Steely Dan

I don't know much about Franken so he must suck even if I thought his stuff, which I don't know if he wrote or not, was funny.

Proof that thinking works. Also Ken Starr, the unethical lawyer, rears his ugly mug. Linkage Calif. AG urges court to void gay marriage ban By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer. SAN FRANCISCO – The California attorney general has changed his position on the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. In a dramatic reversal, Attorney General Jerry Brown filed a legal brief saying the measure that amended the California Constitution to limit marriage to a man and a woman is itself unconstitutional because it deprives a minority group of a fundamental right. Earlier, Brown had said he would defend the ballot measure against legal challenges from gay marriage supporters. But Brown said he reached a different conclusion "upon further reflection and a deeper probing into all the aspects of our Constitution. "It became evident that the Article 1 provision guaranteeing basic liberty, which includes the right to marry, took precedence over the initiative," he said in an interview Friday night. "Based on my duty to defend the law and the entire Constitution, I concluded the court should protect the right to marry even in the face of the 52 percent vote." Brown, who served as governor from 1975 to 1983, is considering seeking the office again in 2010. After California voters passed Proposition 8 on Nov. 4, Brown said he personally voted against it but would fight to uphold it as the state's top lawyer. He submitted his brief in one of the three legal challenges to Proposition 8 brought by same-sex marriage supporters. The measure, a constitutional amendment that passed with 52 percent of the vote, overruled the state Supreme Court decision last spring that briefly legalized gay marriage in the nation's most populous state. Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, called the attorney general's change of strategy "a major development." "The fact that after looking at this he shifted his position and is really bucking convention by not defending Prop. 8 signals very clearly that this proposition can not be defended," Minter said. The sponsors of Proposition 8 argued for the first time Friday that the court should undo the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters banned gay marriage at the ballot box last month. The Yes on 8 campaign filed a brief telling the court that because the new law holds that only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized or valid in California, the state can no longer recognize the existing same-sex unions. "Proposition 8's brevity is matched by its clarity. There are no conditional clauses, exceptions, exemptions or exclusions," reads the brief co-written by Kenneth Starr, dean of Pepperdine University's law school and a former independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton. Both Brown and gay rights groups maintain that the gay marriage ban may not be applied retroactively. The state Supreme Court could hear arguments in the litigation in March. The measure's backers announced Friday that Starr had signed on as their lead counsel and would argue the cases.

Hey every things better with the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Linkage His latest mistakes may have been his last for the Bills. Losman acknowledged earlier in the week this was a make-or-break game for him, knowing another poor performance or loss might prompt coach Dick Jauron to turn the offense over to rookie Trent Edwards.

I just lost a little respect for your intelligence. Just to let you know I do have a lot of respect for your intelligence despite our disagreements now and again.

As long as you don't say that over the intercom why not?

Best one so far.

And you know this how??

He's kidding.

I'm thinking early Pink Floyd.

I don't think this camouflage is working.

That's a conservative estimate. Then let us watch video of you with your wife. I'm sure the same objective would be accomplished.

I am pissed about last night! The last update I saw from Yahoo! said that Addai would be a game time decision but it was very likely he'd play so I started him over sWillis and they never played him last night. So I'm already starting behind the eight ball!!

True, but it's funny that she is going to be an in-law. I wonder what her wedding gift will be?

Linky

BTW, if you can't stand the shrew watch Jane Velez-Mitchell at 7. She covers the case in a little less annoying way.

Broncs win and it means Hochuli will never ever be able to go to SD again. Even on vacation. Shanahan said he isn't going to allow his team to know who won that game.

I don't give a crap about anyone's politics it's just when a race comes down to a few hundred votes this kind of minutia is needed IMO.

I agree with you but it does add firepower to the defense like I said above. This is from that article. It was unclear what effect disclosure of the August tips could have on the legal case against Anthony. Veteran Orlando defense attorney Cheney Mason said it raises questions for the prosecutors and Anthony's defense attorney. The main question will be: When and how did the body get there?, he said. "It distinctly creates a new level of investigation, interrogation and reasonable doubt," he said. It won't matter much IMO but it just adds another piece for the defense to use.

CNN Headline News just reported Franken is ahead by 66 votes.

The video footage they keep showing of her reading a children's book and her sitting on her great grandparents lap tears my heart out every time I see it. I have a TV in the upper corner of my computer screen and I have to close it and just listen to it like a radio broadcast because my heart is ripped every time I see that. Her grandparents must be having feelings nobody can describe. They lost a grandchild and they will lose a daughter by at least having her in prison til she dies. Her grandparents have asked for immunity because they said they had made "misleading" statements in the past and they won't do that again. A lot of people who have children say they fully understand why they would make those statements to try to protect their daughter. There's going to be a press conference with the meter reader soon.

PC in a nutshell. It is Caylee, big surprise. The death has been deemed homicide by undetermined means. The homicide conclusion is reached through forensic and circumstantial evidence. The area is just about done being investigated. They are looking into why the meter readers calls weren't handled correctly back in August.

No, it was some of the guests on Jane Velez Mitchell's show. You have to admit it's strange he would call them back in August and then decide to take a leak there four months later. The main problem is with what the Sheriff said. The defense is going to be all over that. They will ask why the Sheriff's department didn't even check the guy out because cadaver dogs didn't hit in that area back in August. Their story is going to be the guy dumped the body there himself after the initial search. Ludicrous? Yes, but it's going to be another thing to possibly put doubt in the juror's minds. The main question now is was the tip adequately followed up? When the meter reader's call came in back in August one of the detectives saw that cadaver dogs had searched that area and so he didn't bother to send anyone out to check. Thanks!