http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/Formerly "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness," renamed in honor of Jimmy Carter saying, "“Unfortunately, after Sept. (11 – sic), there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism . . .” Assorted comments on the blessings of liberty, and some challenges for those who are challenged in their enjoymenthourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/618558Get a load of this quote from Misrepresentative Henry Waxman, co-author of the Cap and Tax bill that passed the House of Misrepresentatives Friday: He was asked by Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC, “ "Republican leader John Boehner, in explaining why he was reading the bill on the floor," meaning the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/618407President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, took a most untimely black mark to the resume today when the Court reversed her ruling that unfairly denied promotions to white firefighters because of their race. The reversal comes only a couple of weeks before her...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/616789Sometime in the 1950s, the city council of Toledo, Ohio passed a law that proved a fell precursor of far too many subsequent examples of Government sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong. To paraphrase the law slightly while capturing the mindset of the Government that created it: Thou shalt...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/616156President Obama lauded what he called the “vigorous debate” that he maintains is a part of today’s Iranian election. He also took credit for initiating this so-called debate with his recent tour of the Arab nations. Obama said, “ We are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/614994Here’s an appropriate follow-up to a story I posted Sunday, in which I discussed the Obama Justice Department’s decision to drop charges against three New Black Panthers who had been charged with voter intimidation. These three gentlemen, one armed with a nightstick that he brandished at voters,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/614522During the presidential elections, three members of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense were charged by the Bush administration with using threats, coercion and intimidation against voters. Two of them stationed themselves outside a Philadelphia polling place so that voters could not...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/614044Maybe I’m just being silly, but I could have thought that knowledge of the law and the ability to apply it fairly and equally was the most important criteria for a judge. On the basis of how recent minority appointments to the Supreme Court have been treated, I was obviously wrong. Judicial...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/612923The credit card reform legislation now before Congress reportedly contains provisions that will allow credit card companies to charge interest on balances from the day of purchase, rather than offering an interest-free grace period. Even if you pay the card off in full each and every time, even...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/612769Lead paragraph of an AP story at http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090519/D989JCKO1.html: The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service and White House...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/WriterofLight1342/612578An AFP article at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.46049a2661b9e752817ba9f666a8573b.831&show_article=1: makes the assertion that President Obama is comparable to the legendary Mr. Spock of Star Trek. It also quotes Newsweak magazine as claiming that “Obama’s version of the [new movie’s...