Kook?

(Let the games begin.)

Note to Senate security-
If it looks like a hippie, it's going to act like a hippie.

we sure have our whackos, too

code pinkos are no fun either

Oooh, also in Spanish.

Oh great, like that side of the abortion debate needs any more wackos. Where are you at this hour, Buckley, America hath need of thee!

Not the way for anyone to get their point across.

You cannot gain respect for your position, if you are unable to respect the decorum of others.

I really hate it when idiots are on the same side of an issue as I am.

"settled law."

re: #3 quiet man

we sure have our whackos, too

code pinkos are no fun either

There is a time and place for everything. The confirmation hearing of a SCOTUS nominee isn't the place to agitate. Just because the congress shows us little respect doesn't mean we need to return the favor during Sotomayor's hearing.

Theocrat anti-abortion activist Randall Terry issued a statement that any politicians who vote in favor of Sotomayor will have “blood on their hands.”

Somebody please get the hook for this guy. Please. I'm begging here.

re: #2 livefreeor die

Note to Senate security-
If it looks like a hippie, it's going to act like a hippie.

Problem is, this last guy (15 or so minutes ago) was white, middle aged, clean shaven and in a suit and tie

America is a different kind of place...the guy will be on Ophra Winfrey soon

Hint to Capitol Security:

Wearing a red polo shirt and a pony tail...

There are signs.

re: #9 capitalist piglet

so true.

as for the govcops..
The pony tail made him look like a liberal..But the Polo shirt should have given him away

re: #12 DaddyG

Hint to Capitol Security:

There are signs.

Profiler!

re: #14 Buck

did you misspell that?

got your l and f mixed up

re: #10 sattv4u2

Problem is, this last guy (15 or so minutes ago) was white, middle aged, clean shaven and in a suit and tie

They should have tazed him. Bro.
/

re: #14 Buck

Profiler!

Coiffurist!

re: #16 KenJen

They should have tazed him. Bro.
/

while waterboarding him!

re: #16 KenJen
A testicular taze might not have worked...

Gee, maybe the anti-abortion "kooks" are taking a page from the environmental "kooks", the feminist "kooks", the anti-war "kooks". If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

These hearings are nothing but a circus, why not throw in some clowns?

This kind of thing is ridiculous, these people are not helping their cause. It almost makes you wonder who's side they are really on?

re: #15 quiet man

did you misspell that?

got your l and f mixed up

That is funny, but no... I meant that he would allow PROFILING. But you noticed something I didn't...

re: #20 brainsample

well, the lifestyle is rather beckoning and seductive...

/sarc

Anyone starting to miss "Code Pink"? BTW, where is Cindy Sheehan these days? She's been awfully quiet since she got her head handed to her in the November election.

Fitting pusnishment: Cut off the guy's pony tail and dip him in camel urine.

re: #26 calcajun
Momma Moonbat disappeared after threatening Nanci Pelosi

re: #18 sattv4u2

while waterboarding him!

Taze and braise? A new cooking technique for the Food Network.

re: #27 HelloDare
Tell him we are doing this for the children, right?

re: #27 HelloDare

Fitting pusnishment: Cut off the guy's pony tail and dip him in camel urine.

Why? Does he have cancer?

re: #31 Mad Al-Jaffee

a mental cancer seemed to have eaten his self control and moral judgement

poor bastard

IF I YELL I AM TAKEN SERIOUSLY!/

Seriously?

Here comes the nunchuk issue. Feingold's grilling her on the 2nd amendment.

The whole Roe vs Wade deal is such a losing proposition for the Republicans. This should not be a major plank in their political platform. If a family is anti-abortion, they have the duty and right to teach their children to behave accordingly. If they attend a church, synagogue, or mosque that preaches this message, by all means they should worship in the place of their choice, but don't preach to everyone else. If the Republicans continue to make this a MAIN issue, they'll continue to do poorly with many Blacks and a lot of Jews. If the Repubs could peel off 10% of each of those two voting blocks, the party will make a huge comeback. But if they continue to pander to the religious right on the abortion issue, they will be screwed.

re: #26 calcajun

Anyone starting to miss "Code Pink"? BTW, where is Cindy Sheehan these days? She's been awfully quiet since she got her head handed to her in the November election.

If you look at the results, she actually did well compared to the other candidates aside from pelosi. Cindy beat the Republican

With all precincts reporting, preliminary election results showed House Speaker Pelosi with 72 percent of the vote. Sheehan, who appeared on the ballot as an independent, garnered 17 percent support.

Republican Dana Walsh received 9 percent of the vote and Libertarian Philip Berg received 2 percent.

re: #28 quiet man

Are we talking about "Leave the car. Take the cannoli" disappear or just fading into well-earned obscurity?

She said she would interpret any 2nd amendment cases "in the context of relevant state law."

re: #33 Iron Fist She faded...but like a very old salami, I am betting she makes her presence known again..

re: #38 calcajun

Mama is divorced..so hard to tell who she is sleeping with.

mixed responses there.

Attention anti abortion loons... Please form your own party. Your stain on the GOP is a large reason we have Barak Obama in office who is currently giving our entire economic system to Goldman Sachs, GE and China...

re: #41 quiet man

Huh? Non sequitur there. That was a reference to "The Godfather".

re: #45 calcajun I got that...tho I was thinking Sopranos..

re: #39 Iron Fist

T-ball, more like.

re: #44 ointmentfly
You know, in a way, they have formed their own party..they are single issue voters for the most part.

re: #2 livefreeor die

Note to Senate security-
If it looks like a hippie, it's going to act like a hippie.

That's profiling.

/Says the conservative with better and longer hair than Fabio.

re: #49 CyanSnowHawk

On your head??

re: #36 _RememberTonyC

re: #43 Iron Fist

It's even stranger than that. I sit and talk to my black freinds, co-workers and aquantances and on EVERY single issue, taken individually, they are by and large conservative Yet when they hit the voting booths they overwhelmingly and reflexively vote liberal

immediately shipped off to the Gulag, no doubt

Senate is rich?
House is a fair?
We like to hear our own sound,
blowing hot air.
Confirm the clowns.

Who made that hiss?
They don't approve?
One who protests all around,
living to lose.
Where are the clowns?
confirm the clowns.

Just when I'd stopped voting for whores,
Finally knowing the one we elected; a jerk,
Expecting nominees to be the worst of the worst,
But his last picks,
No worse for wear.

Don't you love farce?
My fault I fear.
The only kooks that I see ranting.
Snuck in the rear.
But where are the clowns?
Quick, confirm the clowns.
Don't bother, they're here.

Aren't they all rich?
Legislature,
Pontificating this late
In the hearing?
And where are the clowns?
confirm the clowns.
Well, for 4 more years.

re: #52 Spartacus50

What gulag? Come on man, let's not exaggerate here.

re: #53 Iron Fist
if she is fibbing, she can always say she just meant the *free* states...
not the other continental 48..(or 55 to an obamatron)

re: #43 Iron Fist

It is interesting that blacks vote that way. If you look at raw numbers abortion is almost at a genocide level in the black community. I guess they vote for it because they use it, but you'd think the black churches (such a huge mover in the Civil Rights movement) would say something on the issue.

I haven't done a ton of research on the issue, so I'm basically going by my own gut with regard to the Black community and the issue of abortion. But it stands to reason that if a group partakes of a certain right (like abortion) in large numbers, then it logically follows that many in the community want to continue to have that right. As for the Jews, I can speak from more familiarity. Every Jewish female I know has much in common with Repubs, but ALL of them are pro choice. And that issue is so important to them that it prevents them from pulling the lever for Republican candidates.

Seems to me if Jane Roe was still pro-abortion and showed up to protest a pro-life nominee she'd have been treated as a conquering heroine by the media.

Alas, she's no longer useful.

re: #40 Charles

She said she would interpret any 2nd amendment cases "in the context of relevant state law."

eh -
Is she supposed to?
Or is she saying she will look to see if the relevant state law is constitutional?

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

(Paraphrasing Feingold's question.)

I am a common rural folk!!

My God, the All-Star game is on tonight and we're talking about this !

What the hell is wrong with you people ?

/shiny things

I am common folk!

Not rural, though.

re: #61 Charles

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

Ask her what she thinks of Honcos.

re: #61 Charles

Common rural folk? Oy, Sotomayor, how about the rest of us?!

re: #53 Iron Fist

Which is a degree of State's Rights supremacy we haven't seen argued since basically the Civil War, where such issues were pretty solidly settled. We are seeing some relevent move towards that on the Right, though, right now so it will be interesting to watch what she does. I believe Texas and Idaho are working on passing laws that basically invalidate all Federal gun laws in their state.

She's basically said she's OK with that. Well, if she's OK with it, I guess I'm in. All I need to do is get Tennessee to do the same, and I can by that M-249 SAW I've wanted since I was 15.

Montana passed the Firearms Freedom Act that basically says if a firearm is produced in Montana for use in Montana by citizens of Montana, the feds can't regulate them.

[Link: data.opi.mt.gov...]

re: #60 reine.de.tout

eh -
Is she supposed to?
Or is she saying she will look to see if the relevant state law is constitutional?

It was a long complicated question -- that was the end of it. I'm sure there'll be a video clip of it soon.

ot/
Wow...a day off...better half working in his shop...both kids fell asleep
I don't know how to act = )

re: #67 davinvalkri

No empathy for you!

Like the empathy nazi

re: #53 Iron Fist

HOLD THE WALLS!

Image: m249.JPG

Honco bad
Rural common folk good

re: #36 _RememberTonyC

I have serious doubts as to whether the abortion issue has much to do with how blacks vote. Haven't seen any polls on the question, my evidence is strictly anecdotal.

re: #61 Charles

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

like Feingold is to her gardener?

re: #50 quiet man

On your head??

Nobody would accuse me, of Norwegian descent, of having tribbles under my arms.

re: #61 Charles

Hey Russ, the idea isn't to be empathetic to anyone. It's to be a fair and impartial jurist.

Nice to see that he understands the role of the US Supreme Court though. /

re: #71 quiet man

No empathy for you!

Like the empathy nazi

Or the empathy commissar. Probably a slightly better fit. Even though it loses the Seinfeld reference.

I'm common urban folk, but just a short drive and I can be rural.

re: #26 calcajun

Anyone starting to miss "Code Pink"? BTW, where is Cindy Sheehan these days? She's been awfully quiet since she got her head handed to her in the November election.

They are waiting for their cut of the stimulus package.

re: #63 Iron Fist

I've seen the same thing with black friends and acquaintences. I'd understand it if the Democrats had been, say, the antislavery party in the Civil War, but they were the pro-slavery party. The same is true during the Civil Rights era. All of the major anti-deseggregation figures were Democrats. When they cry "Selma", they conviently forget Bull Connor was a Democrat.

I really do not get it.

there are several things at work here. Roe vs Wade is a big one. The media's portrayal of Republicans as "anti minority" is another. And in the case of the Jewish community, the pandering by the Republicans to the very conservative Christian groups (that means you, Mike Huckabee) gives them pause.

re: #56 davinvalkri

What gulag? Come on man, let's not exaggerate here.

we know it as Michigan; the end result of liberalism

We are all commoners

re: #77 Kenneth
People of the dirt..best represented by that classic move the grapes of wrath...(or maybe Carnivale

There are no common rural folk, just like there is no such thing as abortion without consequence.

LGF'ers span the entire range of beliefs on this issue, but it will never go away.

re: #61 Charles

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

"Well Senator, I watched the movie Hoosiers like three times, and I loved Hee Haw."

re: #73 albusteve

HOLD THE WALLS!

[Link: www.cqbarms.com...]

Mmmm, 250 round belt magazine, easy change barrel, one mad minute or less. YMMV :)

Canadian special forces ops in Afstan

OTTAWA – Canada's elite special forces soldiers have been launching raids on enemy compounds to directly target insurgents making roadside bombs, the main killer of coalition troops in Afghanistan, the Toronto Star has learned.

Using intelligence gathered by Canadian spies on the ground in the troubled country, soldiers with Joint Task Force 2 and the special forces regiment are actively involved in going after the networks that produce the improvised explosive devices.

"The whole (Canadian Forces) is conscious of where their casualties are coming from and they've turned to a major effort to address it," Kenny said in an interview.

The elite troops have been working with agents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who are also in the country, to help identify the locations where the bombs are made – and then launch operations to wipe them out.

I can hear Jack Layton reflexively whining already,

re: #61 Charles

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

She actually SAID "common rural folk"?

The condescending little *%$�!

The "common rural folk" can take care of themselves thank you very much. They don't need the "empathy" of the Supreme Court. What they need is for the government to get out of their pockets and off of their backs!

re: #89 _RememberTonyC

"Well Senator, I watched the movie Hoosiers like three times, and I loved Hee Haw."

How many teeth ya got?

How horribly condescending..."common rural folk" wtf?

Most of this stuff doesn't even register on my indignant-o-meter, but that just drips with snobbery...and who says we "common rural folk" need or want "empathy"?

re: #61 Charles

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

Perhaps she will type in ALL CAPS for her rulings.
/

Feingold asked her how she could be empathetic to people who live in rural areas, since she lives in New York City. It was basically an opportunity for her to hype herself.

re: #76 Flyers1974

I have serious doubts as to whether the abortion issue has much to do with how blacks vote. Haven't seen any polls on the question, my evidence is strictly anecdotal.

and so is mine, but I tried to explain it in terms of not losing a right that many are used to having.

These hearings only show how many fine abortion opportunities were missed a few decades ago.

re: #89 _RememberTonyC

Can you image watching Hee Haw in spanish??

the mind reels

re: #92 CIA Reject

She actually SAID "common rural folk"?

The condescending little *%$&#!

The "common rural folk" can take care of themselves thank you very much. They don't need the "empathy" of the Supreme Court. What they need is for the government to get out of their pockets and off of their backs!

Uh no, actually -- that was my paraphrase of Feingold's question. He did use the word "rural."

re: #98 Annar

These hearings only show how many fine abortion opportunities were missed a few decades ago.

that kind sucks imo

Feingold represents Wisconsin. He is talking about people like my parents, I guess...but they wouldn't have wanted her empathy. They would have just wanted what we're all entitled to - equal justice under the law.

re: #101 Charles

Damn!! would have been major!

laughs

re: #61 Charles

Heh. Feingold just tossed her the world's softest softball: "Explain to us how you would be empathetic to the common rural folk."

Criminy--why didn't he just ask her what she thought of the serfs or the peons in fly-over country? How about, "Don't you pity the poor rubes?"

Methinks someone's been in Washington too long.

Common rural folks. That's not unlike what was brought up several days ago: backwoods folks. Or, as Obama once said,

You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them... So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

re: #63 Iron Fist

I've seen the same thing with black friends and acquaintences. I'd understand it if the Democrats had been, say, the antislavery party in the Civil War, but they were the pro-slavery party. The same is true during the Civil Rights era. All of the major anti-deseggregation figures were Democrats. When they cry "Selma", they conviently forget Bull Connor was a Democrat.

I really do not get it.

Those Democrats had little or nothing in common with liberals. Republicans sided with southern Democrats regarding much of the civil rights legislation. LBJ famously said with respect to the civil rights legislation, something to the effect that the Democrats can now forget the south for a generation. And he was right, although since that time other factors have kept the Democrats from being competitive in the south, i.e., religion and guns.

re: #101 Charles

Uh no, actually -- that was my paraphrase of Feingold's question. He did use the word "rural."

Oh... Well my righteous indignation stands anyway! :-)

re: #53 Iron Fist

Which is a degree of State's Rights supremacy we haven't seen argued since basically the Civil War, where such issues were pretty solidly settled. We are seeing some relevent move towards that on the Right, though, right now so it will be interesting to watch what she does. I believe Texas and Idaho are working on passing laws that basically invalidate all Federal gun laws in their state.

She's basically said she's OK with that. Well, if she's OK with it, I guess I'm in. All I need to do is get Tennessee to do the same, and I can by that M-249 SAW I've wanted since I was 15.

Gun laws always seem to spawn some cool new thing. The necked down .416 Barrett comes to mind. Ban the 50 BMG and the .416 rises from the ashes. Pols that make gun laws never cease to amaze me with their total ignorance of gun owners and manufactures. Give us a law to `work around` and we`ll give you an improved version of the banned weapon or cartridge.

re: #108 CIA Reject
Lucky..mine slumped big time.

re: #93 debutaunt

How many teeth ya got?

ha. that reminds me of a really old joke:

Q: What has 32 legs and 53 teeth?
A: The front row of a Willie Nelson concert.

(Apologies to fans of WIllie)

re: #96 Charles

Feingold asked her how she could be empathetic to people who live in rural areas, since she lives in New York City. It was basically an opportunity for her to hype herself.

Empathetic?

Whoops, I replied above as though it were "Emphatic".

The question makes more sense with empathetic.

re: #112 Iron Fist

Oh, they are a sweet piece of kit. Fired and carried one on several occasions. It replaced our C2 up here which was a pig to carry and only fired 30 round mags. Some of the older ones tended to jam a lot.

Remember Tony C - I disagree that making Roe a plank on a platform is a mistake. Polls show that the majority of Americans support the right to abortion, but also support strong restrictions. The Democrats pay lip service to the notion of limiting abortion and cry crocodile tears about it when the cameras are running, but their policy is full-throttle access to abortion, anytime, anywhere.

Second, as legal precedent, Roe is a disaster. This is a legislative issue, not a judicial one. Until it's hashed out in the state legislatures and Congress, the extremists on both ends of the issue will be the only ones who are heard.

Finally, if you think the GOP will survive or thrive without the support of social conservatives, good luck.

So it is not the heart of the wise Latina woman. It must be her brain.

re: #99 quiet man

Can you image watching Hee Haw in spanish??

the mind reels

Univision's programming department is working on it as we speak.

re: #111 _RememberTonyC

ha. that reminds me of a really old joke:

Q: What has 32 legs and 53 teeth?
A: The front row of a Willie Nelson concert.

(Apologies to fans of WIllie)

you bad. lol.

re: #108 CIA Reject

Oh... Well my righteous indignation stands anyway! :-)

See a doctor immediately if it does so for more than 4 hours.
/

I have actually been impressed with Sonia Sotomayer's answers today. She does come across very intelligent. However, she does seem to have some nervous habits with her hands. I guess I would too if my future depended on the inane questions she is getting from both sides of the aisle.

They was looking back to see,
and she was looking back to see,
and her supporters were looking back to see
if she had scrubbed away all the camel pee..

re: #109 latingent

Gun laws always seem to spawn some cool new thing. The necked down .416 Barrett comes to mind. Ban the 50 BMG and the .416 rises from the ashes. Pols that make gun laws never cease to amaze me with their total ignorance of gun owners and manufactures. Give us a law to `work around` and we`ll give you an improved version of the banned weapon or cartridge.

Evolution?

re: #119 CyanSnowHawk

See a doctor immediately if it does so for more than 4 hours.
/

:-)

re: #120 Big Steve

I have actually been impressed with Sonia Sotomayer's answers today. She does come across very intelligent. However, she does seem to have some nervous habits with her hands. I guess I would too if my future depended on the inane questions she is getting from both sides of the aisle.

making imaginary tortillas...that's cool

re: #106 Gus 802

That's one thing I never get about the Lefty elitists. They hate the notion of people living in rural communities, but then in the very next breath they're decrying the conditions in the slum complexes in the major cities like Chicago, etc.
Where the hell are we supposed to live?

On a different note Bernie Madoff just moved into my region, a federal prison in Butner NC. Hope he enjoys himself.

re: #3 quiet man

we sure have our whackos, too

code pinkos are no fun either

They're not my whackos.

Mine usually get hysterical about gun rights.

re: #124 albusteve

making imaginary tortillas...that's cool

backing away from that comment...slowly...

Polo shirt!? gasp!... pony tail!?! don't taz me brother! ///

Just your typical lunch time drive by posting.

So from what she has said, can we determine whether Sotomayer sees "justice" in the process of the law or in its results?

re: #116 HelloDare

So it is not the heart of the wise Latina woman. It must be her brain.

Not unlike Sigmund Freud, Heinz Kohut, or Carl Jung. Empathy provides the evidence that we are indeed dealing with "the brain here."

Liberal pop-psychology 101 sez: use the word "empathy" often. If given the chance, combine it with another buzz word from the 1980s such "eclectic." You can create impressive phrasing such as: "I am eclectic in my empathy toward other human beings."

//

Sounds like Kyl is setting her up for a later question.

Truthfully kind of nice to see some kooks from there other side for once. Tired of Code Pink, Acorn, Greenpeace etc. Why should they have all the fun making fools of themselves. Nice to see the Dems on the other end of the stupidity for once. Just pop the popcorn and kick back.

re: #115 brainsample

Remember Tony C - I disagree that making Roe a plank on a platform is a mistake. Polls show that the majority of Americans support the right to abortion, but also support strong restrictions. The Democrats pay lip service to the notion of limiting abortion and cry crocodile tears about it when the cameras are running, but their policy is full-throttle access to abortion, anytime, anywhere.

Second, as legal precedent, Roe is a disaster. This is a legislative issue, not a judicial one. Until it's hashed out in the state legislatures and Congress, the extremists on both ends of the issue will be the only ones who are heard.

Finally, if you think the GOP will survive or thrive without the support of social conservatives, good luck.

if the GOP thrives with anti-abortion nuts, religious loonies, ans right wing race wackos it will thrive without me, that for sure

I haven't a clue about Sotomayor. At the moment, I couldn't care if I tried.

A sharp lesson: when stuff goes severely wrong, things you should care about go by the wayside.

I am not a happy camper. Excuse me.

re: #115 brainsample

Finally, if you think the GOP will survive or thrive without the support of social conservatives, good luck.

The problem is NOT surviving or thrive without the social conservatives, it's expanding BEYOND them, and as long as the polulace beleives that the GOP is run BY them, they will never attract the numbers needed

re: #134 Dianna

Thats when you need them most...

re: #135 sattv4u2

To say nothing of driving those of us who simply are not social conservatives away.

re: #127 Big Steve

backing away from that comment...slowly...

you have not lived until you have eaten home made tortillas...a delicacy where I come from...it's a compliment

re: #135 sattv4u2

Finally, if you think the GOP will survive or thrive without the support of social conservatives, good luck.

The problem is NOT surviving or thrive without the social conservatives, it's expanding BEYOND them, and as long as the polulace beleives that the GOP is run BY them, they will never attract the numbers needed

much better said

re: #140 taxfreekiller
Just random dots in fly over country

re: #115 brainsample

Remember Tony C - I disagree that making Roe a plank on a platform is a mistake. Polls show that the majority of Americans support the right to abortion, but also support strong restrictions. The Democrats pay lip service to the notion of limiting abortion and cry crocodile tears about it when the cameras are running, but their policy is full-throttle access to abortion, anytime, anywhere.

Second, as legal precedent, Roe is a disaster. This is a legislative issue, not a judicial one. Until it's hashed out in the state legislatures and Congress, the extremists on both ends of the issue will be the only ones who are heard.

Finally, if you think the GOP will survive or thrive without the support of social conservatives, good luck.

social conservatives should live their lives according to their morals and beliefs. they should not dictate their black and white belief that "abortion is murder" and expect those of us who are pro choice to feel great about it. If someone has an abortion in the first month or two of pregnancy, I do not feel it is murder. As for late term abortions, I do feel they are immoral unless the Mom's life is at stake. And I would never go along with the use of late term abortions as a form of birth control. But this issue is so divisive that if the Repubs retain it as a primary plank, all they'll be left with are the extreme social conservatives. And if that is all they have as their voting block, they ain't winning many national elections. This is just my opinion, but success in politics requires compromise. And the militant pro lifers by their very nature are not into compromise. And the Republican party panders to them at its own peril.

re: #139 albusteve

you have not lived until you have eaten home made tortillas...a delicacy where I come from...it's a compliment

Rarely have a chance to do that, but I do drop by the Mission Tortilla demonstration kitchen at Disney's California Adventure when I get a chance. They give you a fresh one out of the oven as you pass by and they are quite good.

Common Rural Folk = White People.

Giving her the opportunity to be equal...opportunity.

re: #145 Ben Hur
You got that right.

I missed that one

re: #141 albusteve

much better said

Thanks.. every so often I get two of my remaining brain cells to work in concert

re: #125 Lincolntf

That's one thing I never get about the Lefty elitists. They hate the notion of people living in rural communities, but then in the very next breath they're decrying the conditions in the slum complexes in the major cities like Chicago, etc.
Where the hell are we supposed to live?

On a different note Bernie Madoff just moved into my region, a federal prison in Butner NC. Hope he enjoys himself.

Here's a bigger paradox--the same people who praise the noble savage in contrast with us planet destroying moderns, then turn around and mock people in small towns, hicks and rednecks.
Hmm, maybe they just don't like Americans?

re: #125 Lincolntf

That's one thing I never get about the Lefty elitists. They hate the notion of people living in rural communities, but then in the very next breath they're decrying the conditions in the slum complexes in the major cities like Chicago, etc.
Where the hell are we supposed to live?

On a different note Bernie Madoff just moved into my region, a federal prison in Butner NC. Hope he enjoys himself.

What do you think of Sarah Palin's remark regarding small towns being "real America?"

re: #143 _RememberTonyC

What the "abortion is murder" folks forget, is that even murder (the killing of another human being) isn't completely banned in this country...there are always exceptions

re: #101 Charles

Russ needs to look at a frakking map of the US Second Circuit.

Upstate New York is rural outside the Big 5 cities (Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Utica) and among the poorest areas of the US . Vermont isn't exactly urban either. So, even though she's lived and worked in the NYC metro area, she's had cases from those areas.

You are right that it was a lameass attempt to give her a softball.

My problem watching this hearing is that I keep dozing off during the long questions full of meandering digressions and self-aggrandizing statements...

re: #116 HelloDare

So it is not the heart of the wise Latina woman. It must be her brain.

Or maybe her courage. There's no place like home.

Remember Tony C - I disagree that making Roe a plank on a platform is a mistake. Polls show that the majority of Americans support the right to abortion, but also support strong restrictions. The Democrats pay lip service to the notion of limiting abortion and cry crocodile tears about it when the cameras are running, but their policy is full-throttle access to abortion, anytime, anywhere.

Second, as legal precedent, Roe is a disaster. This is a legislative issue, not a judicial one. Until it's hashed out in the state legislatures and Congress, the extremists on both ends of the issue will be the only ones who are heard.

Finally, if you think the GOP will survive or thrive without the support of social conservatives, good luck.

Yes exactly, we have extremists, the Democrats have extremists, except the news media refers to lefty loons as "moderates".

OT - Why is congress shocked to find out the CIA was trying to kill terrorist? I kind of thought that was the whole plan, and it was so elemementary Nancy Pelosi wouldn't need to be briefed on it. I knew about it.OT - Why is congress shocked to find out the CIA was trying to kill terrorist? I kind of thought that was the whole plan, and it was so elemementary Nancy Pelosi wouldn't need to be briefed on it. I knew about it.

re: #40 Charles

She said she would interpret any 2nd amendment cases "in the context of relevant state law."

The Court protects free speech and other first amendment rights from the states, but do the exact opposite for the second amendment. Shouldn't every one of rights be treated equally? Especially by the Supreme Court.

"Precisely. We apply law to facts, not emotions."
- Judge Sotomayor

How embarrassing and demeaning these moronic political questions would be for an eminent jurist.

re: #140 taxfreekiller

On rural folk.

these D.C. wimps have no need of us, until they get the U.S.A. in a
shooting war to the death,,,

then, they draft us,

f'n pus---'s

I can't ding that up enough.

re: #150 srb1976

What the "abortion is murder" folks forget, is that even murder (the killing of another human being) isn't completely banned in this country...there are always exceptions

And many of them were AOK with Dr George Tiller's actual murder. Go figure!

re: #152 Charles

Might I suggest the following as a no-doze:

Common Judge answer the key part of the question...which is..."a better decision"...

Does this Randall Terry guy really advocate theocracy? I admit, I don't really know a whole lot about him and his organization.

re: #143 _RememberTonyC

Hogwash. The R party compromises plenty re: abortion--see the confirmation of Ginsberg for example. Further, more people identify as pro-life than pro-choice in America right now, though it is pretty equal, it isn't the killer issue you make it out to be. And the Republicans were winning plenty of national elections until the war and then the economy turned people off, largely due to media obfuscation.

re: #152 Charles

My problem watching this hearing is that I keep dozing off during the long questions full of meandering digressions and self-aggrandizing statements...

zzz,,, ahh ,, huh ,, wha,,???!?!

re: #152 Charles

yes..I am sleeping thru it all, too..

re: #158 _RememberTonyC

And many of them were AOK with Dr George Tiller's actual murder. Go figure!

They didn't consider him innocent, as they do the unborn.

re: #152 Charles

Occupational hazard of Senate hearings.

OT but there was a big work accident in Lebanon.
Hizbullah Weapons Depot Explodes in Lebanon

Lebanese and Israeli sources confirmed Tuesday afternoon that a series of explosions that rocked the border area earlier in the day took place at a Hizbullah terrorist weapons depot.

The storehouse, located near the Lebanese village of Khirbet Salim, some 20 kilometers from Israel's northern border, was filled with Katyusha rockets, automatic rifles and ammunition.

To think of all the babies that won't get their milk tonight.
///
But may Hisballah have many more such bangs.

re: #40 Charles

She said she would interpret any 2nd amendment cases "in the context of relevant state law."

Gosh. Why does that smell like a weasely way of saying "I think the 2nd Amendement means squat, and I'll be happy to let states and cities ban all the guns they want."

This did not get reported in the mainstream media, but "Jane Roe" AKA Norma McCorvey was arrested yesterday at the Wise Latina's kabuki theaterconfirmation hearing.

Irony. Jane Roe is now anti-abortion.

re: #150 srb1976

As Dick Thornburgh advised Ali G, murder is by definition illegal. Homicide is a different story. From an earlier thread today.

re: #166 CyanSnowHawk

They didn't consider him innocent, as they do the unborn.

if "abortion is murder," isn't murder also murder?

re: #149 Flyers1974

I think she's right. Not that cities aren't full of "real Americans", too, but there's something intrinsically American about the small town and it's traditions. Besides, the small towns could live without the cities, but the cities need the small towns. Can't raise very much grain or cattle in Los Angeles.

re: #161 patrickafir

Does this Randall Terry guy really advocate theocracy? I admit, I don't really know a whole lot about him and his organization.

Google him, and hold onto your hat!

re: #168 Kosh's Shadow

Yes, those milk plants and hospitals there are really really dangerous places

re: #168 Kosh's Shadow

OT but there was a big work accident in Lebanon.
Hizbullah Weapons Depot Explodes in Lebanon

To think of all the babies that won't get their milk tonight.
///
But may Hisballah have many more such bangs.

What's Arabic for whoops?

So basically she said that she did not believe in what she said in her speech.

Why didn't Kyl just ask her if she would, today, make the same "wise Latina" statement. And if not, what has changed?

re: #168 Kosh's Shadow

OT but there was a big work accident in Lebanon.
Hizbullah Weapons Depot Explodes in Lebanon

To think of all the babies that won't get their milk tonight.
///
But may Hisballah have many more such bangs.

Mossadyladyda

re: #53 Iron Fist

Which is a degree of State's Rights supremacy we haven't seen argued since basically the Civil War,

Bingo.

And this despite the MUCH more explicit wording of the 2nd Amendment in that regard.

Double standard? Naaah.

re: #176 CyanSnowHawk

What's Arabic for whoops?

Inshallah

Kyl is grandstanding like a muh.

re: #176 CyanSnowHawk
I think it is
"Obooma"

re: #21 KingKenrod

These hearings are nothing but a circus, why not throw in some clowns?

And Senators want respect? You want respect! How about respecting us? Our children and grandchildren? The Constitution?

Pompous, self-serving, arrogant hypocrites.

/rant off.

re: #152 Charles

My problem watching this hearing is that I keep dozing off during the long questions full of meandering digressions and self-aggrandizing statements...

If there is one thing a senator likes, it's being heard.
I think they missed the concept that the point is the nominee being heard.

But then, since the outcome is a foregone conclusion, it'd be nice if some republicans used the opportunity to clearly and succintly make the case for judicial restraint.

Bad manners at a minimum.

'Again Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) banged his gavel, shouting, “You are guests of the Senate! Everybody here is the guest of the Senate. Judge Sotomayor deserves the respect to be heard. The senators have the respect to be heard.”'

But then sometimes I wonder when the people get the respect they deserve to be heard?

re: #172 _RememberTonyC

if "abortion is murder," isn't murder also murder?

One would think so. Do those that approve of the Doctors killing think it is murder?

re: #169 Occasional Reader

Amendement

Pardon my French.
/

Our live feed from the Senate is running about 5 seconds ahead of Fox News, BTW.

re: #163 nikis-knight

Hogwash. The R party compromises plenty re: abortion--see the confirmation of Ginsberg for example. Further, more people identify as pro-life than pro-choice in America right now, though it is pretty equal, it isn't the killer issue you make it out to be. And the Republicans were winning plenty of national elections until the war and then the economy turned people off, largely due to media obfuscation.

I agree with what I highlighted. Also, I don't understand how Republicans can win presidential elections without the christian right.

Kyl didn't even let her finish answering his first question.

Sorry, this was lame and unproductive when Code Pink did it, it is just as bad on the right.

re: #181 Charles

Kyl is grandstanding like a muh.

Joe B was the King of Pomp...it's never gonna be the same again no matter who tries to out muh him

re: #152 Charles

My problem watching this hearing is that I keep dozing off during the long questions full of meandering digressions and self-aggrandizing statements...

Well, clearly you've never been to Senator school.

Meandering Digressions 101: An in-depth discussion on how to find the most circuitous route to the simplest of points. Extra credit given for each presentation that takes over thirty-four minutes to describe a stick.

Self-Aggrandizement Seminar. A group session designed to hone the ability of incoming senators to make themselves the center of attention in any social or work environment. Final exam includes the requirement to work your own (real or perceived) accomplishments into a presentation on the contributions of Mother Teresa.

;-)

My problem with any of these hearings anymore is that any nominee with an active brain cell left knows how to answer any question to hide any agenda they may or may not have. Sonia's words, and her past deeds come nowhere near consistency. Once confirmed, she will be somewhere to the left of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That's tough to do. I hope Obama doesn't get to nominate any more.

re: #183 Bobibutu

And Senators want respect? You want respect! How about respecting us? Our children and grandchildren? The Constitution?

Pompous, self-serving, arrogant hypocrites.

/rant off.

How can you respect a group who include Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Harry Reid, or Chuck Schumer among their members? I mean seriously.

re: #163 nikis-knight

Hogwash. The R party compromises plenty re: abortion--see the confirmation of Ginsberg for example. Further, more people identify as pro-life than pro-choice in America right now, though it is pretty equal, it isn't the killer issue you make it out to be. And the Republicans were winning plenty of national elections until the war and then the economy turned people off, largely due to media obfuscation.

Hogwash? The voters the Repubs lost in 2008 were largely their own. THEY were the ones who voted with their wallets. The votes they lost because of the war were relatively few. The anti war vote was always the "left of center" crowd. Do you know any female Jews who vote for Republicans? There are a handful, but there would be MANY more if the abortion issue was de-emphasized. I do agree with you about the media. It is in the tank for the Dems and itsr performance is an absolute disgrace.

re: #193 albusteve

Joe B was the King of Pomp...it's never gonna be the same again no matter who tries to out muh him

Wait... I thought I heard somewhere that the king of pomp died!?!

/

re: #107 Flyers1974

Those Democrats had little or nothing in common with liberals. Republicans sided with southern Democrats regarding much of the civil rights legislation. LBJ famously said with respect to the civil rights legislation, something to the effect that the Democrats can now forget the south for a generation. And he was right, although since that time other factors have kept the Democrats from being competitive in the south, i.e., religion and guns.

I'm calling BS on this.

The Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act would have never passed without Republican support, and LBJ acknowledged such. A majority of Republicans voted for these pieces of legislation, and a majority of Dems voted against. The filibusters were by Dems, as well.

Your taxes are paying for that live feed up there, folks. Working pretty well, too.

re: #188 Charles

Our live feed from the Senate is running about 5 seconds ahead of Fox News, BTW.

Got the 'swear catcher' running apparently. Those Senators are not to be trusted.

/Could the FCC fine Fox for an unfiltered swear word if uttered by a Senator? Seems like a conflict of interest.

re: #152 Charles

CNN yesterday showed a picture of Sotomayor's two nephews (both slumped over and sleeping) in their chairs...really funny, and about sums it up...link here.

re: #193 albusteve

Joe B was the King of Pomp...it's never gonna be the same again no matter who tries to out muh him

I thought Joe B was the king of poop.

re: #198 nikis-knight

Wait... I thought I heard somewhere that the king of pomp died!?!

/

booted upstairs?

re: #35 Charles

Here comes the nunchuk issue.

It would be SO cool if the entire hearing suddenly exploded into a nunchuk-intensive battle royale.

re: #202 J.S.

Poor kids. I imagine they were thrilled for the first five minutes, then...

re: #186 CyanSnowHawk

One would think so. Do those that approve of the Doctors killing think it is murder?

if they don't think it's murder, they have a "curious" sense of what our justice system is all about.

re: #168 Kosh's Shadow

OT but there was a big work accident in Lebanon.
Hizbullah Weapons Depot Explodes in Lebanon

To think of all the babies that won't get their milk tonight.
///
But may Hisballah have many more such bangs.

Once again, solid confirmation that UNIFIL failed to do its job of disarming Hizbullah. And how Israel remains at risk of attack by Hizbullah.

re: #177 HelloDare

Frankly, I wish they'd wrap the whole thing up. It's a foregone conclusion anyway. I'm eager to get this "moderate" Judge onto the SC and count how many times during her tenure she sides with Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, etc.
I'm guessing one hand will be sufficient to the task, no matter how long she serves.

re: #173 Lincolntf

I think she's right. Not that cities aren't full of "real Americans", too, but there's something intrinsically American about the small town and it's traditions. Besides, the small towns could live without the cities, but the cities need the small towns. Can't raise very much grain or cattle in Los Angeles.

If a revolution happens, I'll eat my neighbors. Aside from that though, I think the Urban v. Country dislike is an extension of the Democrat v. Liberal battle. In other words, but for politics, there isn't really much hatred between the two, its artificially manufactured. In my opinion at least.

re: #152 Charles

My problem watching this hearing is that I keep dozing off during the long questions full of meandering digressions and self-aggrandizing statements...

Just be thankful Biden's not around for this.

Zzzz_zzz ... huh! wha! Oh, a ten minute break. Right in time for some pundits to start yakking.

re: #197 _RememberTonyC

Hogwash? The voters the Repubs lost in 2008 were largely their own. THEY were the ones who voted with their wallets. The votes they lost because of the war were relatively few. The anti war vote was always the "left of center" crowd. Do you know any female Jews who vote for Republicans? There are a handful, but there would be MANY more if the abortion issue was de-emphasized. I do agree with you about the media. It is in the tank for the Dems and itsr performance is an absolute disgrace.

I paid a fair amount of attention to this campaign, and other than Obama's Illinois born-alive infant protection act nay vote, there was very little, if any, emphasis on abortion that I saw. I don't think it could be de-emphasized much.

And anyway, the war cost R's seats in '06 not '08, is what I meant, along with corruption and spending. Wow, we sure fixed those problems by voting in democrats, huh?

re: #205 Occasional Reader

It would be SO cool if the entire hearing suddenly exploded into a nunchuk-intensive battle royale.

I'd pay big money to see that.

re: #205 Occasional Reader

It would be SO cool if the entire hearing suddenly exploded into a nunchuk-intensive battle royale.

"You have offended the honor of my nominee. And you have offended... the Shaolin Temple."

[gong sound signals beginning of fight scene]

re: #26 calcajun

Anyone starting to miss "Code Pink"? BTW, where is Cindy Sheehan these days? She's been awfully quiet since she got her head handed to her in the November election.

Unfortunately, she is still around and apparently is going to grace us with a talk here in Norfolk (wish she was still camping in a ditch in Texas).

re: #214 Charles

I'd pay big money to see that.

Anything to relieve the tedium!

If the nominee was a white male, would it be OK to remark that he is one ugly porker to have to look at all day long?

re: #210 Flyers1974

If a revolution happens, I'll eat my neighbors. Aside from that though, I think the Urban v. Country dislike is an extension of the Democrat v. Liberal battle. In other words, but for politics, there isn't really much hatred between the two, its artificially manufactured. In my opinion at least.

No really all of the country folks love to carry the tax burden the cities place on everyone. I'm sure every farmer in Michigan loves paying to fix the mess Kwami Kilpatrick made in Detroit. And here in MA all of the people in Central and Western MA really love picking up the tab for Boston and everyone driving through the Big Dig.

re: #218 Spare O'Lake

If it were Barney Frank, yes.

I watched the hearings this morning while I was getting ready for work, and I still can't get that shade of red that she's wearing out of my head *shudder*

Abortion is murder!

I though "Fur was murder"? Silly me.

(I do believe it is infanticide, BTW--abortion, not fur.)

re: #176 CyanSnowHawk

What's Arabic for whoops?

Inshallah?

re: #219 buzzsawmonkey

Shao-Lynne Temple was Shirley's younger sister, right?

Of course. And who can forget Shirley's own martial arts flicks... volumes I and II of Kill Bojangles Bill?

She's done a really good job answering what I think is a distorted issue, the "wise Latina" kerfuffle. Kyl just came off like a complete boob, hectoring her, then refusing to let her finish her answer.

re: #219 buzzsawmonkey

Shao-Lynne Temple was Shirley's younger sister, right?

Oh gosh, I know we discuss naming a fair bit here, but that so sounds like some too-cute manufactured trendy name I'd hear about these days.

re: #220 soxfan4life

No really all of the country folks love to carry the tax burden the cities place on everyone. I'm sure every farmer in Michigan loves paying to fix the mess Kwami Kilpatrick made in Detroit. And here in MA all of the people in Central and Western MA really love picking up the tab for Boston and everyone driving through the Big Dig.

CA...the greatest tax rape of all time...probably bring down their constitution

I'd like to see a Senator lean forward and ask the question

"Who run Bartertown?"

re: #199 Son of the Black Dog

Again, those Democrats had nothing in common with liberals or today's Democrats. Until this day, many southern states are Democratic on the local level - but those people are not liberal in any sense of the word. Remember Nixon's southern strategy. And LBJ had to bust some serious balls to get non-liberals to vote for the civil rights legislation. That's why LBJ was more effective than JFK - he understood power and its use.

re: #196 soxfan4life

How can you respect a group who include Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Harry Reid, or Chuck Schumer among their members? I mean seriously.

That's what made the end of Animal House so funny, when it said Blutarsky became a senator.
How could he stoop to their level?

re: #213 nikis-knight

I paid a fair amount of attention to this campaign, and other than Obama's Illinois born-alive infant protection act nay vote, there was very little, if any, emphasis on abortion that I saw. I don't think it could be de-emphasized much.

And anyway, the war cost R's seats in '06 not '08, is what I meant, along with corruption and spending. Wow, we sure fixed those problems by voting in democrats, huh?

Hey, I voted for McCain so I have been able to set aside the Roe vs Wade issue. In my mind, national security, the war on terror, and the economy are far more important than Roe vs Wade. But you, me, and the others on this board are far more informed and thoughtful than 90% of voters. When it comes to the masses, the "in your face" issues (many trumpeted unfairly in the media) are the difference makers. And perhaps the biggest is Pro Life/Pro Choice. Even if it was de-emphasized in the last election, it is still the elephant in the room for many people.

re: #21 KingKenrod

These hearings are nothing but a circus, why not throw in some clowns?

The clowns were there: Leahy, Durbin, Feinstein, etc.

re: #214 Charles

I'd pay big money to see that.

Sounds like your advocating violence. I am going to have to report that...

re: #224 BlueCanuck

I thought that was "Shit happens". Silly me.

re: #237 JustABill

Sounds like your advocating violence. I am going to have to report that...

LGF are ANARCHISTS!

Kos/DU

Question: is there anyone here who supports Sotomayor?

re: #235 buzzsawmonkey

Given Bluto's "when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor" reference, his sense of history would fit right into that august body.

I once used that speech as a monologue for an audition. Got the part.

re: #233 taxfreekiller

These are the ones who under fund the Native American Reservation health care system.

You too are going to be rationed your health care by these 100 lazy ass
drones soon. Just keep in mind, on the U.S.A. Obama reservation, say after July 1 to Dec. 31, the funds will not be there, they will only fund enough for about 1/2 of the real need. The rest, "pork projects in W.V."
for the Robert Byrd bird bath.

The Robert Byrd school for kleagles, exalted cyclops and other hatemongerers.

re: #240 Athens Runaway

Question: is there anyone here who supports Sotomayor?

PRESENT!

Sorry folks ... I have to hit the road soon. Thanks for the lively conversation!

re: #215 Occasional Reader

"You have offended the honor of my nominee. And you have offended... the Shaolin Temple."

[gong sound signals beginning of fight scene]

Study the moon, not the finger.

Or you will miss all the heavenly gwowy.

re: #238 calcajun

I thought that was "Shit happens". Silly me.

Trust me, it covers a multitude of attitudes. And it is an attitude.

re: #245 Ben Hur

Study the moon, not the finger.

Or you will miss all the heavenly gwowy.

Tongan Ninja, very good

re: #238 calcajun

I thought that was "Shit happens". Silly me.

That's the title of the Egyptian Army's report on the Six Day War.

re: #234 _RememberTonyC

Hey, I voted for McCain so I have been able to set aside the Roe vs Wade issue. In my mind, national security, the war on terror, and the economy are far more important than Roe vs Wade. But you, me, and the others on this board are far more informed and thoughtful than 90% of voters. When it comes to the masses, the "in your face" issues (many trumpeted unfairly in the media) are the difference makers. And perhaps the biggest is Pro Life/Pro Choice. Even if it was de-emphasized in the last election, it is still the elephant in the room for many people.

The thing about elephants in the room is, they aren't talked about, emphatically or otherwise. So it sounds like you want pro-life positions not just pushed aside but actually renounced? I don't think I could vote dem for awhile, but in that case I'd have a good excuse to just stay home.

Anyway, this sounds kind of like how everyone knew Sarah Palin was a book-burning creationist theocrat, even if it wasn't so.

re: #26 calcajun

Anyone starting to miss "Code Pink"? BTW, where is Cindy Sheehan these days? She's been awfully quiet since she got her head handed to her in the November election.

I believe she's now Al Franken's legislative assistant.

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That's the title of the Egyptian Army's report on the Six Day War.

Along with a request for surface to aircraft missiles?

re: #250 buzzsawmonkey

"Don't let the bad be the enemy of the downright horrible", eh?

re: #227 Charles

Charles, this is political theater. It is the Civics equivalent of professional wrestling. If there are people who really doubt the outcome, more fool them. These are politicians who are going through the motions and playing to their fans/constituents.

Sorry to sound jaded, but Kyl's not an idiot; he's just playing one for today.

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That's the title of the Egyptian Army's report on the Six Day War.

Nonsense. The so-called "Six-Day War" was a glorious victory for Arab arms. Just check any Arab history book if you don't believe me. And that's why Israel doesn't exist today. Although, somehow, they still manage to cause every problem in the Arab world.

re: #247 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Tongan Ninja, very good

Enter the Dragon.

Not to be confused with Fwaming Dwagon.

re: #240 Athens Runaway

She would not, in my view, appreciably alter the ideological disposition of the court, considering that she is slated to replace Justice Souter. They both appear to be (roughly) equally moderate to me. Such a lack of substantial change is about the best that conservatives can hope for from an Obama administration nominee.

/That was a pun. Hope? Change? Get it?

re: #253 Athens Runaway

"Don't let the bad be the enemy of the downright horrible", eh?

Or as my Daddy used to say "Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't know". 0bama could have picked much worse, and he will have no problem getting whomever he nominates seated.

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That's the title of the Egyptian Army's report on the Six Day War.

I just cannot imagine Nasser sitting there, reading the report and going, "Oh. bother."

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That's the title of the Egyptian Army's report on the Six Day War.

they breached the Suez...that was something

re: #240 Athens Runaway

Question: is there anyone here who supports Sotomayor?

I think she should be given a fair hearing, sans filibuster, but almost certainly voted against.
But then, as the nominee in question points out, since judges make so much policy I have no problem advocating voting against them due to disagreements in philosophy--even if their philosophy is numerically "mainstream." Of course, I don't have a vote in the matter and I don't think Ms Boxer shares my concerns, so whatever.

re: #248 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That's the title of the Egyptian Army's report on the Six Day War.

Now now.

Egypt won.

Just like everybody but us won the Cold War.

re: #28 quiet man

Momma Moonbat disappeared after threatening Nanci Pelosi

Yeah, she's now resting peacefully in Pelosi's backyard freezer.

OT: Rape-aXe! The first anti-rape condom for women [Link: www.antirape.co.za...]

Tiny violin time... (note the bullshit propaganda stuck into the story)

Keeping Gaza's Food Traditions Alive, Gazans can only access a fraction of the supplies they need to make traditional dishes. Still, they try.

Palestinian cuisine is as varied as the land, which ranges from the lush green valleys of the north to the desert dunes of the south. As 80 percent of Gaza's population are refugees displaced in 1948*, within Gaza one finds food traditions from every part of Palestine. A lot of the foods, especially those found in restaurants (hummus, ful, mutabbal, mejaddra) are common throughout the Levant. Nonetheless, a specifically Gazan cuisine does persist, distinct from other Palestinian or Levantine cuisines in its generous use of hot peppers, cumin, and dill, and sour fruits like pomegranite, tamarind and plums.

*That would mean that at least 80% of the population is over 61 years old, which is of course, not true at all.

re: #263 Ben Hur

Now if Al-Qaeda would just "win" the War on Terror, we'd be all set.

re: #215 Occasional Reader

re: #207 _RememberTonyC

if they don't think it's murder, they have a "curious" sense of what our justice system is all about.

If they approve of the killing, I believe that can be assumed.