'Kay, I'll try that, Jessica. Cindy, the link takes me to Greek Google. Groogle. Heh.

Found the Post's brief bio on John Roberts, and was reading too fast, because this:

Previously, he practiced law at Washington's Hogan & Hartson

entered my brain as:

Previously, he practiced law at Wolfram & Hart

What's Google doing? Alternatively, can anyone tell me how to get to www.google.com without my ISP tacking .gr onto the end of it?

I experienced this when I was in Israel only with .il at the end. Somehow google senses what country you're logging in from. I think you can change it under preferences (to the right of the search bar).

ETA: Or better yet, do what Jessica said.

Well, Dr. James Dobson is thrilled with the choice, so that makes me skeptical. I was kinda thinking Bush might go with Gonzales, who wouldn't be all that bad.

It's the will of the people, right?

Well the will of, what, 52% of the people. I think the big, lumpy middle, by being evenly divided, has pretty much demonstrated its ambivalence, and thus any swings too hard in either direction will result in reactive other-direction-ness. The electorate fishtails like a bus on a switchback.

I've read a bit (particularly at Kos) about Roberts, today. Last night on TV (I think msnbc, but I'm not sure, as I was flipping during the Red Sox game), the talking heads said Roberts has stated Roe is the settled law of the land and there's nothing in his personal beliefs that would keep him from upholding it (I think he indicated this when he was up for a judgeship thing in DC, maybe?). They then acknowledged though, that there was nothing to indicate he would be averse to chipping away at it, either.

Does this sound true, or make him out to be more moderate than he likely is?

Somehow google senses what country you're logging in from.

Technically, it senses the country your server is in. (My computer is in NYC, but we're on a UK network, so I always end up on .co.uk sites.)

Gonzales, who wouldn't be all that bad

I have to say, all other considerations aside, that it's a sad day when people consider a dude who approves of torture a best-case scenario. I think Gud is right, people were saying "he's not all that bad," which proves that it's possible to overlook depravity when you're desperate.

Raquel have you tried putting in www.google.us?

Here's [link] the Washington Post bio, brief as it is. There seems to be very little intel on him.

I have to say that I would rather have a brilliant legal mind of either side rather than a party-line moron, but that's a bit unlikely.

Also, thanks Jessica for the tip!

That works too, Cindy, thanks.

Moon landing was what, three Rooster Years ago?