Monday, March 06, 2006

Monday Quick Hits

AP News Alerts

10:30AM

WASHINGTON (AP) Supreme Court upholds law requiring colleges to forfeit federal money if they refuse to accommodate military recruiters.
This is good news. Another liberal dream down the tubes...

11:45AM

WASHINGTON (AP) Treasury Secretary John Snow has notified Congress that the administration has now taken action to keep from hitting the current debt limit.
How about taking action to reduce the debt period?

1:15PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) Republican Rep. Bill Thomas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, says he will retire after more than a quarter century in Congress.
Thank you for your service, Congressman.

Earlier Today

I missed one that I wanted to post:
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Gov. Mike Rounds signs legislation banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota.
Now we'll see who the state's rights people are...

Other Stuff

8:55AM

This is half "hilarious" and half "critical look" at the primary process. I was alternating between hysterical laughter and shaking my head in agreement (although not for the same reasons that the author would prefer).

9:20AM

Bizzy Blog has a post about the Patriot Act and how companies are using this crucial piece of legislation in a manner that is inconsistent with the law. Like Bizzy, if the ACLU were fighting this one, I could support them on this...as usual, though, you can't find them with a search warrant.