Tuesday, April 03, 2012

From the "Whoops, I spoke to soon department"

Read this today and got a chuckle....


Only good driver 'on the planet' ruins car
NEW YORK, April 3 (UPI) -- A car that hit a guardrail on a New York road was photographed with a bumper sticker proclaiming the motorist is the only good driver "on the planet."
The car, which was smashed on its front end and flipped over after colliding with the guardrail in a northbound lane of the FDR Drive at 9 a.m. Sunday, was photographed bearing a bumper sticker reading, "Why am I the only one on the planet who knows how to drive?" the New York Post reported Monday.
Police said the male driver, who was alone in the car, was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.


Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2012/04/03/Jockstrip-The-world-as-we-know-it/UPI-48681333447200/#ixzz1r08dNNR6

Monday, April 02, 2012

Obama Warns 'unelected' Supreme Court Against Striking Down Health Law | Fox News

Obama Warns 'unelected' Supreme Court Against Striking Down Health Law | Fox News

President Obama, employing his strongest language to date on the Supreme Court review of the federal health care overhaul, cautioned the court Monday against overturning the law -- while repeatedly saying he's "confident" it will be upheld. 
The president spoke at length about the case at a joint press conference with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. The president, adopting what he described as the language of conservatives who fret about judicial activism, questioned how an "unelected group of people" could overturn a law approved by


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/02/obama-confident-supreme-court-will-uphold-health-care-law/#ixzz1qv0zymJd

So I want to make sure that I get this straight. When the conservatives complained that the unelected court was making rules from the bench that  flew against what the people wanted, that was OK because it fit the liberal agenda, that was OK.  When the unelected court makes rules that support the conservative agenda and go against the liberal agenda, then a stern warning comes from the president and elected officials happen.

Am I the only one who does not see the logic in this.  If it is wrong one want, is it not wrong the other way as well?

Or have I drank too much of the conservative Kool-aide....?