Scalia the misunderstood

People don't read past the headline or the 10-second sound byte. The media sensationalizes these. So I posted this on FB for all the knee-jerks who were pounding on Justice Scalia for suggesting that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act was an outdated, "racial entitlement". It's outdated, but it's more discrimination against a handful of states who sucked in 1964.

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Sold American!

Came home last night to an 8.5x11 piece of paper in the clip next to the door. Archstone has been bought by Avalon, as of 2/27. The reasons the office was closed that afternoon is they were changing hands. I moved from an Avalon apartment complex to an Archstone in October. Avalon is a good outfit, my moving out was due to the incredibly stupid design of the complex, not anything in the day to day management.