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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
July 13, 2009
Civil Rights v. Civil Service
From the New York Times:
Trial by Firefighters
by Lani Guinier and Susan Sturm
Sotomayor Credits Constitution For Making Her Dream Possible
In her opening remarks, Sonia Sotomayor said "the Constitution made my dream possible."
Specifically she means affirmative action policies, various race and gender based advantages and basic cheating made her dream possible. In fact I would remind everybody with this widely popular quote by Ms. Sotomayor exactly how important race is to her:
Senator Graham: Sotomayor Will Be Confirmed Barring Meltdown
Yes, she'll be confirmed because Democrats have enough votes to make it happen, not because Senator Graham, the other Republicans or millions of rational thinking Americans want her confirmed.
There is a possible silver-lining: If Republicans are smart they will see this hearing as an opportunity to show Americans how different the Obama agenda really is from the one he sold us last November.
This week: Ground Zero for Hate Crimes Bill?
On Thursday, the Prayer,Action And News blog reported in S.O.S. on 909 that
Senate Armed Services Chair Carl Levin (D-Mich.) confirmed that a "hate crimes" bill will make its debut in a matter of days. Levin said he plans to attach an expansion of hate crimes law to the defense policy bill, meaning that a vote on the legislation, S. 909, could be as early as this week.
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