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Journey of the Frog
A Commentary on Current Events, with Random Asides
14 July 2008 @ 06:53 pm
09 May 2007 @ 01:50 am
Chris Matthews is a horrible moderator. And I can smell the smoke from Griffith Park.
02 May 2007 @ 12:01 am
"Only time will tell
If we stand the test of time."
~ Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love?"
I used a similar line of reasoning when conducting a dimensional analysis of the Commerce Clause: "Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, but only if the commerce is interstate."
If we stand the test of time."
~ Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love?"
I used a similar line of reasoning when conducting a dimensional analysis of the Commerce Clause: "Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, but only if the commerce is interstate."
27 April 2007 @ 08:37 pm
27 April 2007 @ 08:25 pm
26 April 2007 @ 09:47 pm
We are all familiar with the Commerce Clause and the Dormant Commerce Clause, but have you heard of the Pugnacious Commerce Clause and the Bloviating Commerce Clause?
These are found in Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, before the congressional power to establish post offices, but immediately after the congressional power to promote the progress of alchemy and to advance the interests of Klingons.
The Constitution makes no mention of Vulcans. Sorry.
These are found in Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, before the congressional power to establish post offices, but immediately after the congressional power to promote the progress of alchemy and to advance the interests of Klingons.
The Constitution makes no mention of Vulcans. Sorry.
24 April 2007 @ 04:04 pm
Shapiro: Why?
Breanna: What?
Shapiro: No! The answer is "why not?" Adam, why?
Adam: Because.
Shapiro: Yes! That is the answer! Ms. Rose, what is the difference between a duck?
Allison: And what?
Shapiro: No! That is not the answer! There is no difference between a duck!
Breanna: What?
Shapiro: No! The answer is "why not?" Adam, why?
Adam: Because.
Shapiro: Yes! That is the answer! Ms. Rose, what is the difference between a duck?
Allison: And what?
Shapiro: No! That is not the answer! There is no difference between a duck!
12 March 2007 @ 09:48 pm
Note: The spell check approves of neither "ticky" nor "tacky."
"Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and there's lawyers, and business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then to the university
Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same."
- Little Boxes, Malvina Reynolds (1962)
03 March 2007 @ 11:55 pm
21 February 2007 @ 10:57 pm
20 February 2007 @ 10:54 pm
Question: According to Blackmun, how are federal interests weighed against state interests?
Answer: International units!
(You know, you can abbreviate them as both IU and UI. Ingenious!)
Also, Tori Amos is doing a cover of "Yatta." She said, in a quote on Saturday, that she wants to return to her roots. In her own words, "Happa ichimai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da!"
(Not really, but I e-mailed the suggestion as a piano bar request.)
Answer: International units!
(You know, you can abbreviate them as both IU and UI. Ingenious!)
Also, Tori Amos is doing a cover of "Yatta." She said, in a quote on Saturday, that she wants to return to her roots. In her own words, "Happa ichimai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da!"
(Not really, but I e-mailed the suggestion as a piano bar request.)
19 February 2007 @ 11:34 pm
18 February 2007 @ 10:28 am
"The contribution of ducks to the common law system has been limited, but significant; they have concentrated the minds of lawyers upon fundamental issues of timeless principle."
- Chapter 3 of A.W. Brian Simpson's Leading Cases in the Common Law (1995)
- Chapter 3 of A.W. Brian Simpson's Leading Cases in the Common Law (1995)
14 January 2007 @ 11:08 pm
09 January 2007 @ 05:22 pm
"The Constitution uses words in the manner those words were used at the time."
~ Anonymous
~ Anonymous
07 January 2007 @ 02:50 pm
In starting my second semester at law school, I can only hope that I won't be plutoed.
05 January 2007 @ 11:32 pm
"When we ignore the cost of our environmental decisions . . . on other areas . . . we are in reality committing statistical murder."
~ Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study (Lomborg p. 338ff)
~ Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study (Lomborg p. 338ff)
04 January 2007 @ 09:24 am
"See your reflection in your mind
You keep your revelations wide-eyed
They knew just where to draw the line
You let them get you every time
Though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Back to California where it's warm
It fell around you like the stars
You picked up everything they dropped
And though it breaks you like a song
You had some secrets of your own
Though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Back to California where it's warm"
~ Low, "California" from The Great Destroyer
You keep your revelations wide-eyed
They knew just where to draw the line
You let them get you every time
Though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Back to California where it's warm
It fell around you like the stars
You picked up everything they dropped
And though it breaks you like a song
You had some secrets of your own
Though it breaks your heart
We had to sell the farm
Back to California where it's warm"
~ Low, "California" from The Great Destroyer
03 January 2007 @ 12:11 pm
All individuals who are young, fabulous, and broke should learn about their FICO score from Suze Orman.
She makes sure to show her canines when smiling.
12 November 2006 @ 10:42 pm
"Only myth tells us who we would become; only history can tell us how hard it will really be to become that."
~ Robert Cover, The Folktales of Justice: Tales of Jurisdiction
~ Robert Cover, The Folktales of Justice: Tales of Jurisdiction