When Do We Impeach Fredo?
 

you sure you are a lawyer? And you have never heard of McNulty? Perhaps a certain memo with his name on it?

Not that this explains why his resignation is news, you have to look a tad harder for that.

When Do We Impeach Fredo?
 

Compared to Comey's testimony, this seems like a blip.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

Let me guess, you think there is an epidemic of shark attacks too, don't you?

hatch act
 

It would be. Now if you just pretend that that's what the government has always been doing, you're closer to reality.

You're also erring by analogizing criminal prosecution to IP. Throwing someone in prison demands more.

An Audie Murphy Halloween costume -- should that be a criminal offense?

hatch act
 

there are criminal sanctions in the copyright law. go on ebay and offer to sell bootleg copies of Spiderman 3, then let us know if the FBI or Jones Day kicks in your front door.

is it the really expensive one, with real life medals? either way, talk about nerd alert, unless it's at the nursing home party.

hatch act
 

As I said, the remedy to speech you don't like is more speech.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

and Islamic fundamentalism is puffed up as a danger. Kum-BA- yaaaaa!

hatch act
 

word to the wise: if you end up with your kids sticking you in a nursing home do not be the one putting out "more speech". at the end of the day that's the sucker who gets the left over meds.

hatch act
 

Put another way, if I, as a non-employee, happen upon a pretty piece of brass, can I not wear it in my hair? And, if not, explain to me why the Feds are not somehow making a content-based distinction about my poor fashion sense?

First Amendment, anyone?
 

OK -- a competing value judgment leading to a different policy decision.

I say we should punish them both severely under your Administration, and have the cops yelling "Its Taxwonk time" during their restroom interrogations. Zero tolerance, bitches.

S_A_M

First Amendment, anyone?
 

Geez, Hank, that's gotta hurt.

Actually, I don't think this one qualifies as a wedge issue. I did a (very) quick Westlaw search and found no evidence that this law or its predecessor has ever been challenged.

That may mean that, until this week on a chat board populated by bored, overpaid lawyers raised in a society grown soft and self-centered, no one ever felt the need to defend the rights of those who would falsely claim entitlement to wear our nation's highest military honors.

[Sniff] How have we come to this? Oh, the humanity! America haters. [/Sniff]

(So, I guess I'm in category 2 -- spewing my judgments.)

S_A_M

First Amendment, anyone?
 

By many, many I mean thousands, four figures.

Seems like a reasonable estimate given the number of medals floating around and the number of cases I've heard about (which must be a very tiny fraction of the total).

S_A_M

First Amendment, anyone?
 

2.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

I feel we need a military. Maybe you disagree.

Traditionally, militaries have given medals to guys who have done special things. there are many reasons for this, but one might be so that the awardee's countrymen can recognize the guy did something for them that was, you know, special.

There are estimates that of the people claiming to have been Navy Seals, actually 50% are frauds. the same is true for Medal of Honor winners. maybe the frauds use the lie for somewhat innocent purposes, getting laid maybe, but some have fooled their hometowns and use the status to get free things, to get honored status, etc.

I think letting them get away with that takes away from the actual guys who did the special things. You seem like you don't mind people lying to gain some unwarrented status. I bet you think it's okay when Flower or Thurgreed lie about their height on the internet. I think that detracts from the actually tall.

And this law has been passed by Congress. Maybe you think it shouldn't have been, but that isn't the same as being unconstitutional.

First Amendment, anyone?
 

You see, this is the problem. Your parody read just like many a right winger poster's posts. We just thought you'd joined the Hank/Slave crowd, since, after all, you do vote the same way as they do. We all love Spanky because of his wide-eyed surprise every single time he discovers that the nut-jobs he hangs out with are nut-jobs.