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Search - Nobody Read John Dillinger His Rights: And other observations on 21st Century America

Nobody Read John Dillinger His Rights And other observations on 21st Century America
Author: Jack Roberts

This is a collection of editorials and commentaries written in the last 15 years about politics, public policy, public people and life generally, including observations such as: On Michael Moore: ?. . . [He] regretted the fact that we didn?t capture Osama alive and put him on trial instead of ?assassinating? him. ?I?m old school when it come... more »s to due process,? he explained. . . . I hate to break it to America?s most celebrated fictional documentarian, but nobody read John Dillinger his rights.? On former Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt's sex scandal: ?Surely mere words can never express the depth of his remorse at getting caught.? On voter attitudes: ?As voters, we often seem like fickle Scarlett O'Haras, pining for the idealistic and ineffectual Ashley Wilkes, but marrying the pragmatic go-getter Rhett Butler.? On Democrats: ?Unfortunately, there is a wing of the Democratic Party that seems more interested in punishing their enemies than helping their friends. One pictures them celebrating the sinking of the Titanic because at least John Jacob Astor drowned along with the folks in steerage.? On Republicans: ? . . . Oregon Republicans can further distinguish themselves from the national party by acting like ?Father Knows Best? instead of a cross between ?F Troop? and ?Peyton Place.?" On business organizations ?. . . [Some seem to be] fellow travelers of the state's liberal political establishment hoping to ingratiate themselves sufficiently so that, when the revolution finally comes, they'll be hanged last.? On free speech: " . . . [the Oregon] Court of Appeals was required to decide the case by following a series of decisions by the Oregon Supreme Court starting in 1982 with State v. Robertson. That was the notorious case that held that a University of Oregon football player had a constitutional right to coerce a co-ed into performing oral sex by threatening to reveal compromising photos of her with another student, including sending the pictures to her parents. You know, just the kind of situation our Founding Fathers had in mind when they placed the free speech provisions in our state and federal constitutions. " On legislators: "Many lawmakers are convinced that if they don't go home with a healthy list of bills they've passed, or at least sponsored, voters won't think they've earned their pay. Personally, I'm inclined to say the opposite. In fact, I've sometimes thought that a legislator who said, "I didn't sponsor any bills last session and if you send me back I promise not to sponsor any bills next session, either" would have my vote. " This is more than a collection of witty bon mots, however, It includes a variety of columns on a wide range of national and international events as well as state and local issues, particularly pertaining to the author's home state of Oregon, as well as some personal interest stories about compelling individuals from the arts, sports and just life itself.

ISBN-13: 9781520489704
ISBN-10: 1520489706
Publication Date: 1/29/2017
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Independently published
Book Type: Paperback
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