Orange Felon Can't Tell Me What to Do

Words of Advice:

DONALD TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON. CASE CLOSED.

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- Trump

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Never Get Into Anything With a 'Jesus Nut'." -- every fixed-wing pilot

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

Karma may sometimes be late to arrive.
But it never loses an address.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Too Fucking Short

I mentioned that some clown being interviewed on NPR yesterday said that the Constitution was "too old and too short."

When writing laws, short is a virtue. It may not always be possible, but if a law can be kept short, that ensures that it will be widely read. Congress routinely passes bills that go into the hundreds of pages, which virtually guarantees that nobody will read them. A bill that is so long that people will not read it is no different than a secret law.

For instance, someone over at Kos discovered that the new FISA bill also redefines what is a "weapon of mass destruction." A WMD, in military parlance, is a nuclear weapon. Chemical and biological weapons are "area denial weapons." Congress, in its extremely finite wisdom, is defining a WMD so broadly that it includes tear-gas canisters. (Next, Congress will specify that when the tide flows out, it is really flowing in.)

Shortness is a virtue.

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