Gene Taylor has done it again. This time he voted against a bill that would, among other things, provide additional money for Katrina relief. Here is a link to the bill HR1591. In addition to providing more funds for Katrina relief this bill also provided more money for Veterans care, and to ensure that the troops that are sent to Iraq and Afghanistan are properly rested and trained. What possible reason could he have for voting against this bill?
I just talked to a member of his staff who happens to be active duty Navy. He told me that the reason Congressman Taylor voted against this bill was that it included a time line for withdrawal. Isn't this what we want? I know I sure do. Please call Congressman Taylor's office and tell him that when this bill comes back to the House, after Bush vetoes it, to please vote for it; time line or not. I have posted Congressman Taylor's DC phone number to the right.
Issue #2 for today - Bush has just nominated Michael Baroody to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Baroody is currently and executive vice president of the national Association of Manufactuers (NAM). NAM is a mouthpiece for manufacturers that want to eliminate any and all EPA regulations that they think harm their business practices by making them toe the line and adhere to anti-pollution regulations. Among the many issues Baroody fought for NAM were - asbetos settlement awards; tobacco fines; and one that hits close to home: In Mississippi in 2007, in a case involving possible exposure to the highly toxic chemical beryllium, NAM filed a joint brief pushing to disallow any claims for medical monitoring from employees of Mississippi’s Stennis Space Center and California’s Canoga Park. If you want to see more about the aforementioned lawsuit, go here . If you want to read more about some of the litigation either currently in progres or has been completed, go here . The bad thing about the last link is that it is on the NAM website; they don't even try to hide their evil anti-consumer lawsuits. Want to read more about Baroody as documented by Public Citizen? Go here.
Lou Dobbs had a rather scathing comment about this nomination. See it here. Do you want to see more evil this man has perpertrated on the American public? Want to help fight this nomination? Go to www.Stopbaroody.com
About Me
- Dave
- I retired from the Air Force in 1981 after having served for 20 years. The first four years of active duty I served as a Security Policeman, the next 16 years I was an Air Traffic controller. After retirement I worked for a contractor as an Air Traffic Control Subject Matter Expert. In 1985 I again joined the government, this time as a civilian. I retired on the 31st of Dec 2005 after over twenty years in civil service. I am now fully retired. I will be the first to admit that I supported Reagan. I think it was during that administration that I first questioned my political leanings. I will further admit that I use to watch Fox News, that changed when it became apparent that they were a mouthpiece for the right wing neocons. During the Afghanistan war Fox used to use Ret Col. Hackworth as its military expert. During the build-up for the illegal war against Iraq, Col. Hackworth denounced the unprovoked attack on a soverign nation. That was the last time you saw Col. Hackworth. That made it plain to me that Fox would not put up with guests that had different opinions than what they espoused.
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