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This Just In: New Boss Bears Distinct Resemblance to Old Boss |
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Written by Rob Neppell aka N.Z. Bear
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Friday, 15 February 2008 02:09 |
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The House GOP announced today that Rep. Jo Bonner (not to be confused with GOP Leader Boehner) will be appointed to fill a seat on the Appropriations Committee. From an email from Leader Boehner's office this afternoon: Jo Bonner fully supports the GOP efforts to put a moratorium on earmarking and the reforms Republicans have unilaterally adopted. This announcement contrasts sharply with some stunning comments appearing today in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch made by a Missouri Democrat who is apparently stuck in the 1990s. “I intend on asking for more and a higher dollar amount,” said Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis. “This is a return on the taxpayers’ investment,” added Clay, expressing a view widely shared in the Capitol.
From Rep. Bonner's "Funding Opportunities -> Appropriations Page": "One of my many goals in Congress is to ensure the people of south Alabama get a significant return on their investment in the federal government (taxes). I am here to offer assistance in helping — where appropriate — to return to the people of the First District the tax dollars they send to Washington."
(emphasis in Bonner's text added). Come on guys. Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game? Jeff Flake was ready, willing, and able to serve on Appropriations and would have sent a genuine message that the GOP was serious about reform. For more on why this was a cop-out, see Rob Bluey at Redstate... |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 February 2008 14:54 )
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McCain Says Earmark Moratorium Would "Energize" the GOP Base |
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Written by Rob Neppell aka NZ Bear
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 16:58 |
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Just got off a blogger conference call with Senator McCain. My friend Rob Bluey beat me to the punch with the first earmark question, and Senator McCain reiterated the statement he made at CPAC that we "will veto any bill that has earmarks in it." I followed up later in the call and asked the Senator whether he believes that a unilateral earmark moratorium would be a winning election strategy for House and Senate Republicans. His response: "I think that if we had a moratorium on earmarks it would be one of the most energizing things for our base they could hear. I think they'd be overjoyed... [The Bridge To Nowhere] is more famous than the Brooklyn Bridge." Senator McCain took pains to be clear that he was not demanding action from Congress, saying "I'm not telling them what to do, I'm telling them what I would do... I'm trying to lead them in telling them that the earmark spending ... has reduced [the base's] enthusiasm." As my partner-in-crime would say: Indeed. He concluded by mentioning that Jeb Hensarling and others are currently working on another earmark reform proposal that he would support fully, so hopefully we'll be hearing more about that soon... Update: More from Rob Bluey, Jim Geraghty, Ed Morrissey |
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Only one edit window! How do I create "Read more..."? |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 06 October 2006 19:29 |
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This is now implemented by inserting a Read more... tag (the button is located below the editor area) a dotted line appears in the edited text showing the split location for the Read more.... A new Plugin takes care of the rest. It is worth mentioning that this does not have a negative effect on migrated data from older sites. The new implementation is fully backward compatible. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 November 2007 11:03 )
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Written by Rob Neppell aka NZ Bear
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Monday, 04 February 2008 17:01 |
Senator John McCain campaigning in the fall of 2007 (photo credit: Wikimedia) | I've just received official confirmation from the McCain campaign that the Senator will be speaking at CPAC 2008. The speech is --- at the moment --- scheduled for 3:00 pm on Thursday afternoon. While it has been assumed for some time that the Senator would indeed be speaking, to my knowledge this is the first on-the-record confirmation and the first announcement of the schedule for the speech (see correction below). I got the word unofficially from a reliable source this morning, and Patrick Hynes at the McCain campaign just confirmed it. I expect we'll see a formal announcement shortly. This is good news, as regardless of the outcome on Super Tuesday, Senator McCain and the "conservative movement" have much to discuss, and the sooner that dialog can start in earnest, the better. And of course, Porkbusters is a good friend to the Senator -- and vice-versa: we were proud to introduce him to the world of blogging by publishing his very first blog post. Should be an interesting moment in what has been a rather interesting campaign... PS: Welcome to the new Porkbusters.org ! As you'll notice, the site is undergoing a major overhaul. It's not quite ready for prime time, but the news on the good Senator led me to jump the gun a bit and launch early. For now, feel free to sign up for an account, as we'll be adding forum discussions soon, and I will also be inviting fellow Porkbusting groups to directly submit news and events on their activities here. Stay tuned for more... Correction: Whoops! Looks like my friend Rob Bluey was way ahead of me on this news! |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 05 February 2008 03:32 )
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What is the FTP layer for? |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 06 October 2006 21:27 |
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The FTP Layer allows file operations (such as installing Extensions or updating the main configuration file) without having to make all the folders and files writable. This has been an issue on Linux and other Unix based platforms in respect of file permissions. This makes the site admin's life a lot easier and increases security of the site. You can check the write status of relevent folders by going to ''Help->System Info" and then in the sub-menu to "Directory Permissions". With the FTP Layer enabled even if all directories are red, Joomla! will operate smoothly. NOTE: the FTP layer is not required on a Windows host/server. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 May 2007 09:39 )
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