Posted on 07/24/2008 2:40:24 AM PDT by Man50D
WASHINGTON – Asked if he thinks he has the votes to block legislation lifting the moratorium on offshore oil drilling, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said: "We will have to wait and see."
Wait and see?
Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi oppose lifting the ban on domestic oil drilling – and they are hoping the American people will just quietly accept gas prices topping $5 a gallon or even higher.
They say the key to lowering the price is conservation.
WND's Joseph Farah is not accepting that and is organizing efforts to flood Congress with emails, phone calls, letters and text messages demanding action that can lead the country in the direction of energy independence.
"Right now, that means lifting the moratorium," he says. "That's the first step. If we can't agree on that as Americans today, then we are in for a long period of national economic decline. If we can't push Congress to do the right thing with even a strong majority of Democrats behind us, then this country is simply no longer a place where the will of the people means anything."
Farah's goal is to force Congress to act in the next 73 days – before it adjourns for the year.
"There's an election coming up one month after that adjournment date, and even the most entrenched incumbents know how sensitive this issue is," says Farah. "Now is the time to let them hear you."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
LLS
It’s not just us paying for the gas, it’s the whole package. They should not have the perks that they have voted for themselves. They should be paying into Social Security, they should get a stipend for health insurance, let them figure it out themselves like the rest of us. Car payments, gas, food, etc. Once they are out of office they are on their own, just like the rest of us. They leave office and make tons of cash in the private sector, why are we paying them benefits till they die? You lose your job you lose it all, so should they.
And yet when we all do conserve, they will complain that tax receipts are down and call for an increase in gas tax. Unscrupulous bastiches.
Was this on camera? *Every* Republican Senate candidate should be running ads with that statement. It’s like a gift to the GOP. Though a lot of morons still will vote Demo, even after they complain about Congress doing nothing about the price of gas.
Hey Harry!
How about $5 a gallon heating oil? While you only have to worry about votes from people in Nevada, where you get mild winters and most of your electrical energy from Hoover Dam, let’s hope that the voters in states that get cold realize that you and your ilk are the reason for the $2000 a month heating bills they’re going to wind up with if there’s a long, cold winter.
An economy can’t grow using conservation. I know that I’m tapped out. I drive a car that gets 35 mpg. I make no extra trips. I stay at home on weekends. If I’m not working, I’m home. Maybe you can make some additional suggestions.
I’m NOT looking forward to this winter either, as my home is heated with natural gas. I’m putting money aside now... I’m afraid that I’m going to see bills approaching $250 a month or higher. Heck, just recently the price I pay for natural gas went up by just shy of 20%.
I really hope that while Harry is insulated from his actions that they lead to his being very lonely in the senate after the election. The sad thing is that the republicans have given up, and of course it doesn’t help that they told conservatives to piss-off, so he and the dem majority might very well survive in the house and senate!
Mark
Conservation to an elitist means
lowering the standard of living of the “average person”.
This is a State’s Rights issue. The Federal Gummit shouldn’t be allowed to keep a State from drilling for oil. This is the problem with Central Planning. Even Russia and China understand the importance of domestic energy better than the DNC.
If you like $5/gal, Thank Pelosi.
Pray for W and Our Troops
OK, Harry and Nancy. You first.
We want to see you at the pump buying your own gas and driving yourselves around - but sparingly because we must "conserve." YOU decree it, then YOU set the example.
Only then would we even consider taking you seriously, you elitist dirtbags.
Yes, they have worked very hard at making the Oil is a Sin/evil connection. Drilling is evil, gas is evil, cars are evil, Americans are evil, oil-profits are evil.
Keywords: addiction, wean, sick, fascism
The answer to your question is a simple one; because the SANE people of this nation continue to vote back in office the very politicians with mental disorders who are holding them hostage. But, hope is eternal. “Maybe, just maybe”, the otherwise sane folks will “finally” wakeup and vote these elitist/socialist politicians out of office. Btw, it's a mistake to characterize these politicians as having mental disorders. Actually, they are quite sane and have a very well defined agenda - total control of the behavior of the American people. Sadly, many Americans don't see it...
The headline doesn’t seem to be directly supported by the article.
(Not that I doubt Reid does feel that $5 gas is no problem, but Farah gives us zero quotes from Reid saying that.)
WND has a practice of “Stretching” the truth. He may think this, but the headline is definitely misleading.
One reason I rarely use WND as a news source.
The self importance that man shows in that picture is truly worth 1,000 words.
Headed for a 1% rating
Contact your Congress critters to let them know that you are tired of high gas prices.
You are most correct... sometimes I think that half of America are lost souls.
LLS
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