<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2>if she does, it's like trying to buy her way out of hell.    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2>the twists and turns of the legal mind bedazzle me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2>R</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" color=#008000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #008000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=earnest@tallynet.com href="mailto:earnest@tallynet.com">RE</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:25 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] Supremes: diversity = legit leaders</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>The second paragraph of the WSJrnl's lead article today:<BR><BR>"In a landmark decision with wide-ranging implications for affirmative<BR>action across American society, the court ruled that it is legal to give<BR>some preferential treatment to disadvantaged minorities, calling the<BR>diversity that they bring to education, business and the military necessary<BR>to the cultivation of "a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the<BR>citizenry."<BR><BR>A new twist to the idea of repressive tolerance from the election thieves.<BR>Is it implausible to think that O'Connor explicitly sees this ruling as<BR>counterbalancing some of the damage they did?<BR>Randy<BR><BR>___________________________________<BR><A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>