Beam me to Planet Gore !
The ONLY way to dislodge an entrenched “representative” like Kaptur (Murtha, Mollohan, etc.) is to take her on in the Democrat primary. Even then, it would probably be a tough sell with adequate financing because you are battling the unions, ACORN, the administration, Soros et.al., and bottomless pits of $ from all of them plus Hollywood. It’s an exercise in futility and a waste of time and $ running someone on the Republican ticket in most of these districts where Democrats outnumber Republicans by 2-1.
Bought and paid for, just like virtually every member of Congress.
The only solution is to vote YOUR congressfool out of office in November 2010.
Bought and paid for, just like virtually every member of Congress.
The only solution is to vote YOUR congressfool out of office in November 2010.
They didn’t need to buy Kaptur. All they are doing is trying to win over the sheeple in Ohio.
Joe the Plumber should run against this useless machine Democrat porkbarreling ward heeler cog of a non-entity.
Joe the Plumber was the only man I am aware of during the entire campaign who had the cojones to ask BHO a tough question.
Political Whore! That is the way it is here in Toledo, OH. It is so pro union that even my grocery bagger is union, and people wounder why there is no jobs here. The stated unemployment rate here is about 15%, but I would say it is over 20%. I know so many people out of work or their spouse is unemployed and can’t find work. They swear it’s the fault of business and the republicans but the democrats have run the town for 40 years.
Corruption and concessions will lead some Senate Repubs, as with some Blue Dog Dems to vote ‘yes’ on this disgrace of a Bill when it comes up for vote in or if it ever comes up for vote in the Senate.
Concessions (aka: bribes for votes) should be the biggest fear we have when it comes to this Bill and ObamaCare. Be weary all, our politicians will sell us out for their own good, not ours. But hey, nothing new here....
Why the Waxman-Markey bill will kill the US with energy outsourcing and refining issues...PDF
http://www.api.org/Newsroom/upload/ENSYS_W_M_Briefing_Report_2009_8_20.pdf
“”Refining, energy security, jobs, physical security, economy, a decent life....
The United States will be more dependent on imports of gasoline and other petroleum fuels while U.S. refining production would be shifted overseas if a climate change bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law, a study shows.
An analysis by global consulting firm EnSys Energy of the impact of the “American Clean Energy and Security Act”, which passed by a narrow 219-212 vote in the House in June, on the U.S. refining sector showed that investment in U.S. refining capacity could plummet because the cost of doing business could soar. Production at U.S. refineries would drop while production at refineries in countries that do not limit their own greenhouse gas emissions would rise. The impact on global refinery greenhouse gas emissions would be minor as reductions in U.S. emissions mostly would be offset by increases in emissions in other countries.
“This study clearly shows the devastating impact this legislation could have on U.S. jobs and U.S. energy security,” said API President and CEO Jack Gerard. “Climate legislation should not come at the expense of U.S. economic and energy security. Congress needs to analyze carefully the impact of any climate policy on ordinary Americans, American jobs and American companies. A deep decline in U.S. refining activity would have a ripple effect throughout the economy, affecting jobs in sectors beyond the oil and gas industry. Steelworkers, construction workers, even the shop keepers, school teachers and waitresses working in communities where refineries operate would feel the pinch.”
The House climate legislation drives up individual and business fuel costs because it inequitably distributes free emission “allowances” to various sectors. Refiners are held responsible for 44% of emissions, including the refinery emissions (about 4%) as well as consumer emissions from planes, trains, automobiles, heating oil, and other petroleum use. Yet refiners are allocated only 2.25% of allowances. In contrast, some other sectors receive free allowances that match or exceed their obligation.
According to the EnSys study, commissioned by API, the U.S. would need to increase its imports of petroleum fuels in order to meet as much as nearly one-fifth of U.S. refined product demand in 2030 if the House climate bill becomes law, double what imports would have been.
U.S. refining throughput, a measure of productivity, could plummet by as much as 25% (4.4 million barrels per day) and investment in U.S. refining could “