Five random thoughts
Published by Al Adomite on April 30th, 2008
IlliniPundit features a great site for keeping up with the electoral count and presidential polls.
Rich Miller reports the Senate is considering a recall provision, SJRCA 70, which links the LG to the Gov in any recall effort. Who would run the state if a recall was successful? I guess recalls would be like the California recall where there is a Y/N on recall and then a list of successors. This resolution must pass today, or we’re past the constitutional deadline to get it on the ballot.
Another hat tip to Rich, for a comparison of Illinois and Iowa’s legislative maps and an interesting discussion on redistricting. Amazing how much better computers can draw than legislators.
Frequent commenter Ron Jedda passes along this story from The Hill that ties to yesterday’s post on energy and food:
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Monday that U.S. ethanol policies may be partly to blame for a global food crisis threatening to leave millions hungry.
Durbin, whose state produced 2.28 billion bushels of corn in 2007 — second only to Iowa — emphasized he wasn’t advocating a shift from policies that provide incentives for biofuel production. At the same time, he said the role biofuels are playing should be explored as part of a coordinated congressional response to massive hunger overseas.
“I’ve supported ethanol from the beginning. The object of having homegrown fuel in America is a good goal, and it’s one we’re moving toward ever so slowly,” he said. “But we have to understand it’s had an impact on food prices. Even in the Corn Belt, we’d better be honest about it.”
Proof that what our Congressmen do in DC has consequences.
The fifth thought is from me: Get out and enjoy today’s weather, this is going to be the nicest day this week. One thought: Harang (my fantasy baseball staff ace) and Looper throw at 1:15 this afternoon. Why not go watch nine innings?
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