You’re either an idiot and a liar or just plain too lazy to research or some combintation of these characterizations. Your very liberal NY Times just this Sunday had an article about how the autoworkers in Detroit are mostly black and how this changed the focus of the political activities of the UAW.
You’re so phoney, Harry, Yellow Male, and now, Authority. Even this last moniker of yours is very revealing of your insecurities. Most likely, you’re not even an authority on knowing your age, home address, or phone number.
You never present facts to support your positions. You merely continue with your uniformed, idiotic foaming at the mouth. You don’t even read the articles that I post, because if you were to read them, you’d see that they reveal the sources of facts. You’re even too stupid to know what’s research. To you, research is reaching into your pants when nature calls.
Equality on Trial Thomas Sowell
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
For the fourth time in six cases, the Supreme Court of the United States has reversed a decision for which Judge Sonia Sotomayor voted on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. If this nominee were a white male, would this not raise questions about whether he should be elevated to a court that has found his previous decisions wrong two-thirds of the times when those decisions have been reviewed?
Is no one supposed to ask questions about qualifications, simply because this nominee is Hispanic and a woman? Have we become that mindless?
Qualifications are not simply a question of how long you have been doing something, but how well you have done it. Judge Sotomayor has certainly been on the federal bench long enough, but is being reversed four out of six times a sign of a job well done?
Would longevity be equated with qualifications anywhere else? Some sergeants have been in the army longer than some generals but nobody thinks that is a reason to make those sergeants generals.
Performance matters. And Judge Sotomayor’s performance provides no reason for putting her on the Supreme Court.
Although the case of the Connecticut firefighters is the latest and best-known of Judge Sotomayor’s reversals by the Supreme Court, an even more revealing case was Didden v. Village of Port Chester, where the Supreme Court openly rebuked the unanimous three-judge panel that included Judge Sotomayor for “an evident denial of the most elementary forms of procedural due process.”
Longevity is not the only false argument for putting Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court. Another is the argument that “elections have consequences,” so that the fact that Barack Obama won last year’s elections means that his choice for the Supreme Court should be confirmed. This is a political talking point rather than a serious argument.
Of course elections have consequences. But Senators were also elected, and the Constitution of the United States gives them both the right and the duty to say “yes” or “no” to any president’s judicial nominees.
It is painfully appropriate that the case which finally took the Sotomayor nomination beyond the realm of personal biography is one where the key question is how far this country is going to go on the question of racial representation versus individual qualifications.
Too much that Sonia Sotomayor has said and done over the years places her squarely in the camp of those supporting a racial spoils system instead of equal treatment for all. The organizations she has belonged to, as well as the statements she has made repeatedly — not just an isolated slip of the tongue taken “out of context”– as well as her dismissing the white firefighters’ case that the Supreme Court heard and heeded, all point in the same direction.
Within living memory, there was a time when someone who was black could not get certain jobs, regardless of how high that individual’s qualifications might be. It outraged the conscience of a nation and aroused people of various races and social backgrounds to rise up against it, sometimes at the risk of their lives.
Many, if not most, thought that they were fighting for equal treatment for all. But, today, too many people seem to think it is just a question of whose ox is gored– or for whom one has “empathy,” which amounts to the same thing in practice.
Clever people say that none of this matters because Republican Senators don’t have enough votes to stop this nominee from being confirmed. But that assumes that every Democrats will vote for her, regardless of what the public thinks. It also assumes that alerting the public doesn’t matter, now or for the future.
The standards for judging the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor are not the standards of either the criminal law or the civil law. That is, nothing has to be proven against her “beyond a reasonable doubt” or even by “a preponderance of the evidence.”
Judge Sotomayor is not in any jeopardy that would entitle her to the benefit of the doubt. It is 300 million Americans and their posterity who are entitled to the benefit of the doubt when the enormous power of determining what their rights are is put into anyone’s hands as a Supreme Court justice for life.
Joe, once again you show your ignorance by posting nonsense on this website. You shouldn’t attempt to post & watch Jerry Springer at the same time genus. So quick question? How many of those black Detroit autoworkers are decision-makers for the Big 3? Once again your anger, frustration & low self-esteem shine through. Joe it’s 2009, stop trying to plant the seed of facism on this website. Also, do you honestly believe that a cut & paste job of a biased article is research? I see there is some ROI on that basket-weaving degree. Have a great Independence Day if you live in the states, hopefully you will find your intellectual independence!
Here’s what would be an intelligent exchange. I post something; rather than you commenting on the fact that it was an article or research obtained from another source, you’d, instead, try to find another article or source to refute either the facts, opinions, or conclusions in what was posted by me.
For example, I posted opinions by the Canadian SC, several Canadians newspapers, and several Canadian physicians about why nationalized health care is bad in Canada.
I’ll do your research for you as to what would be an intelligent response. He should’ve responded that, “Well, those comments and opinions by the Canadians quoted by you are correct, but in polls, 54% of Canadians are satisfied with their health care.” Then, you’d site the source of this poll. I have the source, but won’t provide to you the source, because you need to learn how to do research instead of spouting uneducated, opinions.
Then, I sur-reply to your site of the poll by writing that I’m familiar with the poll, but when the poll is broken down by age and people who’ve had to access Canadian national health care for major health problems, then the disapproval of Canada’s national health care among such users of it is 75%.
You’re incapable of such an exchange, because you’re an idiot. And by the way, please learn to spell. It’s fascism, not “facism”, you ignorant fool.
Go back to daydreaming that you’re someone who knows something about anything. You likely still need assistance tying your shoes.
You must be a fool of many a**holes, because opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one; however, you’ve many opinions (all unsupported by anything resembling a fact). Hence, you’re a boy of many a**holes. As a native-American, I have the authority to name you. From hereon in, I always will refer to you “Many A**holes;” this is your native-American name; you’ve earned this name by exhibiting stupidity and arrogance above and beyond what could be imagined by anyone.
Joe, you are just plain rude. And I believe you truly like to read your own posts. Also, as you call other posters idiots and a*****s, remember, it takes one to know one. You are an enigma, smart but so crude.
From a fellow Native-American descendent let me say that you are a disgrace. Bottom line. You have raw intelligence but you are ignorant and it is your ignorance that sullies your being. By reading your postings I can tell you are an individual with potential but your negativity imprisons you. Hopefully the Creator relieves you of your professional frustration.
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You’re either an idiot and a liar or just plain too lazy to research or some combintation of these characterizations. Your very liberal NY Times just this Sunday had an article about how the autoworkers in Detroit are mostly black and how this changed the focus of the political activities of the UAW.
You’re so phoney, Harry, Yellow Male, and now, Authority. Even this last moniker of yours is very revealing of your insecurities. Most likely, you’re not even an authority on knowing your age, home address, or phone number.
You never present facts to support your positions. You merely continue with your uniformed, idiotic foaming at the mouth. You don’t even read the articles that I post, because if you were to read them, you’d see that they reveal the sources of facts. You’re even too stupid to know what’s research. To you, research is reaching into your pants when nature calls.
Get a brain, you moron.
Equality on Trial Thomas Sowell
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
For the fourth time in six cases, the Supreme Court of the United States has reversed a decision for which Judge Sonia Sotomayor voted on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. If this nominee were a white male, would this not raise questions about whether he should be elevated to a court that has found his previous decisions wrong two-thirds of the times when those decisions have been reviewed?
Is no one supposed to ask questions about qualifications, simply because this nominee is Hispanic and a woman? Have we become that mindless?
Qualifications are not simply a question of how long you have been doing something, but how well you have done it. Judge Sotomayor has certainly been on the federal bench long enough, but is being reversed four out of six times a sign of a job well done?
Would longevity be equated with qualifications anywhere else? Some sergeants have been in the army longer than some generals but nobody thinks that is a reason to make those sergeants generals.
Performance matters. And Judge Sotomayor’s performance provides no reason for putting her on the Supreme Court.
Although the case of the Connecticut firefighters is the latest and best-known of Judge Sotomayor’s reversals by the Supreme Court, an even more revealing case was Didden v. Village of Port Chester, where the Supreme Court openly rebuked the unanimous three-judge panel that included Judge Sotomayor for “an evident denial of the most elementary forms of procedural due process.”
Longevity is not the only false argument for putting Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court. Another is the argument that “elections have consequences,” so that the fact that Barack Obama won last year’s elections means that his choice for the Supreme Court should be confirmed. This is a political talking point rather than a serious argument.
Of course elections have consequences. But Senators were also elected, and the Constitution of the United States gives them both the right and the duty to say “yes” or “no” to any president’s judicial nominees.
It is painfully appropriate that the case which finally took the Sotomayor nomination beyond the realm of personal biography is one where the key question is how far this country is going to go on the question of racial representation versus individual qualifications.
Too much that Sonia Sotomayor has said and done over the years places her squarely in the camp of those supporting a racial spoils system instead of equal treatment for all. The organizations she has belonged to, as well as the statements she has made repeatedly — not just an isolated slip of the tongue taken “out of context”– as well as her dismissing the white firefighters’ case that the Supreme Court heard and heeded, all point in the same direction.
Within living memory, there was a time when someone who was black could not get certain jobs, regardless of how high that individual’s qualifications might be. It outraged the conscience of a nation and aroused people of various races and social backgrounds to rise up against it, sometimes at the risk of their lives.
Many, if not most, thought that they were fighting for equal treatment for all. But, today, too many people seem to think it is just a question of whose ox is gored– or for whom one has “empathy,” which amounts to the same thing in practice.
Clever people say that none of this matters because Republican Senators don’t have enough votes to stop this nominee from being confirmed. But that assumes that every Democrats will vote for her, regardless of what the public thinks. It also assumes that alerting the public doesn’t matter, now or for the future.
The standards for judging the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor are not the standards of either the criminal law or the civil law. That is, nothing has to be proven against her “beyond a reasonable doubt” or even by “a preponderance of the evidence.”
Judge Sotomayor is not in any jeopardy that would entitle her to the benefit of the doubt. It is 300 million Americans and their posterity who are entitled to the benefit of the doubt when the enormous power of determining what their rights are is put into anyone’s hands as a Supreme Court justice for life.
Joe, once again you show your ignorance by posting nonsense on this website. You shouldn’t attempt to post & watch Jerry Springer at the same time genus. So quick question? How many of those black Detroit autoworkers are decision-makers for the Big 3? Once again your anger, frustration & low self-esteem shine through. Joe it’s 2009, stop trying to plant the seed of facism on this website. Also, do you honestly believe that a cut & paste job of a biased article is research? I see there is some ROI on that basket-weaving degree. Have a great Independence Day if you live in the states, hopefully you will find your intellectual independence!
Dear Fool:
Here’s what would be an intelligent exchange. I post something; rather than you commenting on the fact that it was an article or research obtained from another source, you’d, instead, try to find another article or source to refute either the facts, opinions, or conclusions in what was posted by me.
For example, I posted opinions by the Canadian SC, several Canadians newspapers, and several Canadian physicians about why nationalized health care is bad in Canada.
I’ll do your research for you as to what would be an intelligent response. He should’ve responded that, “Well, those comments and opinions by the Canadians quoted by you are correct, but in polls, 54% of Canadians are satisfied with their health care.” Then, you’d site the source of this poll. I have the source, but won’t provide to you the source, because you need to learn how to do research instead of spouting uneducated, opinions.
Then, I sur-reply to your site of the poll by writing that I’m familiar with the poll, but when the poll is broken down by age and people who’ve had to access Canadian national health care for major health problems, then the disapproval of Canada’s national health care among such users of it is 75%.
You’re incapable of such an exchange, because you’re an idiot. And by the way, please learn to spell. It’s fascism, not “facism”, you ignorant fool.
Go back to daydreaming that you’re someone who knows something about anything. You likely still need assistance tying your shoes.
You must be a fool of many a**holes, because opinions are like a**holes, everyone has one; however, you’ve many opinions (all unsupported by anything resembling a fact). Hence, you’re a boy of many a**holes. As a native-American, I have the authority to name you. From hereon in, I always will refer to you “Many A**holes;” this is your native-American name; you’ve earned this name by exhibiting stupidity and arrogance above and beyond what could be imagined by anyone.
Have a happy 4th of July, Many A**holes.
Joe, you are just plain rude. And I believe you truly like to read your own posts. Also, as you call other posters idiots and a*****s, remember, it takes one to know one. You are an enigma, smart but so crude.
Joe,
From a fellow Native-American descendent let me say that you are a disgrace. Bottom line. You have raw intelligence but you are ignorant and it is your ignorance that sullies your being. By reading your postings I can tell you are an individual with potential but your negativity imprisons you. Hopefully the Creator relieves you of your professional frustration.