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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

James, silly boy, didn't you know that a certain Teflon coated politician 
said today that if elected that politician will spend $150 BILLION to fix 
the energy problem.  No answer as to *how,* heaven forbid.  And, last I 
heard even $150 billion wouldn't cover undoing the dumbing down that has 
been done by the nanny state!

Let's add that to the $150 BILLION said politician already promised NOLA. 
Just when should be all look forward to the next depression?  Or did someone 
invent a money tree when I wasn't looking!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>


> If this don't scare ya, nothing will.
>
> There has been some opinions expressed on this list that the politicians 
> know
> very well the danger we are in due to the world fuel situation and the
> brewing economic storm.
>
> They just look stupid to me.  So I was in for quite a shock.
>
> At meeting of the ill fated water district where they are trying to drum 
> up
> grants to pay their salaries, our congressman, David Davis, was present 
> for a
> photo op with enterage in tow.  He asked in the informal gab afterwards if
> there were any concerns in his district.  I, and another good ole boy, 
> expressed
> our concern over the Byzantine permit procedure for every twig to be had 
> from
> the National Forest.  He turned us over to his assistant who was present 
> and
> the fellow gave me his card so I could call him with the particulars.
>
> The day I was to call him, a flier came in the mail from Congressman Davis
> explaining how he was committed to America's energy independence by 
> opening up
> ANWAR and subsidizing biofuels and a few other trifles we'd be energy
> independent.
>
> I was indignant.  How dare he be so ignorant!  I called his assistant and
> passed along the National Forest information.  Then I said I had one more 
> bone to
> pick, just where in the $*$&#^ Hades is Congressman Davis getting his
> information on energy.
>
> Geeze, the fellow took umbage at my attitude, go figure!
>
> I said does the good congressman know how much oil we use in a day, how 
> much
> is imported oil, and what the oil equivalent would be if adopted and 
> succeeded
> at every one of his proposals??? Hmmmm??
>
> Without the least hesitation, he quoted the figures exaxtly correctly.
> Exactly.  He added that the cogressman knew very well that if we drilled 
> of the
> coast, drilled in ANWAR, maxed out the boifuels program, etc. etc. that it 
> would
> amount to 7% of our total energy use.
>
> I was dumbfounded.  He, Congressman Davis, a backwoods country boy for 
> Unicoi
> County, very well knew the details of the problem.
>
> Yet, he chooses to pander that asinine drivel in his flier.
>
> We are  so   screwed!