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My daughter called me today, her husband is serious about leaving the U.S. if Obama wins the election. He wants to move to another country as most of the people he works for are doing just that. Seems they are buying homes over seas because they, like him, feel they did not go to college and pay for a higher education just to have our government take half of what they earn. The truth is they will. 36% to 39.5% in fed taxes added to social security, med, and state taxes adds up to half of what they earn and in some cases more.

The thing with charity, and that is what it is when a person pays for benifits for others, is that it should be given because you want to not because the government says you have to. If you want to give to the food bank that is your choice and not the governments, just as any other charity. All those freebies Obama has promised are just charities and should not be manditory for some to pay for while others do not. Why should one group pay for the health insurance and food and housing of most of the families in the U.S. plus the illegals?

$300 billion to illegals, paid for by businesses and higher incomes, $800 billion for oil fom forign companies, paid for by the same people, $17.5 billion in pork, paid for by the same people, every pay check of ever political job and their retirements, health insurances, body gaurds and even the military, paid for by the same groups. Middle and lower incomes get their fed taxes back so it is these two groups paying the way now and what are they getting for their money? More taxes for more benifits for more people they do not want to support.

Has anyone thought about the group of people now paying for welfare checks, foodstamps, low income housing, medicade, and every other government funded thing may feel when they hear how their expected to pay for more? If you get your taxes back at the end of the year you are not footing these bills it is the very people whose taxes will be going up who do.

Now I never fit in that income where I did not get my taxes or most of them back so I can not whine but when I watched my daughter write a check for $14,000.00 over what the government already took out I finally saw just what is going on. That check you get for each child at the end of the year over what you paid in, they helped send you, and you want to steal more from them, when is enough enough? Better yet when did any one owe you for work you did not do and they did? How did you earn their money? By voting for some one who makes it sound good. Charity is charity and ever person out there who wants to have the higher incomes pay for them without earning it is taking charity and it isn't the government giving it to you it is my daughter and others like her.

It is people not the government, people who want to work a farm so their husband works over seas to earn enough to keep their land. It is the men and women who got that education to get a job that would pay well. It is the businesses, small and large. They pay for the government to rip them off. It is these people who pay for the government and all its' benifits to the poor and aid to other countries. It is their hard work and incomes that keeps this country going now so instead of thinking up ways to take more maybe it is time to stop tring to take more and be grateful for what they already do before too many of them get up and move to another country that will.

Once upon a time the democratic party was for the working class people but here recently I am wondering what is up with the democrats. I have been listening to them and watching their actions and I am wondering what has happened to the democratic party.

They freed up the social security so it could be wasted knowing it was a retirement plan for the lower income working class. They added taxes to it and voted to keep them. When their candidate lost they devolped the super delegates. Super deligates were started to make sure that the voters did not pick someone the DNC did not want. By doing this they have nulled the Americans vote.

They have decided we do not need to drill for our own oil despite the over whelming majority of voters who want just that. Now we have reach a time in the world where we have created a monster named Russia, because they have developed their oil industry while we buy from them and so do other nations. We can not afford to go to war because we are too poor to afford it.

Still no vote on oil. Do they not realize that we as a nation need to be self sufficant. Can we allow the state of our nation to continue down this path of self destruction? Russia is what it is from it's great wealth gained by oil  and has slowly grown into a threat to not only Georgia but our nation as well.

Democrats have become more of an insane parent thinking they know what is best for everyone and have forgotten who they are suppose to represent. They ignore the peoples choices in favor of what they think is best for us. We need to halt the insanity and remind them they are not our parents but are suppose to be working for us.

They have taken to kicking out delegates that do not back them, they threaten democrats and dictate what media stations a politican who is a democrat can and can not go on. They have radicals that threaten people who write about their candidate unfavorably and the list goes on. They harbor hatred for republicans, even encourage people to despise and hate our own president.

What is up with them? They have a bias media that goes out of its way to edit republican politians to the point of fiction and people believe it. They want to shut down any media that does not always report pro-democratic. They refuse to admit the surge worked and they keep pushing we lost. I do not understand how the democratic party has gone so far down the hill. They do not see how much damage they are doing.

The most offensive thing I have heard them do was make the statement they would never work with a republican President. They were not elected to choose who they would or would not work with but to help keep our courty a great and powerfully safe one. Sitting on your bums and slinging words of world peace and love is not my idea of running a country. The world is not going to be filled with joy and love as long as there are men who want to rule every nation.

So what is up with the DNC?

The union now wants a federal investigation into WalMart for blocking them from taking it over. Yeap, that's what we need, unions in WalMart so the prices go way up, we can no longer buy cheap, and they go belly up or cut way back.

When did we get to the point that if you don't get what you want you sic the feds on the other company? Look at the steel mills, unions sure helped them, look at the factories that have left the U.S., the unions sure helped them. I have watched over the years unions help the working class then they became a politican and got greedy and look what has happened.

It is one thing to protect people from being over worked, abused and used but it is another to make demands for and expect to get the highest pay, the best health care, the most vaction time. When you take a job for a certain amount you know when you start that is what it pays and what you get is laid out before you start. So why take the job if it is not what you want? Move on.

I forgot, WalMart is getting bigger and bigger and the union wants a peace of the pie. They did not start it, they have not invested in it, they did not do a thing to help it grow but they want a cut of the pie.

If you work at WalMart you can buy stock and expand your income, many have. You just have to watch and buy. Invest in the company. But unions do not invest, they take the peoples money that joins then go about taking the companies money. They do not hear when a company says we can not afford that if they want it. Just go on strike.

Unions helped at one time but now they have gone over board with their demands on many companies. We have higher prices on many products because of higher output for all the demands made for benifits and for wages. A company that wants to expand can not if they make very little profits. WalMart has grown and expanded and we now have Sam's Club. Say good bye to it all if the union gets in. Another one bites the dust.

Warms our hearts that they can spend our taxes on such worthy causes. So let's just vote more in before they forget how to spend.

The French Kiss Off Award
to Representative Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) for $211,509 in olive fruit fly research in Paris, France.

The Taxpayers Get Teed Off Award
to House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) for $3 million for The First Tee in the defense appropriations bill.

The Cold Hard Cash Award
to Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for $165.7 million in defense pork.

The Tax Dollars on Drugs Award
to Representative John Murtha (D-Pa.) for $23 million for the National Drug Intelligence Center.

The Pantheon of Pork Award
to Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.VA) for $386 million in pork.

The Narcissist Award
to Representative Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) for $1,950,000 for the Charles B. Rangel Center for
Public Service.

The Pig in Sheep's Clothing Award
to Montana Senators Max Baucaus (D) and Jon Tester (D) for $148,950 for the
Montana Sheep Institute.

The Unidentified Fiscal Object  Award
to Representative Ann Esshoo (D-Calif.) for $1.6 million for the Allen Telescope Array.

The Money Doesn't Grow on Trees Award
to Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) for $344,540 for the city of Chicago
GreenStreets Tree Planting Program.

The Porky and Bess Award
for $7.9 million for 36 theaters in 21 states.

The Pacific Fleeced Award
to Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) for $173.2 million in defense pork.

The Taxpayers Get Steamed Award
to Maine Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe (R), and Rep. Thomas Allen (D-Maine) for $188,000 for the Lobster Institute.

This Pork Was Made for Walking Award
to Representative Virgil Goode (R-Va.) for $98,000 to develop a walking tour of Boydton, Virginia. 

The Return to Sender Award
to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for $196,000 for the renovation and transformation of the historic downtown Post Office in Las Vegas.

It seems that Palosi is still on her vaction as we sit here with our oil problems growing. We rely on other countries to supply most of our needs so what goes on in oil countries concen our country, where as if we were drilling now and here it would not be so pressing.

Yet our little speaker of the House and female Hitler believes she knows what is best for our country. The problem with waiting is if our supplies are cut off we are in deep trouble simply because of the time it will take to drill later and build refineries.

Some things need to be seriously considered such as a world war or an attack on our nation. Without a source of oil that we do not have to ship, as ships can be blown up, we would be in dire straights. We, as a nation, should be self sufficient and not relying on foriegn oil. We need to be secure in our own right.

If the world were a stable place with a Barney theme of I love you and you love me, we would have no need to worry, but as we have seen from Russia, it is not. It is a world of unknown violence and very unstable. The problem is we have Palosi and the far left blocking our very security in the name of animals that do not seem to mind the oil rigs nor the pipe lines. Not to mention they are animals and not humans.

Giving the reality of the real world as versus the one that some politicians would like to believe it is, it is time Palosi gets off the pot or goes. But this sitting back and doing what she wants and the DNC wants has got to come to an end. Our country is being put at risk for petty in house fighting. It is like two sets of children crying , "I win, I win nana nana dodo" , when in reality it is a dangerous and insane game to play.

If the majority of the country wants us to drill here and now and everywhere, where does the speaker of the house get off blocking the vote? Where is her brain in wanting to use our reserves when we can not replace them? Is she mentally insane or just power hungry and a threat to our very safety?

Think about it, If we ship our oil and the sources are blocked what happens to our country? Alternatives are great but they are not here yet and from the looks of it will take longer than drilling now. What is going on in our country that we as a people no longer have a voice in it's running but a few elected people who are suppose to represent us do as they please and not what we want?

I am very concerned with the reality of the world we live in and what might, or might not happen. We need to stop relying on others to do what we should be doing. We are able to and so we should. I know it seems unreal but, just for a moment give it a thought, suppose it did and we were attacked and our oil supply blocked, what then? Has congress thought of this? Well they should because I have. The time to play power games has come to a head and we as a people need to send a sharp and vocal message out that we want it to end now.

3/13/08 Vote 65: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4328; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform. No

3/13/08 Vote 60: S CON RES 70: Sessions Amdt. No. 4231; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs. No

3/13/08

Vote 56: S CON RES 70: Alexander Amdt. No. 4207 as Modified; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production. No

3/13/08 Vote 52: S CON RES 70: Bunning Amdt. No. 4192 as Modified; To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. No

Vote 66: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4232; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool.No

3/13/08 Vote 71: S CON RES 70: Ensign Amdt. No. 4335; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset. No No

Get the point? To get his full voting history go to:

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members
/o000167/votes/page2/

It seems Nancy Palosi has a great plan in action, it entails keeping the vote for drilling off the floor until after the election when she believes there will be enough democrats elected to prevent drilling for our own oil. She does not care what the people of the United States Of American want. It boils down to what she and her party wants. We do not matter in the grand scheme of the democratic party. It is a great plan and it is working so far.

Even if President Bush called an emergancy congress back she could just close it right back down without a vote ever going before the congress. Palosi not only is against the Iraq war but she wants us out of Afganistan and she wants us all to sit down and put on a happy face on as we get disarmed and destroyed. She has behaved in a mannor unbecoming to a lady much less the speaker of the house with her temper tantrums and her refusal to allow votes on anything she does not approve of.

Bush may not be the best president in our history but Palosi is the worse person to run congress in the history of mankind or womankind. She has made sure our nation will come to a stand still when she dictates it as it has done now. She has broken the rules laid out for the speaker of the house and she flat does not care, she is a democrat so she is entitled to act and do anything she so chooses and to heck with what is best for our nation.

Palosi's idea is to save the world but destroy us while doing it. Al Gore dismantled our nuclear plants programs which would of freed up our natural gas for other uses and the dems plan on keeping it that way. They want us to invest trillions on so called "clean"  energy programs but do not tell you that ethinal is just as polutant as oil products, that the hybreds will cost thousands to keep on the road by the owners, and to install solar panels will cost over $6,000 a panel and you need several per home to actually save on electric. And Al gore will make more millions off us.

In the mean time they keep tooting the thousands of acres the oil companies have to drill on but omited that the oil companies spent $1.25 trillion trying to find oil there and gave it up. So we have the facts and they democrats do too yet they do not care. As Obama and Nancy think that $10.00 a gallon for gas is a great idea and will bring our country to it's knees. That also explains why they want to create a civil army to control the citizens of our country. They fear we might just go after them.

I do not want to hear it was republicans that got us here as the democrats are now in power and have done nothing, not a thing to correct the mess we are in. In fact they have contributed to the mess and plan on creating a bigger one.

So just impeach Palosi and DO NOT vote another insane democrat into congress.

Some of the things Obama voted on. Now remember his policies for lower incomes and health care etc. You might find his voting history and his speeches on his policies are a tad diffrent.

11/7/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 304: On the Amendment
Allard Amdt. No. 2423; To authorize a program to provide health, medical, and life insurance benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, who would otherwise fail to qualify for such benefits because of an early physical completion date.

11/3/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 297: On the Motion
Motion To Waive CBA Re: Lautenberg Amdt. No. 2381; To require certification prior to beneficiary enrollment in a prescription drug plan or an MA-PD plan that has a gap in the coverage of prescription drugs under part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

10/26/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 274: On the Amendment
Coburn Amdt. No. 2232; To increase funding for the AIDS drug assistance program

Rejected Session 1, roll call 295: On the Amendment
Byrd Amdt. No. 2367; To replace title VIII of the bill with an amendment to section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose a fee on employers who hire certain non-immigrants.

10/26/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 273: On the Motion
Motion to Waive CBA Re: Clinton Amdt. No. 2292; To provide additional funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

10/26/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 272: On the Motion
Motion to Waive CBA Re: Dodd Amdt. No. 2254; To increase appropriations for Head Start programs.

10/26/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 271: On the Amendment
Gregg Amdt. No. 2253, As Modified; To increase appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program by $1,276,000,000, with an across-the-board reduction.

10/26/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 270: On the Motion
Motion to Waive CBA Reed Amdt. No. 2194, As Further Modified; To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

10/26/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 269: On the Motion
Motion to Waive CBA Re: Byrd Amdt. No. 2275; To provide additional funding for title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

10/25/05 Rejected Session 1, roll call 268: On the Motion
Motion to Waive CBA Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2213; To increase the maximum Federal Pell Grant award from $200 to $4250.

Sen. Obama voted in favor of the Akaka Amendment (SA 1186) to S. 1387 The Akaka Amendment would exempt children of Filipino World War II veterans naturalized pursuant to the Immigration Act of 1990 from numerical limits on worldwide immigration. This additional exemption from caps on visa issuance would serve only to increase the flow of immigration into the United States.The Akaka Amendment passed by a vote of 97 to 9.

Sen. Obama voted in favor of a motion to invoke cloture and bring S. 1639, the “corrected and updated” version of S. 1348, the guestworker-amnesty bill that would grant an amnesty, would authorize the importation of millions of new foreign workers, and would do little to curb our illegal immigration crisis, to the Senate floor. Two weeks prior to this vote, the Senate rejected cloture on the “grand bargain” substitute amendment to S. 1348 by a 45-50 margin, thus halting – for the time being – the bill’s progress toward final passage. President Bush then stepped in to plead with Senate Republicans to give the “compromise” another look and Senate Majority Leader Reid then brought the proposal back to the Senate as a new bill, S. 1369. The motion to invoke cloture passed by a vote of 64 to 35.

3/14/08 Vote 82: S CON RES 70: DeMint Amdt. No. 4339; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace. No

3/13/08 Vote 72: On the Motion: Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340; To create a point of order against bills that would raise gasoline prices. No

3/13/08 Vote 67: S CON RES 70: Brownback Amdt. No. 4284; To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies. No

Vote 66: S CON RES 70: Allard Amdt. No. 4232; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool. No

Now I have thought about this for a while, Obama keeps saying how he is going to cut taxes for the lower incomes, how many of us lower incomes get all our fed taxes back and a little more depending on how many children? So what is his tax cut? He says he is going to raise taxes on the richer workers, so who has been paying the taxes if we get all ours and some back if not the rich? And he is going to do this because it is not fair that the rich who worked to get what they have have it and the lower incomes don't.

 Now my question is, if the higher incomes are the ones who do not get their federal taxes all back and in some cases owe more just where the heck does he think all that pork he wasted came from?

He also wants to add a tax on profits, give this some thought, if taxes go up on companies who make a profit who do you think will pay for it? If two companies came back to the U.S. because of tax breaks offered by states then if more taxes are added to them where will they go?

Then we have the double social security tax, now if congress is spending the social security taxes they get now and not on social security what will they do with more?In fiscal year 2008, Congress stuffed 11,610 projects (the second highest total ever) into the 12 appropriations bills worth $17.2 billion. Pork is where it will go.

$7,556,660 for grape and wine research.  Wine is a popular beverage.  In fact, in 2006, per capita U.S. wine consumption was 2.39 gallons while the U.S. exported 404.5 million liters of wine.  Total wine sales in 2006 were $27.8 billion.  There is no pressing need for taxpayers to pay for this research.

$4,800,000 by Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) for the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area.  The Gateway National Recreation Area’s website describes the Jamaica Bay Unit as “a wealth of history, nature and recreation, from New York City's first major airport and coastal fortifications to a wildlife refuge and pristine beaches.”  A nice place to swim away with defense dollars.

Just a few examples of where those added taxes will go and are going. Now why not get a grip on the waste in congress and stop robbing the rich to give to the congress because it is not going to the general Americans who pay the taxes.

Then we come to universal health care, if medicare cost $300. billion a year and we add the rest of the U.S. on it will end up in the trillions, where will the money come from? Are we asking the right questions? To be honest the oil companies do not make a trillion in profit so where will the money come from? Think people. And now that line item veto is gone all the pork will stay on so watch what will happen with your taxes.

Can any one say give to congress and rip off the Americans? That is what will happen.

CAGW Names Senators Who Voted to Kill DeMint-McCain Earmark Moratorium Porkers of the Month Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named all 71 senators who voted against an amendment to impose a one-year earmark moratorium in the fiscal year 2009 Budget Resolution March Porkers of the Month.

The amendment was offered by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and had fourteen bipartisan co-sponsors including all three presidential candidates.

 As Sen. DeMint has said, “The earmark process allows politicians to fund pet projects based on political power instead of merit. Earmarks are rarely subject to public hearings or oversight, and they invite the kind of corruption that has sent lawmakers to jail.”

In addition to inviting fraudulent behavior, earmarking diverts lawmakers’ attention from important national business, like saving Medicare and Social Security for future generations. Many congressional offices have one or more staffers dedicated to procuring earmarks.

 A year-long moratorium is a critical step forward to stopping Congress’s addiction to earmarking. It would give members time to reform the process, devote more effort to critical issues, and help keep money in taxpayers’ wallets instead of being diverted to Washington where it can be converted into pork. In fiscal 2008, pork-barrel spending ballooned to 11,612 projects costing $17.2 billion.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) opposed the ban as “unrealistic” and even went so far as to erroneously claim that earmarking “has been going in this country for 230-some-odd years,” and that “The Founding Fathers would be cringing to hear people talking about eliminating earmarks.”

To the contrary, the Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves right now to hear their legacy so completely distorted. In 1796, Thomas Jefferson predicted the slippery slope of the federal government funding local road projects when he said, “it will be a scene of eternal scramble among the members, who can get the most money wasted in their State; and they will always get most who are meanest.” In 1822, President James Monroe argued that federal money should be limited “to great national works only, since if it were unlimited it would be liable to abuse and might be productive of evil.”

Today, Appropriations Committee members arbitrarily pick winners and losers by earmarking funds for specific recipients. Rank and file members, backed by an army of lobbyists, bypass authorizing committees and lobby appropriators directly for pet projects. This unrivaled power over pork explains why Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), an appropriator, self-interestedly said about the amendment: “It's just such a crock. This is such political hype.”

 For protecting their personal pork projects at the expense of the national interest, CAGW names the 71 senators who voted against a year-long earmark moratorium its March 2008 Porkers of the Month.

Citizens Against Government Waste is the nation’s largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in government. Porker of the Month is a dubious honor given to lawmakers, government officials, and political candidates who have shown a blatant disregard for the interests of taxpayers.

 Akaka (D-HI)                  Baucus(D-MT)            Bennett  (R-UT)          Biden (D-DE)  Bingaman (D-NM)        Bond (R-MO)               Boxer (D-CA)               Brown (D-OH) Brownback (R-KS)        Bunning (R-KY)           Byrd (D-WV)                Cantwell (D-WA)  Cardin (D-MD)               Carper (D-DE)             Casey (D-PA)              Cochran (R-MS)  Coleman (R-MN)          Collins (R-ME)             Conrad (D-ND)           Craig (R-ID)                   Crapo (R-ID)                  Dodd (D-CT)                Domenici (R-NM)       Dorgan (D-ND)    Durbin (D-IL)                 Feinstein (D-CA)         Gregg (R-NH)              Hagel (R-NE)        Harkin (D-IA)                 Hatch (R-UT)                Hutchison (R-TX)        Inouye (D-HI)     Johnson (D-SD)           Kennedy (D-MA)           Kerry (D-MA)                Klobuchar (D-MN)   Kohl (D-WI)                    Landrieu (D-LA)           Lautenberg (D-NJ)    Leahy (D-VT)           Levin (D-MI)                   Lincoln (D-AR)              Lugar (R-IN)               Menendez (D-NJ) Mikulski (D-MD)            Murkowski (R-AK)        Murray (D-WA)            Nelson (D-FL)    Nelson (D-NE)              Pryor (D-AR)                 Reed (D-RI)                Reid (D-NV)      Roberts (R-KS)             Rockefeller (D-WV)     Salazar (D-CO)          Sanders (I-VT) Schumer (D-NY)           Shelby (R-AL)               Smith (R-OR)             Snowe (R-ME)     Specter (R-PA)              Stabenow (D-MI)          Stevens (R-AK)          Tester (D-MT)          Vitter (R-LA)                   Voinovich (R-OH)         Warner (R-VA)            Webb (D-VA) Whitehouse (D-RI)      Wicker (R-MS)               Wyden (D-OR)                                                 

These are the people who do not mind spending the billions each year instead of putting it back into social security and other failing areas of our nation. These people use it for personal gains and do not think of those of us who are paying these taxes. Note there are Democrats and Republicans. Also note who leads the crowd in wanting to keep their wasteful spending. 

CNSNews: $7.5 Million in Taxes Earmarked for Golfing

Now that is why we pay our taxes. Golf lessons for children but mind you it is putt putt golf.

Now I know congress, at least the democrats, keep telling us about the billions the oil companies make on oil, what they did not tell you is what they spent finding it.  According to Ernst & Young, from 1992 to 2006 the U.S. oil industry spent $1.25 trillion on long-term investment vs. profits of $900 billion. Is it any wonder they want to stop drilling in dry holes and start drilling where they can at least find something?

Democrats say use our reserves, then if we go to war without those very reserves and suddenly need them do we wait the 7 to 12 years the same democrats want us to beleive it will take to drill for more to replinish our supplies? It isn't called strategic oil supplies for nothing. What are they thinking?

We have a congress that is letting us down on all fronts. They want us to beleive the oil industry is getting rich off our backs but in reality they are losing money and will not drill any longer where there is little or no oil and they have made it clear they do not want the leases they have and here is congress saying drill where you have the leases or we will take them back. Hey congress, don't you get it? The oil industry doesn't care if you take them. I got it and I am not a college grad.

Then you have Obama saying a gas tax is a gimic to get elected, Hmmmmmm, well guess what, here is Obama's original thought on that:

Obama took a different view on the issue when he was an Illinois legislator, voting at least three times in favor of temporarily lifting the state's 5% sales tax on gasoline. The tax holiday was finally approved during a special session in June 2000, when Illinois motorists were furious that gas prices had just topped $2 a gallon in Chicago. Seems he was for a gas-tax moratorium before he was against it.

Not only was he for it then he wanted his name on the pumps saying he was responsible for it.

So we all sit back and suffer while he and the idiots in congress get tax free gas and we keep paying and our oil sources dry up. Yes we need to use alternatives and we need to explore  and create new means of energy but we also need to save the billions we spend importing oil, and the oil spills from the tankers, and get busy here drilling for our own. Why is it that it is alright for Cuba to explore for oil 45 miles off the FL coast but we can not drill off our own coasts?

We had better wake up and smell the coffee before we are in real trouble.

Take note of the powers of congress. Congress controls federal spending.  They also control interstate and foreign commerce, definition or commerce is as follows:

trade in goods and services: the large-scale buying and selling of goods and services
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Then we go to the statement it is the spending on the war in Iraq. Note that the congress was given the same infor as the president and they are the ONLY ones who can declare war so they are responsible but like children and criminals, blame some one else.

Then we have Pork  barrel spending and Senator Stevens. The definition of pork is more or less that a person attches it to a bill for personal gains. Kind of like two Senators who work on a commity to regulate morgages and are given special low % rates on their home morgages. Pork Barrel should be illegal as well as special intrest groups and lobiest. Where any of them are we can count on taxes going to them.

Still, when everything is taken into account look who is responciable for the spending. How do you blame another person for what you are suppose to be doing?

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/nation
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The Constitution grants Congress "all legislative powers" in the national government. Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution lists a wide range of congressional powers, including:

• Coining money.
• Maintaining a military.
• Declaring war on other countries.
• Regulating interstate and foreign commerce

Congress also controls federal taxing and spending policies—one of the most important sources of power in the government. The Constitution also gives Congress the authority to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper," an implied source of power sometimes called the Elastic Clause.

In addition to the power described above, Congress shares powers with the president in matters such as, framing U.S. foreign policy and control over the military. For example, while the president negotiates treaties, they are only put into effect once the Senate approves them. Also, while Congress can declare war and approve funds for the military, the president is the commander-in-chief of the military.

Note there is nothing the president can do without the congress approving it. So if these are the responsibilities of congress then why do they keep shifting the blame? I have been curious about this for years as I learned how our government was run as a child in school.

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by jax276 Last Post 1 hour Ago

Obama Jul 27, 2008 | 8:27 PM Category: News Report This Post This comment from a US Marine, does not go along with what we saw on national liberal TV Received this from someone who was in Afghanistan when Obama blew in. Hi all FYI--for what freedom is worth. Tiffany and Jeff Porter are our friends who live in Virginia. (Below is from Tiffany) I don't know each of your personal political convictions, and apologize if anyone finds this offensive. I thought it was important enough to share. This is Jeff's first hand view of Senator Obama. Tiffany ---------- Forwarded Message ----------

 Hello everyone, As you know I am not a very political person. I just wanted to pass along that Senator Obama came to Bagram Afghanistan for about an hour on his visit to 'The War Zone'. I wanted to share with you what happened. He got off the plane and got into a bullet proof vehicle, got to the area to meet with the Major General (2 Star) who is the commander here at Bagram.

 As the Soldiers where lined up to shake his hand he blew them off and didn't say a word as he went into the conference room to meet the General. As he finished, the vehicles took him to the ClamShell (pretty much a big top tent that military personnel can play basketball or work out in with weights) so he could take his publicity pictures playing basketball.

He again shunned the opportunity to talk to Soldiers to thank them for their service So really he was just here to make a showing for the American's back home that he is their candidate for President. I think that if you are going to make an effort to come all the way over here you would thank those that are providing the freedom that they are providing for you.

 I swear we got more thanks from the NBA Basketball Players or the Dallas Cowboy Cheer leaders than from one of the Senators, who wants to be the President of the United States. I just don't understand how anyone would want him to be our Commander-and-Chief.

It was almost that he was scared to be around those that provide the freedom for him and our great country. If this is blunt and to the point I am sorry but I wanted you all to know what kind of caliber of person he really is. What you see in the news is all fake.

In service

 CPT Jeffrey S. Porter

Battle Captain

TF Wasatch

 American Soldier

 Don Herpen herpen@comast.net

American by birth

MARINE by the grace of God

Semper Fi

Everyone remembers the smoking ban and the need to tell us when, where and if we can smoke. Do you remember the people saying it is a bad thing to give the government the power to ban anything legal? Do you remember being told if one right is remove it will lead to others?

Well get this, LA is banning MC Donalds, Buger King, Taco Bell, and various other fast food restruants. They have decided if the people can not eat right then they will make them by getting rid of fast foods. They have made the choice for the people. The people of LA eat too much fast food so we stop letting them in the citiy.

Now we do have a problem with people being over wieght but you do not see MSG being banned from food. It is not needed to preserve food and is used to make people eat more. You know the old saying, "Bet you can't eat just one", and not many can because of MSG. Also it is proven MSG can cause certain people to gain wieght. So why is it still used?

The problem I have with the government, be it state or federal, telling us what we can do or can not do is they start out small and excelerate as they are doing. NY is trying to ban donut shops. So what next? All cakes, breads that are not whole grain, cookies, ice creams, sugar, pasta? All these things can make us fat. So do we ban them?

Do we get rid of oils, candy, and other foods as well? Do we force all of us to eat salads, fresh fruit and veggies? Do we get rid of hamburger, pork, and other fatty meats? Just where do we stop once the goverment takes over how we eat? No more pies, be they apple or pot pies. Where is the line? We opened the door to allow the government to tell us what we can do and can not do even if it is not illegal and now little by little they are growing in telling us what we can do.

Remember the ban on smoking started in one state and advanced to all. Will another of our rights soon be gone? Or should I ask will many of our rights be gone? Should we worry? Yes, we have a government that thinks we need to be told what, when and how to do. We need to stop eating fast food, we need to lower our air and heating, we need to drive less, we need a hybred car, we need solar panels, we need to stop smoking, we need to wear seat belts, we need...... the list goes on and on. So where does it end?

Once the government starts telling us what to do we become socialistic, and our country is a republic, where we have the right to do things even if they are not good for us. It is not good for many to box but they do, so will the government ban that? We need to stop and think and put a halt to governmental controls over legal choices. We have the right to eat what we want to even if it is a Big Mac and not a salad.

Just a touch of humor. I think we need some now.