Here! Have A Benjamin! And All It'll Cost You Is ANWR

[filkertom]

More proof that our Republican lawmakers are crooks. They can't help themselves -- they think like crooks.

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.

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.

This is, literally, a bribe. Here, take yer hunnert bucks, an' don't see nothin'.

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.)

Comments

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I agree with a lot of what you said. What do you think can be done to move the political will toward better mass transit? Around here (Twin Cities, MN) the majority of voters vote against spending money on transit all the time. I think change will only come when the status quo hits more people in their pocketbooks. We have one measly light-rail line. Look at the awesome transit options in Europe. A similarly-sized metro area there would have enough lines to obviate the need for a lot of cars. And the cars they do have are a hell of a lot more efficient. Gas taxes have produced the desired result.