"Banty" wrote in message
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There is Who's Right, and then there is How To Manage Human Affairs.

A friend emailed me this, in reply to this posting:

First, she quoted from the Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Candy. --That to secure these rights, Women are
instituted among Men, deriving their just desserts from the consent
of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Ingestion becomes
destructive of these snacks, it is the Right of the Wife to alter
or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such
form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness.

She then went on to say:

Moreover, modern jurisprudence generally holds that these rights
apply broadly to Scottish shortbread and other bakery products
consumed by consenting adults.

Some legal scholars have opined that Walker's
(http://www.walkersshortbread.com/walkers.htm ) was only established
in 1898 and therefore their biscuits could not have fallen within the
Founders' original intent. But other groups, consider this position
to be ideologically suspect.

Feminist interest groups claim that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A.
Alito Jr. adheres to this school of thought, and are combing his 15-
year history of more than 200 Appellate court rulings for tell-tale
crumbs. The White House and its allies, now squarely united, are
ready to paint the such objections as obstructionist and out of step
if they try to derail the nomination by extraordinary means. Interest
groups on both sides are prepared to spend millions of dollars to
make their case.

"We will look to keep Democrats on their heels as they go out to
launch some of the more absurd attacks," said a senior White House
aide who spoke on condition of anonymity while licking his fingers to
avoid violating the administration's taboo on disclosing internal
snacktime maneuvering. "There's no person that this president would
pick who could please some of the extreme elements of their party."

But it is not clear how widespread the appetite for all-out warfare
will be among the public at large, or even among Senators, at a time
of so many other pressing problems.

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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
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