No, i'm not impersonating a chicken. I'm bemoaning the remnants of the United States Supreme Court. Sandra Day O'Connor just announced her retirement. That means W gets to appoint her replacement. I wan't worried when it became apparent that Rehnquist is dying, because he's so fucking conservative that when W appoints his replacement it won't shift the balance on the bench any. But O'Connor is the deciding vote in almost every 5/4 split. I wouldn't exactly call her the voice of reason, but she's done a fairly decent job of making sure the Scalia/Thomas/Rehnquist crowd don't completely dismatle the constitution. Now when Rehnquist dies Thomas will take over as Chief Justice, and O'Connor's replacement will let him do whatever he wants. Thank GOD I'm leaving this country in just 12 more weeks.
The good news is Spain. They just became the third country to legalize gay marraige (the Netherlands and Belgium being 1 and 2, respectively). The newspaper said that as the lawmakers left the legislative building where the vote took place, crowds of people who had been watching the proceedings on TVs in the Plaza waved and blew kisses at the lawmakers and cried with joy. I figure that's gotta be a serious First for most politicians. I hope that kind of positive feedback reinforces the values that compelled them to acknowledge all Spaniards as worthy of having their love legally recognized.
It would seem that in fact Paula Abdul is more prophetic than anyone would like to believe. As the rest of the world takes 2 steps forward, we take one back.
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