If you thought pubic hairs on a soda can were Clarence Thomas’ only problem, you better think again. The man has shown nothing but disrespect for the rights of the working people of this nation since the first day his butt started warming his Supreme Court bench, and here comes another example. There’s a case headed to the Supreme Court this spring involving Monsanto and their dangerous GMO alfalfa seeds.
In Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case which could have an enormous effect on the future of the American food industry. This is Monsanto’s third appeal of the case, and if they win a favorable ruling from the high court, a deregulated Monsanto may find itself in position to corner the markets of numerous U.S. crops, and to litigate conventional farmers into oblivion.
You can read the rest of the article detailing this case here, but the most important thing you need to know, and need to help your friends and neighbors find out, is that Justice Clarence Thomas has a major conflict of interest in this case and, so far, he refuses to recuse himself from it.
You see, from 1976 – 1979, Clarence Thomas worked as an attorney for Monsanto. I don’t know about you, but regardless of how he and the agricultural giant parted ways it appears to me that Justice Thomas’ objectivity in this case is blatantly compromised. Not to mention his track record of siding with corporations and against living, breathing people.
Another Justice, Stephen Breyer, has stepped aside because his younger brother ruled on the case in a lower court. Breyer is to be commended for trying to uphold the integrity of his high office by distancing himself from this case. Clarence Thomas, on the other hand, appears to be keeping his own tradition of shitting in the face of justice and fairness in this country.
Our government is fouled up beyond all recognition and the Supreme Court is just one symptom of the much bigger problem. The arrogance and contempt Justice Thomas and others on that bench have shown in recent years is undeniable. There is no respect for the law nor desire to do the right thing among these and many other members of our government today. It’s time to throw the baby out with the bath water and start over.
CTRL-ALT-DEL
Love that opening sentence:)
It’s interesting and yet not surprising that liberals (barring a few exceptions like Jon “how’d-the-money- evaporate” Corzine generally take the high road–in contrast to the conservatives who only like to pretend that they are the arbiters of morality.
And yet the larger trend amongst conservatives and some self-professed liberals is to cater to the 1%, no doubt because they aspire to join their ranks or at the very least be “liked” and be “friended” by them. You are absolutely correct–our system is broken: just as Paine once said–”change in ministers (or parties here) amounts to nothing. One goes out, another comes in, and still the same measures, vices, and extravagance are pursued. It signifies not who is minister. The defect lies in the system.”
Glad you liked my little zinger. I tend to be a little crass at times, but as I said in another recent post, I don’t much care for sugar coating anything, and living among mostly working class, rural Southerners most of my life (and being on myself) it’s kind of a cultural marker to tend toward bluntness.
I think a lot of us are beginning to awaken to the ugly reality that is our current situation. I meet people every day, left and (mostly) right, and almost everyone is willing to talk politics and agrees that the system is broken. We don’t always agree on how we should go about fixing it, and I think there lies the obstacle to meaningful change: everyone is scared to death of what the other side will do given a chance to alter our fundamental principles of government.
BTW – I really enjoyed your recent post about “Preaching to Asses” – spot on!
Well, sugarcoated anything is never good (which is also I like Murray’s asses)! There was a recent study done by the Pew folks which noted that working class Republicans are beginning to open up their eyes and notice, gosh darn it, government favors the rich. Fancy that! And that while wealthy Republicans are prone to complain that govt does too much, poor Republicans are complaining that they don’t do enough. So at least there’s some progress…but you’re right, everyone has his/her own ideas of how our govt should be fixed.
What we really need is a progressive who can get them fired up the right way. Someone who can talk like Rush, Brillo, or Ann–but without the hate and prejudice. The problem on the left, as I see it, is that most want to speak acade-mese. C’mon, there’s room for more aspiring Michael Moores….