Pseudoephed, etc.

·         A photo ID is required when you buy pseudoephed, but the ID requirement is argued by some to be a civil rights violation in the context of voting.   Apparently the ID requirements differ here because it’s been determined that there are people who make crystal meth using pseudoephed, but there is no evidence that anyone would fake their votes without proper citizenship credentials or who might cast multiple votes, unchecked.  I don’t use or make crystal meth, but I always feel the need to act particularly lucid (but not jumpy or agitated) when I sign the book to obtain my decongestant.  I also try to act lucid when I sign in to vote.

·         We need to get our facts straight.  Semantics count. Clearly, a “gunrunning” operation would be more difficult to monitor and control than a “gunwalking” operation.  It’s faster to run, duh.

·         Jay Carney used the phrase “politically-motivated fishing expedition” over and over at today’s White House press conference.  When he was preparing his notes, the phrase probably sounded a lot more witty and acerbic in his head than it did the third or fourth time he repeated it out loud.

·         It’s fair to note that asserting executive privilege is not unique to our current president (4 presidents have invoked it 25 times in the past 30 years), but I’m more interested in the “whys” than in the “how manys”.