[Foolsgold]

- - - - - NEWS FROM BARBARA BOXER, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM CALIFORNIA - - - - -

January 28, 2011

Dear Friend:

This week I introduced the West Coast Ocean Protection Act, a bill to permanently prohibit new offshore drilling along the Pacific coast. I was joined by all the Senators from the West Coast – including my colleague from California, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) – in offering this critical legislation to protect the 570,000 jobs and $34 billion coastal economy of our three states.

Additional offshore oil development along the Pacific shoreline would needlessly endanger irreplaceable natural resources and our vital coastal economies.

President Obama has not included the West Coast in any new offshore oil and gas development plans through at least 2017, but we need permanent protection. The West Coast Ocean Protection Act includes clear language stating that “the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of California, Oregon or Washington.”

Be assured that I will work to enact this important bill to safeguard our entire coastline from harmful offshore drilling.

Sincerely,

[RexBeach]

‘Hello, I’m Barbara Boxer and I’m stark raving mad!”

(Apologies to Monthy Python)

[HereInTheHeartland]

Boxers letter needs to be linked to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2666836/posts

[Daveinyork]

My guess is that Barbara will not be biking to work.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Whatta dork....

[RC2]

What she is saying is “No drilling off shore, no drilling on shore. Buy all our oil from the Middle East.” I would have to question.....what interests does she have in Middle East oil?

[wk4bush2004]

Dear California,

Why, oh why, oh why, oh WHY did you send HER back to the Senate?

*Bangs head on desk*

[samtheman]

Elitist Liberal stick-it-to-the-rest-of-us Ping

[marron]

Great.

The oil is so close to the surface that it gurgles up through the ocean floor naturally and has for ten thousand years. Whether we drill or don’t drill.

But if Californians don’t mind wallowing in their bankruptcy and unemployment while billions seep uselessly into the ocean, I’m beyond caring.

[Lazamataz]

Why aren't we seeing a LOT MORE BOXER and a LOT MORE PELOSI on TV????

When they talk, another citizen becomes a conservative.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Are her limousine and jet powered by unicorn piss? Can we sell that place back to Mexico and just add on to Texas?

[Le Chien Rouge]

Dear California citizens,

That sound you hear rumbling in your belly is the sound of hunger. Since we cannot drill for oil off our coasts, Food production costs have skyrocketed due to the high costs of energy, specifically diesel that farmers use to plant along with harvesting crops. Since food is so expensive, feel free to gnaw on the tires of that parked car in your driveway that you haven’t driven for a couple of months due to 15 dollars a gallon gas prices.

Please do not worry, as I am working closely with the federal government to enact an emergency ‘Lets take what’s left of the wealth from the Middle class’ tax hike to fund yet another useless ‘green energy’ plan that will never work.

Also, I know that many of you are starving and have the physical features of a skeleton but please pay no attention to my growing waistline. I’m only dining on steak,lobster and chocolate pie from the ration card set up by congress for ‘essential government personnel’. I assure you that once the food crisis is over, I will immediately enroll in the Jenny Craig/Michelle Obama slim-slow,weight loss program where I lecture you on your obesity while I eat what I want to eat.

Yours in eternal service,

Babs Boxer

[SaxxonWoods]

Just another piece of the move toward forcing Americans out of their gas-powered freedom-giving cars. Poor folks and long commuters hardest hit.

[truthguy]

California voters had a chance to get rid of this wretched woman in 2010 but they put her back in office. The big error was in the primary election when Republicans in their wisdom decided to go with Carly Fiorina instead of Tom Campbell. I myself was closer to Fiorina on the issues but voted and worked for Campbell. I knew that Campbell is appealing to wishy washy moderates and probably could have defeated Boxer. Is Tom Campbell my ideal conservative? No, of course but we would not have the insanity of Barbara for 6 more years if we had been smarter. This is why many refer to the Republican Party as the stupid party. The Democrats are the evil party.

[popdonnelly]

Environmentalists have been fighting against energy development in this country for decades. And we wonder why we’re dependent on foreign oil.

[Vendome]

Wow.

Your timing is just perfect.

[businessprofessor]

I propose an energy surcharge for all states that vote to restrict/ban energy development. A good name would be the hypocrisy tax. Many states that do not want energy development are heavily dependent on cheap conventional energy. The hypocrisy tax would apply to all conventional energy consumed within a hypocratic state. For gasoline and jet fuel, we should start with a tax that doubles the price. The tax would allow voters in these states to live with the consequences of their decisions.

[beethovenfan]

Go to h*ll, Bouncer.

[BenLurkin]

Insanity.

[biff]

That’s OK Boxy. By being such a moron you do nothing but put more money in the pockets of OPEC. I sincerely hope you get to see your grand children forced to riding bicyles to work and living an austere life like the Chinese used too.

[DakotaRed]

Once again, Boxer, with the help of Washington States Senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, introduce and support a bill to increase American dependence n foreign oil.

Which one of them has mounted solar panels or windmills on their cars?