From: "Mark" 

Good. CBS cut it after "are you a bigot" then panned to her
crying to give the impression that Graham was beating up Alito and it was
more than she could take. 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> The coverage I saw was that Graham apologized to Alito for his treatment
>
> Graham "Judge Alito, I am sorry that you've had to go through this. I am
> sorry that your family has had to sit here and listen to this,"
> Graham's "Are you really a closet bigot?"  was just to let
Alito get the
> last word in with Graham affirming the 'no' answer "No sir,
you're not."
>
>
>
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>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> CBS-NY chopped up their coverage to make it look like Graham caused it
>> too -- I presume your local coverage did the same?
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:43d044b1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Arghh - forgot the 'husband' at the end
>>>
>>> 'a Democrat was questioning her husband'
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:43d043a7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Or those opposed to the Bushies could be high level empaths and
>>>> actually know that the Bushies are out to get us
>>>>
>>>> I didn't think Alito's wife getting emotional was staged.
Any Rove-ian
>>>> influenced staging  would have properly trained her to
only shed tears
>>>> when a Democrat was questioning her 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>>>> news:43d03eac$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Simulation theory could explain why democrats are constantly
>>>>> projecting
>>>>> duplicitous, unethical, and staged solely for the
camera of public
>>>>> opinion
>>>>> behaviors upon Republicans.  They are looking at the
outward behaviors
>>>>> of
>>>>> Republicans but then modeling that which they see with
their own brain
>>>>> and
>>>>> how their own brain works.  Presto, Judge Alito's wife
crying becomes
>>>>> a
>>>>> staged and highly planned event of a cold and calculating mind
>>>>> desperate for
>>>>> power, because that's the model of the world for
themselves in the
>>>>> recesses
>>>>> of their own mind.
>>>>>
>>>>> Excellent.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:43cf0d4e{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Actually it appears everyone can
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050427_mind_readers.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds
>>>>>> Empathy allows us to feel the emotions of others,
to identify and
>>>>> understand
>>>>>> their feelings and motives and see things from
their perspective. How
>>>>>> we
>>>>>> generate empathy remains a subject of intense
debate in cognitive
>>>>>> science.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some scientists now believe they may have finally
discovered its
>>>>>> root.
>>>>> We're
>>>>>> all essentially mind readers, they say.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The idea has been slow to gain acceptance, but
evidence is mounting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mirror neurons
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In 1996, three neuroscientists were probing the
brain of a macaque
>>>>>> monkey
>>>>>> when they stumbled across a curious cluster of
cells in the premotor
>>>>> cortex,
>>>>>> an area of the brain responsible for planning
movements. The cluster
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> cells fired not only when the monkey performed an
action, but
>>>>>> likewise
>>>>> when
>>>>>> the monkey saw the same action performed by
someone else. The cells
>>>>>> responded the same way whether the monkey reached
out to grasp a
>>>>>> peanut,
>>>>> or
>>>>>> merely watched in envy as another monkey or a human did.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because the cells reflected the actions that the
monkey observed in
>>>>> others,
>>>>>> the neuroscientists named them "mirror neurons."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Later experiments confirmed the existence of
mirror neurons in humans
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> revealed another surprise. In addition to
mirroring actions, the
>>>>>> cells
>>>>>> reflected sensations and emotions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Mirror neurons suggest that we pretend to be
in another person's
>>>>>> mental
>>>>>> shoes," says Marco Iacoboni, a neuroscientist
at the University of
>>>>>> California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.
"In fact, with mirror
>>>>>> neurons
>>>>> we
>>>>>> do not have to pretend, we practically are in
another person's mind."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since their discovery, mirror neurons have been
implicated in a broad
>>>>> range
>>>>>> of phenomena, including certain mental disorders.
Mirror neurons may
>>>>>> help
>>>>>> cognitive scientists explain how children develop
a theory of mind
>>>>>> (ToM),
>>>>>> which is a child's understanding that others have
minds similar to
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> own. Doing so may help shed light on autism, in
which this type of
>>>>>> understanding is often missing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Theory theory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Over the years, cognitive scientists have come up
with a number of
>>>>> theories
>>>>>> to explain how ToM develops. The "theory
theory" and "simulation
>>>>>> theory"
>>>>> are
>>>>>> currently two of the most popular.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Theory theory describes children as budding social
scientists. The
>>>>>> idea is
>>>>>> that children collect evidence -- in the form of
gestures and
>>>>> expressions --
>>>>>> and use their everyday understanding of people to
develop theories
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> explain and predict the mental state of people
they come in contact
>>>>>> with.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Vittorio Gallese, a neuroscientist at the
University of Parma in
>>>>>> Italy and
>>>>>> one of original discovers of mirror neurons, has
another name for
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> theory: he calls it the "Vulcan
Approach," in honor of the Star Trek
>>>>>> protagonist Spock, who belonged to an alien race
called the Vulcans
>>>>>> who
>>>>>> suppressed their emotions in favor of logic. Spock
was often unable
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> understand the emotions that underlie human behavior.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gallese himself prefers simulation theory over
this Vulcan approach.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Natural mind readers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Simulation theory states that we are natural mind
readers. We place
>>>>>> ourselves in another person's "mental
shoes," and use our own mind as
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> model for theirs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gallese contends that when we interact with
someone, we do more than
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> observe the other person's behavior. He believes
we create internal
>>>>>> representations of their actions, sensations and
emotions within
>>>>> ourselves,
>>>>>> as if we are the ones that are moving, sensing and feeling.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Many scientists believe that mirror neurons embody
the predictions of
>>>>>> simulation theory. "We share with others not
only the way they
>>>>>> normally
>>>>> act
>>>>>> or subjectively experience emotions and
sensations, but also the
>>>>>> neural
>>>>>> circuits enabling those same actions, emotions and
sensations: the
>>>>>> mirror
>>>>>> neuron systems," Gallese told LiveScience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gallese points out, however, that the two theories
are not mutually
>>>>>> exclusive. If the mirror neuron system is
defective or damaged, and
>>>>>> our
>>>>>> ability to empathize is lost, the
observe-and-guess method of theory
>>>>> theory
>>>>>> may be the only option left. Some scientists
suspect this is what
>>>>>> happens
>>>>> in
>>>>>> autistic people, whose mental disorder prevents them from
>>>>>> understanding
>>>>> the
>>>>>> intentions and motives of others.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tests underway
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The idea is that the mirror neuron systems of
autistic individuals
>>>>>> are
>>>>>> somehow impaired or deficient, and that the resulting
>>>>>> "mind-blindness"
>>>>>> prevents them from simulating the experiences of
others. For autistic
>>>>>> individuals, experience is more observed than lived, and the
>>>>>> emotional
>>>>>> undercurrents that govern so much of our human behavior are
>>>>>> inaccessible.
>>>>>> They guess the mental states of others through
explicit theorizing,
>>>>>> but
>>>>> the
>>>>>> end result is a list -- mechanical and impersonal
-- of actions,
>>>>>> gestures
>>>>>> and expressions void of motive, intent, or emotion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Several labs are now testing the hypothesis that
autistic individuals
>>>>>> have
>>>>> a
>>>>>> mirror neuron deficit and cannot simulate the
mental states of
>>>>>> others.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One recent experiment by Hugo Theoret and colleagues at the
>>>>>> University of
>>>>>> Montreal showed that mirror neurons normally
active during the
>>>>>> observation
>>>>>> of hand movements in non-autistic individuals are
silent in those who
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> autism.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "You either simulate with mirror neurons, or
the mental states of
>>>>>> others
>>>>> are
>>>>>> completely precluded to you," said Iacoboni.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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