After sitting in Dept. 31 of the Superior Court in Vista, Calif., for eight hours I was unceremoniously dismissed from jury duty without answering a single question during voir dire. They rounded up 60 of us for a civil case that was anticipated to last about a month. The case involved, as far as the […]
Blogging will likely be limited Tuesday as I report at 8 a.m. (also known as "way too early") for jury duty. I will not be using these excuses, but I present to you two surefire statements that will get you tossed off any potential jury. For a criminal trial: "The police wouldn't have arrested him […]
Users of the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, aka Photoshop CS, have discovered a "feature" of the software that prevents them from opening files that have images of currency. Adobe and other makers of image-manipulation programs have, at the behest of a little-known group of national banks, inserted secret technology into their programs to foil […]
It seems as though there was some misrepresentation in CBS News' "60 Minutes" feature on former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. The Wall Street Journal's John Fund also has some analysis of Paul O'Neill and his "issues."
Yesterday a Republican managed to trigger the infamous Howard Dean temper. Ungerer, wearing a T-shirt bearing the words "Mr Fix It," rose to his feet and condemned what he called the incivility of the campaign and the political press. He suggested Dean and the other Democratic candidates stop "tearing down your neighbor" and cut their […]
When I hear news about the Democrat presidential frontrunner, I often think: "The gall of that man." Howard Dean's latest comment is Exhibit A for arrogance, hypocrisy and gall. Howard Dean criticized President Bush on Friday for saying Christianity had influenced his opposition to stem-cell research. "I think we ought to make scientific decisions, not […]
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman's column, addressing the latest developments in the Enron investigation presented him with a unique opportunity. This should be no surprise to anyone, but Krugman is once again the most partisan columnist among those in the direct employ of newspapers. (Only conservative bomb-thrower Ann Coulter is more partisan.) In its […]
Democrat President hopeful Howard Dean says that he signed a civil unions law for gays because God told him to. Dean, who's really studied the Bible, told The Washington Post that: "The overwhelming evidence is that there is very significant, substantial genetic component to it," Dean said in an interview Wednesday. "From a religious point […]
Well, if you're a Democrat, probably not. Democrat President hopeful Wesley Clark told the Manchester, N.H., Union-Leader that anyone who holds pro-life views need not apply for appointment to the federal bench -- but that's not a litmus test. Clark was asked if would appoint or reject a prospective judicial nominee who passed all of […]
Anytime any Republican questions the wisdom of a Democrat's foreign policy pronouncements, such criticism is in turn attacked as questioning the Democrat's patriotism. Unfortunately for the Democrats, Republicans "question" their patriotism much less than Democrats attack Republicans' patriotism. For example: Sen. Ted Kennedy said that the Iraq War was "cooked-up" in Texas to help President […]