What liberals are wringing there hands over in this decision is that the court has reaffirmed what America is all about: equality of opportunity.

The liberals have been for 60+ years been advancing the notion of equlity of outcome. Thus brought us the vastly failed welfare state and other nefarious programs of wealth transfer.

If you look at the data, unemployment among blacks had been steadily declining since the depression. It is very debatable whether Brown had an impact on this or not. I would allow that maybe it had some impact if not to further raise awarness of the plight of the blacks and other minorities in this country at the time but the unintended consequences of Brown became painfully apparent as time went on.

I hope this decision is looked on as the benchmark that our society finally came back our senses and once again embraced true equality of opportunity and forever left our attempts at social engineering behind.

You had me scratching my head for a minute there. I thought you were talking about Scooter Libby.

I don't think he should have even been prosecuted. Still trying to figure out what law he broke. He lied about something that did not even occur (at least by him). How is that even a lie?

I did not realize this board consolidated many articles.

Still trying to figure out what law he broke. He lied about something that did not even occur (at least by him). How is that even a lie?

Maybe you need some sort of remedial ethics course (shrug)?

He lied to the FBI about from whom he learned of Plame's CIA employment. He said he learned it from Tim Russert, but in actual fact he'd discussed it several times with administration figures including Dick Cheney. He repeated the lie to a grand jury.

The facts are X. You say Y. This is called a lie. When done to the FBI it's called making false statements. When done to a grand jury it's called perjury.

as for your "no crime was commited" bullshit, Patrick Fitzgerald (who was appointed U.S. Attorney by a George Bush on the advice of a Republican senator by the way) does not agree. His position is that Libby's lies made it impossible for the grand jury to determine if a crime had been committed