The Vail Spot: March 2007

Nemo me impune lacessit

No one provokes me with impunity

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No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Article 1, Section 9, Constitution of the United States

If this is the law of the land...why in a republic (little r) and as republicans, do we allow mere POLITICIANS to the right to use a "title of office" for the rest of their lives as if it were de facto a patent of nobility. Because, as republicans, this should NOT be the case...just saying...

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Anna Nicole Smith...wall to wall reporting

The war in Iraq must be going fairly well, as the coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death has wall to wall coverage on all the cable news channels demonstrates. The only time the war is covered is when there is bad news, otherwise CNN, MSNBC, etc., report on everything else...more later...

The Death of a Motherboard...

The motherboard on my computer recently died...I am deeply bummed...I've been using my wife's computer these past several weeks...thus the paucity of posts.