I saw Michael Steele on Hannity last night.  He's not convincing me that he's the right man to lead the GOP.  He's way too laid back.  He seems to just shrug his shoulders and say "Oh well."  The GOP needs someone who is a fighter.  Who can get up there and pound away at the party message.  Is there any fight left in the party?

Mark Kirk really wants to be Senator from Illinois.  We'll just have to see if this stunt helps or hurts him.  It's pretty obvious that it didn't help any other American.

Today is quite the day when it comes to tremendous losses of life on history-changing battlefields...

1861 – The 26th North Carolina enters a sleepy little Pennsylvania town looking for shoes. Little did they know history was about to be written.

1898 – The Battle of San Juan Hill occurs, as 15,000 US troops overpower 800 Cubans.

1916 – The bloodiest day in British history begins as the meat grinder of war along the River Somme begins to churn out 20,000 dead and 40,000 wounded in one day.

1942 – After a 250 day siege, the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol falls to the Nazis. The siege cost the lives of over 200,000 soldiers and civilians.

Most horrific of all? Fred Schneider turns 58!

Pelosi uses torture to round up votes among the democratics:

"One of Pelosi’s first targets was Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), a key fence-sitter who wanted more money generated from the carbon trading to be directed to the research and development of green technology. Pelosi talked to him again and again, but he wouldn’t budge. Her message to him was the same as it was to others: It wasn’t worth voting against the bill because of what wasn’t in it.

According to witnesses, Pelosi perched herself on the arm of Holt’s chair and went nose to nose with him for a half-hour warning him that his no vote could scuttle the entire climate change effort — and that liberals would have another chance to make their case once the bill came back from the Senate.

Around 2 o’clock, he became a 'yes.' "

Could anyone withstand that kind of abuse?

Ref: Chaos, Arm-Twisting Gave Pelosi Win:  http://essenceofpolitics.blogspot.com

http://hotair.com/ar...

Good for them. 

Obama is on the wrong side, once again.

-Dave

"Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof"  -Herman Cain

 I am just glad that I live in a state without any of these bozos.  I may come up with other reasons to vote against the Republicans running here, but at least they are not disqualified (from my vote) from the get-go.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho

A sign of life from Hillary: Clinton Urged Obama to Talk Tough on Iran: http://www.washingtontimes.com

I expect more of this, now that some kind of honeymoon is over and Hillary has to lay some tracks of independence to guarantee her future. As the Bamster screws up, she has to have something to point back to as evidence that she didn't agree with him and simply had to follow orders. Watch for the leaks from foggy bottom.

This was actually on the front page of the Washington Post!!

 Sen. Daniel K. Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.

The bank, Central Pacific Financial, was an unlikely candidate for a program designed by the Treasury Department to bolster healthy banks. The firm's losses were depleting its capital reserves. Its primary regulator, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., already had decided that it didn't meet the criteria for receiving a favorable recommendation and had forwarded the application to a council that reviewed marginal cases, according to agency documents.

Two weeks after the inquiry from Inouye's office, Central Pacific announced that the Treasury would inject $135 million.

Many lawmakers have worked to help home-state banks get federal money since the Treasury announced in October that it would invest up to $250 billion in healthy financial firms. But the Inouye inquiry stands apart because of the senator's ties to Central Pacific. While at least 33 senators own shares in banks that got federal aid, a review of financial disclosures and records obtained from regulatory agencies shows no other instance of the office of a senator intervening on behalf of a bank in which he owned shares.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063004229.html?hpid=topnews

While not immediately noting that Inouye is a Dem, they do mention in para 5.

"The Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"

www.campaignforliber...

As you head east on I-10, making your way towards Palm Springs, you're treated to the reason Mary Bono voted for that phony "Global Warming" bill (well, beside the fact that the Palm Springs area is becoming increasingly liberal as the theatre-types keep rolling in because they can have a wealthy and somewhat captive audience of bored retirees come to watch them perform)...that massive wind farm in the hills alongside the highway.  Though it can get quite windy out there, the wind farm is useless.  The lion's share of the fans don't even operate.  Mary Bono is a joke, she must be electorally punished for this.  If this means a Democrat replaces her, fine.  Of what use is a Republican in that seat if that Republican is going to vote with Nancy Pelosi on something this important?

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."  -George Best

Instructions from the Bamster have gone out to the states on how they are to lie about employment statistics: Obama Asking States to Lie When Counting Jobs Saved or Created: http://www.americanthinker.com

Waxman hospitalized 

JDW

DAILY WAVE

When people fear their government there is tyranny.

When government fears the people there is liberty.

LOL-I could almost kiss her. Almost:

http://hotair.com/ar...

-Dave

"Obama's health care "reform" plan is to blow up the building in order to fix a leak in the roof"  -Herman Cain

Anyone else seen this . Who woke up Helen?

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Normal
0

false
false
false

MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }

/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:#0400;
mso-fareast-language:#0400;
mso-bidi-language:#0400;}

I live in Mary
Bono's district, and after her vote, I sent an email  to her expressing my
dissatisfaction with her vote, and that I would actively work to assure she
would not be re-elected.  I just received this response from her
office.  I apologize for the length.  I have edited out my personal information for privacy.

July 1, 2009

Dear Mr:

Thank you for writing regarding the
American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454. This legislation passed
the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, and now awaits action in
the U. S. Senate.

I voted in support of this legislation
to move the process forward and help our region realize the benefits of
advancing clean energy technology, while at the same time recognizing that
areas for improvement still exist. I appreciate your taking the time to
express your specific views, as it will help guide our debate and facilitate
important changes to H.R. 2454 as it moves to the Senate. 

There are several reasons why we must
take the issue of regulating greenhouse gases very seriously, and why we should
grapple with this issue within Congress as opposed to leaving this to the whims
of bureaucrats in Washington. 

While some have debated the causes and
even the validity of global climate change, few debate the need for our nation
to reduce its dependence on foreign oil and other traditional carbon-based
energy sources, and also develop more American alternative energy production so
that our nation may become more energy independent. This is not just a matter
of economic and energy security but truly a matter of our future national
security as well.

If Congress does not take action to
address regulating greenhouse gases, it is clear that the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is already taking steps to implement new
regulations on all domestic industries with little input from Congress or
affected residents.

On April 2, 2007, the United States
Supreme Court ruled that greenhouse gases are a pollutant, creating the
authority for the EPA to directly regulate these emissions. This decision
instructed the EPA to look at these gases and determine if, as pollutants, they
do in fact cause harm to humans and contribute to global climate change. 

Shortly after President Obama was
elected, it became clear his Administration would further examine this issue,
as the guidance from the Supreme Court was clear in stating that if climate
change threatens human health, they must consider actions to cut the gases they
find to be explicitly harmful. Following this ruling, the EPA announced on
April 17, 2009, that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are
pollutants and are subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act of 1990, which
was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. This decision is
commonly called the "Endangerment Finding," and is the first signal
that, in my estimation, the EPA was very serious about taking action to
regulate our domestic businesses emitting greenhouse gases, even without
Congressional input.  

It is crucial, especially for our
agriculture communities, that we do not stand idly by while a mechanism that
results in the EPA regulating everything from major industries to
small businesses, and even taking the right to regulate methane from livestock
can occur. It is very important to note that H.R. 2454 actually removes
the ability of the EPA to regulate emissions unilaterally under the Clean Air
Act. This is vital, as our domestic businesses cannot and should not be
forced to operate under the fear of the uncertainty that can come from the
bureaucratic red tape created when EPA mandates aggressive and stringent
regulations. Ensuring the EPA is not allowed to regulate these substances under
the Clean Air Act, as they are currently empowered to do, is one of the primary
reasons why this legislation was necessary. Without Congressional direction,
new burdensome regulations will leave small businesses vulnerable to new
emissions controls from the EPA that will go too far. 

President Obama, in my opinion, sought
the wrong approach to addressing this issue, an approach that was truly a
"cap and tax" regime. Earlier this year, the President pressed for an
auction of 100% of the emissions credits that the government would create and
force domestic companies to purchase if they had emissions that exceeded
certain levels. These payments would then revert back to the Federal
Government's General Fund at the Treasury Department to pay for a series of
other items including a government-run health care regime and expansion of
other federal government programs. 

H.R. 2454 does not use this
approach, which would have significantly increased the price of energy for
consumers. This
approach was included in the President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget proposal and
is a component with which I strongly disagree. In fact, I opposed the Budget
when it came to the Floor of the House on April 29, 2009. This Budget included
tax increases of over $1.5 trillion that would hurt workers, families, and
small businesses. 

The proper legislative approach was
never to raise federal revenues, but instead provide incentives directly to the
companies that are interested in taking on the challenges of cleaning up their
current emissions levels or implementing new technologies to make themselves
more efficient - in effect reducing costs and improving their output. 

Further compounding the complexity of
this issue, the State of California enacted Assembly
Bill 32 in 2006, which directed the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to
establish a greenhouse gases cap regulation to lower emissions to 1990 levels
by 2020. 

The emissions targets in H.R. 2454 are
actually less stringent than those within California's A.B.
32. It is even more important to note that the more reasonable approach in
H.R. 2454 pre-empts the California State law on the cap and trade portion so
that, if properly addressed, the entire U.S. can more efficiently work to clean
up our greenhouse gas emissions nation-wide over the next few years. 

The fact is, California already utilizes generally cleaner
energy resource inputs for its electricity production. In recognition of
the current economic challenges we face, the House bill does not
take effect until 2012. This legislation ensures that California is rewarded for taking those early
actions, as we should not be penalized for our role as an innovator in new
technologies, especially in alternative energy industries with the potential to
create jobs.

It is that forward-thinking approach to
our nation's energy future that brought major U.S.- based companies like Johnson
& Johnson, DuPont, and Conoco Phillips to support legislation like this
over the years. Such legislation provides the certainty that companies
need to invest in new clean energy solutions and bring us closer to realizing
the benefits, including job creation, from these new technologies. These
are the companies that will help provide new jobs in our own region as we begin
to push to revive our economy. Investors and entrepreneurs will clearly see the
opportunities for leading the world in new energy technology manufacturing and
ideas that can be exported around the globe. 

Our region is in a unique position: we
have vast potential for more wind, solar, and geothermal energy production
facilities to be built in Riverside County. Due to the state of the
economy, it is crucial that those who are seeking new employment opportunities
have options that include jobs created from more green energy production in the
area.

I fully appreciate that H.R. 2454 needs
continued improvements. That is why during the debate on the American
Clean Energy and Security Act, I voted in favor of the Rep. Forbes (R-VA)
substitute amendment, based on the text of the New Manhattan Project
for Energy Independence, H.R. 513. The Manhattan bill set a goal of reducing our
dependence on foreign oil by 50% in 10 years and 100% in 20 years. The bill
pushes incentives for renewable energy, clean coal, and other low emissions
energy sources. It enhances research, especially in fusion, bio-fuels,
carbon-capture systems and efficiency upgrades. Unfortunately, this bill was
defeated by a vote of 172 to 256.

There is no reason why we cannot advance
our domestic energy production and incorporate them into this legislation, from
streamlining energy industry permitting processes, opening up drilling for oil
in ANWR, aggressively pursuing clean coal, and removing government red tape
that prevents us from using more oil resources like the oil shale reserves
throughout the western United
States.

Nuclear energy also plays a crucial role
in our domestic energy future, as it is highly-efficient and emissions
free. H.R. 2454 recognizes this by creating the Clean Energy Deployment
Administration, which will provide loans and loan guarantees for large nuclear
power development projects. The nuclear energy industry will see serious growth
in a model where we seek to reduce carbon emissions in the electric sector.
Studies have shown this legislation's goals will require 30-40 additional
nuclear plants by 2030, and an additional 86 new plants by 2040. This is vital,
as the last new reactor to come on-line was in 1996, and we actually have fewer
generating units in our country today then were operating in 1994.

As someone who chose not to cosponsor
this bill, I look forward to further debate in the Senate, as there is clearly
more work ahead to refine and improve this legislation. That is why I so
deeply value your continued input. California is recognized as
a world leader in technological advancements and must continue to be a leader
on this front, as we have an obligation to make a cleaner energy economy a
reality in the decades ahead.

Again, thank you for taking the time to
write. For your convenience, you can sign up to receive regular email updates
from me on issues important to the 45th District at www.bonomack.house.gov/emailsignup. Please feel free to
contact me on other matters of mutual concern.

Sincerely,

MARY BONO MACK

Member of Congress

    M

MBM/jb

Sincerely,

MARY BONO
Member of Congress

***PLEASE NOTE - DO NOT REPLY TO
THIS EMAIL DIRECTLY, AS IT WAS SENT FROM AN UNATTENDED MAIL BOX.  IF YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, PLEASE ACCESS MY WEB SITE AT
http://www.bono.hous.... THANK YOU.

Anti-Zelaya and anti-Obama, pro-constitutional law protests in Honduras. Will the US liberal media dare cover the protests and offend the Bamster?

Obama Should Not Succomb to Chavez:  http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

I see no evidence that the liberal media is willing to tell the truth about what happened in Honduras. They persist in calling it some kind of military coup which is ridiculous.

To the Cap and Traitors. How much does it cost to buy a vote nowadays? Is there a conversion chart for pieces of gold to votes? What will you be doing when you retire? Will you be working for GE or maybe Al Gore? A nice seat on the Carbo trading commission? Just asking.

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneqaul sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery" Winston Churchill