scrosnoe
07-31-2007, 01:20 AM
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDljNmQ0ZDhhM2I0MjdkYWY5NjYxYjY0NGVmNWQ2ZjA =
Via National Review Online's blog, "The Corner":
I Took a Fat Chance [David Freddoso]
All three of my guesses were wrong on the anti-obesity amendment * the courageous
anti-anti-obesity congressmen were Louie Gohmert (R., Tex.), Steve King (R., Iowa)
and Dave Weldon (R/. Fla.). They were the ones to vote against a resolution expressing
the sense of the House that schools should choose foods for their school lunch menus
that do not make kids fat.
What to make of Ron Paul's "aye" vote? Is he selling out to win the presidential race?
A Paul staffer informs me: "It was a sense of Congress [resolution]. It was harmless.
It didn't do anything." Also, he said, Dr. Paul figures that as long as there is a
school lunch program, the least we can do is make sure it isn't doing too much
damage to American children.
Well, okay. I would have still thought of this vote as a teachable moment for
the American people. After all, it's not often that someone like Paul gets all
this attention. The wave of interest in him as the anti-war Republican gives him
a nice platform from which to explain to liberals why socialism is bad.
Meanwhile, I couldn't bear the thought of a big burger by the time I got to the
bar. I went for the IPA instead and washed it down with clam chowder. But at least I had a choice...
07/27 02:48 PM
Earlier that same day:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2FlNDBiN2FhYTgyNWZhMmU5ODk1NzE3YWNiODdhNDg =
Over on C-SPAN... [David Freddoso]
As the House debates the details of how to continue our policy of agricultural corporate
socialism, an anti-obesity amendment by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee has just passed, 422-3.
It will be a few minutes before the vote tally gets posted online. But without looking,
I am guessing that the three are Ron Paul, Jeff Flake, and maybe Jeff Miller of Florida.
Whoever they are, God bless them, all three. I am going out in an hour and
ordering a huge, greasy bacon cheeseburger in protest.
07/27 01:00 PM
Via National Review Online's blog, "The Corner":
I Took a Fat Chance [David Freddoso]
All three of my guesses were wrong on the anti-obesity amendment * the courageous
anti-anti-obesity congressmen were Louie Gohmert (R., Tex.), Steve King (R., Iowa)
and Dave Weldon (R/. Fla.). They were the ones to vote against a resolution expressing
the sense of the House that schools should choose foods for their school lunch menus
that do not make kids fat.
What to make of Ron Paul's "aye" vote? Is he selling out to win the presidential race?
A Paul staffer informs me: "It was a sense of Congress [resolution]. It was harmless.
It didn't do anything." Also, he said, Dr. Paul figures that as long as there is a
school lunch program, the least we can do is make sure it isn't doing too much
damage to American children.
Well, okay. I would have still thought of this vote as a teachable moment for
the American people. After all, it's not often that someone like Paul gets all
this attention. The wave of interest in him as the anti-war Republican gives him
a nice platform from which to explain to liberals why socialism is bad.
Meanwhile, I couldn't bear the thought of a big burger by the time I got to the
bar. I went for the IPA instead and washed it down with clam chowder. But at least I had a choice...
07/27 02:48 PM
Earlier that same day:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2FlNDBiN2FhYTgyNWZhMmU5ODk1NzE3YWNiODdhNDg =
Over on C-SPAN... [David Freddoso]
As the House debates the details of how to continue our policy of agricultural corporate
socialism, an anti-obesity amendment by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee has just passed, 422-3.
It will be a few minutes before the vote tally gets posted online. But without looking,
I am guessing that the three are Ron Paul, Jeff Flake, and maybe Jeff Miller of Florida.
Whoever they are, God bless them, all three. I am going out in an hour and
ordering a huge, greasy bacon cheeseburger in protest.
07/27 01:00 PM