Here is a weekend appropriate take on the end of the world. It’s likely a bit slow via modem and might be best listened to with headphones.
Ok, that was recommended by A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy who also has some interesting discussion of the Matrix movies. There are warning signs for spoilers as needed.
Via Jaquandor.
There are some conservatives (many of a libertarian bent) who are not happy with the bush administration. Those looking to unseat bush would do well to take a look at what these folks are unhappy with and figure out how to integrate some of their concerns into your arguments.
Many good examples of these issues (you won’t agree with everything) are detailed in this post by Josh Claybourn who tells us:
But over the past three years – essentially since George W. Bush has taken office – conservatism’s role in the party has come into question. I’ve listened and tried to understand the logic put forth by some in the GOP that Bush’s brand of politics is the best option available. After a few years contemplating this predicament I’ve come to the conclusion that that’s just not so. Here is a condensed list of complaints.
Go read’m in the post linked above.
Radley Balko adds another complaint here where he gives you the talking point: Why doesn’t bush support the constitution? Sure, you might think it is a good thing that bush signed the campaign finance reform bill, flawed as it was, but if he thought it was unconstitutional what principles led him to break his oath of office?
Randy Barnett on the senate judicial filibuster and the qualification of judges:
Mr. Schumer is right to raise the issue of judicial philosophy. Republicans have yet to move away from appeals to �qualifications� and �judicial restraint� and take up his challenge. That no judge should ignore the Constitution when doing so suits their ideological agenda is a philosophy all nominees must accept. So must all senators. For they too have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution, the whole Constitution, and not just the parts that, for the moment at least, lead to results they happen to like.
Stikes me that following this practice could lead to drastically reducing the size of law libraries which would be a good thing. And with modest tweaking of the constitution we could get rid of a lot more of the sludge that clogs the flow of human interaction.
Via The Volokh Conspiriacy.