'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I think it is insulting to call O'Conner and Ginsberg tokens. To my ear it implies they were otherwise unqualified. I think it is fair to say that SCOTUS should have some diversity.
I am not commenting on Thomas, because I am pretty sure calling him names does not trip my insult-o-meter.
This is the article detailing how Miers was selected: [link]
It's very interesting, if you hadn't read it already.
With Alito there will be five Catholics on the Supreme Court.
45 years ago some questioned whether JFK would be a sockpuppet of the Vatican.
Things have changed.
I feel like I should care about things like SCOTUS nominees, but my own powerlessness is bothering me more than it normally does. I mean, yeah, things are falling apart, the center isn't holding, etc.--but there's not a damn thing I can do about it. So there's a big part of me that wants to just ignore it all, work on my novels, and hope the world doesn't fall apart to such a degree that everything I'm working on now is useless. I promise to come out of my tunnel and get involved when it's time to pick a Dem nominee for '08, but until then I feel like I don't even have the tiny power of one voter.
So there's a big part of me that wants to just ignore it all, work on my novels, and hope the world doesn't fall apart to such a degree that everything I'm working on now is useless.
Yeah, I get that. I'll probably poke my head out of my cave when the '06 elections gear up. (It would be nice to take back Congress.) But right now? I'll be putting most of my mental energy toward the job hunt, I think.
I'm not as worked up about '06 as I might be because there's not a snowball's chance in hell my congressional district could go Republican. I guess Cantwell's re-election to the Senate might be close, but right now I'm not expecting it to be.
But I think the Miers nomination was just Bush being really uncunning.
I have to agree with this. Crony subdivision. (Remember, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job"?)
My company is putting up Christmas lights in the trees outside today. Why?
My congressional district is safely democrat (it includes urban Kansas City and dude has a street named after him in KC). But the Senate race will be interesting. I believe Talent is up for relection and while I think he'll probably win on God and Guns, the democrat who will be running is a really good candidate.
Ooh, VERY nice, Steph. However, the more I think about it, the more I think I should not go out tonight. LAME.
What's funny walking around here today is that there are bunch of people who may or may not be in Halloween costumes. You can only tell by their expressions if they feel goofy or not.