The article that I read was from the New York Times, and titled, "Sotomayor's Opinions in Business Cases Cut Both Ways." It was edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin and the stance that he takes of Ms. Sotomayor is that she is unpredictable. He lists various example such as the fact that she has sometimes seemed against big business, like when she allowed class action lawsuits to occur against Merrill Lynch. There is an instance where she ruled in the favor of a town that was attempting to take private property for redevelopment. The overall tone of the editor is that she is an unpredictable judge most likely moderate. This is evidenced by her record of judging in favor of differing political ideologies, such as against the EPA but also against big business. The author actually seems genuinely stumped as to what type of justice she would be. Her differing stances on individual rights (the town seizing private property for redevelopment), and against big business (allowing class-action lawsuits against big companies) seem to be making the author think she is more of a moderate in the sense that she is not clearly a conservative nor a liberal. However, I do get the sense that the author thinks that she would might slightly favor consumers and be against big business because he seems to take a negative stance and is using quotes from conservative speakers. Therefore, the little guy is who the author thinks Sotomayor would be looking out for. The overall attitude though, is that she will be more in the middle of the political ideology scale when it comes to her rulings on the Supreme Court.
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/sotomayors-appellate-opinions-are-unpredictable-lawyers-and-scholars-say/?scp=3&sq=sotomayor&st=cse
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Today in Congress- Sunning on the 12th hole!
Being a Congressmen is supposed to be one of the hardest jobs in the country, at least that's what they say. However, according to the website that was attached, Congress took the day off. Personally, I have mixed feelings to this. Congress does deserve breaks at times since, I would like to presume, they work long hours. What concerns me though is, if there is not a glitch in the website, that they have not worked since Thursday the 21st. A 5 DAY WEEKEND WHILE THE REST OF THE NATION ONLY HAD A 3 DAY WEEKEND?!?! Say it ain't so Congress! In my opinion, they deserve a pay cut for not working.
The best example of why Congress should not be receiving a 5 day weekend is that, we are in the midst of an economic crisis. The citizens of this country need to know that their leaders are working hard at what they do in order to better their lives. It seems that Congress has forgotten that the unemployment rate is the highest it has been in decades and that unlike nearly 8% of America, they have a job and should be happy about it.
Additionally, this country has a number of issues that could be worked on; immigration, social security, and other various issues. The fact is, they signed up for what they did, they worked their butts off to get elected. Shouldn't they be doing what they signed up for, not sunning themselves at Martha's Vineyard? In a country of almost 350 million people, I'm sure there is some sort of injustice that is being done to someone that Congress could fix. So fix it!
Finally, there is this bad thing called a war happening in two countries that we are involved in. In this war, American servicemen and women are getting killed. They eat crappy MRE's, receive Ibruprofren for broken fingers, have blisters on their feet, and work EVERY day while in a combat zone. Most of them probably hate the conditions, however, they love what they do. They love the fact that their country is depending on them and they will do ANYTHING to ensure its security. They receive low paying wages and the healthcare is not what it's all cracked up to be. But they do it because they love their country and are true patriots. Soooo Congress.... where's your work ethic? We don't see you working EVERYDAY. The Iraq and Afghanistan War's are considered crisises by some. Well Congress, the country is in a crisis, it's time you pull your weight, do your job, and quit going golfing while the only type of golfing servicemen are doing is the type you do with an M240G (Phoenetic G is gulf for all you non-military types) machine gun.
The best example of why Congress should not be receiving a 5 day weekend is that, we are in the midst of an economic crisis. The citizens of this country need to know that their leaders are working hard at what they do in order to better their lives. It seems that Congress has forgotten that the unemployment rate is the highest it has been in decades and that unlike nearly 8% of America, they have a job and should be happy about it.
Additionally, this country has a number of issues that could be worked on; immigration, social security, and other various issues. The fact is, they signed up for what they did, they worked their butts off to get elected. Shouldn't they be doing what they signed up for, not sunning themselves at Martha's Vineyard? In a country of almost 350 million people, I'm sure there is some sort of injustice that is being done to someone that Congress could fix. So fix it!
Finally, there is this bad thing called a war happening in two countries that we are involved in. In this war, American servicemen and women are getting killed. They eat crappy MRE's, receive Ibruprofren for broken fingers, have blisters on their feet, and work EVERY day while in a combat zone. Most of them probably hate the conditions, however, they love what they do. They love the fact that their country is depending on them and they will do ANYTHING to ensure its security. They receive low paying wages and the healthcare is not what it's all cracked up to be. But they do it because they love their country and are true patriots. Soooo Congress.... where's your work ethic? We don't see you working EVERYDAY. The Iraq and Afghanistan War's are considered crisises by some. Well Congress, the country is in a crisis, it's time you pull your weight, do your job, and quit going golfing while the only type of golfing servicemen are doing is the type you do with an M240G (Phoenetic G is gulf for all you non-military types) machine gun.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
43rd Senate District and 85th Representative District in Illinois
Good evening,
I am from Romeoville, IL in Will County. My State Senator is Arthur J. Wilhelmi (D) and State Representative is Emily McAsey (D) according to the Illinois State Board of Elections website.
State Representative McAsey is currently apart of the following committees: Aging; Approp-Elementary & Secondary Education; Judiciary II - Criminal Law; State Government Administration; and Veterans' Affairs. According to the website she is a full-time State Representative; former criminal prosecutor in the Will County State’s Attorney’s office; former public middle-school teacher; she has a B.A. from the College of William and Mary; J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and she is married (husband, Craig). In addition, she is a new to Springfield and just introduced her first piece of legislation in February of this year. According to www.willcountrydemocrats.com she has vowed to be a representative that the public can trust. Also, she will support new tax reforms that will ensure that the "wealthy pay their fair share." But like I said, she's relatively new so only time will tell if she will fulfill any of her promises.
State Senator Wilhelmi is currenty apart of the following committess: Agriculture & Conservation (Vice-Chairperson); Sen. Comm. Whole; Appropriations II; Appropriations III; Housing & Community Affairs; and Local Government. Additionally, the website also says that he is an attorney; was born May 14, 1968; he has a B.A. (cum laude) Loyola University of Chicago; has a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law; and he is married (wife, Michelle) with two children. In May 2008 State Senator Wilhelmi was named the Senior Healthcare Consultant of the law firm Murer Consultants, Inc. State Senator Wilhelmi has been serving in Springfield since January 2005. In April 2009 he also has helped pass legislation that came in the form of an $8 billion stimulus plan for the more than 600,000 unemployed Illinois residents. I tried to dig up some dirt on this guy but he seems to have fought the characteristic norm of some Illinois politicians, no scandals. Like Representative McAsey, I have never heard of him. He looks relatively young so I'm sure there is still some time left for him to get corrupted. Based on recent events in our state it seems inevitable.
This was the first time that I had ever heard of these two. Honestly, I had never taken that much of an interest in local politics until recently when my buddy's dad was elected as one of the town's trustees. He was telling about these new things that they were going to try and do in our town and it surprised me. I think I'll be keeping some tabs on these two now.
I am from Romeoville, IL in Will County. My State Senator is Arthur J. Wilhelmi (D) and State Representative is Emily McAsey (D) according to the Illinois State Board of Elections website.
State Representative McAsey is currently apart of the following committees: Aging; Approp-Elementary & Secondary Education; Judiciary II - Criminal Law; State Government Administration; and Veterans' Affairs. According to the website she is a full-time State Representative; former criminal prosecutor in the Will County State’s Attorney’s office; former public middle-school teacher; she has a B.A. from the College of William and Mary; J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law; and she is married (husband, Craig). In addition, she is a new to Springfield and just introduced her first piece of legislation in February of this year. According to www.willcountrydemocrats.com she has vowed to be a representative that the public can trust. Also, she will support new tax reforms that will ensure that the "wealthy pay their fair share." But like I said, she's relatively new so only time will tell if she will fulfill any of her promises.
State Senator Wilhelmi is currenty apart of the following committess: Agriculture & Conservation (Vice-Chairperson); Sen. Comm. Whole; Appropriations II; Appropriations III; Housing & Community Affairs; and Local Government. Additionally, the website also says that he is an attorney; was born May 14, 1968; he has a B.A. (cum laude) Loyola University of Chicago; has a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law; and he is married (wife, Michelle) with two children. In May 2008 State Senator Wilhelmi was named the Senior Healthcare Consultant of the law firm Murer Consultants, Inc. State Senator Wilhelmi has been serving in Springfield since January 2005. In April 2009 he also has helped pass legislation that came in the form of an $8 billion stimulus plan for the more than 600,000 unemployed Illinois residents. I tried to dig up some dirt on this guy but he seems to have fought the characteristic norm of some Illinois politicians, no scandals. Like Representative McAsey, I have never heard of him. He looks relatively young so I'm sure there is still some time left for him to get corrupted. Based on recent events in our state it seems inevitable.
This was the first time that I had ever heard of these two. Honestly, I had never taken that much of an interest in local politics until recently when my buddy's dad was elected as one of the town's trustees. He was telling about these new things that they were going to try and do in our town and it surprised me. I think I'll be keeping some tabs on these two now.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Blog #1 Obama and Netanyahu Meeting
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/world/middleeast/19prexy.html?_r=1&ref=politics
Hello hello!
The attached article concerns the recent meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and what they discussed in regards to Iran. As some people may know, President Obama has been using language that basically says that the US will probably be trying to have some sort of dialogue with Iran. This has concerned Israel some because the Iranian leader, President Alphabet the Holocaust Never Really Happened Anyways, is a die hard "Death to Israel," kind of guy. Not to mention he wants to build a nuclear weapon AHEM I mean reactor for energy purposes, but everyone seems to be waving the bullsh*t flag on that one. Basically Prime Minister Netanyahu wants reassurance from President Obama that there will not be dragged out, meaningless talks with Iran if they continue their nuclear aspirations because a nuke for Iran means an enormous threat to Israel.
Essentially, the article says that Obama told Netanyahu that he would “gauge and do a reassessment by the end of the year" of whether or not diplomacy was working. So what happens after that year? Well he didn't say. However, he did not say that military action is out of the question. So what's going to happen?
Personally, I am not certain. Ever since I was a kid I remember noticing that there was always something bad happening in Middle East and Israel always seemed to be the innocent party, which I think is actually the case. I'm not sure how the tensions began between Israel and the Islamic world but I'm going to go out on a whim here and say it's religous. But I don't know how the Palestinians and the Israelites got to where they have now in terms of the tension between them. I know that there was a problem with Jewish settlements being set up in the West Bank and the Palestinians didn't like that but that's the extent of what I know.
I personally feel that Iran, a country that openly supports Palestine and wants Israel wiped off the map, needs to be let at the big kids table for some talks under the conditions that they stall nuclear research and production. I'm not at all comfortable with Iran, or any extremist country for that matter, having a nuclear weapon in their arsenal. This is mostly because I feel that a large number of individuals in those regions would willingly die to see Israel, or any other Christian city disintegrate under an yellow mushroom cloud. In my opinion any nation, such as Iran, that screams, "Death to the Infidels" over its airwaves like it's the Pleadge of Allegiance should be kept in check and if necessary, taken out. Hopefully military action won't be necessary and everything will be ok. I guess we'll just wait and see....
Hello hello!
The attached article concerns the recent meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and what they discussed in regards to Iran. As some people may know, President Obama has been using language that basically says that the US will probably be trying to have some sort of dialogue with Iran. This has concerned Israel some because the Iranian leader, President Alphabet the Holocaust Never Really Happened Anyways, is a die hard "Death to Israel," kind of guy. Not to mention he wants to build a nuclear weapon AHEM I mean reactor for energy purposes, but everyone seems to be waving the bullsh*t flag on that one. Basically Prime Minister Netanyahu wants reassurance from President Obama that there will not be dragged out, meaningless talks with Iran if they continue their nuclear aspirations because a nuke for Iran means an enormous threat to Israel.
Essentially, the article says that Obama told Netanyahu that he would “gauge and do a reassessment by the end of the year" of whether or not diplomacy was working. So what happens after that year? Well he didn't say. However, he did not say that military action is out of the question. So what's going to happen?
Personally, I am not certain. Ever since I was a kid I remember noticing that there was always something bad happening in Middle East and Israel always seemed to be the innocent party, which I think is actually the case. I'm not sure how the tensions began between Israel and the Islamic world but I'm going to go out on a whim here and say it's religous. But I don't know how the Palestinians and the Israelites got to where they have now in terms of the tension between them. I know that there was a problem with Jewish settlements being set up in the West Bank and the Palestinians didn't like that but that's the extent of what I know.
I personally feel that Iran, a country that openly supports Palestine and wants Israel wiped off the map, needs to be let at the big kids table for some talks under the conditions that they stall nuclear research and production. I'm not at all comfortable with Iran, or any extremist country for that matter, having a nuclear weapon in their arsenal. This is mostly because I feel that a large number of individuals in those regions would willingly die to see Israel, or any other Christian city disintegrate under an yellow mushroom cloud. In my opinion any nation, such as Iran, that screams, "Death to the Infidels" over its airwaves like it's the Pleadge of Allegiance should be kept in check and if necessary, taken out. Hopefully military action won't be necessary and everything will be ok. I guess we'll just wait and see....
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