From: Jean
Date: 1/14/2006
Time: 12:18:03 PM
Remote Name: 192.168.7.14
Thoughts after listig to the ALito hearing Or why even the most ardent right wing pro life etc should vote "no" on his sitting on the Supreme court. The constitution is in 2 parts. The body or orginal part reflects the wishes of the majority as it sets out how to choose our gov with voting of people who reflect the views of the majority. But then they realize that they left out the minority views. So they includuded the Bill or Rights so they would not be trampled by law by the majority or the minority could not trample the rights of the majority. Now I think I know this group well enought to know that we do not just think of ourselves or even our selves and our children but also about the life that our grand children and greats grand childern mostly to come. And those of our neighbors, even our neighbors thousands of miles away. Now it is a law of physics that the pendalum will swing if given a push and will swing as far one way as the other. If you push it to the right then it will swing to the left to aprox the same amount. It wil keep swinging and with each swing it slows until it reaches an equilibirem and stops. And then it must be pushed agin to get it to swing again. Governments do the same swiging back and forth and if swinging high one way it will swing almost equally the other way and history proves this. Now usually it is not one big push but little pushes till it swings higher and higher. And as long as it is being just nudged by one way or another it does not swing so high that it is going to reach that point that it swings completely the other way. The constitution was written so that honest government would not swing the pendulem too high but just a few nudges to keep it from standing still. But when either side the majority or minority pushes too hard away from a realisttic reading of the constitution, considering the difference in the technology advancements and way of life then the gov. swings too far as is bound to swing in the other direction and changes our values completely. History of nations proves this out. Now why should even the most right wing vote not to elect Alito is that it swings the pendulem too high. It is bound to go the other way, it may be tomorrow or the next century, but it will swing the other way. Just like Russia and China, etc. In Russia it definately was the minority ( the king) who pushed too high and swung it too high and the majority took over. But they swung too high on the other side. Do you think that the parents, grands and greats would have imagined that one day the government would not allow them to worship any God. Do you think in China that the parents, grands, or greats would have imagine that their young women would have forced abortions, I don't think so. Russia's pendulum is slowed down and China will too some day until someone pushes too high again. If you take away the rights of one side then in the future your rights will be taken away in the opposit direction. Just kind of natural law. Probably not today but some day. Those who, no matter what they say, but in their hearts want this country to have the laws of their religion instead of the rights of all, if they push too hard -their right of worship will be taken away. Those who do not want anyone to have an abortion will someday face forced abortion. That is the way the world works. So our contitution and Bill or Rights was the bedrock of our country and if whiddled away, then the pendulem will swing too high. So we need to have a supreme court judge that protects the rights of all, as the constitution set out. Right to do what you will as long as it hurts no other ( I think this is a paraphrase of the White Witches Creed, by the way) And needs to do so to a 99.99% degree, not just to an 85% which the supporters of Alito are touting.