Posted on 07/17/2008 4:28:02 PM PDT by Jabrown
...The bill initially failed within the house, but reports surfaced yesterday that Pelosi and Reid had been holding private meetings with moderate congressional Democrats who have refused to support the bill, in an attempt to revive the legislation. Of course, with my inquisitive mind, I decided to actually look into the bill and determine why Pelosi and Reid are pushing so hard. What I discovered, is that hidden deep inside the bill are some ...
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The Democrats friend in the environmental movement will sue to prevent exploration, the Democrats friends in the Trial Lawyers will drag out the court process, and then the government will collect twice as much rent for the lease since it took more than five years.
This is the same, old tactic. The timeline before a lease has to produce is always 5, or 10 years, the companies always had to lose their leases at any time (see, it’s not garaunteed; could be 5, could be 3, could be 10, at Congress’ discretion), but there’s never a limit to how many years they can be sued to prevent building roads to the rigs, or building any infrastructure. The environmentalists know that as long as they can keep producers in court, they win, plus of course, they get paid. These folks don’t work for free. The opposition has professional people that do nothing but file lawsuits, every day.
Rahall should be brought up on charges for attempting to defraud the American public under the color of an office holder.
Why are Democrats trying so hard to destroy this country. They seem to think we all need to be punished.
If McCain and the Republicans will get on this horse and ride it hard until November we just might avoid heavy Democrat majorities in the Senate and House.If McCain then wins his election he would face a Congress that probably won’t give him Amnesty and he just might on net be good for the country.
If “moderate congressional Democrats” are defying Reid and Pelosi on this bill, you know it’s a real stinker.
Not a truer word was spoken.
I don’y actually expect it to happen. Call it wishful thinking. McCwants to win as a leftwinger who can fight a war. Winning as some sort of conservative domestically just doesn’t seem worth the effort.
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