January 21, 2008 by webmaster.

On August 2, 1983, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill creating a legal public holiday in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Although there had been little discussion of the bill in the House itself and little awareness among the American public that Congress was even considering such a bill, it was immediately clear that the U.S. Senate sould take up the legislation soon after the Labor Day recess.

The House had passed the King Holiday Bill by an overwhelming vote of 338-90, with significant bipartisan support (both Reps. Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich voted for it), and the Reagan administration was indicating that the president would not veto it if it came before him. In these circumstances, most political observers seemed to think that Senate enactment and presidential signature of the bill would take place virtually unopposed; few anticipated that the battle over the King holiday in the next few weeks would be one of the most bitter congressional and public controversies of the decade.

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January 21, 2008 by webmaster.

Polls now show people are concerned more about the economy than the war.
But why is the economy in trouble?
Does it have anything to do with the massive direct costs of the war? Does it have to do with pulling huge numbers of productive National Guard members out of their jobs and making it illegal to refill those positions shifting the cost of the war from the government’s books to businesses? The costs are still there, but they are more hidden.
What about the huge costs in time, resources and lost efficiency due to security caused by the terrorism brought on us by our support for Israel?

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