Goodnight Yankee Stadium
Tonight - for the last time players and fans will pile into that crumbling structure. And it will be the end. After tonight they start demolishing the Stadium to make way for next season when a new Yankee Stadium will be inaugurated.
The sense of history is palpable.
Sadly only once did I pass through its hallowed halls. When the fans meander out they will no doubt be taking what they can with them (being New Yorkers you can expect them to walk out with everything that is not actually permanently attached. I know some guys who are smuggling in tools so they can take seats out with them...
Cheers Babe!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Cheney tries to create new 4th branch of government
Well we know the law is an ass... and we know that the current US Administration has no bounds for its determination to circumvent key provisions of written and case law. Let's leave aside international law for the moment. So VP Cheney's office argument that his office was a part of the government but not bound by the government protocols.
I quote from CNN:
"Cheney chief of staff David Addington has told Congress that the vice president belongs to neither the executive nor legislative branch of government, AP reported. Instead, he said, the office is attached by the Constitution to Congress. The vice president presides over the Senate."
Last time I checked the US Constitution states clearly there are 3 part of government. Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Cheney I think we can surmise was trying to create a new 4th category. Let's call it the Bushery.
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a well known Judge - her Wikipedia entry makes interesting reading. She is definitely her own person. Appointed by Clinton - she did support the White House in a FOI case this year. But ruled that Cheney is no such thing as a 4th Branch of the Government and therefore as VP he must maintain all records. Boy will that make great reading when he leaves. I want to see the duck hunting entries!
Cheers
Timothy
Well we know the law is an ass... and we know that the current US Administration has no bounds for its determination to circumvent key provisions of written and case law. Let's leave aside international law for the moment. So VP Cheney's office argument that his office was a part of the government but not bound by the government protocols.
I quote from CNN:
"Cheney chief of staff David Addington has told Congress that the vice president belongs to neither the executive nor legislative branch of government, AP reported. Instead, he said, the office is attached by the Constitution to Congress. The vice president presides over the Senate."
Last time I checked the US Constitution states clearly there are 3 part of government. Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Cheney I think we can surmise was trying to create a new 4th category. Let's call it the Bushery.
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a well known Judge - her Wikipedia entry makes interesting reading. She is definitely her own person. Appointed by Clinton - she did support the White House in a FOI case this year. But ruled that Cheney is no such thing as a 4th Branch of the Government and therefore as VP he must maintain all records. Boy will that make great reading when he leaves. I want to see the duck hunting entries!
Cheers
Timothy
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