BALTIMORE, Maryland March 16, 2016 - "Emminently qualified." Do you like that phrase? I hope so, because you will be deluged with it in the coming weeks and months by those on the far far left who want the United States Senate to confirm President Obama's latest ultra far left Supreme Court nominee, Merrick B. Garland. Right now, Garland is the Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. Everybody, it seems, agrees with the premise that Mr. Garland has all of the qualifications to be a Supreme Court Justice. Good for him!
Sadly for him, being emminently qualified is merely a basic qualification. Another necessary qualification for someone being nominated is fidelity or, remembering the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John 'Benedict' Roberts, seeming fidelity to the political views of the President doing the nominating. Obama and his minions want you to believe the President has nominated someone who is not an ultra far leftist. They want you to believe that Judge Garland is a moderate. If you are stupid enough to buy into that hogwash, I have some wonderful real estate up in New York City that I would like to talk to you about.
Obama said the Senate would be abdicating its duty if it didn't give Garland an up or down vote. Does that mean that the Senate also shucked its duty all those times Harry Reed prevented that august body from voting on some measure that the House of Representatives had passed?
Obama said that Garland is just so eminently qualified that it would be just wrong not to give him a confirmation vote. Well, Mr. President, if Judge Garland is so bloody perfect, why are you only now getting around to nominating him? Why wasn't he your first nominee when an opening occurred on the Court? Instead you nominated two women who you also described as moderates but in fact have been little more than far left rubber stamps. Both have made statements that indicated a profoundly un-intellectual understanding of some of the major issues facing the country - and the court - today. One wonders what kind of vetting both Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor have received from those fine folk in the Obama inner sanctum. Apparently, the only necessary qualification for both is the ability to follow orders in a very unimaginative way. Someone has suggested that one or the other of these two justices was the one who alerted Obama to the fact that Obamashame (i.e., ObamaCare) was in big trouble during the Court's first deliberation on the bill. Obama and his minions reacted by launching a very public campaign to intimidate the Court into coming up with some way to rule that the debauched legislation was constitutional. It worked, to the eternal shame of Chief Justice Roberts, who bolted to the four leftists to save the legislation, as horrible as it is.
Now, Obama is at it again. Only it is the Senate he is trying to intimidate. For once, Senate President Mitch McConnell is indicating he will not budge. If he doesn't and succeeds in keeping his side in line, Garland's nomination is at least postponed until after the November Presidential Election. If the GOP candidate wins that election, Garland will be done for good. If Hillary wins, especially if the Senate turns Democratic (possible but not likely), Garland could be brought back up. Don't hold your breath.
I heard a recording today of Senator Schumer's diatribe about President Bush's nominations to the Supreme Court. Schumer said that after being fooled about the moderate characteristics of Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts, he would not consider confirming or even considering a third Bush nominee.
What is the old saying? "Turn about, fair play."
SPORTS: Maryland Loses to California-Irvine Anteaters, 9-5
Another good baseball team lighted up Maryland's pitching staff Wednesday, with the result being another Maryland loss. The UC-Irvine Anteaters beat back the Terps, 9-5, in Irvine, California. The Anteaters improved to 11-6 while Maryland dropped to 7-9.
Taylor Stiles gave up 9 hits and 6 runs - although only 2 were earned - in 4 and two-thirds innings of work. He took the loss and fell to 1-2. Maryland's two front line relievers also threw, with mixed results. Ryan Selmer pitched just two-thirds of an inning, but gave up two hits and two walks, along with 2 earned runs. Robert Galligan went the final two and two-thirds innings, giving up two hits and one earned run.
The Anteaters broke on top in the bottom of the third inning when they scored an unearned run. Maryland tied it in the top of the fourth. Nick Dunn singled and went to third when Nick Cieri doubled. Dunn then scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Freshman Marty Costes.
UC-Irvine regained the lead in the bottom of the fourth when they erupted for three runs. But the Terps came right back to tie the score in the top of the fifth. The big blow was a two RBI triple by Freshman Madison Nickens. Nickens then scored on an RBI ground ball by Dunn.
The Anteaters got the lead right back by scoring two runs in the bottom of the fifth, knocking Stiles from the game in the process. Maryland got one of the runs back in the sixth on a Kevin Smith single, but that was it for the Maryland offense. UC-Irvine scored two more times in the bottom of the sixth and added an insurance run in the eighth.
The Terps have one day to recuperate before beginning a three-game series in Fullerton, California against California State University at Fullerton.
Soccer: Brighton Moves Ahead of Middlesbrough Into Second Place in Championship League; Burnley Lead at 6 Points
Burnley has a new 'closest pursuer' in the English Championship. It is Brighton and Hove Albion, which beat back Reading on Tuesday night, 1-0. The victory allows Brighton to move one point up on idle Middlesbrough, but leaves them still six points behind idle Burnley. Burnley has 74 points after winning six straight matches and going undefeated in 2016. Brighton stands in second with 68 points. Middlesbrough is third with 67 points, followed by 4th place Hull City with 66 points. Derby County is fifth with 61 points and Sheffield Wednesday is sixth with 59 points.
The first and second place finishers are automatically promoted to the Premier League for next season. The third through sixth place finishers enter a tournament, with only the winner gaining promotion to the Premier. The other three teams return to the Championship for the following season. As we post this, Cardiff and Ipswich are tied for seventh place with 58 points.
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