There's a reason the horse looks embarrassed. (loboforestal - 6/29/2006 11:56:35 AM)
To date George Felix Allen has displayed his superior leadership skills by voting for George Bush's agenda 97% of the time. I suppose if you think that the country is on the right track Felix's voting record is ok. But it sure ain't leadership to rubberstamp 97% of someone else's agenda.
Maybe he's done more in the way of introducing legislation that will have a profound and positive impact on Virginia and our Country as a whole.
You can check out what Felix has done recently in terms of legislative leadership here. Hat tip to RayH and his recent post about Allen's efforts to produce meaningful legislation.
A peculiar set of bills caught my eye. Read about Felix's sudden obsession with toasters on the flip...
Seems that George Felix Allen very recently (5/26/06) sponsored a number bills to temporarily suspend duty for various kitchen products. Bills (S.3288 through S.3303 excluding S.3302) would temporarily suspend the duty (for about 3 years) on the following:
handheld electronic can openers
electric knives
toaster ovens with single-slot traditional toaster opening on top of oven
ice shavers
dual-press sandwich makers with floating upper lid and lock
electric drink mixers with tilt mixing heads and two-speed motors
electric juice extractors greater than 300 watts but less than 400 watts
electric juice extractors not less than 800 watts
open-top electric indoor grills
electric coffee grinders
electric percolators
automatic drip coffeemakers other than those with clocks
automatic drip coffeemakers with electronic clocks
electronic under-the-cabinet mounting electric can openers
food slicers and shredders with top-mounted motors and replaceable mixing bowls
Huh?
I've got nothing against kitchen products but I must be missing something here because this set of bills looks to be fairly pointless.
Will suspended duty on toaster ovens with single-slot traditional toaster opening on top of oven somehow help fight terrorism? Do duty free automatic drip coffeemakers other than those with clocks address serious problems with education or the environment. Will the lower costs associated with no duty on ice shavers push the economy to new heights? Seriously, what is the purpose of all this?
And now I'm beginning to understand why George is bored with his job in the U.S. Senate. After all, if I had to deal with electric juice extractors not less than 800 watts all day long I'd be bored too.
The toaster lobby?
You'd think he'd be more careful about any appearance he's being bought off in an election year. Maybe it's innocent, but I can't figure out any legitimate reason for this.
Now what in the name-of-all-that-is-holy is the "Outback Steakhouse Political Action Committee"? - the fake Australian steakhouse came up with $10,000 for for the fake cowboy in 2005. Never liked that place anyway...
Remember, none of his writings ever made it to the floor, or did and ended in a waste heap.
Bet those donors who wanted his "clout" are a tad bit dis-gusss'edd.
And the horse is cute. Rescue the horse! kc.
(Yup, a foreign company called Diageo which owns Guinness contributed to George Allen)
Brilliant !!!
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/com_rcvd/C00344853/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diageo
