I feel as though words will not do justice to my thoughts and feelings at such a time; that words cannot express what I am feeling. Great sadness, approaching emotional trauma, tends to block the usual flow of ideas and I feel tempted to beg off with “I’m sorry, but I’m so distraught I cannot say anything.”
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The author wonders aloud if the GOP would be opposed to the president nominating a new Justice to the Supreme Court if there were currently a Republican instead of a Democrat in the White House.
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The study of human history starts with the past but it ends, as it always must, in the present, in the real live here and now. The past is not just in the past; it is also here, with us, today.
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I don’t mind listenin’ to rapping / good rapping that is / It reminds me to feel kindly toward the less fortunate / What to do with the brother who ain’t down with the lyin’ stealin’ killin’ / Don’t matter which side you come a-prancing down the aisle / Poor black trash or poor white trash / Rich white trash or rich black trash / Paucity of words signals poverty of ideas
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No offense good Americans, but I do believe our beloved Supreme Court has gone berserk! . . . . This is a Court that needs to be reformed and have term limits imposed upon it with terms of no more than a few years per Justice . . . . It’s time to protest this Court and propose substantial changes to its composition and length of appointment. This Court is doing more to destroy the fabric of American democracy than any other institution or social class in recent memory; if we do not stop this Court, it will destroy American democracy!
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