August 1st, 2008
The House Republicans finally get some nuts!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House and turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices.
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders opposed the motion to adjourn the House, arguing that Pelosi’s refusal to schedule a vote allowing offshore drilling is hurting the American economy. They have refused to leave the floor after the adjournment motion passed at 11:23 a.m. and are busy bashing Pelosi and her fellow Democrats for leaving town for the August recess…
“This is the people’s House,� Rep, Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) said. “This is not Pelosi’s politiburo.�
It’s about time the GOP members in the House started acting like true conservatives again. I hope they keep it up during recess and continue to pour it on when they return. Don’t go out without a fight!
Maybe “>Mr. T. paid John Boehner an unannounced visit…
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June 17th, 2008
For all the price-gouging accusations from the left and Congress, ExxonMobil is struggling to make ends meet.
Exxon Mobil, proclaimed by the no-drill demagogues to be the poster child for gas gouging, recognizes this as well, deciding to unload its 800 company-owned stations and an additional 1,400 dealer-operated locations to distributors.
Still, Democrats will say Exxon and its unindicted co-conspirators still make obscene profits. The fact is that American oil companies in 2007 had an 8.3% profit margin, compared with 8.9% for all U.S. manufacturing. The cigarette and beverage companies’ profit margin was 19.1%. Drug companies made 18.4%.
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