For years I bent over backward to give Thomas the benefit of the doubt. I even researched his jurisprudence especially where it concerned civil rights.
Turned out I was wasting my time. Motherfucker was just corrupt.
For years I bent over backward to give Thomas the benefit of the doubt.
Why though?
I worked for a city government in sewer automation inspections and I wouldn’t take a coffee from contractors because I wanted it crystal clear who I worked for. We can be friendly but if you go off spec then that’s the end of the conversation.
How the fuck this was ever allowed is shocking.
Conservatives have a very… interesting idea of what morality is, which is more than a bit ironic considering they see themselves as extremely moral and “good” people
When your mindset is that everything you do is good and everything everyone else does is bad, it’s pretty easy to be a good person.
A while back, evolution was under attack, I think it still is … regardless … Kenneth Miller talks about the root of these in his take down of intelligent design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohd5uqzlwsU&t=509s
We had a guy from the Navy come to our shop to inspect our product. He wouldn’t even let me go grab him a burger from McDonald’s.
Was he from the Navy or from the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps? We have had a couple of FDA auditors from the USHSCC and they were former Naval officers working on a second retirement. They were nice enough when you prove you are open but they absolutely will not accept anything but water. Maybe coffee.
We expect scandal and fraud from our elected officials. That’s why they do it so brazenly and in the open. They know the people have no power because the system is rigged; especially if you’re a Republican.
Edit: Why the downvotes? Tell me where I’m wrong. Our elected officials choose judges, so it’s the same pool of corruption.
I am well aware. But who selects those judges? Who is supposed to check and balance those judges? OMG, it’s our elected officials! You’re not contributing and just making asinine comments.
The system is rigged by and for Republicans. We’ve repeatedly seen them break the rules, ethics, and the law with no repercussions. They have destroyed, from the inside, the checks and balances that governed elected officials. Look at Trump for the shining star of open corruption with full court Republican deflection.
I hope they can get some reforms through, take some power away from the Republicans who own justices. I don’t have a lot of hope, but maybe this time there’s cause for some?
There will be no reforms before the election, for sure. The Republicans control the House and will not allow any. They like it this way.
After the election? Well, if Harris wins and we can give the Democrats control of the House and keep the Senate, then maybe? But without 50 seats in the Senate, they won’t be able to get anything through unless they do away with the filibuster.
It’s what has me iffy on them threatening civil war. On the one hand, I don’t want to see people die. On the other hand, if it happens and is swiftly put down, then it won’t matter what the states who participated on the losing side say - That’s flat out treason, so they would HAVE to capitulate to the terms of the winners with said terms at least including, “Every politician that was for it being removed, banned from politics, thrown in jail, and lots of reform done to prevent these fucks from ever being able to lock up the political process again”
i feel like “reform” isn’t strong enough of a word for what needs to be done with the supreme court. “fucking overhaul” sounds closer
It needs “reform” as in it needs to be completely dismantled and re-formed with all new justices.
with term limits. i don’t know if i’ll ever forgive RBG, no matter how much respect i had
YES
