"More Bad Judges"
Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 12:41PM Jack Newfield of The Nation has a piece about the Bush administration's latest crop of federal judicial nominees. Needless to say, he does not approve, concluding:
Bush is trying to transform America through lifetime judicial appointments for this biased batch and their clones. The bottom line is that the reckless Bushies are willing to violate computer privacy and vandalize the Bill of Rights to expedite this transformation. George W. Bush was appointed President by the Supreme Court after losing the popular vote by more than 500,000. Now he is trying to use the courts to legislate a mandate the voters never gave him by abusing the power of appointment and ignoring the Constitution's "advise and consent" clause.
You can read the whole thing here. (via How Appealing)
Reader Comments (796)
Accepting life's knocks and rising above them is what mature, rational adults do - whether they like it or not. Those who don't rise above, forever remain victims, allowing others to control them.
Those who REACT are those who blame others.
Those who PROACT are those who take personal accountability.
Darren Mack had CHOICES. He reacted. He made his choices. I doubt he thinks it was worth it.
Yes, you are right. That IS what RATIONAL ADULTS DO.
But, GideonsTrumpet is pointing out is that Mack was no longer rational because of the many injustices imposed upon him by Family Court for more than a year. That even starting the divorce process as a mature, rational adult, enduring unfair decisions month after month will wear down even the strongest among us.
C'mon people said earlier in this blog...
"Think about your own income. Add $25,000 to it. Imagine you have to pay that to someone you perceive as being unworthy or just someone who will not let you get out of it. Then realize there is a court order that says you have to pay that money; if you don't, you are headed to jail. Up to this point, you have done nothing criminally wrong, yet you are being treated like a criminal and worse yet the only person who can change it for you is not listening. Then come to the realization that everything you have and have worked for everyday of your life is slowly being taken away from you. Each day you work hard, but somehow each day you have less. Eventually, you will have nothing. Worse still, less than nothing. Soon you will owe more than you had to start with. You won't live enough lifetimes to get out from under it..."
Real or perceived that was likely Mack's train of thought long before June 12. Left feeling like he had nothing left only reinforces his feeling that there is nothing left to lose.
While his choices were far from ideal, if we are at all empathetic, we should understand why he made those choices. This does not mean condoning the crime! Simply, understanding why the crime was committed.
And in understanding "why," rational people can work toward changing Family Court policies so that another divorce does not play out like the Mack divorce did.
It really isn't about Darren Mack anymore. He did what he did and will be dealt with.
The bigger problem/question still remains: WHY is there a need for bullet-proof glass at Family Court?
Nothing will be right until that is addressed.
I’d like to see the media and Men's Right's Activist groups put the emphasis on why a man like Mack would do what he did. Why would a successful man with no trouble with the law before do this? You know, like the way the media asks "why did Andrea Yates kill her five kids?" "Why do adult women molest minor students?" Believing that MRAs must all come out and condemn Mack, that THIS must be our primary message, is just another example of believing that all men are inherently violent and evil, and must forever defend themselves against this sterotypical condemnation. The message should be similar to:
“Yes, Andrea Yates killed her children, and that was wrong, BUT why did she do it?”
or:
“Yes, when adult women molest children that is wrong, BUT why do they do it?”
How about:
“We all know that murder and attempted murder are wrong, BUT what are the circumstances that would cause an otherwise law abiding man, like Mack, to consider and carry out the actions that he did?”
Men have only three options in the Criminal Family Courts of Amerika:
1.) Accept a court order that is impossible to comply with.
2.) Commit suicide
3.) Go ballistic
Allegedly Darren Mack "snapped" and chose 3.).
The Family Courts offer men no other options, whereas women now have ownership of the family in Amerika.
This is a society that is forever expanding more and more choices for women. And more and more rights.
For men the opposite is true. Less and less choices. Less and less rights. But more and more responsibility.
The Family Courts all across Amerika need to be completely overhauled. The fact that our courts have the type of security defenses we see in Iraq tells us that there is an "us" against "them" mentality by the courts. This is a sign of revolution one day in this country.
We can only deal with things as we are individually capable.And it makes it infinitely more difficult to cope when you realize the professionals you are either paying personally or by way of taxes and have entrusted to help you handle your situation are only serving to harm you and that you have no say.It's easy to say "you should have" or "I would have," but, you are right, the truth is that no one knows what they will/will not do until the time comes to react. We can only hope we manage to keep our wits about us and react in a somewhat civilized manner.
It's a shame that there is not a simple complaint/review process for Family Court decisions.The appeals process that exists is not geared towards Family Law. It was developed for other civil and criminal matters; it costs thousands of dollars in attorney's fees to utilize and requires months of waiting.Even if you win, you still lose, just in another way.
Amerika as in a Soviet America. Family Courts are reminiscent of the Soviet (and even Nazi era Hitler "show trials" in WWII Germany), in that the determination of guilt for men occurs before the man even walks into the court room for the first time. The judge already has decided his position. It is the man who is screwed in Family Courts in Amerika before the court proceedings begin.
For ALL men at the mercy of the Family Court, it is merely a "show trial", and the court surroundings and presence of the judge are there simply to provide the facade of justice being delivered.
As this occured in the Soviet Union and in Nazi Germany it is accurate for men to consider this country to be Amerika, and not America.
The marxist feminists have engineered this along with the chivalrous traditionalist conservative men in powerful positions in the legislature, and judiciary.
They are destroying America before our very eyes:
50+ % divorce rate
8 in 10 divorces initiated by women
9 in 10 divorce outcomes giving the woman sole custody of children
Debtors prison by a totalitarian Family Court.
As I said,"The Family" is fully owned by women in Amerika.
When that wears off, give it time - it no doubt will - what will your attitude be then toward a child that is not yours? I've seen it time and again. how a step parent treats their step child.
You're not fooling me, not this time.
My opinions and viewpoints are based on experience from other people I've known.
If you don't like, then shove it, OK?
Justmy.02- ignore the moronic comments. Sundown seems to think that loving someone has to do with blood... Her husband would be happy to know that. (Ooo, that may be my mistake, maybe they are blood?) That would explain the redneck attitude.
And, What's up with "my opinions and viewpoints are based on experience from other people I've known"?
That's pretty funny!Most people base their opinions and viewpoints on THEIR OWN experience... LOL!!
I'd say everyone just needs to ignore that simpleton's posts. Maybe a more intelligent conversation will surface here.
Have a nice day!!
btw, Have a great 4th of July.
Any father who finds Darren Mack a hero deserves the same fate he gets, or better yet take them for a one way ride into the Black Rock. Killing someone over money is not anything worthy of hero worship. Destroying 2 families lives is not heroic. But scum are drawn to scum.