Is it me, or are Americans becoming increasingly stupider as time goes by? We’re told that banks and mortgage companies made a bunch of stupid mistakes which resulted in an economic meltdown.  So to save us from the economic meltdown, we were told we have to give $700 billion to the same banks that put […]

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The pendulum of morality swings back and forth as a reaction to current events. It’s effected by presidents (Clinton), Super Bowls (Janet Jackson) and now finally this: the Rubber Duck of Spring Hill, Tennessee. SPRING HILL, Tenn. — Katherine Williams says the yellow ducky sponge she put on sale at a flea market is merely […]

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I was going to log this under “social issues,” but then decided that it rightly belongs under “stupidity.” A Jefferson Parish lawmaker wants to put people in jail for six months (or fine them $500) if they wear pants that are low-slung and expose “too much” skin or “intimate garments” below the waist. Personally, I […]

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Bummer. I’d written a long and funny article about a scam on Citibank customers, but in the process of checking some sources, I turned on security which (long story short) resulted in the loss of the article when I went to save it in MovableType. THAT will teach me to write these things directly using […]

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There mere title of this article is both an appalling and chilling reminder of the ignorance of the so-called intelligent among us.

My first response is, “Yes. And annihilation of the planet will end world hunger.”

Now word yet on how much the Bush Administration is paying for this new(que-lur) PR campaign.

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Lady Luck tonight brings a comment to my blog from a “LadyLawyer.”

Now, as a law student myself, I’m always excited when lawyers visit my blog. One thing about lawyers is that after approximately four years of a grueling post-graduate education with an emphasis on analyzing and building logical arguments, you can have some truly terrific and inspiring debates that are often quite enlightening to both sides, so long as each party keeps an open mind.

Like this one, for instance…

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As if I didn’t need another reason to hate homeowners’ associations, or to think Florida is a whacked-out state, this story provides reason for both. Leave the guy and his house alone. This is the sort of thing that should have us all inundating that homeowners’ association with mail. Someone should find the address. We […]

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…get my e-mail address, someone writes to ask me today.

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Before I start, let me put my cards on the table: I do not think illegal aliens should be given driver’s licenses. For that matter, I don’t think they should get anything except constitutional rights if and when they are apprehended. But O’Reilly over at Fox asks Should we allow them to get driver’s licenses? […]

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