Comments on: Sonia Sotomayor Hearings http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/19/sonia-sotomayor-hearings/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diana Peterfreund http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/19/sonia-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-82218 Diana Peterfreund Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:57:40 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=5387#comment-82218 The whole thing (and the public's reaction to it) kinda reminded me of that scene at the end of 12 Angry Men. Very meta. The whole thing (and the public’s reaction to it) kinda reminded me of that scene at the end of 12 Angry Men. Very meta.

]]> By: AliceB http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/19/sonia-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-82190 AliceB Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:52:58 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=5387#comment-82190 Thank you! I completely agree with you. And the Colbert clip is excellent. I kept thinking all week that the main problem folks opposed to her nomination have had, is that she's a brown woman. And I wasn't sure whether it was the brown part or the woman part that bothered them more. Thank you! I completely agree with you. And the Colbert clip is excellent. I kept thinking all week that the main problem folks opposed to her nomination have had, is that she’s a brown woman. And I wasn’t sure whether it was the brown part or the woman part that bothered them more.

]]> By: Stacy Whitman’s Grimoire » Colbert (once again) pretty much sums up my feelings http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/19/sonia-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-82187 Stacy Whitman’s Grimoire » Colbert (once again) pretty much sums up my feelings Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:52:26 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=5387#comment-82187 [...] thanks to Justine Larbalestier for the link, here’s Thursday’s [...] [...] thanks to Justine Larbalestier for the link, here’s Thursday’s [...]

]]> By: stacy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/19/sonia-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-82186 stacy Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:37:46 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=5387#comment-82186 I just watched the Buchanan/Maddow clip on another friend's blog and you described my reaction pretty well -- all I could do was just let my jaw drop. And I thought of the same people you did who built this country literally by their hard labor, the Chinese and the slaves and the former Mexicans who became USians simply by the change of borders, and the poor white farmers and indentured servants (who I'm sure weren't part of Buchanan's "white people" because he's thinking of people who could afford Yale apparently), and the immigrants from all over the world, who all made this place the melting pot (or stew, or whatever) that it is. We were all in this together from the beginning, though we're still getting over the animosity. I just watched the Buchanan/Maddow clip on another friend’s blog and you described my reaction pretty well — all I could do was just let my jaw drop. And I thought of the same people you did who built this country literally by their hard labor, the Chinese and the slaves and the former Mexicans who became USians simply by the change of borders, and the poor white farmers and indentured servants (who I’m sure weren’t part of Buchanan’s “white people” because he’s thinking of people who could afford Yale apparently), and the immigrants from all over the world, who all made this place the melting pot (or stew, or whatever) that it is.

We were all in this together from the beginning, though we’re still getting over the animosity.

]]> By: London http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/19/sonia-sotomayor-hearings/comment-page-1/#comment-82185 London Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:31:13 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=5387#comment-82185 Thanks for posting this, Justine! Your posts always make me feel better about the world, even when you're posting about something as awful and absurd as Pat Buchanan's views of America, because *you* have so much common sense & good judgment. Hooray for common sense! Thanks for posting this, Justine! Your posts always make me feel better about the world, even when you’re posting about something as awful and absurd as Pat Buchanan’s views of America, because *you* have so much common sense & good judgment. Hooray for common sense!

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