October 18, 2005

Cherchez la femme

Is it just me, or are we all mystified about why the government—thanks to everybody's favorite evasion tactic, "executive privilege"—is allowed to withhold information on a supreme court nominee's background? And why the nominee herself seems to be almost proud (see paragraph three of the article) of the fact that nobody knows her opinions on anything?

Call me a bleeding-heart anti-family-values leftist tree-hugging commie, but that seems to run exactly counter to common sense. She's up for a lifetime post on the highest court in the nation. Her opinions on various issues are quite likely, then, to become laws. Laws. You know, the permanent kind that govern every element of our daily lives, including whether or not we have babies. So...it strikes me as reasonable to want to know what she's all about.

Tsk, tsk. Commoners shouldn't ask too many questions, I know. But I'm a little riled up about this one.

2 comments:

RB said...

I'm very much enjoying the new site. Keep up the good postings!

The BCB said...

thanks, darlin'! i'm still a faithful rblog fan, and i even check on bucky sometimes. you're just that good.