tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post4833161093898317707..comments2023-12-29T21:34:44.579-05:00Comments on Political Yen/Yang: More Random ThoughtsLA Sunsethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-25360444650747280412008-12-05T07:11:00.000-05:002008-12-05T07:11:00.000-05:00Hi LAS and All !Now, what about Obama’s Selective ...Hi LAS and All !<BR/><BR/>Now, what about Obama’s Selective Service registration ?! <BR/><BR/>There seem to be serious doubts about it, given the info here:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5muxce<BR/><BR/>Never fear, Amerloque has one. (grin)<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>L’AmerloqueL'Amerloquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447075237256204460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-87920073566252155232008-12-05T05:06:00.000-05:002008-12-05T05:06:00.000-05:00//If this were brain surgery on, say.......ME, may...<EM>//If this were brain surgery on, say.......ME, maybe I'd like the best guy in the class! (oh. Or woman, of course. oops)//</EM><BR/><BR/>Some of the best surgeons I have ever known weren't the top of their class.. They were somewhere in the middle or closer to the bottom.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I will take the one that has the reputation as being good, regardless of his class standing.LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-69345858421104545932008-12-04T23:57:00.000-05:002008-12-04T23:57:00.000-05:00If this were brain surgery on, say.......ME, maybe...If this were brain surgery on, say.......ME, maybe I'd like the best guy in the class! (oh. Or woman, of course. oops)<BR/><BR/>I guess I DO feel grades reflect something; but I'm with you guys on Harvard lawyers, that's for SURE.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-74153739457023476192008-12-04T21:24:00.000-05:002008-12-04T21:24:00.000-05:00Hi LAS and All !/// Barack Obama breaks first camp...Hi LAS and All !<BR/><BR/><BR/>/// Barack Obama breaks first campaign promise by dropping oil tax <BR/><BR/><BR/>President-Elect Barack Obama has broken his first campaign promise by quietly dropping a profits windfall tax on oil companies that he promised on the campaign trail. <BR/><BR/>By Alex Spillius in Washington <BR/><BR/>Last Updated: 12:29AM GMT 05 Dec 2008<BR/><BR/>During the campaign, L'Amerloquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447075237256204460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-8106842547206558032008-12-04T21:20:00.000-05:002008-12-04T21:20:00.000-05:00//he wondered years ago if his offspring born here...<EM>//he wondered years ago if his offspring born here could be president, one day. "No !", apparently.//</EM><BR/><BR/>Right you are, Amerloque. But if they were born in Kenya, that is a different story. ;)LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-90393914961026170842008-12-04T21:17:00.000-05:002008-12-04T21:17:00.000-05:00Hi Greg ! /// On the other hand, as I understand i...Hi Greg ! <BR/><BR/><BR/>/// On the other hand, as I understand it, the US has, from almost the very beginning, considered a person a "natural born citizen" if the mother was a US citizen at the time of the birth. That's what saved McCain, btw, since he was born in Panama. ///<BR/><BR/><BR/>According to what Amerloque was told here (by the US consulate, citizen services), to be President means L'Amerloquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447075237256204460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-28948116922821413242008-12-04T15:14:00.000-05:002008-12-04T15:14:00.000-05:00l'Amerloque: on the one hand, the birth certifica...l'Amerloque: on the one hand, the birth certificate thing smells a bit like the Democrats who couldn't get over Bush winning in 2000. On the other hand, at least the court took a look at that issue and made a decision. So far, no court has been interested in looking at the document in Hussein Obama's case. I know I'd like to see the document.<BR/><BR/>I read today that Hussein might not like Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598103358345060855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-78940428260125530622008-12-04T12:49:00.000-05:002008-12-04T12:49:00.000-05:00Hi LAS and All !/// Suit contesting Barack Obama's...Hi LAS and All !<BR/><BR/>/// <B>Suit contesting Barack Obama's citizenship heads to U.S. Supreme Court Friday</B><BR/><BR/>Justices will decide whether to consider the case <BR/><BR/>.../...<BR/><BR/>The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents L'Amerloquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447075237256204460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-13975977130519116162008-12-04T08:52:00.000-05:002008-12-04T08:52:00.000-05:00//Some of the worst lawyers I've encountered went ...<EM>//Some of the worst lawyers I've encountered went to Harvard. At least in my profession, as my first boss out of law school liked to say, it's more balls than brains. I think it must be the habit of hard work. The brainiacs get used to having it easy until they arrive in the real world, though that's not true in every instance.//</EM><BR/><BR/>Funny you should say this, but I said something LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276952.post-47298952070930550812008-12-04T08:10:00.000-05:002008-12-04T08:10:00.000-05:00I have an opinion about class rank. The best lawy...I have an opinion about class rank. The best lawyers I know did not finish in the top of their class or even go to the best law schools. Some of the worst lawyers I've encountered went to Harvard. At least in my profession, as my first boss out of law school liked to say, it's more balls than brains. I think it must be the habit of hard work. The brainiacs get used to having it easy until Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13598103358345060855noreply@blogger.com