an inflated balloon -- impressive to look at but hollow at the core and easily punctured.

The suspect had a balloon that was inflated under her shirt. That balloon fell out on the floor. It was just a part of her acting career of purporting herself to be pregnant.

Meetings! Meetings! Meetings!
Do they ever achieve anything or do they just let a lot of hot air out of an already over inflated balloon?

It would be very difficult ... for me to vote to confirm someone whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, because I remember ... what it was like when abortion was illegal in America ... As a college student at Stanford, I watched the passing of the plate to collect money so a young woman could go to Tijuana for a back-alley abortion. I knew a woman who killed herself because she was pregnant.

[Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., obviously not a student of history, is demanding that Roberts cough up his personal views on political issues during his hearings.] What is not a good thing to do is stonewall the (Judiciary) Committee, ... The American people are entitled to know what this man's views are.

Do you believe that the right to privacy applies to the beginning of life and the end of life?