Archive for January, 2009

Let’s Fund Family Planning

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Of the dozens of facets of the stimulus bill, the section, relatively small in the overall spending structure, that seems to attracting the most ire is the money being allocated to family planning. Yesterday, this section was removed at the behest of President Obama in an attempt to bridge the gap with House Republicans, who [...]

Joe Barton’s ‘Urgent’ Lead Hearing

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

As I read and research Joe Barton’s recent calls for a hearing to clarify the recent consumer protection laws being put into place, I’m filled with a little bit of confusion at his latency and suspicion of his intent. Let me preface this by saying that I… wait for it… fundamentally agree with Mr. Barton [...]

Response to Joe Barton’s Recent Message

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I’m writing in response to Joe Barton’s bizarre recent mailer. I find it discomforting that in this time where the American people have shown overwhelmingly that they want to move beyond partisan bickering and want true bipartisanship that my Representative took time away from fixing the endless problems that face this country to use my [...]

We Are the Kickers

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

The SNL Sports Bash was this past weekend, but I think they overlooked a very important sketch “We Are the Kickers”, a spoof of the ‘85 Bears Super Bowl Shuffle. The sketch is introduced by none other than the greatest running back of all time, Mr. Walter Payton.
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