Poplar Point is dead again. How is it that DC government falls all over itself to build a baseball (possibly the most boring sport in existence) stadium with taxpayer money and can't even let someone else build a stadium for a team that has won more championships than all the other DC teams combined.*
*This may not technically be true. The Redskins won 3 (1982,1987,1991), the Bullets (now the Wizards) won 1 (1977), and the Senators (now the Minnesota Twins) won 1 (1924). DC United has 4 MLS Cups (1996,1997,1999,2004), 2 US Open Cups (1996, 2008), 1 CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1998) and 1 InterAmerican Cup (1998).
1.30.2009
Obama doesn't play that game. Here comes the hammer.
After giving concessions to Republicans in the form of tax cuts (which DO NOT WORK as advertised if the current economic situation is any indication) in the Stimulus Bill, ALL of the House Republicans voted against it. And now the Obama Administration has said they will release job figures state by state. What these numbers will most likely show is that A) job loss disproportionately affects Republican states and B) that by voting against the Stimulus Bill House Republicans voted against their constituent's best interests. This is what America has needed to do for years, expose the mendacity of Republicans. Go get'em.
On a related note, Americans United for Change is releasing a couple harder hitting ads about the same issue but they are tying House Republicans to Rush Limbaugh and his "I hope Obama fails" comment.
Also, clammyc over at Daily Kos has a diary listing (which you should really go read) what Republicans have voted against, here it is:
* An increase in the maximum benefit under the former food stamp program (now called the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP);
* An expansion of broadband internet access to rural areas of America;
* Programs to improve infrastructure and develop rural communities;
* Improvements to the criminal justice system;
* funding for science and technology research;
* Funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services;
* Funding to repair, maintain and renovate the Department of Defense (DoD) facilities;
* Energy efficiency projects and modernization of heating/cooling and electrical systems at the DoD;
* Improving Army barracks;
* Energy related research and development (renewable energy programs and expansion of existing weatherization activites);
* Funding for the Army Corps of Engineers (remember the levees in New Orleans that weren’t funded?;
* Modernization of the nation’s electrical grid;
* Construction and repair of Federal facilities;
* Funding for clean water programs and water infrastructure projects;
* Capital improvements and maintenance for Forest Service and National Park Service, the Superfund program and wildland fire management;
* Funding for the Department of Health and Human Services;
* Funding for labor and employment training programs/Department of Labor;
* Renovations to elementary and secondary schools;
* Pell Grants and other student financial assistance;
* Educational programs aimed at elementary and secondary education;
* Defense construction projects – including hospitals, barracks and day care centers;
* Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be used on maintaining VA medical facilities and cemeteries;
* Funding for Information Technology projects at the State Department;
* Funding for highway construction;
* Funding for housing assistance programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
* Grants to states and cities for community development;
* Refundable tax credits for middle and lower income families;
* Increase tax credit for higher education;
* Extension of tax credit for renewable energy production;
* Increase the earned income tax credit for lower income families with three or more qualifying children;
* Increased funding for emergency unemployment benefits for those who exhaust the amount of benefits they collect;
* Temporary increase in amount of unemployment benefits;
* Assistance to states for spending on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program;
* Extension of Medicaid coverage to certain unemployed workers;
* Assistance with COBRA premium payments for certain unemployed workers; and
* Incentives for health care providers to use "health information technology" which would reduce health care costs for providers and lower premiums.
On a related note, Americans United for Change is releasing a couple harder hitting ads about the same issue but they are tying House Republicans to
Also, clammyc over at Daily Kos has a diary listing (which you should really go read) what Republicans have voted against, here it is:
* An increase in the maximum benefit under the former food stamp program (now called the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP);
* An expansion of broadband internet access to rural areas of America;
* Programs to improve infrastructure and develop rural communities;
* Improvements to the criminal justice system;
* funding for science and technology research;
* Funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services;
* Funding to repair, maintain and renovate the Department of Defense (DoD) facilities;
* Energy efficiency projects and modernization of heating/cooling and electrical systems at the DoD;
* Improving Army barracks;
* Energy related research and development (renewable energy programs and expansion of existing weatherization activites);
* Funding for the Army Corps of Engineers (remember the levees in New Orleans that weren’t funded?;
* Modernization of the nation’s electrical grid;
* Construction and repair of Federal facilities;
* Funding for clean water programs and water infrastructure projects;
* Capital improvements and maintenance for Forest Service and National Park Service, the Superfund program and wildland fire management;
* Funding for the Department of Health and Human Services;
* Funding for labor and employment training programs/Department of Labor;
* Renovations to elementary and secondary schools;
* Pell Grants and other student financial assistance;
* Educational programs aimed at elementary and secondary education;
* Defense construction projects – including hospitals, barracks and day care centers;
* Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be used on maintaining VA medical facilities and cemeteries;
* Funding for Information Technology projects at the State Department;
* Funding for highway construction;
* Funding for housing assistance programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
* Grants to states and cities for community development;
* Refundable tax credits for middle and lower income families;
* Increase tax credit for higher education;
* Extension of tax credit for renewable energy production;
* Increase the earned income tax credit for lower income families with three or more qualifying children;
* Increased funding for emergency unemployment benefits for those who exhaust the amount of benefits they collect;
* Temporary increase in amount of unemployment benefits;
* Assistance to states for spending on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program;
* Extension of Medicaid coverage to certain unemployed workers;
* Assistance with COBRA premium payments for certain unemployed workers; and
* Incentives for health care providers to use "health information technology" which would reduce health care costs for providers and lower premiums.
Frost on ice
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Ice on grass
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Morning ice.
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1.27.2009
Mark my words
Beckham is gone.
And another article. The only thing the LA Galaxy has to keep Beckham there is LA and, honestly I think Milan can hold its own in that contest.
And another article. The only thing the LA Galaxy has to keep Beckham there is LA and, honestly I think Milan can hold its own in that contest.
1.22.2009
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