Today, The President meets with a group of small business owners to discuss the economy and urge Congress to pass support for small businesses then delivers a statement to the press at 2pmET and ends his evening at a DNC finance event.
We are now one day away from finding out if SB1070 will become law, a huge amount of use who can say we know people who have been subjected to “reasonable suspicion” but never told by a police officer that we have the right this now SB1070 is a law; giving the police the authority to act like ICE and right to racially profile legally. This is an unbelievable thing happening in the 21st Century and throws us all back a few years when you think about what civil rights…wrongfully detained…paper please should not be happening in a state that originally started out being owned by people of colour …It is just offensive to think this solves the real issue and that is a system started by employers decades ago willing to pay little or nothing to people looking for work across the border…this continued for decades and needs a solution but it should be comprehensive not a seemingly opened ended law like SB1070.
Yesterday …on the floor of the Senate, Republicans voted No for cloture 57-41 on Campaign finance reform, which means the bill will not even get debated but Republicans voted Yes to giving up more money to fund a War our President inherited but will draw down in 2011. The other thing Republicans managed to do was to strip the bill of things that would have helped so many people… late Thursday, the Senate stripped $1.2 billion for the claims from an emergency spending bill, along with $3.4 billion in long-overdue(14 years) funding for a settlement with American Indians who say they were swindled out of royalties by the federal government and the Senate refused to pay the $1.2billion settlement ( 20 years) to Black Farmers;originally settled in 1999.
The vote to fund the War in Afghanistan clearly was a disappointment to progressives. The problem i have and wonder is anyone else confused about whose side progressives are truly on lately because in 100 days, the November elections will be upon us and sometimes the noise from our own party has me thinking everyone is either nutty or more willing to engage in that circular squad folks talk about and that is wrong for democrats to be involved in. The notion that most of the ones who have a platform state they are challenging the President, holding this President accountable. I do not see it quite like that because challenging someone does not include threats of throwing a person or in this case the President under the bus. Is this an attempt to scare the President into being a puppet that only does what his base wants him to do not what might be good for Americans. It really seems some are smiling at him while predicting his fate for 2012 if he forgets his base. Senator Bernie Sanders stated, the progressives who worked the hardest to get him elected; and yes that comment is upsetting to me as a democrat who worked hard like other democrats and those of us of colour who may not consider themselves progressives worked hard support this President in high numbers.
Considering the state of our nation and most if not all the 53% voted for more transparency in government -it will not happen because Republicans are the Party of No
At the end of the day, you have to stay true to what you believe in. Those that support this President should not run away from a fight just because there might be some trouble. We are in a moment when we need to push our Congress to pass legislation the President offered up in his campaign. I have to say Senate democrats need to stop complaining about his leadership, and get theirs in control. It is beyond me to think any sane person would vote against Democrats. We all must think of the what the future will look like if Republicans grab control with all the vitriol coming from the right; people of colour, women who like having the right to choose, family members who are gay and or are in the military with lack of resources mental or financial could be left behind big time. The list above is just part of a whole that Republicans are willing to throw under the bus…yes i say that a lot…it is true. We may not all agree on funding any War let alone the one that our President feels is the right war but by contrast Republicans choose to fund a war but not fund its own people and that has to make some people worry. I actually understand the reason we are in Afghanistan but like everyone else, it is time to get out. It is possible that the 37mil will give this President a chance, and then as promised, the drawn down begins in 2011 and should be kept in place unless the environment changes and the drawn down be done sooner. It is not lost on me that Russia was unable to get anything done …it is an area that is ancient and terrain impossible. The fact that we had to have a general step down based on some questionable ethics could mean a change of plans even though the commander in chief many not tell us things were learned from the breach of ethics.
Speaking of Ethics… Well, the root word…ethic can be transformed into many usages. by definition ethic: a set of principles of right conduct, a theory or a system of moral values ,then we move into ethics, is a general study of the general nature of morals and of specific moral choices, rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession -ethical: being in accordance with the accepted principles that govern the conduct of a profession.
It is with the definitions and descriptions listed above my problem with the word ethics used by cable heads on what seems like a daily basis. If Charles Rangel has unacceptable behavior which has not only become media fodder but is going through an investigation why haven’t the member of Congress dealt with the crap that Enzi, Stanford, who left his post to go to Argentina by lying with no one in charge did not get into trouble…why?
Other News …
**Macy’s continues to be a problem for it’s workers due to possible unfair hiring practices. the union is asking people to call the Tacoma location and ask them to stop
**The BP oil disaster moves into 100 days
**France declares war against Al-qaida
**The Blago jury went into deliberation and will have to go through 7weeks of testimony
**NH GOP senate front runner has been unmasked …Kelly Ayotte is being backed by Sarah Palin. apparently, not the best thing because even a conservatives newspaper wrote a negative article and the Sept 14th Primary may have a surprise winner
C-SPAN …
Hearing on Consumer Online Privacy
Hearing on Moratorium and Small Business
Hearing on Oil Spill Impact on Tourism
Report: Minority Communities Most Affected by Recession
Former Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) is also expected to address the group, one day before a House committee is scheduled to hear ethics charges against him.
U.S. Envoy Expected to Discuss Leaked Afghan War Documents
A House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing was scheduled to hear today from the U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, about American civilian aid to the region. The topic may now be overshadowed by questions regarding more than 91,000 leaked documents related to the war there. Some of the documents, made public Sunday by the website WikiLeaks.org, disclose possible support for al Qaeda and Afghan insurgents by Pakistani intelligence services. Ambassador Holbrooke has previously criticized the relationship between Pakistani officials and the militants. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah will also appear at the hearing to discuss aid programs managed by his agency. A recent audit by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction found significant challenges to the sustainability of U.S. aid programs in the war-torn country.
Hearing: LIVE on c-span.org at 10am ET
WSJ: Leak Sets Off Effort to Control Damage NYT: Pakistan Spy Service Aids Insurgents… WikiLeaks.org: Afghan War Diary Afghan Aid Audit SIGAR Press Release Commission to Assess Deficit Causes and Solutions
The commission is co-chaired by former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff and Senate candidate Erskine Bowles (D-NC). Its non-binding recommendations are due in December.
Cmsn. Meeting: NOW on c-span.org 
Fiscal Commission Website First Cmsn. Meeting (4/27) Second Cmsn. Meeting (5/26) Third Cmsn. Meeting (6/30)
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