Just got back from Night 2 of Gov't Mule, which is a good thing considering the SCotUS decision mentioned by Nick handed down today. How depressing. In many ways I think this decision is much worse than Raich. Firstly, it totally demolishes any right to property. Minority property rights are non-existent if the majority (ie, a legislature) can take property from A and transfer it to B on a whim. This decision, I think, merely attempts to provide justification for the modern welfare state. Thomas seems to get pretty nitty gritty about "public use," and although I haven't read O'Connor's dissent, it is probably on the money (as with Raich). I think the Court needs a sassy black woman to set it straight.
Hunter S. Thompson: tried watching Fear and Loathing and was totally confused. Not in a Wes Anderson "how is this funny" way but in a "what the hell is going on" way. Then I read an article by Thomspon about shooting propane tanks with shotguns while talking to Bill Murray on the phone. At which point I decided to not look into Thompson anymore.
Eric: glad you have joined us here. I understand your feelings about ROTS, I had them after seeing Episodes I and II, depsite secretly knowing how bad they were. I tried to delude myself into thinking that they were only a little worse than the first Trilogy when the dialogue really wasn't much better than that in Ice Pirates.
As for MMW albums, clearly the superior albums are Tonic followed by Combusitcation. Clearly.
