I snapped at my Freeper brother in law last night at dinner [View All]

[chrisesq]

This anecdote requires a little background.

A few years ago when I was in law school, one of my co-students was accepted to clerk for a US Supreme court judge (It was O'Connor, you never turn down that opportunity despite the judge) Anyway, I was working at a sweatshop firm in Philadelphia over the summer and decided to take a week off to go down to see her. This trip gave me the opportunity to go inside the Supreme Court building since I had never seen it before. I had heard that the 10 commandments were in the building and I was curious to see what context they were placed.

To cut to the chase, there is no actual "10 commandments" that I saw, there is an engraving on a door that has tablets on it (somewhat similar to the shape that you may have seen in movies), but no commandments and there was a depiction of Moses holding blank (read: no actual commandments) tablets next to other various historical law makers. (don't ask me who they are, I don't know)

So we are at dinner and he brings up the whole Alabama thing, and my response is that I really don't see this as an issue of the commandments, but moreso an issue of a judge who swore to uphold the law thumbing his nose at it for political gain. That is where I see the problem. What we have is a judge who is supposed to uphold the law, essentially breaking it.

He says "Well, if it's good enough to be in the Supreme Court, it's good enough to be in the Alabama court." (This is no doubt Rush lies, and I know for a fact that he listens to Rush everyday)To which I respond with the story above. He then says, "well, I've never been there, so I haven't seen it myself to really know."

Well, that sets me off. I say, "let me get this straight, you were so willing to believe a self-admitted drug addict without question and repeat his lies, but as soon as I point out that Rush was incorrect, well now you just have to go see it for yourself rather than take the word of someone who has actually been there."

Of course he had no response.

Sorry so longwinded, just had to rant.