Academic

It?s the end of the semester and the beginning of sequel season at your local cineplex. In an effort to tie up loose ends, and procrastinate from grading, I present to you my pitch for the ultimate sequel:

Hot-Tub time Machine 2: the Blawg edition

A rag tag team of bloggers, Vokolh C, Flounge, and Bleiter decide to return to the hot tub to prevent various big mistakes in 1999 from happening.

Vokolh C. travels to Washington D.C. to convince Senator Orrin Hatch not to block Elena Kagan?s nomination to the D.C. Circuit since she?ll end up on the Supreme Court anyway.

Flounge travels back to the Beltway of the same time period to prevent the abolition of the IMF in the face of criticisms that there aren?t financial crises affecting industrialized nations any more. (Oh, wait. That?s a bad idea that didn?t get implemented.)

Bleiter travels back to teach the first generation of law students using e-mail to think before they use that medium to opine about race and genetics.

When the three blawgers return to 2010, they are horrified to learn that their handiwork has backfired: President Lieberman has appointed a French speculator to the Supreme Court who rules that cylons are entitled to free speech and bailout money.