I think Mitt's biggest challenge will be finding a running mate who's willing to go on the road with him while strapped to the roof of the campaign bus.

If Gail Collins keeps up her "dog on the roof" gag throughout the entire campaign, it could actually become a factor...couldn't it? Nah, what am I thinking? Hope I'm not turning into one of those internet bloggers who thinks a question like that is for real.


Marbury v. Medicine

Interesting article in Slate citing Madison v. Marbury as a precedent for current constitutionality debate on Health legislation.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2012/03/supreme_court_hears_affordable_care_
act_arguments_john_roberts_could_convince_his_fellow_justices_to_avoid_making_a_decision_.html

If one of the biggest objections to the new Health Care legislation is the mandatory factor and the penalty for non-compliance, how come no one's making a stink about auto insurance?

Chesterton has me under his spell. Whodda thunk a treatise (Orthodoxy) in defense of Christian Theology could be so seductive? But, it’s all in the approach. G.K. doesn’t play the partisan advocate so much as the eager explorer—and given his background and the time he lived in, I can easily overlook a certain level of myopia in his vision. And what a vision it is—almost childlike in its open-minded sense of wonder and curiosity, while nourished by a lifelong cultivation of disciplined thought and broad experience.

And just about done with The Man Who Was Thursday. It’s his Orthodoxy philosophy in a detective/suspense/thriller/Fairy Tale/ wrapper and a bit like reading a Conan Doyle tale soaked in a pungent brine of Swiftian satire. I assume he’s not more highly regarded by virtue of the fact that he’s so modest and devoid of the self serving habits that might have established his name more securely among the “Greats”. The very fact that he is so transparently uninterested in making himself the center of his philosophical perspective is the thing that makes him most persuasive and appealing.






I concede at the outset that it’s sophomoric, so proceed with caution and as Will once said before one of his stand-up routines…”lower your expectations.”

What is the perfect room temperature?
Warm enough to say no to hot chocolate, cold enough to say yes to whiskey.

What was the primary cause of the Civil War?
White people.

What are the first three things you do at work?
Pee. Get coffee. Pee.

What would you do if you had a time machine?
Give it to The Mets so they could get Jose Reyes back

If you were God what would you do first?
Deny my existence

Which super power would you most like to possess?
Flight

Second choice?
China

How do you deal with change?
I get rid of all the pennies except two, put the quarters in the car for tolls and put the rest in my pocket

Best way to cook chicken?
Stewed slow with lots of garlic, onions, celery, carrots and spuds

What’s the difference Louis CK and Greta Van Susteren?
One’s a shining wit while the other’s a whining shit.

Of the five senses, which would you least want to lose?
Hearing

Body part you wash first in the shower?
Pubes...to get a good lather going

Body part you wash last?
Feet

Breakfast, lunch or dinner?
Breakfast food for dinner.

Job you never had but always thought you’d like.
Bicycle repair

Best thing about living with a dog
The absence of need for conversation

You never speak to your dog?
Only when I need help with a crossword puzzle clue about the name of a breed

Which two fruits should be crossbred?
Raspberry and banana

Sock, shoe, sock, shoe or sock, sock, shoe, shoe?
Sock, sock, shoe, shoe.

Fill in the blank. _________makes me angry.
Network Television News.

____________makes me happy.
Bach

I’m sick of___________
Anything having to do with Vampires

When the Pope dies, is he being promoted or fired?
Forgiven

Best argument against Right to Lifers would be____________
If life begins at conception, then why can't pregnant women use the carpool lane?

Biggest mystery in the world is__________
What you plant to get a seedless watermelon? *

Could you be persuaded to kill?
No. But I could be provoked.

If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?
Only if their name is Texaco, Sunoco, Exxon...

What did you once believe that you no longer believe?
That I have all the time in the world.

What did you once think was a fact that turned out to be false?
That south of the equator, water goes down the drain in the opposite direction.

Why is it wise to give children middle names?
So they'll know when they're in trouble.

Can you give us an example of what you would consider a mixed emotion?
Watching Roger Ailes crash his private jet into my house.

Most ironic thing that ever happened to you?
Getting a paper cut from a get-well card

In what State is Lake Erie?
Liquid.

First thing you’d do if you had a week to live?
Get that time machine back from the Mets.

If you could be anyone from History, who would it be?
George Washington, then I wouldn’t need photo ID, I’d just use a quarter or a dollar bill.

How do you feel about generalizations?
Specifically?

Are you running out of things to post on your blog?
Isn't it obvious?

Are you going to post this Q & A session?
Probably

*Simply stated, the number of chromosomes (the threadlike bodies within cells that contain the inheritance units called genes) in a normal watermelon plant is doubled by the use of the chemical colchicine. Doubling a normal (diploid) watermelon results in a tetraploid plant (one having four sets of chromosomes). When the tetraploid plant is bred back, or pollinated, by a diploid or normal plant, the resulting seed produces a triploid plant that is basically a "mule" of the plant kingdom, and it produces seedless watermelons.

And what is the chemical Colchicine? That's interesting too.