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Posted at 2:29pm on Jun. 5, 2008 We The People...Living In The House Of Pain

By haystack

Senate bill S. 3044 is slithering its way through the Senate right now. Guess what "Congress finds" that has made them believe they need a new law ("Consumer-First Energy Act")?

(1) excessive prices for petroleum products have created, or imminently threaten to create, severe economic dislocations and hardships, including the loss of jobs, business failures, disruption of economic activity, curtailment of vital public services, and price increases throughout the economy;

(2) those hardships and dislocations jeopardize the normal flow of commerce and constitute a national energy and economic crisis that is a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare of the United States;

(3) consumers, workers, small businesses, and large businesses of the United States are particularly vulnerable to those price increase due to the failure of the President to aggressively develop alternatives to petroleum and petroleum products and to promote efficiency and conservation;

(4) reliable and affordable supplies of crude oil and products refined from crude oil (including gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and jet fuel) are vital to the economic and national security of the United States given current energy infrastructure and technology;

Of COURSE it's the President's fault...after all, he writes the legislation and votes on it and then signs it into law...all by his own little onesies...

the rest of the list of "failed Presidential policies" below the stinking fold..

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Posted at 1:11pm on Jun. 2, 2008 Psst-Congress Means To Stick It To You, *Again*, And You'll Just Have to Like It

And they're not even going to kiss you first-or send you flowers and a thank you note

By haystack

I know we're all much too busy with the American POTUS Idol runoff (err, I mean Primaries) to care much about policy stuff...it can be fairly boring, even when bill after bill after ever-lovin' bill puts the screws to us. But you might want to raise an eyebrow and take a closer look at what the Senate has in mind for your wallets and your livelihoods today:

According to a study released by the National Association of Manufacturers earlier this year, Lieberman-Warner would cause 1.8 million job losses, as much as a $210 billion gross domestic product reduction and possibly a 33% increase in electricity prices by 2020.

How awesome is that? Don't let the facts about how crippling this legislation will be to ALL of us get in the way of years of hard work from boisterous and well-funded PACs, and former Vice Presidential (and Nobel prize-winning) hysteria over an issue we aren't completely sure exists, let alone whether we actually caused, OR even whether we can really do much to effect a significant change. [Remember, folks, much to the chagrin of our greenie friends cave men really DIDN'T have Escalades.]

Congress means to stick it to businesses and individuals...and stick it to us GOOD...just because they can.

It's worth noting, before we delve into the dirty little details, that our Political heroes understand just how much their mistreatment of their constituents goes toward forcing control over our lives. They seem to relish the thought that they can exert so much influence..whether we like it or not.

[addendum: Funny how Congress would have you believe it's the evil Oil companies that are sticking it to us when you consider who the REAL Carbon Power Brokers are, or will be soon enough...just sayin']

More "thank you sir, may I have another" below the fold...

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Posted at 11:14am on May 9, 2008 Harry Reid Has A Message For Warfighters And Consumers

Our goal is to stick it to all of you...equally

By haystack

[image via AZ Resistance ]

It's been a hectic few days for Harry the Dolt™, but his priorities have become abundantly clear: Soldiers are no big deal...there's no rush to help them...what matters is taxing big oil and lining the pockets of rich farmers.

As I mentioned here, our Warfighters are being held hostage over Reid and Pelosi's power struggle with the President. I also mentioned here that these clowns are willing to let Soldiers go unpaid unless and until they got all their own little shiny objects thrown in to the supplemental...which, by the way is an emergency supplemental spending bill that hasn't gotten done for over 440 days (and counting).

More below the fold...

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