grammar nazi

omg, people who use phrases like:
"we was going to the park"
"if i had ran faster"
should be SHOT

arrogant justices?

seriously, WTF
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/14/justice.sunday.ap/index.html

from the trap of James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family
"These activist, unelected judges believe they know better than the American people about the direction the country should go. The framers of our great nation did not intend for the courts to have absolute and final power over us."

first of all, your dearest president, has the power to select new judges, with the "advice and consent" of congress. i would call that much more "absolute and final power" if we were as dense as dobson and didn't think about the fact that normally, judges will retire over a staggered period of years and under various presidents. therefore allowing for different presidents of differing ideologies to select their own judges, allowing for a balanced quorum. the "framers of our great nation" began this and we have only continued it without change.

the courts do not have absolute power. "final" is a more relative term that can be semantically reinterpreted; arguing about that word is moot. the courts cannot introduce a new law, they only decide on whether a law is constitutional. new laws and procedures are introduced by congress. yes the courts can block a law that they deem unconstitutional. the president can just as well veto a bill if he doesn't agree with it. vetoing actually allows for a lot more subjectivity on the president's part.

Bill Donahue, (Catholic League prez) would like to add: "unless a judicial vote is unanimous, you cannot overturn a law created by Congress." so in addition to changing age-old senate rules, they want to change judicial rules as well. however, i found here (http://www.pregnantpause.org/court/uncon.htm) that judicial regulation was actually heavily debated by the founders. the supreme court's jurisdiction is precluded by regulations made by congress. but it was never indicated how many congressional votes would be needed, and under what circumstances regulations could be made. and we move into progressively more politicized times so any regulations congress imposes on the courts now will smack of party pressures. what to do.

this is an interesting article studying the supreme court's historical presence, rulings and power: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/supreme_court.htm

assfat

that's right, my ass is expanding so fast it hurts. i can feel the skin stretching and the caudal end painfully squelches out when i sit on it. i can sense this unhealthy wedge of fat between my legs and ass. i don't know want to know what it looks like. i feel sorry for women whose stretch marks or multiple levels of "ass-chin" show through their pants. it is high time to go to the gym.

masskina aljazair

denia denia......
denia denia......

masskina aljazair
laylayla laylayla
kolachi lazem
denia tasskonha aljazair
denia tasskonha aynik
denia tasskonha alkadba
masskina aljazair
kalbi adrab min chafek
masskina aljazair
masskina aljazair
denia tasskonha acharre
denia tasskonha alile
masskina aljazair

denia tasskonha aynik
-ll- alkadba
-ll- hbile nasse
-ll- charta
-ll- charre
-ll- njoume
-ll- choore
-ll- li bakat loilida
-ll- hbile nasse
masskina aljazair

(Manu Chao "Denia")
i just realized this was in arabic, after listening to this gorgeous song numbly for a few years. you can actually see it written out in arabic here http://web.telia.com/~u49903585/en/music/mc/
album_lyrics/proxima_estacion_esperanza.htm#8

translation is there as well. the album where this song is found is *so* random

ethnic set creation

heh, i'm still trying to decide how ethnically concerned i am. i think i'm proud of being able to identify with an ethnicity, but not particularly representative of it. well, i'd like to be representative of what i deem to be the "good" parts of it :)

superiority v. pragmatism

i am just curious about people's perceptions about human behavioral trends. a little more specifically, how humans perceive each other on a status ladder. recently my friend said this:

"Ok, well it is a known fact that the majority of dominican’s are brought up with the mentality that they are better than everyone else and are smarter. The difference is that they aren’t showy about it, but if you were to talk to one long enough you’d see it. There always right never wrong. Why do you think they marry non Dominicans. LOL!"

my perception of the chinese is that they are too pragmatic to think generalized superiority v. inferiority. it is you can or can't do something specific. admittedly, i am already biased in believing that this approach is superior; i think it is extremely notable to be able to nix a generalized idea of dominance for pragmatism.

there is no particular conclusion i'm trying to come to, i think i'm trying to find some sort of conclusion i can make about some subject i can't put a finger on. so post down your opinions of ethnic behaviors and your reactions to them

Being Evil :)

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