Words of Gold

“Republicans' outrage, both real and feigned, at Sotomayor's musings about how her identity as a "wise Latina" might affect her judicial decisions is based on a flawed assumption: that whiteness and maleness are not themselves facets of a distinct identity. Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of things. Any "identity" -- black, brown, female, gay, whatever -- has to be judged against this supposedly "objective" standard.”

Thank you, Eugene Robinson. Truer words were never written. His entire piece should be read by everyone.

You can’t make it up

Sunday on Meet the Press, when asked about Palin stepping down as governor of Alaska, Sen. John McCain replied, “No, I don't think she quit. I think she changed.,...”

So I am not going to end this posting here, I’m just going to change what I’m doing.

Same old BS

We’re already hearing from the antiabortion people and the antigun control people that Judge Sotomayor is going to take away all the guns and force women to have abortions, or some such nonsense.

Wow, is this going to be beaten to death again? I thought the President was in charge of those two details. Ya think Judge Sotomayor might also make our country a socialist country too? This stuff is getting so old and worn out. It also tells us they are going to be in gripe mode for some time to come.

Friday Favors for a Feline and Others

Fred the Cat is in a snit and taking the week off. So since I have to fill in for him and do him a favor, I thought perhaps we could all do Sarah Palin a favor too. We know she will soon be writing her book so perhaps we could suggest titles for that book. Have at it.

Have a safe and happy weekend
And
Fred the Cat said to tell you that he loves you guys (even when he’s in a snit)

Being Stupid is No Longer Cool

There was a poll released yesterday that showed that seventy some percent of that little puddle of what remains of the Republican party still supports Palin. Well of course they do. Mika, of “Morning Joe” says that these Palin supporters are “real Americans”. I don’t know what that makes you and I, but I do know that Palin has some of the same traits that bush exhibited and they, “real Americans” crave that.

During bush’s time in office he played to the folksy down home, let’s face it, the less than intelligent cretin. He made being less than intelligent cool. Who wanted to be an “elite” educated American when you had proof that a man who was not curious about anything, often couldn’t form sentences and struggled with the English language daily, could rise to be President? He was an example of them.

Now we have a President who is just the opposite of bush in his manner, speech and approach to problems. Damn it, he’s all educated and smart and all. So the right wingers are pissed. They feel they are no longer represented in the Oval Office. Where’s the ignorance that they can identify with? Where is the person who speaks as they do? Where’s the guy who gives them permission to be less than educated and makes it cool? Where’s Palin? She could easily speak for them again, even if no one had a clue to what she was talking about. She could change everything back to the way it was for eight years.

Things have changed for them, the real American, because today being stupid is back to what it used to be, being stupid.

Department of Law?

Because she is the goof that keeps on giving, I give you this from ABC News.
“But as for whether another pursuit of national office, as she did less than a year ago when she joined Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in the race for the White House, would result in the same political blood sport, Palin said there is a difference between the White House and what she has experienced in Alaska. If she were in the White House, she said, the "department of law" would protect her from baseless ethical allegations.
"I think on a national level, your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we've been charged with and automatically throw them out," she said.
There is no "Department of Law" at the White House.”

Maybe Palin quit because

I guess she quit because she had done everything a governor can do in one term and felt that staying on for the rest of the term would just be a waste of her time and Alaskans’ time and money. She just got all her governor work done early and she going home early, that’s all.