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A Judge’s View of Judging Is on the Record  (source: NY Times)

By CHARLIE SAVAGEMAY 14, 2009

WASHINGTON — In 2001, Sonia Sotomayor, an appeals court judge, gave a speech declaring that the ethnicity and sex of a judge “may and will make a difference in our judging.”

In her speech, Judge Sotomayor questioned the famous notion — often invoked by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her retired Supreme Court colleague, Sandra Day O’Connor — that a wise old man and a wise old woman would reach the same conclusion when deciding cases.

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” said Judge Sotomayor, who is now considered to be near the top of President Obama’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

Sylvia Thompson

Sylvia Thompson
August 21, 2014

Where are the white residents of Ferguson, Missouri – people brandishing signs reading "Justice for Officer Darren Wilson "? There may be a need to bring whites in from other locations, as the blacks have done.

 Whatever it takes, but white people had better begin to show force and fight back against the ongoing destruction of all that has been achieved in the racial arena in America. Gains made over many decades by many Americans, both black and white.

 Conservative blacks cannot fight this fight for you. You must fight it.

Yes, I am black, descendant of slaves, reared under Jim Crow segregation, and all that minutiae, but I am also extremely tired of the "somebody else is the cause of my problems" mentality engrossing too many black people. A mentality that elitists Barack Obama and Eric Holder have preyed upon throughout their miserable careers.

Understand this, folks, if you glean nothing else from the madness going on in Missouri. Eric Holder is in Ferguson, at the behest of Obama, for the express purpose of subverting justice.

 That is what these two despicable men do – subvert justice, so as to perpetuate divisiveness and hatred among blacks and whites. I am not a psychologist, but a good reader of human nature, and I detect that Holder's twisted ego is stroked mightily by all those non-elite blacks fawning over his presence.

 The "activist" Attorney General is their savior; he will see that the white man suffers, guilty or not.

I recently caught a glimpse of Holder on TV working a group of blacks as if he were one of them. He is not. He is elite and privileged,(net worth 13 million) and these black masses mean nothing to him (or to Obama), other than in the furtherance of a leftist agenda.

 If these agitators can be coaxed to the poll booths, they will vote Democrat.

 Never mind that Obama and the Democrats are the reason for much of their economic and social woes.

I am becoming fed-up with the response (or lack thereof) that so many whites display in face of the criminal behavior of so many blacks. I have had it up to my brow with "political correctness" and "white guilt."

I am even becoming increasingly irritated by conservative spokespeople, such as Rush Limbaugh, who, although in satire, displays a defeatist attitude toward black racism.

Limbaugh will often say "You cannot say that..." or "We will never be absolved of guilt...," in what he characterizes as satire. I understand what he is doing, but I sense that as a white person, he may use this tactic out of fear. Genuine fear of taking on the racists.

 Or perhaps fear that without satire he might provoke real action on the part of his millions of listeners, and he does not want that responsibility.

 I am unclear about his motives, but I do know that it is time for oppositional clarity, not satire.

Circumstances are much more dire since Obama was foolishly placed into the Presidency and Congress foolishly accepted his nomination of Eric Holder for Attorney General. These two men are leading the destruction of this nation, and that reality is dead serious.

 All conservative spokespeople and people in positions of leadership should be rallying Americans to fight these men.

When blacks begin tearing down a city (any city), whites should be supportive of the police (in their full, military hand-me-down gear), encouraging them to overrun, apprehend, and detain everybody on the street.

 And for those committing crimes, treat them as criminals and stop the crime. If that means killing people, so be it. That is the way the police would treat a mob of marauding whites.

 Safety of the police force should be paramount.

Ignoring the bad-asses and criminals (because of perceived grievances) has done nothing but terrorize decent citizens of all races in large inner cities. That lunacy must stop.

Policing is a dangerous occupation and given the police officer's task of confronting crime and protecting the rest of us from criminals, sometimes violence and killing is necessary.

 I will give any cop the benefit of the doubt over any suspected crook, whatever his color, until I am given evidence to think otherwise.

It behooves the rest of America to do the same. Or, I say police should refuse to work in areas where they are put upon by small-minded politicos, such as the Democrat governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, and race-mongering law officials like Eric Holder.

 Police officers have unions; they should demand that bosses support the boycotting of hell-holes such as Ferguson, if they are to be demeaned.

One final note, ignore the libertarian scare mongering about "militarized police." Libertarians tend to be elites who live nowhere near inner-city communities. They are more likely to be in gated facilities or areas so financially set that crime is something they experience only in the news.

 They have the luxury of whining about how the police are equipped; the rest of us just want them equipped at their best, and armed to the teeth.

 Sylvia Thompson is a black conservative writer whose aim is to counter the liberal spin on issues pertaining to race and culture.

Ms. Thompson is a copy editor by trade currently residing in Tennessee. She formerly wrote for the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley California Newsletter and the online conservative blog ChronWatch, also out of California.

She grew up in Southeast Texas during the waning years of Jim Crow-era legalized segregation, and she concludes that race relations in America will never improve, nor will we ever elevate our culture, as long as there are victims to be pandered to and villains to be vilified. America is better served without victims or villains.

© Copyright 2014 by Sylvia Thompson
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/sthompson/140821

How have we the USA become such a regulation nation? Why is it that “We the People” cannot make our own decisions? Let me explain, if you will.

When Obama ran for the Presidency, he promised a lot for the citizens of this nation. However, he soon learned this was not how he wanted to RULE. He was and still is ruling his way. Whether he makes a good or bad decision, it is to be followed one hundred percent. Moreover, Congress goes along with it instead of trying to put an end to his dictatorship.

Congress' jobs from Wikipedia, the Constitution grants each chamber some unique powers. The Senate ratifies treaties and approves presidential appointments while the House initiates revenue-raising bills. The House initiates impeachment cases, while the Senate decides impeachment cases.^[1] A two-thirds vote of the Senate is required before an impeached person can be forcibly removed from office. Congress needs to be accountable for not following the Constitution or doing the will of the people!

Of course, whenever the citizens squawk about how the President or Congress is doing and the unnecessary regulations, Obama and Congress go into excuse mode, using racism. Some of the media agree with their accusations of racism, too.

However, when an African American speaks the same way towards White Americans it isn't racismand goes unchallenged. At least Congress or the national media never stand up against it nor voice their anger over such atrocities. The same goes with the young blacks who beat up and/or kill, (a male veteran in his eighties), white people of any nationality. the President, Congress, and many well-known African Americans never condemn this. Does this sound like double standards to you?

What I am trying to explain is that “WE The People” need to stop bellyaching; all citizens need to stand up against the wrongs done by our governments and to each other. How? We need to vote, rally,  tell our representatives enough is enough and see that our land. As for Congress and the President, (future President, too), they must follow the Constitution and treat every citizen equally or YOU ARE FIRED!

Ida Temple                                                                                                                                           Mansfield Tea Party                                                                                                                                    Mansfield PA