Posted on 06/28/2009 11:21:31 PM PDT by YoungGunConservativeRadio
Well what a week! Two weeks actually, since my last post! It’s been a whirlwind of topics come and gone in that time. That’ll learn me to be lazy!
I was utterly appalled last night when I learned that the Cap and Trade (Cap and Tax?) bill passed the house. I was not surprised, with the clear democrat majority, but I was surprised at the number. Close to thirty democrats voted against it, and eight republicans voted for it. I know exactly what that does and does not mean. It does not mean that 30 democrats voted their conscious and went against their party’s core religious belief of Global Warming. (Ugh! More on that in a moment.) I believe that there were thirty or so democrats who were voted in, in largely republican or conservative districts that they felt would be in danger of being ousted when people get ticked off at how much their electrical bills skyrocket. Half of the country gets their electricity from coal. When this bill goes into effect,
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