unforgivable. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nI disagree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you read the decision, he absolutely eviscerates the left’s longtime argument that Congress can do basically whatever it wants in the name of regulating (Interstate) commerece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No. Congress has the power to tax, and not much more than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I agreed with Justice Kennedy’s take that the penalty was a prohibited capitation, but that’s not what the majority decision said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This latest bit was regarding what Roberts did with regards to Louisiana’s restrictions on abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am opposed to abortion. I am also opposed to capital punishment. (It’s almost as if I’m a part of the Papist conspiracy or something…..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I recognize that amending the Constitution is really the only way to get rid of either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consequently, I can’t get too wound up when rulings come down against whatever menial meddling has taken place to end either one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amend the Constitution. That’s what the amendment process is for. If you can get 2\/3rds of both houses, and 3\/4ths of the states to agree, it’s done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then you’re not despairing about what happens in a plurality of another branch of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Bubuhbut we should have fiat rule of the plurality! National popular vote now! End the filibuster in the Senate! Yeah, I know I suck at arguing for things I don’ subscribe to…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flashback to a long, long time ago. If it was a person, it’d be able to buy beer and cigarettes now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(But would have been able to be drafted years ago, or go to prison for life long before that…..)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSelf Abuse – 8\/6\/1999<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No, I’m not talking about carving N’Sync logos into my arm with a razor blade\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But this is an issue I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Some of these coping methods which seem so normal, can be termed as self abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s list some of them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overeating
not eating
sleeping all the time
not sleeping at all
chainsmoking
getting drunk off your ass
coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but there are so many\u2026..I tend not to sleep, and live off coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These normally are described as coping methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has been said that happier people live longer\u2026..maybe it’s partially due to the lower frequency of self abuse due to sadness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, I’m off to refill my coffee cup\u2026..later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nNone of those was an appropriate reaction, but I didn’t know of any other way back then. I was sort of healthy, so it wasn’t as big an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I should ask my PsyD next week about how I drop off on those sorts of things when I’m down. And, there, I almost beat myself up by saying that I can’t even manage to do that sort of thing correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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