All VoteVets, All the Time
Sorry, but catching up on a ton of VoteVets related emails. Amazing how many emails I get about these F*tards. Anyway, someone sent me this press release from VV about the Global Warming Fiasco Bill.
“Finally, we’re serious about getting off foreign oil and protecting America,” said Jon Soltz, Chairman of VoteVets.org and an Iraq War Veteran. “Billions in middle east oil money have gone to the same terrorists we’re fighting, endangering our troops, and putting America at risk. The House took a great step forward today to cut that addiction to foreign oil, and now the Senate has to follow suit. This is about the security of troops and America. The Senate must pass it.”
That is in line with my previous post, wherein he cites bullshit data which he can’t even begin to defend. But, VV played an active role in the passage of the bill, just look:
VoteVets.org was incredibly active in pushing for passage of the bill in the House. VoteVets.org: […]
Ran over a million dollars’ worth of television ads urging members to vote for the bill. Ads were run in the home districts of Reps. Matheson (UT), Green (TX), Gonzalez (TX), Melancon (LA), Pomeroy (ND), Ross (AR), and Barrow (GA)
Just for giggles, I looked at the votes cast by those 7 Congressmen. 1 Million dollars and they got 5 “no” votes, and 2 “yes” votes. But, did they actually turn the yes votes?
Washington, DC – Representative Gene Green today voted in favor of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, which passed the House of Representatives 219-212.
Representative Green gave this statement in support of the legislation on the floor of the House of Representatives: […]
I represent the Port of Houston, a petrochemical complex that stretches along the Texas Gulf Coast and is home to thousands of chemical industry and petroleum refining jobs.
We cannot allow the petrochemical and refining industries to migrate out of America. They are vital to our economic and national security, and we cannot outsource this capability.
These energy-intensive industries could be left vulnerable to foreign competitors not facing carbon regulations if we do not carefully craft transitional policies to prevent job loss and strengthen U.S. industries at home.
I want to thank Congressman Inslee and Congressman Doyle for putting forward a proposal to provide 15% of free allowances to emissions-intensive industries to address competitiveness concerns especially in the chemical industry.
In other words, Green voted for it because it brought home more subsidies to his district. It had nothing to do with all that nonsense that Soltz was talking.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the only one who spreads more fertilizer than the Archer Daniels Midland Company is Jon Soltz.
Category: Politics
That can’t be his real name. Mr. Green, Gene.
Keep it comming, TSO. Good to see this dirtbag taking a beating.
Hey TSO. Have you read the thing? I do value your perspective.
I have my own gas well (and a chunk coal at that), will they be coming for me?
Can I still cut my trees for firewood?
“Finally, we’re serious about getting off foreign oil and protecting America,”
Sure, we are. If “we” were, I think there’d be a whole lot more DOMESTIC oil drilling. And more refineries being built. Somehow, as I look around me, I don’t see either one happening. (chirp, chirp, chirp).
So thanks, all you Demonrats, socialists and environazis, for a whole lot of our money going overseas.
As for the VV money to influence the “Cap & Tax” vote, it was money well spent to give a boost to the economy. Reganomics trickle-down, anyone?
And Matheson and the other two Utah representitives (Chaffetz and Bishop), all voted NO to this steaming pile of fecal fertilizer. Again, money well spent, I’d say.