White Male Rage Over Sotomayor

Here's the entire comment, in context, that Sonia Sotomayor made during a lecture at UC Berkeley that has White Male NeoCon Right Wingnuts rolling around on the floor and foaming at the mouth over:

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure Justice O'Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes that line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life

Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society. Until 1972, no Supreme Court case ever upheld the claim of a woman in a gender discrimination case. I, like Professor Carter, believe that we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group. Many are so capable. As Judge Cedarbaum pointed out to me, nine white men on the Supreme Court in the past have done so on many occasions and on many issues including Brown. -Sonia Sotomayor

When read in context, it is clear that Sotomayor's comment is about the reality that different people have different life experiences. Diversity of opinion is good for the court. A judge's background can make a difference. In fact, her comment is the opposite of racism. She is saying that she hopes a Latina would make wise decisions, just like the previous white males did.

Drug addicted gas bag Rush Limbaugh has labeled her a "reverse racist." He says "He(Obama) just wants one of his own on the court to do his dirty work, from the highest court in the land, and she fits the bill." "Obama is the greatest example of a reverse racist, and now he has appointed one."

Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, Glenn Beck, Michael Steele, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, have all expressed their outrage over the Sotomayor comment. And at this blog in my previous post, I received numerous vile comments, some that we published, most that we rejected, from foaming at the mouth hysterical anonymous commenters gone bonkers. G. Gordon Liddy has said "let's hope the key conferences aren't when she is menstruating or something, or just before she is going to menstruate." Ex Congressman Tom Tancredo has referred to Sotomayor as the ring leader of the Latino's version of the KKK.

FACT: All but four of the 110 Supreme Court justices in our nation’s history have been white men.

Twist and shout all you want, connected white guys, your privileged days of exclusive and unchallenged power are over.

White Male Rage Over Sotomayor

Here's the entire comment, in context, that Sonia Sotomayor made during a lecture at UC Berkeley that has White Male NeoCon Right Wingnuts rolling around on the floor and foaming at the mouth over:

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure Justice O'Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes that line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life

Let us not forget that wise men like Oliver Wendell Holmes and Justice Cardozo voted on cases which upheld both sex and race discrimination in our society. Until 1972, no Supreme Court case ever upheld the claim of a woman in a gender discrimination case. I, like Professor Carter, believe that we should not be so myopic as to believe that others of different experiences or backgrounds are incapable of understanding the values and needs of people from a different group. Many are so capable. As Judge Cedarbaum pointed out to me, nine white men on the Supreme Court in the past have done so on many occasions and on many issues including Brown. -Sonia Sotomayor

When read in context, it is clear that Sotomayor's comment is about the reality that different people have different life experiences. Diversity of opinion is good for the court. A judge's background can make a difference. In fact, her comment is the opposite of racism. She is saying that she hopes a Latina would make wise decisions, just like the previous white males did.

Drug addicted gas bag Rush Limbaugh has labeled her a "reverse racist." He says "He(Obama) just wants one of his own on the court to do his dirty work, from the highest court in the land, and she fits the bill." "Obama is the greatest example of a reverse racist, and now he has appointed one."

Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, Glenn Beck, Michael Steele, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, have all expressed their outrage over the Sotomayor comment. And at this blog in my previous post, I received numerous vile comments, some that we published, most that we rejected, from foaming at the mouth hysterical anonymous commenters gone bonkers. G. Gordon Liddy has said "let's hope the key conferences aren't when she is menstruating or something, or just before she is going to menstruate." Ex Congressman Tom Tancredo has referred to Sotomayor as the ring leader of the Latino's version of the KKK.

FACT: All but four of the 110 Supreme Court justices in our nation’s history have been white men.

Twist and shout all you want, connected white guys, your privileged days of exclusive and unchallenged power are over.

"News to Use" or Useless News?

Sometimes I wonder, do the blogs just serve as a complement to the mainstream media because bloggers are reacting to news stories, OR are the newspapers getting ideas for stories from the blogs? Maybe it's a little of both. I like to write about things that I am interested in. Sometimes I'll see a story in the newspaper and react to it.

When I asked the question about The Americus and wrote about the river front it almost seemed like The Morning Call was answering my questions in a series of follow-up reports. Even Bill White took a break from Movie Quotes and Dancin' With the Stars to write about The Americus at his blog. Coincidence? Maybe, or maybe they are reading the blogs to get a sense of what people are interested in so they can sell more papers. This makes sense because the news has become "give people the news THEY want" even if it's stories about puppies, celebrities, helpful hints and puffery rather than an objective reporting of the facts. WFMZ calls it "Your News" The MC calls it "News to Use." Actually most of it is useless news.

At a national level we have Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous who spent the entire first half of PA's Clinton -Obama debate NOT asking about Iraq, tax cuts, global warming, or No Child Left Behind. Instead they asked about Reverend Wright, bitter Pennsylvanians clinging to guns and religion, Hillary's Bosnia sniper story, Obama's link to a terrorist???? Is this what they think people wanna hear about?

I think it's a good thing that the bloggers raise issues that are important to people and the community and that there is a forum for a discussion of these issues. Maybe the blogs can be a catalyst for change. The world would be a scary place if we only had access to what the MSM has deemed as "your news" or "news to use."

What they are really saying is: "we'll turd polish anything you want into news if it raises our revenue."

"News to Use" or Useless News?

Sometimes I wonder, do the blogs just serve as a complement to the mainstream media because bloggers are reacting to news stories, OR are the newspapers getting ideas for stories from the blogs? Maybe it's a little of both. I like to write about things that I am interested in. Sometimes I'll see a story in the newspaper and react to it.

When I asked the question about The Americus and wrote about the river front it almost seemed like The Morning Call was answering my questions in a series of follow-up reports. Even Bill White took a break from Movie Quotes and Dancin' With the Stars to write about The Americus at his blog. Coincidence? Maybe, or maybe they are reading the blogs to get a sense of what people are interested in so they can sell more papers. This makes sense because the news has become "give people the news THEY want" even if it's stories about puppies, celebrities, helpful hints and puffery rather than an objective reporting of the facts. WFMZ calls it "Your News" The MC calls it "News to Use." Actually most of it is useless news.

At a national level we have Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous who spent the entire first half of PA's Clinton -Obama debate NOT asking about Iraq, tax cuts, global warming, or No Child Left Behind. Instead they asked about Reverend Wright, bitter Pennsylvanians clinging to guns and religion, Hillary's Bosnia sniper story, Obama's link to a terrorist???? Is this what they think people wanna hear about?

I think it's a good thing that the bloggers raise issues that are important to people and the community and that there is a forum for a discussion of these issues. Maybe the blogs can be a catalyst for change. The world would be a scary place if we only had access to what the MSM has deemed as "your news" or "news to use."

What they are really saying is: "we'll turd polish anything you want into news if it raises our revenue."