Obama to name Sotomayor to highest court
Word has leaked that President Obama will nominate U.S. appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court.
Based on everything I’ve read, she’s an excellent choice. Raised in the Bronx by her mother after the death of her father, she graduated summa cum laude from Princeton and went on to Yale Law. She’s worked as a prosecutor and was appointed to the federal judiciary by the first President Bush. Her intelligence and hard work are widely acknowledged.
But of course, with the right-wing noise machine already primed to squeal regardless of who the nominee might be, we’re still going to hear a lot of complaints. In the end, the excesses of that campaign will hurt the conservative cause more than help it, and Sotomayor will be confirmed.
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Midori
May 26th, 2009
12:08 pm
Dave R,
how many of those “qualifications” did Harriet Miers meet?
godless heathen
May 26th, 2009
12:10 pm
So Sonya is a liberal. They all believe that white males are always wrong. Even white male liberals believe this which is why they are always being led around by their women.
Nevertheless, Obama is a far left liberal, so he gets to pick a far left judge. That’s the way it works. Hopefully, the Republicans in the Senate will remember this and not behave in the despicable manner that the Democrats have during recent confirmation hearings for Republican nominees.
S GA dem
May 26th, 2009
12:11 pm
Another question for the radical right – Is Sotomayor far left or was Bush incompetent for nominating her to the Federal Bench 17 years ago??
Paul
May 26th, 2009
12:15 pm
Georgian by birth 10:29
[[why does Lady Justice at every courtroom in AMerica wear a blindfold, if a judge is to have empathy in a case and not go based solely on law?]]
You mean like, without regard to position, status, power or weakness?
I do believe Pres Obama, in his remarks citing empathy, did limit them to more of a ‘this is a tiebreaker, close case in which the law and precedent are not clear’ realm, not as a going-in, on equal footing with clear language, idea.
Joey 11:16
[[Unless Sotomayor believes that it is the Supreme Court’s job to make law, rather the interpret the Constitution, I would not oppose her.]]
Well, she has said the courts (she was referring to appeals courts) make policy… and the difference between law and policy in an appeals court decision is…?
I just scrolled down, GBBFBIL has the quote at 11:17 –
Ken 11:25
[[The case came before her and she ruled in favor of the city without even hearing the case. It is now before the Supreme Court and probably will be overturned based on reverse discrimination.]]
Hmmm. Number of her cases overturned by a higher court… that’d be interesting for the Senate to follow.
But rather than focusing on abortion (as I’m sure the Right will) I think it’d be more revealing to focus on her thoughts on the role of the courts, what ‘equal’ means in ‘separate but equal’, her views on the role of the Legislative and Executive, as well as Judicial, in time of war, that kind of stuff.
And let us not forget it was Republicans such as McCain who voted for Ginsburg and Sen Hatch who recommended her to Pres Clinton, following the idea “If a nominee is experienced in the law, highly intelligent, of good character and temperament, and — most important — gives clear and convincing evidence that he or she understands and respects the proper role of the judiciary in our system of government, the mere fact that I might have selected a different nominee will not lead me to oppose the President’s nominee.”
Yet it was our President who voted against Roberts and suggested a filibuster of Alito; therefore, he (and Democrats) have no moral grounds upon which to call for an up or down vote, let alone any impediment or filibuster.
BDAtlanta
May 26th, 2009
12:16 pm
you know how she feels it is her job to make Law?
Her quote sounded like maybe she was being sarcastic. But I haven’t heard the tape which would be a better tell than something transcribed.
Either way, good luck keeping her out cause there probably are enough votes to get past any blockage from the Republican National Constipation.
mike
May 26th, 2009
12:19 pm
Jay –
“But of course, with the right-wing noise machine already primed to squeal regardless of who the nominee might be, we’re still going to hear a lot of.”
How would you compare the “right-wing noise machine” to the “left-wing noise machine” that went after Roberts and Alito?
John Doxey
May 26th, 2009
12:20 pm
An excellent choice. The American Taliban (AT) will squeal, but in the end, she will be confirmed.
AT, I hope you had a good Memorial Day.
williebkind
May 26th, 2009
12:20 pm
to Dannyx: Well prosecute ACORN for the voter fraud and do not count dead peoples vote.
John Doxey
May 26th, 2009
12:21 pm
When we attacked Roberts and Alito, it was fair and just
williebkind
May 26th, 2009
12:22 pm
S GA dem: In my opinion, Bush nominated a hispanic because there are hispanics in his family. He was presenting that kind of love and inclusion the progressive liberals get during election time.
Redneck Convert
May 26th, 2009
12:26 pm
Sister Dusty: Well, I never!
caz1158
May 26th, 2009
12:31 pm
Regardles as to what the left says,it’s actually ok to debate pros/cons of a sc nominee. Why does it have to be political? Why not nominate the best qualified person? I thought “KING I Am” was going to bridge the gaps, & bring Americans together on important issues. Does he even refer to anyone on the right on anything?HMMMMMMMMM,have’nt seen it yet. Must have been another of those broken campaign promises.
jt
May 26th, 2009
12:31 pm
The nomination of Sotomayor only matters to the R & D party dumb masses.
What is one more societal leach lawyer added to the payroll of an unlawful federal goverment?
The rule of law has been dead for years. Whoever has the most money or political power wins in our perverted judicial system.
Thank God, this whole system is rapidly becoming irrelevent to the majority of natural law Americans.
The 200 million collective shrug is near.
Midori
May 26th, 2009
12:32 pm
RNC inadvertently releases talking points RE: Sotomayor nomination
From The Hill:
“Whoops. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has apparently inadvertently released its list of talking points on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
Included on the released list were a few hundred influential Republicans who were the intended recipients of the talking points. Unfortunately for the RNC, so were members of the media.”
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/05/26/rnc-fumbles-... /
oldmac
May 26th, 2009
12:33 pm
Jay, do you ever have anything to day that ain’t right out of the Democrat party playbook? Just once? Maybe? Never mind…
MN
Dave R
May 26th, 2009
12:33 pm
Gee, Midori, but I don’t think there IS a Justice Meiers, is there?
DannyX
May 26th, 2009
12:38 pm
WillieB, should we also prosecute Pew Research, Gallup, and all the other polls that confirm the outcome of the last two national elections? Democratic dominance. Dwindling number of Republicans.
House, Senate, and President. Only a fool would blame that on ACORN.
KURGT
May 26th, 2009
12:43 pm
SHE had her rulings reversed by the supremes. 3 of those times it was because she got the law wrong
caz1158
May 26th, 2009
12:44 pm
MM@10:25am – Yeah I agree,”BABY KILLERS” has always been a term of endearment for the Democratic Party! Boy that’s something to hang your hat on.
Normal
May 26th, 2009
12:44 pm
Georgia/Florida’
You had better read my 11:24 entry again, because I fear you have
a reading comprehention disability.
TnGelding
May 26th, 2009
12:45 pm
Well, I’m sure she will make a fine member of the court, but I would have preferred someone of known stature, like Mario Cuomo. He’s still young by the court’s standards.
ARE YOU FREAKIN CRAZY!!!
May 26th, 2009
12:47 pm
So is Teddie K for that matter!!!!
Midori
May 26th, 2009
12:48 pm
DaveR,
thank Goddess for that.
why so glum? at least Clarence “Slappy” Thomas will have some minority company.
KURGT
May 26th, 2009
12:48 pm
s ga dem – yes, bush wad incompetent 17 yrs ago.
Dave R
May 26th, 2009
12:50 pm
The difference is, Mrs. G, that her nomination was pulled because she wasn’t qualified. No chance for this one. She sail through regardless of her lack of qualifications.
Let’s hope she had a nanny she didn’t pay taxes for.
KURGT
May 26th, 2009
12:51 pm
too bad she is not gay, all bases would be covered for the left
ARE YOU FREAKIN CRAZY!!!
May 26th, 2009
12:52 pm
TGelding-my bad I thought you said “statue”
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
12:53 pm
Paul,
I’m such a loon – I wrote on the thread downstairs that I answered you on that thread thinking that I was on this thread, but I wasn’t (huh), so anyway, I answered you downstairs and then on the same thread told you that I answered you on that thread. See?
Paul
May 26th, 2009
12:55 pm
Bosch
I turned my monitor upside down and it made sense…
what beach?
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
12:56 pm
Paul,
Oh good.
The pretty beach with the waves!
Jake
May 26th, 2009
12:59 pm
I’m just going by the pictures and her Wiki bio, but her comment was clearly sexist and perhaps oddly racist. I say oddly in that it appears a white, Latina woman claimed she made better judgments than a white man. BTW, race has been misused about 100 times on this blog, Latina is an ehtnic distinction, not a racial one. She appears caucasian to me.
Sally Mae-B
May 26th, 2009
1:01 pm
Kurgt She might not be gay but P & B here fit the bill. You two need to get a room!!!
georgian by birth floridian because I'm lucky
May 26th, 2009
1:03 pm
Normal,
In your 11:24 you failed to address why she only chose to mention Latino Women and White Men and said that Latino women would be better.
She never elaborated on which issues so one is left to assume she is refferring to all issues.
It is obvious since you have not explained what she said but what it meant to you.
You went on to say how she was saying life experience helps, but agian I ask what does being Latino have to do with making a candidiate better than a white counterpart?
You still have not answered the question would you have a problem if the statement had been…. I feel that a White male with his experiences and life would make better and more accurate judgements than a Latino Woman who has not had those experiences.
Now is that racism because to me that is the definintion. There is a person of power (a judge) saying that the ethnic makeup of a person IS a determining factor in how well they would judge.
So I assume you agree that ones ethnic makeup does determine their abilities and weaknesses.
Wow it is obvious you are 62 and have formed your opinions and views in a much different less understanding time.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
1:05 pm
“The ubiquitous conservative attack on Judge Sonia Sotomayor stems from a statement she made at a conference at Duke University Law School in 2005, in which she described the role appellate justices have in forming policy.
“All of the legal defense funds out there, they are looking for people with court of appeals experience because the court of appeals is where policy is made,” she said, laughing a bit through the next part: “And I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don’t make law. I know. Okay, I know. I’m not promoting it. I’m not advocating it. I know. …..But for legal experts, there is nothing actually controversial to what Sotomayor said. Her political crime, if there were one in this case, was speaking the truth.
“She’s not wrong,” said Jeffrey Segal, a professor of law at Stony Brook University. “Of course they make policy… You can, on one hand, say Congress makes the law and the court interprets it. But on the other hand the law is not always clear. And in clarifying those laws, the courts make policy.”
Read the whole piece here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/where-policy-is-made-soto_n_207570.html
georgian by birth floridian because I'm lucky
May 26th, 2009
1:09 pm
So Mrs. Godzilla,
You are in favor of the court and the justices making law?
You do not see a need for checks and balances and that is not the balances listed for courts?
Are those acurate since you think she was right to say what she said?
My position is that I do not feel the judges should be in th ebusiness of making laws, as has been a practice in many courts for the last portion of years.
Pokeyr
May 26th, 2009
1:10 pm
Sounds like JB received his WH talking points.
georgian by birth floridian because I'm lucky
May 26th, 2009
1:11 pm
Also see how the professor you quoted was not willing to say they make law. As law and policy are 2 different things. Notice how he said policy yet the good judge saud law.
Words have power, and policy and law are not the same. Or torture would be legal, since it was a policy.
Normal
May 26th, 2009
1:14 pm
Enter your comments here
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
1:15 pm
You wingnuts do realize that you sound like we did back in the Myers confirmation days – except we were right.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
1:16 pm
Ooops! Should have added a healthy “hehehehehe” to my 1:15 (sorry mike).
mm
May 26th, 2009
1:17 pm
Midori,
Those talking points look eerily familiar to what the wingnuts have been posting on this thread.
Caz1158,
You are living proof as to why the Dems control the WH and Congress. Keep it up. The governors are next.
georgian by birth floridian because I'm lucky
May 26th, 2009
1:20 pm
Bosch, You win funniest and possibly most truthful statement of the day for that one.
How do you KNOW the wingnuts are wrong this time though, did you get a special ball from the sci-fi channel?
The more the parties and their followers claim to be different the more they show themselves to be the same.
Bud Wiser
May 26th, 2009
1:23 pm
Well, this certainly is no surprise. A far left wing activist judge, by her own words, that doesn’t even apparently have a good grasp on the law.
She has been overturned by the Supreme Court 4 times already, 3 of which she was the principle writer of the court’s opinion. In 3 of the 4 cases, she was overturned because SCOTUS said that her interpretation of the law was wrong.
She should be a good fit for Obowo.
Has anyone checked yet to see if she has paid her taxes? Or if she has illegals doing housework?
This one’s a stinker, and the fact that she was appointed by Bush 1 only validates the heredity lines.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
1:25 pm
georgian by birth….,
“How do you KNOW the wingnuts are wrong this time though, did you get a special ball from the sci-fi channel”
No, I got it straight from the Queen of Zook’s personal assistant himself – he came to visit this morning – really spooky guy on the outside, but once ya’ get a couple of bloody mary’s in ‘em he’s a riot!
Normal
May 26th, 2009
1:45 pm
Geeze Georgian/Floridian,
Get a grip. I go for lunch and is see your 1:03 entry.
Yes, the statement she made about her experiences verses a white male
and and your reversal of that statement of a white males experiences
verses a hispanic woman are BOTH correct. It is the perception of things colored by ones experiences that is the core of our debate.
The white male sees a certain problem and a hispanic female sees the
the same problem differently. Who is to say which one is correct?
Certainly not you or I.
This difference in perception is the main reason there are nine judges seated on the Supreme Court, and as others have said correctly,
the Supreme Court has the last say, so by definition, their interpretation becomes the law. That is why I, personally, like all
kinds of different thinkers in the court as possible, so that as the FINAL
check and balance process, every side of the decision to be will be
looked at and debated before ruled on.
And by the way, you keep bringing up that I lived in a more intolerant
time and that was true, but I, thank God for my Mom, was reaised
color blind. I was called a N—-r lover many times in my life and I
took great glee in drinking from the “Colored Only” water fountains.
Jim Crow was not how it should have been and certainly was unconstitutional and I liked to point it out. So I take umbrage that
you imply that I was racist. People are people and we are all from the
same race…The Human Race. The sooner we get over this race/sex/
religion/sexual orientation BS, the better off we will be as people and
a nation.
gog
May 26th, 2009
1:51 pm
so all you libs out there that like the idea of the court making law will be satisfied when cali prop 8 is upheld
hryder
May 26th, 2009
1:54 pm
The greatest thing of which I am aware is that the nominee actually realizes that people will receive the same presentation, but arrive at different conclusions due to the bias conceived or developed over the totality of their life’s experiences. This is no excuse for saying that black is orange or that such and such might have occured. The law is to be based on facts not ideas, rumors, or suppositions of what could be or should be, but what actually exists or did take place. If she presents this truthfully as her view, confirmation should be easily confirmed. Several previous nominees were not confirmed when stating this view, one was, the others were “Borked”, as they were not of the same political affiliation as the majority of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
1:54 pm
georgian etc….
no dear.
here is how a law is made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ
“Legislating from the bench” or “activist judge” are just silly phrases often used by folks who are unhappy that the Judges on that bench do not agree with their particular point of view. It’s been grossly overused and is now kind of a “that’s your sign” moment….for the majority of Americans.
Now, do I believe in SCOTUS interpreting and applying law? why certainly.
FYI, I see where right winger Mark Halperin says Judge Sotomayor is a “near lock” not just for confirmation, but for an “easy” confirmation.
Y’all should accept this and use your energy to get the GOP’s act together.
S GA dem
May 26th, 2009
1:54 pm
Bravo, Normal – BRAVO! Well said
Jake
May 26th, 2009
1:56 pm
So basically she’s an affirmative action nominee who is in favor of affirmative action. Fancy that.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
1:56 pm
Perhaps, the last line would have been better stated….
Conserve your energy….
Paul
May 26th, 2009
1:59 pm
Hello Mrs Godzilla!
From watching the video it’s pretty apparent (to me, anyways) that it was one of those ‘wink, wink, nudge, nudge, we don’t really do that (smiles)’ comments.
It would be, I imagine, the same as if one got a bunch of television news execs or print media execs together and one of them says “now we all know our media is completely unbiased (rolls eyes) and all we do is report the news (big grin) and we don’t slant it one way or the other (starts laughing).
Too bad she didn’t have the fortitude to make the observation in a public forum. But at least she made it. Which is why I posted earlier I’d like to hear her answers to questions on the role of the judiciary, esp. in relation to the legislative branch.
And wait for her honest reply, not what she has to say to minimize the firestorm before she gets confirmed (wink wink nudge nudge).
Jake
May 26th, 2009
2:00 pm
Mrs. G – Then please explain how the death penalty became illegal in the 70’s. Clearly the Founders of the Constitution didn’t intend the death penalty to be ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment because they practiced the death penalty. What they meant was the truly heinous stuff like drawing and quartering and waterboarding, etc.
hryder
May 26th, 2009
2:01 pm
Another thing is: Why do so many people have what amounts to a true hatred of Jews. When asked why, I have never received a logical, factual presentation. What I have always heard is and can be easily refuted.
Jay roolz Andy and RB
May 26th, 2009
2:12 pm
Nothing could possibly be funnier than the Harriet Meiers nomination, not even redneck or dusty….
Jay roolz Andy and RB
May 26th, 2009
2:15 pm
Ain’t it great to have a super majority????
Acworth Man
May 26th, 2009
2:18 pm
Why is no one on this site talking about her thoughts on gun control in that the 2nd admendment does not apply to states and cities. Which means that a state and/or cities have the right to ban guns of any kind.
Does that sound like someone you really want in our highest court?
Just wondering.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
2:23 pm
Paul
Is your statement, “Too bad she didn’t have the fortitude to make the observation in a public forum.” a wink, wink, nudge, nudge slam?
2005 Duke University Law Forum actually sounds like it was kinda’ sorta’ public doesn’t it? I suspect she was not speaking to an empty room…. Where would you have preferred a Judge make that kind of statement four years before she was being considered for a big promotion?
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
2:23 pm
What, Mz Godzie?
An activist judge is just someone who does not agree with your opinions?
Then liberal Democrat must have all been “activists” because they hated George W. Bush because he won the election and was not a Democrat. For eight years Democrats actively disagreed with anything Bush promoted.
You alone, Mz Godzie, posted as IN THE NEWS with dozens of cut’n'paste items every day from DNC against Bush. You are an “activist” and we know for what and whom. There was no “open mind” whatsoever.
If Ms. Sodomayor becomes a Supreme Court Justice, I hope she will not encounter the hate similar to what Bush received. That was and is an unAmerican activity harmful to everyone.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
2:24 pm
Mrs. G.,
Dang, I thought it was the School House Rock “I’m just a Bill” song. That’s how I know how a law is made.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
2:29 pm
Dusty,
“An activist judge is just someone who does not agree with your opinions?”
Yeah! Dusty finally gets it!!! There is hope!!!
Damn those activitst judges in California.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
2:33 pm
If bosch agrees with me I’ve posted something all wrong. My reputation is shot to pieces.
Paul
May 26th, 2009
2:38 pm
Mrs. Godzilla
My point was she was addressing an issue many ‘know’ but few come out and say.
The forum was not one of those ‘hey, I’m here, can I come in?’ public forums, as her comment about ’shouldn’t say that ’cause wait, are there cameras?” indicates.
And yes, I would find it refreshing if people – justices, SEC, Congressmen, Treasury, whomever, said what they thought without an eye on ‘the next big promotion.’
So I guess we can accept some judges think about the outcome they want then look for precedent to support (one of the things I remember from a HIGH SCHOOL government class), be they liberal or conservative; that some media is liberal, some conservative; well, we can accept that, whether or not the practitioners say so or not in public, eh?
Oh, just before I left on my trip Bill Maher was on Leno. Leno said he could tell Bush/Cheney jokes and Republicans would laugh, but if he told jokes about Obama or liberals to liberals, they would frown. Leno asked Maher if he thought conservatives had a sense of humor but liberals wouldn’t laugh at themselves.
Maher replied “yes, I do” and called them “Limiting Liberals.”
There you have it -
RW-(the original)
May 26th, 2009
2:40 pm
Bosch,
There were never any confirmation hearings for Meirs and it wasn’t because the moonbats went nuts it was because we wingnuts did.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
2:41 pm
yes Dusty
Liberals are activists…..in fact they were more “activist” in 2008
than they had been in year….and can you figure out what they were successfully active for?
You seem to think activism is like ebola….a big “ewwww”. Does that mean instead of being an activist you are actually a couch-potato-ist?
Please dear, we have had enough of do nothing, we want ACTIVE.
Judge Sotomayor is unlikely to get treated as Bush did, unless she were to go all “couch potato-ist” on us and let us get hit with the largest terrorist attack on American soil allowing 3500 plus to die.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
2:43 pm
yae, Paul
wink wink nudge nudge
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
2:44 pm
Mrs. G.,
I love it! Couch-potato-ist. My new word of the day. Damn those activist judges in California.
Normal
May 26th, 2009
2:44 pm
Hryder,
On you 2:01 post, let me say this, I don’t know why either, but I
do know that if President Obama had been able to nominate King Solomon
to the Supreme Court, the Political Right, would blow a fuse because
he wasn’t Christian enough. After all, didn’t he threaten to cut a baby
in half? God save us from activist judges! ;>)
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
2:49 pm
Bosch
Couch potato-ist is a bit awkward…..let’s try “Slug Judge” of “Slug
Legislator”….
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
2:52 pm
Mrs. G.,
Yeah too many syllables – get’s your tongue tied – and you know how us lazy liberals are (even though I worked almost 24 hours straight this weekend on a project) we don’t like to be bothered with too much talk.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
2:54 pm
This is my sixth try at getting a comment posted. I will try again.
Yes, Mx. Godzie, your type of activism is called propaganda. Untrue statements posted as fact. Just like your last post filled with Bush hate. You wrote”[as Bush]..let us get hit with the largest terrorist attack on American soil allowing 3500 plus to die.”
That is no more true than saying you are a great friend of Osama din Laden and that is why you do not mention terrorists who struck us on 9/11. The blame it all on Pres. Bush. That is the opposite of the truth, better known as a lie.
clyde
May 26th, 2009
2:58 pm
Justice Sotomayer said her rulings would be different than those of a white male and she is correct.She has been regarded as a centrist,but some of the rulings I’ve read don’t show that.It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules on the New Haven firefighters.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:01 pm
Everytime I mention b-o-s-c-h in a post, I get “filtered” out. Is b-o-s-c-h a bad word now?
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:03 pm
Or maybe it was “booboo”? Just checking…
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:06 pm
Or maybe it was bosch and booboo together?? They do seem synonymous.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
3:11 pm
Dusty,
I think you have to capitalize my name for it to go through.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:12 pm
bosch has a project? I hope he finished his model airplane.
Adittohead
May 26th, 2009
3:12 pm
Conservative values of her parents enabled her to be educated. Bookman does not mention one thing that would qualify her for the U.S, Supreme Court..,Like all liberal, she believes in judicial activism… writing LAW from the bench…
Normal
May 26th, 2009
3:12 pm
Miz G,
for what it’s worth, let ‘em laugh, I for one, agree with all you
have said today.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
3:13 pm
yes, dusty
wink wink nudge nudge….
propaganda, wink wink nudge nudge
whatever you choose to believe you will.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
3:13 pm
Dusty,
Nope I didn’t finish that model airplane, but I did work on a project that brought in lots of cash for the Bosch family to go on vacation in a couple of days! Yeahhhhh!!!!!!! The Bosches are headed for the beach on Thursday!!!!!
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
3:14 pm
” head
and do all conservatives believe in judicial slugism?
Kamchak
May 26th, 2009
3:14 pm
Paul
Do you quote Maher because you consider him the prototypical liberal? I find him to be the prototypical opportunist comedian that shifts with change. His show “Politically Incorrect” created an industry from perceived bias. In his 1995 book “The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education”, John Wilson describes his experiences gaining degrees during the late 80’s and early 90’s and found: “The myth of political correctness has become accepted as gospel when describing the state of American universities.”
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
3:15 pm
Thanks, Normal.
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
3:19 pm
Enter your comments here
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
3:21 pm
Wait a minute…..I didn’t type that or spazz out and hit my submit button by accident at 3:19 – I smell a conspiracy going on.
First Dusty’s posts that have my name in them won’t go through, and now my name mysteriously appear at 3:19 – when I didn’t do that.
Hmmmmm……
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:24 pm
Whoopee, Bosch, I hope you have a good time. Love that beach! Sand in the toes, waves slapping ya around, beach plovers doing their little races and seashells all pretty. And…getting all blistered. Wear your sunscreen lavishly and your safety belt on the surf board. Ahhh..the beach!
Bosch
May 26th, 2009
3:30 pm
Dusty,
Thanks! I’m excited. We haven’t been anywhere in about 19 months. We got some respite care for the old folks and we’re hittin’ the road!!! I will wear lots of sunscreen and wiggle my toes in the sand. I even like it when the little fish that hang out in the shallow surf nibble at your toes. Ya’ know? People pay big bucks now a days to have fish eat the dead skin off their feet in them fancy salons.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:30 pm
Bosch..it’s those “activists” at work! Better watch it. They’ll filter you into the first beach bum conservative.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:35 pm
B-o-s-c-h, these f-i-l-t-e-r-s don’t like y-o-u. I just lost another post.
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
3:39 pm
I give up. No more playing here today. B-o-s-c-h, glad you are getting your feet cleaned. Better to do it every 19 months or so. Have fun.
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
3:42 pm
Quote of the day on this subject from Kevin Drum….
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“but Obama, as usual, is looking a few moves ahead and understands that a shrieking meltdown from the usual suspects will mostly help the liberal cause: the American public already thinks the conservative rump running the Republican Party is crazy, after all, and this will help cast that feeling in stone. Most normal people think empathy is a good thing, not a code word for the dictatorship of the proletariat.”
Dusty
May 26th, 2009
4:01 pm
Dear Mz Godzie,
“Normal”@ 3:12 only likes your posts because he, too, likes stilletto heels.
nudge nudge wink wink
I see you still like to cut’n'paste. Can’t drop the old habits, huh?
Bye now. Gotta get busy with the empathy, the sympathy and the geocentrophy for those proletariats…Who’d a thought it???
Mrs. Godzilla
May 26th, 2009
4:10 pm
Dusty
If information is useful and available to post, why is cut n paste so offensive to you? I most certainly have changed some old habits,
I respectfully use your correct name now…..
And yes, I would never have thought you could handle empathy, sympathy and geocentropy.
Pogo
May 26th, 2009
4:17 pm
You libs aren’t insulted by Midori’s racist “Slappy” comment about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? The lack of your outrage means your credibility is like, none. So is yours Jay for allowing that nitwit to say something like that. This blog, with its repetitive “Wingnut” comments and daily liberal diatribes fostered by you is incredibly boring. Jay, you better pick a new format for your blog before this thing self-implodes. This type thing won’t float you in “The Show”, if you know what I mean. The non-thinking lizards on here are liking watching the same old movie over and over and over again. Same thing. We all know the lines. Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah. And you ain’t much different Jaybird.
Greg Mendel
May 26th, 2009
4:41 pm
So, the wingnuts don’t like Sotomayor. I’m not surprised, but who would they prefer? Cotton Mather? Torquemada? Roland Fleischer? Clarence Scalia II?
Greg Mendel
May 26th, 2009
4:44 pm
“The non-thinking lizards on here are liking watching the same old movie over and over and over again.” — Pogo
Well said, Pogo!
Jack
May 26th, 2009
5:04 pm
Well done Obama, she is the real deal and part of the change most real Americans voted for.
N.J,
May 26th, 2009
5:09 pm
Pllttt. Some of the most famous and best jurists of Islamic Andalusia were….women:
Fatimah bint Ahmed bin Yahia was a knowledgeable scholar deducing legal rulings, and her husband, Imam al-Motahhar, used to consult her about the difficulties he ever encounter in some issues and about the lessons he prepares for his students.
In the Islamic Maghreb, Fatimah al-Fihria built al-Qarawyeen Mosque in Fes, in the third century Hegira. Shortly after that, the mosque became the first Islamic university in the world. She was a virtuous generous scholar, and so was her sister, Maryam, who built al-Andalus mosque in Fes, too. One of the most famous transmitters of the Prophet’s tradition (Mouhaddiths) in Andalusia was Um al-Hassan bint Soulaiman, who narrated after the Andalusia Mouhaddith Baqy Ibn Mukhallad, through listening and reading. She went to pilgrimage and met al-Hijaz scholars taking from them jurisprudence and knowledge of the Prophet’s sayings. She went back to Andalusia before she observed pilgri-mage for a second time, and died in Makkah-al-Mukarramah.
Fact is that most Americans are totally unaware that in the Islamic world, women had more rights than women in America until about 90 years ago. And that most of the current status of women in the Islamic world came from copying what they learned from Europeans as they came into contact with them.
The Muslims gave the west mathematics, musical instruments, musical notations, modern medicine, the various pure sciences, and we gave them various forms of bigotry.
For every one of those quotes about women in the Quran, you can find ten similar quotes in the Bible. In fact most of the quotes in the Quran about women occur in portions where the biblical stories are being retold.
Most of the most famous scholars of the Islamic Golden age, people like Averroes, got their ideas from the women scholars, jurists, doctors, and poets who taught them. Of course as a qadi (judge) Averroes (his arab name was Ibn Rushd) gave many legal judgements in which he asserted that women were the equal of men in all arenas, both at peace and war.
Historical accounts from Muslim Spain list 70 women Quran copyists and calligraphers during the period of a single caliph.
One of the most famous, Walladah bint Mustakfi (d. 1091). Despite the decline of the caliphate, Walladah styled herself as the reigning debutante of Córdoba, hosting exclusive salons for poets, musicians and artists. She challenged certain upper class social conventions such as veiling.
Walladah possessed an irrepressible spirit, symbolized by her public love affair with the virtuoso poet, Ibn Zaydun. Her confident nature was clearly evidenced by the words stitched on her sleeve: “I am, by God, fit for high positions.”
http://www.islamicspain.tv/Andalusi-Society/WomenofAl-Andalus.htm
Basically most of the ideas with regard to the veil, were not Islamic, but were copied by the Muslims as they started spreading out into areas controlled by Christians. Wealthy Byzantine women wore veils so that the hoi polloi couldnt look at them and the Muslims tended to copy the traditions and habits and fads of the wealthy in the areas they took over from the Byzantines. The veil was basically an Eastern Roman empire idea, picked up by the Muslims. Most of the worse ideas that exist in Islam today were picked up from contact with the west. The current anti-jewish anti Semitism among Arabs and Muslims did not exist until the mid 19th Century, when the French brought it with them to their colonial holdings in places like Lebanon, Syria, and North Africa. Before this of course, the medieval Jewish Golden age occured in the Islamic world, and it was to the Islamic world that Eurpean Jews tended to try to escape to during various pograms and persecutions that went on in Europe. Most of the greatest of jewish philosophy written in the middle ages were not written in Hebrew, but in Arabic. As were all of the works of Moses Maimonides, who rose to become the physician of the Islamic Caliph.
Bud Wiser
May 26th, 2009
5:16 pm
Whoever was bleating about the judges in Californikation earlier, the panel that overturned the gay marriage blockage via prop 8 was the Cal Supreme court. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, also in San Fransickeningfreako, is probably the most activist bench in the country.
They must all have bank accounts in the Bahamas.