Posts Tagged ‘Maryland’

Boy suspended for making a strawberry tart pistol

March 5th, 2013 | No Comments

I kid you not: WHDH-TV – When his teacher saw his strawberry tart… “She was pretty mad, and I think I was in big trouble,” said Josh Welch. Then josh’s dad was called. “And she said that they had to suspend josh for two days because he used his breakfast pastry and fashioned it as [...]

That Hopey Changey thing: Eliminating filibusters

January 24th, 2013 | No Comments

Within one day after President Obama was sworn in for his second term, Harry Reid was putting in motion the vote to eliminate most filibusters. Here is the list of the Senators that think this is such a good idea they chose to co-sponsor it: Sen Baldwin, Tammy [WI] – 1/22/2013 Sen Begich, Mark [AK] [...]

US-Mexico border is a safe place to be?

June 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments

That’s the AP headline this morning. AP Impact: US-Mexico border isn’t so dangerous MEXICO CITY — It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer. It’s the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it [...]

I want that job – Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery person

August 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) , Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Jim Webb (D-Va.), all joined forces to secure $2,000,000 for the oyster recovery program in the Chesapeake Boy. I’m assuming the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has something to do with this.  From their page: When Captain John Smith first arrived in the Chesapeake [...]

Cap and Trade debate

May 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment

OK, so we’re no sooner finishing Obama’s reform of the housing, banking, and automakers industries, than we’re apparently ready to do the same to the energy industry.  Now, as with the other situati0ns, you’ve got two very different prevailing thoughts going apparently.  On one side, is the keep it simple philosophy.  In the other debates, [...]

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]

Auto emissions waivers

January 26th, 2009 | No Comments

One of Obama’s first actions is to restore the auto emissions waivers for several states that requested them under Bush.  Bush said no, because mainly they were unenforceable.  Those states include: California Connecticut Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington Now, the issue I have would be better reflected [...]