Who will be cast in the role of Rick Perry, the long-playing Texas governor and erstwhile presidential candidate, in the upcoming movie Rosemary (release date TBA)? I’ll tell you at the end of this article who I think should get the part. Rosemary, of course, is the sequel to Marie, a 1985 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Law’
July 4: THE GOP Needs YOU!
GOP.com Stephen, Speaker Boehner and House Republicans are suing President Obama for his unconstitutional overreach and abuse of power. This Imperial President’s unprecedented disregard for the Constitution and desire for more power has reached a new low. Obama has ignored and selectively enforced[...]
June 30th, 2014 - 12:56 pm § in Uncategorized
German Politeness
In Germany make sure you don’t get your “du” and “Sie” mixed up when talking to policeman or another government employee. In Germany it is against the law to address a policeman with the informal “du” rather than the informal “Sie” and could cost you a hefty fine of up to €6[...]
June 13th, 2014 - 3:22 am § in Politics
Invasion of the Children
immigrant children are being held in temporary U.S. holding pens. The U.S. border patrol says its forces are overwhelmed, and the courts are bracing for a flood of immigration cases from children held in temporary detention facilities designed to handle a fraction of the numbers. Sanitati[...]
June 10th, 2014 - 10:41 am § in Uncategorized
Beware Homeowner-Unfriendly Laws
If I lived in Texas, I wouldn’t buy a new home there, because a builder-friendly state government has taken away the right of homebuyers to sue builders for shoddy workmanship. Instead, they’re forced into an arbitration process run by builders. In other words, if your shiny new million-[...]
June 2nd, 2014 - 8:38 pm § in Uncategorized
On Prisoner Swaps
Some people are already questioning whether our government should have traded 5 Taliban guys for an American POW. The more indelicate versions of this question put it this way: Should President Obama have traded 5 terrorists for a deserter? That’s not an easy question to answer. (I’[...]
April 2nd, 2014 - 5:58 pm § in Politics
Iran Sends Hostage Taker to the UN!
HOW NOT TO MAKE PEACE! Iran has sent a hostage taker at the American Embassy in Tehran as its newest ambassador to the United Nations. But the Obama administration stopped short of saying it would refuse him a visa to enter the United States. Assuming the US lets this guy in, how long until the [&[...]
March 20th, 2014 - 1:16 pm § in Uncategorized
Stop Legal Thuggery: Dish It Back!
Nobody has a patent on the technique of harassing their adversaries with silly and outrageous demand letters, so this is a game anyone can play. My office has prepared a form letter that potentially can be used for many situations. Readers of this blog are welcome to use it, but please send the [...]
The Problem With Eyewitnesses
Shortly after Flight MH370 went missing, Michael Jerome McKay, an oil worker on a drilling platform off Vietnam’s coast, sent an email to his bosses stating he saw a plane crash in the South China Sea. McKay wrote, “I observed (the plane?) burning at a high altitude and at a compass be[...]