Thursday, March 17, 2005
Today's Blog, OPERATION DEMOCRACY A SUCCESS!!
Lately it seems that I'm having
an uncontrollable amount of negative thinking, generally about past events and
bad decisions I've made. I'm taking it really slow right now and that could be
some of the cause of it. I'm still developing my plan for the future and
hopefully will begin to implement it before the end of the month.
an uncontrollable amount of negative thinking, generally about past events and
bad decisions I've made. I'm taking it really slow right now and that could be
some of the cause of it. I'm still developing my plan for the future and
hopefully will begin to implement it before the end of the month.
I went skiing last Saturday and
it was lots of fun, I'm a little sore from it though. The slopes were a little
slushy and icy at points but that's what I get for waiting so late in the
season to go. I got some really good speed towards the end and that was a
lot of fun as I was trying to squeeze out a last couple runs.
it was lots of fun, I'm a little sore from it though. The slopes were a little
slushy and icy at points but that's what I get for waiting so late in the
season to go. I got some really good speed towards the end and that was a
lot of fun as I was trying to squeeze out a last couple runs.
Taxes: I pay the state when
registering my vehicle every year, then the city automatically bills me for
taxes every single year after that. Gives me a lot of incentive to not register
my vehicles here. At any rate they're threatening me with legal action for city
taxes, and at the same time refusing to let me pay off individual vehicle taxes
for the single stickers.
registering my vehicle every year, then the city automatically bills me for
taxes every single year after that. Gives me a lot of incentive to not register
my vehicles here. At any rate they're threatening me with legal action for city
taxes, and at the same time refusing to let me pay off individual vehicle taxes
for the single stickers.
Oh yeah, Operation Democracy's
first strike went really well, my team generated a handful of phone calls.
Overall, I think we really made the senate feel our presence. Hopefully, we can
restore the constitutional democracy envisioned by the founders of our great
country.
first strike went really well, my team generated a handful of phone calls.
Overall, I think we really made the senate feel our presence. Hopefully, we can
restore the constitutional democracy envisioned by the founders of our great
country.
The blog by email is all screwy,
links aren't going through to posts, and all sorts of delays, so, looks like
I'll just have to go to the site every time.
links aren't going through to posts, and all sorts of delays, so, looks like
I'll just have to go to the site every time.
News:
Bush defends rendition of detainees to torture regimes
href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/bush-m17.shtml">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/bush-m17.shtml
Bush administration defends use of covert propaganda in US
href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/prop-m17.shtml">http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/prop-m17.shtml
Hannity, Kondracke deceptively labeled Dems' use of filibuster
as break with precedent:
In advocating the so-called "nuclear option" to bar Senate filibusters
against judicial nominees, Fox News host Sean Hannity and Roll Call
executive editor Morton M. Kondracke gave misleading accounts of historical
efforts to block nominees. On the March 15 edition of Hannity &
Colmes, Hannity declared that "this is the first time in history that this
has been used against nominees that would be confirmed." The same day on Fox
News' Special Report with Brit Hume, Kondracke said that "there's never
been a judicial nomination that actually went to a filibuster, and the
Democrats have filibustered a number of President Bush's nominees." In fact,
Republicans filibustered several of then-President Clinton's ambassadorial and
Justice Department appointments in the 1990s and attempted to filibuster
Clinton's judicial nominees. Moreover, after the Republicans regained control
of the Senate in 1995, they href="http://mediamatters.org/items/top/200502180004">blocked
approximately 60 Clinton judicial nominees, denying them votes on the Senate
floor and denying most even a hearing before the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
So, there ya have
it, feel free to comment on your views.
¶ 5:27 PM it, feel free to comment on your views.
