Copyright 2010 David Forsmark Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:40:01 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss David Forsmark :: Writings http://www.davidforsmark.com dforsmark@comcast.net (David Forsmark) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/07/obama-administration-sues-michigan-for Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:48:08 EST In a surprise move, the Obama Justice Department filed suit today against the State of Michigan and Macomb County for prosecuting a Washington Township man for bank robbery, under its controversial and tough bank robbery statute. Scott Edward Berry, 38,... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/07/dont-let-obama-cut-the-blue-angels Mon, 5 Jul 2010 19:34:00 EST Whenever the budget becomes a potent political issue, liberals target two areas in the defense budget–military demonstration teams, and weapons that assure America's future dominance. Lately, conservatives have started to join that bandwagon, to show... http://www.davidforsmark.com/7661/hellhound-on-his-trail Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST No matter how much — or how little — you already know about James Earl Ray's assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., you will be spellbound by Hampton Sides' superb new book, Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the... http://www.davidforsmark.com/7538/50-viewing-choices-for-memorial-day Mon, 31 May 2010 09:00:00 EST In no particular order, here are 50 films and television events that are worth your time and which to one degree of realism or another, honor the sacrifice we remember today: Saving Private Ryan Besides bringing the sights and sounds of war to the... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/05/war-may-not-be-like-the-movies-but-quit-blaming Sun, 30 May 2010 16:58:14 EST What "isn't like a John Wayne movie"is what the pontificators describe as "a John Wayne movie." It's become the new cliche. Every Memorial Day, a teacher/historian/columnist or such has to think of something to say, and inevitably we hear a phrase... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/05/while-finding-nemo-chris-matthews-loses-his-mind Sat, 29 May 2010 10:36:29 EST Liberals like to accuse Ronald Reagan of confusing facts with the movies. But Baby Boomer liberals constantly define situations by movies. Chris Matthews was recently warning about "Seven Days in May" coming true, spinning some wild conspiracy theory... http://www.davidforsmark.com/7510/falcon-7 Thu, 27 May 2010 09:00:00 EST James Huston burst onto what used to be called the techno-thriller scene in 1988 with Balance of Power, a military/legal actioner about a constitutional crisis that erupts when a conservative speaker of the House takes matters into his own hands because... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/05/maybe-sestak-is-lying-not-the-white-house Tue, 25 May 2010 09:12:17 EST In every bit of polling I've seen this year, anyone trying to appeal to white, middle aged or older Catholic voters (the "religious bitter gunners" of Pennsylvania fame) needs distance from Barack Obama. Congressman Joe Sestak got a lot of attention for... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/05/newsreal-sunday-apocalypse-now-matthews-meltdown Mon, 24 May 2010 01:54:57 EST Chris Matthews can't let simple laws of physics get in the way of a good rant this week. After calling for the execution of BP execs for not putting men on the ocean floor, he tried to make the oil spill a religious issue with the Rev. Jim Wallis, the... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/05/matthews-meltdown-execute-bp-execs-like Sun, 23 May 2010 13:57:59 EST Apparently former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn isn't the only Obama admirer with an affinity for Maoist methodology. On Hardball Monday night, Chris Matthews began a week long rant about the BP oil spill that had him calling for the... http://www.davidforsmark.com/7286/the-only-thing-worth-dying-for Thu, 13 May 2010 09:00:00 EST If you Google "Karzai" and "corruption," you are given somewhere around 6,650,000 results. In fact, when you Google the name "Karzai," Google's autocomplete function gives you "Karzai corruption" as the 4th choice. But you can complete the search... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/05/best-overlooked-news-of-the-week-last-navy-seal Mon, 10 May 2010 00:12:54 EST For the lamestream media today, the top legal story is that NFL Hall of Famer and all around moral idiot Lawrence Taylor has been arrested for rape. At ABC News, a story that all-time bad movie Troll 2 has a devoted fan base makes their news home page.... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/04/obamas-racist-southern-hemisphere-strategy Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:43:51 EST For 40 years the "Southern Strategy" has been a staple of liberal political history. The story goes that Republicans under Nixon got tough on crime in order to appeal to racist white Southerners– who apparently would have been okay with rising rape and... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/04/worst-demagogue-in-the-world-meltdown-with-keith Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:57:41 EST Hoping to gain attention for his failing sitcom, Countdown, Left Cable's biggest mouth, Keith Olbermann regularly makes outrageous charges against hosts with (way) bigger ratings, hoping to draw them into a fight and get his little program some... http://www.davidforsmark.com/2010/04/navy-seals-2-pcbs-0 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:53:17 EST Time to free this man. In a story you won't see on MSNBC, for the second time in 2 days, a Navy SEAL was acquitted of charges in the infamous terrorist-with-a-fat-lip case. After a day-long trial, a Navy judge took 2 hours to come back with a verdict of...