House fails to override Veto, Bonds homers again...

The US House failed to override President Bush's veto of the troop pullout legislation. I think the Dems now realize that they will not be able to get any bill passed that has anything linked to early withdrawal or withdrawal timetables. Bush has one another skirmish in this battle. We will see where we go next.

It was learned today that the White House issued a veto threat Thursday against legislation that would expand federal hate crime law to include attacks motivated by the victims' gender or sexual orientation. This legislation is headed for passage today in the House and is moving through the Senate. But the legislation, which also would increase the penalties for bias-based violence, has met outspoken resistance from conservative groups and their Republican allies in Congress, who warn that it undermines freedom of speech, religious expression and equal protection under the law. The White House, in a statement, said state and local criminal laws already provide penalties for the crimes defined by the bill and "there has been no persuasive demonstration of any need to federalize such a potentially large range of violent crime enforcement." It also questioned the constitutionality of federalizing the acts of violence barred by the bill and said that if it reaches the president's desk "his senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill." The White House also noted that the bill would leave out other classes such as the elderly, members of the military or police officers. (excerpts taken from AP story).
I think the President is right on this issue. We already have laws in place to deal with this. We don't need other classifications just to politicize these crimes so other groups can benefit.

The greatest baseball player alive Homered again last night, making that career no. 743. Now he's just 12 away from tying Hank Aaron. This will definitely happen this year. Bonds also hit 4 RBI's last night, tying him for 4th all time with Stan Musial at 1,951. I think if he keeps batting over .300 like he's doing now, he'll definitely pass Lou Gehrig at 1,995 RBI's.

Lost is getting good. Last night's episode was great. I'll go into it tomorrow, as some dumb people haven't watched it yet.