Hero/Hack: iEnvy Edition (Updated)
Lots of heroes and hacks all around this week, certainly a busy one in the political one was Congress tries to wrap things up for the Fourth of July recess and the Supremes released some rulings.
Mark Tapscott himself isn't my hero, but he's got a good roundup on why this week was a better week than conservatives have had in a long time.
I am going to name Reps. Peter Hoekstra and Mike Pence my heroes this week, for leading the fight against idiocy in Congress (always a worthy cause).
Hoeskstra introduced a one sentence resolution in the House Republican _ to oppose the Senate immigration bill, which passed and I think was certainly another death knell for that bill. Amanda Carpenter, who works where I intern, wrote a piece earlier this week about it:
Mike Pence (the man who should be minority leader), killed any whisperings about bringing back the fairness doctrine (from Tapscott's piece aboeve):
Also, iPhone update. I still want one. Real bad. Which brings me to this week's hack, Philadelphia Mayor John Street. What is Mayor Street doing right now? Waiting for the iPhone.
UPDATE (3:28PM): Frequent reader/commenter G Rex points out that the Mayor isn't like anymore:
Mark Tapscott himself isn't my hero, but he's got a good roundup on why this week was a better week than conservatives have had in a long time.
I am going to name Reps. Peter Hoekstra and Mike Pence my heroes this week, for leading the fight against idiocy in Congress (always a worthy cause).
Hoeskstra introduced a one sentence resolution in the House Republican _ to oppose the Senate immigration bill, which passed and I think was certainly another death knell for that bill. Amanda Carpenter, who works where I intern, wrote a piece earlier this week about it:
114 Republicans voted in favor of the one-line resolution: “Resolved, the House GOP Conference disapproves of the Senate immigration bill."Right on!In a phone interview Tuesday afternoon, Hoekstra said the purpose of holding a vote on this was to “send a clear message to the people back home that we are not where the Senate or where the White House is on this.”
When asked if he was concerned about backlash from the White House for his actions, Hoekstra said, “No.”
Mike Pence (the man who should be minority leader), killed any whisperings about bringing back the fairness doctrine (from Tapscott's piece aboeve):
"Today the House of Representatives affirmed that freedom will continue to reign on the airwaves of
Also, iPhone update. I still want one. Real bad. Which brings me to this week's hack, Philadelphia Mayor John Street. What is Mayor Street doing right now? Waiting for the iPhone.
Donning a white baseball hat and warmup suit -- complete with an iPod strapped to his arm -- a casual Philadelphia Mayor John Street patiently sat on a lawn chair on a South Philadelphia sidewalk, hoping to get his hands on the new Apple iPhone Friday morning.It's not like he has anything better to do, right? Not like, run a city or anything. Sheesh.
Street said he was No. 3 in a line of about six people, but said he was sure things would pick up later in the day.
"I'm out here with the rest of the gang, and we're all waiting for the iPhone," said Street, a self-proclaimed technology advocate. "This is the latest and I’m going to have it.
UPDATE (3:28PM): Frequent reader/commenter G Rex points out that the Mayor isn't like anymore:
Street, who showed up outside an AT&T store at 3:30 a.m., left shortly after a 22-year-old sporting a mohawk asked him, "How can you sit here with 200 murders in the city already?" The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site.Thanks, G Rex! As he puts it, "Gotta love those Philly punks!" Well said.
Labels: Apple, Congress, Hero/Hack, Illegal Immigration
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