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Primary Blues

I haven’t been blogging much yet this election cycle.  The things that get me fired up to write are usually the lies and distortions by those on the left, so the sniping by the various GOP primary candidates doesn’t do much for me. About all I can say is that I go back and forth [...]

Almost Treasonous

There is a lot of sound and fury about Rick Perry’s off-the-cuff remarks yesterday that, “printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history, is almost treacherous, or treasonous, in my opinion.” Was this a wise thing to say?  Probably not, but primarily because of all the fuss and bother that the [...]

Aid to Pakistan

A large majority of the public, 73%, is opposed to our continued aid to Pakistan. However, since we need Pakistan as a resupply route into Afghanistan it isn’t as simple as just turning off the spigot. Treating them as hostile, and effectively invading to control our supply routes isn’t an option either. Even occasional and [...]

…And Not Very Good Propaganda

To follow up on my last post, the media is clearly propagandizing against Palin, the Tea Partiers, conservative talk radio, and the like, but they aren’t doing it very well. Before I was a lawyer, I was a 37F in the U.S. Army Reserve (the ‘F’ is pronounced phonetically as ‘foxtrot’).  The military occupation specialty code 37F [...]

Propaganda

By profession, I am a research attorney.  I perform legal research and write briefs for other attorneys on a contract basis. A legal brief, if you are not familiar with legal terminology, is a piece of persuasive writing that educates the judge on the relevant law and presents your arguments to the court.  When you [...]

West Virginia Election Law is Job Security for Lawyers

Ace posted this earlier about filling the vacancy of Robert Byrd’s senate seat, which made me curious enough to look into West Virginia law and see how such a vacancy is determined and subsequently filled. The relevant statutes are easy to find, and the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website provides a summary as well.  I [...]