I love it! A Twitter account named Union Thugs, which claims to be speaking for Idaho's teachers, wants to follow one of my Twitter accounts. The major extent of their tweets are sending messages of a sarcastic and browbeating nature to legislators and supporters of Superintendent Luna's reform efforts. You would think that intelligent teachers could be a little more rational than that.
20 February 2011
04 January 2011
Text of Obamacare Repeal Legislation
Here is the text of the legislation designed to repeal Obamacare. An amusing sidenote is that the bill is only 2 pages long whereas the Obamacare bill was over 2,000. The debate on the bill is scheduled to begin Friday January 7th and the final floor vote is slated for Wednesday January 12th. This should provide some of the best political television aired in the recent past.
08 December 2010
U.S. vs. Assange/Wikileaks: Avenues and Pitfalls to Potential Criminal Prosecution (CRS Paper)
With all of the media attention on Julian Assange and Wikileaks that has been going on for the last several months, here is an informative Congressional Research Service report entitled Crimimal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information. It sheds some interesting light on the potential legal avenues and pitfalls that the U.S. Government may experience should they try to criminally prosecute Assange and/or his media collaborators over previous or future releases of Defense and State Department classified documents.
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Criminal_Prohibitions_on_the_Publication_of_Classified_Defense_Information.pdf (266 KB) 13 November 2010
A Good Introduction to the Congressional Appropriations Process
This is a good introduction to the Congressional Appropriations Process. If you ever wondered how Congress decides on how much they will spend, this is a good initial way to learn about it.
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Congressional_Appropriations_Process_-_An_Introduction.pdf (687 KB) 12 November 2010
Kick a Dog One Too Many Times and They Will Bite! "Blue Dog" Turn on Nancy Pelosi With a Vengence.
Less than a year ago, Nancy Pelosi still appeared to be untouchable as the top Democratic leader in the House. Now she has found herself facing stiff opposition to her attempts to retain a position of power in the Democratic caucus. Many of these "Blue Dogs" are still angry over being forced into unpopular votes over issues such as stimulus spending, healthcare reform, Cap and Trade, and the subsequent pounding their ranks took from voters over these votes. "Blue Dog" Democrats are now doing all they can to either defeat her efforts to win Minority Leader or severly curtail her power should she win the position. This should be an interesting struggle that will be publicly played out over the next couple of months between Pelosi, her liberal supporters and the remaining "Blue Dogs." Despite who wins this internal power struggle, it will leave the House Democratic Caucus divided, embittered, and in disarray for at least the next year or two. The moral of the story here is that if you kick a dog one too many times and they will bite. Apparently Nancy Pelosi hasn't learned that lesson, yet.
Here are just a sampling of articles talking about the stiff resistence that Nancy Pelosi is facing regarding her attempt to become the Minority Leader in the House:
Nancy Pelosi faces new resistance from Democrats http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44969.html
Top Blue Dog calls for Pelosi to quit http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44710.html
Anti-Pelosi lawmakers target DCCC http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=3CBA06AE-D646-97A9-49791FB86BA5E0EA
Democrats pressing Pelosi to step aside http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/11/AR2010111105582.html
Term limits for Pelosi's allies? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/11/AR2010111107834.html
Democrat Not Supporting Pelosi For Minority Leader http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/11/08/democrat_not_supporting_pelosi_for_minority_leader.html
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