Posted in notes on the human condition, politics, tagged 2001, abuser, academia, accountability, activism, activist, administration, affirmative action, agenda, America, Appeals Court, appoint, Associated Press, bench, Berkley, bigoted, blind, candidate, cases, caucasians, character, choice, class, congress, conscience, consequence, Constitution, convey, country, court, courtroom, cultural, culture wars, diabetes, Dianne Feinstein, discern, discretion, discretion is the better part of valor, discrimination, dominance, eccentric, elitism, empowerment, equality, ethnic, ethnicity, ethnocentric, express, fire fighters, fixation, gender, Harriet Miers, heritage, Hispanic, history, hubris, human experience, human nature, humanity, identity, identity politics, institutionalized, jockeying, judgment, judicial seat, justice, knowledge, La Raza, language, Latina, law, lawsuits, lecture, liberal, loose cannons, marginalization, nation, nominee, Obama, Obama administration, one-upmanship, perception, politically incorrect, poor, power, power structures, president, pride, privileged, professor, proud, race relations, racialist, racism, radicalization, rational, regrets, restitution, reverse discrimination, Robert Gibbs, school, SCOTUS, self, self esteem, self identification, self promotion, selfish, sentiments, sexism, shortsighted, social position, social theorists, Sonia Sotomayor, sound mind, speech, statement, studies, subjugate, superior, superiority, Supreme Court, tapestry, thought form, true colors, UC, university, US, vetting, victimhood, victimization, vision, vitriol, voters, white male, wisdom, wiser, words on May 30, 2009 |
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Prospective Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor has yet to complete the vetting process but already controversy over a comment she made in 2001 has erupted. In “A Latina Judge’s Voice“, a lecture presented at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, Sotomayor said that her Latina heritage undeniably plays a role in her judgments. “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” Sotomayor told her audience.
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Posted in politics, tagged 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 911, balance, ballot, bankruptcy, bitter pill, blame, bonds, budget, California, Californians, capitol, conservatism, conservative, controversy, crisis, cuts, deficit, Democrat, early childhood development, economic, election, electorate, enacting, fifth largest economy, fiscal, foreclosure, funds, general fund, George Skelton, Golden State, governor, Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association, initiatives, irresponsible, Jon Coupal, LA Times, lawmakers, liberal, lottery, May revise, measures, mental health, Michael Rothfeld, newspaper, Official Voter Information Guide, operating, opinions, overextended, owe, pain, pay, peter to rob paul, piper, policy, political, politicians, polls, pragmatic, President Reagan, prisons, problem, program, property values, propositions, receivership, recession, recovery, red, Republican, revenues, Sacramento, salaries, Schwarzenegger, settling the books, social, special election, special interests, spending, state, taxation, taxes, three strikes, unions, vote, voting booth on May 19, 2009 |
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Remember when, on some rare occasion, the correct answer to a test question in school was “all of the above”? I happen to believe that much of life outside the confines of a classroom is like that. Each of us perceives an aspect of a given political or social problem on which we base a set of mostly valid observations. What we have less time and patience for are the dots we have yet to connect.
Take California’s special election. (more…)
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Posted in politics, tagged 2004, 2008, 2012, 4th Amendment, 911, admission, alarmism, Alberto Gonzales, Americans, arrogance, bad rap, base, big government, Blue State, budget surplus, campaign, character, Chicken Little, clean house, conservatism, conservatives, Constitution, crackpot, credibility, cult, deficit, Democrat, election, election year, father's war, fear, followers, following, G.W. Bush, gain, GOP, Gov. Huckabee, grassroots, H.W. Bush, hate, honest, hostility, humble pie, humility, intellectual, introspection, Iraq, irrational, John Ashcroft, Kerry, kilter, leadership, liberal, liberal takeover, lost, media, moral, nuts, off balance, Osama bin Laden, Oval Office, Pallin, paranoia, paranoid, partisan, perception, policing the world, PR, President Clinton, pride, pro-life, public, public relations, radical, rational, Reagan, Red State, reelection, Reform, religious, Republican, restore, Ron Paul, rumors, Saddam Hussein, save face, sins, spoil sports, spoilers, standing, straight talk, strategist, strategy, tax, terms, traditional, unstable, war, welfare, White House on November 7, 2008 |
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The 2008 presidential election offered an opportunity to nominate a candidate who offered a proven mix of conservative and libertarian principles. (more…)
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