Posted on 06/24/2008 1:30:11 PM PDT by tobyhill
A group of Democratic senators led by Charles E. Schumer of New York is appealing to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to block a set of contentious no-bid oil contracts that Iraq has decided to award to the Western oil giants Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP.
And if that appeal, which Mr. Schumers office said it faxed in the form of a letter to the State Department on Monday afternoon, is not heeded, the senators will try to cut off financing for as-yet-unspecified programs in Iraq that are not directly in support of American troops, Mr. Schumer said in an interview on Monday.
The letter is scheduled to be made public on Tuesday at a news conference in Washington by several senators: Mr. Schumer, vice chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus; John Kerry of Massachusetts, the former presidential candidate who is a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee; and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who serves on the Armed Services Committee.
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I admire your enthusiasm.......
I don't have the same confidence in the GOP....these days.
They can legislate anything they want and if it means making sure “Evil Oil” can’t get a hold of any supplies they will do it. They may not make law prohibiting from doing business in Iraq but they can make it so cumbersome to get started that no one wants to.
Schumer thinks the Dems rule the world.....
Long poles,pitch forks,boiling tar and a lot of feathers.
More and more the Democrat party does not even hide that it is an enemy of America. And more and more a public school ekudated populace doesn’t even notice and will vote dummy anyway.
But I thought it was Republicans that wanted War for Oil.
Chuck the Schmuck doesn’t want anything that’s good for America. He’s a Marxist and is determined to thwart any progress that our country makes.
If they don't get you in the womb, they try to kill you off later by other means.
That, plus the fact that Chucky Shumer wants to get on TV again, seems to explain this stupidity.
Congressman Billybob
The Rats want another Civil War in the US because they feel it will weaken the US to such an extent that it becomes a total Universal society with everyone from Africa to China taking over our infrastructure. They want the US to become the World’s Welfare Child.
Sounds almost like... Blood for Oil
When did Congress take over the sovereign Nation’s right to deal with international companies? They’re putting this out there as a ‘national security’ issue in the theory that it could harm our troops. It seems that more investment in jobs and infrastructure would act as a stabilizing agent.
“Long poles,pitch forks,boiling tar and a lot of feathers.”
The day will come, remember that they estimated only one third of Americans supported the Revolutionary War.
Does anyone know where I can get a couple of bumper stickers that say “Break the Democrat oil embargo- Drill here, Drill now!” and “Democrat Congress = $5/gal gas - Hows that workin’ out for you, America?”
And at the same time, he doesn't want American troops defending the colony . . . maybe he should sue to get the supreme court to overrule Iraq! < / sarcasm >
Shout it from the mountain tops. Democrats want high oil prices!!!!
Why? To reduce your freedom of movement! More power, more control!
Chuck Schumer...
right
foul
git.
The founding fathers were right, in order for any system of self government to succeed, the populace must be both moral and educated. Sadly, todays population seems to have forgotten that (or were never taught it).
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