mac off to school today early. He decided he wanted to go to breakfast and while in line he saw his best friend, so they will have some social time together today, much to his pleasure. None of his 3 close friends from his school are in his class. He is in a class with dual teachers because it is a combined class with some students identified as special ed, most likely learning disabilities. This is a great thing, because this type of classroom would be the first step of aid we would request for him after getting an evaluation.
My goal today is to crank through all the work that I was too distracted to deal with yesterday. I have my weekly lunch appt with mac's therapist today (my dad is joining us) and a co-worker who does the other half of part of my job will be out tomorrow, so I need to search out any questions/issues with that work and get them to her today.
You can say that he's wrong, if you've got facts and cites to back it up, but you can't disagree with a statement of fact.
As Trudy said, disagreeing with statements of fact has been a key part of the Neocon strategy for years.
Oh, my - heckling the President in this age of instant news and Twitter has consequences.
His opponent is much richer suddenly - disgruntled voters in that district donated $25,000 within 2 hours of the speech yesterday.
Hee. Haw.
So, shockingly Rep Joe Wilson's .gov site is "down for maintenance". Luckily, it does not take much google-fu to get the phone and fax #s which is what I was looking for. He has three office, if anyone is so inclined to send them a nasty gram or just tie up the lines:
Fax:
202-225-2455
The Midlands' Office
1700 Sunset Blvd (US 378), Suite 1
West Columbia , SC 29169
Phone: (803) 939-0041
Fax: (803) 939-0078
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Lowcountry Office
903 Port Republic Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
Mail to: Post Office Box 1538, Beaufort, SC 29901
Phone: (843) 521-2530
Fax: (843) 521-2535
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Washington Office
212 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2452
Fax: (202) 225-2455
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
And here is the website where you can send him email: [link]
His opponent is much richer suddenly - disgruntled voters in that district donated $25,000 within 2 hours of the speech yesterday.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent.
According to CNN, Wilson's opponent rainsed more like $100K overnight: [link]
Thoughts on the President's speech last night:
It was a great speech. Some very nice words. I wish I were more confident that he'll back up the words with action.
I heard the President's view on the public option to be, "If you have another plan that'll work better, I'll consider it." Which suggests that he sees the public option as a floor. But see above.
Every time the camera focused on John McCain, he looked like he was pretending to be having a better time than he really was.
If the Republicans wanted to highlight their health care reform proposals, they should talk about them instead of (1) merely waving them in the air, and (2)screaming drivel about "death panels" and the like.
If Joe Wilson has, at long last, any sense of decency, he is ashamed of himself. His constituents should also be ashamed of him -- and if they re-elect him in 2010, of themselves as well. Recommended punshiment for Wilson -- a 10-page essay explaining why "we're ashamed the president is from Texas" and "Stop the War" T-shirts at presidential appearances were inappropriate and even treasonous for the last eight years, but out-and-out calling the President a liar on the floor of Congress and carrying assault rifles outside presidential appearances are now appropriate. With Cindy Sheehan and Natalie Maines to decide whether his work is adequate.
From the NY Times:
[link]
After the speech, Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff who sat a few rows in front of Mr. Wilson, said he immediately approached senior Republican lawmakers to encourage them to identify the heckler and urge him to issue an apology quickly.
“No president has ever been treated like that. Ever,” Mr. Emanuel said.
Ohhhh... to have been a fly on the wall of that "encouragement."
