It's Alive! Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks For The First Time In Seven Years

[lexsooner]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57563998/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-breaks-seven-year-silence/

Some of it was inaudible, but observers interpreted his mumbling as a self-deprecating joke about Ivy League lawyers.

[rock on sooner]

That's probably why the earth's rotation was temporarily stalled and
the atomic clock burped.

[lexsooner]

And there is no sign that Scalia threw his voice or had any strings attached to Thomas when the the barely audible grunting was heard. Some witnesses think he said "Whatever happened to Swank magazine?"

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Racists.

[StoopTroup]

http://theskunk.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pubic-hair.jpg

[lexsooner]

Racists.

Not at all! Thomas was a much more qualified judicial nominee than Harriet Miers.

[8timechamps]

"Long Dong Silver"

[rock on sooner]

Nothing at all racist about what I said...merely commented about a 7 year
silence...'cept maybe he shouldn't have been confirmed, based on Ms Hill's
testimony. I thought he got in because everyone was tired after Bork and
just dint want to fight anymore.

[Bourbon St Sooner]

vet would be proud of my fishing skills.

[okie52]

Nothing at all racist about what I said...merely commented about a 7 year
silence...'cept maybe he shouldn't have been confirmed, based on Ms Hill's
testimony. I thought he got in because everyone was tired after Bork and
just dint want to fight anymore.

Remind me Rock, what were his crimes...I do remember long dong silver and stating there was a pub hair on his coke can...was there something else?

[soonercruiser]

Monica Lewinski had a public hair on her hand too!
Actually several hairs! It was a wolly bill!
:pirate:

Ms. Hill was an angy spurned woman!

[rock on sooner]

Remind me Rock, what were his crimes...I do remember long dong silver and stating there was a pub hair on his coke can...was there something else?

Okie, far as I know Thomas did nothing criminal. If Ms Hill was truthful
and accurate in what she said, I don't believe that someone with that
attitude should be sitting on a bench passing judgment on others, just my
opinion, especially any workplace issues. And, really, I think after Bork
most in the Senate really didn't want to fight anymore.

[okie52]

Okie, far as I know Thomas did nothing criminal. If Ms Hill was truthful
and accurate in what she said, I don't believe that someone with that
attitude should be sitting on a bench passing judgment on others, just my
opinion, especially any workplace issues. And, really, I think after Bork
most in the Senate really didn't want to fight anymore.

I faintly remember the outrage expressed by senators like Kennedy, et al, including some pubs at what was suggested that he had done. Frankly I was laughing...have any of those guys really worked in a business? ****, the banter that went on in the corporate offices where I worked would have made "long dong silver" pale by comparison. And it was the females too.

I remember when the Hill/Thomas deal broke and the major insurance company where I worked immediately had "sensitivity training". It was hilarious.

[rock on sooner]

I faintly remember the outrage expressed by senators like Kennedy, et al, including some pubs at what was suggested that he had done. Frankly I was laughing...have any of those guys really worked in a business? ****, the banter that went on in the corporate offices where I worked would have made "long dong silver" pale by comparison. And it was the females too.

I remember when the Hill/Thomas deal broke and the major insurance company where I worked immediately had "sensitivity training". It was hilarious.

I, too, have worked in the sort of environment that you describe and have seen
women be unmerciful toward men, only to see men return the favor, but not
nearly as vicious.

Be that as it may, Thomas' remarks, in today's business evironment, has only to
offend one person who is brave enough to complain and the roof will be blown off.
In the last five years before I retired, "sensitivity" was taken very seriously and lack
of it costs more than one male his job...in grunt work and in management. If Thomas's
remarks were in an all male environment, wouldn't have been much of issue, but that
it was with and toward females and in an EEO office, to boot, I think disqualified him.
48 senators agreed but 52 didn't and Thomas was confirmed (narrowest margin in
history). It's all moot, anyway...just makes me question Thomas decisions.

[Curly Bill]

I, too, have worked in the sort of environment that you describe and have seen
women be unmerciful toward men, only to see men return the favor, but not
nearly as vicious.

Be that as it may, Thomas' remarks, in today's business evironment, has only to
offend one person who is brave enough to complain and the roof will be blown off.
In the last five years before I retired, "sensitivity" was taken very seriously and lack
of it costs more than one male his job...in grunt work and in management. If Thomas's
remarks were in an all male environment, wouldn't have been much of issue, but that
it was with and toward females and in an EEO office, to boot, I think disqualified him.
48 senators agreed but 52 didn't and Thomas was confirmed (narrowest margin in
history). It's all moot, anyway...just makes me question Thomas decisions.

I'm sure it can't be because he's on the opposite side of the fence than you that does that.

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I'm sure it can't be because he's on the opposite side of the fence than you that does that.

Naw, CB, if any of the four "liberal" justices did or said that sort of thing, I'd
hold them to the same standard. That sort of activity isn't defined by politics,
imo, it is defined by old fashioned good manners and common courtesy.

[olevetonahill]

Racists.

Just because I dont Like ******s, *******s,*******, ******s or Dune ****s

Dont make me a Racist:drunk:




vet would be proud of my fishing skills.

Good Jorb.:drunk:

[okie52]

I, too, have worked in the sort of environment that you describe and have seen
women be unmerciful toward men, only to see men return the favor, but not
nearly as vicious.

Be that as it may, Thomas' remarks, in today's business evironment, has only to
offend one person who is brave enough to complain and the roof will be blown off.
In the last five years before I retired, "sensitivity" was taken very seriously and lack
of it costs more than one male his job...in grunt work and in management. If Thomas's
remarks were in an all male environment, wouldn't have been much of issue, but that
it was with and toward females and in an EEO office, to boot, I think disqualified him.
48 senators agreed but 52 didn't and Thomas was confirmed (narrowest margin in
history). It's all moot, anyway...just makes me question Thomas decisions.

Waaaayyyy too sensitive for me Rock. I would more likely question decisions by those that were "highly offended" by a pubic hair on a coke can....but maybe I've worked in the oil business too long.

Now I'll admit that looking at the women on the supreme court would be enough to make most men never mention anything about sex.

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Comment about the women on the court...heh...

The pubic hair comment, well, guess it can be funny in the right context.
I'm old fashioned, though, when it comes to mixed company joking. Having
worked in the oil patch, served in the military, been in a college fraternity
and been "skirt chasing" in five states and three foreign countries, I think I
know poor taste and offensive remarks when I see/hear them.

[okie52]

Comment about the women on the court...heh...

The pubic hair comment, well, guess it can be funny in the right context.
I'm old fashioned, though, when it comes to mixed company joking. Having
worked in the oil patch, served in the military, been in a college fraternity
and been "skirt chasing" in five states and three foreign countries, I think I
know poor taste and offensive remarks when I see/hear them.

I guess that's the rub...I don't see it as a big deal. In fact, I much prefer telling sexual jokes in mixed company.

[rock on sooner]

Mixed company joking is fine, just not in the workplace, imo....

[C&CDean]

Mixed company joking is fine, just not in the workplace, imo....

Depends on where you work. In a government job? Nope. At a bar? Sure.

I think the libs big problem with Sir Clarence is that he's a black dude who doesn't fit their mold. The **** they tried to impale him on (the whore from OU whose name escapes me) is the **** they love when Clinton or somebody else does it. ****ing crites.

[Wishboned]

Depends on where you work. In a government job? Nope. At a bar? Sure.

I think the libs big problem with Sir Clarence is that he's a black dude who doesn't fit their mold. The **** they tried to impale him on (the whore from OU whose name escapes me) is the **** they love when Clinton or somebody else does it. ****ing crites.

Anita Hill. She graduated fromt the same high school as me...she is older though. I graduated with her cousin.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I faintly remember the outrage expressed by senators like Kennedy, et al, including some pubs at what was suggested that he had done. Frankly I was laughing...have any of those guys really worked in a business? ****, the banter that went on in the corporate offices where I worked would have made "long dong silver" pale by comparison. And it was the females too.

I remember when the Hill/Thomas deal broke and the major insurance company where I worked immediately had "sensitivity training". It was hilarious.The Left has this country by the short hairs, and posting a thread like this is a good example.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Waaaayyyy too sensitive for me Rock. I would more likely question decisions by those that were "highly offended" by a pubic hair on a coke can....but maybe I've worked in the oil business too long.

Rock marches to the tune of the Pied Piper of Collectivism. It's the New America. Get used to it. It can't be remedied by the vote anymore.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Depends on where you work. In a government job? Nope. At a bar? Sure.

I think the libs big problem with Sir Clarence is that he's a black dude who doesn't fit their mold. The **** they tried to impale him on (the whore from OU whose name escapes me) is the **** they love when Clinton or somebody else does it. ****ing crites.One doesn't have to strain the brain much to see this. It's so transparent and silly, you gotta wonder why they are persuasive to ANYONE.

[FaninAma]

Depends on where you work. In a government job? Nope. At a bar? Sure.

I think the libs big problem with Sir Clarence is that he's a black dude who doesn't fit their mold. The **** they tried to impale him on (the whore from OU whose name escapes me) is the **** they love when Clinton or somebody else does it. ****ing crites.

Anita Hill. The wife of one of my former medical practice partners went to OU's school of law when she taught there. She didn't have a lot of praise for her abilities as an instructor or a person.

[hawaii 5-0]

Thomas got uppity and abandoned his race.

5-0

[rock on sooner]

Depends on where you work. In a government job? Nope. At a bar? Sure.

I think the libs big problem with Sir Clarence is that he's a black dude who doesn't fit their mold. The **** they tried to impale him on (the whore from OU whose name escapes me) is the **** they love when Clinton or somebody else does it. ****ing crites.

Dean, it sounds as though you have never been caught up in hostile workplace
litigation, sexual harassment charges or the like. I've never been involved, either,
other than witnessing, testifying, etc and watching foul mouthed slobs get their
cajones bashed, then fired and unable to work in the field of their choice again,
and, fyi, even in a bar it can happen.

[rock on sooner]

Rock marches to the tune of the Pied Piper of Collectivism. It's the New America. Get used to it. It can't be remedied by the vote anymore.

RLIMC, I'm not sure about the tune to which you refer, but if you're talking
about Obama, you're late, 'cause I developed my viewpoints before Obama
got out of high school.

And 5-0 might be onto something about Thomas....

[FaninAma]

Thomas got uppity and abandoned his race.

5-0

Are you serious? Tell me you're not serious. You were just trying to be funny, right? Nobody says something that stupid and intends for it to be taken seriously. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

[hawaii 5-0]

I would have loved to see Thurgood Marshall and Thomas on the court together.

Some serious entertainment and fireworks.

Hell, even the other justices made fun of him when Thomas mumbled in open court.

5-0

[FaninAma]

I would have loved to see Thurgood Marshall and Thomas on the court together.

Some serious entertainment and fireworks.

Hell, even the other justices made fun of him when Thomas mumbled in open court.

5-0

Thomas doesn't ask questions because he understands you don't ask questions you don't already know the answer to. I agree with him that Justices who ask a lot of questions are just grandstanding. If you claim you don't know how you are going to rule based on the legal briefs, the research of your law clerks, the opinions of the lower court rulings and the oral arguements of the opposing legal teams then you probably are either a liar or an idiot.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Hell, even the other justices made fun of him when Thomas mumbled in open court.

5-0Boy howdy that's a serious character flaw, not often speaking in court while on the bench. Something needs to be done.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

RLIMC, I'm not sure about the tune to which you refer, but if you're talking
about Obama, you're late, 'cause I developed my viewpoints before Obama
got out of high school.

I realize you are not one of the younger posters here. Nobody is saying socialism hasn't been around for quite a while, and regardless of its predictable failures and flaws, since it runs counter to human nature, many folks continue to believe it still can work. You appear to be one of them.

[Midtowner]

Thomas doesn't ask questions because he understands you don't ask questions you don't already know the answer to. I agree with him that Justices who ask a lot of questions are just grandstanding. If you claim you don't know how you are going to rule based on the legal briefs, the research of your law clerks, the opinions of the lower court rulings and the oral arguements of the opposing legal teams then you probably are either a liar or an idiot.

Or perhaps the old saying "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" applies?

[hawaii 5-0]

Or perhaps the old saying "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" applies?


A good trivia question..........

The 'esteemed' Judge Clarence Thomas served how long as a Judge (of any kind) before being nominated by George Bush to serve as a Supreme Court Justice?



Me thinks Midtowner is on to something.

5-0

[FaninAma]

Or perhaps the old saying "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" applies?

That never stopped the progressives.

[okie52]

A good trivia question..........

The 'esteemed' Judge Clarence Thomas served how long as a Judge (of any kind) before being nominated by George Bush to serve as a Supreme Court Justice?



Me thinks Midtowner is on to something.

5-0

I could google it but why don't you save me the trouble.

[hawaii 5-0]

I could google it but why don't you save me the trouble.


I'll let you and others stew on it awhile longer.

There's a reason Thomas was barely approved by the Senate, 52-48 and it wasn't because of Anita Hill.


What would you think is an appropriate time to serve on the bench before serving on the highest Court in the Nation?

10 years? 20 years?


5-0

[rock on sooner]

I realize you are not one of the younger posters here. Nobody is saying socialism hasn't been around for quite a while, and regardless of its predictable failures and flaws, since it runs counter to human nature, many folks continue to believe it still can work. You appear to be one of them.

Appearances can be, and often are, deceiving.

[rock on sooner]

A good trivia question..........

The 'esteemed' Judge Clarence Thomas served how long as a Judge (of any kind) before being nominated by George Bush to serve as a Supreme Court Justice?





Me thinks Midtowner is on to something.

5-0

I know, I know..pick me, pick me...

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I'll let you and others stew on it awhile longer.

There's a reason Thomas was barely approved by the Senate, 52-48 and it wasn't because of Anita Hill.


What would you think is an appropriate time to serve on the bench before serving on the highest Court in the Nation?

10 years? 20 years?


5-0give it up, swami. We know why he didn't get confirmed easily. Dude is black AND CONSERVATIVE! He's a constructionist, a constitutionalist. The congress was not constitutionalist, and Thomas doesn't fit the blacks should be socialists narrative.

[FaninAma]

I'll let you and others stew on it awhile longer.

There's a reason Thomas was barely approved by the Senate, 52-48 and it wasn't because of Anita Hill.


What would you think is an appropriate time to serve on the bench before serving on the highest Court in the Nation?

10 years? 20 years?


5-0

So why wasn't Robert Bork confirmed? He was one of the most pre-eminent legal scholars and authors of his generation with an enormous amount of judicial experience.

What was the bubble head from Harvard confirmed? She has next to zero judicial experience.

[okie52]

I'll let you and others stew on it awhile longer.

There's a reason Thomas was barely approved by the Senate, 52-48 and it wasn't because of Anita Hill.


What would you think is an appropriate time to serve on the bench before serving on the highest Court in the Nation?

10 years? 20 years?


5-0

I guess I'll just stew then.

[TitoMorelli]

So why wasn't Robert Bork confirmed? He was one of the most pre-eminent legal scholars and authors of his generation with an enormous amount of judicial experience.

What was the bubble head from Harvard confirmed? She has next to zero judicial experience.

You mean the "Princess Bride" albino lookalike?

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/7/1/f933d5fd-32de-4c30-875e-c7149d02dea5.jpg

[rock on sooner]

So why wasn't Robert Bork confirmed? He was one of the most pre-eminent legal scholars and authors of his generation with an enormous amount of judicial experience.

What was the bubble head from Harvard confirmed? She has next to zero judicial experience.

"enormous amount of judicial experience"? 6 years D.C. appellate court

[SanJoaquinSooner]

So why wasn't Robert Bork confirmed? He was one of the most pre-eminent legal scholars and authors of his generation with an enormous amount of judicial experience.

What was the bubble head from Harvard confirmed? She has next to zero judicial experience.

1. He took arrogance to a new level. Rehnquist was every bit as conservative, but never displayed the arrogance that Bork did, and consequently was confirmed (twice - as a justice and then later as chief justice) without much hassle.

2. He was Nixon's henchman in the Saturday Night Massacre.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

give it up, swami. We know why he didn't get confirmed easily. Dude is black AND CONSERVATIVE! He's a constructionist, a constitutionalist. The congress was not constitutionalist, and Thomas doesn't fit the blacks should be socialists narrative.

and this is why he was nominated - not because he was the most qualified, which is what daddy Bush claimed. Unfortunately, pubs practice affirmative action too.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

"enormous amount of judicial experience"? 6 years D.C. appellate courtKarl Marx wearing no clothes.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

and this is why he was nominated - not because he was the most qualified, which is what daddy Bush claimed. Unfortunately, pubs practice affirmative action too.I don't think you realize it, but the SC is SUPPOSED to have judges who are to apply the constitution and laws of America. The legislature is for writing new laws.

[FaninAma]

"enormous amount of judicial experience"? 6 years D.C. appellate court

He makes Obama's nominees look like 1st year law students:
Antitrust scholarAt Yale, he was best known for writing The Antitrust Paradox (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox), a book in which he argued that consumers (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Consumer) were often beneficiaries of corporate mergers, and that many then-current readings of the antitrust (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Antitrust) laws were economically irrational and hurt consumers. Bork's writings on antitrust law, along with those of Richard Posner (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Richard_Posner) and other law and economics (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Law_and_economics) and Chicago School (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Chicago_School_(economics)) thinkers, were heavily influential in causing a shift in the U.S. Supreme Court's approach to antitrust laws since the 1970s.[12] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-12)[13] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-13)
[edit (http://www.soonerfans.com/w/index.php?title=Robert_Bork&action=edit&section=4)] Solicitor GeneralBork served as Solicitor General (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/United_States_Solicitor_General) in the U.S. Department of Justice (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice) from March 1973[14] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-14) to 1977. As Solicitor General, Bork argued several high profile cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s, including 1974's Milliken v. Bradley (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Milliken_v._Bradley), where Bork's brief in support of the State of Michigan (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/State_of_Michigan) was influential among the justices. Chief Justice Warren Burger (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Warren_Burger) called Bork the most effective counsel to appear before the Court during his tenure. Bork hired many young attorneys as Assistants who went on to have remarkable careers, including Judges Danny Boggs (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Danny_Boggs) and Frank H. Easterbrook (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Frank_H._Easterbrook) as well as Robert Reich (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Robert_Reich), later Secretary of Labor (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor) in the Clinton Administration.
[edit (http://www.soonerfans.com/w/index.php?title=Robert_Bork&action=edit&section=5)] "Saturday Night Massacre"On October 20, 1973, Solicitor General Bork was instrumental in the "Saturday Night Massacre (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre)", U.S. President Richard Nixon (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Richard_Nixon)'s firing of Watergate (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Watergate_scandal) Special Prosecutor (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Special_Prosecutor) Archibald Cox (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Archibald_Cox), following Cox's request for tapes of his Oval Office conversations. Nixon initially ordered U.S. Attorney General (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/U.S._Attorney_General), Elliot Richardson (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Elliot_Richardson), to fire Cox (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Archibald_Cox). Richardson resigned rather than carry out the order. Richardson's top deputy, Deputy Attorney General (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Attorney_General) William Ruckelshaus (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/William_Ruckelshaus), also considered the order "fundamentally wrong"[15] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-query.nytimes.com-15) and also resigned, making Bork the Acting Attorney General. When Nixon reiterated his order, Bork complied and fired Cox, an act later found to be illegal in November of that year in a suit brought by Ralph Nader (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Ralph_Nader). The Justice Department did not appeal the ruling, and because Mr. Cox indicated that he did not want his job back, the issue was considered moot.[15] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-query.nytimes.com-15) Bork remained Acting Attorney General until the appointment of William B. Saxbe (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/William_B._Saxbe) on January 4, 1974.[16] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-16)
[edit (http://www.soonerfans.com/w/index.php?title=Robert_Bork&action=edit&section=6)] United States Circuit JudgeBork was a circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of _Columbia_Circuit) between 1982 and 1988. He was nominated by President Reagan on December 7, 1981, was confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 1982, and received his commission on February 9, 1982.
One of his opinions while on the D.C. Circuit was Dronenburg v. Zech, 741 F.2d 1388, decided in 1984. This case involved James L. Dronenburg, a sailor who had been administratively discharged from the Navy for engaging in homosexual conduct. Dronenburg argued that his discharge violated his right to privacy. This argument was rejected in an opinion written by Bork and joined by Antonin Scalia (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Antonin_Scalia), in which Bork critiqued the line of Supreme Court cases upholding a right to privacy.
In rejecting Dronenburg's suggestion for a rehearing en banc, the D.C. Circuit issued four separate opinions, including one by Bork (again joined by Scalia), who wrote that "no principle had been articulated [by the Supreme Court] that enabled us to determine whether appellant's case fell within or without that principle."[17] (http://www.soonerfans.com/#cite_note-17)
In 1986, President Reagan considered nominating Bork to the Supreme Court vacancy created by the promotion of Associate Justice William Rehnquist (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/William_Rehnquist) to Chief Justice. Reagan ultimately chose Bork's D.C. Circuit colleague, Judge Antonin Scalia (http://www.soonerfans.com/wiki/Antonin_Scalia), for the position.

[FaninAma]

1. He took arrogance to a new level. Rehnquist was every bit as conservative, but never displayed the arrogance that Bork did, and consequently was confirmed (twice - as a justice and then later as chief justice) without much hassle.

2. He was Nixon's henchman in the Saturday Night Massacre.

If arrogance and following the directions of the Chief Executive are reasons to disqualify one from service then Obama needs to replace almost his entire cabinet....which he appears to be doing.

[jkjsooner]

I don't think you realize it, but the SC is SUPPOSED to have judges who are to apply the constitution and laws of America. The legislature is for writing new laws.

Look up common law sometime.

You often show that you view the world in much too simplistic terms.

[rock on sooner]

Karl Marx wearing no clothes.

?

[rock on sooner]

So why wasn't Robert Bork confirmed? He was one of the most pre-eminent legal scholars and authors of his generation with an enormous amount of judicial experience.

What was the bubble head from Harvard confirmed? She has next to zero judicial experience.

About the only diff between Kagan and Bork was that he had the six years.
She has a lot of experience, otherwise, just like Bork, 'Cept she wasn't going
to overturn Roe v Wade and send women to the back alley. We are fortunate
that 52 Senators had a clear head.

[rock on sooner]

About the only diff between Kagan and Bork was that he had the six years.
She has a lot of experience, otherwise, just like Bork, 'Cept she wasn't going
to overturn Roe v Wade and send women to the back alley. We are fortunate
that 52 Senators had a clear head.

Happily, for conservatives, yew got Scalia....

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Look up common law sometime.

You often show that you view the world in much too simplistic terms.So, you think the SC should write/rewrite laws. Impressive.

[FaninAma]

About the only diff between Kagan and Bork was that he had the six years.
She has a lot of experience, otherwise, just like Bork, 'Cept she wasn't going
to overturn Roe v Wade and send women to the back alley. We are fortunate
that 52 Senators had a clear head.
So, you agree she was less qualified than Bork.

[rock on sooner]

So, you agree she was less qualified than Bork.

That's a hard one, Fan. On the surface, yeah, she dint have the judicary.
On the other hand, she dint have the excrutiatingly hard right stance that
would have sent women back to an alley and/or dirty hook stuff. There is
nothing in anyone's argument that can convince me that a woman and her
doctor shouldn't have the wherewithall to decide her own health/life. It seemed
very clear that Bork would make that decision, just as soon as it came to
the SCOTUS...some on the right would have pushed that issue for that very
reason.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

I don't think you realize it, but the SC is SUPPOSED to have judges who are to apply the constitution and laws of America. The legislature is for writing new laws.

and this means he was the most qualified? I don't believe he would have been picked had he not been black.

[hawaii 5-0]

I'm still waiting for the correct Trivia Question answer.

No one's correct yet.

Here's a hint...............a person waiting to become assistant manager at Papa John's Pizza usually has to serve longer than Thomas was on the bench before his nomination.


5-0

[FaninAma]

I'm still waiting for the correct Trivia Question answer.

No one's correct yet.

Here's a hint...............a person waiting to become assistant manager at Papa John's Pizza usually has to serve longer than Thomas was on the bench before his nomination.


5-0

Actually Thomas served 16 months on the DC Court of Appeals.

There are , however, 41 Supreme Court Justices who never served on the bench before being appointed to the SCOTUS. Kagan is on that list. So are Renquist and Earl Warren.

Recalculating.

[hawaii 5-0]

You are correct, sir. 16 months.

41 wrongs doesn't make a right however.

No one should be on the SCOTUS without at least 10 years on a Federal level court. Maybe 15 years on a State Supreme Court. Unbelievable that some of these fools are even nominated.

Thomas was a prime example of Affirmative Action in action but turned his back on those ideals when he went to the dark side @ Danforth's.

Now he's just moss growing on Scalia's north side.

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[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

and this means he was the most qualified? I don't believe he would have been picked had he not been black.Pretty silly! He was infinitely more qualified than any Leftist judge, who would abuse the purpose of the Supreme Court, or any court, for that matter.

[hawaii 5-0]

Pretty silly! He was infinitely more qualified than any Leftist judge, who would abuse the purpose of the Supreme Court, or any court, for that matter.


Laff O' Tha Day.

Thanks.


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[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Laff O' Tha Day.

Thanks.


5-0yeah, fershure.

[sappstuf]

You are correct, sir. 0 months of executive experience.

No one should be President without at least 10 years as an executive at either the Federal level or private level. Maybe 15 years as a senator. Unbelievable that some of these fools are even nominated.

Obama was a prime example of Affirmative Action in action.

Now he's just moss growing on Biden's north side.

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Please go on...

[hawaii 5-0]

I think I just made a big doody in my shorts and my fingers smell bad.



For Heaven's sake, go clean yourself up.

One should be care when messing with my posts.

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[Turd_Ferguson]

For Heaven's sake, go clean yourself up.

One should be care when messing with my posts.

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You're a special kind of stupid...ain't ya?

[sappstuf]

For Heaven's sake, go clean yourself up.

One should be care when messing with my posts.

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How does "one should be care"?

[hawaii 5-0]

You're a special kind of stupid...ain't ya?

You really have a pathetic life if all you can do is go around giving neg spek.

I feel sorry for you.

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[hawaii 5-0]

Same goes for you too, Curly Bill.

Grow a pair wouldja?

Please, just get a life and make something positive with it.

I've never given Neg Spek to anyone, anytime. I don't ever plan to do that to a fellow Sooner, no matter how pathetic they are.

Small potatoes, kids. Stabbing people in the back behind their backs.

Grow up, please.

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[Curly Bill]

Same goes for you too, Curly Bill.

Grow a pair wouldja?

Please, just get a life and make something positive with it.

I've never given Neg Spek to anyone, anytime. I don't ever plan to do that to a fellow Sooner, no matter how pathetic they are.

Small potatoes, kids. Stabbing people in the back behind their backs.

Grow up, please.

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Quit whining will ya?

[hawaii 5-0]

Quit whining will ya?


If you have an issue with one of my posts why don't you just reply to the post?

And instead of replying to the topic why attack me behind my back? Are you spineless? Gutless?

The problem is yours Toad.

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[Turd_Ferguson]

My vagina hurts.

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Figures

[Curly Bill]

If you have an issue with one of my posts why don't you just reply to the post?

And instead of replying to the topic why attack me behind my back? Are you spineless? Gutless?

The problem is yours Toad.

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You get negged because you come on here with the enlightened liberal schtick, proceed to calling people names, running down their ideas because they don't match your pansy-a**, I mean enlightened viewpoint, and so you get negged for it. Grow a pair and deal with it.

[olevetonahill]

Quit whining will ya?

Remember when whining about Spek would get ya sent to Bolivia? Now Uncle Phil kisses it and makes it all better

[olevetonahill]

If you have an issue with one of my posts why don't you just reply to the post?

And instead of replying to the topic why attack me behind my back? Are you spineless? Gutless?

The problem is yours Toad.

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ONE? WTF?

[FaninAma]

That's a hard one, Fan. On the surface, yeah, she dint have the judicary.
On the other hand, she dint have the excrutiatingly hard right stance that
would have sent women back to an alley and/or dirty hook stuff. There is
nothing in anyone's argument that can convince me that a woman and her
doctor shouldn't have the wherewithall to decide her own health/life. It seemed
very clear that Bork would make that decision, just as soon as it came to
the SCOTUS...some on the right would have pushed that issue for that very
reason.

Oh my gosh. Please make your arguement without the hokey emotional hyperbole.

[Curly Bill]

Remember when whining about Spek would get ya sent to Bolivia? Now Uncle Phil kisses it and makes it all better

You're allowed to whine if you're a lib - it's part of who they are.

[olevetonahill]

You're allowed to whine if you're a lib - it's part of who they are.

Well Back when I had the Bolivian Travel agency, These ****in "High Hatters" got sent there just as fast as I could arrange the Transportation :welcoming:

[Curly Bill]

Well Back when I had the Bolivian Travel agency, These ****in "High Hatters" got sent there just as fast as I could arrange the Transportation :welcoming:

Those were the good ol days!

[olevetonahill]

Those were the good ol days!

Yea , My Agency is shut down But I did manage to Get rid off the Biggest Doosh this board ever saw before it happened

Yet there are still satilte branches out there. :welcoming:

[Curly Bill]

Yea , My Agency is shut down But I did manage to Get rid off the Biggest Doosh this board ever saw before it happened

Yet there are still satilte branches out there. :welcoming:

They're kinda like terrorists, except more annoying, stamp out one of em another springs up to take their place.