I find it ironic that Strom Thurmond dies on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a Texas sodomy law as unconstitutuional. Don't get me wrong. I don't associate Thurmond and sodomy in any way. But I do have the feeling that the court's decision may just have been too big a shock for him. It was quite a shock to me, anyway.

Oh and what wouldn't an elected official do to ensure that the NYT's obit, or any obit for that matter, doesn't label them a "Foe of Integration." Now there's an epitath. I couldn't finish the article all the way through before posting after I read this little tidbit:

"Until his last years, Mr. Thurmond was a man of uncommon energy and legendary fitness. He neither smoked nor drank, did more pushups and sit-ups than many men decades younger and fathered children into his mid-70's. He was also known for fondling women in Senate elevators, including a woman who turned out to be a fellow senator, much to his surprise."

So I would suggest we amend the obit headline to read: Foe of Integration AND Fondler of Women. And Frist calls him "unmatched in public service." Obviously.

And one last note on the sodomy ruling: boy oh boy are Scalia and Thomas' Opus Die pals PISSED! And on the founder's Feast Day no less!