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By: it comes in pints?

it comes in pints? — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:11:25 +0000

To expand on a theme and seque into a rant

To pick up and run with an idea expounded here by Ricki and Julie, I think it is true that Rock ‘n’ Roll, and popular music in general, have really lost the good voices. The rockers and crooners of the…

By: Ara

Ara — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:31:02 +0000

P.S. As for needlessly escalating conflict, what’s a blog for anyway?

By: Ara

Ara — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:29:56 +0000

Rob s

Sorry, dude, no scabs. I’m a union man!

p.s. As for Jackson and Sharpton, I’m not familiar with their work. I’ve got more of a taste for Michael Moore.

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Top Posts « WordPress.com — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:58:17 +0000

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By: Rob S

Rob S — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:57:11 +0000

Ara, as you’ve shown some potential in needlessly escalating conflict, may I suggest you ping Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton for work? As they are professional grade scab-pickers, I’m certain they could put your contentious writing skills to some use.

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:40:27 +0000

More melodrama, Ara. Don’t worry, I won’t disappoint them.

Ara, no one has suggested that being a slob in Congress is unconstitutional. Just contemptible.

This thread has nothing to do with your current obsession.

By: Ara Rubyan

Ara Rubyan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:35:08 +0000

Ron:

Someday, G-d willing, one of your children will ask you what you did, or thought, or wrote about, during these historic times. I hope you won’t disappoint them with your answer.

Buzz:

A Congressman wearing a t-shirt while making a speech in the House (or in the case of Rep. Miller, “a loose-fitting Hawaiian shirt, linen pants and slippers”) is not a violation of the US Constitution. The Attorney General lying to Congress, is.

By: buzz

buzz — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:17:27 +0000

Ara
So your pretty cool with one branch of government stepping on another branch as long as that branch is run by people you dont like? Is that about it? How does that relate to members of congress showing respect to the institution that is congress. Please explain in more detail. Thanks.

By: jmchez

jmchez — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:05:52 +0000

Wow! Tip O’neill is rolling in his grave.

I remember when O’Neill threatened to kick a member of Congress out of the house unless he put on his jacket back on. The offending Congressman complained that it was hot and Tip responded that the founding fathers had deliberated in Wigs and overcoats and that he wasn’t going to allow shirtsleeves on the House floor.

You think that Pelosi cares?

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:04:06 +0000

Ara, there is nothing in this post about the constitution.

To the extent you want me to talk about the issue with executive privilege, I am not that interested in it. It has been asserted by every President of each party to the extent they can get away with it. When the information sought is, as here, fundamentally a political fishing trip / show trial, I am not too exercised over it.

But there are great law professors, left, right, and center, who can write about this with much more insight on the topic than I can offer. So I defer to them. That doesn’t mean that therefore I may not comment on the fact that the Congress of the United States is in self-imposed decline in another area.