I’m thinking of maybe robbing a bank or something (maybe torturing the branch manager to get him to open the safe), but am getting mixed messages from the Obama administration. On the one hand, I figured Obama and Senate Majority “Leader” Harry Reid would consider it too much of a “distraction” to investigate (let alone prosecute and incarcerate) me. I mean, let’s face it. It would just look like they’d be seeking retribution for my illegal activities. Sounds cool.

On the other hand, though, the Administration continues its attempts to erode civil and legal rights, most recently asking SCOTUS to overrule long-standing legal precedent that police can’t question you without a lawyer present.

You know, I really have to wonder just what the fuck they taught Obama at Harvard Law School. And I think we ought to “re-educate” anybody that took Obama’s Constitutional Law courses at Chicago Law School, because I’m starting to think he’s got the whole “Constitution” thing (in particular those pesky first ten amendments) woefully wrong.

Hell, I thought Obama would undo the damage the Bush Administration has done to our Civil Liberties over the past eight years. I never expected him to make things worse.

The man gives a good speech, though; you gotta give him that.

I know, I know; gotta get my mind right. Obama’s better than Bush, for sure. And Bush wasn’t as bad as Hitler. And Hitler loved his dogs.

In other news, Jim Tedisco tried to get Sam Seder’s absentee ballot tossed out in the tightly contested NY-20 special election.

Sam told me that he found out through a friend of his who had contacted the county for the list of challenged ballots. “He was sending out e-mails to people saying, check on this list to see if your name was on it,” Sam said. And he was quite surprised to find his name on the list: “I thought there was no way that my ballot was gonna be challenged.”

Sam was none too impressed when I told him that the Tedisco campaign alleged that he wasn’t a resident of the district. “Jerks,” he said. “I mean, I could tell you I’ve attended far more Livingston town meetings than Jim Tedisco has.”

He added: “I just think it’s ironic that this guy doesn’t live in the 20th, and he’s challenging my residency.”

I reckon Sam might have something to say about that on BRL (unless he mentioned it yesterday, of course; I’m a day behind).