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Really? He could always try an FDR-esque court stacking scheme. Constitutional even!

Separation of powers? Get Fucking Real. You know NOTHING about government. Might have something to do with the fact that you've had zero direct experience with it. Oh really? We can compare resumes if you like. FYI: Hanging out in front of the Freemont Chapter of the ACLU like some kind of groupie doesn't rate as high as, say, passing the LSAT.

So did I. But being publicly railed at during such an event is unsettling in a balance of powers context. Don't you think?

I hear Thai women really like that. Yr wife sure does!!! spurt spurt spurt She told me that half-drop you coughed up didn't even make it past your first knuckle.

Obama using the occasion of a State of the Union speech to personally blast the Supreme Court and lecture the Democrat-controlled Senate in a paternal-like fashion is downright scary. My guess is that some folks are really scratching their heads about this guy today.

I hear Thai women really like that.

Great book! I suspect it would take only 5 or six hours out on the trail with j_b for one to begin contemplating suicide in the most horrific manner available.

None of your solutions sound very Earth-friendly. Good luck getting the Epson BULLSHIT driver left-overs out of your registry. K-12 could use more ex-cops. I'm happy with my Canon. Printer. I mean.

Word of the day? Ya know, I think I actually like it better than "neanderthal".

as if we needed to get into all the well documented suppressions of the minority-lower class vote by regressives over the years, stolen elections like in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004, the systematic swift boating of candidates and elected officials by attack media financed by regressive billionaires, the worsening lack of political education of the public by dumb corporate media that pander to the lowest common denominator, the low voter turn out over the last ~50 years compared to many democracies, etc Note that many of these practices are totally absent in many advanced countries. Northern Europe comes to mind. Fair enough. But I doubt you'll find institutional corruption "totally absent" in Scandinavian countries. In any event, the political ills you condemn here are far worse--and much more personal--in the rest of the world. I doubt the standards you envision are possible--or even entirely desirable. For what it's worth (your endless proclamations of membership in the 'educated classes' notwithstanding) your spelling is just downright awful. You should be embarrassed. Seriously. I suspect you may not even realize that you are part of the LCD you so often criticize.

Please tell us where and when this has ever been less so the case than here.

Like I said...

Elitists are usually wealthy or well educated--or both. You strike me as neither.

Awwwww, what the heck...

by your own admission, the whole establishment is practically in big business' pocket, and has been for damn near a century - i don't see how it can get much worse. institutionalizing corruption is a lot worse than having to give the appearance of propriety. No different than an evangelical tool. (except he's reading from a different book...)

Like all those rednecks in Massachusetts, eh "professor"?

An old idea, promoted by one of j_b's idols: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw#Support_for_eugenics "You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can’t justify your existence, if you’re not pulling your weight in the social boat, if you’re not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can’t be of very much use to yourself. [68]" "...He wrote that "the only fundamental and possible Socialism is the socialization of the selective breeding of Man";[69] personal incomes were to be made equal, thus allowing the selection of partners "without consideration of rank or wealth".[70] At a meeting of the Eugenics Education Society of 3 March 1910 he warned of the need to use a "lethal chamber" to solve the problem. Shaw said: "We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom we at present kill. We should have to get rid of all ideas about capital punishment."

LOL, I don't recall seeing those before! Rob's location is "with FW's wife" while Proles is "Arguing w/ A Dining Room Table" and Bob's is "in the gutter". Yeah, it's just kind of a joke. Actually, I wouldn't touch her, on account of her herpes. I know they're not as warm and fuzzy as TTK, but you should give 'em a try: http://www.meetthaigirls.com/

Like I said before: I'm undecided. Different thread.

When you're done knobbin' GGK, you might want to read up: Main Entry: orig·i·nal·i·ty Pronunciation: \ə-ˌri-jə-ˈna-lə-tē\ Function: noun Date: 1742 1 : the quality or state of being original 2 : freshness of aspect, design, or style 3 : the power of independent thought or constructive imagination

Wrong 'bout that, Bill. They've been singing his praises here for some time now.

Just don't ask him where his went. (It's kind of embarrassing.)

100 replies is the standard. Try a more provocative thread title next time. "Avatar: George Bush's Evil Legacy Thwarted on Pandora" or "Avatar: Marxian Concepts Overcome Interstellar Capitalism"

Here's a simpleton's version for you, since it's likely that you had never heard of this concept before yesterday. Leave it to TTK to turn a tongue-in-cheek critique of a sci-fi movie into a quest for ego gratification. http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/outerplanets/solsys_planets.php As for your chart, well, there is an explanation that isn't quite settled. Let's see if you can figure it out on your own--if you're not too busy with those ridiculous light bulb sculptures.

As usual, it's evident you didn't read the story. BBC even! (Sorry, I looked for something on Huffingandpuffington post but they didn't have anything negative to say about Commandante Chavez.)