tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post2009262284480120707..comments2023-11-30T03:44:34.585-05:00Comments on Opinions Nobody Asked For: Congressional Year In ReviewJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11683622475941901572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-68000732206005746282008-01-03T18:35:00.000-05:002008-01-03T18:35:00.000-05:00Why does one of your Christian readers require a p...Why does one of your Christian readers require a password to view his/her site?<BR/><BR/>As for the pork-stuffed appropriations bill...as a federal employee all I can say is "at least they passed a budget!" It is no fun living on continuing resolutions in federal government-land, I tell ya.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344649128973165027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-7992292841279057492007-12-28T10:59:00.000-05:002007-12-28T10:59:00.000-05:00He ain't my Congressman -- I didn't vote for him. ...He ain't my Congressman -- I didn't vote for him. And as the Bush administration has taught us, you're only the leader of those who voted for you.<BR/><BR/>Ditto on the ethanol subsidies - they do more harm than good by distracting us from researching more viable alternative energy sources. Really (as you may have guessed) I'm not a fan of subsidies in general.<BR/><BR/>I still can't believe it about Bhutto's assassination. Or, worse yet, maybe I can. So it goes.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383789548221247888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-48451026504899600632007-12-27T15:11:00.000-05:002007-12-27T15:11:00.000-05:00They also almost did something else colossally stu...They also almost did something else colossally stupid: they almost voted on (it would have passed) a bill granting immunity to the telecoms who broke federal laws by providing the CIA access to wiretaps of all their communications, without warrants. It was bad enough that they passed changes to FISA that made it even easier to get those warrants.Barzelayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075421599258160312noreply@blogger.com