Re: OT: Political

davkopp@xxxxxxx wrote:

>
>Ed Jay wrote:
>> If I understand correctly, the US House of Representatives voted to allow
>> granting federal land to oil companies so they could build new refineries.
>> I'm not sure who is to bear the costs of building those refineries, but
>> what is the value of the land and who paid for it?
>>
>> US taxpayers are footing the bill instead of the oil companies. The oil
>> companies are making record profits for the second year in a row at the
>> expense of the taxpayers. Why then are the taxpayers expected to
>> essentially pay the oil companies so they can make even more profit at
>> taxpayer expense?
>>
>> Think about this as you continue to pay $3+ for a gallon of gas. Think
>> about this when it's time to elect our representatives next year. We need
>> to throw these clowns out of office. Do it!
>>
>> Ed Jay (remove M to respond)
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>Ed:
>
>Did you see how they got the bill passed? It was originally scheduled
>for a five-minute vote, but after the alloted time the vote was 212-210
>against passage. The Republicans then proceeded to keep the vote open
>for another FORTY MINUTES while Tom Delay ran around buttonholing
>Republican members trying to get them to change their votes. Finally,
>two did, resulting in passage by the same 212-210 margin.
>
>Lots of questions here. Why is the indicted Tom Delay apparently still
>the de facto head of the House Republicans? What was done to convince
>these two members to switch sides- threats of retaliation? Promises of
>future rewards? Why do the House Republicans feel they are entitled to
>change the rules in the middle of the game? Will Americans continue
>to put up with this corruption?
>
>If you don't trust my account, you can read about the vote here:
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051008/ap_on_go_co/katrina_energy
>
>Or you can download a video of the vote here:
>
>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/07/house-block-vote/
>
Yes, I followed the story and seen the video.

As Dem. Leader Nancy Pelosi correctly put it, "What you saw on the House
floor this afternoon was a shameless display of the Republican culture of
corruption, as it exists in the House of Representatives. It demonstrated
once again that the Republican majority will go to any length to satisfy
the greed of the energy companies over meeting the needs of the American
people."

To put it plainly, DeLay's Republican congress doesn't care about
America's middle class citizens. Their major legislation appears to be a
quid pro quo with the special interest groups. DeLay's congress'
indifference to the problems facing Americans is appalling. But, what else
should we expect?

Many of DeLay's Republican congress members had their campaigns paid for
with funds from DeLay-created ARMPAC (Americans for a Republican
Majority). Today's Republican Congressmen are essentially indebted to
DeLay to the tune of more than $100 million! And, where does ARMPAC get
the money with which to support these whores? Major corporations,
particularly in the drug and energy fields. In fact, DeLay's ARMPAC got
its startup capital from Enron and personally from Ken Lay (Bush's good
buddy).

So, David, why should we expect anything from today's Congress other than
corruption and sleaze?

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)
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