| What is more worrying ? The White Stripes cancel their ACL appearance or the Senate votes to keep Mexican trucks from U.S. highways.
The later I say. While I am all for highway safety, the rhetoric behind this latest fear the Mexicans move is completely off base.
- It is contrary to Department of Transportation recommendations.
- It is hypocritical since we put little to no restrictions on Canadian trucks.
- It is a move made by Senators solely to shore up their labor/union support.
- It is contrary to our treaty obligations under NAFTA.
"We don't want to share our highways with dangerous trucks from Mexico," says Teamster president Jim Hoffa. Oh no we don't Hoffa. But at the same time, why does your rhetoric sounds so polarizing? We want to share our highways with safe trucks. So shouldn't we fund the program that promises to inspect every truck crossing the border. The DOT themselves say that Mexican trucking standards are more stringent than our own...
Pick a side my Democrat friends. Are we going to require our government to own up to its treaty obligations or are we going to use Republican/Lou Dobbs-like trickery to scare the common American from the Mexican invasion as a cover to appease a special interest voting group?
I'm all about highway safety, but convince me this is not more of the same: politics of fear. I've had enough of that.
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| So apparently,the software company that the New York Bar Examiners uses to administer the bar exam is not able to print my exam answer and needs certain archive files from my computer. The troubling part is that the laptop is in a storage unit somewhere between Washington, DC and Boston. It was taken there by Pete's movers; I don't have access to it; I won't until mid-September. But the Bar Examiners need the file by the end of this week... I really can't take that exam again. I hope something gets worked out.
If you are reading this, you should come to Austin this weekend!
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| Today is the first day of the eight-day lent, but I can't find a good explanation of why we have this lent. The best I could find is: http://www.socdigest.org/articles/07sep05.html. Anyone else?
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| Go Rick Perry? I know, it sounds weird doesn't. Kenneth Foster, 30, was scheduled to be executed tonight; the third execution in the last three days. But Gov. Perry has just decided to commute Kenneth Foster's sentence from the death penalty to life in prison. What makes this case different? Mr. Foster did not actually kill anybody. He was the getaway driver in a shooting in San Antonio 11 years ago. Under the conspiracy law, Foster is liable for the crimes of his coconspirator, including the actual murder. However, the harshness of the sentence drew the ire of critics all around. This morning the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 6-1
to recommend Perry commute the sentence. Surprise, surprise, he took the recommendation.
Go Nate! Former-classmate and neighbor Nate Swinton finally made it to Washington; State that is, not the District. Nate left Georgetown for a clerkship in his home state of Washington. What makes this case different? Instead of flying or driving, Nate decided to ride his bike to his new job. He made it there in one piece.
In case you were wondering, yes, Houston is today's featured Wikipedia article. |
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