Tuesday Open Thread: June 28th, 2011
Today in History: June 28th
1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending World War I between Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, the United States and allies on the one side and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other side.
1942 – Nazi Germany started its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue
1967 – Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1969 – Stonewall Riots begin in New York City marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
1997 – Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield’s ear.
2005 – War in Afghanistan: Three U.S. Navy SEALs and 16 American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed during Operation Red Wing, a failed counter-insurgent mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan.
What’s on your minds this Tuesday?
What are people talking about in your part of the world?
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Love how the NYT, that amazing bastion of liberty and truth, creates confusion and works so hard to set the agenda for Florida by suggesting on the national political scene that the conservative vote is at risk due to the Governor: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28florida.ht…
This mantra has our cocktail party republicans (the only ones who read the NYT) in a tizzy…and their consultants running scared. Why don't we have any moxie?
what a great post thanks for the links hope the baby is better
Thank you, she's doing much better now.
Still a little fever, but acting like herself again.
Hope the little munchkin is feeling better zilla ! My 8 year old twin granddaughters are at their first sleep away camp this week, and I jump everytime the phone rings! Almost 48 hours w/o a call though, hope they're having FUN
Today's snarky headlines:
http://polination.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/the-tu…
The girl is doing better, thanks. Love what's at your link, I've added it to my blogroll, good stuff!
I'm sure your grandbabies are having a fabulous time.
Thanks zilla
It's all good and Hillbuzzie friendly!
I love the HillBuzz community. I think I may be spending more time in the HB comment threads than I do in my own! I have met so many cool people here & learned all kinds of neat stuff.
I”ll second your post Zilla. Hillbuzz is the first site I go to when I get home.
Re: Congressional vote on Libya de-funding
Oklahoma Rep. Sullivan Reply Fail #1
Sometimes you have have to hit them twice just to get their attention.
From my website
I posted the following on 2011 June 25 at 3:15pm CDST at https://sullivan.house.gov/Forms/WriteYourRep/Def… to our congressman, John Sullivan:
Dear Representative Sullivan:
A number of Republican congressmen voted against HR2278, including some conservative stalwarts. Please, sir, many of us are wondering about your own reasoning in voting as you did. I suspect you're hearing from a few other constituents about this. Perhaps there's a statement posted online that I missed?
I received the following email reply in some HTML-like format which my email reader would not display (my tech assistant suggests Outlook), but I was able to pull out the following:
June 28, 2011
Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts regarding the situation in Libya. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the opportunity to respond.
As you may know, on March 19, 2011 Operation Odyssey Dawn was launched to enforce the United Nations-approved no-fly zone over Libya. U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces have targeted the Muammar Qadhafi regime's air defense systems, command and control structures and other capabilities of Qadhafi's armed forces used to attack civilians and civilian populated areas. I believe that Libya's leader, Muammar Qadhafi, must resign from power. He is a dictator and a human rights violator. On March 30, 2011, the U.S. transferred the command of all military operations to NATO.
The American people take the use of military action seriously, as does the House of Representatives. I am disappointed that President Obama did not consult with Congress before his decision to deploy the combat the men and women of our Armed Forces. Should legislation regarding the U.S. military interests in Libya come before me on the House floor, I will keep your thoughts in mind.
Now more than ever, it is important that we continue to support the hard working= men and women in uniform who are serving our country overseas. My thoughts and prayers are with all our nation's military as they continue their mission. I know all Oklahomans are proud of these hard working men and women and= are thankful for the sacrifices both they and their families make on a daily basis to defend our freedom in the Global War on Terror.
Again, thank you for contacting me. It is an honor to serve you= in Washington and Oklahoma. If you would like more information on issues, or would like to share your thoughts with me via e-mail, you may visit= my website at http://sullivan.house.gov/. Please do not hesitate to contact me again should you have further concerns on federal legislation or programs.
John Sullivan
Boilerplate non-response! I will be sending a follow-up letter now. Watch this space.
Has anyone else written their congresscritters or seen any explanation of the vote, including West and Bachmann?
has anyone seen this? I shake my head.
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2011/06/liberal-am…
might have some opportunities to move to the bay area in CA. really torn on it. beautiful area. i could vote against pelosi. but not sure i want to have to pay taxes for stupid things the state has done in the past. *sigh*
You know it sucks when don't make steel, evidently it's not so clean of an energy, you no longer have anybody that can weld and you need to build a bridge!
Got's ta luv whut we've become!
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bridge-Comes-to-San…
Another spot-on piece by Michael Barone about the LSM covering up (by not reporting it) BO's horrifying mistake during his recent speech to troops at Fort Drum in declaring a deceased medal of honor recipient alive and well when, in fact, BO himself had awarded the MOH to the fallen soldier posthumously in 2009. The only thing more horrifying (if that's even possible) than BO's mistake is the fact that apparently BO didn't even think of apologizing to the soldier’s family until new WH Chief of Staff Bill Daley forced him to do so. http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confi…
http://newsflavor.com/politics/world-politics/whi…