The only one that hurts him at all is the King holiday. I am not sure why he voted against it, perhaps costs? Anyway, liberals who cry states' rights now that state courts are set to order legislatures to legalize gay marriage sure forget about it quickly when the issue is federalizing every other detail of our lives. Healthy mother/father marriages HELPS education -- A GREAT DEAL! And Meals on Wheels? Why is that a federal issue? Heck, liberals think saying a prayer or displaying art positive towards God is a federal issue. Everything that could buy votes is a federal issue UNLESS it is an issue of morality. Liberals take a principled stand against morality even if it's unpopular (unless that can twist their language into sounding for it while voting against it).
He voted against it because national holidays are very expensive, and because Martin Luther King was a hero to one segment of the population, but was irrelevant to the rest, since he hadn't yet been deified by the media.
Since then, Washington's Birthday and Lincoln's Birthday have been combined into an anonymous "President's Day," which could apply equally to Bill Clinton as to the significant presidents. And we can't call Christmas by its name any more.
Thus, the only person with a national holiday bearing his name is Martin Luther King. This seems a little wrong.
"The only one that hurts him at all is the King holiday."
Probably because it was symbolism over substance.
King gets a holiday but Washington and Lincoln arent important enough for one, they have to SHARE ONE????
I didnt know meals on wheels *was* a federal program instead of a charity. in fact, I am sure this is an exagerration of Cheney's record ... we spend $100s of billions on welfare every year. So he voted against some program - we *still* have billions in many many programs. someone who votes a few times against some of this is a GOOD MAN ...
CHENEY IS A GREAT CONSERVATIVE!!!
That's a good question that applies to much of the federal government. I wish I were president for a day. On that first day in office I'd sign Executive Orders dissolving many many federal departments and giving states the control to the federal buildings and assets within each individual state. They would be free to retain any of the federal employees they are willing to keep on state payroll, and all information from the defunct federal agencies would be made available to all the states. My second day in office I'd be assassinated by politicians and bureaucrats, if I wasn't already assassinated on my first day.
I remember some twenty-five years ago when then California Governor Jerry Brown earned himself the title Governor Moonbeam for suggesting California have a space program separate from the federal program. Maybe that was a bit of a wild-eyed idea, but it would have shown states can survive without the massive federal bureaucracy. The current federal departments of Education, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Labor and the Interior should be dissolved as they duplicate state efforts. States should be free to address their internal affairs without federal intervention.
I'd lay a bet right now on one thing. The day is coming when the federal government will determine how much exposure to the outdoors is detrimental due to air quality and use that to forbid a lot of activities we take for granted.