The House: First Strike (Nets 0 point)

Well our newly polluted populated House of Representatives has struck hard in the first 100 hours in their campaign to clean up the government.

They tossed their first boomerang by passing a bill to lift the ban on Federal Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. So it is apparently OK to end a viable life to attempt to save the lives of many others. That is of course unless you are saving the lives of millions of Iraqis by killing a brutal dictator. They sure weren’t happy about that one…
Family Values -1

The House also passed an increase of minimum wages to $7.25 / hour and the Pay As You Go bill that requires congress to raise taxes in order to spend more money or raise taxes in order to cut taxes. Ohh well they can also cut spending in order to cut taxes or spend money, but let’s not kid ourselves. Looks like $9-11 per lunch will just have to be a thing of the past so Vinny Boporino working the drive-through can get the new iPhone complete with custom K-Fed ringtone!
Economy / Taxes -1

Finally, just because I am feeling giving today, I am going to give 2 plus points for passing the remaining 9/11 Commission Recommendations and the Ethics in Congress bill. Anything that promotes security and reduces corruption in government is worth a quick point or two so I can go to bed now. So here they are…

National Security +1
Government Ethics and Reform +1

Democrat Score Card: Day 1

As a reminder, my score card tracking the results of the Democrat’s pledge to clean-up this country starts today. The current official (and dynamic) list of topics is below. They are sorted in the priority I would like them to be addressed, but unfortunately it appears the Dems are going to attack Government Ethics and Reform first (currently last on my list). Also in the news today is that hot on their “To Do” list are adopting the remaining recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission, raising the minimum wage, promoting stem cell research and renewable fuels and reducing the costs of Medicare prescription prices and student loan costs.

So with that, the bell rings in round 1 and here is the official score card.

1. Family Values = 0
2. National Security = 0
3. Economy / Taxes =
4. Iraq =
5. Border Security = 0
6. Government Ethics and Reform = 0