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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-06-10 10:31 AM
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas In Hiding! Was absent at Obama's SOTU address
Weekend Edition
February 5 - 7, 2010

Why Clarence Thomas was AWOL at the State of the Union
Thomas in Hiding
By DON MONKERUD

In a rare admission by a Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas admitted yesterday that he never attends State of the Union addresses. He was absent for President Obama's speech to Congress and the nation on January 27.

"Presidents mostly say things that I don't agree with or can't understand, so what's the point?" Thomas said. "I hope they don't think they are going to teach me anything. Besides, I need my shut-eye and these speeches drone on for over half-an-hour."

Speaking at the Shooting Range for the Six-Gun Law School in Lawless, Florida, Thomas said he carefully read the Constitution once long ago and found no requirements that a Supreme Court justice do good or attend meetings.

"When Reagan appointed me, or was it President Bush? Anyway, he agreed that I would never have to do anything," Thomas said. "I do get to make up my own reasons for decisions and do it all with the help of those, what do you call them, associaters? No, judicial assistants."

Thomas's law school address, carefully not planned to interfere with his daily nap schedule-10 to 2, 1 to 3 and 4 to 5, included members of local Baptist churches who are seeking quickie law degrees to accompany child-kidnapping trips to Haiti. Despite his skin color, which some Baptists disagree with, many fundamentalists find him a role model.

"Anyone who hates human rights, the environment, and illegal aliens, and loves guns and God is okay in my book," said Doggie Code, leader of The Family, a secret society that sponsors the National Prayer Breakfast. "He's got power and that's what we love. He marches to his own drummer."

In his speech, Thomas urged fundamentalists to amass more money if they want to control the political process. Money is what made America great and in America "money talks," hence his agreement with the Court's decision that corporations have the right to buy and control the political process in "our new democracy."


http://www.counterpunch.org/monkerud02052010.html
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lazer47 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-06-10 10:37 AM
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1. Gotta be true,,,,HE IS THE LONE RANGER,,,,,,, according to Anita Hill
Edited on Sat Feb-06-10 10:38 AM by lazer47
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-06-10 10:38 AM
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2. He was attending the retirement party for Daniel Arthur Mead and could....
...not be reached at length.

:hide:

PB
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fascisthunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-06-10 10:40 AM
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3. hopefully he fell off a cliff somewhere
or choked on a pretzel...
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EmeraldCityGrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 12:43 AM
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6. or a pubic hair.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-06-10 12:03 PM
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4. Brilliant! Nt
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classysassy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 12:41 AM
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5.  Uncle Clarence(tom)Thomas was there.
you coudn't see his face because his head was up scalia ass.
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 01:36 AM
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7. Either that or they were off on a secret rendezvous together
:evilgrin:
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 02:00 AM
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8. I didn't know it was okay to call African Americans "Uncle Tom". Nice to know.
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ConsAreLiars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 02:21 AM
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9. It's a common description used to describe those who betray the common people
Edited on Sun Feb-07-10 03:20 AM by ConsAreLiars
in order to win favor from the master class. That you would object to seeing a collaborator and right-wing jackass being called out in what is clearly appropriate and accurate terms is not a surprise.

(Edit tiny typo)
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-07-10 02:32 AM
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10. Thanks for clearing it up for me my friend.
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