Molly Ivins: Mobile Weapons Labs, and Immigration Reform
Once again, Molly is spot on, as my British friends would say. Continue reading
Tag Archives: politics
Do you know who your state senator is?
30 MarThe people who count do. You say that you don’t know? Are you in Texas? Go here.
From neonnurse via starcat_jewel.
BTW: If you live in Colorado, the link holds a special surprise for you.
Bill signed into law, never passed the House of Representatives
26 MarAnd more from the other side of the looking glass:
Just last month, President Bush signed into law a bill that never passed the House. The bill — in this case, a major budget-cutting measure that will affect millions of Americans — became a law because it was “certified” by the leaders of the House and Senate.
Did these people never see Schoolhouse Rock?
Group sues to block budget law that never passed House
Has it really come to this? By Presidential decree, the budget is slashed? The Constitution used once again for toilet paper? If the 2006 elections don’t turn the bums out, I fear there may not be a 2008 election.
EDIT: Read more at the Public Citizen website here.
OK, Yes, I know it’s a nit, at least on the surface. But if we let this get by, it creates precedent. Then what will the next bill not passed by both houses look like?
Support Feingold and the Call for Censure
23 MarLetter I wrote to my newspaper (at the request of MoveOn.Org):
Why won’t they debate Iraq?
23 MarHere’s an opportunity to do something to bring the issue of the Iraq occupation to the House for open debate.
Abolish the Electoral College?
21 MarNo, just make it honor the wishes of the people, and bring democracy back to the USA.
An Aging Trans Woman 