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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Feb 13, 2016 - 10:49pm PT
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healyje posted
Scalia? Good riddance.
climbski2 posted
Wow this made a good day even better.
Always a good thing when evil dies. Good riddance to bad rubbish. He was always on my better dead list.
bergbryce posted
Good riddance.
Very few deaths make me happy but this is one of them.
Good riddance, better dead list, Very few deaths make me happy but this is one of them? Yikes!
You people are full of hatred for someone who opposses your viewpoints?
You must really hate half of the country.
Is this what the face of liberal tolerance and empathy really is?
I call it a sickness, maybe the only time I have ever called a fellow climber a name on the forum.
Best look inside yourselves, cause I feel bad for the hatred you cling to.
I hope you find peace with your fellow man someday.
Maybe concentrate on making yourselves better people rather than exhibiting your disgraceful irreverance about a decent man's life.
It is the way of Buddhists, a great culture.
Either that or just bitterly cling to your hatred.
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Feb 13, 2016 - 11:21pm PT
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Someone who simply opposes my viewpoints doesnt get my hatred. Someone who has the power to make his viewpoints into laws which shape and control my life definitely gets my hatred.
I will feel the same when Clarence Thomas goes.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 14, 2016 - 05:41am PT
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Good,like real nice reefer.
Riddance,the action of getting rid of a troublesome or unwanted person or thing.
Sorry if that hurt your feeling,Larry.
RIP Judge Scalia.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 14, 2016 - 06:40am PT
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Condolences to his family
Now let's get a real judge in there
In the twentyfirstcentury we don't need someone who thinks like;
Evolution quote by Scalia in his 1987 dissent:
"The body of scientific evidence supporting creation science is as strong as that supporting evolution. In fact, it may be stronger…. The evidence for evolution is far less compelling than we have been led to believe. Evolution is not a scientific “fact,” since it cannot actually be observed in a laboratory. Rather, evolution is merely a scientific theory or “guess.”… It is a very bad guess at that. The scientific problems with evolution are so serious that it could accurately be termed a “myth.” There is too much at stake to be burdened by an ignoramous who doesn't know what scientific theory is.
" a guess" did he ever take an introductory science class in his life?
I understand the reactionary obstructionist republican establishment wanting to deny Obama the process of doing his job, it's been their shtick for some time now.
But whether they are successful in blocking an Obama appointment, they are going to have to face the facts; the next judge will be less conservative than Scalia. It's not like we're going to have a republican in the White House any time soon.
Meanwhile a lot of damage will be done by losing a year or more. Of not having a full court. Is harming the people of the United States what the repubes are elected to do?
And it could very well turn out to be a big mistake on the republicans part; Obama is more conservative than Bernie, one can only imagine that that will be reflected in his appointee selection.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 14, 2016 - 06:57am PT
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Good perspective.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Feb 14, 2016 - 07:02am PT
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Wilbeer posted
Sorry if that hurt your feeling,Larry.
My feelings aren't hurt. The lack of civility and hatred has nothing to do with me.
Sometimes I wonder where the brotherhood of mankind went. Are we that far gone?
I just hope that some reflection by the gleeful posters brings them some perspective and peace.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 14, 2016 - 07:05am PT
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Larry ,if you knew me ,you would know I don't hate anyone.
There simply is not enough time.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Feb 14, 2016 - 07:31am PT
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You people are full of hatred for someone who opposses your viewpoints?
Not even close to why I am happy he is dead.
Understand this ..I love my country, I care deeply about the people in it. Scalia was an idiot with power and did great damage to this country. I could care less if someone merely disagree's with me. But I do care if an idiot wields and uses power in a way that causes harm.
For example I have no wish to see Bush dead since he is out of power.. If Scalia had been impeached I would not be glad he is dead.
But an active force of destruction of our nation is gone and I'm very glad.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Feb 14, 2016 - 07:40am PT
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I'm a politician, I know about..?
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 14, 2016 - 07:41am PT
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Antonin Scalia’s bad law, bad history: How the Supreme Court legalized corruption
Citizens United sparked a political revolution that would have left the Founders revolted
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/20/antonin_scalias_bad_law_bad_history_how_the_supreme_court_legalized_corruption/
I hate Scalia because he was corrupt to the bone, he did so much damage to this country with his "low intellect" and completely far right wing ideology. He was the lowest of low morally and ethically and basically was biasing all law in favor for the rich and Corporations over the well boing of humans.
He embodied the definition of fascist, and he had the power to corrupt our Politics in favor of Fascist law, like Citizens United.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Feb 14, 2016 - 07:58am PT
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Injustices: The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
by Ian Millhiser
Hardcover – March 24, 2015
http://www.amazon.com/Injustices-Comforting-Comfortable-Afflicting-Afflicted/dp/1568584563/ref=la_B00N8AEN8E_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1455465277&sr=1-1
Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since its inception, the justices of the Supreme Court have shaped a nation where children toiled in coal mines, where Americans could be forced into camps because of their race, and where a woman could be sterilized against her will by state law. The Court was the midwife of Jim Crow, the right hand of union busters, and the dead hand of the Confederacy. Nor is the modern Court a vast improvement, with its incursions on voting rights and its willingness to place elections for sale.
In this powerful indictment of a venerated institution, Ian Millhiser tells the history of the Supreme Court through the eyes of the everyday people who have suffered the most from it. America ratified three constitutional amendments to provide equal rights to freed slaves, but the justices spent thirty years largely dismantling these amendments. Then they spent the next forty years rewriting them into a shield for the wealthy and the powerful. In the Warren era and the few years following it, progressive justices restored the Constitution’s promises of equality, free speech, and fair justice for the accused. But, Millhiser contends, that was an historic accident. Indeed, if it weren’t for several unpredictable events, Brown v. Board of Education could have gone the other way.
In Injustices, Millhiser argues that the Supreme Court has seized power for itself that rightfully belongs to the people’s elected representatives, and has bent the arc of American history away from justice.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:22am PT
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RIP
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hellroaring
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:23am PT
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I'm just wondering what's he gonna do when he finds out God is a queer woman of color?
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:28am PT
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Conservatives always complain that liberals politicize everything. In Scalia's
case, it was the pot calling the kettle black.
Larry, it's not about civility, but when ignorance, and poor judgment is stymied, it's a good thing.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Feb 14, 2016 - 08:46am PT
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I feel bad for the Koch brothers.
I don't hate them either........
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Feb 14, 2016 - 09:45am PT
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Donald Trump will lose the election to POTUS and be given Supreme court position.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Feb 14, 2016 - 10:57am PT
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You people are full of hatred for someone who opposses your viewpoints?
You must really hate half of the country.
Indeed. Both the red and blue people, have disgusted and alienated many voters. With the white noise of the ideolgues ire as a smokescreen, Trump, is already positioning himself in the Center. You could see it again, in the debate last night.
The looming ideological brawl over both SCOTUS and the Budget, will turn off even more voters, thereby consolidating both Donald and Bernies positions as the pre-emptive outsider nominees.
Here's my prediction. Trump wins the WH. Democrats win back the Senate.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 14, 2016 - 11:37am PT
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I think Hitler has already died.
How about Charlie Manson?
So in line with some of the other predictions seen here on the ST, I'll go out on a limb and predict Obama will nominate Manson for the Supreme court.
I think he may have to pardon him first though, since Manson is a convicted felon whereas Scalia was only an aspiring one.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Feb 14, 2016 - 11:46am PT
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Here's my prediction. Trump wins the WH. Democrats win back the Senate.
it's not looking good for the people to win back the senate, but if we do, it would result in another four, possibly eight years of gridlock. If that happens, this country sucks.
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