Comments on: Monday Evening Open Thread http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:58:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342310 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:33:14 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342310 rikyrah:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnlo9gb8Kew" rel="nofollow"><b>Now The Day Is Over</b></a><br><br>G'night! God Bless! :>) rikyrah:

Now The Day Is Over

G'night! God Bless! :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342311 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:21:31 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342311 rikyrah: He stays HIDDEN most of the time. <br><br>Annnnnnnd, then he comes out with THIS!?<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/16/clarence-thomas-americans_n_175572.html" rel="nofollow">Clarence Thomas: Americans Don't Sacrifice As Much</a><br><br><i>LEXINGTON, Va. — Americans today are self-indulgent and don't make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did, and the nation's leaders don't ask people to act for the higher good, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Monday at a Virginia college in a rare public speech.<br><br>"Our country and our principles are more important than our individual wants," Thomas told close to 400 people who greeted him with a standing ovation at Washington and Lee University, a Shenandoah Valley liberal arts school.<br><br>He quoted President Kennedy's famous, "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech, but said Americans today are more likely to say, "Ask not what you can do for yourselves or your country but what your country can do for you."<br><br>Thomas took his seat on the court in 1991. He and Justice Antonin Scalia are considered the core of the court's conservative 5-4 majority.<br><br>Thomas endured a grueling confirmation process over allegations that he sexually harassed a former staffer of his, Anita Hill, who testified during the Senate hearings.<br><br>Since then, he has been one of the less public members of the court, although he has made several appearances to promote his 2007 autobiography. Thomas referred to that book, "My Grandfather's Son," as he described the obstacles he dealt with growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s.<br><br>The court's only black justice spoke with reverence of the priests and nuns who taught him at what had previously been an all-white Roman Catholic school that he began attending in 1964.<br><br>"They were the ones who taught us we were inherently equal," said Thomas, a Georgia native.<br><br>Speaking in Lee Chapel, where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is buried, Thomas told a questioner that Lincoln was his favorite president.<br><br>"We always saw Lincoln as the great emancipator," he said.<br><br>Thomas told the crowd he declines most invitations, but was persuaded to accept the one from William and Lee student Robin Wright. He had met her as a young child, he said, and had known her mother, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright of Arkansas.</i><br><br>I wonder IFF he is EXCLUDING the MILLIONS of LIVES that have been SACRIFICED in the 2 WARS initiated by SHRUB!!??<br><br>I'm just askin. . . . . . rikyrah: He stays HIDDEN most of the time.

Annnnnnnd, then he comes out with THIS!?

Clarence Thomas: Americans Don't Sacrifice As Much

LEXINGTON, Va. — Americans today are self-indulgent and don't make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did, and the nation's leaders don't ask people to act for the higher good, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Monday at a Virginia college in a rare public speech.

“Our country and our principles are more important than our individual wants,” Thomas told close to 400 people who greeted him with a standing ovation at Washington and Lee University, a Shenandoah Valley liberal arts school.

He quoted President Kennedy's famous, “Ask not what your country can do for you” speech, but said Americans today are more likely to say, “Ask not what you can do for yourselves or your country but what your country can do for you.”

Thomas took his seat on the court in 1991. He and Justice Antonin Scalia are considered the core of the court's conservative 5-4 majority.

Thomas endured a grueling confirmation process over allegations that he sexually harassed a former staffer of his, Anita Hill, who testified during the Senate hearings.

Since then, he has been one of the less public members of the court, although he has made several appearances to promote his 2007 autobiography. Thomas referred to that book, “My Grandfather's Son,” as he described the obstacles he dealt with growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s.

The court's only black justice spoke with reverence of the priests and nuns who taught him at what had previously been an all-white Roman Catholic school that he began attending in 1964.

“They were the ones who taught us we were inherently equal,” said Thomas, a Georgia native.

Speaking in Lee Chapel, where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is buried, Thomas told a questioner that Lincoln was his favorite president.

“We always saw Lincoln as the great emancipator,” he said.

Thomas told the crowd he declines most invitations, but was persuaded to accept the one from William and Lee student Robin Wright. He had met her as a young child, he said, and had known her mother, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright of Arkansas.

I wonder IFF he is EXCLUDING the MILLIONS of LIVES that have been SACRIFICED in the 2 WARS initiated by SHRUB!!??

I'm just askin. . . . . .

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342312 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:10:28 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342312 rikyrah: I tell U, I'm keepin' my eye on "The Gov."<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/16/palin-will-keynote-senate_n_175366.html" rel="nofollow">Palin Will Keynote Senate And House Republican Campaign Dinner</a><br><br><i>According to Steve Brusk at CNN, Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker at a June 8 Republican fundraising dinner, a collaboration of the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Palin did not speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention as expected, citing the "duties of governing." </i><br><br>NOT gonna lose sight of this SSSSSSSSSSnake!! rikyrah: I tell U, I'm keepin' my eye on “The Gov.”

Palin Will Keynote Senate And House Republican Campaign Dinner

According to Steve Brusk at CNN, Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker at a June 8 Republican fundraising dinner, a collaboration of the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Palin did not speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention as expected, citing the “duties of governing.”

NOT gonna lose sight of this SSSSSSSSSSnake!!

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342324 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:04:11 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342324 spirit: SAW IT!! She is very good!! :>) spirit: SAW IT!! She is very good!! :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342313 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:49:36 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342313 rikyrah: I missed these. Soooo, hope they R NOT duplicates: :>)<br><br>+ <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155201977/bctid16650760001" rel="nofollow"><b>Obama calls out AIG</b></a> VIDEO<br><br><br>+ <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155201977/bctid16660442001" rel="nofollow">POTUS at Veterans Affairs</a> VIDEO<br><br><br>+ <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0309/philly_slang_2ea50aa0-3a8f-4943-8962-399520eaf975.html" rel="nofollow">Philly slang - Obama talks cheese steaks</a><br><br><i>In a sign of a long, hard-fought campaign in Pennsylvania, President Obama dropped some Philly lingo at his small business event Monday morning. “I wanted to know if there was whiz on it,” he said of a sandwich described by a Philadelphia restaurant owner.<br><br>It’s a very local reference to the cheese whiz on a Philly cheese steak.</i> VIDEO<br><br>What another BUSY DAY!!<br><br>Do ya think that HE'S "doin' 2 much!?" - - -MAJOR SNARK!! :>) rikyrah: I missed these. Soooo, hope they R NOT duplicates: :>)

+ Obama calls out AIG VIDEO

+ POTUS at Veterans Affairs VIDEO

+ Philly slang – Obama talks cheese steaks

In a sign of a long, hard-fought campaign in Pennsylvania, President Obama dropped some Philly lingo at his small business event Monday morning. “I wanted to know if there was whiz on it,” he said of a sandwich described by a Philadelphia restaurant owner.

It’s a very local reference to the cheese whiz on a Philly cheese steak. VIDEO

What another BUSY DAY!!

Do ya think that HE'S “doin' 2 much!?” – - -MAJOR SNARK!! :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342314 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:36:06 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342314 rikyrah: LOOKIN' AHEAD:<br><br>1. <b>NEW EVENT TOMORROW -- FROM DAILY GUIDANCE: "In the morning, the President will meet with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Conrad and House Budget Committee Chairman Spratt to discuss the budget. The meeting is closed press. Following the meeting, the President will make a statement in Room 350 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. This event is pooled for TV and open to correspondents." -- Mike Allen (9:09 p.m.)</b><br><br>2. <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0309/big_day_wednesday_36650cd8-6222-4f7d-9f10-ad7ecbd4a169.html" rel="nofollow">Big day Tuesday - St. Patty's Day parties at W.H.</a><br><br><i>A White House aide tells POLITICO44 that Obama (O’Bama?) will be hosting two St. Patrick’s Day bashes ...<br><br>... at the White House Tuesday night.<br><br>The theme at the WH will be green all day. Starting at the top o the morning--or more like 11a.m. -- Obama and Joe Biden will meet with the Taoiseach of Ireland in the Oval Office. A little while later, they'll attend a Shamrock Ceremony in the Roosevelt Room.<br><br>After meeting with the Northern Ireland officials, Obama will travel to the Capitol where he will deliver remarks at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's St. Paddy's Day lunch.<br><br>Then, later in the evening, Obama will deliver the remarks at not one but two St. Patrick's Day receptions at the WH, where he's hosting Irish American lawmakers and other Irish Americans, a White House aide said.</i><br><br>3. <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0309/michelle_the_builder_afd2b7a9-62d8-4989-96f3-985f057a74f7.html" rel="nofollow">Michelle the builder - Joins service project Tuesday</a><br><br><i>Michelle Obama will trade in her fashionable duds for construction gear when she pitches in Tuesday to build an affordable ...<br><br>... energy-efficient home on the National Mall. The event, which marks the 30th anniversary of YouthBuild, coincides with Congress’s attempts to expand national service programs.<br><br>Obama will deliver brief remarks at the event. Community service is one of the pet subjects she is taking up in her role as first lady, along with issues related to military families and work-life balance.</i><br><br>LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUING LEADERSHIP!! :>) :>) rikyrah: LOOKIN' AHEAD:

1. NEW EVENT TOMORROW — FROM DAILY GUIDANCE: “In the morning, the President will meet with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Conrad and House Budget Committee Chairman Spratt to discuss the budget. The meeting is closed press. Following the meeting, the President will make a statement in Room 350 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. This event is pooled for TV and open to correspondents.” — Mike Allen (9:09 p.m.)

2. Big day Tuesday – St. Patty's Day parties at W.H.

A White House aide tells POLITICO44 that Obama (O’Bama?) will be hosting two St. Patrick’s Day bashes …

… at the White House Tuesday night.

The theme at the WH will be green all day. Starting at the top o the morning–or more like 11a.m. — Obama and Joe Biden will meet with the Taoiseach of Ireland in the Oval Office. A little while later, they'll attend a Shamrock Ceremony in the Roosevelt Room.

After meeting with the Northern Ireland officials, Obama will travel to the Capitol where he will deliver remarks at Speaker Nancy Pelosi's St. Paddy's Day lunch.

Then, later in the evening, Obama will deliver the remarks at not one but two St. Patrick's Day receptions at the WH, where he's hosting Irish American lawmakers and other Irish Americans, a White House aide said.

3. Michelle the builder – Joins service project Tuesday

Michelle Obama will trade in her fashionable duds for construction gear when she pitches in Tuesday to build an affordable …

… energy-efficient home on the National Mall. The event, which marks the 30th anniversary of YouthBuild, coincides with Congress’s attempts to expand national service programs.

Obama will deliver brief remarks at the event. Community service is one of the pet subjects she is taking up in her role as first lady, along with issues related to military families and work-life balance.

LOOKIN' FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUING LEADERSHIP!! :>) :>)

]]> By: hustleandfloe http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342316 hustleandfloe Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:26:23 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342316 I think AIG is just round 3. Obama's in it for 15. ...even further, I suspect he's rope-a-dope'in. He's proven himself a strategist. I think AIG is just round 3. Obama's in it for 15. …even further, I suspect he's rope-a-dope'in. He's proven himself a strategist.

]]> By: Myth http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342319 Myth Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:15:27 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342319 Have they said WHO Cuomo supoenaed today? Have they said WHO Cuomo supoenaed today?

]]> By: CraigHickman http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342318 CraigHickman Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:04:19 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342318 Obama knew too. Obama knew too.

]]> By: allamr18 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342321 allamr18 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:59:43 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342321 i saw fuck em both bring in paul krugman and nouriel roubini to replace summers, and get volker to replace geithner and keep going i saw fuck em both bring in paul krugman and nouriel roubini to replace summers, and get volker to replace geithner and keep going

]]> By: Myth http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342315 Myth Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:46:20 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342315 AIG:: Send us the check, you can't let us fail; send us the check we gotta help these<br> people keep their insurance. So hurry up and send us the check!!!<br><br> CHECK CLEARS THE BANK!!<br><br>AIG: April Fool!! We gon get paid! Obama you just been had! AIG:: Send us the check, you can't let us fail; send us the check we gotta help these
people keep their insurance. So hurry up and send us the check!!!

CHECK CLEARS THE BANK!!

AIG: April Fool!! We gon get paid! Obama you just been had!

]]> By: Myth http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342320 Myth Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:33:02 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342320 I believe Geithner has deliberatly tried to stay under the radar because it was his intent the whole time to help out his AIG buddies. HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW JUST LIKE HOW COULDNT BERNIE MADEOFF WIFE NOT KNOW. They played Obama for a fool with that CONTRACT bull. I don't know how involved Emanuel or Summers is in this but I am convinced that Geithner is the Head Fox In Charge guarding the chicken coop. NAOBODY is going to want to set next to Timmy at the next cabinet meeting cause he's growing horns. I believe Geithner has deliberatly tried to stay under the radar because it was his intent the whole time to help out his AIG buddies. HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW JUST LIKE HOW COULDNT BERNIE MADEOFF WIFE NOT KNOW. They played Obama for a fool with that CONTRACT bull. I don't know how involved Emanuel or Summers is in this but I am convinced that Geithner is the Head Fox In Charge guarding the chicken coop. NAOBODY is going to want to set next to Timmy at the next cabinet meeting cause he's growing horns.

]]> By: RobM http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342317 RobM Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:23:42 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342317 CDS<br>Anyone ready to declare force majeure and end these things now or do you want to pay taxes forever?<br>AIG<br>The intial $85b was a direct loan from the Federal Reserve Bank. We, the taxpayer, received 80% of the common stock but no seats on the board. The bonus' were authorized in Nov 08 by former Chr. Given the nature of the business, bonus' are probably due to workers in the insurance and other sides of AIG. The guys in London should be sent to GITMO.<br>There is a way to take it back; hat tip big <a href="http://picture.com/ritholtz.com" rel="nofollow">picture.com/ritholtz.com</a><br><a href="http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/white-house-rescind-aig-bonuses/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/white-hous...</a><br>GEITHNER<br>He was told they planned to pay it. I do not believe he told President Obama. Had he a public White House flogging would have stopped it. He should be fired immediately<br>LIDDY<br>Fire him immediately.<br>RAHM EMANUEL<br>Dirtier that I thought; I always was leery of the Israeli connection but I always despised him for his ties to Clintons. His father was Irgun and he is probably Mossad now. Has to go for not letting President Obama be ahead of this.<br>LARRY SUMMERS<br>Goes as part of house cleaning CDS
Anyone ready to declare force majeure and end these things now or do you want to pay taxes forever?
AIG
The intial $85b was a direct loan from the Federal Reserve Bank. We, the taxpayer, received 80% of the common stock but no seats on the board. The bonus' were authorized in Nov 08 by former Chr. Given the nature of the business, bonus' are probably due to workers in the insurance and other sides of AIG. The guys in London should be sent to GITMO.
There is a way to take it back; hat tip big picture.com/ritholtz.com
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/white-hous...
GEITHNER
He was told they planned to pay it. I do not believe he told President Obama. Had he a public White House flogging would have stopped it. He should be fired immediately
LIDDY
Fire him immediately.
RAHM EMANUEL
Dirtier that I thought; I always was leery of the Israeli connection but I always despised him for his ties to Clintons. His father was Irgun and he is probably Mossad now. Has to go for not letting President Obama be ahead of this.
LARRY SUMMERS
Goes as part of house cleaning

]]> By: pjamma http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342322 pjamma Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:48:57 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342322 I really like Meghan McCain. Granted I've only seen a few interviews and read a few of her blog posts but she seems like a good person. If the republican party is looking for new faces they should put her front and center. But then they would have to disown the likes of Malken, Ingram and Coulter who have all spoken out against her. That would be a good thing.<br><br>Here is her clip from the View this morning <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Q4v3mGN9Y" rel="nofollow">Kiss My Fat Ass!</a> I really like Meghan McCain. Granted I've only seen a few interviews and read a few of her blog posts but she seems like a good person. If the republican party is looking for new faces they should put her front and center. But then they would have to disown the likes of Malken, Ingram and Coulter who have all spoken out against her. That would be a good thing.

Here is her clip from the View this morning Kiss My Fat Ass!

]]> By: spirit_55z http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342325 spirit_55z Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:40:56 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342325 Desiree rocks. Love the black nails, love them. Desiree rocks. Love the black nails, love them.

]]> By: spirit_55z http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-342323 spirit_55z Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:33:30 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-342323 Lil Kim's getting ready to dance with the lil Mormon guy on dancing with the stars. Lil Kim's getting ready to dance with the lil Mormon guy on dancing with the stars.

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-165011 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:33:14 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-165011 rikyrah:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnlo9gb8Kew" rel="nofollow"><b>Now The Day Is Over</b></a><br><br>G'night! God Bless! :>) rikyrah:

Now The Day Is Over

G'night! God Bless! :>)

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-165008 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:21:31 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-165008 rikyrah: He stays HIDDEN most of the time. <br><br>Annnnnnnd, then he comes out with THIS!?<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/16/clarence-thomas-americans_n_175572.html" rel="nofollow">Clarence Thomas: Americans Don't Sacrifice As Much</a><br><br><i>LEXINGTON, Va. — Americans today are self-indulgent and don't make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did, and the nation's leaders don't ask people to act for the higher good, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Monday at a Virginia college in a rare public speech.<br><br>"Our country and our principles are more important than our individual wants," Thomas told close to 400 people who greeted him with a standing ovation at Washington and Lee University, a Shenandoah Valley liberal arts school.<br><br>He quoted President Kennedy's famous, "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech, but said Americans today are more likely to say, "Ask not what you can do for yourselves or your country but what your country can do for you."<br><br>Thomas took his seat on the court in 1991. He and Justice Antonin Scalia are considered the core of the court's conservative 5-4 majority.<br><br>Thomas endured a grueling confirmation process over allegations that he sexually harassed a former staffer of his, Anita Hill, who testified during the Senate hearings.<br><br>Since then, he has been one of the less public members of the court, although he has made several appearances to promote his 2007 autobiography. Thomas referred to that book, "My Grandfather's Son," as he described the obstacles he dealt with growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s.<br><br>The court's only black justice spoke with reverence of the priests and nuns who taught him at what had previously been an all-white Roman Catholic school that he began attending in 1964.<br><br>"They were the ones who taught us we were inherently equal," said Thomas, a Georgia native.<br><br>Speaking in Lee Chapel, where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is buried, Thomas told a questioner that Lincoln was his favorite president.<br><br>"We always saw Lincoln as the great emancipator," he said.<br><br>Thomas told the crowd he declines most invitations, but was persuaded to accept the one from William and Lee student Robin Wright. He had met her as a young child, he said, and had known her mother, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright of Arkansas.</i><br><br>I wonder IFF he is EXCLUDING the MILLIONS of LIVES that have been SACRIFICED in the 2 WARS initiated by SHRUB!!??<br><br>I'm just askin. . . . . . rikyrah: He stays HIDDEN most of the time.

Annnnnnnd, then he comes out with THIS!?

Clarence Thomas: Americans Don't Sacrifice As Much

LEXINGTON, Va. — Americans today are self-indulgent and don't make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did, and the nation's leaders don't ask people to act for the higher good, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Monday at a Virginia college in a rare public speech.

“Our country and our principles are more important than our individual wants,” Thomas told close to 400 people who greeted him with a standing ovation at Washington and Lee University, a Shenandoah Valley liberal arts school.

He quoted President Kennedy's famous, “Ask not what your country can do for you” speech, but said Americans today are more likely to say, “Ask not what you can do for yourselves or your country but what your country can do for you.”

Thomas took his seat on the court in 1991. He and Justice Antonin Scalia are considered the core of the court's conservative 5-4 majority.

Thomas endured a grueling confirmation process over allegations that he sexually harassed a former staffer of his, Anita Hill, who testified during the Senate hearings.

Since then, he has been one of the less public members of the court, although he has made several appearances to promote his 2007 autobiography. Thomas referred to that book, “My Grandfather's Son,” as he described the obstacles he dealt with growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s.

The court's only black justice spoke with reverence of the priests and nuns who taught him at what had previously been an all-white Roman Catholic school that he began attending in 1964.

“They were the ones who taught us we were inherently equal,” said Thomas, a Georgia native.

Speaking in Lee Chapel, where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is buried, Thomas told a questioner that Lincoln was his favorite president.

“We always saw Lincoln as the great emancipator,” he said.

Thomas told the crowd he declines most invitations, but was persuaded to accept the one from William and Lee student Robin Wright. He had met her as a young child, he said, and had known her mother, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright of Arkansas.

I wonder IFF he is EXCLUDING the MILLIONS of LIVES that have been SACRIFICED in the 2 WARS initiated by SHRUB!!??

I'm just askin. . . . . .

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-164999 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:10:28 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-164999 rikyrah: I tell U, I'm keepin' my eye on "The Gov."<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/16/palin-will-keynote-senate_n_175366.html" rel="nofollow">Palin Will Keynote Senate And House Republican Campaign Dinner</a><br><br><i>According to Steve Brusk at CNN, Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker at a June 8 Republican fundraising dinner, a collaboration of the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Palin did not speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention as expected, citing the "duties of governing." </a><br><br>NOT gonna lose sight of this SSSSSSSSSSnake!!</i> rikyrah: I tell U, I'm keepin' my eye on “The Gov.”

Palin Will Keynote Senate And House Republican Campaign Dinner

According to Steve Brusk at CNN, Sarah Palin will be the keynote speaker at a June 8 Republican fundraising dinner, a collaboration of the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Palin did not speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention as expected, citing the “duties of governing.”

NOT gonna lose sight of this SSSSSSSSSSnake!!

]]> By: GreenLadyHere http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/03/monday-evening-open-thread-10/comment-page-1/#comment-164998 GreenLadyHere Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:04:11 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=9095#comment-164998 spirit: SAW IT!! She is very good!! :>) spirit: SAW IT!! She is very good!! :>)

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