Priorities
Millions of children with health insurance vs. forty more days in
Iraq:
The Measure vetoed last week by President Bush to provide millions
of children with affordable health coverage would cost what the
Pentagon spends every 40 days in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
said today.
posted by rorschach @ 11:47 PM
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Thanks, Dems
Once again, the "opposition party" caves to the executive branch:
Two months after insisting that they would roll back broad
eavesdropping powers won by the Bush administration, Democrats in
Congress appear ready to make concessions that could extend some
crucial powers given to the National Security Agency.
Administration officials say they are confident they will win
approval of the broadened authority that they secured temporarily
in August as Congress rushed toward recess. Some Democratic
officials concede that they may not come up with enough votes to
stop approval.
As the debate over the eavesdropping powers of the National
Security Agency begins anew this week, the emerging measures
reflect the reality confronting the Democrats.
Although willing to oppose the White House on the Iraq war, they
remain nervous that they will be called soft on terrorism if they
insist on strict curbs on gathering intelligence.
posted by rorschach @ 11:41 PM
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Blogging
I'm not exactly burned out, but I am very busy with the many classes
I'm teaching.
Further, my laptop has rather thoroughly crapped out on me, which
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