Some random thoughts that have come up while hanging around the house one Friday night:
- With Justice Souter retiring, we get all sorts of names as possible replacements. One name that I heard on TV tonight was former President Bill Clinton. Wouldn't that be the judicial equivalent of putting John Dillinger in charge of the FDIC?
- Though I doubt this will happen, will President Obama nominate someone who will interpret the Constitution primarily, and not try to be a legislator from the bench.
- The White House has its own Twitter account @whitehouse. Does this mean we can tweet the President with ideas to improve the country? Or will it be spin doctoring in 140 characters or less?
- Why does it feel we are not getting a full story with regards to the swine...(errrr, I mean the A/H1N1) flu? We have the WHO saying that there are only about 330 confirmed cases, but they have raised the pandemic level to 5 (out of 6), and the attributed death toll by the WHO is low. Something just does not seem to add up.
- Which virus will end up getting more hype - Swine Flu or Conficker?
- Why is Ashton Kutcher the top person followed on Twitter? I thought he was just Demi Moore's boy toy husband.
- Looking forward to seeing the new Star Trek movie. Hope it turns out at good as the previews and hype seem to portray it.
- Favorite conspiracy theory podcast - No Agenda. Adam Curry is just full of them, with John C. Dvorak trying to rein him in.
- Interesting new video podcast - Fox's Freedom Watch. Online program with Judge Andrew Napolitano as the host. Chock full of Libertarian-mined individuals, and free market economists. The show brings up some scary instances of attacks on people's liberty in the name on security.
- I love this time of year in Florida. Not too hot, cool evenings, and lots of sun. Perfect golfing weather.