That's pretty good, if it's from memory! I'm impressed!

It is..

That movie is a favorite amongst my family. Even my daughter AND my wife can quote it verbatim.. :D

It's a classic.... No courtroom movie to date has EVER come close to the raw power of Nicholson on the witness stand and Cruise taking him apart, piece by logical piece... :D

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Thanks. Looks like the XXVIIth Amendment fixed one of them. The other one would have been overturned anyway when they set the ceiling at 435 in the House.

Michale -

That's pretty good, if it's from memory! I'm impressed!

-CW

Michale? What's that "can't handle the truth" quote? Seems to be appropriate (see above comment to Liz).

"YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!! Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose going to do it? You!? You, Lt Weinberg!!? I have more responsibility than you can possibly fathom! You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury! You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives.
You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you WANT me on that wall!! You NEED me on that wall!!
We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something! You use them as a punch line! I have neither the time, nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the very blanket of freedom that I provide and then QUESTIONS the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said 'thank you' and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post.
Either way, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE ENTITLED TO!!"
-Jack Nicholson, A FEW GOOD MEN

:D

Believe it or not, I actually typed that entire scene from memory... :D

Michale
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Article of amendment II: no pay changes for Congress within a term.

I had to look it up.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/bill_of_rightss12.html

Oh, forgot to ask...

Michale? What's that "can't handle the truth" quote? Seems to be appropriate (see above comment to Liz).

-CW

Back then, believe it or not, you couldn't introduce the defense of "but what I said was true" either in sedition cases or even in slander or libel cases. It wasn't allowed by the courts.

We have, indeed come a long way.

dsws [4] -

So what were the two items left off? I have vague memories of this, but have momentarily forgotten...

-CW

What do you say we just give you both a swift kick in the pants - or two, for good measure, you know - in recognition of your efforts! :)

If that's how it plays out, who gets the quatloos for calling the lack of a Newtsplosion?

DerFarm wrote, "IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
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This leaves Gingrich or a Republican to be named later. Since we are talking about Gingrich tonite, it will be Gingrich."

I wrote, He won't even do anything on that date that really ought to matter; rather, right-wingers who didn't like him two weeks ago (or two years ago, either) will be reminded why they didn't like him. I don't know how they'll be reminded. Even when it happens, it still won't make much sense to me.

My guesses in past months have been all over the map. So almost no matter what happens, I can look prescient or look like a fool, depending on which predictions we dredge up.

Or more precisely, Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights on this date, and articles 3-12 went into effect as amendments 1-10.

As I look over the sweeping bans contained within the text of the Sedition Act, it's easy for me to see that roughly ninety percent of what I write and publish here would most likely have made me a target for prosecution under this ignoble law.

Oh, perish that thought! I can’t even imagine such as thing as that ever happening to you.

Besides, even if you were actually put on trial, you would have the unadulterated facts on your side and you would be infinitely capable of winning the entire jury over to your side. Of that, I have no doubt. And, on top of that, you would have the incumbent powers that be wary of ever doing or saying anything that would bring them the wrath of Weigant! :)

...Stan