Prez Should Heed Andrew Lloyd Weber's Warning from Across the Pond
The brit has some serious concerns about the UK chasing all of it's wealth-creators out of the country. Martin O'Malley could learn a thing or two from him as well.
Do you get all Kum-ba-ya and filled with the warm glow of "Bipartisanship"?
More likely, (like last night at Sine Die) you get a bill so screwed up that neither side likes it. Many on both sides voted against it, those who are in favor of coddling illegals, or those who want to ship them south. Unfortunately, even the rightys and the wrongys/leftys were outnumbered (barely) by those who actually passed this steaming pile of stuff. The drivers-licenses-for-illegals debate we were led to believe would be one of either strict adherence to the letter (if not the spirit) of the law, or a two-tiered contraption.
What we got, thanks to a conference committee, was a monstrosity that gets tough on those illegals... in 2015?! What the hey? That is touted as dealing with this situation on a "date certain", a date that is way overdue. That will be 14 years after 9-11! Yeah, that's gettin' tough alright! My foot it is! The illegal sympathizers are not happy either, I guess they feel 2015 is being too tough. It stops future "undocumented" immigrants from getting new licenses, how very mean of us!?
It passed, but with not enough votes to be considered an "emergency" piece of legislation. So it will take place June 1st. What a laugh if it had been considered an "emergency" that doesn't kick in 'til 2015. Talk about oxy-moronic!
Please people, come out to the Tea Parties. Predicted rain is no excuse! Even if you have to wear 2 raincoats and carry 3 umbrellas, we gotta stop this insanity!
ADDENDUM: Martin Watcher commented over at Red Maryland, and it is important those comments be reproduced here to get more of the story...
Congrats to the Baltimore Blast for their win of the 2009 Championship against the Rockford Rampage.
Delegate Tony McConkey's brother (Bowie native Scott Buete) is on the team. Congrats to him and his teammates for another great win! This marks the 6th championship the Blast has won since 1984. It is also the new National Indoor Soccer League's debut championship contest.
Does anyone else see the sad, cruel irony in the fact that the Obama girls new dog is a "water dog" given to them by Ted Kennedy??
It's almost as ironic as Martin O'Malley quoting (during his State-of-the-State speech) from a lady who was afraid of not being able to pay her electric bill. Now I'm sure he'll spin a defeat of his re-regulation legislation as an excuse not to really reign in such electric bills.
What other irony will Sine Die bring us?
FYI...
Contact: Dave Schwartz, (443) 797-5144
ANNAPOLIS- Grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) will kick off its newest state chapter in Maryland with a press conference at the State House on Thursday, April 2nd. AFP National President Tim Phillips will join AFP-Maryland State Director Dave Schwartz in laying out the organization’s vision for the Free State.
“A Catonsville native and seasoned veteran in campaign politics, Dave is well equipped to lead the charge for free market issues in Maryland,” said Tim Phillips President of Americans for Prosperity. “We’re proud to welcome him as the leader of AFP’s 24th state chapter."
AFP is a national organization with state-based chapters committed to educating citizens about the benefits of living in a society with a limited government and a free market and mobilizing those citizens to become advocates in the public policy process.
“Maryland taxpayers are ready to hold their legislators accountable,” said Schwartz. “AFP-Maryland will urge Governor O’Malley to reign in wasteful spending and get a hold of the state’s budget. We’ve got a lot of work to do, but the principles AFP fights for are more important now than ever before.”
AFP Maryland just launched NoStringsMaryland.com, a website with an online petition urging the state to reject any stimulus money with strings attached from the federal government. AFP received national attention when nearly 500,000 Americans signed its online petition, NoStimulus.com, against the stimulus package proposed by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. Over 4,500 of those signers were residents of Maryland.
On Thursday, April 2nd the over 1,500 members of AFP-Maryland will join a grassroots network of over 200,000 AFP activists from 23 states.
What: AFP-Maryland “Chapter Kickoff” News Conference
When: Thursday, April 2nd
Time: 1:00pm
Where: Lawyer’s Mall
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A Video You Can Believe In... by Mike Church.
Chester,
The talking point that this is a bill that was altered so much that both sides of the issue didn't like it is a talking point pushed by the Baltimore Sun and rest of the main stream media to make it look like real compromise took place. The reality is, the vote between the bill last night and the original 2-tier system wanted by the House was 2 votes. Yeah, 2 whole votes changed in the House. On the Senate side, ALL of the liberal Dems that voted against the No Illegal Immigrant license bill gladly voted for this bill, and only 2 conservative Dems stood their ground.The reality of the whole thing was, they changed the bill just enough to provide coverage for the Senate to completely switch.
April 14, 2009 4:44 PM
Oh, I see...
While I agree that the bill is junk, I am not persuaded that it is a real compromise. I see it as a mess-by-committee. I did not understand that they were sneaky enough to have so many (otherwise liberal) legislators vote against it on purpose so they could "claim" it is a real compromise.Man these politicians tick me off. I wasn't privy to the Senate stuff, but was just was amazed by the wide range of people voting against it in the House.
I think the talking point is valid, neither side did like it, but the lefts disappointment as a political tool, that I was oblivious to. Thanks to your insight.
I now have to update my post on my blog to reflect this.