11/20/09
1:12 PM -- Couple busted for not paying tip. I believe in tipping for excellent service. These "mandatory" tips for parties of "x" or more have always bugged me. If the tip if mandatory, what is the incentive to perform well? And what the HECK is with the local PD for ARRESTING these people???
11/19/09
1:21 PM -- Obama tells troops they make a good photo-op.
11/19/09
8:20 AM -- The Wall Street Journal has this piece today about former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Louis Butler's nomination to federal district court. The WSJ is the latest conservative voice to whine about President Obama "undoing" the wishes of voters in Wisconsin. They, and others complaining about this nomination, in my opinion, miss the point.
Elections have consequences. Obama won; he gets to nominate who he wants. That's the way it works in The United States. What has been lost in the first 10 months of the Obama administration is the importance elections have on judicial nominations. Despite the fact Obama has already had a supreme court nomination, the damage liberals can do by nominating judges has been buried by stimulus, health care and tax and trade.
Yes, this nomination flies in the face of not one but two Wisconsin elections. Obama can claim a mandate by taking Wisconsin in the presidential election. Whether or not that gives him the moral authority to make this nomiation, it gives him the ACTUAL authority, and that's what counts. Conservatives need to stop whining about Obama exercising his authority and start understanding this is one of the most important reasons that elections matter.
11/18/2009
This is interesting...Corny and campy...but interesting.
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