Posted on 03/31/2005 7:37:48 PM PST by Congressman Billybob
John / Billybob
Well done.
Any tips on blackjack?
Nope, I hang my hat on the fact that, right or wrong, the trier of fact appointed him guardian.
Our legal system works pretty well, most of the time for most people.
No system made by man can be perfect, and sometimes the innocent are hurt, but that is part of the price of having the best legal system ever designed.
At some point, there has to be finality of judgment or a legal system is just a joke, incapable of deciding anything.
Terri Schiavo seems to have gotten crushed in the gears, but it is not the fault of the judicial system, or any overreaching by judges. It is the fault of a badly written custody law, similar to those in most states.
A judicial activist judge would have reached right beyond the norms of the law and granted custody to her parents, and been just as wrong as any other judge stretching the law to suit his feelings.
SO9
"Nope, I hang my hat on the fact that, right or wrong, the trier of fact appointed him guardian."
So, if some future "trier of fact" decides that left-handed people are defective and orders all left-handed people starved to death, that'll be just hunky-dory with you?
And then when he starts "finding" that the right-handed enemies of his campaign donors are actually left-handed, you won't have a problem with that?
"that is part of the price of having the best legal system ever designed"
We don't have it any more, as this atrocity demonstrates very well.
A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. (With apologies to Everett McKinley Dirksen.)
So true
When the dealer shows a 6 and you have 11 or less, double down.
Nice post but I disagree about Social Security. I don't want to save it. I want it to end. It's a rip off, a lie, a scheme, and totally against every principle of freedom known to man.
It's my money. I'll do with it as I please. And if I don't prepare for myself when I'm older I'll either have to work until I die or rely on my family or the charity of others. But it's fascism to force compassion upon me with my own money because others don't want to see me begging on the street if I'm dumb enough not to take care of myself when I'm 70 years of age.
MMMmmmmmm, sandwich.
I think that Ike played bridge, but he can be included in the card playing crowd.
There's something to be said for gamers who know when their opponents mouth goes dry.
Oh, I'm totally with you. And I know incrementalism is always the way to go with large changes in social policy. I just hate the term "save" Social Security. It's unpure, dirty, and disengenious.
But I also understand we are talking to total idiots.
Here in Kansas City, we've got "riverboat" casinos. I've decided that when I want to play a little blackjack, I just write a check to the casino, and mail it in.
It sames me travel time, having to find a parking spot, and the aggrevation of having the worlds worst luck at cards!
The last time I played blackjack, I took $100 to the $5 tables, and I played exactly 21 hands! Yup, I pushed once all night. Lost every other hand.
PS, if you ever want to see someone's head explode, split a pair of 10s...
Mark
Greer seems to be the key in this matter. I suspect that he made a bad ruling early and then was too proud to be able to admit that he had erred. Ms Shiavo paid the ultimate price for his pride.
Your commentary, as always, is cogent.
Not always, it depends on the "pot odds". If the ratio of money in the pot to the amount of the bet is greater than the odds of making the winning hand, then it is appropriate to make the bet. Such calculations are the key to winning in poker over the long haul. It is easy to understand why you were unable to do better than break even.
Poker experts and professional gamblers understand the odds, practice discipline and win over the less informed. Not every hand, but over the long haul, because they only put money in the pot when they have favorable odds.
Successful poker theory applies to life in general.
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