The Era Of Irresponsibility and Double Standards...My Two Cents Worth

This has been a very busy and active week in the news. It all started on Monday when Øbama (I still refuse to put the title of President in front of his name) introduced Sonya Sotomayor as his nominee for the soon to be vacant Supreme Court seat.

It became apparent and very quickly, that Sotomayor is a racist. Her controversial remarks in 2001 clearly defines her as such. Don't agree? Well, had this been a statement by a Conservative President's appointee, what would the reaction be? My point exactly.

She was born in the Bronx, not in Puerto Rico. This makes her an American, not a Puerto Rican nor a Puerto Rican-American. Her "Latino" or "Hispanic" roots don't impress me a bit. And this will definitely, in my estimate, will not make her a better judge.

Should she be confirmed? I'm not sure. I Googled her name to find out more about her, there are over 2.4 million results. I trust that the system will work.

Will she be confirmed? Probably. "The White House expects and demands a quick and smooth confirmation". If she truly is the "best" person for the job, so be it. If she's not, will there be someone with enough guts to fight this nomination? Probably not.

Senator Graham wants an apology for the comment that seems to be the most controversial issue to date. What the hell will this accomplish? Okay, should she apologize, what then? All's forgiven?

Can't hardly wait to see how this plays out. Only good thing here is that her appointment will probably not change the philosophical make up of the court.

Also this week, Øbama thought it best to spend $250,000 per day of taxpayers money to travel to California to raise money for the Democrats. And he thought it prudent to spend who knows how much to go on a date with MrsØ in New York. I wasn't aware that it was the taxpayers function to finance his personal trips. All this during a time when Americans are hurting.

Last night's news brought us the story of American fighters landing in Japan. This to prepare the U.S. to attack or engage into fight with North Korea.

Okay, so what has North Korea done to the U.S.? Why should the U.S. engage into a fight with them? Was this not the battle cry for the entire Bush Administration regarding the fight in Iraq? Were we not told during the campaign that one of the many "changes" coming was more "dialog"? Has Hillary been in North Korea "dialoging" her way out of a conflict? I cant remember the news reporting this. Maybe I have been under a rock.

And why haven't I heard the entire world, specially the Europeans, express their disgust with this measure? Oh, yeah... the North Koreans have the capability of reaching Europe with their weapons, as does Iran. Now I get it.

And that's my week's "two cents worth".