First we start out with Senator Snowe voting for the health care bill in the senate finance committee, if I was a Republican I would make sure that she got zero money from the NRC for her next election as well as not allowing her to advance to the committee position that is opening up. Story is here
The Democrats attached the hate crime bill to the defense [appropriations] bill, since they did not or could not get the Hate Crime bill passed in the senate on its own. Once the bill was sent to the House and Senate conference committee,One of the Amendments to the bill was that the bill could not burden the exercise of First Amendment rights, the conference changed the wording to read that the bill could not burden the exercise of First Amendment rights “unless the government demonstrates … a compelling governmental interest” to do otherwise. Full Story here
Nobel Panel is in defense mode, one of the judges or committee members (not sure what they are really called) Aagot Valle, a left-wing Norwegian politician who joined the Nobel panel this year, also dismissed suggestions that the decision to award Obama was without merit.
“Don’t you think that comments like that patronize Obama? Where do these people come from?” Valle said by phone from the western coastal city of Bergen. “Well, of course, all arguments have to be considered seriously. I’m not afraid of a debate on the peace prize decision. That’s fine.” Full story here
Yes I am being very lazy today, not feeling to good. 
