Politik-

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/17/john.king.political.analysis/index.html

This article on Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court nominee, has left me thinking, "What the fuck, Mr. President?"

I laughed aloud after reading how fearlessly she marched into a Harlem business to arrest Fendi counterfeiters. Somehow, counterfeit designers do not conjure threatening images in my mind. But, for those of you who are frightened by such a thing, never fear. Sotomayor has the situation under control.

By the time I got to the story about the "high point" of her career, I was nearly in tears. Without hearing all of the evidence in the case, the lifelong Yankees fan ruled in favor of the Yankees. Doesn't that seem biased, Your Honor?

So, when the Republicans described Sotomayor as, "Someone who has embraced racial preference and set-asides," I can't exactly come to her defense. If she will cut a case short for the sake of her team, are there other, more pressing corners that she's willing to cut?

And how will she react when faced with cases that threaten the integrity of our country, rather than the integrity of Fendi and the Yankees? To say the least, she's in for a whole new ball game.

Because when you fall through windows

into someone else's story, you've no other choice but to be, be, be.
(And watch it all fall to pieces at your feet).

I know, it's trite. But I can't always be wrong. My brain won't slow down, so I can't get to sleep, but it's more than that. Because when you're eighteen, it's always more than that. Right? Am I right?

Every time this old house creaks, I lose a little bit of sanity.

There's so much more I'd like to say. But I'm an insomaniac. So I won't say a word.