DeLay Is At It Again!
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<<...Around 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning, DeLay slipped a $1.5 billion giveaway into the energy bill to big oil companies - including Halliburton and Marathon Oil. This last minute addition to the energy bill will DOUBLE the tax incentives to the richest oil companies of them all, Halliburton and Marathon Oil.
Oil companies, of course are DeLay's largest campaign contributors.
Aren't Senators and Representatives "hired" by the American people, to DO WHAT IS BEST FOR US?! Or, have I gotten that all wrong?
This latest stunt by DeLay is all too typical of how today's corrupt (republican) Congress operates. They got to where they are because the American people trusted them to do what is best for us. Unfortunately, as soon as they get there, they basically turn around and say,
"Screw you! Big business gives me big MONEY! I'm gonna do what THEY tell me to...no matter HOW much it hurts the average American. I don't KNOW any average Americans personally...this doesn't affect anyone I know...so I don't care."
So, where is the ACCOUNTABILITY?! I'll tell you where it is...this is how our republican Congress thinks: They believe in accountability, morals and ethics...but ONLY for democrats.
Here's how it works:
Bush LIES about WMD. Bush LIES about an emplied "connection" between Iraq and 9/11. He even LIES about Iraq "trying to buy enriched uranium for Niger". ALL of these have been PROVEN to be LIES. (And lets not forget the "Downing Street Memo".)
So, what happens to our president for telling these lies that have cost OVER 1700 American soldiers their lives so far?
NOTHING! Nada. Not a damn thing. NO accountability. No consequences.
Karl Rove and Scooter Libby commited TREASON against the United States when they leaked the name of a covert CIA agent to reporter Robert Novak, who then told the entire world who Valerie Plame was.
**By the way folks, if you know your recent history, you might remember that Karl Rove was FIRED from George H. W. Bush's administration...for LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. Does anyone happen to remember WHOM he leaked that classified information to? That's right folks...it was his buddy...ROBERT NOVAK! Coincidence? I think not!**
But lets get back to my point. Valerie Plame's name was leaked OVER 2 years ago. What has been done about this so far? What has happened to Rove and Libby as a result of their treasonous leak?
Again, the answer is...NOTHING! No consequences. No accountability.
President Bill Clinton tells ONE LIE. He lies about a PERSONAL MATTER...one that Congress had NO RIGHT to ever ask him about in the first place.
So,what happened to President Clinton because of ONE single lie...which I might add cost NO American lives?
Why, he was IMPEACHED IMMEDIATELY!
What we have here, obviously, is a HUGE DOUBLE STANDARD.
Democrats are required to have morals and ethics..and they can NEVER lie about ANYTHING. Whether it's any of our damn business or not.
Republicans...well, they have no such standards in place for themselves. For them ANYTHING GOES. Lie, cheat, steal all you want...we're in power, so there ARE no consequences. There is NO accountability...>>
posted by Sarah at Friday, July 29, 2005 |
