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Does lowest congressional approval mean trouble for Democrats?

Capt. Karl — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:10:01 +0000

Good thing America’s dissatisfied voters threw that other crowd out of control of Congress two years ago. Because since the new party took over, approval ratings have plummeted even further to tie an historical low.

Say what?

Weren’t the outs supposed to fix things on Capitol Hill once they became the ins? And controlled all the investigations? And the agenda? And the committees?

A new poll shows that the percentage of U.S. voters who say Congress is doing an excellent or good job has fallen to single digits for the first time in the tracking history of Rasmussen Reports.

Nine percent say that.

Which is down from 11% in May.

Only three percent of independents say Congress is doing a good or excellent job, half the previous month’s rating.

A majority of Americans (52%) say House and Senate members are doing a poor job, which ties the record high for that dubious rating.

A whopping 72% believe members of Congress are more interested in furthering their own careers than doing public good. And only 14 of every 100 Americans think senators or representatives are genuinely interested in helping real people.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of their public service.

The big unanswered question:

If such an overwhelming percentage of voters are so dissatisfied with the congressional work of a Democratic majority they elected just two years ago, a worse rating than even the scandal-plagued Republicans had in 2006, what does this do to the conventional wisdom that 2008 is a year for substantial gains by Democrats in both houses?

Will voters buy the argument that the 2006 majority led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn’t work. So maybe another one will?

Do GOP members appear so disspirited they don’t present a realistic alternative?

Or will dissatisfied voters, for once, turn on incumbents from both party? What do you think?

–Andrew Malcolm

In light of the dubous rating for Congress, WHY do they keep on making legislation that actually harms Americans like cap and trade and other legislation that causes the cost of gasoline, heat, light, electricity and food to skyrocket? Who are they “really” working for? It certainly isn’t for us. If they produce anymore legislation that harms the economy it seems likely that we might well go into a Depression which could literally kill Americans for the lack of financial ability to purchase heat, light, electricity and food. Certainly our Representatives and Senators must know this?

So if they, especially the Democrats, are producing legislation that is bringing us down to our knees, what is their motive? Perhaps to give us “THE FINAL ULTIMATUM”. Give up FREEDOM (from Government) and The Constitution for the chains and bondage of the soup kitchens of the Socialist welfare state, food on the table and a roof over our heads. How can you explain how they can keep purposely causing the cost of energy to go up and destroying our economy and our jobs? Especially when there are over 31,000 American Scientists that state and have petitioned the U.S. Government testifying to the fact that mankind has nothing to do with Global Warming (see article elsewhere on this blog.).

Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.

Capt. Karl — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:02:57 +0000

Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.

www.americansolutions.com features the Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less. petition. This short, yet powerful petition is a splash ice cold reality water on the faces of our elected officials. Here is their latest progress update:

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People in Local Communities Will Not be Able to Afford Gasoline or Energy

Capt. Karl — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:07:39 +0000

People in Local Communities Will Not be Able to Afford Gasoline or Energy

With gasoline, diesel, heat, light, electricity and the cost impact of these things on products in general, people will not be able to afford the lifestyles we Americans are used to. People in the cities of our region, Menominee, MI and Marinette, Peshtigo, Oconto and Green Bay, WI are being strapped financially. Something needs to be done but our Congressmen, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), Representative Steve Kagen (D-WI), and Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) refuse to legalize and clear the way for oil companies to produce the massive volumes of natural gas and oil resources that we have available domestically from our Federal lands, ANWR, and off our shores. If they would the United States would be energy independent for many decades, perhaps over 100 years. By the time we reached the end of our fossil fuel resources our free enterprise capitalist system will have invented a form or method of generating energy.

The primary excuse that they are using is that “greenhouse gases” will harm our environment, cause Global Warming and, therefore, Climate Change.

I am so proud of our Wisconsin Congressmen that they know more than the over THIRTY ONE THOUSAND American Scientists that have signed a petition to the U.S. Government stating

See: http://www.petitionproject.org/gwdatabase/Signers_By_Last_Name.php

It must take a vastly superior intellect to comprehend how important it is to financially devastate families in Wisconsin for what they have calculated, in their professional knowledgeable minds, will harm us more than not being able to drive to work, heat and light our homes, or buy food. The one thing they do know, correctly, is that the price of energy affects our lifestyles greatly and these three and their ilk, I submit, are purposely using this knowledge against us. I believe they are doing this to weaken us economically, financially and spiritually to prepare us for “The Final Ultimatum” (see a previous post). Either that or I am glad that our Congressmen know better than over 31,000 American Scientists.

With the power of the knowledge possessed by these three Wisconsin representatives the people in Wisconsin will be better controlled, oppressed and manipulated to conform to the will of such intellectual Socialist Government elites who know so much more than us surfs. They will be able to control us, to tell us what kind and size of vehicle to buy, what size and types of homes we can buy, how many vacations we will be allowed to go on, where we can take our vacations, and even if we can “afford” a vacation at all. They will also be able to control whether or not we can afford to drive to work or even if there is any work to be had.

Just think, they will be able to force us to sell our single family homes and make us go back to the city where they can “herd” us cattle into nice little enclosed 500 unit pens called Apartments or perhaps they will call them “energy efficiency” condos where we can walk or ride our bikes to work. Because of the price of gasoline and energy, which they have been working to minimize the production of through legislation, so the price would go up, ”for our own good”, for thirty years, they can force businesses to move to the center of wonderfully human packed mega-cities. Sure, just think how nice it will be to wait in lines of 100 people “each” register to buy your food that will cost vastly more than it does now. Just think how nice it will be to be having a one hour, one way, walk, to get to work, because there are so many humans packed into the city that it is like strands of fibers in a carpet brushing against each other as we move along. Won’t it be nice to be able to always have a neighbor in close proximity so that you constantly know what they are doing and they know what you are doing? Think of how easy it will be for Senators Kohl, Feingold, and Representative Kagen to keep tabs on us through TV cameras placed around the city and our apartment complexes, complete with microphones, so they know every word we speak and action we make, so that they can “take better care of us” in our cattle pens and ensure that we are following Government orders.

Why would any of us be so self centered as to want a single family home in the suburbs or, God forbid, in a wooded rural area next to a lake or river where there is individuality, privacy, fresh air, peace, quiet, wildlife, beauty and be able to be away from Government (I think they used to call that FREEDOM)? Just think how horrible that is. Sure, if we really understood what is best for us, we would all start walking toward the closest major city and start checking into a U.S. Government receiving station, RIGHT NOW, where our families can be assigned our stalls, oops, I mean our one and two bedroom 250 – 500 + unit mini-apartments, oops, I mean “energy efficiency” condos. Sure, if you know what was best for you and your children, you would just forget about your FREEDOM (from Government) and The Constitution that protects our FREEDOM from the U.S. Government and just appease the U.S. Congress because they know so much better than we do what is best for us. In fact, if we do what the U.S. Congress dictates to us, they will guarantee a roof over our heads and food on the table. The room might only be 20’ * 15’ and the food might be processed dog food, which would be best to protect the Climate, but hey, you know that Kohl, Feingold, and Kagen only want what’s best for us here in Wisconsin.

Oh and, by the way, if we do what they dictate, they will give us “free health care”. Sure, you might be able to see a doctor as soon as 3 or 6 months like they get to in Canada when they need emergency quad by-pass surgery, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Oh, hey, Kagen, Feingold and Kohl will even help you by taking even more out of your paycheck in withholding for the “Free” healthcare so you don’t have to bother writing a check. How do you like that for service? Yeah, if the Feingold, Kohl, and Kagen intellect is utilized for our benefit, who knows how soon we can moo our way to the tax milking stanchions of a wonderful U.S. Congressional utopian Socialist solution for our lives and the lives of our children. Won’t that be special?

Isn’t it wonderful to be able to vote for such intellectual Socialist giants? See how wonderful it will be without fossil fuels and aren’t you glad that our three Wisconsin representatives know the complex workings of our environment better than 31,000 American Scientists?

Oh, yeah, you might also check into Dave Obey’s (D-WI) intellect on a previous post. Let’s make sure that we vote him back in too. After all, his last name stands for “obey” and we all know that it is best for us to obey the U.S. Government, do what they tell us, to live as they tell us and die of cold, exhaustion, heat, and starvation as they tell us because they are all much smarter than us and our 31,000 American Scientists.