"Sorry, History Nut, you have to give some proof of that for I've recently learned that that is a myth started in the early '90's by none other than Ward Churchill. People wanted to believe it so they did and managed to 'discover' many cases through conjecture."

The "myth" is Churchill's claim that the U.S. Army distributed poxed blankets to the Mandans in 1837. That is total BS and even Churchill knows it. No reputable scholar repeats it. The British use of poxed blankets in 1760 is well documented... by the British. Using Churchill's lying to discredit legitimate history is foolish, but understandable. And it confirms my own theory that he's a shill for the theocons... a step up from his days as an FBI informant. > "It was the liberal judges on the Supreme Court."

The "liberal" judges? Do you mean "liberal" in the sense of "black," "female," "Jewish," or "Italian"? Or is this just that new definition of "liberal" that simply means "ones we don't like"? There hasn't been a "liberal" SC justice in more than a decade. Harry Blackmon, when he was selected, was regarded generally as a conservative, and the judicial Taliban is so far to his right that they are in danger of slipping into the ocean if they face the bench north.

There is no one on the Supreme Court that any progressive or liberal American would call their own. No one on the SC, absolutely no one, represents the progressive, liberal interpretation of the Constitution and its parent document, the Declaration of Independence.

"Not conservative enough" is not the same thing as "liberal," and blaming liberals for every unpleasantness in America is stupidity of the most basic sort, however convenient it may be to one's prejudices. Like blaming bad weather on "uppity ni... uh... coloreds" and Bronco defeats on illegal immigration. Not just stupidity, but un-American, lynch mob stupidity.

Rehnquist and his imams (and imammas) are no more liberal than they are HIV-positive.