I liked IowaHawk's "Guest Commentary by Judge Sonia Sotamayor" ("Menudo of Justice") so much that I did something I rarely do with blog posts. I sent a link to a non-blogger friend who isn't a blog reader. He loved it so much that he emailed back called it "brilliant" and he laughed out loud.

Now, while I love IowaHawk, there are plenty of blogs I love but cannot monitor every day -- for the simple reason that if I did I would have no time to do anything else. I happened upon the "Menudo of Justice" post because Glenn Reynolds linked it, and it made me laugh out loud too. This was no small accomplishment, because I'm soured on politics lately. Really soured. And while IowaHawk's post is of course political; it spoofs serious politics. He's on the right, but he spares no one, and even though I don't go far enough in sparing no one, I nonetheless like that approach. Especially if it's funny and really does spare no one. Anyway, stuff like this is great:

...As a Justicia on the Tribunal Supremo I will be naturally vigilant for any colleague who strays from the law, and will not hesitate to clobber them with the rodillo of established legal precedence. Afterwards, when we have reached consensus, there will be hot makeup majority opinions.

This is exactly the kind of wise, precedent-faithful Latina legal approach that I believe will be welcome by others on the Supreme Court bench, all of whom bring their own unique genetic legal wisdom and instinctual empathy. Justices Roberts and Souter for example, with their aloof, sexless, constipated, emotionally-stunted WASPy intellects and natural affinity for preppy white collar criminals. Justice Stevens has this as well, along with a keen grasp for the legal issues facing Americans with senile dementia. As an Irishman, Justice Kennedy enjoys a natural "gift of the gab" and poetically tragic alcoholism. Like you, I imagine that Justice Breyer can be kind of pushy and whiny, but we should also remember that as a Jew he is probably very skilled at cases that involve complicated numbers and math. To the casual observer, it probably seems absurd to have greasy Italian "goodfellas" like Justices Alito and Scalia working inside the legal system, but if we give them a chance they may eventually break the code of Omerta and finally turn state's evidence against their Cosa Nostra bosses. Yes, many have criticized Justice Thomas for being a self-hating "Oreo" and "Uncle Tom," but I like to think that deep inside him still lurks the the DNA of an angry Cadillac-driving streetwise Superfly, ready to show "The Man" that his pimp hand is strong.

Of course, I still hate politics, just as I hate news. But I hate it even more if I can't laugh at it. Humor is a necessary narcotic, and sometimes my personal stash runs low. In despair, I'll find myself reduced to laughing at things which aren't that funny -- even pathetic things like Madonna's sagging flesh -- which I even self-deprecatingly compared to my own!

So, I really needed to have a wise Latina add spice to my menudo.