Sotomayor: "No universal definition of wise"???, North Korea Launches More Missles, Obama Fundraises for Reid: STOP HIM

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. -William Pitt 1) Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor in Her Own Words “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” “ Justice [Sandra Day] O’Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases…. I am… not so sure that I agree with the statement. First… there can never be a universal definition of wise.” WHAT???? There can never be a "universal definition of wise"? Great. A post-modern relativist as a judge charged with impartially applying the law. That’ll work out fantastically.   “All of the legal defense funds out there, they’re looking for people with Court of Appeals experience. Because it is — Court of Appeals is where policy is made. And I know, and I know, that this is on tape, and I should never say that. Because we don’t ‘make law,’ I know. [Laughter from audience] Okay, I know. I know. I’m not promoting it, and I’m not advocating it. I’m, you know. [More laughter] Having said that, the Court of Appeals is where, before the Supreme Court makes the final decision, the law is percolating. Its interpretation, its application.” See: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/05/26/supreme-court-nominee-sonia-sotomayor-in-her-own-words/ 1a) Obama’s Supreme Court Choice Today’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court of the United States is a very aggressive decision that will trigger a national debate on the issue of judicial activism. The background and philosophy of Judge Sotomayor clearly puts the Constitution front and center. How will this nominee view the Constitution and the rule of law? Will she embrace her past statement that the “court of appeals is where policy is made?” This nomination raises serious questions about the issue of legislating from the bench.  See: http://aclj.org/TrialNotebook/Read.aspx?id=782 1b) More on Sotomayor… …In one of her most notable decisions as an appellate judge, she sided last year with the city of New Haven, Conn., in a discrimination case brought by white firefighters. The city threw out results of a promotion exam because too few minorities scored high enough. Coincidentally, that case is now before the Supreme Court. Her ruling had already drawn criticism from conservatives and is likely to play a role in her confirmation hearing. See: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_SUPREME_COURT?SITE=CAANG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE= 2) Defiant North Korea fires rockets, blames U.S. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea defied international condemnation of its latest nuclear test by firing three short-range missiles off its coast on Tuesday and major powers considered tougher action against the isolated communist state. With tension in the region high, South Korea said it would join a U.S.-led initiative to intercept ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction, something Pyongyang has warned it would consider a declaration of war. …The nuclear test raised concern about North Korea spreading its weapons to other countries and groups. The United States has accused it of trying try to sell nuclear know-how to Syria and others. …"Another risk is that the North Koreans might peddle some plutonium, or peddle some technology to terrorist groups, that would also be very, very serious," Hans Blix, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the BBC. …Pyongyang said the United States was the aggressor, its usual justification for making nuclear arms. "Our army and people are fully ready for battle ... against any reckless U.S. attempt for a preemptive attack," said its KCNA news agency. See: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSEO14165620090526?sp=true And: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090527/ap_on_re_as/as_koreas_nuclear 2a) The Axis of Evil Tortures Obama The remnant of the Axis of Evil delights in torturing our President . Not just with words -- but with carefully timed "3 a.m." nuclear detonations and launches of inter-continental missiles capable of delivering WMDs. The North Koreans did so on Memorial Day, as well as in April as their riposte to Obama's Apology Trip to Europe. Tehran launched its own provocation last week. President Obama responded with robust words: "North Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community." Other world leaders spoke similarly, especially neighboring South Korea and Japan. The U.N. Security Council is rushing into emergency session. The trouble is that we have heard this feckless song before, as described in our April 17 American Thinker article (Obama Flunks the 3 A.M. Test). While Obama was urging nuclear disarmament in Prague, Pyongyang launched an inter-continental multi-stage rocket in defiance of an explicit Security council resolution. Obama's April words also sounded like John Wayne: "Violations must be punished. Words must mean something."   What did Obama's words lead to? The Security Council issued a non-binding statement of condemnation. North Korea responded by withdrawing from the interminable futile Six-Party talks, expelling IAEA inspectors, and restarting nuclear facilitates it had previously agreed to disable in return for substantial already delivered concessions. The Obama Administration capped this charade of how "Violations must be punished" with this meek plea from Stephen Bosworth, our chief envoy to Pyongyang: "Regardless of the short-term problem, everyone has a long-term interest in getting back to the negotiations in the 6-party process as expeditiously as possible." Returning to negotiations without making North Korea pay a price would only confirm that Pyongyang has once again outsmarted Washington.   See: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/05/the_axis_of_evil_tortures_obam.html 3) State and Local Governments Ask For TARP Money State and local governments are asking Washington to give them something that banks are trying to get rid of: federal bailout money. California is asking that money from the Treasury’s TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Program, be used to help back more than $13 billion in short-term borrowings. Members of Congress and several municipalities want bailout money to be used to cover more than $1 billion in losses from investments by municipalities in debt issued by Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that went bust. And Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is drafting legislation that would have the Federal Reserve, and potentially the Treasury’s bailout money as well, stand behind floating-rate municipal bonds — a $400 billion market that provides short-term financing to municipalities, but which has been largely frozen in the current credit crisis. Translation: State and local governments are now targets for takeover by the Federal Government… See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/business/26muni.html?ref=todayspaper 4) Obama Attends Vegas fundraiser for Reid TONIGHT: Let’s Donate Instead to Reid’s Arch Rival -- President Obama flies to Las Vegas this afternoon to headline a fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), above, tonight at Caesars Palace. No word yet on whether the president will clarify his previous comments about how bailed-out corporations should not schedule junkets in the gambling mecca. (See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/25/AR2009052502393.html).   Not fair, you say? Unethical?  Then send a message to Harry Reid and make an investment in liberty by investing in Sharron Angle’s campaign. Can you imagine the look on his face when he wakes up on May 27th and discovers Sharron Angle, his arch rival, has received more donations then he did on the 26th without the help of the President? Here’s how it’s done: 1. Go to Sharron Angle's website (http://www.sharronangle.com/) and donate a minimum of $35.00 (more is always appreciated), or go to http://nvaction.com/NACHarryBlast.html.  2. Send this to everyone on your email list. (Especially if your friends are out of state)   3. Ask your friends to send this email to everyone on their email list. 5) Burris pleads on taped call for Senate appointment (Gotta Love Our State of Complete and Total Corruption…) CHICAGO – Sen. Roland Burris promised to "personally do something" for Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund while pressing for the then-Illinois governor to appoint him to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat, according to a wiretap transcript released Tuesday. "Tell Rod to keep me in mind for that seat, would ya?" Burris tells Robert Blagojevich, who headed his brother's campaign fund, in a Nov. 13 phone conversation secretly taped by the FBI. The remark came after Robert Blagojevich urged Burris to "keep me in mind and you know if you guys can just write checks that'd be fine, if we can't find a way for you to tie in." "Okay, okay, well we, we, I, I will personally do something, okay," Burris says. Earlier in the conversation, Burris and Robert Blagojevich explored the possibility that Burris might raise campaign money on a larger scale. "I know I could give him a check," Burris said. "Myself." See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090527/ap_on_re_us/us_burris_ethics_investigation