When it comes to FEC filings, the US Senate is so twentieth century.
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Wow. Looks like Maria has gotten over her morbid fear of fundraising. Makes it easier on her staff, I’d guess.
Let’s see:
Clinton President – Gas = $0.89 per gallon
Bush President – Gas = $2.89 per gallon and rising
Clinton President – World Trade Center Bombing Fails
Bush President – World Trade Center Bombing Succeeds
Clinton President – Balanced Budger
Bush President – Record Deficit
Clinton President – Peace
Bush President – War
Clinton President – 29 Million New Jobs Created
Bush President – 3 Million New Jobs Created
Clinton President – Record World Trade
Bush President – Record Trade Deficits
Easy to see why the Bush regime is at 32%
BAWL @ 2
Where’s your Bush equivalent to Clinton’s massive (and admitted) failure in Rwanda?
Moron @ 3
Well, Bush has actually killed 100,000 or so HIMSELF in a pointless, lie-based war.
So I’d call that a failure.
RE: #2:
Are the Republicans really going to criticize Clinton for a tribal-based civil war in Africa? For a party that says that government should do less, not more, that’s a real stretch!
But I guess it makes sense, to the Bush-ites. Can’t capture Osama Bin-Laden, but want to keep people from second-guessing you because there is a war on? Start a new one in Iraq, claiming that they have weapons of mass destruction and are therefore an imminant threat to the U.S. Polls falling as the U.S. gets stuck in the middle of an Iraqi civil war, with no exit strategy in sight? Start the drumbeat for an invasion of Iran. That doesn’t work? Then find a central African country with an internal tribal conflict and put U.S. troops there, also!
From SportsbyBrooks.com:
“The WALL STREET JOURNAL takes up valuable front-page space to report on the *drama* surrounding the Congressional Softball League in Washington, D.C.
A group of teams playing in the league have bolted after some Republicans accused league commissioner Gary Caruso, a longtime Democratic, of “running a socialist year-end playoff system that gives below-average teams an unfair chance to win.”
110 of the 190 teams have left to form another league lead by Anthony Reed, a Republican. While “not all the teams in the new league are from Republican offices,” the “rebellion was predominantly led by GOP teams.”
Dunno about you, but this gives me complete confidence in our elected officials’ ability to work together for the betterment of the U.S.A.”
Bush’s equivalent failure to Rwanda is Darfur. Not that it is an excuse for Clinton and Rwanda, it just seems that nobody cares about stopping genocide.
Nobody in the WORLD gave a fuck about Rwanda.
Hell…nobody gave a shit about Bosnia until it was almost too late…and that was WHITE people.
Bush started this STUPID-ASS WAR…lied about it from the start, and fucked it up EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
Rwanda is in no way comparable or relevant to this situation.
So as the Falafel masn would say “STFU!”
Out of 190 teams , the Republicans have 110. With that kind of numerical superiority, they are bound to have a lot more good players than the Democrats.
What is the criteria for being a handicapped softball team? Is it political or based on number of female players, or what? Past scores? Length of time playing? Age?
I’m not saying I agree w/ handicapping softball teams , but the “team player” business has me baffled as it is generally understood that Republicans are on the corporate plutocrat team, and not the people that elected them.
Democrats believe in Democratic capitalism and Republicans believe in Plutocratic capitalism — which is another way of saying,”the slavery of mankind.”
In today’s news:
OIL POLITICS – MSNBC 4/25/2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12469582/
1. Multiple congressmen and the President are asking for an investigation into “price gauging” at the pump. It’s the typical political response, from both parties, to an issue which can be very volatile in an election year. Yet both the Congress and the President both no that there is no law against “price gauging”. They also know that if they want to know what happened, they only need to ask Cheney and the oil executives he met with to create a national energy strategy. But since Congress won’t put those same executives under oath during hearings, then no investigation will bear any fruit. It’s just an attempt to make it look like they are doing something, when they are doing nothing. They just want to point to something they did (i.e., call for an investigation) to get them through the November elections, after which the subject will dissapear.
The price per gallon increase at the pump doesn’t match the increase in the price per barrell on the wholesale market. Industry analysts say that the current increase in price per barrell since December should translate into a 15 cents per gallon price at the pump. Instead, we are seaing about a $1.00 price per gallon increase at the pump. But don’t expect any revelations on that fact, at least not from Congress of the White House.
2. The President is saying that he will suspend contributions of oil into the U.S. Strategic Researve, in an effort to help lower the cost of gasoline. Now this is contrary to the policy of the U.S. Strategic Reserve, because it is in effect “tapping” oil earmarked for the reserve in order to manipulate the market price, potentially for political purposes. The strategic reserve is only supposed to be used for “strategic” reasons, such as another Arab oil embargo, etc. When Clinton did the same thing late in his Presidency, the Republicans screamed bloody murder.
But aside from that, it seems like a common-sense thing to do, right? Except that:
(a) there is so little oil involved it won’t make an impact on prices. “The suspension of oil purchases for the federal emergency oil reserve is likely to have only modest impact since relative little extra oil will be involved.” (MSNBC 4/24/06)
(b) The oil industry is saying that one of the problems is that they are at maximum refinery capacity right now. So adding new oil supplies (such as from ANWR, offshore drilling, or from the strategic researve) won’t make a difference – it will just be more oil waiting to be refined (or re-sold to other countries for a profit).
(c) The oil industry as been claiming that one of the problems with refining capacity is the semi-annual transition between winter and summer blends. Now I have addressed this before: refineries already make multiple grades of gas (and diesel, heating oil, kerosene, jet fuel, etc.) from crude oil, with a variety of blends for each major brand of gasoline. That’s why Chevron or Shell can advertise that their gasoline is worth an extra 20 cents per gallon at the pump. The transition from winter to summer blends can take place in a very short time period – overnight, or within a few of days, at most. The conversions should be just about completed. Yet the President is suspending regulations after the fact?
(d) Finally, Bush made the following commment:
“But the president said that “by deferring deposits until the fall, we’ll leave a little more oil on the market. Every little bit helps.”
But isn’t the fall when prices rise again, as refineries convert from gasline production to fuel oil production? After being in the “oil business” all those years, is Bush really so ignorant of how the oil market works that he wouldn’t realize that there will be just as much (or more) pressure on oil prices in the fall as there are now? Or does he realize this, and just hope that the fall oil price increase can be delayed until after the November elections?
I know most of our great people that post on this forum do not live close to a project that has section 8 houses. I see no problem with helping people that need a home to raise their family. In the case of the housing area near me, a young single mother moves in with 3 children, pays $35.00 a month rent or less. However, 3 days later, 3 or 4 young men move in with her and the party begins. These young men do not have a job. However, they all have new automobiles, Gold hanging from all parts of their body, plays loud music, sits outside until 1 or 2 Am in the morning laughing and doing their thing. This is never noticed by the Section 8 people that approved the rent. We are paying for their life style. I wonder where they get money for food?????? I just wonder! You go figure! [Solving America’s problems, Democrat style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehe!]
jaxAss @ 8
Rwanda is only irrelevant to you because you can’t pin it on the GOP. I only brought it up becausee the BAWLing baby @ 2 was making Bush/Clinton comparisons.
The fact is that 800,000 died while Clinton twiddled his thumbs — and Clinton ADMITS to his failure to act.
Maybe if you could’ve registered the Rwandans to vote in WA, you’d care.
Stop Genocide @ 7
Good point re: Darfur — though the number of dead aren’t quite equivalent (yet). Do you think the US &/or UN should have a physical presence there or just keep wagging the UN’s “tsk, tsk finger” at the Sudanese government?
re 11: I could say the same for most Republican congressmen.
It has been my experience ( and every one else’s ) that gas prices go up in the Summer and fall in the Fall. It looks to me like the Republicans are going to make a big show of “controlling” gas prices just in time for the natural yearly fall in prices,and ,coincidentally, just in time to take credit for it in order to have the public view Rep. candidates favorably in Nov.
Cheap trick? Of course!
Will it work? Maybe a little because “centrist” Dems. will be too chickenpoo to call Reps. on the scam.
Trolls: Is using up America’s strategic oil reserves really in the best interests of this country or is it only in the best short-term interests of Exxon/Mobil?
I think you know the answer. I’m glad you guys lost the mantle of patriotism to wrap yourselves in.
All you have to wrap yourself in now is a dollar bill. Not too warm, is it?
15, Drill Alaska…ALL OF IT!!! Find more oil!! Hell, the Russians are drilling Siberia and I don’t hear you wacko libs say “boo!”. So, the commies drill……It’s OK. Cuba wants to drill, it’s OK. Towel heads drill, It’s OK. Latin America drills, It’s OK! But if America wants to drill and find more oil,………………….WELL!!! Save the Earth!!!!!!! hehe, JCH
-Where’s your Bush equivalent to Clinton’s massive (and admitted) failure in Rwanda? –
Clinton admitted he didn’t act quickly enough.
With Darfur, we have Bush and the GOP congress sitting on their hands.
Not a real strong argument for you to pick The (really) slow Mark. But then again – that’s what we’ve come to expect from you. Big hat – no cattle.
To: JCH at 62:
Even the oil executives aren’t saying that drilling ANWR will decrease oil prices. They say the problem right now is refinery capacity. So if you drill ANWR (which wouldn’t occur for about 10 years from now, anyway), then the oil companies still wouldn’t be pumping oil from there because they already are refining at capacity!
This is just another attempt to use a crisis to get a benefit to a corporation under the guise of providing a solution, although the proposed solution wouldn’t solve the problem.
Personally, I don’t have any strong feelings about the Caribou of ANWR, but I figure that since the oil will always be there if we want to drill later, perhaps we should reserve it for the future, when middle east oil reserves are played out?
But while we are at it, why don’t we build a big geo-thermal energy plant right smack on top of Old Faithfull. It’s just a silly geyser, anyway (sarcasim intended).
18, RHP6033, Build a doxen more refineries as well. And drill in the Gulf. Hell, Cuba and Mexico are, and the Americans libs are silent. Also, note NO libs bitch about Russia drilling in Siberia. Commies and Mexicans drilling for oil is OK. Only capitalists are bad and evil. John Kerry said this as he arrived in his private Gulfstream G5 [25,000 gallons of JP5] right before he jumped into his limo [V8, 7 mpg]. [sarcasim intended]. Also note that the oil companies make a 10% profit on selling a gallon of gas. The government makes 20% of the cost in taxes. Note NO Democrats wants lower taxes on gas. Gee, I wonder why??????????? [sarcasim intended]
18, RHP6033, Build a doxen more refineries as well. And drill in the Gulf. Hell, Cuba and Mexico are, and the Americans libs are silent. Also, note NO libs bitch about Russia drilling in Siberia. Commies and Mexicans and Cubans drilling for oil is OK. Only capitalists are bad and evil. I think John Kerry said this as he arrived in his private Gulfstream G5 [25,000 gallons of JP5] right before he jumped into his limo [V8, 7 mpg]. [sarcasim intended]. Also note that the oil companies make a 10% profit on selling a gallon of gas. The government makes 20% of the cost in taxes. Note NO Democrats wants lower taxes on gas. Gee, I wonder why??????????? [sarcasim intended]
LibNeck @ 17
Clinton’s death toll for Rwanda is still at least double that of Darfur.
Carter started developing alternative energy in the 70’s, but Reagan ( the pleasant moron ) skotched it.
Why did Reagan allow 400+ Marines to sit camped helplessly
on an airport tarmac in the Mid-East and then when they were bombed and killed, he didn’t respond. Isn’t that incompetent and cowardly?
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