Comments on: Sonia Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearing Open Thread http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:42:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-237540 whiterosebuddy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:43:13 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-237540 Is anyone watching today? Is anyone watching today?

]]> By: AxelFoley http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236884 AxelFoley Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:06:36 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236884 Closest thing I could come up with: Tio Tomas Closest thing I could come up with: Tio Tomas

]]> By: evita http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236857 evita Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:33:44 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236857 Will add you today. I hope to become more active in Latino politics however, we're so hard to find!<br><br>Any other blogs with an ACTIVE following?<br><br>I am EvaVegaWorld on Twitter.<br><br>Adelante! Will add you today. I hope to become more active in Latino politics however, we're so hard to find!

Any other blogs with an ACTIVE following?

I am EvaVegaWorld on Twitter.

Adelante!

]]> By: AxelFoley http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236838 AxelFoley Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:20:33 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236838 You ain't lyin'. We should be far ahead of where we are as a people than we are now. Seems like after Dr. King was assassinated, we gave up, for the most part. You ain't lyin'. We should be far ahead of where we are as a people than we are now. Seems like after Dr. King was assassinated, we gave up, for the most part.

]]> By: adriana01 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236812 adriana01 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:53:34 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236812 Evita, thank you!<br><br><a href="http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com</a> is my blog. I do try to visit this blog too when I get a chance, but I have also been tweeting my thoughts on Sotomayor. You can check that out here:<br><br><a href="http://twitter.com/LatinoPolitics" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/LatinoPolitics</a> Evita, thank you!

http://www.latinopoliticsblog.com is my blog. I do try to visit this blog too when I get a chance, but I have also been tweeting my thoughts on Sotomayor. You can check that out here:

http://twitter.com/LatinoPolitics

]]> By: evita http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236781 evita Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:24:53 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236781 <a href="http://latinopoliticsblog.com/" rel="nofollow">http://latinopoliticsblog.com/</a> http://latinopoliticsblog.com/

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236607 whiterosebuddy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:48:12 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236607 Well, isn't it fitting that he is learning disabled? Just like the Senators who invited him! Well, isn't it fitting that he is learning disabled? Just like the Senators who invited him!

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236605 whiterosebuddy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:46:05 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236605 Good Live Blog summary of the hearing today:<br><br><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/live-blogging-the-sotomayor-hearings/?hp" rel="nofollow">http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/l...</a> Good Live Blog summary of the hearing today:

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/l...

]]> By: marachne http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236552 marachne Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:43:58 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236552 I found a link to The Unapolagetic Mexican <a href="http://shrunklink.com/csoz" rel="nofollow">http://shrunklink.com/csoz</a><br><br>Nothing currently on that site, but a very long blog roll. Didn't get that far, but one site, The Latin Americanist has a live feed <a href="http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com</a><br><br>Some of the others on the blog roll look political, but I don't know who may be talking about the hearings. I found a link to The Unapolagetic Mexican http://shrunklink.com/csoz

Nothing currently on that site, but a very long blog roll. Didn't get that far, but one site, The Latin Americanist has a live feed http://ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com

Some of the others on the blog roll look political, but I don't know who may be talking about the hearings.

]]> By: spirit_55z http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236547 spirit_55z Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:39:30 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236547 Ricci is the BALM these white men need to soothe their own disdain for Sonia Sotomayor and their racial bigotry.<br><br>It won't work though. We SEE them for what and who they are; they are small, fearful, entitled little pricks. Ricci is the BALM these white men need to soothe their own disdain for Sonia Sotomayor and their racial bigotry.

It won't work though. We SEE them for what and who they are; they are small, fearful, entitled little pricks.

]]> By: APeach http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236531 APeach Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:27:08 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236531 And I thought it was just me. If you're going to be in the world's "greatest deliberative body" (OK, stop snickering) then at least take seriously the ability to speak well. And I thought it was just me. If you're going to be in the world's “greatest deliberative body” (OK, stop snickering) then at least take seriously the ability to speak well.

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236527 whiterosebuddy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:22:14 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236527 I was so glad when Hatch said that it is a disgrace to have Ricci as a witness at these hearings. He is absolutely right. WTF? It is almost as if this guy gets to give some 'victim impact' statement as if the judge was a murderer? <br><br>Unbeliiiievable. I was so glad when Hatch said that it is a disgrace to have Ricci as a witness at these hearings. He is absolutely right. WTF? It is almost as if this guy gets to give some 'victim impact' statement as if the judge was a murderer?

Unbeliiiievable.

]]> By: whiterosebuddy http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236524 whiterosebuddy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:19:32 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236524 ICAM...I thought some kid was talking and had to flip to the screen, only to her old self. And she obviously rambled on so long she ran over. ICAM…I thought some kid was talking and had to flip to the screen, only to her old self. And she obviously rambled on so long she ran over.

]]> By: APeach http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236506 APeach Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:02:20 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236506 <a href="http://www.votolatino.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.votolatino.org/</a><br><br>I'm looking at blogrolls and La Raza and NALEO, but I don't see suggested links. (Irony is that I long that it was website filler and glad to see its use decline, but I could really use it now!) http://www.votolatino.org/

I'm looking at blogrolls and La Raza and NALEO, but I don't see suggested links. (Irony is that I long that it was website filler and glad to see its use decline, but I could really use it now!)

]]> By: evita http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236503 evita Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:57:47 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236503 I can"t believe how emotional this is making me. I am so proud. I can”t believe how emotional this is making me. I am so proud.

]]> By: Liza http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236498 Liza Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:53:45 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236498 I am not impressed at all with Kirsten Gillibrand -- David Paterson's pick. I think she is screwed come primary time with or without Obama's backing.<br><br>Gawd she is an awful speaker. I am not impressed at all with Kirsten Gillibrand — David Paterson's pick. I think she is screwed come primary time with or without Obama's backing.

Gawd she is an awful speaker.

]]> By: APeach http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-2/#comment-236482 APeach Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:43:08 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236482 I had to laugh when Sen. Franken turned toward Beauregard and told him that he would be like Sen. Wellstone and looked forward to working with is repub colleagues...<br><br>Heh. I had to laugh when Sen. Franken turned toward Beauregard and told him that he would be like Sen. Wellstone and looked forward to working with is repub colleagues…

Heh.

]]> By: evita http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-236455 evita Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:22:40 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236455 I'd like to know too. All my searches come up with zip- and I've been looking since the Obama campaign. I'd like to know too. All my searches come up with zip- and I've been looking since the Obama campaign.

]]> By: Webb http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-236451 Webb Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:21:21 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236451 "I think as a diverse nation, diversity is very, very important."<br>- Arlen Specter, PA (D)<br><br>WTF? He is sounding like he wants to get re-elected...as a Democrat. LMAO. “I think as a diverse nation, diversity is very, very important.”
- Arlen Specter, PA (D)

WTF? He is sounding like he wants to get re-elected…as a Democrat. LMAO.

]]> By: Town http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/sonia-sotomayors-confirmation-hearing-open-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-236433 Town Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:10:32 +0000 http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=13146#comment-236433 Not surprised to see Linda Chavez on there. How do you say Lawn Jockey in Spanish? Not surprised to see Linda Chavez on there. How do you say Lawn Jockey in Spanish?

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