Trade a Paperclip for a House?

Kyle MacDonald is trying to trade one red paperclip for a house. He started with a simple red paperclip and over the past few months has been trading up for bigger or better things (Red Paperclip -> Fish Pen -> Spastic Doorknob -> Coleman Stove... you get the idea). Right now he has a recording contract up for trade. Entertaining site and commentary.


one red paperclip,
originally uploaded by kylemac.

One down, a couple more to go

Both EMFand ER are now Confirming the passing of H.R. 4423 with out any amendments. ER reports the vote was split down party lines. Democrats Voting "Yea":4; Republicans Voting "Nay":6 to the amendments.(The amendments were designed to weaken the original bill in favor of the Ethiopian government)

It really is time for Ethiopian Immigrants to Reconsider Alliance with Democrats.

The original bill will now move forward to the full International Relations Committee, Chaired by Congressman Henry J.Hyde(Republican) from the 6th Congressional District of Illinois.

Marking up H.R. 4423

Today at 4:30pm the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, will meet to discuss the marking up of H.R 4423.

Definition of markup - The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.(http://www.senate.gov)

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