Resolution Mark-up, Time Apology, New Orleans, & Olympics
Political Update: 2 Armenian Genocide Bills will be marked up in the International Relations Committee tomorrow which seems to have the necessary support. I may have covered this before, but the reason for 2 similar resolutions in the House is probably ego related among Congressmen. But no matter, the issue is up for discussion. Of course, this is a vote in a committee and the next step will be to push for a vote on the full House floor. If you recall, the last vote was never put to a full house vote because Speaker Hastert and Cong. Frist denied the vote. Well, Hastert's relationship with Turkey has been exposed this time around, making the case much more sensitive, so it should be interesting to see how that affects how the House handles these resolutions. The other issue is that the previous resolution included language on all genocides, where these are specifically "Armenian Genocide" resolutions. I'll deliver an update tomorrow.
Otherwise, apparently Time Europe delivered an appology to the Armenian community for distributing the Turkish DVD propoganda, apparently to avoid a serious law suit that was in the works. Not sure if that's enough since all their subscribers have seen the DVD, but not the truth, so anything short of educating the same subscribers on the facts I think is a mere attempt to avoid a very public case that might challenge their credibility.
I was going to write a whole thing about Olympics, but I have received a lot of feedback on my photos telling me that the photos speak volumes, so I'll let them speak for themselves. The entire collection is up on my website: http://www.digitalrailroad.net/Arsineh
On the New Orleans front, I'm happy to say all the people I know, including my brother, have found new homes far from New Orleans and are safe. But the reality for so many others has truly consumed America, this is all people talk about, despite the massive explosions in Iraq... oh yeah, that war. But I'm glad to see that people aren't letting Bush get away with inaction on this one. His approval ratings dipped so low he barely has anything to say in response. However, my personal view is that Bush probably would care if he wasn't so agenda driven, but unless it falls in his agenda, he doesn't act (ie: Terry Shiavo's case that forced him to return from vacation immediately to address the issue has been compared to this.) There's no spin that excuses this inaction.
Otherwise, my calendar slowed down tremendously since Olympics finished. Ah, finally I can fit some "Arsineh" time in.
Otherwise, apparently Time Europe delivered an appology to the Armenian community for distributing the Turkish DVD propoganda, apparently to avoid a serious law suit that was in the works. Not sure if that's enough since all their subscribers have seen the DVD, but not the truth, so anything short of educating the same subscribers on the facts I think is a mere attempt to avoid a very public case that might challenge their credibility.
I was going to write a whole thing about Olympics, but I have received a lot of feedback on my photos telling me that the photos speak volumes, so I'll let them speak for themselves. The entire collection is up on my website: http://www.digitalrailroad.net/Arsineh
On the New Orleans front, I'm happy to say all the people I know, including my brother, have found new homes far from New Orleans and are safe. But the reality for so many others has truly consumed America, this is all people talk about, despite the massive explosions in Iraq... oh yeah, that war. But I'm glad to see that people aren't letting Bush get away with inaction on this one. His approval ratings dipped so low he barely has anything to say in response. However, my personal view is that Bush probably would care if he wasn't so agenda driven, but unless it falls in his agenda, he doesn't act (ie: Terry Shiavo's case that forced him to return from vacation immediately to address the issue has been compared to this.) There's no spin that excuses this inaction.
Otherwise, my calendar slowed down tremendously since Olympics finished. Ah, finally I can fit some "Arsineh" time in.
posted by Arsineh at 8:31 AM
2 Comments:
I think there is a spin that explains (but not excuses) the inaction of the President. It's his second term!!! If this disaster had ocurred during his first term like 9-11 did, things would have been different. (Maybe he would have declared a "war against nature" just like his "war on terror").
Resolution passed with overwhelming majority... details later, that's all I know.
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