"Juror No. 4 was a lawyer, and the problem with having lawyers on
juries is they bring into that jury room with them three years of
legal training. And one of the things that legal training does to
you is it basically beats the common sense out of you," he said.

Oh god forbid a jury of your peers aren't dumbasses!

Judge declares mistrial in Tyco corruption case - Apr. 2, 2004

If anyone likes Bad Religion, they should listen to American Lesion, a solo project released in 97 by Bad Religion Lead Singer/ Song writer Greg Graffin. These songs are quite emotional, and Greg's sorrow and pain drip out the speakers. This is from the song Maybe She Will about Greg's hopes of his ex-wife returning.

] Laws of gravity fight uncertainty
] But I sit here without a clue
] Life had separate meaning and I was only dreaming
] Someone else came to her rescue
] Now she's gone and I am too, but
] Maybe she will
] Want to have me near enough to feel unparted
] Maybe she will
] Ask me for some help to get her new place started
] Maybe she will
] See me around and want to take a mid-day walk
] Maybe just feel lonely and will want to talk
] With me
] In cold and darkest weather, the times we had together
] Come to me and I smile to sleep
] Then clouds dissipate and I soon re-awake
] To such a living tragedy
] I'm resolved to pondering
] Maybe she will
] Call me up to see if I am doing alright
] Maybe she will
] Remember the times when I would hold her so tight
] Maybe she will
] Think about the letters that I used to send
] Someday change her mind and want to find me again
] They all say I'm wasting my whole life away
] But I don't care because I have this candle from our
] courting days
] And it's almost gone
] But dim hope flickers anyway
] Maybe she will
] Look at those old pictures and get teary-eyed
] Maybe she will
] Feel my lonely heartbeat and hear me cry
] Maybe she will
] Help me shovel out of this misery
] One day say she's sorry for giving up on me
] Maybe she will

Bad Religion / American Lesion Maybe She Will

... is a damn fine song!

When the wind turns And blows the leaves from the trees...

] Omniscience Protocol Requirements

April fools RFC for 2004. My personal Fav:

OR3: The OP must be able to communicate through uncooperative
firewalls, NATs, and when the computer is disconnected from
the Internet.

Plus its not a big long circular loop of RFC's like Abaddon got spoofed on a while back...

RFC 3751 - Omniscience Protocol Requirements

] And what I really hate, is the idea that a 9/11 investigation
] is being used like this during an election year. I agree that
] it's worthwhile to find out the truth, but I see many other
] motivations here than truth-finding.

Both sides are making this political. Clarke to sell books, but Bush to pospone the release of important information regarding how well he and his administration handled one of the worst events in American History. Which is do you care about more?

] this investigation. I also really despise any insinuation
] that the White House knew about the impending attack but did
] nothing to stop it. That's just absurd.

I agree as well.

My complain is Bush's decisions are based seemly *entirely* on public opinion. He didn't think Rice testifing was important until after the media reamed him for a week. Bush kept moving the Exit date from Iraq earlier and earlier the more soldiers died. A man who makes policy based on opinion polls is not a man to be President. That statement applies to all candidate or officals.

RE: Bush Agrees to Let Rice Testify Publicly

] "I don't think it's the function of Congress to monkey
] around with state court jurisdiction," Barr said in
] testimony that put him at odds with Judiciary Committee
] Republicans looking back from the dais.

] Once a state sets its own definition of marriage, Barr
] said, "I think the role of Congress is nil."

Oh my God. I agree *with* Bob Barr? .... [Head Explodes]

Bob Barr on Gay marriage

] Cross country travel by airplane takes a day, whereas driving
] takes a week. One must presume that the court has no concern
] for convenience/practicality here. Therefore it follows that
] the government could require an ID check with warrant/database
] cross reference for every form of transportation/lodging based
] on the theory that you can still WALK between destinations and
] sleep outside.

Welcome to Europe! You must produce your passport to stay in any hotel. Interpol can track you from when you enter to every place you stop and visit. All of this is in a database, and in a matter of seconds Interpol can find out exactly where you are.

RE: [Politech] Judge dismisses John Gilmore's ID-required lawsuit [priv]

] ``I've ordered this level of cooperation because I
] consider it necessary to gaining a complete picture of
] the months and years that preceded the murder of our
] fellow citizens on Sept. 11, 2001,'' Bush said.

You considered it necessary? Or you consider it necessary only after getting your ass handed to you by the media during the last week?

Seriously this man so transparent. Why would any vote for him in Nov?

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Bush Agrees to Let Rice Testify Publicly

] President George W. Bush has reversed course under
] pressure by agreeing to let his national security adviser
] give sworn public testimony before the September 11
] commission, while he and Vice President Dick Cheney will
] meet privately with the full panel.

Agreeing to let? WTF? What good is a special investigation commitee if the executive branch can decide whether or not to give public testimony. Did LBJ try to pull that shit with the Warren Commition? Hell no.

Thanks almost a funny/sad as Bush saying "Testify... I'd be happy to visit with them."

.... [FINGER]... bastards

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage

] "Ten years out, in terms of actual hardware costs you can
] almost think of hardware as being free -- I'm not saying
] it will be absolutely free -- but in terms of the power
] of the servers, the power of the network will not be a
] limiting factor," Gates said, referring to networked
] computers and advances in the speed of the Internet.

Oh course not you fucking twit. Its your bloated bullshit of an OS that is the bottleneck! 32 bit color depth for icons indeed!

Army General: You told us that Windows 98 would be faster and more efficient with better access to the Internet!
Bill Gates: It IS faster! Over five million ...
[Army General shoots him in the face]

Yahoo! News - Bill Gates: Hardware to Be Nearly Free in 10 Years