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September 23, 2008After seeing the disastrous reaction to their hoax non-drilling energy proposal, it appears that Democrats are finally ready to give up and let the misguided ban on off-shore oil drilling expire at the end of September.
Via the always-aces PA Watercooler comes word that Governor Rendell is looking at raising Pennsylvania’s gas taxes, already among the highest in the nation, as a way to overcome a transportation budget shortfall.
Increasing the state gas tax might be the only way to generate money for roads, bridges and mass transit as legislative leaders on Friday resisted calls to vote on a $12.8 billion offer to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a governor’s spokesman said.
“To make up the shortfall, we’re looking at a gas tax increase,” said Rendell spokesman Chuck Ardo. “Where else are we going to find the money for the shortfall in transportation funding?”
I don’t know about you, but when I find out in my own life that less money than expected will be coming in, I cut expenses.
You know what, Ed? You’re so slick and persuasive, why not cut down on the time spent analyzing football games on Comcast Sportsnet and redirect your energy to negotiating some better deals on supplies and materials. Cut projects down to the bone or do them for less.
Times are tight all around, Ed. You, like the rest of us, can’t just go looking for someone to jack the money from when it gets hard to make ends meet.
Cut the budget. Alex suggests starting with a couple unproven pipe-dream energy schemes.
Tom Manion, Republican challenger to gun-confiscating Democrat Congressman Patrick Murphy, has spelled out his reasoned energy plan in a Guest Opinion published in the Bucks County Courier-Times. It’s refreshing, after a couple years of Nancy Pelosi’s parrot Mini-Me kowtowing to leftist lobbyists, to see a reasonable and workable energy plan laid out by someone who understands the concerns of the area’s working families.
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Congressional Republicans remain at work in Washington DC, protesting the Democrat-induced Congressional vacation, trying to get Congress called back into session so we can get an up or down vote on drilling to lower gas prices. But PA 8th Congressional District’s own Li’l Pat Murphy is at home enjoying the time off. Courier Times Now reports that Murphy is scheduled to judge a Zucchini race in Lower Makefield Thursday night. I guess anything is better than being forced by Mama Nancy to vote against drilling for lower gas prices in opposition the wishes of the voters in his district.
There’s apparently no end to the duties of a United States Congressman. Patrick Murphy, D-8, is scheduled to judge zucchini races about 5 p.m. Thursday at the Lower Makefield Farmers’ Market. The event involves painting and decorating zucchini squashes, attaching wheels, and racing them down a course, market organizers said. If Murphy can’t make it, the race still goes on, they added. The market is held every Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the township’s Edgewood Pocket Park at the intersection of Edgewood and Heacock Roads.
Maybe Bucks Couny residents suffering from high gas and oil prices should send zucchinis to Li’l Pat’s office as a way to tell him to cut the play and get back to Washington and back to work for us.
Look for Democrats who’s Congressional seats are up for grabs in tight races this fall like Bucks County’s dedicated Nancy Pelosi Mini-Me Patrick Murphy to suddenly reverse course and back offshore drilling to relieve pricing pressure at the pump now that Pelosi has quietly told them it’s OK to do so. Murphy does nothing without Mama Nancy’s explicit approval. Pelosi’s reasoning seems to be that she will grow her House majority after November, so the issue will never come to a vote anyway.
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Congressional Republicans are continuing the session of the House of Representatives this evening, even after the Democrats have adjourned, turned off the lights, turned off the cameras, put on their sun glasses, and gone on vacation.
Democrats like Patrick “Li’l Pat” Murphy have gone home, but Republican members are staging a raucus protest on the House floor, some claiming they will stay until Congress is called back into session to vote for energy independence and others chanting “Vote, Vote, Vote.”
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who was on a plane headed home, went back to the Capitol, walking on to the floor dragging his luggage. He got a standing ovation.
Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) called it a “new Boston Tea Party!”
Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) said he was “not leaving until we call this Congress back into session and vote for energy independence.”
Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said the dimly lit chamber is a “vision of the future by the Democrat Party: The lights are out, there’s no power, and the air conditioning is gonna go off soon.”
Call the DC offices of these brave Republicans who are fighting for our energy independence and thank them for (finally) fighting the do-nothing Democrats.
With gasoline prices still hovering at about $4 a gallon and no end in sight to the problems with our shallow supply of oil, the US Congress led by Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Little Bobby Casey and Patrick “sMurphy” Murphy are set to take a one-month vacation without taking any action on the matter.
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The actual McCain campaign might seem like a flailing mess without a message right now, but all of McCain’s broadcast ads have been tight, crisp and effective. The latest, called “Pump” and focused on domestic drilling, is no exception.
C. Stephen Allred, assistant US Secretary for Land and Minerals, announced the availability of 3.9 million acres of Alaskan land for oil drilling. All that’s standing in the way of getting this oil and lowering energy costs is a congressional ban on domestic drilling that Democrat congressional leadership refuses to lift.
[NOTE: The New York Times says the area is 2.6 million acres containing 3.7 billion barrels of oil. I've updated the title to reflect the updated information. Perhaps it's a US/UK weights and measures discrepancy]
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You may have read several articles in left-wing smear rags like McClatchy newspapers that the response of your local fire company is being negatively effected by soaring gas prices. Spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt about how terrible things are is the MO of the left during election years when there’s a Republican incumbent. They may have gone something like this, from Thursday:
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