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In the possibly vain attempt to understand why Harriet Miers is being nominated for the Supreme Court and what it would mean to real people if she is confirmed, everyone is putting forth the information that exists.

John is wondering how Miers can say she supports civil rights for gays but believes that sodomy should be illegal.

Over at the American Street, Barbara O’Brien makes the point, that based on what they wanted in the Schiavo case, the Religious Reich is not really looking for a conservative.

Bush came on the radio and said that it was important to bring up Ms. Miers’s evangelical church membership, while the Republicans raised holy hell when Democrats suggested that John Roberts conservative Catholicism might affect his rulings on the court.

Frankly the only candidate that the Reich would have really applauded would have been Roy Moore, Alabama’s former Chief Justice of Ten Commandments infamy.

For those who weren’t paying attention during the Shiavo affair, the only judge who backed what the Reich wanted was a Clinton appointee.

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Jo Fish has a disturbing post about Air Force Chaplains.

After my first aircraft “incident” the station chaplain showed up with the necessities of life: a case of beer and a carton of cigarettes. He said he would be down the hall if anyone needed him, and at the club from 5 to 7pm for the next week.

That’s what Air Force chaplains used to be – available, but not pushy.

The garbage that has been going on in the Air Force chaplain service lately just grates. They are supposed to be there for the troops, not their sect. You don’t preach hellfire to people going into combat.

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Go over to Steve’s and read about ClearType, the best thing you can do for your eyes if you have Windows XP.

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John was having a very productive day today over at archy. He has a map of what the Middle East would have looked like if they had listened to T.E. Lawrence [Lawrence of Arabia].

Colonel Lawrence thought that we ought to divide the old Ottoman Empire up along ethnic lines, rather than lumping different groups together. Of course, the “professionals” back at the European foreign offices had a different set of priorities, and we all know how “well” it has worked out.

There’s also a pointer to a jewel of snark from John Aravosis at America Blog. The last paragraph contains the money quote.

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