Nobody Daily – 6/7/08

SATURDAY POTPOURRI

Nobody Asked Me But:

Yes, I think Paul Pierce was faking it Thursday.

Memo to Barack Obama: When you become president next January be sure to keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in his current position. He is pretty impressive – for a Republican.

TO TELL THE TRUTH – will the real John McCain please step forward?

Is it:

This one – “In an interview about his views on the limits of executive power with The Boston Globe six months ago, Mr. McCain strongly suggested that if he became the next commander in chief, he would consider himself obligated to obey a statute restricting what he did in national security matters.”

Or

This one – Earlier this past week a key McCain advisor, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, said his candidate believed that the Constitution gave Mr. Bush the power to authorize the National Security Agency to monitor Americans’ international phone calls and e-mail without warrants, despite a 1978 federal statute that required court oversight of surveillance.

Israel and the Palestinians - according to Zohan’s mother: "They've been fighting for 2,000 years, it can't be much longer."

FYI - For every 100,000 people in the U.S., 737 are in prison. The only other major country with more than 350 is Russia with 613.

Now tell me there are not several screws loose in our laws, our system of justice and our society.

I wrote the following 12 years ago in my third Nobody. I still strongly believe it to be true.

There still needs to be some kind of limit placed on the right of defense lawyers to introduce implausible theories for the sole purpose of confusing jurors and, thereby, introducing a "reasonable" doubt. Yes, they need to give their client the best possible defense, but they, too, should be sworn to seek justice!!!