<p>Alito is in!!! (he’s a neighbor).</p>
<p>Democrats:
AS YOU WERE! </p>
<p>[besides, you’ve still got the War, Abramoff, and various and sundry complaints/initiatives…they may even get worse–now that’s a happy thought].</p>
<p>A smile is just a frown turned upside down…</p>
<p>What about Clinton? [i mean the female one]</p>
<p>FountainSiren, I hope you can tell your neighbor that there ARE people in Massachusetts who respect him and are happy to see his confirmation.</p>
<p>Congrats to another NJ boy made good.</p>
<p>History, if it is kept real, will tell the tale</p>
<p>I for one will be able to say I told you so, but you will have to see it for yourself</p>
<p>With that, we shall see</p>
<p>Don’t you get tired of baiting people? I don’t participate in political threads, as the “NYAH NYAH I’M RIGHT AND YOU AND EVERYONE LIKE YOU IS A JERK!” sentiment is far too prevalent and quite distasteful to me.</p>
<p>On this current topic, I’m compelled to say that I find it disheartening that my children and grandchildren may suffer under the decisions that will likely follow from this new Court. It is a sad day for me, and I do despair. You might take a breath and consider that some thoughtful, caring people completely disagree with you, and that rubbing their faces in things they find disturbing is disrespectful and does not reflect well on you as a supposedly compassionate human being.</p>
<p>Respect and caring for others is the mark of a generous spirit and a matur(ing) human. I would recommend taking this approach in future. That is all.</p>
<p>(PS: I am originally from NJ.)</p>
<p>Wow, Mootmom – what a strong response. This is my first, and I’m sure my last, political post, but I can’t see why FountainSiren’s happiness at a neighbor’s success should elicit such a personal attack. FountainSiren is a college kid, with all that that implies. But I really don’t see this post as one of baiting people. Although I’m sure I’m more conservative than many on this board, I enjoy reading comments by others of a different outlook – even if I disagree, it usually requires that I consider my reasons. So, that’s it for me – over and out.</p>
<p>Mootmom,</p>
<p>The following is posted on a thread just above this thread (can’t miss it):
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<p>Im sure this offends you, but apparently not as much as much as my celebration (above) that I am overjoyed that one of our neighbors was just appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States of America (whom, it should be noted, has been ruthlessly damned and criticized in these quarters by what I assume to be Democrats, liberals, repulo-bashers and concerned citizens). </p>
<p>I suppose we * should contain our [my] joy–perhaps join with the mourners. But human nature being what it is, some of us big mean meanies just celebrate when our guy succeeds.</p>
<p>Should a Pittsburg fan mourn if their home town team, the Steelers, wins the Super BowlI mean, just out of respect for the hurt feelings of those who rallied to the loser?</p>
<p>Well, here goes:
Sorry Mam
I feel your pain. [better?]</p>
<p>Citygirlsmom, please, not again, one of your “I told you so responses.” Have you noticed you never make sense? I just really hope citygirl has other sources.</p>
<p>Fountainsiren, even though there was the Princeton debacle, I think this will work. Congrats!</p>
<p>So Alito is now a United States Supreme Court Justice, serving for life (or retirement).</p>
<p>To those of you who can’t stand the sound of his name, just remember, people change in that position. It has happened to a few of the current Justices. To me the biggest “life change” has to be that of former Chief Justice Earl Warren, the former Republican Governor of California appointed to the Supremes by President Eisenhower. By the mid-1960’s the reactionary John Birch Society handed out bumper stickers that read “Impeach Earl Warren.” I remember highway road signs carrying that message.</p>
<p>It’s time to move on and watch what happens.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter anyway. The US is losing its position of world dominance to China and India. We are destined to exhibit all the behaviors common to waning societies - gambling, open prostitution, pandemic diseases, and political chicanery.</p>
<p>Am I kidding:)?</p>
<p>His daughter is a good swimmer.</p>
<p>BTW, far less controversial, Bernanke was also confirmed today. You could consider him a New Jersey guy as well, tho not a native.</p>
<p>I said I will be able to say I told you so, that this choice was not a good one for the country and its Citizens</p>
<p>Already, it is happening, and we will see, and when you lose rights, and freedoms, please don’t whine about</p>
<p>And heaven forbid, one of you needs to go to court, because, in Alito’s world, you are nothing</p>
<p>I am angry, I am worried, but I know that no matter what your President and his people do, you agree, because you don’t want to see </p>
<p>that is truely sad</p>
<p>One of FountainSiren’s (and my) classmates wrote an op-ed article saying something to the effect of “No, I’m not a Republican, or even conservative, but Democrats can’t say that they wouldn’t nominate someone who is well-versed in THEIR party line. At least Alito is qualified.”</p>
<p>I feel like such an old fart saying this, but I have heard this gloom and doom from both sides of the political spectrum for over 40 years each time an even mildly controversial Supreme Court Justice is confirmed.</p>
<p>Take a longer view. Remember, even William O. Douglas voted with the majority in the Japanese internment case during WWII. It was Frank Murphy (of Michigan) that wrote the famous dissent.</p>
<p>However, stay vigilant in defense of those causes close to you.</p>
<p>Earl Warren was actually nominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties in California in the same year. It’s hard to imagine that happening now.</p>
<p>Roberts worries me far more than Alito.</p>
<p>I’ve read some of Alito’s opinions. Even the “controversial” ones are narrowly drawn to limit themselves to the scope of the case - very well-reasoned.</p>
<p>Roberts, on the other hand, in case y’all missed it, doesn’t care about state’s rights - see dissent in Oregon case. As Republicans continue to dominate the federal gov’t, liberals are going to want to be able to get their reforms through on a state level - and Roberts will undermine that. Then again, it’s the same thing I said ever since he was nominated. </p>
<p>Worry about him, not Alito.</p>
<p>mootmom- amen, sister. i mean really, fountainsiren, do you truly expect us to believe that your sole purpose in creating this thread was to congratulate someone from your area? If that were the case, I tend to believe your post would be void of the “democrat” babble. I roll my eyes in your general direction.</p>