Wigwam Jones

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• Commented on Birthers glom on to fake Kenyan birth certificate.
  I would just like to point out that proof of a forgery is not disprove the allegation, it merely disproves the document. As the aforementioned falsified Bush National Guard documents did not prove that Bush didn't shirk his duties, but...
• Commented on Man detained, threatened and abused by TSA for flying with $4700 in cash
  @ #48 sworm Someone asks you why you have 4700$ Only correct answer: I am the governor of New York, and I need hookers....
• Commented on Obama's Critical Early Test: Corporate Arrogance
  It seems to me that AIG is bankrupt in all but name, and when you go into bankruptcy, a whole different set of rules apply to existing contracts. Bankrupt in all but name is not bankrupt. When I declare...
• Commented on Darth Vader money
  The First Galactic Empire? That doesn't make sense. It would refer to itself as "The Galactic Empire," presuming that it would exist forever. Subsequent 'Galactic Empires' might refer to the original as "The First Galactic Empire," but then they would...
• Commented on Newspaper box graveyard and other images of the econopocalypse
  Signs of current economic conditions are everywhere, and I'm sure that newspapers have been affected due to the economic situation, but they were sliding down the tubes slowly anyway. This just hastened things, I think. The only thing I miss...
• Commented on Obama's Critical Early Test: Corporate Arrogance
  We may not need to go quite that far, the experiment itself has apparently been performed. The circumstances are slightly different; the outrage the same. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4810644.ece Acceptable?...
• Commented on The comic art of Lucy Knisley
  Oh, wow. I haven't thought of "Trots and Bonnie" in years. And yes, it also reminded me of Tin-Tin, and Gasoline Alley. Amazing....
• Commented on Obama's Critical Early Test: Corporate Arrogance
  @ #41 Antinous Not sure how it happened, but it appears we agree. @ #42 Takuan people need to feel better than helpless. Stringing up a few arrogant suits may not have dollar value, but gawds is it satisfying! How...
• Commented on Obama's Critical Early Test: Corporate Arrogance
  The problem with lynch mobs is not that the person being lynched is innocent - they are sometimes guilty. The problem with lynch mobs is that they are lynch mobs. Contract law is the basis for all business. If contracts...
• Commented on Freak group photo
  @ #40 nanuq Thanks, good info. Good to know, horrifying, though....
• Commented on Freak group photo
  @ #34 Lydia9 Truman State Library houses the Harry H. Laughlin Eugenics Collection, it's POSSIBLE that this was deaccessioned from that... there is also another collection there that has a few circus photos in a personal album, this might have...
• Commented on Freak group photo
  Here is the website where the photos is found online: http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/static/images/1014.html There are many others, equally or more disturbing if not entertaining, in the directory above it. http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/static/archives/hla.html...
• Commented on Freak group photo
  It is from the donated papers of Harry H. Laughlin. http://library.truman.edu/manuscripts/laughlinbio.htm You need to read this brief bio to grok the full horror. Keywords: eugenics, sterilization, immigration restriction, breeding, Galton Society, and cytology. Scary stuff....
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #116 dimmer "One is entitled to have opinions, to vote their opinion, and if in the majority, to have their opinion become the law of the land" Possibly the most horrific statement I've ever heard. We have laws to...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #112 nutbastard But no rational person can argue that it would be good for every drug user to get caught. That it would be better for society if the vast majority of people were locked in prison. So how...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #111 nutbastard Simply because something is law doesn't mean it's just. No, it does not. But I did not speak to how just such laws are. The courts do not, either. They address the constitutionality of the law in...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #104 nutbastard A better analogy is outlawing Green cars for no decent reason whatsoever, because the majority of the population doesn't like seeing green cars. I accept this as a better analogy, you're right. And I agree - if...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #103 Takuan I would think holding an opinion that permits and even requires you to assault the health and liberty of others is a rather important opinion. Certainly important to your victims. I think characterizing voting as 'assaulting' and...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #88 nutbastard Are you suggesting it's too much to ask that those who are putting laws into place actually comprehend what they are doing??? Yes, that is my opinion. I would argue that some would say I (for example)...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #84 nutbastard Opinion: People shouldn't be able to vote on laws that they haven't read, and/or cannot demonstrate through testing a complete comprehension of those laws. It is an interesting opinion, but we did have 'literacy tests' for a...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #80 heh heh! The "opinion" defense! Fortunately, law is not a matter of religious belief. Any position must defend itself with observed facts and logical, defensible argument. "Because I said so" may work for slaveholders with whips, or male...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #70 Jason Rizos I think Wigwam's view of the law is simply tautological. It is illegal because it has been deemed illegal. Alcohol is not illegal because prohibition was repealed. I haven't taken a view of the law, but...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #64 Feelings have no place in the law. When I think of abortions, I feel like that's something pretty horrible, and I wish it never happened. But I also realize that people are going to have abortions, legally or...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #61 - I agree, I may not have a 'fully formed opinion' as you charge. I would suggest that no matter what arguments I may offer in support of my opinion, you will find them lacking unless I change...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #52 nutbastard There's a part in there that says exactly that about alcohol. Also, remember that bit about 'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'? Yes, that's right. Alcohol is specified in the Bill of Rights - as an...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #51 I see, as usual, the Prohibitionists are unable to state any kind of case at all. Personal choice is a case. One is entitled to have opinions, to vote their opinion, and if in the majority, to have...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #50 Thank you for your kind words. I do realize that not all people who smoke pot - or crack - commit these kinds of heinous crimes. But I am emotionally tainted, and I know it. I feel the...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #43 SKR This is why there is a difference between democracy and liberty There is indeed. To the best of my knowledge, no court has held that being prevented from smoking weed violates any part of the Constitution. So...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  @ #39 nutbastard It seems to me such drugs would be unpleasant enough to be their own deterrence - and with much nicer alternatives available, well, you get where i'm going. One might respectfully suggest that a person who believes...
• Commented on Penn Jillette on legalizing pot
  #38 zuzu Benzodiazepines, amphetamines, phenothiazines, and other legal opiates are all ok though? I don't have a problem with their use as medicine; prescribed, dispensed, and used for the treatment of legitimate medical problems. Or is there no place at...