Don't Abandon the Constitution Now!

I received suggestions for my next entry, and I will address those subjects in time.  However, there is a question before the Nation which deserves everyone’s attention and immediate action… That is the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the United States of America.

What follows is a slightly edited text of that which I sent to all seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.  This letter was sent to Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Orrin Hatch of Utah, Charles Grassley of Iowa, Jon Kyl of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John Cornyn of Texas, and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.

I urge you to contact your US Representative & Senators to bring “thoughtful encouragement” upon these gentlemen to do their duty to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic!  My next move will be to share this message with every Republican in the House and Senate, and with the top 50 newspapers and media outlets in the U.S..  What will be your next move?

Here is the text of my message to the Republican Senators on the Judiciary: 

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

Do those words of Sonia Sotomayor, in Berkely, California in 2002, bother you?  If not, then do you defend the following remarks in 2002, by Judge Sotomayor; when she stated: "… I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society."  

Isn’t there supposed to be equal justice under the law? In a society which aspires to colorblindness and the rule of law rather than the rule of men, Judge Sotomayor’s public statements are breathtaking and call into question her ability to apply the law impartially.  Additionally, her history of unabashedly legislating from the bench is prima facia evidence that she has not the temperment to serve as a juror, much less a jurist.

Consider that Sotomayor, in Ricci v. DeStefano upheld the policy of a city that used racially discriminatory practices to deny promotion for firefighters.

In this case, Sotomayor was chastised by fellow Clinton appointee, Judge José Cabranes regarding her reckless and indefensible action in summarily dismissing the case and failing to apply the law equally.

I am writing you today to ask you to stand together to defend the Constitution of the United States of America.  I am asking you to stand together… Do not break ranks… And exhibit your Patriotism & Fidelity to Our Nation by stopping this farce of a nomination by forcing the provisions of Rule IV of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which states: "The Chairman shall entertain a non-debatable motion to bring a matter before the Committee to a vote. If there is objection to bring the matter to a vote without further debate, a roll call vote of the Committee shall be taken, and debate shall be terminated if the motion to bring the matter to a vote without further debate passes with ten votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority."

You and the other six Republican Senators of the Judiciary Committee have the power to prevent the confirmation of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court from being rammed through the Senate.  The American people have heard the news reports that this nomination is a fait accompli.  You & I both know that there is nothing further from the truth!  The American people have heard Republican leaders state that they want to be "fair."  And you should be!  And you are to be applauded for giving liberals more courtesy than they extended to Judge Robert Bork, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito, Chief Justice John Roberts and others.  However, the Senate must not serve as a rubber stamp of this extreme nominee.  There is no place for judicial activism on the Supreme Court!

More important than anything else I send to you today, please take note of this plea from a simple, old soldier…

Do not abandon and dishonour the sacrifices made by my family & our Brothers in Arms by not stopping this nomination dead in it’s tracks.  In the past three generations of my family we have served in the 45th Infantry Division which landed at Anzio… We have served in the Korean Conflict… Continual twenty-four Hour Airborne Alert in a B-52, flying tracks over the Atlantic during the Cuban Missile Crisis during that fateful week in October… Air and ground combat in Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia… The Cold War… Genada, W.I. during Operation Urgent Fury… And left our families to answer the call to active duty during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

We all have served our country with Honour & Distinction for those ideals upon which Our Nation was founded, and for the Liberty & Freedom that is given by God Almighty to all men for the past seventy-plus years.  We all have done our duty…  All I am asking is that you do yours.   

The Automobile Commissar... BRILLIANT!

Today, Mike Allen of The Politico reports that the Hussein administration, acting in its role as the most genius of all automotive geniuses, has announced that they are making deep cuts in the number of dealerships that they will allow to exist, going forward.

Allen reports an administration official telling him, “It’s important to understand what our role is and what it isn’t” the source said.  “We are obviously very involved with these companies - we have a whole team of people here spending a lot of time with these companies.  Among other things, we are certainly spending a lot of time on their business plans, including their dealer network and what the right size of the deal (dealership network) is.”

Allen’s source goes on, “But what we’re not doing is going on a micro level in terms of how many dealers should there be in the state of Kansas, who (how) many dealers should there be in Wichita - even, necessarily, how many dealers should there be across the country.  We’re really vetting business plans.  The company produces business plans - including dealers, including the size of the dealer footprint in the aggregate.  We look at the numbers that fall out from that and offer thoughts.  But we don’t sit there and go dealer by dealer.”

WHAT???  The Automobile Commissar is mandating deep cuts in the number of GM and Chrysler dealers, but the central planners are not dictating how many dealers will be in your neighborhood, or your region, or your state, and they’re not going to even dictate how many dealers there will be across the nation?  WHAT???

Oh, but wait!  Everything will be fine because the central planners are really doing a deep dive into the structure and operations of GM and Chrysler.  Oh, REALLY???  Allen’s source says, “We’re really vetting business plans.”  Oh, REALLY???  The source continues, “The company produces business plans - including dealers, including the size of the dealer footprint in the aggregate.  We look at the numbers that fall out from that and offer thoughts.  But we don’t sit there and go dealer by dealer.”  Oh, REALLY???

BULLS&!#!!!  Let me translate into simple english… We’re looking at everything in great detail in order to make broad, radical, sweeping changes in the American automobile industry, but we’re not actually looking at either the micro or macro business implications on the industry.  But, we will dictate what you will make, how much it will cost, and we will slash the number of sales outlets, which is the only place where sales take place.  And one other thing, you (GM and Chrysler) will no longer be allowed to advertise or sponsor events, which would get the brand names in front of where your potential customers spend their time.  No sales people… No advertising!  BRILLIANT!!!

The result?  Well, according to John McEleney, Chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, these actions by the Automobile Commissar will cost American workers in the auto industry 200,000 jobs.

BRILLIANT!!!