There’s a concept in the law known as “jury nullification” [wiki], where a jurist or jury can ignore the judges orders, precedence, or sentencing guidelines in an attempt to write a grievious societal wrong. During tonight’s Superbowl broadcast, you are likely to experience something similar.
The NFL has a history of being aggressive in asserting their rights over intellectual property, from going after churches to asserting that they own the rights to “Who Dat!”.
Joe Lieberman was for the Medicare buy-in (TWICE!) before he was against it.
What Atrios said. Also. They never learn.
A couple of semesters ago, I read a Businessweek article on Home Depot then-CEO Bob Nardelli’s plan to turn around Home Depot. BW glowingly reported on Nardelli’s personnel changes and differing style, with his strong preference for hiring former-military persons in key rolls. Anecdotally speaking, a masters program classmate who was also a Naval Academy graduate mentioned that Home Depot had indeed made a push for hiring employees who were formerly Officer Grade to run their stores, casting the opportunity as entrepreneurial. Businessweek gave several hints as to what was coming in their description of Nardelli’s style:
