Subways and Supremes
Two thoughts (both of which have been oft-mentioned, but I must type them anyway)...
1) President Bush's recent choice for the Supreme Court borders on the hilarious. He's selected a trusted friend with no judicial experience and no record upon which to be judged. Of 300 million people in this country, the idea that his personal attorney is the most qualified candidate is beyond absurd. It would be like me selecting Andy as ambassador to Ireland, Chris to run FEMA, Max to head to the Supreme Court, Brian to head the Department of Not Arguing, Luke to be UN ambassador to the subcommittee on not getting drunk, etc. Not to take anything away from my trusted chums, but come on!
1a) As an aside, John Roberts is certainly BEYOND qualified...while I may not grow to appreciate his views, I have no doubt that he's quite the jurist.
2) The "War on Terror" in Iraq ain't making me feel any safer in NYC after seeing terror threats all over the news regarding the subways. In fact, when I hear that the threat comes from Iraq, you've got to wonder...
2a) I'll be on the 2 train as usual. Skipping train rides in response to these threats is EXACTLY the point of the threats. You skip the ride, you've been had.
1) President Bush's recent choice for the Supreme Court borders on the hilarious. He's selected a trusted friend with no judicial experience and no record upon which to be judged. Of 300 million people in this country, the idea that his personal attorney is the most qualified candidate is beyond absurd. It would be like me selecting Andy as ambassador to Ireland, Chris to run FEMA, Max to head to the Supreme Court, Brian to head the Department of Not Arguing, Luke to be UN ambassador to the subcommittee on not getting drunk, etc. Not to take anything away from my trusted chums, but come on!
1a) As an aside, John Roberts is certainly BEYOND qualified...while I may not grow to appreciate his views, I have no doubt that he's quite the jurist.
2) The "War on Terror" in Iraq ain't making me feel any safer in NYC after seeing terror threats all over the news regarding the subways. In fact, when I hear that the threat comes from Iraq, you've got to wonder...
2a) I'll be on the 2 train as usual. Skipping train rides in response to these threats is EXACTLY the point of the threats. You skip the ride, you've been had.
posted by mattguiney at 3:01 PM
3 Comments:
1) Rehnquist had not judicial experience. And fuck you for not nominating me for anything. How about Secretary of Overlooked?
2) Whenever I'm stressed out about terrorism, I always look at the average Israelis I met, whose best act of defiance was simply living their lives in the fact of a threat. I'm not being some peacenik, saying we shouldn't be proactive against terrorism in policy, but there's no need to empower them by acting fearfully in our day-to-day lives.
Oh and have Goldie head the DEA for Chrissakes.
Amen Joe.
I can't believe you didn't pick me for Secretary of Defense!!!
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