Supreme Court Vacancy, Eye on Gonzalez

With the recent stepping down of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and all the talk of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, I found myself going back to the article I had written during the confirmation proceedings for Attorney General.

Beware, although ultra-conservative groups are quite against his nomination as a Supreme Court Justice, he has a checkered public record since the Iraq War began. There is much reason to pause when considering him for as important a life-time position as a justice on the Supreme Court.

Liberal groups tend to like the idea of a seemingly more moderate candidate like Gonzalez. However, his record speaks for itself. Do we really want the author of torture policies of detainees to become a Justice? Seems quite unjust to me.

And you can Quote me on that. The Quotable Queer

Nothing New in Presidential Address

President George W. Bush decided to have his Presidential Address on June 28th, 2005 at Fort Bragg. A safe place while in front of troops to say anything . . . or rather nothing new. The same tired reliance on the memories of the trauma of September 11th, 2001 is so overused at this point.

The fact is there was no connection to 9/11 in Iraq before the invasion . . . and the only connection to terrorism was after the fall of Saddam because we couldn't secure the borders. The lesson of this Administration is clear . . . there is none.

And you can Quote me on that. The Quotable Queer