From Hawaii with love

So what’s up with Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii? Why is he sending mash notes to Senators Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., in the form of amendments proposing new buildings be named after them?

Here’s an excerpt from the Des Moines Register: http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051118/NEWS09/511180371/1056

November 18, 2005 - A building at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta would have been named for Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa in a bill that failed to gain House approval Thursday.

Harkin is the top Democrat on the subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee that doles out money for the centers, along with other human services spending.Under an amendment approved in the Senate, the centers' communications building would become the "Thomas R. Harkin Global Communications Center."

Inouye also designated another building at the centers to be named for the chairman of the subcommittee, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa. It would become the "Arlen Specter Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center."

Oh Danny boy! You romantic you! A bit of advice - try sending flowers first. Flowers make anyone feel special. Also – I’m not sure a building at the Centers for Disease Control is the best choice. No one likes to have their name associated with a place that invokes images of small pox and gonorrhea.