What the..?!
I had a motion hearing today where the judge basically advised opposing counsel to request sanctions. The amount of money imposed on me (or my firm) doesn't justify taking the judge up on appeal, but geez!!
Friday, October 21, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Hittin' Below the Mendoza Line
I don't know what it is, but I've been on a bit of losing streak lately on motions before the court. The frustrating part is that on at least two occasions, the opposing side seemed pretty resigned to not winning. I thought my boss was exagerating at the time, but his consistent complaint about judges being unpredictable, capricious and arbitrary is starting to ring truer with me every day.
I don't know what it is, but I've been on a bit of losing streak lately on motions before the court. The frustrating part is that on at least two occasions, the opposing side seemed pretty resigned to not winning. I thought my boss was exagerating at the time, but his consistent complaint about judges being unpredictable, capricious and arbitrary is starting to ring truer with me every day.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
It's Not a "Witch Hunt" if There are "Witches"
Michael Rose on the Lavender Mafia, the upcoming seminary visits by the Vatican, and the yet to be released document that supposedly bars men with homosexual tendencies from the priesthood.
Several years ago, Father Donald Cozzens, then rector of a Cleveland seminary, wrote that many seminary faculties included a disproportionate number of homosexuals. In his book, The Changing Face of the Priesthood, he commented that "straight men in a predominantly or significantly gay environment commonly experience self doubt."
In my own study of seminary life over the past three decades, I have found that many heterosexual men give up their seminary studies precisely for this reason, leaving behind a student body gradually swollen with homosexuals. I'm not talking about the presence of a few gay-oriented men who want to live chastely, but rather the institutionalization of a gay subculture that has earned some seminaries nicknames such as the Pink Palace, Notre Flame, and Theological Closet.
One aspect of this gay subculture of both priests and seminarians is that too many men who want to be chaste, whether gay or straight, are propositioned, harassed or even molested – occurrences that are more common than one might think. This doesn't aid the moral and spiritual development of the church's future clergy. Rather, it fosters a pathological pattern of living.
This is not simply about homosexuality or homosexual acts. It's about an agenda and subculture that systematically undermine celibacy, a state to which the Roman Catholic priest is called. This gay subculture is also in direct conflict with the teachings of the church. Those involved are promoting this conflict and escalating the problem.
Michael Rose on the Lavender Mafia, the upcoming seminary visits by the Vatican, and the yet to be released document that supposedly bars men with homosexual tendencies from the priesthood.
Several years ago, Father Donald Cozzens, then rector of a Cleveland seminary, wrote that many seminary faculties included a disproportionate number of homosexuals. In his book, The Changing Face of the Priesthood, he commented that "straight men in a predominantly or significantly gay environment commonly experience self doubt."
In my own study of seminary life over the past three decades, I have found that many heterosexual men give up their seminary studies precisely for this reason, leaving behind a student body gradually swollen with homosexuals. I'm not talking about the presence of a few gay-oriented men who want to live chastely, but rather the institutionalization of a gay subculture that has earned some seminaries nicknames such as the Pink Palace, Notre Flame, and Theological Closet.
One aspect of this gay subculture of both priests and seminarians is that too many men who want to be chaste, whether gay or straight, are propositioned, harassed or even molested – occurrences that are more common than one might think. This doesn't aid the moral and spiritual development of the church's future clergy. Rather, it fosters a pathological pattern of living.
This is not simply about homosexuality or homosexual acts. It's about an agenda and subculture that systematically undermine celibacy, a state to which the Roman Catholic priest is called. This gay subculture is also in direct conflict with the teachings of the church. Those involved are promoting this conflict and escalating the problem.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
If You Say It Isn't Prohibited, That Means You're For it?
As far as I'm aware, there is no formal prohibition in the Church against people holding hands during the "Our Father" section of the Mass. Does that then mean the Church endorses, or even encourages, hand holding during the "Our Father?" I'd like to think that most rational thinkig people would say no.
Extending the application of this reasoning to, say, torture, does coming to and making the legal conclusion that the Geneva Human Rights Accords do not protect members of al Qaeda mean that you endorse, or even encourage, torturing captured terrorists? You'd think most rational thinking people would say no, but even they have their spots of complete insanity. For someone like the normally sober Mark Shea, said spot of insanity has caused him to start recklessly accusing certain Republicans of advocating torture simply because they voted against attaching what is clearly a self-serving/showboating "anti-torture" amendment to a military appropiations bill.
Someone needs to get a grip, and it sure 'aint me.
As far as I'm aware, there is no formal prohibition in the Church against people holding hands during the "Our Father" section of the Mass. Does that then mean the Church endorses, or even encourages, hand holding during the "Our Father?" I'd like to think that most rational thinkig people would say no.
Extending the application of this reasoning to, say, torture, does coming to and making the legal conclusion that the Geneva Human Rights Accords do not protect members of al Qaeda mean that you endorse, or even encourage, torturing captured terrorists? You'd think most rational thinking people would say no, but even they have their spots of complete insanity. For someone like the normally sober Mark Shea, said spot of insanity has caused him to start recklessly accusing certain Republicans of advocating torture simply because they voted against attaching what is clearly a self-serving/showboating "anti-torture" amendment to a military appropiations bill.
Someone needs to get a grip, and it sure 'aint me.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Friday, October 07, 2005
Law School Daze
I'm no fan of the Harriet Miers nomination, but dismissing her qualifications to serve as a SCOTUS Justice simply because she didn't graduate from an elite (i.e., "Top 20") law school is just, I don't know, weak. In fact, some prominent conservative commentators who have been making an issue out of where Ms. Miers got her Juris Doctor from are looking downright foolish. Take, for example, Ann Coulter, who in her most recent article takes a thinly veiled swipe at the intellectual prowess of Ms. Miers by pointing out that she graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law, "which is not ranked at all by the serious law school reports and ranked No. 52 by US News and World Report."
Coulter goes on to write that "if we're looking for lawyers with giant brains to memorize obscure legal cases and to compose clearly reasoned opinions about ERISA pre-emption, the doctrine of equivalents in patent law, limitation of liability in admiralty, and supplemental jurisdiction under Section 1367 — I think we want the nerd from an elite law school."
Compare Coulter's not so subtle put-down of "undistinguished" (her word) schools like SMU Law with the following excerpt she wrote a whole month and a half ago about the nomination of John Roberts to the SCOTUS.
Like John Roberts, Souter attended church regularly. Souter was also touted for his great intellect. He went to Harvard! And Harvard Law! (Since when does that impress right-wingers? So did Larry Tribe. It is one of the eternal mysteries of the world that liberals are good test-takers.)
Kind of makes your head spin, doesn't it? I mean, talk about your double standards! Who cares where John Roberts went to law school, but can you believe where Harriet Miers' law school is ranked? (BTW, SMU Law is tied for number 52 with the school that Priscilla Owens, a conservative favorite who had been rumored to be on Bush's list of SCOTUS nominees, graduated from: Baylor University Law).
There are a lot of reasons for why the nomination of Harriet Miers to the SCOTUS is bad; primary of which is the fact that she has no discernable judicial record from which to guage how she will rule once confirmed. We don't need another David Souter, much less another Sandra Day O'Connor. However, questioning Miers' qualifications for the SCOTUS because she didn't graduate from an elite school is, well, elitist. It's also not very credible when you consider that quite a few of the other folks that conservatives would have been perfectly happy to see nominated (e.g., Owens, Karen Williams, Alice Batchelder, William Pryor, and even Sen. Sam Brownback [I think Feddie at Southern Appeal once threw his name out there]) didn't graduate from any of the so-called cream of the crop law schools.
Addendum: Although she's been all over the map on whether the law school a SCOTUS nominees graduates from makes a difference, Ann Coulter has at least been consistent in opposing the confirmation of both John Roberts and Harriet Miers.
I'm no fan of the Harriet Miers nomination, but dismissing her qualifications to serve as a SCOTUS Justice simply because she didn't graduate from an elite (i.e., "Top 20") law school is just, I don't know, weak. In fact, some prominent conservative commentators who have been making an issue out of where Ms. Miers got her Juris Doctor from are looking downright foolish. Take, for example, Ann Coulter, who in her most recent article takes a thinly veiled swipe at the intellectual prowess of Ms. Miers by pointing out that she graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law, "which is not ranked at all by the serious law school reports and ranked No. 52 by US News and World Report."
Coulter goes on to write that "if we're looking for lawyers with giant brains to memorize obscure legal cases and to compose clearly reasoned opinions about ERISA pre-emption, the doctrine of equivalents in patent law, limitation of liability in admiralty, and supplemental jurisdiction under Section 1367 — I think we want the nerd from an elite law school."
Compare Coulter's not so subtle put-down of "undistinguished" (her word) schools like SMU Law with the following excerpt she wrote a whole month and a half ago about the nomination of John Roberts to the SCOTUS.
Like John Roberts, Souter attended church regularly. Souter was also touted for his great intellect. He went to Harvard! And Harvard Law! (Since when does that impress right-wingers? So did Larry Tribe. It is one of the eternal mysteries of the world that liberals are good test-takers.)
Kind of makes your head spin, doesn't it? I mean, talk about your double standards! Who cares where John Roberts went to law school, but can you believe where Harriet Miers' law school is ranked? (BTW, SMU Law is tied for number 52 with the school that Priscilla Owens, a conservative favorite who had been rumored to be on Bush's list of SCOTUS nominees, graduated from: Baylor University Law).
There are a lot of reasons for why the nomination of Harriet Miers to the SCOTUS is bad; primary of which is the fact that she has no discernable judicial record from which to guage how she will rule once confirmed. We don't need another David Souter, much less another Sandra Day O'Connor. However, questioning Miers' qualifications for the SCOTUS because she didn't graduate from an elite school is, well, elitist. It's also not very credible when you consider that quite a few of the other folks that conservatives would have been perfectly happy to see nominated (e.g., Owens, Karen Williams, Alice Batchelder, William Pryor, and even Sen. Sam Brownback [I think Feddie at Southern Appeal once threw his name out there]) didn't graduate from any of the so-called cream of the crop law schools.
Addendum: Although she's been all over the map on whether the law school a SCOTUS nominees graduates from makes a difference, Ann Coulter has at least been consistent in opposing the confirmation of both John Roberts and Harriet Miers.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Trust Me?
With regard to the selection of Harriet Miers to the SCOTUS, Mr. President, that just isn't going to work with me. I trusted you to select a known judicial conservative, not someone who we have to hope is one and will remain so once she gets confirmed to the Court -- for life.
Like what Monica Lewinsky did to Bill Clinton, Dubya blew this selection big time.
With regard to the selection of Harriet Miers to the SCOTUS, Mr. President, that just isn't going to work with me. I trusted you to select a known judicial conservative, not someone who we have to hope is one and will remain so once she gets confirmed to the Court -- for life.
Like what Monica Lewinsky did to Bill Clinton, Dubya blew this selection big time.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Wonder if the Responsorials Were Sung by a Wannabe Burt Bacharach
Via Amy Welborn, some pics of very important people who attended the annual Red Mass in DC today.
By coincidence, today I went to Mass at a parish in Irvine that is named after St. Thomas More, the patron saint of attorneys and politicians. It was my first time at this parish, and although there wasn't any mention of the DC Red Mass, I did get to hear, uh, an interesting piano rendition of the Gloria. I swear, at times I thought I was at a nightclub or piano bar. And the chatter that was going on just before Mass...UGH!!
Via Amy Welborn, some pics of very important people who attended the annual Red Mass in DC today.
By coincidence, today I went to Mass at a parish in Irvine that is named after St. Thomas More, the patron saint of attorneys and politicians. It was my first time at this parish, and although there wasn't any mention of the DC Red Mass, I did get to hear, uh, an interesting piano rendition of the Gloria. I swear, at times I thought I was at a nightclub or piano bar. And the chatter that was going on just before Mass...UGH!!
Friday, September 30, 2005
Crisis Averted...For Now
The Governator vetoes the California Legislature's attempt to thwart the will of the people and create a monster called "gay marriage."
Schwarzenegger said the bill by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, contradicted Proposition 22 (search), which was approved by voters in 2000 and said only a marriage between a man and woman is valid.
The governor said the state Constitution barred the Legislature from enacting a law allowing gay marriage without another vote of the people and Leno's bill wouldn't provide for that vote.
Schwarzenegger noted that a state appeals court was considering whether the state's ban on gay marriage was constitutional and that the issue would likely be decided by the California Supreme Court.
A "ban" on "gay marriage?" C'mon AP, get it right! People of the same sex can "marry" one another. The state just won't recognize it. And as long as it's to a person of the opposite sex, gays can legally marry.
The Governator vetoes the California Legislature's attempt to thwart the will of the people and create a monster called "gay marriage."
Schwarzenegger said the bill by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, contradicted Proposition 22 (search), which was approved by voters in 2000 and said only a marriage between a man and woman is valid.
The governor said the state Constitution barred the Legislature from enacting a law allowing gay marriage without another vote of the people and Leno's bill wouldn't provide for that vote.
Schwarzenegger noted that a state appeals court was considering whether the state's ban on gay marriage was constitutional and that the issue would likely be decided by the California Supreme Court.
A "ban" on "gay marriage?" C'mon AP, get it right! People of the same sex can "marry" one another. The state just won't recognize it. And as long as it's to a person of the opposite sex, gays can legally marry.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Is Hillary Toast?
The decision by Hillary Clinton to vote against the confirmation of John Roberts as Chief Justice reflects a belief on her part that any nominee to the Federal Judiciary, and the Supreme Court in particular, must first pass a political litmus test, e.g., abortion must remain a constitutional right. With such enthrallment to judicial activism, I think Hillary has just kissed whatever shot she had at becoming the next President goodbye.
The decision by Hillary Clinton to vote against the confirmation of John Roberts as Chief Justice reflects a belief on her part that any nominee to the Federal Judiciary, and the Supreme Court in particular, must first pass a political litmus test, e.g., abortion must remain a constitutional right. With such enthrallment to judicial activism, I think Hillary has just kissed whatever shot she had at becoming the next President goodbye.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Good to Know, Tyra
I knew there was a reason why she and Chris "I thought we had one more time out" Webber made a great couple. (Are they still dating?) link via Stuck on Stupid
I knew there was a reason why she and Chris "I thought we had one more time out" Webber made a great couple. (Are they still dating?) link via Stuck on Stupid
Gutless
The decision by the California Medical Association to pull its legal brief in support of two doctors who, on religious grounds, refused to provide artificial insemination treatment to a self-identified lesbian is sheer cowardice. When I worked for the Pacific Justice Institute a couple of years ago, I believe this is the case that I once drafted an amicus brief for at the request of the attorney for the doctors. If I'm not mistaken, the clinic that these doctors are with actually went out of its way to find a doctor to perform the treatment the woman wanted at no additional cost. In view of this, it seems pretty clear that this lawsuit was brought primarily for purposes of spiting people of religious faith and judicially establishing homosexuality as a legally protected class of persons.
The decision by the California Medical Association to pull its legal brief in support of two doctors who, on religious grounds, refused to provide artificial insemination treatment to a self-identified lesbian is sheer cowardice. When I worked for the Pacific Justice Institute a couple of years ago, I believe this is the case that I once drafted an amicus brief for at the request of the attorney for the doctors. If I'm not mistaken, the clinic that these doctors are with actually went out of its way to find a doctor to perform the treatment the woman wanted at no additional cost. In view of this, it seems pretty clear that this lawsuit was brought primarily for purposes of spiting people of religious faith and judicially establishing homosexuality as a legally protected class of persons.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
It's Bush's Fault!
No, not really, but you know some unhinged Bush-hater out there is gonna blast the President for this. Thanks be to God that nobody was injured.*
A JetBlue (search) airliner with faulty landing gear touched down safely Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport (search) after circling the region for three hours with its front wheels turned sideways, unable to be retracted into the plane.
The pilot landed by balancing on the back wheels, then eased onto the front tires, which shot flames along the runway before tearing off. The metal landing gear scraped for the final yards.
*Posted while sitting in my home, which is under the flight path of planes heading into John Wayne Airport.
No, not really, but you know some unhinged Bush-hater out there is gonna blast the President for this. Thanks be to God that nobody was injured.*
A JetBlue (search) airliner with faulty landing gear touched down safely Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport (search) after circling the region for three hours with its front wheels turned sideways, unable to be retracted into the plane.
The pilot landed by balancing on the back wheels, then eased onto the front tires, which shot flames along the runway before tearing off. The metal landing gear scraped for the final yards.
*Posted while sitting in my home, which is under the flight path of planes heading into John Wayne Airport.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Aiya, Mon!
If you've ever wondered what a (presumably) first generation Chinese-Jamaican person sounds like, check out Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder of the Missionaries of the Poor.
If you've ever wondered what a (presumably) first generation Chinese-Jamaican person sounds like, check out Fr. Richard Ho Lung, founder of the Missionaries of the Poor.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Specter Silliness
At today's confirmation hearing of SCOTUS nominee John Roberts, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) asked Mr. Roberts the following: "Would you think that Roe [v. Wade] might be a super-duper precedent?" (emphasis added)
I must have been absent the day that this judicial standard was reviewed in law school.
At today's confirmation hearing of SCOTUS nominee John Roberts, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) asked Mr. Roberts the following: "Would you think that Roe [v. Wade] might be a super-duper precedent?" (emphasis added)
I must have been absent the day that this judicial standard was reviewed in law school.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Fave Songs from '87
PS Bradley has tagged me with the following meme regarding favorite and hated songs out of the top 100 list from the year you graduated. Never one to back down from a challenge, unless, you know, I can't do it, here goes.
Text Key:
Bold - Very much like
Stricken - Blech!
Plain - Agnostic
1. Walk Like An Egyptian, Bangles
2. Alone, Heart
3. Shake You Down, Gregory Abbott
4. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), Whitney Houston
5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship
6.C'est La Vie, Robbie Nevil
7. Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
8.The Way It Is, Bruce Hornsby and the Range
9. Shakedown, Bob Seger
10. Livin' On A Prayer, Bon Jovi
11. La Bamba, Los Lobos
12. Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Wang Chung
13. Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House
14. Always, Atlantic Starr
15. With Or Without You, U2
16. Looking For A New Love, Jody Watley
17. Head To Toe, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
18. I Think We're Alone Now, Tiffany
19. Mony Mony, Billy Idol
20. At This Moment, Billy Vera and The Beaters
21.Lady In Red, Chris De Burgh
22.Didn't We Almost Have It All, Whitney Houston
23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
24. I Want Your Sex, George Michael
25. Notorious, Duran Duran
26. Only In My Dreams, Debbie Gibson
27.(I've Had) The Time Of My Life, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
28.The Next Time I Fall, Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
29. Lean On Me, Club Nouveau
30.Open Your Heart, Madonna
31. Lost In Emotion, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
32. (I Just) Died In Your Arms, Cutting Crew
33. Heart And Soul, T'pau
34. You Keep Me Hangin' On, Kim Wilde
35. Keep Your Hands To Yourself, Georgia Satellites
36.I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me), Aretha Franklin and George Michael
37. Control, Janet Jackson
38. Somewhere Out There, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
39. U Got The Look, Prince
40. Land Of Confusion, Genesis
41. Jacob's Ladder, Huey Lewis and The News
42.Who's That Girl, Madonna
43. You Got It All, Jets
44. Touch Me (I Want Your Body), Samantha Fox
45. I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
46.Causing A Commotion, Madonna
47. In Too Deep, Genesis
48. Let's Wait Awhile, Janet Jackson
49. Hip To Be Square, Huey Lewis and the News
50. Will You Still Love Me?, Chicago
51. Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac
52. Luka, Suzanne Vega
53.I Heard A Rumour, Bananarama
54. Don't Mean Nothing, Richard Marx
55. Songbird, Kenny G
56.Carrie, Europe
57. Don't Disturb This Groove, System
58.La Isla Bonita, Madonna
59.Bad, Michael Jackson
60. Sign 'O' The Times, Prince
61. Change Of Heart, Cyndi Lauper
62. Come Go With Me, Expose
63. Can't We Try, Dan Hill
64. To Be A Lover, Billy Idol
65.Mandolin Rain, Bruce Hornsby and the Range
66. Breakout, Swing Out Sister
67. Stand By Me, Ben E. King
68. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Genesis
69. Someday, Glass Tiger
70. When Smokey Sings, ABC
71. Casanova, Levert
72.Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine
73. Rock Steady, Whispers
74. Wanted Dead Or Alive, Bon Jovi
75. Big Time, Peter Gabriel
76. The Finer Things, Steve Winwood
77. Let Me Be The One, Expose
78. Is This Love, Survivor
79. Diamonds, Herb Alpert
80. Point Of No Return, Expose
81. Big Love, Fleetwood Mac
82. Midnight Blue, Lou Gramm
83. Something So Strong, Crowded House
84. Heat Of The Night, Bryan Adams
85.Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You, Glenn Medeiros
86. Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen
87.Just To See Her, Smokey Robinson
88. Who Will You Run Too, Heart
89. Respect Yourself, Bruce Willis
90. Cross My Broken Heart, Jets
91. Victory, Kool and The Gang
92. Don't Get Me Wrong, Pretenders
93. Doing It All For My Baby, Huey Lewis and The News
94. Right On Track, Breakfast Club
95.Ballerina Girl, Lionel Richie
96. Meet Me Half Way, Kenny Loggins
97. I've Been In Love Before, Cutting Crew
98. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party, Beastie Boys
99. Funkytown, Pseudo Echo
100. Love You Down, Ready For The World
In going through this list, I gotta say that there was a lot of crappy music in 1987. I think the only redeeming thing about this year in pop/rock music was that U2's The Joshua Tree was released.
Oh, and with regard to my bolding Debbie Gibson, it's a guilty pleasure because I had kind of thing for her back then. Not anymore, though.
PS Bradley has tagged me with the following meme regarding favorite and hated songs out of the top 100 list from the year you graduated. Never one to back down from a challenge, unless, you know, I can't do it, here goes.
Text Key:
Bold - Very much like
Stricken - Blech!
Plain - Agnostic
1. Walk Like An Egyptian, Bangles
2. Alone, Heart
3. Shake You Down, Gregory Abbott
4.
5. Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship
6.
7. Here I Go Again, Whitesnake
8.
9. Shakedown, Bob Seger
10. Livin' On A Prayer, Bon Jovi
11. La Bamba, Los Lobos
12. Everybody Have Fun Tonight, Wang Chung
13. Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House
14. Always, Atlantic Starr
15. With Or Without You, U2
16. Looking For A New Love, Jody Watley
17. Head To Toe, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
18. I Think We're Alone Now, Tiffany
19. Mony Mony, Billy Idol
20. At This Moment, Billy Vera and The Beaters
21.
22.
23. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
24. I Want Your Sex, George Michael
25.
26. Only In My Dreams, Debbie Gibson
27.
28.
29. Lean On Me, Club Nouveau
30.
31. Lost In Emotion, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
32. (I Just) Died In Your Arms, Cutting Crew
33. Heart And Soul, T'pau
34. You Keep Me Hangin' On, Kim Wilde
35. Keep Your Hands To Yourself, Georgia Satellites
36.
37. Control, Janet Jackson
38. Somewhere Out There, Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
39. U Got The Look, Prince
40. Land Of Confusion, Genesis
41. Jacob's Ladder, Huey Lewis and The News
42.
43. You Got It All, Jets
44. Touch Me (I Want Your Body), Samantha Fox
45. I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
46.
47. In Too Deep, Genesis
48. Let's Wait Awhile, Janet Jackson
49. Hip To Be Square, Huey Lewis and the News
50. Will You Still Love Me?, Chicago
51. Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac
52. Luka, Suzanne Vega
53.
54. Don't Mean Nothing, Richard Marx
55. Songbird, Kenny G
56.
57. Don't Disturb This Groove, System
58.
59.
60. Sign 'O' The Times, Prince
61. Change Of Heart, Cyndi Lauper
62. Come Go With Me, Expose
63. Can't We Try, Dan Hill
64. To Be A Lover, Billy Idol
65.
66. Breakout, Swing Out Sister
67. Stand By Me, Ben E. King
68. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Genesis
69. Someday, Glass Tiger
70. When Smokey Sings, ABC
71. Casanova, Levert
72.
73. Rock Steady, Whispers
74. Wanted Dead Or Alive, Bon Jovi
75. Big Time, Peter Gabriel
76. The Finer Things, Steve Winwood
77. Let Me Be The One, Expose
78. Is This Love, Survivor
79. Diamonds, Herb Alpert
80. Point Of No Return, Expose
81. Big Love, Fleetwood Mac
82. Midnight Blue, Lou Gramm
83. Something So Strong, Crowded House
84. Heat Of The Night, Bryan Adams
85.
86. Brilliant Disguise, Bruce Springsteen
87.
88. Who Will You Run Too, Heart
89. Respect Yourself, Bruce Willis
90. Cross My Broken Heart, Jets
91. Victory, Kool and The Gang
92. Don't Get Me Wrong, Pretenders
93. Doing It All For My Baby, Huey Lewis and The News
94. Right On Track, Breakfast Club
95.
96. Meet Me Half Way, Kenny Loggins
97. I've Been In Love Before, Cutting Crew
98. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party, Beastie Boys
99. Funkytown, Pseudo Echo
100. Love You Down, Ready For The World
In going through this list, I gotta say that there was a lot of crappy music in 1987. I think the only redeeming thing about this year in pop/rock music was that U2's The Joshua Tree was released.
Oh, and with regard to my bolding Debbie Gibson, it's a guilty pleasure because I had kind of thing for her back then. Not anymore, though.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Breakin' the Law, Breakin' the Law
Senator Mary Landrieu to President Bush: "I might likely have to punch him - literally." (via Relapsed Catholic)
18 U.S.C. Section 871
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Bonus points if you can name the "arteest" who sang the above titled song.
Senator Mary Landrieu to President Bush: "I might likely have to punch him - literally." (via Relapsed Catholic)
18 U.S.C. Section 871
(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Bonus points if you can name the "arteest" who sang the above titled song.
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