Comments on: Shocking! The Do Nothing Congress Leaves Session Doing Nothing

By: Sarge Charlie

Sarge Charlie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:42:15 +0000

I was working on a post about the do-nothing congress and googled it to find you. Very interesting blog, I will come back to read more

By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » It may be political theater, but it’s theater I can believe in

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:34:14 +0000

[...] blogging: Bookworm The Anchoress Flopping Aces (MataHarley’s post) Flopping Aces (Curt’s [...]

By: Gina

Gina — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:19:53 +0000

DUMP PELOSI AND REID …
I don’t care if this is supposed to be a “democratic year” … I hope the American people are so fed up with Pelosi and Reid ignoring the will of the people, like 76% who want offshore drilling, that in November we vote OUT every democratic member of congress who has supported Pelosi and Reid … as well as voting OUT Pelosi and Reid themselves.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:36:48 +0000

*Research. Not project. My mistake. I ran out of time to edit the comment.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:16:54 +0000

I once did a project on the rates of CO2 in the atmosphere and our current way of living - with our deforestation and our use of vehicles and other things that require oil. Even if you force the people to change with high prices, 1. not only will it actually hurt those who can’t switch to the new and expensive resources, even with the $1,000 for every family promised that have to come from the big industries, but 2. also it will not work, because even if we changed our methods of living to the alternative sources and we changed fast, it would take decades before the CO2 in the atmosphere levels off and becomes what it once was before the whole scare on global warming came up. We’d have to switch at an unrealistic pace. It’s just impossible.

There has to be a long transition period, and it has to be slow. Forcing won’t do a thing.

By: Scrapiron

Scrapiron — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:41:04 +0000

People aren’t going to get a big oil bill unless they are on automatic fillup. They will not order oil and will attempt to survive the winter like animals in a cave. Food or heat nothing to fall back on unless you live where you can get and burn wood or coal. I have both but it’s nasty in the house. Got around a 30% increase in electricity rates last month and saw an application in the paper for an additional increase. It’s gonna get rough. Maybe we can burn Peeeloshi and Reid’s house down to stay warm for a day but the fire would probably stink as bad as they do.

By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Pelosi shuts down lights/microphones to stop vote on oil drilling GOP stays on floor in loud protest

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:21:42 +0000

[...] For the lead up to this moment in time, see Curt’s post, Shocking “Do Nothing” Congress [...]

By: Fit fit

Fit fit — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:00:11 +0000

Agreed. This for me is Obama’s pointless answer to McCain’s pointless Gas Tax Holiday. I’d like them both better if they’d dropped these ideas.

Politically, I guess it could work. When people heating with oil get that first bill in the fall, its going to be a pretty hard blow to the stomach.

By: Mike's America

Mike's America — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:41:01 +0000

A $1,000 per household giveway won’t do a damn thing to solve the energy problem nor will it help the many industries and especially small business people who depend on affordable energy to make a living.

It’s merely another in a long line of big spending promises Obama has made to buy off a segment of the voting public who don’t give a damn whether the economy goes into a tailspin or not, even though they would likely be impacted more than the $1,000 freebie.