Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Nominee for Our Times

It's been far too long since I'd checked in on Pandagon,  seriously feminist, in-your-face blog.  Amanda Marcotte's headline sums up what many of us fear about the swirl of stupidity that has only just begun from the Senate Repub old white guys --

This appears like it’s going to be much worse than even the worst cynic would have predicted

She is on the mark about the opposition to Sonia Sotomayor,  President Obama's well-qualified nominee for the Supreme Court.

One commenter imagines  the following  list of qualities that any god-fearing right-winger would require to find a woman nominee acceptable : 

"So, just to get this straight - the heirarchy of wiminfolk for the conservatives goes like this
-(white) virgin
-(white) married with clown car womb (as long as they’re in a church)
-(white) married with 2-3 kids
-(white) unmarried with kids
-(white) divorced with kids
-(white) divorced no kids
-(white) never been married no kids has sex anyway

....Wait, should virgins be at the top? Or in the middle? Argh. It’s hard - such shifting sands."

Go there and read.   We need to have a little lightness as we prepare ourselves for the stupidity marathon a/k/a Supreme Court selection in the Senate.

UPDATE:  Some of today's newpaper front pages in New York City.  

 

And our own Nick Bloom was contacted to join Brian Lehrer on WNYC the local NPR affiliate to talk about public housing in the City (link to the webcast).  Along with a current resident of the Bronx housing project where Sonia Sotomayor grew up, the three had a good discussion on the value of this 1930s innovation. 

Comments

[m.e.]

Pity the poor turkeys--they don't have anything else to say.
Sotomayor was appointed by both George H.W. Bush (41) and Bill Clinton (43).
She's a splendid candidate and will make a splendid Supreme Court justice.

Would those of you who live in states with representation in Congress please get on the phone/email/twitter/whatever and TELL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES THAT YOU SUPPORT HER?

Thanks.

[Rhea]

What is going on with Republicans!? How could they possibly dispute this woman's qualifications? They put forward a lightweight like Sarah Palin for VP of the United States and have the audacity to oppose this nomination? I think the right wing wants to dumb down America so they can control us. Dumb is good, to them.

[Hattie]

The Republicans have gone insane due to not being in power. They are supposed to be in power. They were born for it and it is their entitlement. They remind me of my ranting uncles.

[Hattie]

It was quite a thrill to hear the podcast about the projects.
We lived in a company run project in Switzerland which was very beautiful: buildings of four stories, roomy apartments with modern kitchens, balconies and other amenities and playgrounds with no traffic where the kids could play safely while we kept an eye on them, and very low rent. I loved it. We moved later to a similar, privately owned complex that a dairy farmer had built on one of his pastures. He continued to work the rest of the farm, so our kids got to see barns and cows and all that while living in a close-in area on a commuter train line!
It was very nice.
Noted the results of the population boom that's going on now when we went to the beach today. Kids, kids, everywhere. Haven't seen that in years.

[Lydia]

Thanks for adding the update! It was a real treat to see such headlines on the variety of newspapers.
Republicans have Cheney in the forefront, lest they forget how to scoff and hate. I am trying my best to ignore them, as that is what I think they deserve and the reaction they'd least likely understand and most likely not want.

Congrats to your son. He sure is an impressive leader.