Support idea of naming Burlingame Intermediate School after Justice Ginsburg

Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Thank you for your Nov. 18, 2021, article, “Effort to name Burlingame school after Ruth Bader Ginsburg stalls.” I strongly support renaming BIS after Justice Ginsburg.

(12) comments

Tafhdyd Dec 9, 2021 3:17am

It seems like most of the pros and cons are of a political nature. How about naming the school for astronaut Sally Ride? She is a Californian, Stanford graduate and actually is LGBT. While she was in space students could literally look up to her.

Ray Fowler Dec 9, 2021 7:55am

Tafhdyd... Yes, Sally is a good suggestion. Thanks for adding her name to the mix.

What are you doing up at 3 am?

Dirk van Ulden Dec 8, 2021 1:13pm

Yes Jill, too bad that Obama ignored everything that RBG stood for. RBG was recalcitrant and totally unpredictable. A true socialist.

Terence Y Dec 8, 2021 12:33pm

Well, Ms. Soley, since RBG said it was “dumb” for Kaepernick to take a knee during the playing of our national anthem, that’s a plus in my book. Especially since we know Kaepernick didn’t really have a clue why he was taking a knee, except for publicity, but I digress. RBG being against the Dem’s silly idea of court packing and RBG not resigning so Obama could appoint a replacement SC justice are more pluses. On the minus side, RBG decided to speak out against our great President Trump’s candidacy in 2016, undermining her, and the SC’s credibility, and heralding even more politicization of the judiciary. Let’s not forget RBG’s alleged “dying wish” that her seat shouldn’t be filled by our great President Trump. However, I get the feeling RBG’s dying wish is another false narrative in a lame attempt to prevent seating another justice during Trump’s great reign. Again, I digress.

Seems to me RBG would be a controversial figure to name a school after. In this day of canceling folks, why would we rename a school after a person who will eventually be canceled when the right people are voted back into power?

Jorg Dec 8, 2021 2:45pm

Terence Y: Your “our great President Trump” joke was hilarious the first time you tossed it out, and still quite funny the second and even third time. But now it is getting kind of old. So, with your exceptional talent for cracking jokes, why don’t you cook up something about Trump’s genius for being able to remember 5 multi-lettered words, and in the right order? Or perhaps a joke about his intellectually challenged followers who believe his fantastic lie about the election rigged against him and that he actually should have won by a landslide, - despite what the polls showed and contrary to what all his advisors told him beforehand, not to mention all the lawsuits proving there was no voter fraud to speak of. Actually, funny that a few turned out to be Republicans voting for dead relatives! I’m sure you can come up with something really funny about that, Terence!

Terence Y Dec 9, 2021 1:11pm

Hey, it’s my friend Jorg, again exhibiting the JUNC (Jorg’s Usual Nonsense Criticism) effect. Jorg – you know what is a joke? The fact you can’t list a bumbling Biden accomplishment. Since you’re not cutting the mustard, let me help you out… Biden in Kansas City yesterday, although Biden didn’t seem to know it (he probably thought he was in his basement); spewing lie after lie about his America-Last Build Back Broke agenda; forgetting the KC mayor’s name shortly after meeting the mayor on the tarmac. Continuing cognitive issues. More people dying of COVID under bumbling Biden, even though the jab has been available all this time. Yeah, Uncle Joe, you have a plan. Yeah, Uncle Joe, the jab, masks, and social distancing works. Sure. 27% approval rating (and that’s after being propped up by corrupt media). It’s probably closer to 10%. BTW, I hear Biden stumbles so much because his clown shoes trip him up. That explains his trouble on stairs. And thanks for awarding me two exclamation points this time (I was hoping for three).

Jorg Dec 9, 2021 3:16pm

Sorry, Terence! I know you are trying desperately to be funny, but your latest is nowhere up against your best one so far, - " the great P-Trump". Not even close, so try again.

Terence Y Dec 10, 2021 9:04am

Jorg, since you don’t want to highlight America-Last Biden’s rising inflation, rising crime rates, and kneeling to the Taliban, Russia, and China, I present a short ditty for your consideration…

'Twas two weeks before Christmas and all through the year.

Jorg has no Biden accomplishments to report, oh dear.

Perhaps Jorg should renew his newspaper subscription now.

We all wish he stopped living in the past. And how!

To be continued… maybe. This is all I could come up with during today’s ZOOM meeting. BTW, in your mad panic to launch personal attacks, you never ventured your opinion on naming schools after RBG. You'd probably prefer we name schools after our (yes, our) great President Trump.

willallen Dec 8, 2021 10:59am

No. Why Ginsburg? No ties to the Peninsula, much less Burlingame.If you must pick a justice, how about Sandra Day O'Connor, who got her first job in our DA's office. BTW: Burlingame is named for Anson Burlingame, a bigot who was elected to Congress on the Know Nothing ticket. Check it out.

Jorg Dec 8, 2021 12:38pm

Sandra Day O'Connor, - who gave us Bush Jr., and too late regretted her unbelievable stupidity?

willallen Dec 8, 2021 1:12pm

That's only one of her many pluses.

Ray Fowler Dec 8, 2021 3:08pm

Hello, willallen...

I like you idea of choosing someone more local, but Justice O'Connor is probably too conservative for our bluer than blue county. Hmmm... she penned the majority opinion in Bush v. Gore, so that disqualifies her in the minds of those who choose to cherry pick their facts. Those same cherry pickers probably overlooked Justice O'Connor receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from... wait for it... President Obama. Apparently Barack was not bothered by judicial opinions rendered by her two decades ago.

Back to choosing a woman with local ties... how 'bout Nancy Pelosi? Wait a minute... she was born Baltimore and raised back East. While Nancy still gets her hair done in San Francisco, she prefers to eat gourmet ice cream In Saint Helena.

Justice O'Connor is looking like a better choice.

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