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The Stark And Tragic Images Of Human Suffering In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Katrina Have Reminded Us Yet Again That Civil Rights And Equal Rights Are Still The Great Unfinished Business Of America. The Suffering Has Been Disproportionately Borne By The Weak, The Poor, The Elderly And Infirm, And Largely African-americans, Who Were Forced By Poverty, Illness, Unequal Opportunity To Stay Behind And Bear The Brunt Of The Storm's Winds And Floods. I Believe That Kind Of Disparate Impact Is Morally Wrong In This, The Richest Country In The World.

I Had The Privilege Of Chairing Judge Samuel Alito Confirmation Hearing In 1990. And At That Time, He Had Practiced Law For 14 Years, But Only Represented One Client, The United States Government.

We Should Stop The Non-scientific, Pseudo-scientific, And Anti-scientific Nonsense Emanating From The Right Wing, And Start Demanding Immediate Action To Reduce Global Warming And Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change That May Be On Our Horizon Now. We Must Not Let The [bush] Administration Distort Science And Rewrite And Manipulate Scientific Reports In Other Areas. We Must Not Let It Turn The Environmental Protection Agency Into The Environmental Pollution Agency.

If You Persevere, Stick With It, Wok At It, You Have A Real Opportunity To Achieve. If You Do Your Best And Keep A True Compass, You'll Get There.

Sometimes A Party Must Sail Against The Wind. We Cannot Heed The Call Of Those Who Say It Is Time To Furl The Sail. The Party That Tore Itself Apart Over Vietnam In The 1960s Cannot Afford To Tear Itself Apart Today Over Budget Cuts In Basic Social Programs.