Pelosi comes to town
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was on campus at Meredith College today.
I didn't see either of two groups of protestors who indicated they would be out there earlier this week, but my colleagues tell me someone was there for a very short time early in the day.
After speaking to an auditorium packed full of college students and professors, she took questions from us scruffy media types.
I imagine the headline that a lot of my colleagues will go with will concern Pelosi promising to send another Iraq war funding resolution through before Congress' Thanksgiving break. By her own admission, it won't be a lot different from what Congress has already done and President Bush has already vetoed and/or ignored. She explains in this video clip:
Pelosi also was asked about funding for drought relief in North Carolina and elsewhere, particularly farmers. When he was asked about this the other day, Gov. Mike Easley said there was no federal funding to tap to help farmers whose crops died on the vine this summer.
So, Madame Speaker, where is that federal funding?
Update: Pelosi was asked why Congress sent measures like the Iraq resolution and the SCHIP expansion bill over and over again, if the president was simply going to veto them again. Doesn't it make Congress look impotent, she was asked. Her answer:
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Better question,
Where is the help for bee keepers?
Honey bees are going away fast, Tax Hike Mike, seems to have money for all his pork projects, what the heck is he doing about a real problem. Seems the most important product, does not have enough votes for the corrupt democrats are the evil media, to care about.
I want to see how much, crops you can produce with out bees.
Posted on November 4, 2007 10:42 AM
Oddly enough, Doug, I think there have been Congressional hearings on the bee problem this year, although I'm not really up to speed on what the Congress might be doing.
It's a good question, though. Would I be a touch less evil if I ran across an answer?
Posted on November 5, 2007 10:39 AM