Quoted in full from Atlas Shrugs:

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Tim McD, enabler of my newsfeed and all things blog related..........sent me this and frankly I couldnt change a word

Have you noticed that most news stories, about the outrageous Supreme Court ruling expanding eminent domain, don't list the justices who voted to expand the power of government over the individual. Why are they afforded this blatant pass from the media. The following story just mentions the name of the justice who wrote the majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens. But it does list who voted against giving government this new power.

The Justices on the right are spinning, rotating actually, in their graves...............

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=7&u=/nm/20050623/ts_nm/court_property_dc

In case you're wondering the names of those who voted to take away property rights, they are listed below:

John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice, was born in Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1920. President Ford nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat December 19, 1975. He is 85.2 years old. He has been on Social Security for 20 years.


David Hackett Souter, Associate Justice, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, September 17, 1939. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990. He is 65.8 years old and is now eligible for Social Security.


Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 15, 1933. President Clinton nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat August 10, 1993. She is 72.3 years old and has been on Social Security for almost 7.5 years.


Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938. President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994. He is 66.9 years old. He has been on Social Security for almost 2 years.


Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice, was born in Sacramento, California, July 23, 1936. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988. He is 69 years old and has been on Social Security for 4 years.

I can't help but notice that if they were treated as normal government employees, they would all have been retired a while ago. Would it be too much to ask Supreme Court Justices to retire at age 70 and let someone else be on the bench?

They were also all born in states that voted Democrat in the 2004 elections.

But I'm sure glad that the Patriot Act was downsized. I feel so much safer knowing the government can't rifle through my library records. After the government seizes our homes we can at least enjoy anonymity at the library

Yup, those kids are running our country. Glad to hear it.

Miss Pamela might just draw me away from Janice Rogers Brown.

Have I used the expression, "Yowza!" lately?

Update: Another good round-up of the issue.