July 26th, 2006

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The Flake Report: Georgia

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

The Club for Growth has compiled a master list of how every Representative fared during Rep. Jeff Flake’s recent 19-amendment assault on the recent appropriations bill in an attempt to strip pork out of it. The Club will link to blog postings for each of the Representatives (so titled, “435 Districts - 435 Blogs Against Pork”).

I am proud to report that my Representative, Tom Price (R - GA-6) voted FOR 16 of the 19 amendments, or 84%. Price has been consistent in voting against pork.

Most of the other Georgia Republicans also scored relatively well, with the exception of Appropriations Committee member Jack Kingston (GA-1). He voted for 0 of the amendments.

Here’s how the entire delegation stacks up:

Kingston (R) - 0/19
Bishop (D) - 0/19
Marshall (D) - 1/19
McKinney (D) - 0/19
Lewis (D) - 0/19
Price (R) - 16/19
Linder (R) - 14/19
Westmoreland (R) - 18/19
Norwood (R) - 17/19
Deal (R) - 18/19
Gingrey (R) - 8/19
Barrow (D) - 0/19
Scott (D) - 0/19

Take the shackles off of Israel

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Alex’s earlier post got me thinking about the plight of Israel. 18 nations, including the United States convened an emergency meeting in Rome to discuss a cease-fire agreement in the Israeli/Hezbollah conflict. They failed to reach an agreement.

How do you discuss a cease-fire when one of the parties in the conflict is a terrorist organization? How about lets help Israel eradicate Hezbollah and her enemies. Let’s free Israel of the shackles of restraint so they can adequately defend themselves. Then once Hezbollah, Hamas, (insert Islamic terrorist group here) are defeated and decimated, can we then and only then begin to discuss a cease fire. Islamic terrorists declared war on Israel and the US decades ago. When are we going to wake up and realize it?

Bob Casey: The Al Jazeerah Candidate

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Wow.