What an idiot.

He was just confused by the magic picture box. He thought it was stealing his soul.

To paraphrase Bill Murray in Ghostbusters, "Clarence has gone bye-bye, Antonin. What have you got left?"

uncle tom is becoming unhinged.....but then, why should he be any different than the rest of the party?

he's not a sociopath like Bush...he's more of an introverted delusionary

Oddball, goofball, and one of the worst Judges ever. How about the fact that he very rarely says anything or asks any questions while cases are being heard by the SCOTUS. This jerk is beyond pathetic, just like Reagan he is touted as some great person when in fact he is a putz.

I'm guessing that Scalia said it first.

He's the Jack T. Ripper of the Supreme Court.

***"With 1,800 members crowding Union Station, the president of the United States on the dais and four Supreme Court justices singing its praises***

can you imagine the reichwing hysteria we'd all be suffering now if four supreme court justices attended an aclu dinner, singing its high praises in defense of the constitution of the united states.

Ruthless People @ 11:

He looks like the oppresive Mister from The Color Purple. How fitting.

Looks more like "King Kong" himself.

....from one brotha to anotha!

I wish the liberal media would stop denigrating this man. We get it. You think Clarence Thomas is the dumb affirmative action negro on the the Supreme Court. He aint got no brain. He is just a coon and a handkerchief head shining the boots of Antonin Scalia. Enuff already.

Liberals somehow feel free to ascribe every racist stereotypical image to Justice Thomas they claim conservatives believe about most blacks. Clarence Thomas is a brilliant man who was indeed the victim of a high tech lynching. Justice Thomas is reticent during during oral arguments, not because he is a dunce, but because of his conviction that heated exchanges during oral arguments are often disrespectful to the attorneys trying to present their cases. Thomas prefers a more cerebral, quieter environment in which to carefully contemplate matters of constitutional law. This is a matter of style; not substance. Justice Thomas authored several Supreme Court concurrences and dissenting opinions. He is his own man and differed from Scalia on fundamental Constitutional issues such as stare decisis; the Establishment Clause(elk grove v. newdow); and the use of medical marijuanaz(gonzales v raich).

mrogi, please stop saying things like the liberal media it makes you sound foolish. Other than that I take your point.

And to think the folks who laud Clarence Thomas are the same kind of folks who approved the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Lord, how the mighty are fallen, but then again, Clarence didn't have far to fall.

“It’s me! I see myself moving around! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

Well, its a step up from "Who has put this pubic hair on my Coke?"

Oddball?

He's a failed human being on almost every level - he's pathetic.
*

Hmmm, sounds like something a stoned person would say and do. Maybe he's finishing off the rest Renquist's stash.

his picture reminds me of Calibos from Clash of the Titans!

Clarence is insane and sees dead people. He's lost his mine and is trying to explain to his dead Grandfather and his Mother why he sold out. He's still got the hots for Anita and only brings up her name in hopes she will remember him. Clarence was given the job as Justice when he knew he wasn't qualified and now the other Justices know it too. Most of the GOP only play up to Thomas but behind his back their laughing. He is given the memo on who//how to vote. He can't write an opinion because he's stupid. Just another Al Gonzales. The GOP are good when they find losers to appoint that way they have no problems with questions.

mrogi @ 20:

I wish the liberal media would stop denigrating this man. We get it. You think Clarence Thomas is the dumb affirmative action negro on the the Supreme Court. He aint got no brain. He is just a coon and a handkerchief head shining the boots of Antonin Scalia. Enuff already.

Liberals somehow feel free to ascribe every racist stereotypical image to Justice Thomas they claim conservatives believe about most blacks. Clarence Thomas is a brilliant man who was indeed the victim of a high tech lynching. Justice Thomas is reticent during during oral arguments, not because he is a dunce, but because of his conviction that heated exchanges during oral arguments are often disrespectful to the attorneys trying to present their cases. Thomas prefers a more cerebral, quieter environment in which to carefully contemplate matters of constitutional law. This is a matter of style; not substance. Justice Thomas authored several Supreme Court concurrences and dissenting opinions. He is his own man and differed from Scalia on fundamental Constitutional issues such as stare decisis; the Establishment Clause(elk grove v. newdow); and the use of medical marijuanaz(gonzales v raich).

wtf?!

“It’s me! I see myself moving around! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”

This sounds like some shit Homer Simpson would say!

At least he didn’t say, “What the hell is that black man doing here?”

Quite possibly the most bitter man on the planet.

swarmofkillermonkeys @ 37:

“You know, it’s really hard to talk up here when this guy in front of me keeps moving,” Thomas announced early in his speech... “It’s me! I see myself moving around!” Thomas explained, then let out a resonant laugh: “Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!” He continued: “This guy keeps moving around in front of me. Jeez! At any rate, stop looking at this guy in front of me! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You look at it and think, it’s too much of a good thing!”

Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court. One crazy motherscrubber.

And I don't think he deserves one BIT of slack. His po' 'lil me shit rings very hollow when he is such a glory hound. With WHAT PRICE did he think comes fame and power? A little scrutiny of past shenanigans with women? Unveiling a mediocre scholarly career and grades?

Makes me want to scream, "HEY DIPSHIT! You made it -- you're one of the most powerful men on earth! Drop the whiney bitch act already and just do the job! You don't think EVERYONE else has to run the gauntlet, or are YOU just too good for it? If you think people aren't giving you credit for your intellect: WRITE BETTER FUCKING OPINIONS." Heck the average white male is screwed by the system FAR worse than Clarence was in the confirmation hearings in the course of normal life. Such a stale, and insubstantial complaint. Not to mention, his past behavior has since been back up by other witnesses.

Wouldn't sink in though, I realize. That is some VERY deep seated insecurity. Dangerous, even. Worse of all, he really IS mediocre... rather than accept it (like the rest of us do) he blames is lack of ability on the job on everyone else. That rage will never go away, because he cannot be something he isn't, and isn't willing to just be who he is. I wish I had 60 years more of life, 50 more I.Q. points, and 40 pounds more muscle mass... just ain't gonna happen at this point. But you don't see me going apeshit in public, blaming everyone at hand about it...

You really had me until you started your own poor white male whining. If the system has screwed white males so bad, plenty of women and people of color would love to be screwed like that too.

L.A. Confidential @ 27:

L.A. Confidential @ 25:

MRT @ 21:

Looks more like “King Kong” himself.

Yeah, thanks for making my point RP

Ya mean this? The implication that Kong stands for the black man brought in chains from a dark island full of murderous primitive pagans and with a penchant for skinny white blondes.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/images/051214_king_kong.jpg

Don't play the racist card on me I happen to be like Elvis and Clinton. Black with white skin.

elvis hated black people and Clinton executed as many he could get on death row. try the righteous brothers or something else. I'm black and the imagery IS RACIST! You don't get a pass. You sound like a ron paul fan.

motorfingaz @ 18:

Ruthless People @ 11:

He looks like the oppresive Mister from The Color Purple. How fitting.

Looks more like "King Kong" himself.

....from one brotha to anotha!

MRT @ 21:

Looks more like “King Kong” himself.

Yeah, thanks for making my point RP

what kind of racist bullshit is this?

why don't you go back to huffpo or abcblog?

Dont know if Elvis liked black people or not, he ripped off their music.
But he also opened the door for them in Memphis at Sun records.

shano @ 49:

CoIntelPro,
Will bet that Bush executed more people of color than anyone, hahah.

Seriously, most think Clinton was our first black president.

I understand that. :)
Bill was simply a far more beneficent republican than any Democrat could be at the time. He actually was 3rd behind the fla. and tex. in executions and his state was third-last in education behind alabama and mississippi.

Just add sax and sex and you get the myth of his greatness and association with minorities and the downtrodden. I don't hate Bill. He's just a smoother liar than the repugs and with no trace of hate, just smiling indifference. Clinton is what the booshes wished they could be.

Hype-Jersey @ 42:

Quite possibly the most bitter man on the planet.

someone left a pubic hair in his coke.

mrogi @ 20:

let's cut to the chase here: clarence was absofuckinglutely the first and onliest sumbitch to refer the the sexual prowess of a black man in any federal hearing for anyone nominated for any federal office in the history of there hyah united fucking states!

Don't get me wrong but :lol:

he might also be the only black nominee to federal office who was known by the black community to hate black americans and the fact that he was himself black.

He actually has written an opinion or two after a ruling and said written opinions have been the subject of a godawful amount of questioning as to whether he actually knows any law.

but hey, type what you want. I get a good laugh out of you. really!

"Justice" Thomas is a lunatic, halfwit, and fool, an Uncle Tom bumpkin carefully selected by the Arbusto Bunch to compliment Antonin Scalia, who keeps such a tight asshole he hasn't shit in ten years. Watch the voting. Thomas will NEVER cast a vote in opposition to Scalia, his mentor (and mind). Read the David Brock book, Blinded by the Right. The chapters on Anita Hill and the concentrated effort of the neocons to destroy her credibility and ram Thomas down the throats of the Judiciary Committee leave one convinced that (1) Thomas is loony perve addicted to porno (though he lies about it), (2) he really did tell Hill she'd "put a pubic hair on [his] Coke can," (3) Thomas's handlers provided him with the now-famous statement that he'd been subjected to a "high tech lynching" (the man is too fucking dumb to dream this one up on his own!), and (4) he's a shameful lout and poor replacement for the great Thurgood Marshall. Hey, as for the TV monitor incident at his speech, what can you expect from someone appointed by a Bush? Arbusto himself is so dumb he can't open a door.

The point that you may have missed being: he called the confirmation hearings a "high-tech lynching" becuase they pointed out that many women (besides Anita) had mentioned to their employers that he was making strange sexual comments to them years before the hearings.

I say: tough shit. That is NO lynching. He wasn't persecuted because he was black and he knows it! That shit down in Jena is a lynching. Poor little Clarence just had a tough job interview, got the job anyway (for LIFE) and is STILL bitter about it. If/When Obama is nominated to the Supreme Court we'll hear all kinds of nasty shit thrown against him too. Or a woman. Or a jew. Or a white male that isn't conservative. Or a __________. Are you just not paying attention? It's what the Republicans (and half the Dems) do! Their reason for existence -- they fling shit on people in order to gain power and pork for their corporate sponsors.

If he has mistreatment in his past, he should lay his hate at the feet of those that hurt him, not just those that happen to be around him. And I'm sure he did have a rough past. But that confirmation hearing just wasn't anything compared to the shit EVERYBODY else goes through in life. (And if you think suffering only happens to people without white skin, you're a damned moron and a racist. Money and favors make the world go round, my friend.)

I'm tired of him blaming everyone else for his own misdeeds and incompetence, using race as a lever.

"If the system has screwed white males so bad, plenty of women and people of color would love to be screwed like that too."

You mean, like going to Yale and being appointed to the Supreme Court despite being irrationally full of hate, under-qualified, and a sexual harasser? Yeah, I'm sure we would ALL love to be screwed like that. Yeah, I bet even white folks...

People that have been on this web site long enough should already know that being white or male is no panacea. The crooks and liars take all shapes and forms. I think it's time we moved past "hating white males will solve all our problems". Mostly because it simply isn't true...

James M. Martin @ 58:

"Justice" Thomas is a lunatic, halfwit, and fool, an Uncle Tom bumpkin carefully selected by the Arbusto Bunch to compliment Antonin Scalia, who keeps such a tight asshole he hasn't shit in ten years. Watch the voting. Thomas will NEVER cast a vote in opposition to Scalia, his mentor (and mind). Read the David Brock book, Blinded by the Right. The chapters on Anita Hill and the concentrated effort of the neocons to destroy her credibility and ram Thomas down the throats of the Judiciary Committee leave one convinced that (1) Thomas is loony perve addicted to porno (though he lies about it), (2) he really did tell Hill she'd "put a pubic hair on [his] Coke can," (3) Thomas's handlers provided him with the now-famous statement that he'd been subjected to a "high tech lynching" (the man is too fucking dumb to dream this one up on his own!), and (4) he's a shameful lout and poor replacement for the great Thurgood Marshall. Hey, as for the TV monitor incident at his speech, what can you expect from someone appointed by a Bush? Arbusto himself is so dumb he can't open a door.

OK! Now tell us how you REALLY feel... :lol:

Thomas is a dick!!

Isome says:

Like another poster said to someone else, you had me until the poor white male song started playing. White males still have it easier than non-whites and women. That’s just the way it is. Acknowledging that generality doesn’t mean one is ignoring the trials and tribulations individuals may go through. However, when studies come out showing that a Black man without a criminal record, or a white man with a criminal history, is three times more likely to be considered for a job than a Black man with a criminal record. you have to stop pretending the playing field is level… or keep pretending but expect to be called on it.

What "poor white male song"? Pointing out that Thomas' past showing up in the confirmation process was comparatively TRIVIAL, and NOT BASED ON RACE? But rather his own actions? Did you even read what I wrote? Your (and the other poster's) assumptions make a mockery of you.

What does any of this have to do with Thomas, and his claims of "lynching"? Are you trying to make some half-hearted appeal to affirmative action on his behalf or something? You know he HATES the idea right? That's kind of the whole point. I will say it again, "Thomas is a damn hypocrite for playing the race card inappropriately in his confirmation, yet striking down the affirmative action opportunities for everyone else. What he went through (being confronted with his past mistakes) is something EVERYONE black or white has to go though in life, at the least!"

"you have to stop pretending the playing field is level… or keep pretending but expect to be called on it"

Where did I ever say the playing field was level? I sure as hell don't think it is. I do however, KNOW, that the major obstacles to a fair shot at life are poverty and lack of education. Not race. Racism will always be a factor (cutting in all directions); more in some areas that others. But I hardly see you "calling me" on anything. Just more misguided assumptions and some tangent about white men with criminal records... whatever that has to do with the topic at hand.

Relate your statement somehow to what I was saying about Thomas, and maybe you have some sort of point. But I sure don't see that yet. Without money, there is no guarantee of opportunity. Without education, you will most likely fail to make the best of an opportunity. Discounting rare luck, you'll need both to have a good chance at success, I don't care what you look like. And don't quote some damn random statistics to me if you going to change the subject more generally to racism alone to make an argument. It isn't convincing or relevant in the least. Learn WHY that statistic exists. Why recidivism is so much higher in black communities (showing a measurable difference in those two rap sheets). And what needs to change to rectify that situation. But ultimately you're wasting your breath trying to talk me in to supporting affirmative action -- I already do. You'll need to have a chat with poor little Clarence though, as he will strike it down wherever he can. Short-sighted if you ask me (see education, poverty again).

By the way, a "liberal elite" review of Thomas' book... still pretty interesting. Points out the main flaw with Thomas. He thinks always being contrary means the same thing as always thinking independently. It just isn't so; in fact, it makes you a puppet on a string. I think there are FAR better representatives of Frederick Douglass among us, that understand his intent rather than just appropriating his words.

And a diehard friend of Rush Limbaugh and Cheney, he'll be there at least another 10 years... enjoy!

mrog:

Thomas is exactly what the rest of the Bush administration is: a C student who wants to get even with all those A and B students who outshone him. He is a failure who somehow got promoted above his intellectual capabilities. He hasn't had an original thought in his life and he is a self-hating black man. That anyone should revere him or laud his lack of accomplishments is scary. If you look in the dictionary under the word mediocrity, you will find his picture.

CoIntelPro @ 61:

swarmofkillermonkeys @ 57:

Hype-Jersey @ 44:

swarmofkillermonkeys @ 37:

Say what? What makes you think I'm white?

swarm?
killer?
certainly NOT monkeys!
:lol:

Judge my swarm of killer monkeys by the content of their little characters, not by the color of their fur! (...and then try to forgive them anyway...) ;)

Wow. How did I miss the interesting half of this thread? Bizarre King Kong references, insisting Clinton was black, and Elvis hated black people! Just wow.

As far as Elvis though, since James Brown later talked about how close he felt to Elvis, I don't see how that myth ever got any traction. I'm no Elvis fan, but I know he grew up poor, crossed the color barrier and just fell in love with gospel music. From the time he was little he would go to (and be welcomed in) traditionally black churches.

I guess you could call that "ripping off"... but I just don't see it that way. Especially with music. Music IS. You don't steal music by falling in love with it! It isn't a finite quantity. You share it. Music divides and grows, multiplies and spreads. Music is an idea. Wouldn't it be wrong for Elvis NOT to play the gospel music that he loved so much, just because of his color?

Anyway, there is little doubt that radical groups in the 70s tried to demonize Elvis (and near anything else) to try to rally power for themselves as "leaders of the black power movement" after the death of Dr. King. By spreading lies about Elvis they tried to divide, to hurt and to hate. And it often worked for them... for a while, anyway. But it sure didn't help the country move forward. If nothing else, Elvis almost singlehandedly began the de-segregation of music:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis :
When "That's All Right" was played, many listeners were sure Presley must be black. Therefore, white disc-jockeys wouldn't touch Presley's Sun singles. On the other hand, Negroes' music and the Negro disc-jockeys didn't want anything to do with a record made by a white man."[67] To some, Presley had undoubtedly "stolen" or at least "derived his style from the Negro rhythm-and-blues performers of the late 1940s."[68] "Racists attacked rock and roll because of the mingling of black and white people it implied and achieved, and because of what they saw as black music's power to corrupt through vulgar and animalistic rhythms... The popularity of Elvis Presley was similarly founded on his transgressive position with respect to racial and sexual boundaries... it seems that many Americans wanted black music without the black people in it."[69]
[...]
In 1957, Presley was alleged to have said: "The only thing Negro people can do for me is to buy my records and shine my shoes." The singer always denied saying, or ever wanting to say, such a racist remark. Jet magazine, run by and for African-Americans, subsequently investigated the story and found no basis to the claim. However, the Jet journalist did find plenty of testimony that Presley judged people "regardless of race, color or creed."[79]

Found these other interesting quotes:

"Without preamble, the three-piece band cuts loose. In the spotlight, the lanky singer flails furious rhythms on his guitar, every now and then breaking a string. In a pivoting stance, his hips swing sensuously from side to side and his entire body takes on a frantic quiver, as if he had swallowed a jackhammer.” -- Time Magazine, May 15, 1956

"His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac...It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people." -- Frank Sinatra, 1950's (shame on you Frank)

“A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.” -- Jackie Wilson

“You know, Bush is always comparing me to Elvis in sort of unflattering ways. I don’t think Bush would have liked Elvis very much, and that’s just another thing that’s wrong with him.” -- Bill Clinton, During the 1992 presidential campaign.

“I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him. Last time I saw him was at Graceland. We sang Old Blind Barnabus together, a gospel song. I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There’ll never be another like that soul brother." -- James Brown

Do you think the republicans would ever appoint someone with sense and intelligence. Heck no...Look at the Supreme Judge that just died. He was in a fog all day long on drugs. And this piece of crap is wild eyed crazy. And we have another that was appointed who is suggested to have epilipsy. So what does that tell you, that the republicans want goof balls making the decisions so they can screw everything up.

Yikes!!!

Where is Charlton Heston?
Isn't this thread about actors from 'Planet of the Apes'?
So.... that's NOT Roddy McDowell's picture?
:)

Now if Elvis could posthumously explain his obsession w/ investigating the subversive Beatles by offering to help the FBI, hahah

maybe a little proffessional jealosy?

CoIntelPro @ 46:

L.A. Confidential @ 27:

L.A. Confidential @ 25:

MRT @ 21:

Ya mean this? The implication that Kong stands for the black man brought in chains from a dark island full of murderous primitive pagans and with a penchant for skinny white blondes.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/images/051214_king_kong.jpg

Don't play the racist card on me I happen to be like Elvis and Clinton. Black with white skin.

elvis hated black people and Clinton executed as many he could get on death row. try the righteous brothers or something else. I'm black and the imagery IS RACIST! You don't get a pass. You sound like a ron paul fan.

Get real!! Thomas looks like a gorilla and everyone can see it and is thinking it and Im a black man.

If we here can say kkkarl rove looks like a pink pig we can say Thomas looks like a gorilla. So take that racist crap to the garbage dump!

It could have been worse. He could have said, "M-Fer, I want more iced tea!"

as usual, no context

motorfingaz @ 80:

CoIntelPro @ 46:

L.A. Confidential @ 27:

L.A. Confidential @ 25:

Don't play the racist card on me I happen to be like Elvis and Clinton. Black with white skin.

elvis hated black people and Clinton executed as many he could get on death row. try the righteous brothers or something else. I'm black and the imagery IS RACIST! You don't get a pass. You sound like a ron paul fan.

Get real!! Thomas looks like a gorilla and everyone can see it and is thinking it and Im a black man.

If we here can say kkkarl rove looks like a pink pig we can say Thomas looks like a gorilla. So take that racist crap to the garbage dump!

racist crap is racist crap.
I don't care if you say you're black.
you get no more license than anyone else.
you know the history of shit like that.
but you think like Isaiah Thomas, i.e., you have license because you say you're black.
you don't get no fuKKKing pass!