This article comes to you courtesy of Washington's quaint, alternative
newspaper, The Washington Times:
Democrats Kill Bill That Honored Troops
Vote aimed at vague language
MARY F. CALVERT
The Washington Times
Thursday, January 29, 2009
House Democrats blocked a measure that would have required new
roads, bridges and schools funded by the $825 billion economic stimulus
to be named after U.S. armed forces members killed in action.
Democrats on the House Rules Committee nixed the amendment Tuesday
in a party-line 9-3 vote. The same vote also took down four other
Republican amendments that would have funded job training for
Veterans, stopping all the measures from being considered Wednesday
by the full House for inclusion in the stimulus.
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter said Republicans did not publicize an amendment
to name projects after slain troops to avoid "grandstanding." "For
whatever reason, it was not to their liking," said Rep. McCotter, Michigan
Republican and sponsor of the amendment that would have honored
fallen troops.
He said Republicans did not appear to be "grandstanding" on the issue,
but he said he was disappointed that it was so roundly rejected.
Democrats on the committee were not philosophically opposed to
honoring fallen troops but concerned about the amendment's vague
language, which placed the naming requirement on all "new
infrastructure" and could have resulted in the naming of sewer lines and
water treatment plants, said an aide close to the committee and familiar
with the internal debate.
The aide, who stressed the amendment was considered as part of a
package of amendments, did not want to be quoted discussing House
members' deliberative process.
Several Democrats on the committee declined interview requests.
Nadeam Elshami, spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California
Democrat, said the Rules Committee was the wrong place for a "naming
bill." He said the bill should have gone through the Oversight and
Government Reform Committee.
The other four amendments, each sponsored by Republican Rep. Steve
Buyer of Indiana, would have provided $10 million for job training for
homeless female Veterans and homeless Veterans with children;
provided $20 million Veteran work force training; supplied $1 billion for
small business loans to Veterans; and increased payments to Veterans
undergoing vocational training.
Republicans on the committee said the rejection of the McCotter
amendment underscored the House Democrat's tight control of the
stimulus legislation, despite President Obama's promises of bipartisanship.
"If there is something that needs to be heard on the floor - it's that," said
committee member Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican.
"They closed down the process."
The committee considered 206 amendments - 104 Democratic, 95
Republican and 7 bipartisan - and approved 11 for a floor vote.
Amendments that made it out of the committee included six sponsored by
Democrats, four by Republicans and one with bipartisan sponsorship.
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National Guard units from Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, and Oklahoma
are all responding to weather-related emergencies as deadly snow and
ice storms knock out power and wreak havoc on the roads.
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are all responding to weather-related emergencies as deadly snow and
ice storms knock out power and wreak havoc on the roads.
http://dod.feedroom.com/?fr_story=FRdamp337872&rf=rss
Don't start none...won't be none.
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Full article here:FCC commissioner Robert McDowell had a message for Democrats, or anyone else contemplating trying to reimpose the fairness doctrine: The move could undermine the justification for existing localism and children's TV regulations, and could be used against public radio.
He also suggested it would not come back wearing a big sign saying, "it's me, the fairness doctrine," but would likely instead be rebranded.
Those were some of the observations McDowell provided Wednesday in a speech to The Media Institute in Washington, which is a strong opponent of the doctrine.
The fairness doctrine, which was scrapped by the FCC as unconstitutional in 1987, required broadcasters to air both sides of controversial issues.
...
McDowell warned that if the doctrine were revived, it might not "wear the same label. That's just Marketing 101: if your brand is controversial, make a new brand," he told his audience.
He suggested the doctrine could be woven into the fabric of policy initiatives with names like localism, diversity or network neutrality. "According to some, the premise of any of these initiatives is similar to the philosophical underpinnings of the Doctrine: the government must keep electronic conduits of information viewpoint neutral," he said.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/162 ... ctrine.php
Now we have some code words to look for... localism, diversity, neutrality.
Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye?
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From KSL.com
The names of hundreds of people who contributed as little as $100 to support California's Proposition 8 will be released Monday. That has some worried about reprisals.
...
Today, more than 1,600 names of people who donated between $100 and $999 is set to be released. A legal challenge to the release of names was rejected last week.
Supporters of the Proposition say they fear those individuals might face reprisals.
...
Jeff Reynolds of the Utah's Conservative Sutherland Institute says some Web sites that have listed previous donors go beyond names.
"They're actually posting physical addresses and locations on maps where people who contributed to Prop 8 live," he said.
Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye?
This is vicious.ElfDude wrote:From KSL.com
The names of hundreds of people who contributed as little as $100 to support California's Proposition 8 will be released Monday. That has some worried about reprisals.
...
Today, more than 1,600 names of people who donated between $100 and $999 is set to be released. A legal challenge to the release of names was rejected last week.
Supporters of the Proposition say they fear those individuals might face reprisals.
...
Jeff Reynolds of the Utah's Conservative Sutherland Institute says some Web sites that have listed previous donors go beyond names.
"They're actually posting physical addresses and locations on maps where people who contributed to Prop 8 live," he said.
Now you see what the far left is capable of, and what they're really
about.
An ideology of fear and loathing.
I hope the rejections are appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, and
the names of those REQUESTING the voter names are released.
That'll stop that nonsense ricky-tick.
The REAL question to ask is:
Why aren't they after Obama? He straight up dissed 'em.
Therein lies the double standard.
Simply put, that's what ideologues do.
Don't start none...won't be none.
Well, he spoke down on gay marriage, for one. He agrees with civilElfDude wrote:I think I missed something. What did the president do to them?CygnusX1 wrote: The REAL question to ask is:
Why aren't they after Obama? He straight up dissed 'em.
unions - like most of America these days - and equal rights.
That lit a fire under the gay-marriage-kool-aid-crowds' butts, but they
can't make a public display of it...I mean, they helped vote the guy in,
right?
That truth drives a icepick right in the far-left's forehead.
They're infuriated with Obama, but won't say so in public.
Don't start none...won't be none.
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