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Monday, November 14, 2005
Git Ready fer An-Udder Battle on the Hill... :=8/
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Here we go again. Documents just released show the true colors of Baby Bush's latest Supreme Court nominee - yet an-udder far, far-right butt-hole (surprised??). Check it out:
Alito documents suggest strong abortion stand
Court nominee proud of work to show no constitutional right to abortion
Court nominee proud of work to show no constitutional right to abortion
Updated: 2:26 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2005
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote back in 1985 that he was proud of his Reagan-era work helping the government argue that “the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion,” documents showed Monday.
Alito, who was applying in 1985 to become deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration, said in a document that he was proud of his work in the solicitor general’s office from 1982-1985, where he helped “to advance legal positions in which I personally believe very strongly.”
“I am particularly proud of my contributions in recent cases in which the government argued that racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion,” he said.
The document was included in more than 100 pages of material about Alito released Monday by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library.
Abortion will be a key topic at Alito’s confirmation hearings in January. Alito, 55, has told senators in private meetings that he had “great respect” for the precedent set by the 1973 Supreme Court ruling, Roe v. Wade, that legalized abortion, but he did not commit to upholding it.
In the document, Alito also declared himself a “lifelong registered” Republican and a Federalist Society member and said he had donated money to the National Republican Congressional Committee, the National Conservative Political Action Committee and several GOP candidates. Sounds like an "activist judge" to me... :=8/
When he wrote this document, he was working as an assistant to the solicitor general, where he stayed from 1981 to 1987. Although he sought the job of deputy assistant attorney general in 1985, he did not win that job until 1987.
“I am and always have been a conservative and an adherent to the same philosophical views that I believe are central to this administration,” Alito said.
Alito wrote that he believed “very strongly in limited government, federalism, free enterprise, the supremacy of the elected branches of government, the need for a strong defense and effective law enforcement and the legitimacy of a government role in protecting traditional values.” Huh?? Just what does that mean exactly??? :=8/
In the document, Alito said he drew inspiration from the “writings of William F. Buckley, Jr., The National Review and Barry Goldwater’s 1964 campaign.”
“In college, I developed a deep interest in constitutional law, motivated in large part by disagreement with Warren Court decisions, particularly in the areas of criminal procedure, the Establishment Clause and reapportionment,” he said.
Maybe, if we're all lucky, Baby Bush won't have the moomentum or the political clout to push this albatross around the neck of the American public, but it seems likely he will - the big question is will Democrats on the Hill grow a pair and stand up to this far-right takeover of the Supreme Court, a far-right that even few moderate Republicans will stomach willingly? Stay tuned to the farce that is American politics, and find out cow many of your rights will go down the drain...
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- posted by The MooCow @ 2:54 PM 0 comments
Friday, November 11, 2005
Old Reliable Opens His Stupid Mouth Again....
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Well, once again our favorite religious idiot has opened his stupid mouth and let fly an-udder amazingly stupid thing. Get a load of this:
Televangelist Robertson Warns Town of God's Wrath
Directs Words to Voters Who Ousted Pro-'Intelligent Design' School Board
WASHINGTON (Nov. 11) - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.
Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements.
Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's most vocal international critics.
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city," Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club."
"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.
The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around one million. It is also broadcast around the world translated into more than 70 languages.
Directs Words to Voters Who Ousted Pro-'Intelligent Design' School Board
WASHINGTON (Nov. 11) - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck.
Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative statements.
Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of President George W. Bush's most vocal international critics.
"I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city," Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The 700 Club."
"And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help because he might not be there," he said.
The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around one million. It is also broadcast around the world translated into more than 70 languages.
In voting on Tuesday, all eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members up for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce "intelligent design" to high school science students as an alternative to the theory of evolution. woohoo!! :=8D
Adherents of intelligent design argue that certain forms in nature are too complex to have evolved through natural selection and must have been created by a "designer." Opponents say it is the latest attempt by conservatives to introduce religion into the school science curriculum.
The Dover case sparked a trial in federal court that gained nationwide attention after the school board was sued by parents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The board ordered schools to read students a short statement in biology classes informing them that the theory of evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it.
The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternate theory and recommended students read a book that explained the theory further. A decision in the case is expected before the end of the year.
In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity.
The Dover case sparked a trial in federal court that gained nationwide attention after the school board was sued by parents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The board ordered schools to read students a short statement in biology classes informing them that the theory of evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it.
The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternate theory and recommended students read a book that explained the theory further. A decision in the case is expected before the end of the year.
In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity.
And people actually wonder why I hate christians.
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