“Our God given unalienable rights are given to us all as individuals. They tell us what we may do for ourselves, and they are the embodiment of liberty.
The so-called rights that government gives to some of us are parcelled out to select groups as classes. They tell us what one class of people may require another to do for them, and they are the very essence of slavery.”— Perri Nelson, February 9, 2010
A bheil Gàidhlig agaibh?
What are they up to?
Published Sat, Nov 15 2008 12:39 PM
That's a question that comes to mind whenever I think of Congress. To that end, I'm considering adding a few resources pages to the site. In order to get there, I'm going to have to do a bit of research as to how much of what they're actually doing is available online, and in what formats.
In the meantime though, I've added a new feature to the sidebar called “The Hill Blog.” This small section in the sidebar will show the titles of the latest postings on The Hill Blog. This is The Hill's Congress Blog, “Where lawmakers come to blog,” and it is a provided by The Hill, self-described as “a congressional newspaper that publishes daily when Congress is in session, with a special focus on business and lobbying, political campaigns and goings on on Capitol Hill.”
Basically, I grab their RSS feed and do a little formatting. I cache it for ten minutes so the page will load a bit faster. It should be in the sidebar for just about all of the main blog pages here, so you can see what Congress is blogging about. If one of the headlines catches your attention, click on it and read the posting. They allow readers to comment on the posts, so maybe you can give your legislators a piece of your mind when they post something you agree with or disagree with. Regarding comments, this is what they have to say.
The Hill’s Congress Blog has been built as a forum for elected government officials, staff and selected policy experts to exchange ideas. The Hill welcomes posts from anyone and will almost always publish it whether it is favorable or critical, as long as it is substantive and advances debate.
So, if you want to give feedback, you know what to do. Just keep it substantive and advance the debate.
Go on, give it a try! And let me know what you think of the feature.
[Update: I've also modified my personal blogroll a bit. Appearing just under “The Hill Blog” is a section called, appropriately enough “My Blogroll.” In this section you will find a link to the most recent post from each of my favorite blogs. Once again, this is implemented through the magic of RSS and a little bit of formatting. I hope you like this one! I know I do.]
[Yet another update: I decided to put my blog roll above “The Hill Blog.” I doubt that this will cause any confusion, but I just didn't want you to think I didn't know “up” from “down” or worse, “left” from “right.”]
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