Politics: A new beginning

[Not Me]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
does the Justice department have to paying a full Supreme Court filing fee for all of these, or is there some volume discount for the 9th Circuit?

I am pretty sure that this qualifies for a jinx. But I could be wrong.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Federal appeals court OKs medical marijuana in some cases

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a law outlawing marijuana may not apply to sick people with a doctor's recommendation in states that have approved medical marijuana laws.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling 2-1 in a rare late-afternoon filing, said prosecuting these medical marijuana users under a 1970 federal law is unconstitutional if the marijuana isn't sold, transported across state lines or used for non-medicinal purposes.

"The intrastate, noncommercial cultivation, possession and use of marijuana for personal medical purposes on the advice of a physician is, in fact, different in kind from drug trafficking," Judge Harry Pregerson wrote for the majority.

Do you know off hand who the other justices were?

[Not Me]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Do you know off hand who the other justices were?

Thanks for the buzzkill.

[Penske_Account]

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Penske_Account

Post of the year.

[sgtclub]

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 — Iraq's foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, accused the United Nations Security Council today of having failed to help rescue his country from Saddam Hussein, and he chided member states for bickering over his beleaguered country's future.

"Settling scores with the United States-led coalition should not be at the cost of helping to bring stability to the Iraqi people," Mr. Zebari said in language unusually scolding for an occupant of the guest seat at the end of the curving Security Council table.

"Squabbling over political differences takes a back seat to the daily struggle for security, jobs, basic freedoms and all the rights the U.N. is chartered to uphold," he said.

Taking a harsh view of the inability of quarreling members of the Security Council to endorse military action in Iraq, Mr. Zebari said, "One year ago, the Security Council was divided between those who wanted to appease Saddam Hussein and those who wanted to hold him accountable.

"The United Nations as an organization failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny that lasted over 35 years, and today we are unearthing thousands of victims in horrifying testament to that failure."

He declared, "The U.N. must not fail the Iraqi people again."

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/in...partner=GOOGLE

[pubic hair on a coke can]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Post of the year.

2.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
does the Justice department have to paying a full Supreme Court filing fee for all of these, or is there some volume discount for the 9th Circuit?

Without actually having read the decision, isn't this right along the lines of what Rehnquist was getting at in Lopez? (He wrote Lopez, right?)

[Hank Chinaski]

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Originally posted by sgtclub
Post of the year.

Careful Club. that's actually a golden oldei. It was on Infirm a year ago. Maybe Penske posted it back then, maybe not, maybe he posts it every Xmas like a calling card, Good king wenchass, and all.

What is amazing is the guy, dressed different than you've ever seen him, from the rear is recognizable. NTTAWWT.

[Hank Chinaski]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/...nna/index.html

Clark. all soldier butch and all, is gaining support after the Dean black eye from the lieberman swipe about Saddam.......

And now, weighting in Madonna Cichionne:

"I think he has a good handle on foreign policy, I think he's good with people, and I think he has a heart and a consciousness," pop singer Madonna said. "He's interested in spirituality -- I mean, those things mean a lot to me."

and in an errie incidence of foreshadowing, Madonna has previously begun taking steps to increase the public's credibility in her endoresements......

Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

Have I said too much?
There's nothing more I can think of to say to you.
But all you have to do is look at me to know
That every word is true

Madonna has tits!
she can help you to vote smart!
Slugs are dumb. ask it!

[SlaveNoMore]

sgtclub
Iraq's foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari:

"One year ago, the Security Council was divided between those who wanted to appease Saddam Hussein and those who wanted to hold him accountable.

The United Nations as an organization failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny that lasted over 35 years, and today we are unearthing thousands of victims in horrifying testament to that failure."

Karl Rove is smiling somewhere.

[SlaveNoMore]

Originally posted by Penske_Account

Do you think he actually ate Mary Jo Kopechne?

[bilmore]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Do you think he actually ate Mary Jo Kopechne?

How old, or arrogant, do you have to be to actually take your shirt off outside at that weight?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Karl Rove is smiling somewhere.

Why do you think he cares about that? I can't imagine many swing voters care much about the UN.

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone_Slothrop
Why do you think he cares about that? I can't imagine many swing voters care much about the UN.

But Dean does.