Once a week or so.

When we first started this blog we mentioned that we would be writing in it once a week, which was the original plan, then stuff happened (as it often does.) And we sporadically entered into it daily. But as you can plainly see it seems to have gone back to a once a week sort of thing. Although not many people are reading this we still get a cathartic and fulfilling sense of accomplishment from doing this. This week has been no exception, we've been busy, And real life has gotten in the way of working on the blog, hence the week long haitus from any entries. And that being said, we must tell you we have absolutely nothing to write about today. The right wing extremists and the left wing nutcases are still spouting the same old crap. We've noticed recently that even television shows that are decidedly liberal leaning have begun to bad mouth the president. We guess it was to be expected, many presidents throughout history have been the victim of bad press relations. Abraham Lincoln was called 'a grotesque baboon', a 'third-rate country lawyer who once split rails and now splits the Union', a 'coarse, vulgar joker', a dictator, an ape, and a buffoon'. One paper declared "that every act since the day he left Springfield was filled with deception." It's fairly clear that a lot of the press at the time was not pleased with Lincoln. And it could be argued that when John Wilkes Booth killed him in Ford's theater and shouted "as always to tyrants.", (or sic semper tyranis for those of you who read latin.)He may have gotten the idea from the November 7, 1863 issue of the Los Angeles Star which said "since his advent to high position, the tyrant has developed itself in his nature to an alarming extent.” So if you read a news story describing President Obama as an elitist or a tyrant, or a fool, or any other strongly worded opinion, just remember that it's not new or even original. Politicians in America have always been the victims of bad press at one time or another, and certainly the press would in some way be responsible were he to be assassinated. We would also like to point out that freedom of the press though guaranteed in the constitution has been infringed upon in the past. In 1918 for example congress passed the Alien and Sedition act which stated that anyone who dared to "utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal or abusive language" regarding the government, the armed forces, the Constitution of the United States, or its flag." Had committed a crime. It wasn't until 1921 that the sedition act was repealed. (After the supreme court declared it unconstitutional.) The government is capable of making errors in judgement, just as any person is. It is our hope that the constitutional guarantees will always be protected by one branch of the government or another. The checks and balances layed down by our revolutionary forefathers have so far proven effective. Just a quick history lesson for those who are interested. That's about it, ciao for now.