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Congress can (and has) regulated an individual farmer's right to grow wheat for his own consumption (because it effects the overall supply, and therefore price, of wheat in general). And yes, this is from a SCOTUS ruling. Yeah, I think Congress can limit executive pay. I also think Obamacare is gonna pass muster, but hey, SCOTUS is always a crap shoot.

Any attempt by congress to legislate upper limits on compensate would go into court-gridlock and you damn-well know it. Tell us all again how smart you are. Aborted "graduate coursework", notwithstanding. I probably don't need to point out to anyone else here that legislative gridlock and violation of the constitution are two different things. There is no such thing as "court gridlock". Again, you're confusing the legislative process with the judicial. Unlike the legislature, courts follow strict procedures, and SCOTUS decisions on big issue often don't take long. Take Obamacare. Less than two years to a SCOTUS ruling (due this spring...arguments have already been heard). Compare that to the legislative process, which may never produce any result, and you'll find that's actually pretty fast. The "gridlock" you refer to only happens when a) courts reject a case, and throw it back to the legislature to resolve or b) the courts rule on a difficult issue...and throw it back to the legislature to resolve. Precedence regarding the Commerce Clause indicates that Congress could cap executive pay as long as it served a compelling public interest, just as it caps minimum wages on the lower end for the same.

Yes, it would be, as are minimum wage laws. Dumbshit.

Since, you know, you've taken the effort to go to my website or shows and see my art hee hee.

Xmas is coming up, KKK. I can always use more cobalt drill bits and 4" grinder blades. Support the arts.

I've crossed you off my 'prospective art patron' list LOL. Speaking of that, I've got a shitty exhibition coming up, so it's hi ho, hi ho...

I think it'll take longer. The man's, well, not as self-aware as he could be.

"Bypass the Media Filter"

*yawn* Same old boring shit from a boring old loser. A loser that runs two of his own businesses. Perhaps you could write a 'how to' for us. Or a helpful pamphlet on improving the American work ethic.

You are perfectly welcome to start your OWN business, pay yourself less, your workers more, and run a more equitable business. If all your like-minded liberal friends do the same then you'd effect real change. Oh, wait, that would actually require DOING something. You, in turn, might consider actually working rather than fucking around on the internet while 'earning' your paycheck.

Christ, now Bill's reposting JayB's old stuff. Semi pro level sycophant.

Exploding lady bugs. Hard on the plants, but harder on the aphids. Not unlike our War on Terror, really. "Hey, sorry about that wedding party. Everybody makes mistakes!"

Boutique little vignettes about dirty hippies and B movie British actors aside, redistribution of wealth is what governments do.

I realize that 'credentials' are one of FW's fetishes, but they are neither necessary nor sufficient for making a credible, cogent argument.

"Accusation" of homosexuality? Telling. I only speculated that you seem to some well known traits of a closeted, and therefore repressed, homosexual. Remaining closeted is no doubt unhealthy for your relationships, witness your progress here after so many years - little in the way of personal connection, more a fetish for public self flagellation than anything approaching a worthwhile engagement for the very few who might consider it. Dicks are dicks for a reason, usually, and you're not substantially unusual in that department.

These guys in Michigan fly remote controlled beetles around like drones. They hacked into the insect's operating system and mimic the neural firings necessary for the basic maneuver's of flight. They can't see what the insect sees (yet), so they mount a really fucking small video camera on the insect.

Anyone who wants to fight this bill can do so here: Take action here.

Systems that are deeply broken are also opportunities for substantive change. Just thought I'd muddy up a real conversation with an inspirational soundbyte, to keep it modern.

The New Cyborgs

If 'fucking a pig' is a euphemism for making an ass out of yourself on the innernutz, I'd say he's sold his ass cheap to a whole farm full of 'em.

How many pounds was the puppy? You probably coulda served it up before the bird.

Typical weird behavior from a typically repressed mind.

"Hypocracy Monitor". That'll win ya more friends than the Junior Cop who marks the tires in da Hi Skoo parking lot.

Revision of model = UNRAVELING HOAX. BEYOND BONERDOME

Throwing the phrase "peer reviewed" around a lot and commenting on citation methodology doesn't cut it, either. Both behaviors support my earlier hypothesis, however.