"One morning I'm gonna reach up and grab a handful of stars and look over to God and say 'How 'bout that!'"
Please excuse all spelling mistakes and typos; this is more a metaphysical journey as opposed to a grammatical adventure. :)
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The Senate race in Minnesota has still not been decided. There were millions of votes casts and it is coming down to a few hundred. Reports are coming from all over that ballots have been lost, destroyed, miscounted, or are invalid. Some people wrote notes on the ballot making them invalid according to state statutes. There is a law on the books that says if the overall vote is a tie than they actually flip a coin. Imagine, the representation of millions of people would rest on a random heads or tails. I think this would be the perfect time to have a re-vote. New people could register and everyone votes again. It’s called democracy and if people really believed their vote counted than they might actually get out to the polls. We are spending hundreds of billions to bail out the banks, but we can't find a few million to restore a basic democratic principal. I say, let them vote! Again! Although this is a big deal, it would be a huge national story if a Democratic victory in Minnesota would give them a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. Right now, the Democrats have 58 seats, but 60 in the key number, not 59. Too bad, I wish that there was more attention given towards how voting actual matters.
My girlfriend and I have two extra tickets to Much Ado About Nothing in the park tonight (Saturday August 7). Since we thought selling free tickets was a little unethical, we decided to have a contest to see who needs them the most. So, if you are interested please go to http://danlipka.blogspot.com/ and post a comment that best describes why you want/need the tickets. The stories can be made up, but you have to specifically say if it is fictional (true stories carry more weight than fiction, but creativity is also a good thing). If you have any questions post them on the blog or email them to me. Tickets can be picked up on the upper east side or by the theater. Contest ends at 6:00 unless something changes, (well maybe at 5:30). Good Luck.
6:14 - It's all over. We have selected and contacted the winners. I’m sorry to all those who weren’t chosen, as you all were deserving of the tickets. To those couples that couldn’t get to go, I say to spend the night together, have a roma
When the Supreme Court rules, they often struggle to understand the depth and meanings in some of the words or phrases in the Constitution. However, the Founders provided very clear language as to what they were trying to accomplish from a vision standpoint. Although not the law, the Preamble provides critical guidance that should be the first reference for any court ruling. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Specifically, the word "Justice". It is the very first thing they wanted to establish. Justice should be the defining feature of any law, and anything that increase injustice should be unconstitutional. The very first question at any Supreme Court hearing should always be
"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time" - Winston Churchill I am currently reading biographies on each of the US Presidents. I'm only on Madison, but I've learned some incredible insights into the dysfunctions of our government. Since the Articles of Confederation were adopted in 1777, politicians and the wealthy have been constantly undermining justice, equality, and the idea that they should prioritize the good of the nation above all else. The disgraces of current politicians are nothing new and have been part of US political culture since our country's founding. For example, the southern states refused to adopt the constitution unless it counted enslaved people at 3/5 of a person for the purposes of having more ele
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