Bills like this are a good reason to increase government transparency. Perhaps reform like the following are in order.
The check engine light went on in one of our cars yesterday. A few months ago I was toying with the idea of finding a mechanic nearer our home we could trust. I have used this closer one for a couple of oil changes. With the input of my wife, we decided to use the one we used for years before. The one that is further from our house.
This morning Progressive Tire & Auto Center called me. They said that our car did not need a tune up since it had one 2 years ago. "I would be happy to take your money, but you probably don't need it", he said. They said they would check the cause of the engine light and let us know if there was work that needed to be done.
One phrase I said stood out to me and prompted me to post praise of this shop, "We chose you because we trust you". It is difficult to gain the trust of an expert you must depend on. Here is a map to their location. I recommend them.
At the bottom of this post is my response to a confirmation email from the MittRomney.com. They sent it after I donated again to his campaign. Here is a link to the contribution page. How much do you support Mitt? Are you willing to offset the money of his own he has committed?
I am committed to the principles that attracted me to his campaign over a year ago. Regardless of the outcome of this nomination, I believe he is the best choice. There are still at least 20 states that have yet to decide. They deserve the best choice to stay in the race.
Hugh Hewitt gave Seven Reasons To Support The GOP's Nominee: "The war and six Supreme Court justices over the age of 68".
When activist judges are more than willing to rewrite rules of long-standing, periods of exile should never be self-imposed "for the good of the party." Exiles can go on a very long time indeed. Ask the Whigs.Emphasis added.
The GOP as well is the party committed to victory in Iraq and the wider war. A four year time-out would be a disaster, a period of time in which al Qaeda and its jihadist off-shoots would regroup in some places and continue to spread in others. Iran, even if punished in the months before November, would certainly continue and accelerate its plans under the soft pleadings of a President Obama or Clinton 2.0.I will support the GOP's nominee. The remaining Republicans also deserve to have a conservative choice.
These aren't the years to wish a pox on your primary opponents' heads beyond June.
John McCain is my third choice for President behind Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani. I agree with Hugh Hewitt's short list for why.
There's a reason why Senator McCain never brings [the gang of 14] up when asked to discuss his qualifications for the presidency. It is on the list with the votes against the Bush tax cuts, the McCain-Kennedy immigration "reform," McCain-Feingold, ANWR and many other things."The Gang of 14 was a term coined to describe the bipartisan group of moderate Senators in the 109th United States Congress who successfully negotiated a compromise in the spring of 2005 to avoid the deployment of the so-called [constitutional] option" Wikipedia. The constitutional option was a Republican plan to change the rules of the Senate so as to not allow filibustering of judicial nominees.
The Gang of 14 is short hand for why John McCain should not be the nominee of the GOP.
