Yes, it was a joke by Supreme Court's Thomas

[bananas]

Source: Reuters

When Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke his nearly seven-year silence during oral arguments last week, there was much speculation about what exactly he said. Just four cryptic words appeared in the court's unofficial transcript.

Now it can be told: It was nine words and apparently a joke.

The court on Wednesday issued a revised transcript that suggests Thomas, a graduate of Yale Law School, uttered a light-hearted jest about a lawyer who once attended his alma mater's archrival, Harvard.

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Regardless, the revised transcript shows that Thomas did not ask a question. He has not asked one from the bench since a February 22, 2006, oral argument. That streak continues.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/23/us-usa-court-thomas-idUSBRE90M1H320130123

[MADem]

1. There weren't any coke cans laying around, I hope...a lot of people don't find his "jokes" funny. nt

[msanthrope]

6. You beat me to the coke can 'joke'. nt

[KansDem]

8. What did Justice Thomas say when someone spilled a soft drink in his lap?

"Hey, who put the Coke in my pubic hair?"

[graham4anything]

2. what was the joke?

we all know what kind of sense of humor Thomas has from the Anita Hill hearings.
and no one was laughing.

[Ken Burch]

10. Not even "Long Dong Silver", God rest his...er...soul.

[zeemike]

3. He don't need to ask no stinking questions.

Scalia will tell him how to vote.

[samsingh]

4. a joke by a joke

[goclark]

23. Puppet Man Clarence

What a waste!

[longship]

5. And it wasn't about Long Dong Silver?

[Smilo]

7. Thomas is one big joke.

What a waste of a seat on the SCOTUS.

[caseymoz]

9. What a paper weight. nt

[Marie Marie]

21. Almost. A paper weight serves a useful purpose.

[Autumn]

11. Without reading it, one question. Did the joke involve a public hair

and a coke can?

[dbackjon]

12. He is a disgrace to the SCOTUS

[PlanetBev]

13. Two pubic hairs walk into a bar...

The joke is on you, America.

You've still got that asshole sitting on the highest court of the land, making decisions that will both directly and indirectly impact your life.

[PuffedMica]

14. "Brer Fox, don't throw me into the briar patch"

That's what Slappy said, yes sir!

[another_liberal]

15. The luckiest man . . .

Justice Thomas is the luckiest man since Ringo Starr. It's the "Peter Principle" with job security for life.

[Tom Ripley]

24. +1000

[another_liberal]

45. Thanks.

It had to be said. Thomas is way out of his depth.

[NightOwwl]

16. He gives me the creeps with those

soulless eyes.

[Bay Boy]

17. I hate comments base on a person's appearance...

...he's a normal looking man. His politics suck but he's normal looking.

[NightOwwl]

18. I'm not commenting on his appearance.

I'm commenting on what's behind it.

[lunatica]

30. Define normal

Which, of course, you can't unless you simply say two eyes, one nose, one mouth, etc. Other than that people react to other people and the way they look.

[bitchkitty]

32. correction

SHALLOW people react to how other people look.

[lunatica]

33. Not always

How do you react to someone who is homeless and filthy and obviously has mental issues?

Some will react with disgust while others will feel a great deal of sympathy. Some will act as if they don't see the person because there is no person there in their estimation. Others will try to give some change or even some item of clothing.

If you think that's shallow then what are you when you react to someone like that? Because if you have no reaction then there's something missing in you.

[bitchkitty]

35. Should have been more clear

and perhaps "react" was too general. Shallow people make decisions about other people based on their appearance - i.e. on their "soulless eyes."

If a filthy, mentally disturbed homeless person engages me, I am going to walk away, but that's not because of the way he looks - it's because I, unlike him, am not mentally disturbed and I am aware that I do not have the training or resources to help said man.

I worked for DHS for a good many years, with mentally disturbed adults and children. You don't know me, and that's your loss. Nothing missing here - except patience for fucking idiots.

[lunatica]

36. Same here sweety

[NightOwwl]

40. Woah wait a minute.

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You are calling me shallow for saying a person has soulless eyes?

Did you not read my reply to the original remark?

Soulless eyes have nothing to do with physical appearance. It's a term that denotes a lack of soul (soulless, get it?), an emptiness INSIDE.

Read AND COMPREHEND before you start name-calling and pointing fingers.

[Bay Boy]

42. But you only say that because

you know the person through his public persona. If I were to show you random pictures of people you wouldn't be able to pick out the 'soulless' republicans from the democrats.

[NightOwwl]

50. Look at his eyes.

There is no spark. They are dead.

Nuff said. I'm out.

[bitchkitty]

51. Sorry - please see my PM.

My intention was not to call you out or insult you.

[snooper2]

44. Hardcore!

[The Stranger]

41. Don't worry -- it's not just based on his appearance. There is a world of information available on

this person. He is appointed for life to the highest court in the land.

We can and should judge him, based on everything.

[Lil Missy]

27. Eyes are the windows to the soul .....

[dontpanic]

19. What's wrong with this picture?

From the Reuters article:

"All nine current justices attended or graduated from either Harvard or Yale law school."

'Nuff said about our oligarchy?

[lunatica]

34. I missed your point

What IS wrong with it? Would other universities suit you better?

[dontpanic]

53. How about...a variety of schools?

[lunatica]

54. I'm all for a variety of universities

I work in UC Berkeley, so I know about all good universities. As a matter of fact there are people in President Obama's administration that are form here and people who were in Clinton's administration who now work here. We also have John Woo here, so it's not all great. But I also know that Yale and Harvard are excellent private Universities. What exactly do you have against them?

[benld74]

20. Just how old is this joke anyhow?

[Historic NY]

22. Can we just buy him a new motor home and get him to leave.....really.

“There’s not much that entices about the job,” Thomas said, answering questions from the public that provided a rare glimpse of the man behind the office. “There’s no money in it, no privacy, no big houses, and from an ego standpoint, it does nothing for me.”

Thomas, 59, said the position is satisfying because he feels he’s serving the public, and he’s honored by it, “but I wouldn’t say I like it.”

“I like sports,” Thomas said. “I like to drive a motor home.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2007/12/20/18453/clarence-thomas-hates-his-job/?mobile=nc

[SwankyXomb]

25. Just missed 7 years

We could have had him declared legally dead.

[jberryhill]

26. I remember my kids' first words

Someday, even Clarence might speak in full sentences.

[bananas]

28. Ah, the wisdom of youth.

Hey, wait a minute, is your avatar Clarence the Cow?
Mooo!

[Hestia]

38. Isn't that Laughing Cow cheese logo?

[lunatica]

29. He opened his mouth and removed all suspicion

[heaven05]

31. he's the joke

on all of us, brought to us by, drumroll please, bushmonkey senior!!!!Yay!!!!!!

[Hestia]

37. You know why don't you? He was raised Gullah - which has its own language

and he was made fun of when he moved to the mainland. He said he hardly spoke after that due to being bullied about it.

Now, that does not excuse the hell he drug Anita Hill through, but it does explain his silence and letting his wife make all his phone calls.

[Odin2005]

39. Wow, I didn't know that!

[Bay Boy]

43. You made me look that up...

...never heard of it before. One more item for my trivia file.

"Gullah also known as Geechee." I seem to remember the word "geechee" in a movie.
It was something about a black army group during WWII, someone was murdered and a black sergeant used the term in reference to another black enlisted man. Anyone know the movie?

[Blue_Tires]

47. The movie is "a soldiers story"

[Bay Boy]

48. Thank You!!!

I've been wracking my brain since I posted that.

I tried finding it on IMDB by looking at Denzel Washington's movies, but I didn't go back far enough.
I thought the movie was made in the 90's and it was made in 1984.

[UTUSN]

46. It takes a sad joke to make a sad joke. n/t

[yellowcanine]

49. The joke is on us - he is the joke.

Just sayin.

[Le Taz Hot]

52. And to think

this is the man that replaced the late, GREAT Thurgood Marshall. It's enough to make you want to cry.

[secondwind]

55. I truly think this man is unhappy with the color of his skin..... I have always thought this.

[tabasco]

56. The joke's on us

that this fucking moron sits on our highest court.

Thanks right-wing dumbasses!