4 December 2000 |
"Poor Dick Cheney. I feel bad that he had another heart attack and am glad that he's doing well, but I have to confess that the 'what-ifs' started in my head.... What if he had to drop out of the Vice-Presidency...? Well, what Republican doesn't have a lot to do lately? The nice man John Ashcroft, that's who, and he could sit as President of the Senate and every day stare down that bitch who stole the election from him. Hell, with the Senate at 50-50, he'd even get to cancel out her vote pretty often. I've taken to calling her 'Senator Golddigger.' If all else fails, Ashcroft could pop her on the head with his gavel. 'Shut up, bitch!' <POP!> 'I said shut up!' <POP!> Then he'd point it at Rodham and tell her to sit her ass down if she didn't want some of that, too. Hmm... maybe I wouldn't make a good VP...." -- My good friend Mr. Hutchison, in a missive that arrived with his Kwanzaa wishes |
The idiots were in full swing for the short time I was at work today. However, I was so sick that I just packed up a bunch of stuff and came home to work, hoping to avoid spreading the nastiness through the office. I'm not really THAT sick, just a nasty cold that is probably highly contagious. It's a good reason to flee to the Idiot-Free sanctum of my apartment.
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Two court rulings have nearly spelled the end of Sore Loserman today. The US Supreme Court vacated the FL Supreme Court's earlier ruling, remanding the case back to them for clarification. In a narrow, but strongly-worded per curiam opinion, the Court made it clear that the FL Supreme Court would have to avoid those bothersome federal questions it basically trampled in its decision. More importantly, Sanders Sauls -- the good old country judge who turned out to be quite sharp in his questioning -- ruled that no portion of the Sore Loserman contest had any merit
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I received a humorous email from one Brad Tyer, whose writing has been the subject of past journal entries (16 March 2000, 28 September 2000). Mr. Tyer was critical that I reproduced his email in my 28 September 2000 journal entry with his errors intact! He concludes that he has lost all respect for me. The humorous aspect of his email was that it was purposely filled with typos and errors. I laughed. Is this the society we've become, that everyone is a victim and is to take no responsibility for his own actions? That writing containing errors is somehow the fault not of the writer, but the person who reproduces it?! I thought Mr. Tyer's original email raised interesting points, and I thought my posting it and my response showed that I took it seriously. However, I didn't alter his original text at all -- which could have raised legal issues -- and I used "[sic]" comments to indicate that I had not introduced the errors in his writing. So here's a memo to all kiddos who would email me: 1) check out the portion of my disclaimer dedicated to email generated by this site, and 2) don't try to make me feel guilty if your writing contains errors and somehow finds its way onto the site!
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