Saturday, May 22, 2004
And the Battle Ground States Are....
The one problem with sleeping in on Saturday is that I always end up hearing the President's Saturday radio address during breakfast. Today he was finally talking about the economy. 228,000 jobs created in April, that's good. Interestingly enough he went through a listing of state's and gave specific jobs data. Florida, Missouri, New Hampshire, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and North Carolina seem to be the state's focused on in his speech. I'd add Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee and West Virginia to that list.
Bush again tried to put the blame for high oil prices on Congress's failure to pass an Energy Bill citing the senate's failure to include drilling in Anwar. However, it might be noted that the House didn't include it either (and if you can't get an issue through the House, it's dead..Trust me). Besides the energy bill was a joke. Even the energy industry wasn't crazy about it. It did pass both houses but died when Republicans couldn't agree on the conference report. (Can't blame the Dems for that one.)..
Also, he mentioned that Congress should make the repeal of the Marriage Tax penalty permanent. Again, marriage is important, but apparently not important enough to provide tax incentives for people to get married. Sigh....
I'm tired about politics today. The rest of the weekend will be devoted to less annoying pursuits. Heading off to a Mayan exhibit and a Buddha exhibit at the Smithsonian today. Perhaps a review later.
Bush again tried to put the blame for high oil prices on Congress's failure to pass an Energy Bill citing the senate's failure to include drilling in Anwar. However, it might be noted that the House didn't include it either (and if you can't get an issue through the House, it's dead..Trust me). Besides the energy bill was a joke. Even the energy industry wasn't crazy about it. It did pass both houses but died when Republicans couldn't agree on the conference report. (Can't blame the Dems for that one.)..
Also, he mentioned that Congress should make the repeal of the Marriage Tax penalty permanent. Again, marriage is important, but apparently not important enough to provide tax incentives for people to get married. Sigh....
I'm tired about politics today. The rest of the weekend will be devoted to less annoying pursuits. Heading off to a Mayan exhibit and a Buddha exhibit at the Smithsonian today. Perhaps a review later.
