Alito: A Judge Shouldn't Have Any Agenda

But all of them have beliefs and it's the beliefs that scare me. Sam Alito's record is of an ultra-conservative. Even if he is the most restrained, fair and impartial judge ever, his record indicates his beliefs are ultra-conservative. Bye bye, one man, one vote. Adeiu, right to privacy. Sayonara, civil rights.

Now here's an interesting link:

Bush signs law banning annoying another on the Internet

So maybe I should post my real name here to avoid annoying anyone and committing a Federal crime. Yes, I'm not joking. It's now a Federal crime to annoy someone via the Internet if you don't give your name. This gem was stuck in a bill concerning violence against women and justice reauthorization....

So, Department of Justice, I'd like to see whitehouse.gov shut down. Their right-wing propaganda annoys me. There's an example of someone being annoyed by a perfectly legal (one of the few in this administration) activity. There will be others. The George now has another weapon in his scabbard to go along with illegal wiretaps and playing legal hide the weenie with U. S. citizens, excuse me, enemy combatants. Anyone want to bet this law won't be used against some poor blogger out there with a message the Shrub finds annoying?

This calls to attention something that desperately needs changed. Arlen Specter introduced this turkey into a completely unrelated, must-pass bill so it passed without debate. That practice must stop, for it's the recipe for pork pie and disastrous measures, of which the measure against annoyance is one. It's a favored tactic of lawmakers who want to avoid debate, i. e. those who think their ideas aren't strong enough to stand on their own merits. It's also a tactic of the majority, currently the Republicans. Come to think of it, Bush's love of bypassing the Senate with recess appointments is another facet of this practice. A Republican value, perhaps?

Of course, Bush could do the right thing and order the Justice Department not to enforce the law. Think that'll happen? He could have done the even more right thing and, for the first time in his Presidency, vetoed a bad law.

Is that a knock on my door? Are the annoyance police here already? Should I give my name?