DISQUS

jesus · 1 year ago

Jesus thinks that the guy with the Donkey may be Father Euletario Ramos formerly of the Diocese of Orange dubbed King of the Pedophiles by Gustavo Arellano.

Dwight K Snider · 1 year ago

Citizen Journalist Quote of the Day: "Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and employees, executive, legislative, and judicial, except such inferior officers and employees as may be by law exempted, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation:

"I, (name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.

"Public officer and employee includes every officer and employee of the State, including the University of California, every county, city, city and county, district, and authority, including any department, division, bureau, board, commission, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.”

(Source: SEC. 3. California State Constitution -- Required Oath of Office.)

Joe Weinstein · 1 year ago

Let's get back on track. Porn or no porn, your problem of adequately judging judges is real. But actually your problem it's just a part of a larger one - the inadequate (I'm tempted to say idiotic) approach followed in our system of selecting and then anointing long-term public decision-makers - judges or legislators or executive officers.

There's no reason that the public should have to perform ill-informed - or else excruciatingly time-consuming - character analyses and comparisons of candidates in order to see to it that good public-affairs decisions are made. The ancient Athenians had a far better way - genuine democracy - which is both less costly and more reliable. Namely, public-affairs decisions are made by short-term ad hoc decision juries of randomly selected but motivated ordinary citizens, not by career politicians selected by ill-informed expensive popularity-contest elections.