Countdown: GOP Power Outage

Keith reports on John Boehner and John McCain complaining about the Congress being on vacation while they're out of town campaigning or on vacation themselves. Eugene Robinson weighs in.

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[ahlkca22]

Next time you pay almost $4 a gallon for gas say "thank you Mr Cheney"! After all it wasn't until Cheney had the closed door energy meeting (with Enron setting at the head of the table beside Cheney) to create a new energy plan that prices started to shoot up. Strange isn't it. Remember Clinton forced the oil prices down in 1997 when OPEC decided to lower production. All he did was reduce his support for the King of S.A. and all of the sudden the king increased production.

[oaklynlen]

i said that the temporary republican house takeover was a cheap stunt. this video confirms my view. i hope that Congressman Boner had a nice day at the golf course. the weather was nice for him. and the thought of him being defeated in november wafting in his dreams

[atremb370]

ITS JUST LIKE FOX NEWS RIGHT I AGREE

[2ip]

I hate this faggot Keith. So biased. This isnt news its opinion. Fuck you.

[wildwilly1111]

ahlkca22: "Although Bills have been put before congress over the last 8 years to required oil drilled here in the US to be sent to the US."

I had not heard of this - can you provide a reference?

[ahlkca22]

We all know Cheney and his sidekick (Bush) are in the oil business, not the helping America business. Bit it is strange that before we invaded Iraq they had signed contracts with China, France and Germany (Iraq would not let Haliburton in to explore) to explore the country for oil one the UN stopped the sanctions. But we invaded and voided all the exploration contracts. And hey guess who holds the largest exploration contract? Can you say Haliburton!

[ahlkca22]

Wildwilly1111, Nationalized industry means the government owns the industry. In our case the oil industry owns the Republicans. Although Bills have been put before congress over the last 8 years to required oil drilled here in the US to be sent to the US. This is what the Republicans say they want right. Oil independence means we use our oil! But they wont vote for these bills because its just the normal RNC lies.

[wildwilly1111]

chumashfalcon: "Why does oil drilled in the United States get put on the world oil market? Why can't the citizens of the United States keep the oil that is drilled by oil companies on US soil?"

Because the US oil industry is not nationalized?

[wildwilly1111]

The summer break is such a non-issue. Evidence readily accessible on the web indicates that Congress has taken an August break in each of the eight years of the current Administration - six in which Republicans had control.

As a blogger noted elsewhere, health care has been a major issue for the last twelve years - where was the protest about summer breaks all that time?

[chumashfalcon]

Why does oil drilled in the United States get put on the world oil market?

Why can't the citizens of the United States keep the oil that is drilled by oil companies on US soil?