[China Lake is located in the district of Congressman Bill Thomas, the influential chairman of the House Ways and Means committee.] Apparently, logic doesn't count when a powerful Republican is involved, ... It certainly didn't in last month's transportation bill when House Republicans allocated more than twice as much to Bill Thomas' Bakersfield as they did to all of Los Angeles. |
Apparently, logic doesn't count when a powerful Republican is involved, |
As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions. Meeting the President of the United States is just the honor we should bestow on our academic champions. |
Because that is what the President of Afghanistan was saying. If you're here on behalf of the State Department, saying that he got his facts wrong, that is something we ought to understand. |
Certainly another Brad Sherman might be annoying, but it isn't something society doesn't know how to deal with. But a new level of human being is something else. |
Current law could mislead terrorists into believing that by killing the President and Vice President, they could alter U.S. policy. |
Did it cross the mind of anybody at Foggy Bottom (State Department), in negotiating this deal with India, to get an absolute commitment that India would be with us, or if it couldn't get that, at least an absolute commitment that it would abstain on this upcoming issue (at IAEA)? |
George Bush has shown great skill at disguising an incredibly weak foreign policy. |
I think historians in the future may wonder why in our defense budget we spent so much defending ourselves from missiles and so little defending ourselves from diseases, |
If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge. |
In a big murder trial, the sandwich is important. |
In the last six weeks, Bill Thomas' Kern County has just gotten way more than it deserves, and I know that Thomas has just enormous clout, ... all the rules are twisted again to benefit Kern County. |
It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company executive would say its more important to have 50 million solar powered vehicles in the United States. |
It's not fair to pile a bigger tax load on the backs of middle-class homeowners in the San Fernando Valley in order to preserve tax breaks President Bush has given to the wealthiest Americans, |
People who lived through the Northridge earthquake have a special sympathy for victims of another one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history, |