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To: Loud Mime

The sponsor is a former science teacher of mine. A good man. He represents portions of Lancaster County, Pa.

I’ll have to email Sestak again. The last time I did, I got a looooong winded diatribe on all the envirowacko talking points. I’ll give him credit for writing back himself but it is obvious that we are on opposite sides of the issue.

I recall President Bush pushing for this legislation after the last BRAC commission. It certainly seems like a good idea to me. Anyone care to guess how many jobs would be created? The Left stalls all of these projects with endless lawsuits, though. If they aren’t dimwitted Obama staffers dreaming up websites and Presidential seals, they’re smug, pain in the rear lawyers stymying any alternatives to the energy mess (or any other Bush proposal)


7 posted on 06/24/2008 7:24:30 AM PDT by SueRae
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To: SueRae

A new refinery will be more enviro-friendly than the older ones. My understanding (a freeper may correct me if I’m wrong) is that the old refineries have two options when equipment breaks: repair the old or replace it with the most modern machinery. They cannot upgrade, it must be the newest or the oldest.

But, the odds are that the holdouts do not like the “loser pays” litigation angle of the legislation. There’s big campaign donations from the trial lawyers in them thar hills. Loser pays means no donations!

Sestak’s legislation is questionable. Look at the title of this:

H.R.960 : To enhance the national security interests of the United States both at home and abroad by setting a deliberate timetable for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq by December 31, 2007, and for other purposes.

How does surrenduring enhance our security?

H.R.2710 : To repeal and modify certain provisions of law relating to the review of the detention of enemy combatants.

The trial lawyers love this!

A little search turned out that he is getting LOTS of money from trial lawyers and such:

2008: Lawyers & Lobbyists $161,950 11.8 % of his total!
2006: Lawyers & Lobbyists $227,022 15.6 %

http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412232_joe_sestak

You might bring that up if you CALL his office. Email is worthless, IMHO. It’s off campus and often delegated to another firm.


8 posted on 06/24/2008 7:39:37 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Free the Refineries! - H.R. 2279 Must Become Law!)
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