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Awhile back I sent a letter to Melissa Hart (R-PA). While I agree with her on very little regarding her policies, she seems to agree with me on this one. Just because you didn’t vote for someone doesn’t mean you shouldn’t let them know how you feel about issues.

Dear Friend:

Thank you for contacting my office regarding the tax-exempt status of credit unions. As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and, more importantly, as your representative in Washington , I appreciate your input on this issue.

I agree that as long as credit unions continue to provide financial services in a not-for-profit and in a cooperative manner, they should continue to be exempted from federal taxation. Because credit unions provide access to important lending and saving plans for its members, I have and will continue to support policies that advance the goals of credit unions.

I recently visited with a number of managers and presidents of credit unions serving the Western Pennsylvania . During this meeting they were able to explain to me the services being offered by local credit unions and the important role that they are playing in providing financial service products to the individuals in the area.

The information that I received during that meeting was especially insightful for the hearing that the Way & Means Committee held last month as we reviewed the current tax exempt status of credit unions. This hearing was part of a series of hearings that the Committee has held to review various tax exempt entities. While no legislation has been introduced to levy taxes on credit unions, the hearing was a good opportunity for members of the Committee to understand the impact of the tax exempt and the role that credit unions play in the economy.

As Congress continues to consider this and other important issues impacting credit unions, I will be sure to keep your concerns in mind.

Again, thank you for contacting me and, if I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact my office. I encourage you to visit my website at www.hart.house.gov to for an update on my work in Congress.

Very truly yours,
Melissa Hart
Member of Congress

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WASHINGTON - Airport security screeners are reportedly going to let passengers bring sharp objects on board airplanes again. Today’s Washington Post says the Transportation Security Administration plans to announce security changes Friday.

Sources quoted by the paper say the new rules will allow things like scissors in carry-on bags… [clip]… Officials want screeners to focus more on finding things that can explode rather than things that are sharp.

The Post reports the newly relaxed rules would allow scissors under four inches long tools shorter than seven inches.

Source: Yahoo! News

So seriously, can I have my cuticle scissors back now?

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As an editor, this is the kind of mistake you don’t want to miss. It could have only been worse if the story was about a grammar conference.

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I was attempting to enable the new hibernate feature in Mac OS X 104.3 and decided to make sure I was running the proper version of the OS. I opened up the About This Mac window and sure enough, the window reported that I had 704Mb of RAM. I had never seen a RAM configuration like that before. After some investigation it seems that I had found some random (no pun intened) RAM in a box in my office and slapped it into the my machine. So very odd when you forget things you did no more than a month ago.

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There’s a video floating around of somone showing off the new Alt-Tab features in Windows Vista. It’s pretty nice looking. Unfortunately it’s not an improvement in usability. It’s only pretty. The idea that someone would need a preview window to see a movie playing is ridiculous. If someone needs to see a preview of a movie that they already have open, then they aren’t really watching it in the first place. The idea of a three dimensional user interface won’t be mature until we actually have a literal three dimensional user interface. All this prettiness accomplishes is selling higher end graphics cards for ATI and nVidia. I’ll stick with OS X and exposé. It might not be as pretty, but it’s lightyears ahead in usability.

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