the issue of racism is not an issue for black people or latino otople, we have to own the issue. people who have benefited or allow ourselves to not have to look at inequality. the most obvious and silly example is the response by newt gingrich and company to the hatination of judge sotomayor. he thinks 200 years of having a white male judges means it is without gender and without race, apparently the fact that she mentioned the fact that she is a bet tino woman says that she is a racist. but he is not a racist for the silence about being a white man. it is a double standard. women recognize it, people of color recognize it. but it is an effort to stir a pot and divide. merkley melanie, please go ahead. feingold talk about corporate greed and what happened during katrina. i read court documents, absolutely blown away by what i was finding out. i blog on the insurance journal, the untouchables. it is heartbreaking to me to find out that we can have the worst thing happen in this country, and in the courts, our judges, the insurance industry, it doesn't matter. they raped these poo