Friday, 16 July 2005

You need a license to fish, but any moron can have a kid.

A woman has been arrested on child neglect charges after giving birth while drunk, police said. Melissa Irene Tanner, 37, is accused of having a blood alcohol content close to three times the legal limit when she gave birth to a baby girl on June 30.

I never talked to Washington, Adams or Madison, but I'm certain they never envisioned people paying the government for permission to fish.

It was predictable and it didn't take long. Last week, Hillary Clinton compared the current president to Alfred E. Neumann and his "What, me worry" attitude. Did she think people completely forgot that "What, me worry" was the prevailing attitude during her husband's administration towards both the growing terrorist threats (1993 WTC, Cole attacks and many others) and stock frauds (Enron or World Com, anyone). Well, Dimitri Vassilaros of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review does a good comparison of the Clinton years to an issue of Mad Magazine.

Accuracy in Media has a revealing article titled Taboo Topics in Journalism Today.

BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) was intended to remove as much politics as possible from the base closure process. Freshman Senator John Thune (R-SD) has had his panties in a wad since Ellsworth Air Base was targeted for closure. My guess is he is against pork unless it is his state's pork. Here is an article taking him to task for his childishness since the announcement.

Charles Krauthammer as always is required reading.

Lastly, as I guessed yesterday, Chief Justice Rehnquist has no plans to step down as long as he can physically perform his duties.