The Housing Bill Is Law
As expected, President Bush signed HR 3221 into law this morning, making billions of federal dollars available to home owners, shoring up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and providing closer oversight of the financial aspects of home ownership to the Administration and...Ted Stevens’ Indictment An Opportunity… For Republicans
Although we may all support the notion that one is innocent until proven guilty, we (and Stevens) have a responsibility to ensure that we not only keep our noses clean, we do all we can to avoid the appearance of impropriaty. The fact that Ted managed to get himself...Why Do Oil Prices Continue To Drop?
Just when you thought you couldn’t afford to go on summer vacation, just when you thought the ONLY answer to rising gasoline prices was a “gas tax holiday”, just as various states are complaining they don’t have enough tax money collected to...Follow-up On The Housing Bill
In reference to my post on Saturday regarding HR 3221, the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008″, I discovered a site where there is a copy of the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate for HR 3221. Over the next ten years, according to the estimate, this...Pay Attention
Watch this video a moment: [wp_youtube]Ahg6qcgoay4&hl[/wp_youtube] Now, the video is about watching out for bicyclists while you are driving, but there’s a good correlary. This video demonstrates how easy it is to let someone distract you. It’s the...Swamp Stomper Alert: Housing Bill Heads to White House
Well, it took almost 3 months, but Congress finally passed the bill today, on older version of which was passed by the House in May, after some considerable back and forth between the Senate and the House. The bill is HR 3221 (pdf), titled: “Housing and...Online Rules Of Discourse: Could We?
About four months ago (I know, I’m a little behind catching up with some general topics), DavidL at BitsBlog shared an item from Edward Wasserman at the Miami Herald. Wasserman’s thought was that there is a need for rules to constrain course, offensive,...Earmarks: The Public Cares
Encouraging news in an opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal by Pat Toomey(former member of the US House and President of the Club for Growth) today. A recent survey concludes that most voters would favor a congressional candidate that cuts spending over one...Fireproof
This morning I got a chance to see some clips from a new movie that will be in theaters on September 26, 2008. It’s called “Fireproof”. Here’s a synopsis from the web site: At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old...Stay in Touch
