Farewell to Freddy
"What message are the Mariners sending with the trade of Freddy Garcia? It means that the season, already clinging to legitimacy, is virtually over."
Yep. The Mariners now have a twelve-inch fork sticking out of their backs. They're done. Or so the management believes. The way I figure it, the M's players have two choices in how they respond: 1) they throw a pity party and pack it in for the rest of the season; 2) they get pissed off and play. My guess is they get pissed off and throw a pity party. Goodbye 2004.
Now, if they'd only trade this sonofabitch. Please, please get him off my team.
Monday, June 28, 2004
Saturday, June 26, 2004
The First Post
It's about time I got on this blog train before it passes me by.
The purpose of this blog is several-fold. First, I no longer wish to burden my friends by making them read my everyday inbox-invading blather. If they want my everyday blather, and good lord why would they, they can come here. Second, my niece Madelyn Rae McGee will be born any day now. It's a time of beginnings. And maybe she'd like to look back someday on what life was like when she was born. Third, and purely selfishly, I think more when I write more. I chew up life and I spit it out. Chewing and spitting is good for me. I'm going to spit it here. Fourth, why not. It doesn't matter if no one else ever reads this, but it'll be here anyway.
So, here it goes.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Supreme Court showing some surprising respect for International Law, the little brother of real law. International law is mostly bullshit, and has no enforcement power, but with more decisions like this, it's slowly becoming something that has form and substance. I think that's a good thing.
This is it: Detainees have right to U.S. courts
The thing is, there's nothing new or groundbreaking about all individuals having access to courts. What's new and groundbreaking is that a monster like the United States of America would actually recognize those rights. That's the thing with int'l law: each state chooses whether to recognize policies/laws/etc. If they choose not to, there's nothing the world can really do about it, outside of economic sanctions and general distrust -- two things that don't really bother this nation too much. (So, sure, smaller countries might feel more pressure to play the int'l law game, but not the US.) It actually took a sense of right and wrong to make the decision the Court made today. Good show.
The way I see it, they owed us one. The Court made a heinous mistake in its ruling last week in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Court of the state of Nevada. Take a look. The Court ruled that a person must give his/her name to police, with or without probable cause OR reasonable suspicion. Goodbye, privacy.
Okay, long enough for the first one.
The purpose of this blog is several-fold. First, I no longer wish to burden my friends by making them read my everyday inbox-invading blather. If they want my everyday blather, and good lord why would they, they can come here. Second, my niece Madelyn Rae McGee will be born any day now. It's a time of beginnings. And maybe she'd like to look back someday on what life was like when she was born. Third, and purely selfishly, I think more when I write more. I chew up life and I spit it out. Chewing and spitting is good for me. I'm going to spit it here. Fourth, why not. It doesn't matter if no one else ever reads this, but it'll be here anyway.
So, here it goes.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the Supreme Court showing some surprising respect for International Law, the little brother of real law. International law is mostly bullshit, and has no enforcement power, but with more decisions like this, it's slowly becoming something that has form and substance. I think that's a good thing.
This is it: Detainees have right to U.S. courts
The thing is, there's nothing new or groundbreaking about all individuals having access to courts. What's new and groundbreaking is that a monster like the United States of America would actually recognize those rights. That's the thing with int'l law: each state chooses whether to recognize policies/laws/etc. If they choose not to, there's nothing the world can really do about it, outside of economic sanctions and general distrust -- two things that don't really bother this nation too much. (So, sure, smaller countries might feel more pressure to play the int'l law game, but not the US.) It actually took a sense of right and wrong to make the decision the Court made today. Good show.
The way I see it, they owed us one. The Court made a heinous mistake in its ruling last week in Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Court of the state of Nevada. Take a look. The Court ruled that a person must give his/her name to police, with or without probable cause OR reasonable suspicion. Goodbye, privacy.
Okay, long enough for the first one.
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