Whitey is Too Dumb to Know 24 is Not Real

That seems to be the consensus of the Muslims who spoke to the AP. So now they are concerned about getting beat up on the street over a 24 episode. They are not concerned about getting beat up cause their people fly planes into buildings and blow themselves up in public places, just over 24 episodes.

Feds Crap on the Tenth Amendment, Again

As you may know, California enacted a medical marijuana law in 1996. According to federal law (mind you, not the constitution) still lists marijuana as being illegal for any use, medical or otherwise. The DEA has consistently raided medical marijuana clinics since their inception. Well, they did it again.

LOS ANGELES - Federal drug agents raided nearly a dozen medical marijuana clinics in California, seizing several thousand pounds of processed marijuana, along with weapons and money, authorities said.

In case you have forgotten, the tenth amendment states:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Since marijuana is not addressed within the Constitution, it is well within the rights of the people of California to legalize marijuana for whatever use they see fit, medical or otherwise.

Whether you support medical marijuana or not, I hope this causes you some serious outrage. The people voted for it, and the Constitution supports, but the feds don't care. Just because it's not your rights that are being infringed upon today doesn't mean it won't be yours tomorrow.

It Makes Perfect Sense

To the President at least. First he appoints the ex-CIA chief to be the Secretary of Defense. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he is an intelligent, capable individual. But I was forced to ask at the time, wouldn't it make more sense to appoint one of the many retired senior military folks?

Now, via Drudge, President Bush is going to appoint a retired admiral to lead the Nation's intelligence organizations. Huh? So let me get this straight. You put the intel guy in charge of the military and the military guy in charge of intel? Okay.

I'm Back

I recently had a close family member become rather ill. For the last couple weeks, she has been the only thing on my mind. I have not wanted to think about politics or blogging at all. Anyway, she is doing well now, and I should have more frequent postings again.