Roll Call notes that Obama has not yet evolved on marijuana reform. The story presents a tough choice - which is funnier, the idea of Obama as a "leader", or this quaint description of an earlier time in US history by White House prerssflack Josh Earnest:
"...At the same time, the president does not — you know, at this point, advocate a change in the law.”
Wait, Obama considers himself to be limited by the actual law? What happened to a simple exercise in prosecutorial discretion, as with his implementation of much of the Dream Act by Executive fiat? Or his ongoing Obamacare revisions?
I guess the polling on marijuana reform isn't where it needs to be at the moment, and the Big Hollywood money hasn't adopted this as the latest fashion.
Happy B-day BGates. You rock!!
"Conflict is the whole point of community organizing.
...community organizers generally assume that social change necessarily involves conflict and social struggle
"War is not an intellectual debate, and in the war against social evils there are no rules of fair play....""
Alinsky was one smart asshole. I wonder what his motivation was.
Posted by: Jane | August 23, 2013 at 09:06 AM
Happy Birthday, BGates!!
Posted by: NJJans | August 23, 2013 at 09:07 AM
Happy b-day bgates!
Posted by: henry | August 23, 2013 at 09:08 AM
I don't have frau's email addy in the list.
Sorry, can't help. sent you the updated list, though.
Posted by: Stephanie | August 23, 2013 at 09:10 AM
Stephanie, you have mail.
Posted by: centralcal | August 23, 2013 at 09:18 AM
"Actually, I wonder how many people who don't get their news from the IT know about the increasing black on white crime inspired by Trayvon."
Last night on Fox, Juan Williams and Allan West were actually in agreement that the problem is in the black community, and with the race-batters like Sharpton And JJ (I don't know if they mentioned them by name) who attack anyone like Cosby who dares to say so.
Posted by: jimmyk | August 23, 2013 at 09:26 AM
The situation in the ME just keeps going from worse to even more worse.
Lebanese city of Tripoli rocked by deadly explosions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23811328
At least 27 people have been killed and more than 350 injured by two blasts in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, officials say.
Looks like the Shia decided to bomb two Sunni mosques as retaliation for the recent bombing in South Beirut. They may have managed to kill one of the top Sunni clerics as well. And they are just getting warmed up.
Posted by: Ranger | August 23, 2013 at 09:26 AM
Oh, and happy birthday bgates!
Posted by: jimmyk | August 23, 2013 at 09:26 AM
HB Brian
On the topic of a dictionary of nicknames, narciso is the source of a significant number of them,
The Horde is as incredulous at tha L&O SVU nonsense as here, albeit a bit late to find out about it having jettisoned it a long time ago. I expect that ace, as a maven of popular culture trash, will post about it later.
Posted by: Captain Hate on an iPhone | August 23, 2013 at 09:32 AM
Everybody here is forgetting one thing.
This would have to be a conspiracy so vast.
Posted by: Threadkiller | August 23, 2013 at 09:35 AM
Happy Birthday, BGates!
Posted by: pagar | August 23, 2013 at 09:51 AM
Happy Birthday to you, bgates, from one of your biggest fans!
Posted by: Clarice | August 23, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Happy Birthday, bgates -- you are my favorite, you know!
Posted by: 21_cathyf_vs_tripep@d_99 | August 23, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Hit's 9:05 post is great.
Posted by: Janet | August 23, 2013 at 12:24 PM
The only person missing from the email addy list that I could find quickly is MarkO. There are others ofcourse...
Posted by: glasater | August 23, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Happy birthday,bgates! I am still laughing over your last unmanning pun.
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