WACHOWT, I’M A DANGEROUS RIGHT WING RADICAL!!!!!!!1!!11!!!!

You may be watching/reading/listening to different news than I am, but I don’t think her being Puerto Rican is WHY she’s appointable, and I haven’t seen it pushed that way.

I’m gonna ask Seth to find out what the name of this particular specious argument is, but let me explain where it’s not quite spot on.

You’re actually right, in one sense. Abusing a position of power for personal gain is wrong wrong wrong.

In another sense, it just doesn’t apply at all. White men (for the record, I’m a tall, muscular Irish/Dutch hybrid, I’m not pointing fingers at other people) have the power in our society. Here and there, and under certain circumstances, women and racial minorities are gaining power to equal ours. This is a good thing, imo.

Really, I’m not sure I want Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court, but my objections are based on her time as a corporate lawyer. I’m afraid she’ll rule in favor of the next company that doesn’t pay overtime to it’s employees, or in favor of companies who want to restrict my access to the internet because they’re afraid I might download a song illegally.

I’m not at all afraid she’ll cause the Supreme Court to rule that I, as a white man, deserve to be discriminated against.

Nice discussing this with you Froo. Good luck with your new little one!

I play WoW and strategy games

and as a side, can i come get some good boots and join you gals with nancy sinatra?
i don’t like bias either when it comes to positions of authority that are supposed to be bias free. (and this old hag knows how to stir up a tempest without disturbing a strand of hair, lol)

graduated as valedictorian of her class at Blessed Sacrament and at Cardinal Spellman High School in New York. She won a scholarship to Princeton where she continued to excel, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She was a co-recipient of the M. Taylor Pyne Prize, the highest honor Princeton awards to an undergraduate. At Yale Law School, Judge Sotomayor served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal and as managing editor of the Yale Studies in World Public Order.

After law school, Sotomayor spent five years as Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, trying dozens of criminal cases. Robert Morgenthau, who chose her for the position, described her as a “fearless and effective prosecutor.” She entered private practice in 1984, working as an international corporate litigator handling cases involving everything from intellectual property to banking, real estate and contract law.

As Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSBlog writes, “Almost all of her career has been in public service — as a prosecutor, trial judge, and now appellate judge. She has almost no money to her name.”

and

If confirmed for the Supreme Court, Judge Sotomayor would bring more federal judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice in 100 years, and more overall judicial experience than anyone confirmed for the Court in the past 70 years.

I love ya Froo, but… selective reading much?

I dunno what the heck you’re talking about, but for the sake of argument, let’s posit you are correct.

In Sotomayor’s case, we’re talking about a lifetime appointment, not serving at the pleasure of the president.

I’m gonna have to remember that line.

Halo 3′s story centers on the interstellar war between 26th century humanity, led by the United Nations Space Command, and a collection of alien races known as the Covenant. The player assumes the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier, as he wages war in defense of humanity, assisted by human Marines as well as an allied alien race called Elites, which is led by the Arbiter. The game features vehicles, weapons, and gameplay not present in previous titles of the series, as well as the addition of saved gameplay films, file sharing, and the Forge map editor; a utility which allows the player to perform modifications to multiplayer levels.

Halo 3 grossed US$300 million in its first week. More than one million people played Halo 3 on Xbox Live in the first twenty hours. As of January 3, 2008, Halo 3 has sold 8.1 million copies, and was the best-selling video game of 2007 in the U.S.
Overall, the game was very well-received by critics, with the Forge and multiplayer offerings singled out as strong features. By March 2009 more than 1 billion online matches had been played. A prequel to the game, Halo 3: ODST, is currently under development.

What do you mean it doesn’t count as an ordinal post? she said “2nd!!”