Pot, I'd like you to meet Kettle

Ahhh, nothing like a hot, steaming cup of irony in the morning! Tom Delay critized NBC for using his name in an unflattering manner in a recent episode of Law & Order about the slayings of two judges. In one scene, a frustrated cop says, "Maybe we should put out an APB for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt."

If you will remember, this is the guy that said, "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior," when condemning judges who decided not to prevent the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.

Now, this is what he wrote to NBC, "This manipulation of my name and trivialization of the sensitive issue of judicial security represents a reckless disregard for the suffering initiated by recent tragedies and a great disservice to public discourse."

I don't think I have to explain this one to death. Of course, he didn't mean that people should go out and kill judges that don't follow his agenda, but he has a bad habit of trivializing real tragedy by politicizing it with very brazen, inflammatory language. The word "hypocrite" might not be perfect in this situation, but I don't think Delay has room to criticize someone for trivializing a "sensitive issue" or tragedy.

Don't even get me started on the whole "activist judges" thing. There doesn't seem to be a fundemental, consistant principal that dictates when a judge is being an "activist judge". It doesn't seem dependent on whether they uphold or overrule previous decisions. Nor does it seem to necessarily have anything to do with ruling laws unconstitutional or not. It doesn't even have anything to do with a judge's personal beliefs affecting their decisions, (as Bush's recent judicial nominees plainly demonstrate).

No, what is at issue is the independence of the judiciary branch. As long as they agree with the majority in congress, they aren't "activist judges", it seems. Frankly, these politicians slept through their government classes when the teacher was discussing the importance of checks and balances, (in elementary, middle, high school, and college), or they are a bunch of fucking asshole. I vote assholes.

Sorry, I guess I started.