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The ruling could give Sotomayor's critics fresh ammunition two weeks before her Senate confirmation hearing. Conservatives say it shows she is a judicial activist who lets her own feelings color her decisions. On the other hand, liberal allies say her stance in the case demonstrates her restraint and unwillingness to go beyond established precedents.

My problem with all politicians: they all let " [their] own feelings color [their] decisions”.  This is why liberals adore public welfare (it alleviates their rich guilt) and conservatives damn abortion (they love babies, more babies, more money, more workforce), for two good examples.  Trumpeting morality, enforcing it through policy, this is not a function of logic, it is an emotional impulse.

The race issue abides.  At this point, I see racism as another wedge, another finger in the leaky dam.  When will people realize race is simply an analogue for class, and class is basically a caste within a capitalist system?  These are hard realizations, and ones most people won’t allow themselves, or others.  But these conclusions are simple.

One of the best songs I ever wrote…

The unforgivable is forgave
if the highest price is paid
You’re just a different kind of slave
these days
to your appetites and avarice
your inclinations and prejudice
All of this you refuse an exposé

You were holding all the spades
but somehow lost the game
You simply didn’t play your cards right
You wasted every turn
never took the opportunity
to learn from those mistakes
Now nothing can slake that appetite

Black and white
right and wrong
we all sing the same old songs
For all our progression
we’re much too possessive

Poor and rich
boy and girl
it really is the same old world
We’ve just dressed it up
and given it a curl

Did y'all hear Michael Jackson died?