This is inexcusable.

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Congresswoman, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives,

The Democrat Majority in Congress is putting their extremist ideology ahead of common-sense solutions to bring down the price of gas and reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources in unstable regimes.

If you are as outraged as I am, I need you to do 4 things:

1. Send a strong message to Pelosi and the Democrat majority to vote now.  See: http://captkarl.blogivists.com/2008/06/29/truck-driver-mad-as-hell-about-fuel-has-plan/ and http://captkarl.blogivists.com/2008/06/20/drill-here-drill-now-pay-less-2/ and sign the petitions.

2.  tell your U.S. Senators and Representative to vote to increase domestic oil exploration and production to lower gas prices!  < Click for handy link.
   

3. Have the fortitude to display your thoughts on this matter at every possible occasion you can when you are out and about.  Talk to friends and associates about this.  Gather for the sake of lowering the cost of living, prosperity and basic freedom.  The U.S. Congress is supposed to be working for us not making us poor.  Remember almost everybody is with us on this.  We must stick together against the U.S. Congress so that We The People can lower the price of gasoline and food.

4.   Send http://captkarl.blogivists.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=103 link to EVERYBODY you know!  We need all our fellow countrymen we can muster for the battle against the U.S. Congress to lower our gasoline prices back to sanity!

The U.S. Congress is against us.  Ever wonder why?  Read other posts, in this blog, for the answers.

Photograph of Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) found on

plaque hanging around neck of effigy in Menominee, MI.

Speak of Independence Day fireworks!  Wow.  Three piece Senator Harry Reid “stuffed suit” (pun intended) complete with polished dress shoes, tie and even eye glasses with a plaque hanging from around his neck that had a picture of him giving the finger to the American public as he spoke on the Senate floor.  Under the picture it had his quote when he said; “We will allow additional leases for you to drill for oil, to lower your gasoline prices, in The Gulf of Mexico, over my dead body!” – as apparently, according to the plaque, reported in The Washington Times.  It would appear that we have the freedom to drill for oil, to lower our gasoline and food prices, in the Gulf now.

 There were all sorts of other patriotic signs, hanging from branches and planted ground stands like: “United We Stand” with a U.S. Flag but with the yellow Gadsden Flag stickers (first flag of American Freedom) with coiled snake and “Don’t Tread On Me” on it, “God Bless America” and a bunch of other printed constitutional fact signs posted around the Liberty Tree.  I have to say; after you got over the shock of the “hanging” it was patriotic and very educational.

One of the signs indicated concerns about rising payroll taxes to cover Social Security and Medicare libilities (as Barack Obama has promised in his recent speeches regarding the need for additional taxation in his tax plan) provided detailed facts with supporting sources and talked about the resulting eroding of take home pay to support our families.  The near professionally printed sign asked how can we afford a much smaller paycheck when gasoline, energy and food prices are so high already and still climbing.

 According to accounts the Menominee, MI police came and removed the entire display about mid-morning.  Some people were distressed to see the display, while others said they could certainly understand how people could be so upset with the actions of Congress that have lead us to the point where we have lost much of our freedom, homes and prosperity by the results of Congressional intervention in the affairs of free people and business.

 The Bartenders from the Pirates Cove across 1^st Street from the Menominee Memorial Park in Menominee were really shocked when they woke up and looked out the window, above the bar, to see the Senator Harry Reid effigy hanging there twisting in the gentle morning breeze.  I guess it was pretty scary.  Apparently there must be a few people in these parts that are not happy with what Congress has done to our gasoline and food prices and what they intend to do to our take home pay.

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