tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post6044543428016518526..comments2023-10-31T07:39:03.451-07:00Comments on Lobojo's Den: Anita Hill to the Supreme Court!drlobojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-17342479240442953152009-05-04T21:40:00.000-07:002009-05-04T21:40:00.000-07:00A plague on both their houses....damn straight bro...A plague on both their houses....damn straight bro.<br /><br />Wait wait, let's get the Health system built first though. I mean 92,000 death per year due to Doctor or Hospital induced infection need to stop, not to mention the estimated 300,000 who die from lack of health care all together.<br /><br />OK, after that...a plague!<br /><br />By the way as I type this the Republicans are say on TV that "Empathy" is a liberal code word for "Activist" for the SCOTUS nomination that has not yet been made. Empathy=Activist? They must have a strange thesaurus.<br /><br />Shit if they are going to screw with it anyway, APPOINT ANITA!drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-26993689722347785382009-05-04T05:56:00.000-07:002009-05-04T05:56:00.000-07:00I guess I think I didn't need to credential myself...I guess I think I didn't need to credential myself by pointing out Thomas's defects in order to complain about Hill. The reference to Nixon's Haysworth and Carswell nomination should have made it clear I wasn't being partisan. Just, as the Dr says, radically middle of the road (aka a plague on both their houses.)TStockmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429662359024503711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-26241550087139349232009-05-03T22:14:00.000-07:002009-05-03T22:14:00.000-07:00Hell, TS is the vice-president of the John Spruce ...Hell, TS is the vice-president of the John Spruce Society. He was expressing his right to be in the radical middle of the road. He probably thought I was too far left for a Society member.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-9734017395537043572009-05-03T14:11:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:11:00.000-07:00I agree with drlobojo.
It would be fun, though.
...I agree with drlobojo.<br /><br />It would be fun, though.<br /><br />TStockman, you are correct, of course. Rather than make the points you made, why didn't you say what you said later up front?Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-69918350781850192892009-05-03T10:39:00.000-07:002009-05-03T10:39:00.000-07:00An Aside Tirade:
I was the only person in the com...An Aside Tirade:<br /><br />I was the only person in the committee of 5o convened in D.C.to consider this and other changes for the 2000 census and OCR reports that voted against using Latino as a designation. One lone white guy voting against it mind you.<br /><br />"The term "Latino" was officially adopted in 1997 by the United States Government in the ethnonym "Hispanic or Latino", which replaced the single term "Hispanic": "Because regional usage of the terms differs -- Hispanic is commonly used in the eastern portion of the United States, whereas Latino is commonly used in the western portion.""<br /><br />In fact the are wrong. Hispanic as a self designating term has been used in the upper Rio Grande Valley of Texas and New Mexico for 400 years.<br /><br />Latino is a modern term that specifically denotes people from "Latin America" and is used mainly in Southern California. My Cuban friends cringe at its use.<br /><br />So I'm sticking to my guns on this even though defeated. Remember these are the same guys that for 20 years gave us "Spanish Surnamed" thus you couldn't count a 5th generation O'Brien from Mexico City as being "Spanish Surnamed" and they ended up being conglomerated with the Anglos.<br /><br />grump grump grumpdrlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-56292851128029751032009-05-03T10:21:00.000-07:002009-05-03T10:21:00.000-07:00For the record, I don't believe Anita will be nomi...For the record, I don't believe Anita will be nominated or would ever accept such. But her draw backs are not all that negative. The Common and pundit wisdom is that we need another woman and a Hispanic on the bench. that translates into a Hispanic woman (not a necessarily a Latina mind you).<br /><br />But the Court needs more than that. It needs diversity of not only ethnics and culture but Geography. We don't need Xerox copies of the qualifications that are already there. Why not someone from Oregon, Nevada, Montana, or Oklahoma. Some one from academia. Someone from a public institution, a state college or state university law school. How about an ACLU type or a Public Defender?<br />Put some of the "other America" on the Bench for a change.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-57079054821248205632009-05-03T10:20:00.000-07:002009-05-03T10:20:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-77611334034319968662009-05-03T09:47:00.000-07:002009-05-03T09:47:00.000-07:00Guys -
Your Thomas-hatred is blinding you to my ...Guys -<br /><br />Your Thomas-hatred is blinding you to my point, which is that Anita Hill has no qualifications for the bench - she is neither a distinguished scholar, nor a great litigator, nor an experienced judge. She would literally be a joke - on Thomas, if nothing else. i would concede that Thomas was unqualified, that he's the weakest of the justices on the bench, that his nomination was a cynical way to get a very conservative appointment and short-circuit the opposition with the race card; that his hearing were a farce, including lying and evading under oath. Yeah, all of that. What does that have to do with Hill?TStockmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429662359024503711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-39331184569401333952009-05-02T21:35:00.000-07:002009-05-02T21:35:00.000-07:00Well so Anita doesn't want the gig with Clarence s...Well so Anita doesn't want the gig with Clarence still there. I understand that. So the next best thing is to ask for divine providence to allow Clarence to be replaced sometime within Obama's two terms and then have Hill go into his SCOTUS slot. That would be just as sweet. It would send an unmistakable message down the line of history.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-89820475704102038192009-05-02T20:36:00.000-07:002009-05-02T20:36:00.000-07:00"...Thomas would, I believe, head for the hills."
..."...Thomas would, I believe, head for the hills."<br /><br />Was that a pun?drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-5386460660515593412009-05-02T11:27:00.000-07:002009-05-02T11:27:00.000-07:00TStockman should read the book Strange Justice whi...TStockman should read the book <I>Strange Justice</I> which details the Clarence Thomas appointment, the hearings, Hill's reluctance to testify, and the confirmation of many of the worst accusations against Thomas (as well as multiple proofs that he lied under oath on any number of matters, not the least of them being his fascination with and frequent watching of pornographic videos).<br /><br />It would most definitely be fun; it would also mean a new vacancy on the Court because Thomas would, I believe, head for the hills.Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-85103615870265987752009-05-02T10:08:00.000-07:002009-05-02T10:08:00.000-07:00http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/01/ani...http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/01/anita_hill/index.html<br /><br />Another story on it.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638733919500583943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-63085684990642410842009-05-01T19:13:00.000-07:002009-05-01T19:13:00.000-07:00TS: "Thomas...not a joke as Hill would be."
Anita...TS: "Thomas...not a joke as Hill would be."<br /><br />Anita is far from being a joke. Clarence, is not a joke either.<br />He is a crime.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-17204994149897634072009-05-01T18:06:00.000-07:002009-05-01T18:06:00.000-07:00Thomas had a senate confirmed position and he serv...Thomas had a senate confirmed position and he served as a judge at the appellate level. Not a good justice, but not a joke as Hill would be,TStockmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429662359024503711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-70542438846888513852009-05-01T16:51:00.000-07:002009-05-01T16:51:00.000-07:00Vanity Fair
Let's Make Clarence Thomas's Worst Nig...Vanity Fair<br />Let's Make Clarence Thomas's Worst Nightmare Come True<br />by Nell Scovell May 1, 2009, 10:35 AM<br /><br />Hey I beat the big boys by 18 minutes, Woohoo!<br /><br />http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2009/05/the-case-for-appointing-anita-hill-to-the-supreme-court.html<br /><br />TS: "A very undistinguished career."<br /><br />By what standard? Being an Okie and oh,teaching for ten years at the OU law school doesn't count I guess as distinguished. <br /><br />Actually who in the general public has ever heard of any of the SCOTUS nominees for the last 30 years before they showed up on the front page? Qualified? We need another woman and a black on SCOTUS. No, CT doesn't count, for much of anything.<br /><br />Some say that there must be congeniality on SCOTUS. Bull shit, mixed it up.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-52380624073480343482009-05-01T15:25:00.000-07:002009-05-01T15:25:00.000-07:00'undistinguished career" ..about as undistinguishe...'undistinguished career" ..about as undistinguished as Clarence Thomoas, IMO...BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-77556262099910768962009-05-01T10:50:00.000-07:002009-05-01T10:50:00.000-07:00Not even if they were carefully depilated first?Not even if they were carefully depilated first?TStockmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429662359024503711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-71858870021990152402009-05-01T10:21:00.000-07:002009-05-01T10:21:00.000-07:00No Coke cans allowed in chambers! LOLNo Coke cans allowed in chambers! LOLErudite Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830721195868387265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-51362292245719211322009-05-01T09:27:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:27:00.000-07:00A very undistinguished career. My sense of humor ...A very undistinguished career. My sense of humor only stretches so far. This would be a Nixon-level USSC nomination.TStockmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429662359024503711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-45959895637856462352009-05-01T08:44:00.000-07:002009-05-01T08:44:00.000-07:00Besides I would really really really like to see o...Besides I would really really really like to see our new Democrat Senator Spector have to vote for her to get his Democrat endorsement in the next election. I love symmetry!<br /><br />"Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold" --- Old Klingon proverbdrlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.com