Thursday, March 19, 2009

"I'd like to think 20, 30, 40 years from now people will still be reading the newspaper,"

AG Eric Holder told reporters.

"I think it's important for this nation to maintain a healthy newspaper industry. So to the extent that we have to look at our enforcement policies and conform them to the realities that that industry faces, that's something that I'm going to be willing to do," Holder said.

Hey, now, c'mon fellas. Let's not get too caught up in the whole "law" thing. Let's be reasonable, use our own good judgment, and not worry too much about what the law states. After all, we are the anointed ones, are we not? Who needs written law when you have all these good looks and a functioning teleprompter?

When Microsoft leads the market because they invest millions of dollars to develop a product that people want, that's unacceptable; it's predatory and monopolistic. But when a single pompous, freedom-hating lawyer decides that he wants to protect his Constitutional right to read a newspaper in 20 years (I can't find the article and section, but I just know it's there), we can enforce selectively when it comes to antitrust regulation.

I have an idea! Let's think about construction trade regulation, look at our enforcement policies and conform them to the realities that that industry faces. Let's think about the tax codes, look at our enforcement policies and conform them to the realities that our country faces. Let's think about unconstitutional gun legislation, look at our enforcement policies and conform them to the realities that our country faces.

See how it works? We can do this all day long, and it doesn't hurt a bit! We can just conform enforcement to fit anything we want to.

Whew. This whole Living Constitution idea makes things a LOT easier. I say we just apply the concept to everything; it's working well for Holder.

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