At the ATM today, I inserted my card and read the screen. I was asked to choose:

English / Ingles

Spanish / Espanol

If you read English, would you need "Ingles?"

If you read Spanish, do you need "Spanish?"

How about just "English" or "Espanol?"

7:33:58 PM    comment []

Why do the Republicans continue to whine about Bush's judicial nominations?

Is it another case of "Do as we say, not as we do?" Since 1994 Clinton's judicial nominees could not even get a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Republicans had the committee completely bottled up. The nominees sat in a purgatory, unable to do much of anything professionally as they waited years for their confirmation.

Now that the Democrats control the Senate Judiciary Committee, they are actually giving Bush's nominees hearings, and the Senate has been allowed to confirm the vast majority. Two nominees with a history of judicial activism, and a history of just being party hacks, have been refused a chance at confirmation. The Republicans now scream like children being denied ice cream on a hot summer day. Who else is thinking "hypocrites" here?

A very good story on immigration laws, and how they are unfairly applied.

Since the gay community is not allowed same-sex unions, or marriages, they face some serious issues with immigration. To stay with loved ones, they are being forced to leave their country. Straight couples can get a quick marriage and most immigration issues go away. Shouldn't this be available for same-sex couples as well?

9:04:45 AM    comment []

Montgomery Breaks 100 Meter World Record

On Saturday Tim Montgomery runs a 9.78 seconds in Paris at the end of a long season. World record holder until that race, Maurice Greene, watched from the stands. After the race Montgomery celebrated the win unaware of his new record. It was not until his coach chased him down that he knew he had a new record.

Uncharacteristically, Greene and Montgomery spoke well of each other after the race. There must have been goodwill, as well as a little speed, in the wind that day.

8:34:34 AM    comment []