go

Finished community property today. Weird. I wish she wrote better questions. I know, I know, maybe I just didn't understand it well enough. Maybe. Or maybe the questions weren't specific enough to deal with the specifics of my knowledge. It happened to Rusty last semester, it could happen to Lizzy.

Next up: Evidence, and I have two hours tonight, and all day tomorrow to learn it. So why am I writing about it online instead of reading. Because, it's what I do.

The Cherry-picking left on health care

This post from McQ sums up why I am a conservative leaning libertarian. If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on Paul's support.

Two Tests Down

Jimmy Mac is now out of my life. Good riddance to bad rubbish. He is a total unmitigated ass. The last test question was "Please rank all the current Supreme Court Justices from most conservative to least conservative (none are really liberal)." Well, no shit, when they are ranking on your card-carrying-Communist spectrum. How is this a legitimate question? Who gives a shit what their political preferences are, and how are my personal preferences (which I must use to gauge their politics) any of your damn business either? Oh, and HOW is this related to our study of Constitutional Law? I understand that it's just par for the damn course in your class, where we NEVER talked about the law, and if a case name was mentioned once a week, that was a lot of cases. The class should've been called "Jimmy Mac's Personal Feelings" but a required class, and one that I am paying tuition for? If this law school ever hopes to take its place among the better ranked and thought of small schools (let alone the nationally renowned schools), it'd better do a MUCH better job of preparing its students on the LAW, instead of leading them in political indoctrination classes where religious beliefs are derided, and large groups of people who merely hold a different political philosophy are called bigots and other slanderous names. What a joke.

Humor and Wit in Supreme Court Opinions:

Is it any surprise that most of the entries are Scalia? And all of the actually funny ones?

JustOneMinute: Krugman On Ideology

JustOneMinute: Krugman On Ideology