Playing well with others

Unfortunately, the ball is now in Bush's proverbial and literal court. Today, as you may have heard, Sandra Day O'Connor announcer her retirement from the Supreme Court. If you want detailed information about her, please read any one of a billion articles floating around on news sites. I can't really do her justice (2 puns in the first 3 sentences, not a good sign). To summarize, she's palyed a very important role in the past 25 years acting as a moderate, a sane voice, on a court that would otherwise be split even on left and right. For anyone who considers themselves a middle of the road kind of guy (or gal), as I do, her departure, when we have a whacko Village Idiot Right Wing Religious extemist in the White House is a very terrible thing.

I fear that Bush will try to push through someone that will tilt the highest court in the direction of Constitutional Conservatives that believe the Bill of Rights is largely a mistake andf can easily be ignored. This type of person would mean intrusion into our person lives as we have seen recently witht he Terry Schivo fiasco and could potentially see with an over-turn of Roe v Wade (more on this next week).

I do have to work, so I have to be brief. But the time to do something is now and there isn't a very big window to act. Click this link:
http://www.moveonpac.org/protectourrights?id=5730-3231921-fyRczsHweHktJ4_JMQt7rw&t=3
and be sure to let our congressfolk know that America is a melting pot which does not lean left or right but rather sits smack dab on the middle of the fence. There needs to be a calming influence on the court. If this weren't so important, I would have waited until I had more time to write a blog that supplies some semblance of coherent thoughts.

I hope everyone is well. Happy 4th!!!