Monthly Archives: July 2004

Still Looking for Their Precisous

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Last Week the House of Representatives continued to demonstrate that they are focused on things important by spending time on H.R. 3313 (PDF) which is also known as The Marriage Protection Act of 2004.
Now, to my untrained eye, it appears that there is no basis in the constitution for congress to even be considering any issues related to peoples living arrangements. But, that aside, Josh Chafetz makes it clear that the approach hastert and company are trying to use is itself unconstitutional.

Friday Surprise?

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Though I suspect that there are few who even raise their eyebrows at this disclosure:

WASHINGTON (AP) � The Pentagon on Friday released payroll records from President Bush’s 1972 service in the Alabama National Guard, saying its earlier contention the records were destroyed was an “inadvertent oversight.”
The two computerized payroll record sheets cover July through September of 1972, when Bush was working as a campaign volunteer in Alabama. The future president had been transferred from the Texas Air National Guard to the Alabama unit so he could stay in Alabama.
Surely you never believed that this stuff was lost or destroyed. This is all a matter of the administration decided when they will release material.
Oh, Thomas over at The Gadflyer notes:
Bush�s payroll sheet apparently shows that he logged NO flight time during this period when he was working on a Republican Senate campaign.
I don’t think this is that big a deal as, if memory serves, he was actually suspended from flying beginning 8/1/72 because he had avoided taking his required physical for some reason.
It will be interesting to see what the folks who have studied the bush record in depth have to say about what this release adds to our understanding of bush’s performance.
Via Pacific Views.

It is time…

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…to read Respectful of Otters! Powerful. Also, be sure to read the supporting material that Rivka links.
Abortion is a complex issue. Rana notes in the first comment to the above post:

And that, in a nutshell, explains why black-and-white, one-size-fits-all decisions and laws do an injustice to our complex, complicated realities. Thanks for the reminder, expressed so beautifully!
Which is a pretty good reason to eliminate 98-100% of local, state and federal legislative activity.
Via Electrolite.