evolution

I’ll believe it when I see the statues come tumbling down and the ayatollahs’ heads on a pike, figuratively or literally.

Wake me up when — more likely, if — that happens.

This is going to go on your permanent record, young man.

Anybody besides me see anything fundamentally wrong with this? On the other hand, I’ve been seen here writing in favor of giving judges more information and more latitude to act on that information.

But for our system to make sense, there has to be a point in time where, for all but grave crimes against others, you’ve done your time and that’s the end of it.

The “non-prescription” kind. It’s something we should consider here in the States, in my opinion — but it will never happen. The “war on drugs” is a cash cow for many jurisdictions, and if / when the government gets around to managing health care, they’re going to manage health care.

Quick recap: The former New York Giant receiver carried a pistol into a city nightclub and accidentally shot himself in the leg. Michael Vick willfully operated a dogfighting ring, inflicting unspeakable cruelty on animals, and then lied about having done so.

Burress’s sentence: 24 months. Vick’s: 23 months.

In my America, which admittedly doesn’t exist, what Burress did would not have been illegal at all. Stupid, probably in any world. Not illegal.

Unless you’re a grasping hack of a DA who works in New York City. Then you’d probably wet the sheets.

MEMORANDUM
TO: People of Earth
FROM: j.d.
RE: The Iranian “revolution”

So a bunch of young, smart, technologically capable Iranians are protesting¹ a crooked election that re-installed the mullahs’ golden boy once again. While that’s a healthy response and all, wake me up when something new happens. You people realize that the other guy, Mousavi, doesn’t even get to the position he’s in unless he passes the mullahs’ muster at some point, right?

There is also no reason on Earth to believe that any government that the people of Iran would be materially different save for the corruption, especially vis-a-vis the United States.

So, count me among the people that aren’t getting too worked up over something that will ultimately amount to nothing.

1. 1979 called, and wants its story back. [↩]

So I broke down and got a Facebook page. E-mail me if you want it, or look me up under my full name if you’re too lazy to do that.

Not so much that there won’t be a coordinated effort to snuff it out, of course.

Frankly, I was and remain surprised. I had all but given up on the vast majority of Americans doing much of anything but rolling over when their politicians and media told them to.

More, please.

UPDATE: Well, that took care of that in a hurry.