11.30.2007

holidays and wars on concepts

so my beloved subscription to the daily candy lead me to the discovery of these enchanting xmas cards:


which lead me to more anti-xmas propaganda searches, which brought me to "the war on christmas" controversy, and eventually to wikipedia's list of wars on concepts, which to my dismay is very random and generally anemic. i mean, we haven't even declared war on crime yet. i wonder which pro-crime lobbying firm has our government on its dole.


11.05.2007

Shades of Blue...Laws


I thoroughly enjoyed Slate Magazine's installment article, American Lawbreaking. There are the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government, with their near-perfect symbiosis of checks and balances, but actual policy all hinges on enforcement. Enforcement is what plugs our society's daily operations into its rules, or lets things run afoul of the law, in plain view. Usually because the laws are stupid, and everyone knows it.

Slate chose five great examples (and one boring one...who can stomach patent law, anyway?), to illustrate the significance of laws we as a society don't have the will or resources to enforce.

For example,

-Do we really want another comprehensive reform of immigration, when current permissiveness already violates existing laws but is in the economic best interest of most affected parties?

-Big pharma saves us from the war on drugs?

-And finally, all pornography is illegal, in case anyone cares.

the tall one is bugging me

i am trying to compose an intelligent post, but the larger being in my living room is insisting i help him brainstorm ideas for an ebay business. no, really.
so, i will return to him what my public (both of you) come up with.

s