Posted in Constitution, Election, Energy, Freedom, Inflation, Revolution, Senate, U.S. Government, congress, economy, rights on Sep 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
This afternoon this harmless ol’Capt Karl attempted to contract Senator Russ Feingold’s office with regards to the House letting the offshore oil and gas ban expiring. I started to ask what the Senator’s position was on this matter and, after looking up the information they have on me in their computer database, the staffer hung up on me. When I redialed the phone just rang and rang and was not picked up.
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That’s because the plan is a Democratic giveaway. New production on offshore federal lands is left to state legislatures, and then in only four coastal states. The regulatory hurdles are huge. And the bill bars drilling within 50 miles of the coast — putting off limits some of the most productive areas. Alaska’s oil-rich Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is still a no-go.
The highlight is instead $84 billion in tax credits, subsidies and federal handouts for alternative fuels and renewables. The Gang of 10 intends to pay for all this in part by raising taxes on . . . oil companies! The Sierra Club couldn’t have penned it better. And so the Republican Five has potentially given antidrilling Democrats the political cover they need to neutralize energy through November.
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The “bipartisan” Republican senators have undercut these efforts, and boosted Ms. Landrieu. They’ve even put a smile on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s face. He’d been struggling to tamp down the energy debate through November, where he hopes to increase his majority and permanently shelve drilling. He’s now counting on the Gang to fruitlessly continue “negotiations” straight through the Senate’s short September session and solve his problem for him.
Not one of the five Republicans in the Gang is facing a tough election this year. That’s the so
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The Liberty Tree Lantern is pleased to report that this afternoon Assemblyman John Nygren’s (R-WI 89th District: Peshtigo, Marinette, Beaver, Pound, Coleman, Lena, Little River, Oconto, Stiles, Pensaukee, Chase, Suamico and Pittsfield areas) office called to setup a meeting under The Liberty Tree to discuss the ideas and concepts of a potential bill which would be a facsimile of Oklahoma’s House Joint Resolution 1089
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THIS IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS, LIBERALS AND “GREENS” SHOW YOU WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT ANWR
The map showed that the proposed drilling area is in the ANWR Coastal Plain
Do those photographs look like a coastal plain to you? WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
OH… AND THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT ON THE LOCAL WILDLIFE…
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