Posted on 05/27/2009 7:41:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
(AP) — BETHESDA, Md. -- If confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor would not only be the first Hispanic woman to sit on the court. She would also be its first member with Type 1 diabetes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in New York says the disease shaves an average of seven to 10 years off a person's life, but experts said Wednesday that diabetics who manage their disease well can expect to live as long -- and work as hard -- as healthy Americans.
"There's absolutely no reason whatsoever that she should be less effective at all," said Dr. Peter Butler, chief of endocrinology at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center. "I'm confident she'll see off most of the other members of the Supreme Court."
Type 1 diabetes affects an estimated 3 million Americans, who typically are diagnosed during childhood.
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So what? She is also a LaRaza POS.
Jay Cutler has Type I too.
What they are trying to say is that all of the insurance companies who routinely deny life insurance to known diabetics because of the obviously shorter life expectancy are prejudiced toward this Hispanic Woman because she is just better than the rest of us diabetics. The fact that she has diabetes is a plus, as far as I am concerned. So am I, and admirably in control of it. But outstanding control is not as good as the blood sugar control of the average drunken reprobate who does not have diabetes.
What they are trying to say is that all of the insurance companies who routinely deny life insurance to known diabetics because of the obviously shorter life expectancy are prejudiced toward this Hispanic Woman because she is just better than the rest of us diabetics. The fact that she has diabetes is a plus, as far as I am concerned. So am I, and admirably in control of it. But outstanding control is not as good as the blood sugar control of the average drunken reprobate who does not have diabetes.
Actually, there have been a bunhc of racist justices. Look up James McReynolds.
Speak of the Devil.
Or Roger B. Taney.
But I thought we’d gotten away from that. In fact we fought a Civil War over it.
More recently the bias has been in the other direction, with Affirmative Action instead of race-blind equality.
Interesting. Perhaps you should start a thread about the possibility of developing prenatal tests for a propensity for Type 1 diabetes, and how they feel about her support for aborting such individuals. Then, they wouldn't have to wish for a cure anymore.
I do too. Was diagnosed at 9yo nearly 40 years ago. I just don’t see why this should be a big deal?
“So what exactly is the AP trying to say?”
Maybe trying to get the sympathy vote of any undecided congresscritters. She can always fall back on the Americans with Disabilities thing if they won’t confirm her.
she’s the first wannabe with diabetes. she hasn’t been confirmed yet and I doubt she will. the msm is just having one of the puke worthy love fests over her.
she’s no genius and she’s a racist. it’s not going to happen, no matter what people are saying now.
Well she's got McCain's vote, then.
LOL, dfwgator. Where did you find that picture of C. Farley as the motivational speaker character he played on SNL? (who of course, lived in a van down by the river...LOL). What was his name?
Matt Foley.
Oh yeah: thanks. I liked the table crashing the best. The cast used to say that he was sweating so profusely( I wonder why) that he got everyone around him wet during the skits!
Is she left handed? - ‘cause I’m not supporting her unless she is...
For what? Being unqualified?
“She’ll also be the first openly bigoted, racist “justice” to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.”
I’d be shocked if that was true. Maybe the first in the last 40 years or so.
But then, this IS the dinosaur media we’re talking about here. And they will wonder why they are going extinct.
No, this news source is less reliable than The Onion.
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