There's a problem! Most of the decisions made by judges are favored by the very ones who put the judge in his position.

They've thrown away the canes.

Now, "social services in a third-world environment" I can buy that, with relish.

With respect to the drill moratorium, don't rule out a reversal by an appellate judge or court less pathetically narcissitic and, more importantly, less friendly to the pleadings of the gulf coast residents who do not wish to suffer as many others are suffering across this land today, unemployed.

The moratorium respects the environmental claims of the latter.

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President Obama's poll rating of his handling of the spill crisis comes in low, but what can one expect when all one sees on the telly are those who are angry at the world right now because their livelihood is threatened.

Governor Jindall is a hero, even though the fresh water he's pumping into the oyster beds to keep out the oil will kill the oysters as well.