Sunday, January 7, 2007

Environment: Recycling Environment Protection Agency: "Where can I donate or recycle my old computer and other electronic products?" Thanks to beSpacific for the link. "2008 pres" 8:21:11 AM

Congressman Heath Shuler starts weblog Say hello to U.S. Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC). He writes, "Today marks an important day for Western North Carolina and our nation as the 110th Congress officially convenes at noon. I am honored and humbled that you elected me to be your representative here today. "We have an ambitious schedule for the first 100 hours we are in session. We will change the way business is done in Washington by enacting ethics rules that ban gifts and travel from lobbyists and restore trust in Congress by returning fiscal sanity to our budget process and ending the abuse of earmarks. We are also going to make changes to help American workers by raising the minimum wage, to help our seniors by allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prescription drug prices for Medicare, and to help our families by cutting interest rates on student loans." Welcome to the blogosphere congressman. Thanks to Ed Cone for the link. "2008 pres" 8:15:42 AM

Giuliani for president? Political Wire: "According to Political Insider, those close to Rudy Giuliani say he's in no hurry to make an announcement he'll run for president in 2008 -- and that he's far from a certain candidate. 'The disclosure of the nascent campaign's playbook indicates that Giuliani is all too aware of his potential liabilities -- from his personal life and from his political stances -- and some feel the later he jumps in, the longer he'll be able to ride his post-9/11 popularity.'" "2008 pres" 8:11:31 AM

Iraq Jules Crittenden: "We've arrived at a crossroads in history. The choices are simple. "In a letter to President Bush Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate President Harry Reid said they want out of Iraq. It's over. The American people are sick of it. There is no reason and no will to keep fighting this. "At the American Enterprise Institute the same day, senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman came out for a big, sustained surge of troops into Iraq. They made the case for fighting. Key word: 'Winnable.' They outlined the consequences of accepting defeat. Key word: 'Catastrophic.' "We are sharply divided as a nation. There will be no governing by consensus. Only by hardnosed leadership. This week, we'll find out what it is going to be. Neither of our options is attractive. But that's war." Be sure to read the whole post. Thanks to Don Surber for the link. Andrew Sullivan: "The execution of Saddam is turning into a much bigger deal. For all the painstaking attempt to conduct a trial that represented justice, the execution made it all look like a sectarian lynching. Actually, strike that. In the end, it was a sectarian lynching. And the lynchers were the people we are now supporting in government in Baghdad. Don't get me wrong. I loathe Saddam with every ounce of my being, and am relieved he is now gone. But my hatred of him makes me even more angry that we have enabled him to secure a final victory. The manner of his death means a deepening of the sectarian vortex into which the president is about to send more young Americans." "2008 pres" 8:07:19 AM

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