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February 2008
Are Catholics still mad at Chabot??
This excerpt from an October Enquirer story:
Rep. Steve Chabot is under attack from members of his own religion – Catholics.
Chabot, a Republican from Westwood, is among 10 Catholic members of Congress who are being targeted in a radio ad sponsored by Catholics United for voting against legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP.
It will air primarily on Christian and talk radio stations from Monday to Wednesday, and feature a mother urging Chabot to support SCHIP, saying that voting against health care for poor children is not a "pro-life" or "pro-family" vote.
“Building a true culture of life requires public policies that promote the welfare of the most vulnerable,” said Chris Korzen, executive director of the group, said in a release. “Pro-life Christians who serve in Congress should honor this commitment by supporting health care for poor children.”
The odd thing is that Chabot voted early in his tenure, 1997 to be exact, in favor of creating SCHIP which helps provide health care for thousands of Ohio children who would otherwise go without. The question here is why the change of heart?
If you look back through Mr. Chabot's past voting record versus votes cast is recent years, you start to see a pattern. In 1994, he first ran for congress on the platform of ending tax breaks for Big Oil and Corporations which he infamously dubbed "Corporate Welfare". However, after receiving thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Oil companies, he supported vigorously the Cheney energy bill which essentially did just that.......gave millions to Big Oil and corporations through tax breaks and incentives.
Given Mr. Chabot's tendency of flip-flopping on issues on the basis of campaign cash, we don't expect this issue to go away anytime soon and to play a major role in the campaign.
Rep. Steve Chabot is under attack from members of his own religion – Catholics.
Chabot, a Republican from Westwood, is among 10 Catholic members of Congress who are being targeted in a radio ad sponsored by Catholics United for voting against legislation to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP.
It will air primarily on Christian and talk radio stations from Monday to Wednesday, and feature a mother urging Chabot to support SCHIP, saying that voting against health care for poor children is not a "pro-life" or "pro-family" vote.
“Building a true culture of life requires public policies that promote the welfare of the most vulnerable,” said Chris Korzen, executive director of the group, said in a release. “Pro-life Christians who serve in Congress should honor this commitment by supporting health care for poor children.”
The odd thing is that Chabot voted early in his tenure, 1997 to be exact, in favor of creating SCHIP which helps provide health care for thousands of Ohio children who would otherwise go without. The question here is why the change of heart?
If you look back through Mr. Chabot's past voting record versus votes cast is recent years, you start to see a pattern. In 1994, he first ran for congress on the platform of ending tax breaks for Big Oil and Corporations which he infamously dubbed "Corporate Welfare". However, after receiving thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Oil companies, he supported vigorously the Cheney energy bill which essentially did just that.......gave millions to Big Oil and corporations through tax breaks and incentives.
Given Mr. Chabot's tendency of flip-flopping on issues on the basis of campaign cash, we don't expect this issue to go away anytime soon and to play a major role in the campaign.
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View from Jackson Hill Park
Jackson Hill Park is located in Mt. Auburn and has some of the most spectacular views of the city I have yet to come across!
Vying for Control of the Internet: Is Wikileaks Unstoppable?
Written by: J. Aaron Landau
Researched by: Darci G. Van Duzer
Edited by: Stefanie Herrington and Amy E. Seely
There’s an old joke among trial lawyers that there’s one crucial difference between a federal judge and God: God doesn’t think he’s a federal judge. It’s all in jest, of course, but such jokes are only funny because judges occasionally give us reason to laugh. On February 15, a California federal judge issued a series of injunctions that brought down Wikileaks.org, a site that describes itself as “an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis,” and which aims to reveal unethical behavior on the part of governments and corporations through anonymous disclosure of “smoking gun” documents. 
The injunction was the opening move in a suit brought by the Cayman Islands’ Julius Baer Bank and Trust (Julius Baer), which, along with its Swiss parent company, is seeking to prevent the site from disseminating documents which plaintiffs describe as “stolen confidential bank documents and account records.” (Wikileaks, for its part, calls the documents evidence of “asset hiding, money laundering and tax evasion.” What those documents reveal, though striking, is beyond the ambit of this article.)
Rather than simply ordering the offending documents removed, however, the court instead attempted to disable the site altogether by ordering Dynadot, Wikileaks’ domain name registrar, to halt access to the web address. The court then ordered any and all Wikileaks mirror sites, from India to New Zealand, to remove the offending documents and to prevent their further dissemination. It was a sweeping and expansive move that immediately aroused the suspicions of news outlets and bloggers across the web.
Several writers questioned the legal basis of the court’s action. Why wouldn’t the court simply order the documents removed from the site? What about the protections provided to websites and their service providers under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA)? Is the publication of these, or other similar documents, protected under the First Amendment? Moreover, does the California court even have jurisdiction over Wikileaks?
Wikileaks never had the opportunity to offer those arguments and questions to the court; Julius Baer’s injunction was granted on an expedited and ex parte basis. Wikileaks will, however, have the opportunity to contest the injunction in a hearing scheduled for February 28. If Bank Julius Baer v. Wikileaks is any indication, similar cases implicating free speech on the internet are bound to appear again. Here’s what Wikileaks — or any web-based organization in a similar position — should consider in forming its response. (more…)
Cincinnati’s first LEED-certified public building opens today
Cincinnati's first LEED-certified public building will open today at a dedication ceremony for Cincinnati Fire Station No. 9, 4379 Reading Road (BIRD'S EYE) in Paddock Hills.
The new building, at two stories and 15,555 square feet, will house Engine 9, Squad 9 and Ambulance 9 of the Cincinnati Fire Department.
The new station replaces Engine 9's former station, which was built in 1929, and is the first new fire station built in Cincinnati since 1982.
The ribbon-cutting will occur at 10 AM and will include a meal and a display of fire department apparatus.
Shuttle buses will be available at the Jimmy Woods Learning Center, 4081 Reading Road, and the Ohio National Guard Armory parking lot, 4130 Reading Road, from 9 AM-10 AM and for one hour following the ceremony.
Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory, city manager Milton Dohoney Jr., members of City Council and representatives from Cole + Russell Architects are expected to attend.
The new building, at two stories and 15,555 square feet, will house Engine 9, Squad 9 and Ambulance 9 of the Cincinnati Fire Department.
The new station replaces Engine 9's former station, which was built in 1929, and is the first new fire station built in Cincinnati since 1982.
The ribbon-cutting will occur at 10 AM and will include a meal and a display of fire department apparatus.
Shuttle buses will be available at the Jimmy Woods Learning Center, 4081 Reading Road, and the Ohio National Guard Armory parking lot, 4130 Reading Road, from 9 AM-10 AM and for one hour following the ceremony.
Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory, city manager Milton Dohoney Jr., members of City Council and representatives from Cole + Russell Architects are expected to attend.
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Bill Cunningham is a fool
A little while back you got the UrbanCincy stance on the trashy talk-radio in Cincinnati that unfortunately boasts someone as idiotic and simply rude/crude as Bill Cunningham. Instead of restating the same points I have already made...I'll let you check out what others are saying.
Kremlin may close closes the European University at St. Petersburg
Late last year, the European University at St. Petersburg in Russia launched a project to study how elections in Russia could be protected from rigging. That line of inquiry pissed off Russian President Vladimir Putin. Feeling the Kremlin's thumb, the university's academic council killed the project on January 31. Yet just two weeks later, the St. Petersburg court shut down the school as a "fire risk." Coincidence? Unlikely. And now today, it's come out that the university has lost its license to operate. The Rector of the school says that if it isn't granted a new license within a month, the institution will be closed for good. A dear friend of mine, who emigrated from Russia in the 1980s, comments that this whole situation "is becoming so reminiscent of the old Soviet Union." From a February 11 article in The Guardian:
Link to The Guardian article
Link and Link to Jeff Weintraub's posts about the situation
Link to the University news page
"It's clear this was politically motivated. We are observing a change in the political regime in Russia from authoritarianism to totalitarianism. What happened here is one example among many," Maxim Reznik, leader of St Petersburg's opposition Yabloko party told the Guardian.Link to "Save the European University at St. Petersburg" blog
He added: "This hasn't got anything to do with fire risk. The university was carrying out important work in connection with election monitoring. Now it's being punished for it."
Putin has launched frequent attacks on non-governmental organisations, human rights groups and Russia's small reformist opposition - accusing them of being tools of the west and traitors to their own country.
But the Kremlin has largely ignored the higher education sector, allowing Russian academics a relative degree of freedom and autonomy over teaching, student selection and research. Universities no longer appear to be an exception.
Link to The Guardian article
Link and Link to Jeff Weintraub's posts about the situation
Link to the University news page