Snowy London

In February, it snowed in London over a weekend. The city is beautiful when it snows. Something about the rooftops and the trees…

Today in Meet Your Congressman, or Today in Shaking Your Head

The U.S. Congress passes legislation that creates funding for things like highways or transit. Committees and sub-committees focus in on the different areas of concern. Within the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is the subcommittee on Highway & Transit. The Chairman of that subcommittee is John Duncan, Jr., or Tennessee. The first thing I found on his homepage is a recent speech he made on the floor of the House. Here is a portion:

I know most environmentalists come from very wealthy or upper income families, and I know they will say we don’t have enough oil to drill our way out of this problem.

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When environmental radicals stop more domestic oil production, it helps foreign energy producers, but it really hurts middle and lower-income Americans.

Yes, Chairman of the subcommittee on Highway & Transit. I think we might be in trouble.