August 20, 2007

Here is a little pil-pul for the talmudic minds among us...

A debate arises here lately about whether the First Amendment guarantees six or five freedoms. There are worthy arguments, and there is the conventional wisdom. But first, discuss amongst yourselves:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Pil-pul, by the way, is the talmudic hair-splitting over the words and wording of The Law and the teachings of the prophets. It's a good little word, not exactly onomotopaeia, but kinda sorta.

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August 14, 2007

Dean, without Jerry


I always thought Dean Martin was funnier than Jerry Lewis, but I'm not a fan of sloppy slapstick, so Dean Martin's wry, straight-man humor was more to my liking.

Tropical storm Dean won't be worth talking about until Friday, but perhaps by then, he'll have something funny or interesting to offer. These are grim times in Collier County. Political ugliness abounds. It is like theater or the keystone cops or something.

The problem with white collar, non-violent crime of all kinds, political, economic, various torts, etc., is that there is no enforcement. These are all basically crimes that victims have to prosecute themselves...

Eventually, I'm going to have something worth saying again, but it's going to take some warm-up. I haven't written anything of substance in a while. It's all just hurried little responses to the latest volley of political bullshit.

I'm not nervous. I hate these little tricks they do to make you look anxious. The card is bent, and I was unbending it, that's all. Bastages...

http://www.winknews.com/news/local/8795622.html?video=YHI&t=a

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