TODAY - WASHINGTON - The House rejected an attempt Thursday to lift a quarter-century congressional ban on offshore oil drilling in coastal waters outside the western Gulf of Mexico amid arguments that new supplies are needed to lower energy prices.
Good to know the "conservative" House is watching out for us.
And what do you want to bet that Fox and Friends won't cover this in the morning?
That show will consist of 50% immigration inflamation, and 50% "People magazine" type of ridiculous fluff.
I will be interested to see how this issue is discussed at my family gathering at my brother's on Saturday. He is a unioin democrat; one of my sisters is a democrat, too. I have a niece living in Texas, and my son works with a lot of Hispanics. Should be an interresting evening...I will report on whether this issue comes up or not and what their opinions are. Since my brother still has an anti-Bush sticker on his truck, I am tempted to wear my pro-Bush t-shirt. However, since I am the eldest and in charge of family unity, I will refrain. LOL!
"And while the immigration debate raged on:
TODAY - WASHINGTON - The House rejected an attempt Thursday to lift a quarter-century congressional ban on offshore oil drilling in coastal waters outside the western Gulf of Mexico amid arguments that new supplies are needed to lower energy prices."
Yep.
And you know what, Warrant?
I'm sitting here in Connecticut, with Chris Shays, "R" as my representative, who's got to be one of the worst liberals in the Republican caucus. But as the incumbent, he's essentially unopposed on the Republican side.
The Democrats have dished up a woman who's just as liberal.
And my choices for Senate? Some liberal Republican or Joe Lieberman.
It makes it really hard to get out there and cast that caucus vote, really, really hard. But when absolutely NOBODY on the ballot, on any side, represents you on much of anything, what the hell can you do?
My solution has been to vote for the liberal Republican to try and give the caucus one more seat, even though the liberal Republican sitting in it is going to do things like vote against ANWR.
Shays always runs very close, and this year he needs the vote of people like me more than ever. It's very hard.