Laws and Sausages

Norquist Calls McCain " gun-grabbing, tax-increasing Bolshevik"

A wee bit over the top.  He also for gets the moral cowardice and vanity disguised as steely moderate conviction.

God Bless Texas

Home seizure ruling doesn't play in Texas

After decision, an amendment is quickly proposed to limit powers of eminent domain.

Constitution Void-- No Limit to Government Power or Appetite Says Supremes in Kelo v. New London

I believe while reading the majority opinion of Kelo last night I had a stroke because I can't taste my food this morning.

Daley Attemtpting to Close Taverns in Chicago!!! People Rise Up in Arms!!!

What a power-mad little freak.  His  little neo-prohibitionism schme must not succeed! Read more of the madness here.

The city that once boasted as many 7,600 taverns in the early 1900s has just over 1,300 today. Now Mayor Richard Daley is pushing an ordinance that would make it easier to close taverns — the latest volley in a battle against the kinds of liquor-selling establishments that some say are magnets for everything from prostitution to littering.

Add to that rapidly changing neighborhoods and a growing number of upscale residents who'd rather see a bistro than a bar on the corner, and it keeps getting tougher to find an honest-to-goodness bar to belly up to.

If Little Dickie thinks people want metro-sexual bistros instead of  taverns then let the market make the decision and  every yuppie profter and their partner can  feel free to  compete for customers against and  drinking establishment they'd like.

Mr. Bill is Back on Trio-- Free Online!!!!

Get some Mr. Bill here.

Jeb Bush Rocks

Now if I can bring home my beer from the bar I'll be stoked.

Just When I Thought There Was No Hope For Albany

While this doesn't make up for the tax rate, the wack-job environmental legislation, its a nice gesture:

Lawmakers in Albany are encouraging residents and visitors alike to enjoy a tall, cold one.

A bill making its way through the Legislature aims to create a New York state beer trail, similar to those the wine industry has successfully used to attract millions of oenophiles to the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley and eastern Long Island. Sponsors of the legislation say it will highlight the reemergence of breweries in New York and help brewers cash-in on the popularity of their oatmeal stouts, India pale ales and bitters.

Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, A Brooklyn Democrat who doesn't drink, is sponsoring the bill not only to attract beer drinkers to the state, but also to honor New York's rich brewing heritage, which dates back to the 1630s when the Dutch West India Company established the country's first public brewery in New York City, he said. A century ago, there were more than 40 breweries in Brooklyn alone.

Nice Piece by George Weigel on the True Essence of Extremism

“Extremism” has become code in certain circles for any potential federal jurist who is convinced that Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood got it wrong when they discovered a “right to abortion” in the U.S. Constitution. Yet why is that judgment an “extreme” position? According to the logic of Roe and Casey, the thirty-some states who had laws protective of unborn human life prior to 1973 were violating the basic human rights of women in a fundamental way — but that isn’t thought to be an “extreme” position.” According to the jurisprudence of Roe and Casey, one class of Americans has the constitutional power to execute lethal violence on another class of Americans (who happen not to have been born yet) — but that isn’t thought to be an “extreme” position. According to the Supreme Court’s subsequent interpretation of Roe and Casey, the “right” to an abortion trumps virtually every other constitutional right, including the right of free speech — but that isn’t thought to be an “extreme” position.

I Have No Problem -- Or Hesitation -- In Questions Sen. Durbin's Patriotism

Can anyone who ever served in uniform possibly vote for a Democrat again?  I wonder (Steyn is a bit nicer):

This isn't a Republican vs Democrat thing; it's about senior Democrats who are so over-invested in their hatred of a passing administration that they've signed on to the nuttiest slurs of the lunatic fringe. It would be heartening to think that Durbin will himself now be subjected to some serious torture. Not real torture, of course; I don't mean using Pol Pot techniques and playing the Celine Dion Christmas album really loud to him. But he should at least be made a little uncomfortable over what he's done -- in a time of war, make an inflammatory libel against his country's military that has no value whatsoever except to America's enemies. Shame on him, and shame on those fellow senators and Democrats who by their refusal to condemn him endorse his slander.

Scientist Admit they Often Just Make Shit Up

What a shocker