Kerry's at the Commerce committee

[karynnj]

for second panal - Kerry up

[TayTay]

1. I knew he couldn't stay away

Who could stay away from a good discussion on Nanotechnology. I mean honestly. (ANd I bet George Allen isn't there. That makes it just great. And the MIT guy is probably testifying. Sigh!)

[Vektor]

2. Did I miss him?

Jeff Sessions is on. :-(

I sent you an email.

[karynnj]

4. Only a very brief welcoming statement

I assume he will question after they finish their statements.

[karynnj]

3. Allen was there and questioned someone at the end of the second panel

I didn't link to it till 3 - but I think that Kerry came in between the 2 panels. Sen Stevens asked Kerry to introduce them - catching Kerry off guard - he instead welcomed them, spoke of the importance of techology and mentioned % of jobs that stemmed from technology and spoke about the budget being cut.

Now the people on the panel are reading their statements.

[Vektor]

5. Thanks, Karen!

I'll keep it on and hope he reappears!

[karynnj]

6. The CEO of Apollo Diamond really looks young

His statement is great - they make diamonds. (for use in electronics) He makes the point that the period between inventing something and when it is commercialized is when they need funding.

[TayTay]

7. I was (and am) seriously interested in this topic

It is completely fascinating. And completely intriguing. And it could solve a lot of problems. (Provided that doomsday thing never comes true. Geez, a voracious army of teensy weensy machines programmed to reproduce on available bio material could turn the world into one big 'grey sludge' That would not be such a good thing. But I digress.)

Ah, what a good day. Foreign policy slapdown of Condi and pure geeky science. I am happy.

[globalvillage]

8. Hey Tay

About how far into the SFRC hearing before your fabulous tall Senator shows up? I can only watch so much of Condasleeza before I feel like :puke:

[ProSense]

9. Yes

Cantbelievher Lies is making my ears bleed. Why is she talking about Iran with that "freedom is on the march" BS. The arrogance is unbelievable. She almost slipped up and said new Iranian government.

[TayTay]

10. If I remember correctly around 1:00 or 1:05

Something like that. I think he was after Barfie. (And Barfie was on at the Nanotechnology hearing and didn't drool. Sigh!) JK was awesome today at SFRC. (I haven't totally recovered from him being totally wicked awesome at the filibuster, so I am still highly suseptible. Sigh! :loveya:)

[globalvillage]

11. I am listening to Boxer now.

To avoid hijacking this thread, I will move over to the one already started on the SFRC.
It's been so long since I've heard JK grill Condi, I can hardly wait.