http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 21:03:15 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:03:15 with two of my oldest, best friends, living the past 40 years in retrospect. We met at the University of Oregon in 1968. They are godparents to my children. We cried like embattled warriors who have left their all on the field, together with so many comrades who did not live to see the day. The ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/44 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:33:30 the "privatized" fork of Social Security. Except it's not individual investment, but public investment, in the private sector. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/43 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:48:48 Obama will be the nominee (ahem...). That said,his choice for VP becomes critical to whether he can/will be elected. I am also quite certain he cannot choose Hillary as his mate. That would eviscerate his call to "change", and, for many, constitute a sell-out to the established order. It would n... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/42 Tue, 13 May 2008 22:08:28 but I've been advising attorneys for over twenty years and have some experience in dealing with the intentions of persons who have reached room temperature. Attorneys have opinions that depend for their value upon the accuracy and completeness of the facts they analyze in light of existing law. Th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/41 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:14:56 I support Joe Biden because he is rational.

And because he is a principled pragmatist.

And because he is a humble man who knows suffering.

Joe Biden is passionate, but he is not an ideologue.

Joe Biden is beholden to the publics' interests, NOT ANY special interest.

Joe Biden burns... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/39 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:11:38 and our planet. Many is the mother whose "reality" at the moment of crowning is, "I can't do this." But she does. Sometimes it is but an encouraging word, at others the touch of a finger to depress a lip of the cervix. There are many things in life that we deem not doable until they are done. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/38 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:41:19 In the most difficult times, I hope to remember that if I can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds - if I am able to know a peace that cannot be stolen by all the robbers of pain and circumstance - then, I will do no harm. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/37 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:14:58 fulfill the biological imperative. A large part of our development involves learning to know when to hold'em and when to fold'em. But even when we stand our ground, whether by choice or necessity, there is the moral dilemma of how much force to apply and when to stop.

And I'm just talking abou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/36 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:39:08 can never step into the same river twice." Friends of 40 years look at me today and remark, "you know, in a lot of ways, you have changed over the years." To which I reply, "isn't that the point?" After all the effort, I'd be sorely disappointed if I hadn't.

Just this last month I pulled out a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/35 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:03:11 the choice between fight or flight, 99% of the time my natural tendency would be fight. Not physically - I've never been in a physical fight in my life. I've always been able to control the situation by presence and glamour. I am not by nature aggressive at all. But my tendency is certainly not to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/34 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:20:13 if you haven't noticed. Hell, Morse code is a message. dot-dot-dash-dot. If it's message that moves you, you'll be scratching your head. You talk about vision? VISION? Experience is the lens that brings focus to vision. Experience shines light on the path. We don't need no stinking MESSAGE. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/33 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:24:53 the stars and sends the galaxies wheeling their way through the omniverse. It is synchronicity - the marriage of infinite mass and infinitesimal volume. It is the Heart Song. It cannot be denied. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/30 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:32:09 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/29 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:44:56 my first choice right now...Biden is. However, mark my words: Never underestimate the power of a woman to deliver.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/28 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:08:24 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/27 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:54:10 it's the former, think about a respectable profession. If it's the latter, consider the impairments that come with the degree. If you simply and genuinely are interested in the application of complex reasoning, read law and save your soul. Sorry I can't be more encouraging. This is my honest and... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/26 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:59:55 "placing a matter before an assembly for discussion and vote." I believe the word "move" is used in this situation to indicate "force applied against the inertia of rest."

When a word is capable of more than one meaning, why choose a meaning which is absurd within the context?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/25 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:23:34 capable of more than one interpretation, and one of those interpretations is on its face impossible within the context, it would further understanding and communication to choose an alternate interpretation that admits possibility within the context." - Yodananda Samadhi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/24 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:04:22 prima facie impeachable offenses by the POTUS and VPOTUS. I think nearly 30% of the citizenry are presently of the opinion that the POTUS and VPOTUS have committed multiple counts of malfeasance and misfeasance. I think malfeasance is impeachable. I'm pretty sure that James Madison would have agr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/23 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:43:45 from where we come, than to understand where we might aspire to be." Yodananda Samadhi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/22 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:20:48 You, Bonobo, must now endure the suffering of loss. Blessings upon you in your time of pain. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/21 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:40:14 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/18 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:03:52 The only way I can explain shrubs and their ilk getting elected is that good citizens have, for some time now, been going to the polls drunk.

Really, I mean we won't let people operate motor vehicles drunk. We do our best to keep them from behind the wheel. Why should we let voters exercise the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/16 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:14:56 Sometimes referred to as "composted," Mr. Obama has now attained that ignoble mental state characterized chiefly by the inability to manage one's own affairs. I judge that this path does not lead to his goal. Mr. Obama has revealed his most closeted fear of Al Gore and the rest of us who have no i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/15 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:01:30 I believe I understand what you're saying.

"Self-evident Truth" as used in your example may be related to the final reference in my post, where "truth" is used to mean "the way things really are". I think what I was reacting to in my post is the carelessness with which the word "truth" is ofte... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/The Village Idiot/13 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:57:29