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My "I" is constantly changing (perhaps this is merely AD/HD): overdetermined nexus of cultural forces emanating from several continents: skeptical of all Truths and seeker of the truth: iconoclast by enculturation, brain chemistry, and, perhaps, choice: perpetually perplexed, particularly about why we exist/ as the manifestation of overdetermined forces whose existence (and nature) is not as solid (or simplistic) as we would like.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

The Judicial Branch is Broken

Most federal judges were appointed by rightwing presidents (and that's excluding Bill Clinton from the category of rightwing). I wonder how many ordinary, hard working, wage earners will, at one time or another (or even multiple times), end up cursing, even hating the judicial system because of the way it seems to abuse its power in favor of the giant transnational corporations over individuals and yet go to the polls and elect the very people who appoint the sort of judges who place corporate power on a pedestal and individual rights and, more generally, justice and fairness in the trash heap. The real story behind G. W. Bush will be his ability to further push the judiciary away from any resemblance to a fair system and make it all the more beholden to the giant transnational corporations that have come to govern this country (and much of the world).