Empathy, Schmempathy

"Oh, Cold-hearted Orb that Rules the Night" -- Thy Name is Rush Limbaugh!


I laugh when I hear the Republicans cry about "empathy." They want a judge lacking in what anthropology has proven to be the most human quality: a feeling of mutual identity with another person. But until the Japanese invent Robo-judge, we're going to be stuck with real human beings in the courts, taking both the law and their own backgrounds into account.


What the pro-lifers fear is that "empathy" is a synonym for pro-abortion. That is, an empathetic judge would necessarily sympathize with the plight of living unwed mothers over that of their unborn child. They want to bar all emotion, ruling solely as Strict Constructionists on the literal meaning of the Constitution.

But is this really true? Are pro-lifers not motivated by empathy for fetuses? The blood-spattered baby carriages suborned by the followers of Randall Terry would seem to argue otherwise.


If the US Constitution allowed for the burning of babies on the Altar of Baal, would these strict constructionists be so adamant in setting aside emotion in favor of legalistic minimalism?

"Well, yes Ma'am, we understand you don't belive in child sacrifice, but the Constitution permits it. The LAW is the LAW."


I suspect some of these conservatives, who also form the ranks of the torture supporters among us, would stand with Roland Freisler in support of the Nuremburg Race Laws. After all, if it's the law, it's legal by definition.

Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot

When Rush Limbaugh coined the term, “Porkulus,” I was certain he was talking about himself! He obviously has some self-loathing and body-image problems, LOL. That being said, he is first and foremost an entertainer, and he cries all the way to the bank. That’s cool; he, his cat, and his oxycontin are part of what makes America great, as long as he has an audience. However, since he is a comedian, I have a hard time taking anything he says seriously. For example, he used to rant that the Constitution contains no right to privacy, and all druggies should be tossed into the slammer, yet when he was busted, the first thing he did was get his lawyer to whine that his rights to privacy had been violated. Did he learn anything? Apparently not, as a few years later he was busted at the airport with a bottle of someone else’s Viagra. Oh, and why does a big, fat, divorced slob like him need Viagra anyway? If he’s so moral, he should remain celibate.

What I don’t like about him is his wishing Obama will fail. Like it or not, Obama will be our president for the next four years. I always liked Bush as a person, even though he was the worst president in the past 70 years. And I didn’t hope he would fail; rather, I feared he would, and he lived down to the fears. So yes, I “like” and admire Obama, and hope for the best. It’s either that or get the Canadian Visa ready! Hehehe....

There is definitely a lot of crap buried in the stimulus bill, and I think Republicans and Democrats in the Senate will make it much better. If they don’t, that’s why we have elections every 2, 4, and 6 years. ....