More Stupid Politics and the Politicians Who Use Them

I'll skewer the AP later.  But they want to make bloggers pay for quoting (using FAIR USE) of their articles.  Really?  Get ready to shell out the $$$, AP.  You owe quite a few bloggers (ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SPECTRUM) some serious ca$h. 

Are you $ure you want to play thi$ game?  Helloooo...

But I digress.  Again.  First, a link to the article:  http://www.foxnews.com/urgent_queue/index.html#a54ef44,2008-06-18

"We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market." - Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)

This is the United States.  Not Venezuala, nor the former Soviet Union.  I know that you can't get that through your head, but our economy would need to seriously change.  OH, that's right ... you WANT a socialist economy.  Guess what?  A great many Americans DON'T.  I'm one of them.  I've seen you 'manage' Medicare and Medicaid.  Shall we even mention what a debacle those two are?  You can stick this one where the sun don't shine.

"They (Republicans) have a one-trick pony approach." - Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)

And so do quite a few Democrats.  Ms. Clinton for one.  Mr. Obama for another.  Oh, let's not forget Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) who, in 'investigating' the Oklahoma City Bombing INSISTED on ignoring evidence of Middle Eastern involvement.  This included 22 SWORN AFFIDAVITS.  Talk about a dog-and-pony show.  Yes, he's a Republican, but he also deserves skewering.  If you can't figure it out by now (and you're a politician so you probably CAN'T), if I believe you deserve a skewering, that's what you're going to get.

"You cannot drill your way out of this." - Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA)

He actually has a point.  Drilling in ANWR would only give us another 25 - 30 years of oil and then we'd be right back in the mess we're in now.  We need to get off of oil ... period.  Not because it's "ruining" the environment (The science is nowhere NEAR clear on this) but because we're running out ... and because there are better ways to go.  He's got the right idea, but for all the wrong reasons. 

And for my last quote:

"The White House has become a ventriloquist for the oil and gas energy. The finger should be directed back at them. They had plenty of opportunity to (arrange an energy policy). But they did not put an energy policy in place."

Guess what, Mr. Markey?  Neither did Bill Clinton!  Neither did George Bush Sr.  Neither did Ronald Reagan.  Neither did Gerald Ford.  Neither did Jimmy Carter.  Get the point yet?  If you're going to point the finger of blame at Republicans (which they do deserve on this) then you must also point it at the Democrats who could have done something, but didn't.  Neither political party can claim altruism this time.

You want to blame the Republicans?  Fine.  Then you must also blame Bill Clinton.  Of course, you're not going to mention that ... are you?