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filkertomMore proof that our Republican lawmakers are crooks. They can't help themselves -- they think like crooks.
I wish to call special attention here to Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, who has been trying to, among other things, authorize drilling in ANWR since forever, despite his own constituents' wishes, and build the most useless bridge in the world.
Seriously, now: Can you be bought for a hundred bucks, if it means they can drill in Alaska?
(Thanks to AmericaBlog for the heads-up.)
Every American taxpayer would get a $100 rebate check to offset the pain of higher pump prices for gasoline, under an amendment Senate Republicans hope to bring to a vote Thursday.This is, literally, a bribe. Here, take yer hunnert bucks, an' don't see nothin'.
However, the GOP energy package may face tough sledding because it also includes a controversial proposal to open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil exploration, which most Democrats and some moderate Republicans oppose.
I wish to call special attention here to Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, who has been trying to, among other things, authorize drilling in ANWR since forever, despite his own constituents' wishes, and build the most useless bridge in the world.
Seriously, now: Can you be bought for a hundred bucks, if it means they can drill in Alaska?
(Thanks to AmericaBlog for the heads-up.)
