Self-Referential Sentences: One Two Many

Self-Referential Sentences: One Two Many

Yahoo! News - Report Links Iraq Deals to Bush Donations

duh

easier said than done

"If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." - Joseph Campbell

Center for American Progress - Claim vs. Fact: Presidential Press Conference, 10/28/03

- Claim vs. Fact -

Yahoo! News - Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening

Yahoo! News - Fox nearly sued itself over 'Simpsons' parody: Matt Groening

jordanblackman design

You can now buy jordanblackman design t-shirts... Or one at least, this is just a placeholder shirt until I build some cooler designs, but it might become a collector's item right? Should i do it this way or stick to handmade t-shirt paint and stencils?

Do You Realize??

This Flaming Lips song, which I heard on VH1 as a bumper and thought, "Wow, I wonder what this is, it's better than all the songs they play videos for," totally has me in awe. I didn't know it was a flaming lips song then and when it just played on the CD Terra loant me I was totally amazed. Still am. Best new song I've heard all year. It's John Lennon good. Do you realize?? Isn't it funny, by the way, how Mtv and radio stations will play good cool songs for bumper music but won't play them "for realz"? Assholes want us to know they know what the good shit is but are too patheitc and money hungry to play it. I just wanna listen to that song again but I can't cus I'm at work...

we just had a small earthquake here in Calabasas. I'm fine. More as events unfold. Please e-mail me if you have any information.

saw it on mediawhoresonline.com

Washington Post Editorial - May 3, 2003: "Still, it's also impossible to agree with the banner that was draped near Mr. Bush on the carrier deck, proclaiming "Mission Accomplished." Aides say the slogan was chosen in part to mark a presidential turn toward domestic affairs as his campaign for reelection approaches." flash foward to yesterday: "The "Mission Accomplished" sign, of course, was put up by the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln saying that their mission was accomplished. I know it was attributed somehow to some ingenious advance man from staff. They weren't that ingenious, by the way." - George W. Bush (10/28) Smells like fish huh?

Guardian Unlimited | Up to 15,000 people killed in invasion, claims thinktank

Albino Blacksheep - Video / S-11 Redux: (Channel) Surfing the Apocalypse

Albino Blacksheep - Video / S-11 Redux: (Channel) Surfing the Apocalypse Thank Jeremie, this is terrific! I wish I had made it. REQUIRED CLICKING FOR EVERYONE.

Rules for a succesfull FPS "79. If any character in the game smokes a cigarette, he or she is (or will be) a bad guy. If your character smokes a cigarette, you are a badass with a heart of gold. Corollary: Cigars may not be smoked by thin people ever. (Submitted by Ignatz)" "94. There is usually some 'artifact' that you have to collect, but the bad guy must always split it into 4 or more pieces throughout his evil domain. Each piece is guarded by some warlord type guy who wears a leather thong and has a huge axe type weapon. He must also be surrounded by 'lesser' minions who run at you no matter what happens, and there must be flying enemies at these points too - who must have lasers and nothing else. (Submitted by John Donnelly)"

The Fysche Bowl. you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be confused.

Salon.com | Camille speaks! I get the feeling she is the kind of person who gets her kicks by forming unusual and unpredictable opinions. What a thrill, anyhow, she give good interview so have a look.

still really scary

Salon.com News | Bush disavows mission accomplished banner

Jus Another Lie

saw it on bartcop:

"The more progress we make on the ground, the more free the Iraqis become, the more electricity is available, the more jobs are available, the more kids that are going to school, the more desperate these killers become. They can't stand the thought of a free society. They hate freedom. They love terror. They love to try to create fear and chaos." -- Gee Dubya Bush "These attacks are not really happening. Or if they are they are the fault of liberals in the media. Iraq is a democracy. The invasion was a success. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." --Eric Alterman "Does the president really believe that suicide bombers are willing to strap explosives to their bodies because we're restoring electricity and creating jobs for Iraqis? Is the president arguing that the better things get in Iraq, the more dangerous it will become for American soldiers?" --John Kerry

UCLA, where a kid can be a kid (in debt)!

From Kettle Korn to taking yoga class, from playing the latest Street Fighter incarnation to purchasing the latest Clinique skin care treatments, you can spend every penny to your university creditor's name and still feel academic. After all, you are on a world-class campus in a world-class city! "But sir," you protest, "UCLA students don't spend their precious campus hours shopping. They spend them parking!" Touché. But at the prices the school charges to park, I would argue that UCLA parking is a legitimate consumer activity. Consider how lucky we are to have a fleet of meter maids that raid our coffers with the stealth and efficiency of the modern American war machine. I say that our hearts should be gladdened to finance the police officers that so happily and frequently pull over students struggling to get to the classes they paid for. That is why I'm all too happy to pay the parking fines and traffic tickets that the UC regents have made sure we never have to do without. After all, it must be expensive to set up all those administrative telephone systems in such a way that enrolled students don't ever have to speak with boring, breathing, human beings. Why else would there not be enough money for frilly extras like chairs and desks? Someone has to bite the bullet and pay for the maze of request forms and regulations that make the UCLA experience so challenging and exciting! I must, however, scold the powers that be for not fully realizing UCLA's consumerist possibilities. For example, where is the BruinCoaster? A double looping ride, looming over the main quad, sponsored by the latest summer blockbuster which is conveniently premiering in Westwood Village with tickets at a special price – if you have a Bruin Card. And why not a giant UCLA casino (dry of course)? Where is the greyhound racing, jai alai and underground boxing circuit that we students deserve? I have heard secret rumblings that such attractions already exist in clandestine and luxuriously appointed caverns below Royce Hall, but only for those whose wallets are open and whose mouths are closed. Yet even though I dearly miss these essential facilities, it is a pleasure to stroll the campus and experience diverse groups of people, all of them gathering by Ackerman to accost students as we hurry to our classes. I can't help but admire the intractable faith they each have in their own ideology. One might suspect that these groups, after spending all year within fifty feet of one another, might forget about their distrust and hatred for each other, but in fact their chauvinism remain persistently intact. Bravo! I for one can understand their desire to court the complacent masses, whose blue and yellow warm-up suits dot the courtyards and commons from Franz to Fowler. Oh look, matching blue and yellow shoes! So proud are we to be Bruins, in our BearWear frocks and socks. All over the Westside, it's hip to be Bear! And shouldn't it be? After all the class, the friends, the memories and most of all, the money, UCLA should mean a lot to us. However, I'm beginning to feel an ever so slight decline in the selling power of the UCLA brand; has somebody discovered that UCLA might not be the idyllic institution that we keep telling ourselves it is? No way! That''s why I believe UCLA needs to change its moniker to something with the decadence and chic that the early 21st century is quickly becoming known for. My suggestion: UCLA.thebomb.com. This slight change will increase UCLA's marketability and perceived value in the key market of 16 to 25-year-olds. And we can feel good selling this product to the blessed children and hopeful parents of this sanctified nation. Because UCLA.isthebomb.com is an education that is more than just an alumni bumper sticker; it's a vanity plate too. this article was written by myself in 2000, edited and printed by the Daily Bruin, and reedited just now by me to be a bit finnier. Any and all parts of this essay not awesome are the faults of the Editors at the Daily Bruin, not your fearless author. A Big Holiday Sale is going on there now!

Hate from the heartland Thank you god for your cleansing gift of religion.

A Willful Ignorance. You have to sign up with the NY times to read krugman's latest, but you should have done that already.

God Releases Behind-the-Ear Upgrade

On farting... I learned that Pumpernickel, the dark-grain bread, means "goblin that breaks wind" in Old German.

I want to thank everyone that made my weekend so sweet (incomplete sentences follow): Terra and Annie for taking me to a party and getting me a costume and being really fun all night and helping me out when I climbed down from that tree with a pulled muscle. Chris for making my Saturday fun while I was all fucked up from climbing that tree and bringing me Arnica. My mom and grandma for taking me out for lunch and being so chill. My brother for buying an XBOX and XBOX Live so we can play together and talk together even though you’re a few hundred miles away. Jeremy for taking us up PCH for a look at Sunday's beautiful destruction as the city burned. Alexandra for the ticket to Beth Gibbons and for driving up and the ride to the show and for general happiness. What a great weekend.... And last NovaLogic, for my awesome job so when Sunday comes I am looking forward to coming into work on Monday. Thanks ya'll.

It's snowing ash and the clouds of smoke are ominous and intergalactic. Going outside is irritating to the eyes and throat. I can't wait to get back to my cozy beach hideaway. If anybody is in trouble email me and I'll do what I can.

a work of fiction

Biography of President George W. Bush

Uploading images is way easier than writing shit. Have a great weekend ya'll.

Yeah, that's right, I figured out how to put images on this shizl...

Well, I wouldn't have gone to NAM either, but then I wouldn't have sent America's kids to kill and die in Iraq.

'This is How You Screw' show is off TV

oh amsterdam, i heart u

im sick of people saying things are businesses that aren't. I read crap all the time like "running a government is like running a business" or "running a school is just running a business" or "running a household is just the same as running a business." NO IT'S NOT. You can't fire your kids, or your constituency, or your students. You can't quit your family. The main thing is that a business is typically an organization whose purpose is to make money. A family is not, a country is not, and it is at least an issue whether a school ought to be. Thinking like a businessperson can be helpful when running a family or a school or whatever, but one ought not forget that there are huge huge important differences.

I heard that the albertsons/ralphs/vons folks on strike make an average of $17.50 an hour... Most of them are part time workers too. Depending on what they are actually being asked to pay for health care I might not give a crap about their strike anymore. I make less than that and I put myself into debt going to college... Anybody know the specifics of their health care deal?

a note from cohen:

on my street there's a mailbox upon which someone has painted "who would Jesus bomb?" I liked it. -Cohen

quote from dude what was in somalia as a medic for the whole mogadishu deal: "I think the one thing that I learned most from that experience is that "Fighting for Peace, is like Fucking for Virginity!"... but I guess thats a whole other website."

so yesterday I went back to the prop house because I left my briefcase there and also they had a blanket of ours so I'm there talking to the dude who is super cool and I'm asking about the difference between an m16 and an m4 and he picks up an m16 a2, and is showing me some things and he's like "why don't you just shoot it..." so I'm all, "OOOooOoh K." They have a room just to fire the guns (blanks) so i went in there and he showed me how to work it and I let loose like 20-30 shells on FULL AUTO. Fire is comming out of the barrel, shells are flying out of the side... it was so fucking awesome. Obviously i was wearing those funny glasses and ear protection... I love guns.

saw it on bartcop.com

"Bush joked last week during his meeting with Schwarzenegger that they are both sometimes accused of misspeaking the language. Mr. President, he's from a foreign country." -- Jon Stewart "Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles. -- Bush the Smarter in his 1997 book, "A World Transformed,"

t shirt ideas, give me feedback or send in your own, I'll be makign shirts in a month or two and selling them here at cost: "evil doer" "I prefer the lesser of two evils" "no taxation without drug expiramentation" "pizza" "dopamine" "my other harley is a potato" front: "the statement on the back of this shirt is true... back: www.jordanblackman.com is kick ass" "What Would Clinton Do?" idunno, still working on it

new poll shows students are dumber than others, being taught to thoughtlessly accept material believed to be the primary reason.

This blog is kick ass!

Video Games Will Calm Your Fears

The facts are in, video games can cure your fears! Supposedly, exposure to what you fear lessons the fear... so if you are afraid of spiders you get put into an environment with spiders. But if this really worked you would think all the times I got killed in games would help me with my fear of death... Hasn't happened...

Malaysian PM repeats charge about Jews So regarding what the dude said, whatever, I wanna talk about something the reporter wrote, "Mahathir singled out the case of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, the U.S. deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, who has said that the war on terror is a Christian fight against Satan, and that Muslims worship an idol. In fact, Muslims worship the same God as Christians and Jews." It was that "In fact" that got my blood bubbling. In fact my white ass. Kant's argument against the ontological proof for the existence of god was that existence is not a property, and here we see why. The sentence sure makes it sound like a fact that the different religions all worship the same entity (an entity is something that exists)... But many people, myself included, doubt there is any entity like the one[s] claimed in these faiths. If something doesn't exist, how can you signle it out as the same non-existant thing as the other non-existant thing; that is, how can it have identity? Can two people believe in the SAME non-existant banana? It seems to me that they cannot. For three whole religions to believe in the same god is not meaningless, it's simply impossible. Anyhow, ignoring these deepish ontological questions, on the surface it is clear that not even all people within these groups worship the same God. Mormons and Lutherans seem to have Gods with different values, how can they be the same? Surely there is SOMETHING different about the concepts of God that each group claims is correct, and god is nothing if not a concept. They all must claim that their god is THE one god, and therefore it is convenient to claim a heratige with the one god that people have worshipped for years.. after all, there isn't much of an alternative, other than saying that the one god from before never was, but this highly similar but only slightly different one god IS real. That is too absurd, so instead the scions of the god of the old testament (and lets face it, the Jewish god of today is not the Jewish god of back then) claim that their god, with his own set of petty rules, is the same god as before, just with some new rules or "children" or prophets. This can easily be done because there can be no verification, no test. Religions naturally break apart and diverge as groups apply their own prejudices and agendas to the invisible thing in the sky that lays down ultimate truth. So what does it mean to say all three groups worship the same god? In fact, Dennis D. Grey of the associated press never bothered to say.

Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so, whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose -- and you allow him to make war at pleasure. If today, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us' but he will say to you, 'Be silent; I see it, if you don't.'" - Abraham Lincoln

blowing my mind

I'll try to do this without going into a platonic discussion of what irony is... I've always contended that the song Ironic has nothing ironic at all in the lyrics. Rain on your wedding day just sucks, same with a free ride when you've already paid or good advice that you didn't take etc... however, I realized inthe shower last night that "mr play it safe who was afraid to fly and packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye, he waited his whole damn life to take that flight and as the plane crashed down he thought well isnt this nice" IS ironic... not because his plane crashed, but because he thought "well isn't this nice" while the plane was crashing... SO the song does contain an example of irony in teh lyrics... now here is where things get interesting... I had always thought that the most ironic thing about the song Ironic is that there is nothing ironic in the lyrics... but now that there IS irony in the lyrics that greater irony about the lack of irony is gone... So by discovering Irony in the song the song has become less ironic. Bu bu bub BUT that new state of affairs whereby the song's containing irony makes it less ironic is itself very ironic indeed! I can go on, because the fact that by having irony the song becomes less ironic which is ironic is ALSO ironic. At this point I have to breathe and stop thinking about the whole thing, but I sense a really shitty MA thesis in there somewhere. UGH. goodmorning!

America's favorite psycho bitch:

WorldNetDaily: With half his brain tied behind his back She loves McCarthy and want to blow up the NY time building... LAdies and gentlemen it's america's favorite psycho bitch, ANN! This Time she is writing about Rush's abuse of drugs and guess what, she thinks its not as bad as Clinton's "sodomy." Now the dictionary defines sodomy thusly: "Any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or bestiality." So either Ann thinks fellatio is unnatural or abnormal which is in turn either asinine or false, OR she is accusing Bill and Monica of Anal sex or Bestiality, and if that isn't slander than idunno what is. @=

ok, back here then

dispite blogger sucking ass, I'm kinda stuck with it for now because nobody is bothering to go to the livejournal site, and nobody is commendintg at all you lazy fucks. Ok, here we are again just like old times. What's up? The usual shit, the powers that be be fucking shit up and keeping us down, the beautiful people be acting all special, the tv be yapping bout bullshits. Yesterday we went out to celebrate my dad's birthday (which is today happy pops pops) and we sat next to steven spielburg (that giy who used to make great moveis), the mother from the sopranos(in an italian resteraunt how cliche), and two other famous people (the guy from big night and the girl from indiana jones). They were facing my back so I didn't see them at all but I guess I was just a few feet away. Kinda a big fat "\/\/" but I thought yall should know.

Jibblog

So my latest post is here, @ livejournal, and I expect to be posting there from now on. Remember there is a link on the right side of this page anytime you need it. And you can get back here from my livejournal page quite easily. Ultimately my livejoural will be the front page of jordanblackman.com, but we're not there yet and probably won't be for a few weeks. So check it out and if you decide YOU want a livejournal, let me know I can get you a code.

Today I'm being sent to Independant Studio Services, a prop warehouse in canyon country, to take hi-res photos of weapons. Damn I love my job.

to the cronies go the spoils. Thanks unka dick!

$87,000,000,000.00

$87,000,000,000.00. I saw this on Severina's livejournal page. Remember folks, this is our $87,000,000,000.

i almost forgot...

FUCK YOU orange county. That goes for the TV show and the arnold loving van de kamps voting bloc. Put some fiber in your bread you lazy god fearing fuckers.

Asia Times -

let's see fox report this!

Der Gropenfuhrer Muscles His Way Into Office -- So What Now?

I live in such a funny place. Imagine the coolest treehouse possible for a 10 year old and that's pretty much my room. The ceiling is 6'3" at the tallest point, so it is womb-like. There is an upper level shelf for an even cozier experience. Meanwhile the huge skylight lets in the roar of the ocean which is unbelievably close... I can figuratively jump right into the water... The carpet is deep pile and nasty green, perfect for some old new hamshire playroom where the family keeps old checker boards and the 8 bit NES. It's the perfect room to go insnae or write a novel or commit suicide... did I make that joke on my blog yet? I'm going to set up a webcam with a view of the ocean... it'll be shnazzly. The place made me terribly sick the first night I slept there but one HEPA filter later and it's all good.

okokok, so you all are here to know my feelings now that arnold won. I think its bad, bad for california, bad for america, bad for me. But at least letterman has something to joke about. Seriously folks, wtf is wrong with people? Fuck you MSNBS, FOX, NYT, EVERY AM STATION, ISSA, ROB LOWE, BEN STEIN, and anyone who pretends arnold can successfully run California because he was a successful actor and bodybuilder. It is pretty funny that not only did he win, he OWNED that election. It really does make me laugh. He was a malibu landslide in that ass. FUCK. It's gonna take more than a broom and a few ass grabs to fix the deficit. If this is democracy in action gimmie some good old fashioned oligarchy. But we all know this WAS oligarchy in action so I guess were just straight SOL. I bought a ATI all-in-wonder 9800 pro. Pretty much the sickest graphics card out there. unfortunately the card was bad and fry's is a pain in the ass so now I have my money back but no card... OK, I'll do without for a week or two. For some reason my TV isn't picking up comedy central... is it possible to have 70 channels and CC not be one of them? If so then I want to recall somebody.

well, so I can't vote this election. Gotta work ya know. I feel bad but I figure that surely my blog has had a greater effect on the outcome than my vote would have, right? So I still have the right to bitch if Arnie wins, right? I should have done an absentee but I didn't realize I wouldn't be able to vote. Work at work has been ramping up. I've been busy all day today. Tonight I'm off to Fry's, then my new apartment, then my old apartment, then my new apartment. current mood: dealing current music: elvis costello current food: bagels current current: southwesterly

im in

the new place... i'll have pics up tomorrow night. People think I'm nuts for moving here, maybe I am. I hope I like it. Lots of solitude for me. yay.

On for this weekend: - tonight: garden of eden, no sneakers - saturday: fry's, R&R, pack - sunday: move into malibu beach house I was busy almost all day at work... working... cool. Sitemeter seems to play a roll in blogger getting its ass kicked so I removed it. this means I have no idea how many people are reading. So if you dig something, send me an email and let me know. Jordan@jordanblackman.com. @=

ABCNEWS.com : Arnold's New Battle: His Past

AABCNEWS obtained a copy of an unpublished book proposal with quotes from a verbatim transcript of an interview Schwarzenegger gave in 1975 while making the film Pumping Iron. Asked who his heroes are, he answered, "I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it." He is quoted as saying he wished he could have an experience, "like Hitler in the Nuremberg stadium. And have all those people scream at you and just being total agreement whatever you say." wow, what a crazy crazy news night.

"Many of the accusations against me about titty squeezing are not true. There were many women I did not molest." -- Arnie according to bartcop. (could this be true? It seems too much even for the terminator)

Student May Wear Bush 'Terrorist' Shirt

DETROIT - A high school student has the right to wear a T-shirt to school with the face of President Bush and the words "International Terrorist" on the front, a federal judge ruled. Cool. I gotta sleep now.

Yahoo! News

why we hate bush. I sometimes fall into the category of feeling sorry for the bewildered little rascal... but most of the time im good and pissed at him. This article is absolutely a must read: "Time to dust off the F word. "Whenever people start locking up enemies because of national security without much legal care, you are coming close [to fascism]," warns Robert Paxton, emeritus professor of history at Columbia University and author of the upcoming book "Fascism in Action." We're supposed to hate fascists--or has that changed because of 9/11?"

ding dong....

the witch is dead... and by that i mean rush is off ESPN. Fuck ESPN. If rush really did the shiz with the 'scripts that will be too ironic i think my head will fall off. arnie done bad. he could never win after this snafu, could he? Why he didn't wait 6 days until saying this stuff I have no idea, but thank the 2nd law of thermodynamics that we found out in time. Watching the media spin this will be hilarious. "I glance at the headlines just to kind of [sic] a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read [sic] the news themselves." -- George Herbert Walker Bush (italics mine) i came up with all these good melodies for a song im working on tonight but i know i'll have forgotten them in the morning. I used to think if it was good enough i'd remember... but not me. I need to start taping myself more often. I need a better computer (GFX card) I had no idea Ben Stein was so right winging. I guess he was Nixon's speechwriter... His new book is really dumb for such a smart man. I heart bill hicks i gotta hit the sack alex trabec for president, he has all the answers

the rest of jordanblackman.com is back

kinda... things will be changing in these days, in the meanwhile check the link on the right for the pics, essays, poop, bio, links, and other goodies you've come to love.

LiveJournal.com

Blogger has sucked one too many times. I'll be phasing my blog over to LiveJournal. Actually, my first ever blog post was written there in Junuary just after returning from Paris. I didn't know how to spell Lupin way back in those wild days of winter. LiveJournal will allow each and every one of you to comment about any of my posts. Right now my livejournal page doesn't look like much, but trust me, it will be cooler than this when I'm done. Ultimately your going to want to register with LiveJournal. That way I can give you all special access to my more private thoughts... posts that otherwise I would be unable to share because they are not appropriate for public dissemination. Dig? I'll probably embed my livejournal page into jordanblackman.com, but I could save a bunch of dough by just making http://www.jibbah.livejournal.com main blog space... Then again I might rename my domain jibbahnation. We'll see. I've had some stuff to do at work today which is a plus. But my computer here is sucking butt and my computer at home is pissing me off too. For some reason a computer that is not running smoothly is about the most annoying thing I can think of. If my room is a mess I feel a modicum of annoyance, but if my computer desktop is all nasty I go nuts.

jibblog

have you noticed how jibblog ofen doesn't load properly? The page gets cut off or isn't justified exactly right? Blogger is getting on my nerves and I might be switching to a new format. For now I'm usuing this simple template... In other news, I've got work to do at work and I'm just realizing how incredibly much I have to learn to become effective in this environment. Good, I need the challenge. Meanwhile my pc at home is totally bitching out and I'm ready to just buy a new motherboard and start ripping shit apart. Maybe just get a new machine altogether and make my old one a linux box to practice some of the shit I ought to learn for work...

AlterNet: Fifty Reasons Not to Vote for Arnold I didn't know the governator drove a Hummer. You know what they say about guys who drive hummers, and guys who lift weights too... Not to mention guys that like to be photographed with large guns... That's right, they don't make prudent governors.

first off, of course the ten commandments should not be in a government court hall. It's not just that it violates the separation between church and state... Some have argued that because it is a set of laws, it is fitting in a courthouse-- but that is exactly why it cannot rest there. Situated thusly, the statue implies that the law of land is founded upon the ten commandments. in fact, our enlightenment era law system and democracy itself are a negation of the kind of law that the commandments symbolize... the downward law of a ruler upon his people. The law of a shepherd toward his herd as in "the lord is my shepherd." If the lord is your shepherd then what are you? In a democracy we give the law to ourselves-- within the bounds of the inalienable rights of people and all that jazz. So, having a statue of the ten commandments in a US courthouse puts is in line with the very tradition of law that we are trying to discard. Too many people are pack-rats when it comes to concepts... myself included. And while we're at it, get that "In God We Trust" off the dollar bill. As Conan O'Brien would say, "INAPPROPRIATE." We need to give up our trust in god and learn to trust each other.