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March 03, 2005
Too Hot For TV?
Many times I have heard the phrase, 'Some people have all the luck,' but never did I think I would become the subject of the axiom:
Thanks Mel, you truly are terrific.
In a completely unrelated note, the fact that we cannot kill kids anymore kind of bothers me. My opposition to the Supreme Court's decision lies not in the side of the debate I take, which at this moment is undecided, it was the manner in which the whole situation was resolved. The underlying premise of the court's argument is that the laws of our nation should be in line with those of our international neighbors -- not dictated by its citizens or our constitution. Justice Scalia is a hero for voicing his dissent so eloquently:
Though the views of our own citizens are essentially irrelevant to the court's decision today, the views of other countries and the so-called international community take center stage. More fundamentally, however, the basic premise of the court's argument - that American law should conform to the laws of the rest of the world - ought to be rejected out of hand. In fact the court itself does not believe it....What these foreign sources "affirm," rather than repudiate, is the justices' own notion of how the world ought to be, and their diktat that it shall be so henceforth in America. The court's parting attempt to downplay the significance of its extensive discussion of foreign law is unconvincing. "Acknowledgment" of foreign approval has no place in the legal opinion of this court unless it is part of the basis for the court's judgment - which is surely what it parades as today.
This proposed brand of international conformity threatens the very underpinnings of the great document our nation was founded upon and what brought us to be the world superpower we are today.
In other news, the Wario Ware competition has been heating up significantly with my chief opponent returning each of my serves with an increasingly devastating forehand. This foe has most certainly been underestimated but I have committed myself to being a reputable representative for my team in this battle of the sexes. Her skills are to be commended and I propose she star in the sequel.
Posted by Jon at March 3, 2005 04:53 AM