WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee John Roberts disparaged state efforts to combat discrimination against women in Reagan-era documents made public Thursday -- and wondered whether ''encouraging homemakers to become lawyers contributes to the common good.'' As a young White House lawyer, Roberts also expressed support for a national ID card in 1983, saying it would help counter the ''real threat to our social fabric posed by uncontrolled immigration.'' Are this people for real? it is scary that some one with these opinions can be in a supreme court for a long time to come. Roberts Disparaged State Efforts on Sex Discrimination
I live in Vancouver, Canada and LA. I studied in LA during 70's in USC (disco time), so I usually stay there during winter month when is too much rain in Vancouver. If the situation gets worse, may be you should consider moving to Vancouver too. Great city, good infra-structure, lower prices than big cities in US. It is usually chosen as first or second place in the list of best cities in the world to live in.
F*CK Vancouver! Why? Why is it one of the best cities in the world? I hear everyone say that...BUT WHY? Oh, it's only going to get worse! Bet on it!
OK, I will explain it for you. Let me start with list of cities that I have lived or had an extended visit: LA New York London Stockholm Phuket Paris Antwerp All these cities have positive and negative points. The most beautiful nature and friendly people are in Phuket. don't speak the language, the infra structure is not very good. Stockholm is extremely safe and orderly but so boring, if there is anything which is fun, they will pass a law against it. Do you want to make a Swede crazy? Say Hi to them everyday. Paris- if you don't speak French, pardon my French but you are fu*ked. not very clean. LA- Nice weather and people but too much traffic, not very safe. London- expensive, Terrible food, too conservative, not much fun. New York- access to everything but rude people and not very safe.too expensive. too hot in Summer, too cold in winter. Antwerp- Fun, fun but I don't speak Dutch and not very safe. Vancouver- Beautiful nature, nice weather even if it rains during winter. Good infra-structure- Banks, Libraries, Public transport, hospitals Language- English, no need to learn a new one, access to all TV stations both American and Canadian Price- The cost of living is still reasonable compare to American cities but real-estate prices are going up very fast. Safety- Canadian media like to make it sound that Vancouver is dangerous in order to compete with American crime rate but it is very safe for a big city. I live in Down town and most nights I go for a walk or late dinner and it is no problem. One time they printed the list of top 10 most wanted criminals in BC and all of them were broken down junkies suspected of stealing cars which is hardly a crime in US. While there are better choices in each category, the combination makes it one of the nicest cities to live in.
The problem with this thread is it's now! Aren't we suppose to be talking about 20+ year old(which is above the average member's age here ) documents? I heard the Supreme Court nominee John Roberts use believe in Santa Claus! Sorry, thought the city bashing was too serious. tom
Ok, gworld. I agree with your little evaluations of the other cities. So I'll take your word for it. (Although I've never been to Antwerp.) Thank you for taking the time to post that. Vancouver, eh? I guess it's aboot time I checked it out. Uhhh, Paris is the worst...and I'm glad someone else agrees w/ me!!!
For 2004, Melbourne and Vancouver tie for the first place. World Top Cities For almost a decade (up to the year 2001), Canada was ranked number one among 175 countries in the United Nation's Quality of Life survey. Canada still manages to maintain a relatively high standard today. According to the 2004 UN Human Development Index, Canada was ranked fourth overall. UN Human development Index 2004
The message of the topic title does not match the quote above. The topic title is misleading, as if to suggest that is what Roberts said. Won't matter anyway, he will be confirmed. I wonder why the NYTimes couldn't come up with anything more exciting?
But it makes you wonder what kind of person even wonders about such question in 1980's, do you understand 1980 not 1880?
I did wonder some, yes. I wondered why the topic title says one thing, but the content of the article in question says something different. And it does make me wonder why someone would create a misleading topic title to misrepresent the content of an article. As for what he actually wondered...I think we all wonder about things, sometimes even out loud. If he had a pattern of rulings that reflected what he wondered once, that would be something different. Apparently that's not the case, as he married a lawyer.
I think you'll find this kind of a thing in every potential nominee's history - a few buzzwords here and there that taken out of context are sensational. Everybody makes bad decisions or has a time in there history when things are far from perfect. The things that would be concerning are long patterns of poor decision making, or a flair for being more concerned with a political agenda than a judicial one. I think this judge will always have a "reputation" for something because of the political climate he's being appointed during. At least 10 out of his first 100 decisions will be implanted in our memory because of the news it will generate. The thing you have to remember is that these judges are people just like you and me - they have home lives, and car problems, mood swings, relatives with issues, etc. They will make bad decisions as a collective. I think the system is a solid one - even if this guy gets appointed with a few political debts to repay, he is completely independant with virtual impunity once appointed.
I think maybe he was a forward thinking believing America would have too many lawyers in 2005, hey he was right!
What kind of idiot gives me a red rep. with comment: Not all homemakers are women! Sexist Pig. It makes you wonder if some people in this forum can actually read.
I still have to say Dallas is a pretty good place to live. Barbeque and Mexican food are in abundance, there’s a plethora of hot women, and it’s centrally located in the US. I like to know that if someone broke into my house I could shoot them and the most that would happen is it’d be mentioned on the local news. A good pistol-whipping for a bad person is still encouraged and people are very neighborly.