People In Power Who Believe They Are Above The Law

First Prize Goes To Bill Gates
for thinking he could present a fake operating system to a federal judge. [Federal judges are the rock stars of the legal profession. And they have no patience for stupidity. Bill is lucky he is not in jail.] Naturally the Feds had a world class computer expert who showed, in open court, just what Bill had done. If you do not believe me, check on the net. I read about it in a newspaper.

Honorable Mention
John McCain for believing it is OK to have lobbyists run his campaign. He is wrong. It is unethical, a conflict of interest, and stupid. If he was working for a corporation, he would be escorted out the door and not allowed back into the building.

Sarah Palin for believing it was OK for her husband to harass an employee of the State of Alaska. She is wrong. It is unethical, a conflict of interest and stupid. I am not certain that she could get hired by a corporation. The Republican Party for believing is was OK to call a professor at a state university a terrorist. They are wrong. They are committing libel and slander against this nice man. In libel and slander cases truth is an absolute defense. There is a exception for people who committed a crime and are now leading a quiet and blameless life. You are not allowed to bring up old crimes to ruin a private citizen. I would like to point out that the professor was never convicted of anything.

All of you
for using the word "terrorist" for every person that you think is doing wrong.

For instance, under the current usage Robin Hood was a terrorist. But when King Richard came back, Robin Hood stopped fighting. A modern equivalent was when Britain began addressing and solving the social issues in Northern Ireland, the IRA went home. Osama Bin Ladin is not a terrorist, he is a mass murderer who needs to be caught.

Notice that if you carefully define the problem, it becomes easier to see a possible solution.