Naveed Ali ShahThings are moving quickly (for a change) in Congress today, and the House may actually vote on the health care bill tonight:
After receiving a pep talk from President Obama, House Democrats cleared a key procedural hurdle Saturday in the debate over expanding the nation's health care system, setting the [...]
In Orange.
Good morning, and where does the time go? Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging.
Denver recovered rapidly from the snow dump of a week ago: by Halloween evening the snow was gone from the southern exposures and the path was clear for massive numbers of trick-or-treaters to clomp [...]
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Last night on The Ed Show, David Shuster was filling in. On one segment the guests were Markos Moulitsas and Tom Tancredo. The buzz is all about Tancredo storming out because Markos pointed out that Tancredo got a medical deferment from Vietnam service (because of depression) while Markos served in [...]
I don’t know who created this cartoon, but it made me laugh out loud. The truth hurts, maybe literally…
Link to Original post at Rossputin.com.
[...]WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama expressed his sadness for the tragedy at Fort Hood and praised the selfless valor of those who came to the aid of the wounded. While we mourn the heartbreaking violence, we should honor the heroism of the soldiers and civilians who [...]
From John Fund in the Wall Street Journal:
Back in September, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters she was “absolutely” committed to having the final language of any health care bill posted on the Internet for 72 hours before a vote on the House floor.
Well, the bill isn’t finished, with [...]
Wart-lawyer David Lane just now on C & S about whether Ft. Hood terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan should face the death penalty.So who was the Fort Hood shooter, do we know? The media’s got the back story all lined up for it to be Nidal Malik Hasan, he has three names like all assassins (and sound bites), and now the Army is trotting out witnesses to point their fingers at the [...]
UPDATE: Here's what Markos was talking about:
As a Republican student activist Tancredo spoke in support of the Vietnam War. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado he became eligible to serve in Vietnam in June 1969. Tancredo has' [...]
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Congratulations to Alice Ra and Reuel Kim who are getting married tomorrow at the Redondo Beach Historic Library in California.Copyright Andrew Oh-Willeke (2009) [...] I was planning to post a notice today about the need to take action against the Pelosi version of Obama Care. And today is the time to do it! But being busy, I got permission to paste this email (with a couple slight tweaks) from a friend:
Hello to all!
If [...]
I was planning to post a notice today about the need to take action against the Pelosi version of Obama Care. And today is the time to do it! But being busy, I got permission to paste this email (with a couple slight tweaks) from a friend:
Hello to all!
If you [...]
The natives are becoming increasingly restless, and last Tuesday’s election results demonstrated just how troubled they are. The various talking heads tell us that various reasons pushed voters over the edge: health care reform, cap-and-trade, spending, the economy, etc. Boiled down, the real people back home are alarmed at the [...]
Good news, Colorado Spring’s main power plant is not among the world’s 200 biggest carbon offender power plants. But our neighbors are. One quarter of the world’s dirtiest power plants (53) are in the US. All in red states, because Crackers [...]
It sounds like they're still hoping to vote tomorrow. You can read the long listed of submitted amendments on the Committee on Rules website. You can read the full text of HR 3962 here.
Here are some that stand out:
Bachmann (MN)
#156
Would strike page 24 of H.R. 3962.
Bachmann [...]
