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Posted 10:27 AM by Jason
Totally Weak

British do-gooders (and undoubted nanny-state supporters) tell mythical elf-man to slim down.

Here's my question: Given that this chap has been around for hundreds upon hundreds of years, who are we to impose our notions of health on him? Maybe we could learn a lesson or two from the guy, or at least not get on his case about it.

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Posted 10:11 PM by Jason
Wait, what?

John Edwards takes an individual rights view of the Second Amendment? Not that I would ever vote for the guy, and I'm sure there's a ton and a half of hedging going on in his mind as he says it, but still, interesting.

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Posted 10:02 PM by Jason
Meanwhile, over in St. Paul...

Hamline University suspends a student for advocating concealed carry on campus. The university wants him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. I think their real concern should be getting him into a composition class. With a tact chaser.

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Posted 11:19 AM by Jason
Guns, Human Rights, and the Second Amendment

David E. Petzal, Field & Stream's Gun Nut, passes along a message from Fred Thompson's campaign on the U.N.'s Sub-Commission on Human Rights and their disregard for a right to self-defense. This is definitely the first time I've seen a presidential candidate/campaign cite Hugo Grotius, so it's worth reading just for that. This is where I insert a teaser:

"There is another disturbing aspect to this call for international global gun control. Throughout modern history, the forced disarmament of people by its government has often been accompanied or followed by that government’s commission of often massive human rights abuses. In fact, no genocide in the 20th century occurred when the victim population still possessed small arms, legally or illegally, with which to defend themselves.

So now the UN wants to disarm civilians? Where was the UN when the massacres in Rwanda occurred? What did the UN do to protect the victims of ethnic massacres in Bosnia? Disarming civilians under the guise of international human rights law will only lead to more such genocides by ensuring that civilians can never defend themselves! It would be funny if it weren’t so perverse. "

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Posted 12:42 PM by Jason
I probably shouldn't give him the (insignificant) bump in traffic, but

I just have a feeling that this chap and I see the world in completely different ways.

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Posted 11:43 PM by Jason
Thanks Guy I Don't Know

Some guy named Stephen Landsburg takes to the pages of Slate to explain what far too many people fail to grasp: climate change is not a single question but several. Not sure that I agree with the way he frames the questions, his choice of questions, or the number of questions (why 6 and not 10), but it is a start.

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Posted 9:27 PM by Jason
Indoctrinate U

Our friends from the Minnesota Association of Scholars are hosting the midwest premiere of Evan Coyne Maloney's new documentary Indoctrinate U, which chronicles efforts across the country to force students to accept politically correct ideas or risk humiliation in class, even failing grades.

U of M School of Journalism and Mass Communication Professor Ken Doyle is the president of MAS. “We can’t say yet how big a problem educational indoctrination is in Minnesota,” says Doyle, “but there’s plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that there are at least pockets of the problem on many campuses.”

“The idea is not to interfere with professors’ freedom of speech, but to urge them to make sure students, especially undergraduates, are exposed to the full range of views,” Doyle emphasized.

“We want students to insist on hearing all sides of issues,” Doyle says. “We want them to insist on intellectual diversity.”

“A terrific must-see!” National Review
“Alarming and funny.” The New York Post
“A gripping hour and a half,.” Instapundit.com

Where? Oak Street Cinema, Oak Street at Washington, East Edge of UM Minneapolis Campus.

When? Last week of October. Friday October 26 through Thursday November 1

Friday 7:15 only, no Matinee.

Saturday/Sunday 7:15, with a 5:15 Matinee each day

Monday through Thursday 7:15 and 9:15, with 5:15 Matinees Tuesday & Wednesday

How Much? Evenings: Adults $8, Students $5. Matinees: Adults $6, Students $4.

What Else? Grand Opening Meet-the-Producer Gala 5:15 Friday evening, UM McNemara Center, d’Amico-catered Dinner/Film $50. For Gala reservations please phone 612.624.5341.

For more info on the film visit www.indoctrinate-u.com

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Posted 7:37 AM by Jason
Not Surprising.

Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize. He joins such illustrious past winners as Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, and Rigoberta Menchu .

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Posted 10:06 PM by Jason
Presidential Debates and the Line Item Veto

Federalist Society founder Prof. Steven Calabresi weighs in here.

A sample:

"The U.S. Constitution lays out a very specific process by which laws are to be made in this country. They must be passed by the two houses of Congress and presented to the president for him to sign or veto. For 200 years everyone has understood that the president must either sign or veto the laws presented to him — he cannot accept them in part and reject them in part. The language of the Constitution is very clear on this point, and it is different from the language in many State constitutions which explicitly give their governors a line-item-veto power."

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Posted 10:14 PM by Jason
Obama comes out in favor of immanentizing the eschaton.

"We're going to keep on praising together. I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth."

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Posted 3:43 PM by Jason
War Is Never a Good Idea

From what Blogger's dashboard tells me, this will be the 666th post on FritzFeds. I sure am glad that I'm not superstitious.

Alice Walker has a new children's book out called "Why War Is Never a Good Idea."

Yesterday, kids were herded in by the hundreds to hear her profound insights.

"Dianne Lundberg, teacher-librarian at the school, helped coordinate the talk with the University Book Store in Mill Creek as it promotes Walker's new book.

'It is a profound book," Lundberg said.'"

How profound? Feast your eyes on this:

"One illustration showed frogs on a lily pad, about to be flattened by a camouflaged truck tire.

'Though war knows every language, it never knows what to say to frogs,' she said, reading from her book. 'They do not see war.'"

War Is Never a Good Idea. QED.

Wait, was the truck camouflaged or was the tire? I'm confused.

"Arie Martinet, a fourth-grade student who visited the library after the assembly, said she enjoyed the talk.

'It was really inspiring,' Martinet said. 'War is never a good idea. We're all human and we can get along nicely so why should there be war?'"

Well played Arie, well played.

Lest I be accused of making fun of nine year olds:

"'It is a profound book,' Lundberg said."

On Amazon, Stephanye Monahan agrees:

"On the surface this book appears to be for a child ... the illustrations are excellently executed and provide sub-text, but the theme is adult and universal and, given the sad state of global affairs, the pictures may be helpful for comprehension by even our governmental "leaders" and "war mongers." I recommend this highly for any age, gender, ethnicity, or social standing. Bravo! to Ms. Alice Walker."

Ummm, Steph, did you really want war mongers in scare quotes?

At least young Arie has an excuse for her naivete.

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Posted 2:38 PM by Jason
Stolen from The Corner

The [Illustrated] Road to Serfdom

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Posted 11:29 AM by Jason
Greenspan Clarifies

Before anyone on the left decides to declare Alan Greenspan their new hero for his comments regarding oil and the Iraq war, they should probably read this WaPo article.

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Posted 4:29 PM by Jason
Free Online Harry Reid Translator

Regarding Former Solicitor General Ted Olson: "He's a partisan, and the last thing we need as an attorney general is a partisan," Reid told Reuters in a brief hallway interview on Capitol Hill.

Translation: "The President likes him, and he isn't incompetent, therefore I don't."

Kind of makes me wonder. Reid probably thinks it was a smart move to jump all over Ted, who had been getting a lot of buzz lately. But what if Olson (who I think would be a fine AG) was just a decoy? What if Karl Rove had this all planned out before he left? Of course, devious plans like that are only cool if the real nominee is someone even better.

Weak first post back, I know, but I think Reid sounds like an idiot here. "He's a partisan." Senator Reid, do you mean to say that there are partisan folks involved in politics? I always thought that folks like John Ashcroft, Janet Reno, Ramsey Clark, and Bobby Kennedy were straight down the middle registered independent type folks. At least Wendy Long knows what's going on:

Wendy Long, counsel for the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network, said Democrats want to declare victory without having to fight and appear to be obstructionists.

"They would love to be able to say they scared the White House out of nominating Olson," she said. "At this point, if Bush nominates anyone other than Olson, they will take credit for it."

Sneaky.

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Posted 12:55 AM by Jason
Bureaucrats Waste Time and Money

They're after Ernest Hemingway's cats!

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Posted 5:23 PM by Jason
My Buddy Mike

Michael Moore has a new moving coming out; it's called "Sicko" and at least from what I can tell it's not an autobiography. While I care very little about Moore and his movies, I though that I should mention this for two reasons. 1) I haven't posted in a very long time, and 2) because this is funny:

"A spokeswoman for the Weinstein Company that produced Moore's film said the documentary "has been placed in a secret location outside the country (outside the United States)" because of fears it might be taken by US officials."

And not in a "it's funny because it's true" sort of way, but in a sarcastic "yeah, that happens ALL THE TIME in the U.S." sort of way. Then again, if the film was evidence of illegal activity, like, say, going to Cuba without permission, there could be a reason to seize it (I don't know one way or the other), but the suggestion is that poor everyman Michael is going to be censored by the big bad Bush administration because they don't like what he says in his movie.

UPDATE: Here's Rich Lowry on the actual state of health care in Cuba.

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Posted 1:26 PM by magnu231
Imus

So, this is blowing up. Seems that it's obligatory to have at least one racial kerfluffle every two or three months. First, let me clear up one thing. I personally think Imus and his ilk are no-talent hacks. I think the "nappy-headed hos" was obviously a racial comment, and was a pretty asinine thing to say. But, I think the problem is not with racism in our culture necessarily, or with Don Imus in particular. I personally think the problem is that our culture has begun to prize inflammatory speech purely for its value as an offensive statement to somebody else. It's why our level of political discourse is at about a third-grade level, and a rather angry third-grader at that. It's why Carlos Mencia has a job. So, don't blame this on Imus, per se. Don't try to claim that this is unearthing the hidden racist tendencies of White people. The problem needs to be combated in every facet of culture. It's not a white thing, an old-person thing, or a radio thing. On another note, check out Jason Whitlock's column on the subject. I'd have to say that I agree with him on a lot of issues, and I think he does a good job on this one.

EDIT: The Village Voice breaks down something TRULY offensive. I'm speaking of course of the song "This is Why I'm Hot".

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Posted 2:33 PM by Jason
Asking the right questions.

My buddy Richard Lindzen (ok, I made that first part up) has an article on climate change called "No Such Thing As a "Perfect" Temperature" in the upcoming Newsweek. Scoff if you like at it being in Newsweek, but Lindzen is as good as anyone at representing the skeptical position here. From my experience, too many people involved or interested in the climate change debate/discussion (I'm thinking activists, not academics) treat the issue as a single question with a single answer, when in reality there are probably more like five or six that must be answered before any "action" should be taken. Lindzen deals with that, among other things. Obligatory teaser:

"Moreover, actions taken thus far to reduce emissions have already had negative consequences without improving our ability to adapt to climate change. An emphasis on ethanol, for instance, has led to angry protests against corn-price increases in Mexico, and forest clearing and habitat destruction in Southeast Asia."

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Posted 1:06 PM by Jason
Nancy Pelosi, Felon?

The Speaker and the Logan Act.

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Posted 11:35 AM by Jason
Reintroducing the ERA

Phyllis Schlafly is almost 83 years old. Whoever is behind the ERA reintroduction (and renaming) must have thought that it was safe to go back in the water. Having seen Schlafly at the FedSoc Student Symposium last month, I doubt it.

Eugene Volokh has a nice breakdown of what actual effect the amendment could have.

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Posted 5:28 PM by magnu231
I'm back

I was gone for a while, because blogger was locking me out. And also because I was being lazy. (But I am only lazy in blogging matters, potential future employers! If hired, I will be tireless in pursuit of the ultimate good of the firm. That is all.) Now I come back and find out that a bunch of attorneys have been shut out, Justice Department folks are pleading the fifth, and the legal community is buzzing. But I'm not going to write about that. Instead, I'll take a place from Ivan's book and show you this. Apparently, the U is doing a good job of recruiting! I'll take Bernstein's word for it, as I've only had a class with one person on that list. I just wanted to start back into the grind with some happy news. But stand by for copious doses of the old James. Finals may not be at hand, but they're peeking over the horizon.

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Posted 2:36 PM by Jason
"He always keeps talking about these figures in a cave, like they really have anything to do with the real world. Give me a break!"

Student Evaluations for Prof. Socrates. They're funny. That's really all I have.

Here's part of one:

"One thing in his defense is that he was much more positive toward gay and lesbian people. Actually, there was this one guy in class, Phaedroh or something like that, who Socrates was always looking at and one day they both didn't come to class and they disappeared for the whole day. I'm quite sure that something is going on there and that the professor is abusing his power over this student."

Oh, one more thing. It's been many, many years; why do I still [mis]pronounce Socrates Bill & Ted style?

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Posted 10:47 AM by Jason
Blame Global Warming

I normally don't watch any of the CSI variants, but I couldn't tear myself away from CSI: Miami last night. I never knew that there were grizzlies in Florida!

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Posted 10:38 AM by Jason
Symposium, cont.

Simon at Stubborn Facts has a nice recap of the Student Symposium panels from last Saturday.

I would challenge him to a duel for compromising the secrecy of our fair society, but Grand Master Prof. Steven Calabresi made it fairly clear through the weekend that he does not approve of dueling, even if it is consensual.

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Posted 12:02 AM by Jason
The Preeminent Ideological Proving Ground for Ultra-Conservatives.

I returned today, tired but in one piece, from the Federalist Society Symposium at Northwestern University.  A most excellent time was had by all.  I can't go into much detail, what with the Society being a super secret cabal and all, but I can say this: Judge William Pryor was a great choice for a keynote speaker, especially given the "Law & Morality" focus of the weekend.

Some in the audience seemed a bit sore over his role in the whole Roy Moore affair, but Pryor responded to their questions deftly and persuasively, and the emphasis on respect for the rule of law in his speech was quite inspiring (NERD ALERT!).  He specifically borrowed a few lines from A Man for All Seasons in making his point:

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!

Robert Bork had an interesting article on More (not Moore) in First Things back in 1999.

On a lighter note:  Lino Graglia, you are a madman. I want to party with you, cowboy.

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Posted 12:01 PM by magnu231
Le Pen is Back

Continuing my trend of only focusing on straw men, French Nazi Le Pen has been speaking out lately. He doesn't think 9/11 was that big a deal, and notes that more people than that have died in Iraq. This isn't that newsworthy, I just thought it was worth noting that Le Pen is still around and kicking. Any country that allows somebody like this buffoon to get as large a share of the vote as he usually does has major problems.

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Posted 11:00 AM by Jason
Undermine our consensus? HOW DARE YOU?

Thomas Sowell on think tanks, global warming, and the foolishness of four U.S. Senators.

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Posted 12:11 PM by magnu231
Humor and HR?

In case you ever wondered about the potential litigation concerning the Office on NBC, i.e. what would actually occur if such events happened in real life, here's a blog entirely devoted to the question. If there are any budding employment lawyers who also happen to be into humorous tv shows (a contingency I consider remote), this is the site for you.

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Posted 10:34 PM by Jason
More Hot Air.

Al Gore thinks that President Bush is paying scientists to dispute global warming.  Apparently he missed this, this, this (ok, fine, that one is just hydrogen cars), this, and most of all this.

My point is that the man is not a "climate change denier."

Now, he may not "get" everything, but at least he got this part right:

"The truth of the matter is, if this country wants to get rid of its greenhouse gases, we've got to have the nuclear power industry be vibrant and viable," he said.  (from the second "this")

Also worth reading: An NRO editorial on the IPCC report, and it isn't what you think.

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Posted 2:01 PM by Jason
Consensus?

Tim Ball, a Canadian climatologist, takes on the notion that there is a scientific consensus regarding climate change in this article. Ball devotes much of the space to arguing that this consensus is not real, but also laments the state of the academy that produced it.

Of course, consensus (as he acknowledges) is not essential or even terribly important in scientific matters (such things are not decided by juries, after all, they either are or are not), but the fact that 1000 or so scientists agree on something would seem to have some significance beyond the media's love of reporting on it. This, however, returns us to the question of how the consensus was built, and thus the state of the academy that Ball discusses. I'm not adding anything new here, just setting up the piece, which happens to mention Richard Lindzen. Lindzen is one of the best known global warming skeptics in the U.S. Have you heard of him? No? Well, there you go.

I believe this is where I paste a teaser, so I will use his intro (say what you will, the guy doesn't need any self-esteem boosting, and in this day and age we know that self-esteem is important):

Global Warming, as we think we know it, doesn't exist. And I am not the only one trying to make people open up their eyes and see the truth. But few listen, despite the fact that I was the first Canadian Ph.D. in Climatology and I have an extensive background in climatology, especially the reconstruction of past climates and the impact of climate change on human history and the human condition. Few listen, even though I have a Ph.D, (Doctor of Science) from the University of London, England and was a climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg. For some reason (actually for many), the World is not listening. Here is why.

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Posted 4:49 PM by magnu231
Economics

I thought this post was interesting, from the excellent blog samizdata. It's about British politics, history, and the failings of the conservative movement there, so I know it's going to be of great interest to everybody. But if anybody wants to read an interesting post on the EEC, and how some Brits are using it to try to acquiesce even more to the EU, check it out.

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Posted 11:06 AM by magnu231
Obama, the "Clean Black"

I find the scuttlebutt surrounding Barack Obama's "blackness"interesting. According to Drudge (though I'm unable to get to the article at present), Biden said in an interview that "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy..." Stanley Crouch wrote a column in the NY Daily News a while ago entitled "What Obama Isn't: Black Like Me". I think these two columns rather nicely illustrate one of the major pitfalls of the left, racial profiling. Now, of course this exists on both sides, etc, etc, but since this a blog, permit me to overgeneralize. The left has long refused to accept certain people as black for the simple fact that they believed in conservative principles, or voted the wrong way, or refused to hate George Bush, who after all, does not care about black people (at least according to Kanye, and he should know, because he had a crown of thorns in a picture on the cover of Rolling Stone). After all, somebody cannot be truly Black unless they agree with what the Black leadership says to agree with. But it's alarming that this trend is being extended to those of slightly different heritage, or whose speech is a little too precise. And I think it's a problem that cannot be fixed by ignoring it. Racial prejudice, though not a problem in our country to the extent that it is in other parts of the world, is still a problem that needs to be confronted directly. However, those that will be quick to denounce the opinions of Crouch and of Biden (if it turns out that the quote is accurate and in context), should also be quick to fight for those disenfranchised and shunned by their ethnic group for daring to disagree.

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Posted 2:24 PM by Jason
"But outside it's cold; and oh, that howling wind!"

The St. Paul Winter Carnival begins this weekend. This is as good a reason as any to read F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Ice Palace."

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Posted 3:43 PM by Jason
Wherein Peter Huber sets you straight on energy and energy policy.

This column is from November, but I just saw it today, as I am not a regular Forbes reader. I have, however, been a fan of Peter Huber for a few years now. Who is Peter Huber? Check out his profile at the Manhattan Institute's website. He gets to the point in a hurry:

If you're 40 or older, you're going to spend the rest of your life powered by carbon or uranium. Take your pick. Forget about "none of the above" or "less of both." For the next several decades at least, alternative energy sources aren't serious choices; they are pork barrels, delusions, demonstration plants and daydreams.

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Posted 10:56 AM by Jason
Global Warming: Is There Anything it Can't Do?

This just blew my mind. SIGN KYOTO NOW CHIMPY McHALLIBUSHITLER! For the CHILDREN!

Then again, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, stem cell research has the potential to conquer all known maladies, that could fix this, right? Right?

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Posted 10:44 AM by Jason
State of the Union

I barely watched the State of the Union address last night; just the end really.  I know I'm supposed to care, but Veronica Mars was new, won't be all over the news today, and wouldn't carry as well in transcript form.  I happened to switch the TV to ABC, only to see Charlie Gibson (talking to John McCain) repeatedly refer to American soldiers as "kids" and "young kids," and it rubbed me the wrong way.  Somehow it didn't bother me coming out of John McCain (I think he used the word first and CG went with it).

I wonder if the typical soldier would appreciate being referred to as a "kid."

Ok, I give up.  I'm writing this right now a little after 9:30pm, but won't be able to post until Wednesday morning.  Sorry if I mix tenses.  No wait, I'm not.

Hillary Clinton just called the Democrats an "evidence based party."  What does that even mean?

Well, at least Charlie called her on the "symbolic votes" against the "surge" and Democrats wanting to have it both ways on Iraq.

She thinks we might make some progress by cutting money to Iraqi troops.

I don't like using the word "surge" here, mostly because it reminds me of the soft drink made by Coca-Cola from the mid to late nineties, which seems to have been resurrected as Vault.  Really, think about it, it's the same thing.  At least they don't have the horrible commercials this time.  That or I don't watch as much TV.

On to Obama.  Are presidential politics going to interfere with the next two years?  He gives the "well, it surely won't interfere with ME getting my work done" answer.  Smooth.  Then just platitudes and stock talking points.  See, this is another reason I DIDN'T watch the address.

That's about enough politics; I'll stop now.

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Posted 3:28 PM by magnu231
Tales of the Macabre

Making a brief foray from my normal libertarian polemics into the strange world of film making, I turn to the story of Erik Red. Some may have heard of the new "slasher" film (which is actually a remake) called "Hitcher". The story of the man behind the movie is as interesting and gory as the movie itself, (though I personally have no inclination to see it). If you're interested, check it out here.

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Posted 11:58 AM by magnu231
Reintroducing Satire

I think, and it was clear to me after watching some clips of O'Reilly on with Colbert, and vice versa, that one of the problems of parts of the conservative movement is a sort of portentous pretentiousness, a trait that of course still exists in liberalism, but used to be less noticeable in conservatism. Men like WF Buckley and others took joy in being not only intelligent, erudite, and intellectual giants, but also in being somewhat quirky and entertaining, symbolized by the bow-tie, which has since been so misapplied that it too stands for pretension. Here's someone who the conservative desperate needs to keep hearing from, in my opinion. PJ O'Rourke has been less in the public eye than when he was a young libertarian madman, touting drugs and dangerous sexual behaviors. However, I think he's matured into a funny and yet thoughtful writer. Here he is in Radar online talking about where the conservative movement has gone wrong.

Ah, there is a simple answer to that. We took power. You see, it's pretty easy to be smart and reasonable and far-sighted and to have great perspective on the past when you don't have any power, when you don't have to do anything.

Even though we had Reagan in, the conservatives had not yet taken over the reign of government. I mean, the whole story of the Reagan Administration is the fight for the conservatives to actually get power. And then we get George H.W. Bush, the senior, who's kind of a weak sister. His heart's in the right place and stuff, but I mean, he really should have been president of the country club, not of the country. And so the whole thing doesn't really bear fruit until we take over Congress in 1994, and then the problems begin ... and now it's payback time.

(I completely agree).

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Posted 11:12 AM by magnu231
AAAAAaaand We're Back!

I walked into the law school for the first time in a while, and was immediately accosted by a moderately elderly protester who demanded that I take a flyer. I refused, and walked away when she started to plead her case anyway. Then, while I was trying to figure out my class schedule (and trying to convince myself that life during this semester would not be as awful as the last semesters, even though it looked twice as bad), a mysterious figure, appropriately dressed in an orange jumpsuit and hood loomed next to my table. He offered me another flyer. I politely refused. He then made some comments about my being apparently a "pat hand" on the subject, and told me I was closed-minded. He then started to go down the line, offering flyers to some obviously bored students, none of whom took it. He then started to get on the soap-box, pontificating about "students who wouldn't even listen to opposing points of view" (though I happened to know that several of the students did not have an opposing point of view. It was hard to convince him that the controversy had been raging for a while, and we law students had some idea of what it was about. Perhaps (shockingly) more than he himself had! So, it was a fun reintroduction to the law school. And to blogging. It's great to be back (read with even more sarcasm than was slathered on by the aging anti-torture advocate).

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Posted 4:03 PM by Jason
Hash, Then Re-Hash

A group of OLC alumni has written a letter to UMN Law Deans Morrison and Charles supporting Robert Delahunty's appointment to teach one semester of constitutional law (to fill in for Prof. Carpenter) and responding to some of the concerns expressed by members of our faculty in the previously mentioned Nov. 28 letter. Is this an old issue? You bet. Is this letter, written by former colleagues and supervisors of Prof. Delahunty, worth reading? Indeed.

[Note: Our lull in posting should end soon, as classes resume Tuesday]

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