Deep Something

Congress Wants More Giveaways to Big Oil

September 27, 2005 B. John 259 Views alternative fuels, big oil, Congress, conservation, Corruption, giveaways, hurricane, hydrogen, idiocy, idiot, Katrina, oil, oil shortage, stupid

Bush’s allies in Congress are using high gas prices as another excuse for massive giveaways to the oil industry. The Los Angeles Times reports that conservative “leaders in Congress announced plans to introduce new legislation or amend existing measures to bestow more tax breaks on the industry and provide other incentives left out of the big energy bill Bush signed into law in August.”

Politics

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

September 27, 2005 B. John 222 Views Bush, conservation, conserve, gas crisis, idiot, president, save, Travel, U.S., W

Bush’s comments yesterday — encouraging the country to skip non-essential trips — raised questions about his own recent travel habits. Today, Bush embarks on his seventh trip to the Gulf Coast this month.

Congress Corruption Politics Society

Katrina: Republican Excuse to Continue Regressive Agenda

September 22, 2005 B. John 296 Views arrogant, christian, Congress, conservation, cronies, environmental protection, humanities, immoral, jesus, medicaid, medicare, moral, national endowment for the humanities, national public radio, NPR, oil, oil companies, progressive, protections, regressive, republicans, stupid, tax cuts, thoughtless, wealthy

With great fanfare, and recalling the “Gingrich Revolution” of the 1990s, House conservatives yesterday proposed a broad set of spending cuts they said would help offset the costs of the Katrina reconstruction effort. Their plan reduces the budget by $500 billion over 10 years, and does so in large part by dismantling programs that invest in middle- and working-class Americans.