Sideblog: whose side are you on, anyway?

Posted By: Adam 5 Comments
Republicans have blocked both windfall tax on oil companies and tax incentives for alternative energy. Whose side are they on anyway?

5 responses to “Sideblog: whose side are you on, anyway?”

  1. Well this was supposed to go onto the sideblog and thus not be available for comment, but I obviously screwed that up. (argh! fat thumbs on the blackberry!)

    Here are your news stories:
    <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_go_co/congress_oil_profits"; rel="nofollow">Senate Republicans block windfall taxes on Big Oil [yahoo news]</a>,
    and <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5icrolgbXr0mlnZQmLr-1svIyNDpwD917AMFO0"; rel="nofollow">Package of tax breaks, energy incentives blocked in Senate [AP]</a>.

    Then there's <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-06-10-senate-oil_N.htm?csp=34"; rel="nofollow">This USA Today article</a>, which covers both topics, and says:

    <blockquote>Shortly after the oil tax vote, Republicans blocked a second proposal that would extend tax breaks that have either expired or are scheduled to end this year for wind, solar and other alternative energy development, and for the promotion of energy efficiency and conservation. Again Democrats could not get the 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster.</blockquote>

    Adam

    Adam ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  2. The faster they can squash the middle class Americans, the faster they can add to their own bottom lines.

    MomT

    MomT ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  3. What's your source and is this the full picture?

    Ed

    Ed ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  4. My party is failing me. I am tired of Bush, I am tired of Congress. HOWEVER, all problems cannot be tied to Republicans. On June 11th, the congressional committe in charge of energy policy voted whether to allow drilling on the US's outer continental shelf. The vote was 50/50, right down party lines. ALL dems said no, ALL reps said yes. Furthermore, on the same day, Obama was quoted as saying, "the price of gasoline isn't the problem. $4 a gallon for gasoline isn't the problem. The high price of oil is not the problem. The problem is it's just risen too quickly." I have a big problem with this mindset.

    Read Glenn Beck's commentary on why gas is so freakin' expensive here: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/11289

    I am really starting to doubt if I can consciously vote for either candidate in this election. Where do we find these people?

    Ed

    Ed ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  5. You know, I'm a dyed in the wool Independent. I try to do research, listen to the candidates and then pick who I think will do a good job. Sometimes its been a Dem, sometimes a Republican, and once, even an Independent.

    I think Glenn Beck makes a great argument. I can't help but think, and dont get me wrong, I'm ALL FOR saving the planet, and decreasing my carbon footprint and all that stuff, doing my share, etc.. . . but, we are soooo busy saving the ants and the worms and the moles, etc. Who is going to save the humans? We are going to run ourselves right into extinction if we keep on the way we are.

    Either we are going to run ourselves crazy with the high price of everything (because we can't seem to come to a compromise on the drilling and such) and so many people will go "postal" and kill so many of us that sanity will not rule; or we will truly give the animals the run of the earth and we will become the prey instead of the predator (i.e. the ones who supposedly have the highest form of intelligence).

    There must be a compromise somewhere in there.

    MomT

    MomT ~ Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM