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Happy Flag Day–June 14.

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.

77 Thoughts to “Open Thread…………………………………………Tuesday, June 14”

  1. Cargosquid
    June 16, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    @marinm
    Thanks. I missed that info.

  2. Moon-howler
    June 16, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    I will miss that combative little bastard. Too bad he got caught up in his own ego trip.

    The country needs a few more Anothony Weiners, sans sexting.

  3. SlowpokeRodriguez
    June 16, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    “Faux News” just got it dead wrong by saying nobody takes pleasure in seeing Wiener quit. Heck, I’m making some popcorn! Who knows, maybe we’ll have some excitement. Remember R. Budd Dwyer?

  4. SlowpokeRodriguez
    June 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm

    Some good heckling! I was waiting for a fight to break out in the back of the room.

  5. SlowpokeRodriguez
    June 16, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    That had to be a Howard Stern guy in the back of the room during the resignation speech. Well, it’s over….this has been pretty hard on Weiner.

  6. Big Dog
    June 16, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/so-what-did-you-do-6-billion

    Will everyone please look around, the government seems to have misplaced
    a “few bucks”.

  7. Cargosquid
    June 16, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    @Big Dog
    They probably left it in a pocket when they sent their camos to the laundry.

    Actually, I remember that colonels and majors in Tikrit, etc….when it was originally mentioned, replied to the effect of, “Receipts? What receipts? These are bribes. Why else do you think that many of the tribes switched sides?”

  8. marinm
    June 16, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    Tenthers scored a clear victory today with Bond v United States.

    http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme_court_allows_defendants_10th_amendment_challenge_in_paramour_poison/

    “Fidelity to principles of federalism is not for the states alone to vindicate,” Kennedy wrote.

    I swear, I got a lil’ misty reading that. 😉

  9. Cargosquid
    June 17, 2011 at 12:13 am

    @marinm
    From the second comment there:
    So glad we could hear from those who believe the Tenth Amendment protects one’s right to employ chemical weapons. Maybe now they can fall under the penumbra of the Second Amendment.

    That’s an interesting way to look at it. And yes, I know, or at least think, he was being sarcastic.

  10. Cargosquid
    June 17, 2011 at 10:22 am

    From wfgodbold at his blog, Pithy Title Goes Here: http://wfgodbold.wordpress.com

    Some words of wisdom

    If the government can’t be trusted to obey “shall make no law,” ”shall not be infringed,” or “shall not be violated,” when it’s spelled out plainly, why can it be trusted to obey other limitations on its power?

    THAT is wisdom.

  11. Raymond Beverage
    June 17, 2011 at 10:55 am

    On Trust: If I always told you the truth, I wouldn’t ask you to trust me.

  12. Big Dog
    June 17, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/06/vancouver-riot-kissing-couple-identified/38937/

    “… that’s our boy”?

  13. Wolverine
    June 17, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    Can’t read the rest of the 17 June Stafford thread. Keep getting sent to the 404 error page.

  14. Moon-howler
    June 18, 2011 at 4:29 am

    Wolverine, thanks so much for letting me know. That darn thing kicked my tail around for hours. I have still not figured out why the link is doing that. Anyway, I divided it into 2 parts. They are still longer on the front page than I like but you can at least read them.

    Thanks again.

  15. Moon-howler
    June 18, 2011 at 8:59 am

    I took the Michael Stafford article down. I don’t know what the problem is and I worked on it several hours during the night. I will have to have someone else look at it and try to tackle the problem. This one is above my skill level.

    MH

  16. Big Dog
    June 18, 2011 at 9:47 am

    http://www.hollerincontest.com/

    Tea Party folks should do well — somebody just has to say “Obama”.

  17. Big Dog
    June 18, 2011 at 10:45 am

    http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/06/a-story-for-fathers-day/240634/

    A moving story about a great man — in our community.

  18. Moon-howler
    June 18, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Can supreme court justices be impeached and removed from office for ethics violations?

  19. Raymond Beverage
    June 18, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    @Moon-howler

    Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution that a Justice who is found lacking good behavior can be impeached. Never tried on a Supreme Court Justice, but since about 1986 there have been about a half dozen Federal District Court Judges the House of Representatives drew up the Articles on, and the Senate took a vote on. “lacking good behavior” has been equated to be on the same footing as the reference in Article III to “high crimes and misdemeanors”.

    Title 18 of the US Code is what they went after “Tricky Dick” with, and can also be used for Justices.

    1. Moon-howler
      June 18, 2011 at 10:50 pm

      If some folks have their way, Justice Thomas might just have to dodge this bullet. Thanks Raymond.

  20. Morris Davis
    June 19, 2011 at 12:02 am

    In addition to the story about Justice Thomas, his relationship with a wealthy conservative benefactor and his employment on the only federal court that has no ethics rules http://nyti.ms/kqK4J9 there was a story a few days ago about 80 percent of “bundlers” (those raising more than $500k for Obama) getting rewarded with top government posts. The issue is not so much liberal and conservative as it is the wealthy elites buying access and influence in all 3 branches. Perhaps some day the bottom 98 percent of the American public will wake up and take their government back.

    1. Moon-howler
      June 19, 2011 at 12:37 am

      @Moe

      Did you see the wapo article about the 20 richest Americans? I think the $12 billion were the welter weighs. Oprah wasn’t on the list.

      http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2010-forbes-richest-americans-meet-the-top-20/2011/06/16/AGfUJSaH_gallery.html?hpid=z1#photo=1

  21. Starryflights
    June 19, 2011 at 6:07 am

    With executive pay, rich pull away from rest of America

    By Peter Whoriskey, Sunday, June 19, 2:35 AM
    It was the 1970s, and the chief executive of a leading U.S. dairy company, Kenneth J. Douglas, lived the good life. He earned the equivalent of about $1 million today. He and his family moved from a three-bedroom home to a four-bedroom home, about a half-mile away, in River Forest, Ill., an upscale Chicago suburb. He joined a country club. The company gave him a Cadillac. The money was good enough, in fact, that he sometimes turned down raises. He said making too much was bad for morale.

    Forty years later, the trappings at the top of Dean Foods, as at most U.S. big companies, are more lavish. The current chief executive, Gregg L. Engles, averages 10 times as much in compensation as Douglas did, or about $10 million in a typical year. He owns a $6 million home in an elite suburb of Dallas and 64 acres near Vail, Colo., an area he frequently visits. He belongs to as many as four golf clubs at a time — two in Texas and two in Colorado. While Douglas’s office sat on the second floor of a milk distribution center, Engles’s stylish new headquarters occupies the top nine floors of a 41-story Dallas office tower. When Engles leaves town, he takes the company’s $10 million Challenger 604 jet, which is largely dedicated to his needs, both business and personal.

    The evolution of executive grandeur — from very comfortable to jet-setting — reflects one of the primary reasons that the gap between those with the highest incomes and everyone else is widening.

    For years, statistics have depicted growing income disparity in the United States, and it has reached levels not seen since the Great Depression.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/with-executive-pay-rich-pull-away-from-rest-of-america/2011/06/13/AGKG9jaH_story.html

    This situation is not sustainable. Some day there will be a reckoning.

    1. Moon-howler
      June 19, 2011 at 6:34 am

      @starry

      A lot of people sure are protective of the wealthy. I don’t understand, especially in light of the article you posted.

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