I'll Have What She's Having.....

I haven't posted for the last couple days because, frankly, I have been absolutely riveted by the unmitigated mess that surrounds the death of Anna Nicole. How did that woman have enough energy to have on-going sexual relationships with all those men? I can barely make it to the gym and then to the library in the same day. She was a model, actress (to use the term loosely) mother, girlfriend, and sexual partner to at least 4 different men, all the while grieving for her son. She even managed to get in a couple suicide attempts. Good god! I have no job, no children, just one husband/sexual partner and generally, nothing to do on a daily basis other than study for the bar exam and I can barely make it through the day. It is a damn good day if I get half of my to-do list done. What the hell is in that Trimspa anyway? Crack? Speed? I'll take it! What the hell, I have already been deemed "morally competent" to practice law in the state of California!



Let's take a poll or get together a pool to guess who will be Dannielynn's father. Larry Birkhead is my vote:




I know the picture of the baby is kind of small, but really, how can ya miss the pug nose? That girl is a Birkhead. She is not a fake princess belonging to Prince Cheat On My Sick Wife, who is married to Zsa Zsa Gabor. Nor does she belong to Howard K. Stern. That man just needs to give up the fight and go back to work. He better hope he isn't next! People are dropping like flies down there in the Bahamas, I hope he has an ambulance on stand-by!


BUT, here is my favorite story of the day, not that Tim Hardaway hating gays and Guiliani's "weirdness factor" aren't total gems that I could pontificate on all day. Get ready for it, because it is yet another Constitutional Law lesson.

They kicked a Playboy Bunny out of the military.


Mother of God. Seriously? THIS is what the Air Force is concerning itself with these days?? This is from http://www.foxnews.com/:


SAN ANTONIO — An Air Force drill sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty, she said Wednesday.

Whether that amounts to an honorable discharge, as Michelle Manhart also says, is unclear. Manhart, who appeared in a six-page spread in Playboy's February issue, said she got word Friday that she was removed from "extended active duty" and was also told that she was demoted in rank from staff sergeant to senior airman.

Manhart, a 30-year-old mother of two, said the military's action against her hinged on the fact that she was pictured in the magazine wearing her uniform. She was photographed in uniform yelling and holding weapons under the headline "Tough Love." The following pages showed her partially clothed wearing dog tags while working out, as well as completely nude. After the pictorial hit newsstands in January, Manhart was relieved of her duties pending an investigation. Manhart said she was given a letter of reprimand in late January, told not to talk to the media and that an "unfavorable information file" was established on her. Her husband is also in the military.


Once again, the military is missing a valuable marketing opportunity. A poster of Miss February in her dog tags and birthday suit will have young men lined up around to the corner to serve their country. What more could a young soldier ask for?? 3 hots and a cot, a hummer, big, loud weapons... and all with a Bunny by his side? We could have this whole Iraq mess put to bed before the 4th of July. Instead of the counter-intuitive "Army of One" campaign, the new slogan could be "Be ALL That You Can Be...With A Playboy Bunny!" or "Not All Female Soldiers Look Like Lynndie England!"


Now for the Constitutional Law discussion...why was she removed from active duty?


Was she discriminated against because of her hot body? Hhhmmmm... possibly only the rational basis test wherein the Bunny will have to prove that the military's actions are not rationally related to a legitimate government interest. She is going to have an uphill battle on that one. I am sure we can all agree that the government has a legitimate interest in their soldiers keeping their clothes on and staying focused on the job at hand.


Discriminated against due to her gender? Gender is only a quasi-suspect class and the government will be charged with proving that removing her from active duty is substantially related to an important government interest. The fact that her male counterparts may not be able to operate their weapons properly in her presence might make their case.


Ha!! I got it!!! That whole free speech, freedom of expression and freedom of association thing! Fundamental rights have to survive strict scrutiny! If Miss February asserts a cause of action that her First Amendment rights have been impinged, the government will have the burden of proving that their actions are necessary to achieve a compelling government interest. The government has only been able to withstand strict scrutiny ONCE. In light of the fact that there is likely not a military base barrack anywhere that is not completely decorated with Playboy posters, magazine and certerfolds, I fail to see how the military is going to pull that one off. Talk about a content-based restriction!


Sadly, my Constitutional Law lesson is going to fall on deaf ears, because Miss February is not bothered by her current fall from grace, let alone moved to pursue legal action. She is currently pursuing a modeling and acting career and claims to be "happy and moving on with my life."


I am sure she just wants to achieve world peace through her modeling and entertainment career.......I can see it now......


"Miss February goes from Boot Camp to Bunny Camp! Next Season on The Girls Next Door!"