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Archive for July, 2006

Tiberi’s Record on the Flake Amendments
Thursday, July 27th, 2006

In May I had covered some of the amendments by Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona to strip out pork from the House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill.
The Club for Growth has a summary of all the Flake Amendments and links to all the roll call votes.
Here are the votes by Rep. Tiberi, in sequential order. [...]

Book Meme 2
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

I suppose it’s been over a year since the last book tag. Memes are for people looking for blog filler, but Kobra wants to know my answers to the following questions:
1. One book that changed your life:
You gotta have Sowell. Knowledge and Decisions.
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
I, Jedi by Michael Stackpole. [...]

Solving Bureaucracy with More Bureaucracy
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

In a press release the National Autism Association supports the creation of a government agency under the CDC to oversee and implement vaccine safety research.
According to NAA Vice President Ann Brasher, “It hasn’t been lost upon parents that the rates of neurological and other disorders among the children of this nation have risen alarmingly [...]

The Volokh Conspiracy has some good insight on legislation passed by the U.S. House to ban the confiscation of guns during disasters. FEMA had banned guns in a trailer park that housed Katrina victims, and police departments in Baton Rouge and New Orleans had confiscated firearms.
The large number of Ohio Democrats who voted for the [...]

Night at the Astros
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

A department head bought tickets for 14 of us to tonight’s game at Minute Maid Park against the Reds. While Roger Clemens was good, Aaron Harang was better, as the Reds won 2-0. It could have been worse, but two Reds were involved in base-running errors and got picked off. Everyone seemed to have warning [...]