Nine Inch Nails are a rap band? Well, you learn something every day.

[kpete]

Waggish.com has some awesome Robert Bork quotes, mostly from his book Slouching Towards Gomorrah (via):

One evening at a hotel in New York I flipped around the television channels. Suddenly there on the public access channel was a voluptuous young woman, naked, her body oiled, writhing on the floor while fondling herself intimately…. I watched for some time–riveted by the sociological significance of it all.

Plenty of other good ones there too.

The greatest conservative legal mind of the 20th century, folks.

http://www.waggish.org/2012/robert-bork-in-memoriam/

[renie408]

1. Yeah, and he only reads those magazines for the articles.

[RomneyLies]

2. We really dodged a bullet keeping that legal ignoramus off the court. n/t

[edhopper]

3. We got Clarence Thomas instead

don't know if it made a difference.
Except Bork is dead now and would be replaced.

[RomneyLies]

4. IT makes a HUGE difference.

Bork would have actually written some of the decisions since then.

[edhopper]

5. What case

would have gone differently?

[RomneyLies]

6. A few of the decisions written by Scalia would have been written by Bork

Bork is twice the hard ass that Scalia is, and the decisions stand as precedent as written.

[edhopper]

9. But he'd be dead nt/

[RomneyLies]

10. He'd be dead today.

He would have retired under Bush Jr.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. I only saw them in concert once, when they opened up for David Bowie (10/3/95),

but I don't remember any rapping going on.


I must be getting old, to have my memory go like that.

[Bjorn Against]

8. Well Nine Inch Nails may not be rap, but Head Like a Hole seems to be about Bork's friends

Trent Reznor is no fan of right-wing corporate sell outs or religious extremists, the lyrics to Head Like a Hole were clearly targeted at the Robert Bork fan club.

"Head Like A Hole"

God money I'll do anything for you.
God money just tell me what you want me to.
God money nail me up against the wall.
God money don't want everything he wants it all.

no you can't take it
no you can't take it
no you can't take that away from me
no you can't take it
no you can't take it
no you can't take that away from me

head like a hole.
black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.
head like a hole.
black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control.

bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve.
bow down before the one you serve.
you're going to get what you deserve.

God money's not looking for the cure.
God money's not concerned with the sick amongst the pure.
God money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised.
God money's not one to choose.

you know who you are.

[JaneyVee]

11. NIN Downward Spiral is on my Top 10 best albums of all time.

[etherealtruth]

14. +1

[Aerows]

12. I've seen them in concert twice

Once at Tipitina's in New Orleans opening for the "Bela Legosi's Dead" guy (which tells you which one was better since I can't remember his name off the top of my head), and again at Tipitina's as the main show for Broken.

It was so freaking loud at the Broken show, and so packed we were standing in the balcony because the entire floor was a massive stage diving mosh pit. One guy lost his pants completely in a stage dive, and clearly neglected to wear underwear that night. I think my ears rang for about 3 days LOL, but both were amazing concerts. Tipitina's is a great venue for seeing shows. I've seen some top notch bands there.

[The Magistrate]

13. Damn, Ma'am: I Do Not Think i Have Ever Heard It Called 'Sociological Significance'....

"What a nimrod! What a ultra-maroon!"