Frank Chow: Asian- American Political Pundit

Eugene Robinson in today’s Washington Post gives a scathing analysis of Republicans such as Rep. Sessions and his cohorts attempting to rattle or cause the “meltdown” of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. After reading twitter, Red State, and hearing the wasted rhetoric of hypocrisy of Hatch and Sessions, I couldn’t agree more, the Republicans approach is to pretend “that white men haven’t enjoyed a privileged position in this society.” Robinson gives the major truthiness; in Wingnuttia , playing pretend is better than reality. Robinson goes further and points out the “if it’s white it’s right complex”: Republicans' outrage, both real and feigned, at Sotomayor's musings about how her identity as a "wise Latina" might affect her judicial decisions is based on a flawed assumption: that whiteness and maleness are not themselves facets of a distinct identity. Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of things. Any "identity" -- black, ...

Hello all and welcome back to the desk. This weekend was pleasant, aside from the rain and Cubs, I got a new pair of yuppie kicks and me and me lady rode horseback through a magical forest (aka slopped on the futon all day watching Sister Act 2, what what!). Highlights from the weekend, enjoy The Bulls came home and brought it Hypocrisy runs rampant , apparently(if you are the GOP) denying a bj from an intern is cause for impeachment and a witch hunt, torture not so much . Taking Back Sunday, has a new song "New Again," thoughts? What America needs at Timmy Geithner's Treasury sit downs.... The left-wing media bias is trying to cover it's own butt over the War on Terror ? Well some think so. Bueller, Bueller Hail to the Redskins , interesting first day of the Draft, but my Skins added two solid defenders, now if only we could get a promising offensive lineman. Playoffs baby here we com e! That's all for now. CHOW !